Li Su's judgment was correct.
After the Franks extinguished the fire outside the city, they did not immediately start a night attack.
Li Su waited for nearly half an hour but did not find the enemy.
After thinking about it for a moment, he immediately sent an order: "Come here." , go and quietly open the city gate for the two of you to go in and out, and send people to lay a lot of hay under the city, all the way to the moat, go quickly."
"Yes, General" Of course, Charlie also knew that extinguishing the fire would definitely arouse the vigilance of the Western Qin army.
Therefore, he did not immediately launch a night attack, but prepared to wait until dawn before launching the attack.
At that time, people are most sleepy and vigilance is at their lowest.
But his caution also gave Li Su ample preparation time.
In less than an hour, the soldiers who went to lay hay outside the city came back.
Li Su ordered the soldiers guarding the city wall to rest against the wall stacks, but they could not leave their weapons or leave their posts without permission.
Time passed slowly.
Li Su stood motionless on the city wall, leaning on his long spear and holding the hilt of the knife in his hand.
Others could not see it.
In fact, he had closed his eyes and took the time to rest and recharge his batteries.
He had a hunch that, The Franks would surely attack before daybreak.
I don’t know how long it took.
Just when Li Su and the soldiers on the city wall were in a daze, a piercing scream came.
Li Su suddenly opened his eyes and saw a dazzling colorful firework in the night sky.
Going up to the sky, a faint light shone down, and Li Su found that there were endless figures moving vaguely in the distance, but those vague figures immediately stopped moving, and when he looked again, he couldn't see anything.
Darkness continued to cover the earth, but the soldiers of the Western Qin Army who were guarding the city on the city wall were awakened one by one.
No one made a sound.
Everyone got up and prepared for battle.
Some people came to the front with swords and shields.
The spearman is in the center, the archer behind.
Countless Frank soldiers were lying on the grass not far outside the city.
The leader of the attack this time was Oliver.
Charlie sent him to attack the city with the intention of breaking the city in one fell swoop.
If the war dragged on, the danger would increase exponentially.
Of course, Oliver saw the fireworks that shot up into the sky just now.
The brightness of the fireworks was not very bright.
Even if he stood on the city wall, he might not be able to see them, but he knew that this thing must have been set off by someone.
He had never seen anything like this before.
Something, and he didn’t know what could shoot up into the sky and emit colorful light.
The appearance of this thing made him realize that the actions of himself and his army might have been exposed.
However, there was no movement on the city wall, which made him confused.
Did the Western Qin Army discover it or not?
Oliver was caught in a tangle.
He faced a difficult choice.
If the West Qin people were already prepared, then his night attack would most likely fail and return.
But if the West Qin people did not discover them, then their night attack would probably fail.
The action is very certain to be successful.
Oliver waited for half an hour.
He knew that if he didn't make a decision, it would turn into a force attack instead of a night attack at dawn.
He had to make a decision immediately.
Time would not wait for him.
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He decided to take a gamble and waved his hand.
He was the first to hold the sword and bend forward.
The actions of tens of thousands of people did not make a sound, which shows that the Franks are very good at training and are extremely strict in military discipline.
In the darkness, groups of Frankish soldiers carried wooden bridges and gently placed them on the moat.
The moat suddenly lost its original function.
Countless soldiers behind them carried shields and swords and crossed the bridge to reach the city wall.
Looking down from the city wall, he couldn't see anything, only darkness.
Li Su sneered in his heart, took off his long bow, and a rocket suddenly lit up.
Li Su quickly took the rocket from the soldiers around him, bowed and fired. .
With a "boom", a pile of dry firewood soaked with kerosene on the edge of the moat was ignited.
In an instant, several more piles of dry firewood were ignited.
Under the city wall, it was brightly illuminated.
Countless Frank soldiers were holding swords and shields.
The sudden light of the fire made me confused.
Li Su would not be polite to them and shouted: "Fire the arrow!"
The archers on the wall quickly stepped forward, drew their bows, and fired arrows at the Frankish soldiers below the city, "swish, swish, swish" "Ah" Frank soldiers fell down one after another after being hit by arrows.
Several waves of arrows were shot out, causing a large number of casualties to the Franks.
The other Franks who were still alive came to their senses and quickly put their shields on their heads.
"Form up a hundred men and form a defensive formation," Oliver shouted, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other.
The Franks responded quickly.
Although there were constant arrows on the city wall, they still followed the order and quickly gathered together.
The shield array can defend against intensive arrow rain and minimize casualties.
The Franks also used this shield array tactic.
Learned from the Roman Empire.
"Retreat, retreat!"
Oliver shouted.
The night attack had been exposed.
Judging from the response of the West Qin people just now, it was obvious that they were already prepared.
Maybe their every move was under the attention of the West Qin people.
The night attack It's not a strong attack.
Many things that need to be prepared for a strong attack are not prepared.
If you attack now, you will die.
Some burning fires exposed the Franks to the attack of the Western Qin army.
