334 Surrounding the City

_2nd month 11th day_

The grassland alliance troops surrounded the Friendship City Region.

After two days of slaughter, the alliance had 37 thousand men left and only the city protection division defended Friendship City. In terms of numbers, the alliance army didn't have the absolute advantage.

Apart from that, Daiqin arranged 2000 troops to guard the two bridges.

Although the grassland army was mainly cavalry, this didn't mean that they didn't know how to siege.

For this battle, the alliance army had been preparing for a long time.

One of the things they prepared were siege machines. Apart from the simple siege ladder, the alliance also prepared a secret weapon, the trebuchet.

The trebuchet was provided by the Yanhuang Alliance.

If Ouyang Shuo could obtain the technical manual through raiders, naturally, the Yanhuang Alliance could too.

Chances were equal.

The trebuchet was sneakily transported to the Tianqi tribe around half a month ago and was kept a secret.

Today, the mysterious veil was finally taken off.

When 30 odd trebuchets were placed on the northern side of Friendship City, Zhao Sihu's face was bitter.

He had already reported the intel to the commander group, and they had also sent spies to find out what it was.

Unfortunately, the alliance army kept it a secret, and anyone who tried to get close was mercilessly killed. As such, no spy could get near it.

At 9 AM sharp, with the explosive sound of the trebuchets, the siege had begun.

Large amounts of stones were flung into the inner city by the trebuchets, destroying anything that could be destroyed. Be it archer towers or houses, none of them could hide.

Especially the arcuballistas mounted on the north city wall, they were the targets of the trebuchet.

Arcuballistas were the absolute counters to cavalry, so why would Daiqin let them off?

However, in front of the three-bow arcuballistas, normal trebuchets didn't have an advantage.

The range of the trebuchet was 400 meters, while the three-bow arcuballistas could reach 500 meters.

Hence, the trebuchets were totally in the range of the arcuballistas.

The god machine unit returned the favor and rained down bolts at the trebuchets.

Be it the trebuchets of the arcuballistas, they were all very exquisite machines. Hence, the moment they were hit, they were easily broken and couldn't function normally.

In this battle, the god machine unit won.

Of the 30 odd trebuchets, in less than an hour, 20 were destroyed.

In comparison, only 10 arcuballistas were destroyed.

The god machine unit had once again performed a miracle.

At the high platform of the alliance army, Daiqin's face was totally black. He remembered that when the Yanhuang Alliance gave them the trebuchet, they swore that Shanhai City had no way to defend against it.

Who would have thought that right from the start, his trebuchet strategy would fail?

At the crucial moment, he still needed the grassland sons to fight. Daiqin was more and more annoyed by the Yanhuang Alliance. He sent orders for the army to use the sieging ladder and charge towards Friendship City.

With the protection of the god machine unit, whichever army wanting to siege it, the task was highly difficult.

With such a killing machine coupled with the archers on the city walls, they were a real-life human Grim Reaper. Before the large grassland alliance could come close to the wall, they had suffered heavy casualties.

The thinly equipped soldiers were like wheat in the fields and got harvested batch by batch.

What was good was that the grassland alliance army was fearless. They braved the arrow rain and resolutely rushed towards the city wall. When they got near the wall with much difficulty and latched it on, what awaited them was an even bigger catastrophe.

Numerous rolling woods and huge stones pelted down from over the wall, taking away life after life.

Siege battles were all along the most brutal ones.

In the battlefield where blood and meat flew around, if one wasn't cruel enough, he would instantly collapse.

The siege lasted until noon, and Friendship City was still as strong as a rock. The alliance didn't have a single soldier that managed to get on the wall and cause a threat to the city protection division.

In the end, without the trebuchet, the grassland alliance army was still weaker.

On horses, they were heroes; at sieging, they were total noobs.

Making use of the break, the city protection division could finally take a breather. With only one division to defend such a huge area, it wasn't as easy as it seemed.

As for the arcuballista archers of the god machine unit, these were strong men as they had been continuously operating the arcuballista. Not only did they use up all their energy, but their hands were also swollen and shaking.

Not only the strong men but those soldiers in charge of throwing the rolling wood and stone had it tough too. The enemy was really too fearless and kept on attacking. They could only follow and move around the rolling wood and throw it down.

The continuous battle had totally exhausted the soldiers.

Luckily, at this time, the Combat Logistics Department had arranged for the commoners to bring delicious and warm rice.

The alliance army was similarly cooking rice, but their atmosphere was really depressing.

Their morale had been crushed by problem after problem and was currently at its lowest. Some soldiers even felt despair. They felt that no matter what, they wouldn't be able to take down Friendship City.

This depressing mood that spread around the camp made Daiqin frown.

For him to hold on until now was for the promised reinforcements by the Yanhuang Alliance. Those stupid rats still had not appeared at this time. What tricks were they playing?

The alliance army was on the verge of collapse. One small mistake would push them over the edge.

Daiqin could feel the intentions of retreat in the eyes of the various tribe generals. In the end, the only one with a deep hatred for Shanhai City was the Tianqi tribe.

If Shanhai City didn't hold endless amounts of riches, they wouldn't have responded to Kehan's call and led their troops to attack the city.

Three days had passed, and they haven't achieved anything. Their army was half destroyed.

Whoever it was, they wouldn't feel good.

In the afternoon, under the pressure of Daiqin, the alliance army launched another assault on Friendship City.

The current alliance army's morale had dropped tremendously, and they weren't as fierce as before.

After a noon of readjustment, the city protection division had barely managed to recover. After some casualties, they managed to block the alliance army's assault.

The third day ended just like that.

_Night, alliance army tent._

Daiqin was furious; he wasn't as calm and as easygoing as before.

The meeting that just ended. Apart from Hari Chagai who kept quiet, the other six other tribe generals pressured him to disperse the troops. If not, they would leave.

Those bunch of rats!

Do they think that dispersing the army will make things fine? When you bare your fangs, wanting to close your mouth wasn't that easy.

After this battle, when Shanhai City recovered, would they let them off?

Stupid to the maximum!

To the alliance army, there was already no other way out.

Advancing was a road filled with thorns; retreating was a cliff.

Unfortunately, no one believed his words. They would rather be an ostrich and not give their all.

Bastards!

Daiqin raged, and he smashed the things in his tent.

Lakhshen stood at a side quietly. This was the first time he saw Daiqin lose control, so even when Daiqin lost his senses, even he would lose control of himself.

Lakhshen realized that, so he wasn't as fearful of him anymore.

Daiqin turned around and saw Lakhshen's expression; he immediately regained his senses.

"You go back first!" Daiqin regained his calmness.

"Yes!" Lakhshen backed out of the tent quietly.

Daiqin looked at the view of Lakhshen’s back, giving a weird expression.

Not long after Lakhshen left, the black clothed man visited the tent once again.

When Daiqin saw the black clothed man, all his pent up anger was released. He pulled out the crescent knife by his waist and held it against the neck of the man, "Where are the reinforcements that you promised? Give me a satisfying answer or else you won't leave here!"

The black shirt man was unfazed. "General, why are you so angry?"

"Asshole! It's because of all of you. Those generals are about to leave. I probably can't escape but your hopes are now all lost." Daiqin was really going about to be angered to death. He gritted his teeth as he spoke these words.

"The reinforcements will come tomorrow!" The black clothed man's reply was neither fast nor slow. He didn't bother about the knife at his neck.

Daiqin's eyes froze, and he sheathed the crescent knife, "Are your words true?"

"General will know tomorrow. When have I ever lied to you?"

"Good, I'll trust you one last time." Daiqin was helpless. Now, he could only advance and his only hope was the reinforcements.

The black clothed men laughed coldly on the inside. His grasp of human nature was at the peak. The timing at which the Yanhuang Alliance would act was predicted and strategized by the advisors from the military.

On the surface, he was still expressionless, "Goodbye, tomorrow, I still need you to put up a good show for us."

"Hen!" Daiqin didn't answer.

The black shirt man didn't care and left, disappearing into the darkness once again.

In the night, a 20 thousand man army appeared in the Lianzhou wilderness. The army was like a ghost, silently staring at Shanhai City.

Amongst the slowly advancing army, there was Chun Shenjun, Xiong Ba, and also a special existence, Baiqi's old friend, Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo rode on the horse, looked towards Shanhai City, and muttered, "Wu An lord, we are going to meet again! This time, I'm not going to lose to you."

Shanhai City was welcoming its greatest danger.

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