Oliver shouted again: "Quickly put out the fires, put out the fires!"
Li Su shouted loudly: "Set up rockets" "Swish, swish, swish" several rockets shot towards the city.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The hay spread under the city was ignited, igniting the kerosene underneath.
The entire city wall within the moat was enveloped in a sea of fire.
"Ah!"
Countless Franks were burned and screamed, looking like hell.
Such a tragic scene.
In the darkness in the distance, Charlie saw his soldiers being swallowed up by the fire.
He jumped up and down and shouted to Tobin, who had recovered some of his injuries: "Archbishop, you are a magician.
Quickly use magic rain to extinguish the fire."
Get the soldiers out, get Oliver out, hurry up."
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Tobin smiled bitterly and said: "Dear Your Majesty the Emperor, magicians are not omnipotent, especially in the battle between two armies.
Any spell will be suppressed by the blood of the enemy soldiers.
Moreover, my injury has not healed yet, so the magic power cannot be cast so far. , the power is not enough.
Even if I use it forcefully, I am afraid that all the soldiers will be burned to death before it rains, and I myself will be affected by the backlash of the magic power."
Charlie's face was terrifyingly gloomy.
He watched helplessly as his right-hand general and thousands of soldiers were swallowed up by the sea of fire, and he was helpless.
One can imagine his inner pain.
Listening to the countless screams, Charlie's teeth were almost broken, and the other Frank generals and soldiers felt chills in their hearts, and couldn't help but curse, this Western Qin man is too insidious, They actually sprinkled kerosene and spread hay under the city wall.
If it were daytime, they would definitely be spotted, but it couldn't be seen at night.
The smell of kerosene was mostly covered by the hay, so it was really hard to spot.
But these Franks don't know that in wars since ancient times, if you want to defeat the strong with the weak and defeat the many with a small number, you have to take advantage of the situation: borrow the power of heaven and earth, borrow the power of people's hearts.
It is impossible to say how long it will take to defeat the strong with the weak and defeat with the small number.
Oliver and the thousands of soldiers were completely hopeless, and very few of them could run back.
Charlie turned his horse and walked back, and ordered in a cold voice: "Retreat and attack the city after dawn."
While having breakfast, Charlie ordered to send out the Burning Front East to explore the enemy's situation.
He had to know where the main force of the Western Qin Army was now and whether he still had time to command the army to storm the city of Vinia.
Archbishop Tobin came over with a wand and sat down next to Charlie and asked: "Your Majesty, Vinia Castle is strong and defensive, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
I remember that when the Roman Empire built it, it was to defend against the northern barbarians from going south.
After that, the Huns When the people came and the Avars came, the Roman Empire expanded it, not only to defend against enemies coming from the north , and can also defend against the barbarians coming from the east.
Across the river is the area controlled by the barbarians.
Except for the east, the other three sides are surrounded by dense forests.
Viniya is the only way for us to retreat.
I don’t know if you have thought about it.
If we cannot capture the city of Vinia before the main force of Western Qin arrives, how will we deal with the crisis at hand?"
Charlie was silent for a long time.
It was not that he had not thought about the situation where the main force of the Western Qin army rushed over while the city of Vinia was not captured.
He thought of the barbarians in the north and asked: "Tobin, we Is it possible to withdraw from the territory of the northern barbarians?
As long as we stick to the Alps and the Bavarian Plateau, the Western Qin people will have nothing to do with us."
Tobin shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, if it were in the past, your Majesty would just send someone to deliver a message to the northern barbarian leaders, they would definitely not dare to say another word and let us pass, but now they will definitely not let us pass.
They are treating us badly."
The Franks hate us to the core.
Now is when we are at our weakest.
How could they not retaliate and let us go?
And they don’t dare to offend the Western Qin Kingdom."
Charlie said solemnly: "So we have no way out.
We must either break through Weinia Pass before the main army of Western Qin arrives, or turn around and go back to fight to the death with the main army of Western Qin."
Tobin sighed: "I'm afraid so."
Charlie threw down the pottery bowl, stood up, organized his army and began to attack the city.
In just one day, he couldn't find enough craftsmen to build heavy siege equipment.
Charlie could only order the soldiers to carry simple equipment like siege ladders to attack the city.
Even he looked at these siege ladders.
I am afraid that if I am not a battle-experienced warrior, my legs and feet will become weak even when I climb on the ladder.
Li Su had no choice.
If he didn't really have infantry under his command, he would never have used cavalry to defend the city.
Using cavalry to defend the city was a shameful waste.
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But when the situation reached this point, he couldn't care so much anymore.
He knew If Charlie's army can be blocked east of Vinia Pass, it will have a huge impact on the direction of the entire war situation.
As long as the main army arrives, Charlie's army will be attacked from both sides, and it is a certainty that it will be a dumpling.
The brutal siege lasted for a whole day.
Although Li Su used cavalry to defend the city and suffered heavy losses, Charlie's army still failed to break through the city.
To describe his current mood and situation, he was like a dog jumping over the wall
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