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Winter, with its ice and snow, is a very unsuitable season for marching and fighting, and it is also very unsuitable for siege.

Because the temperature difference between day and night is so great, if you are not fully prepared, you will suffer a lot of frostbite or even sleep to death.

Even if they are fully prepared, soldiers cannot hold weapons for a long time in extremely low temperatures.

Therefore, people generally do not carry out large-scale military activities after the land is covered with snow.

However, there are always exceptions to everything, and many orcs with natural weapons are not among them.

Many orcs living in the cold northern regions have thick hair, and they are more resistant to freezing than humans and elves.

Since they themselves possess natural weapons that can kill people, they still have strong lethality even if they cannot use those iron weapons in the cold winter.

The orc races that have lived in Xinjiang for a long time, such as the bear people, wild boar people, tauren and tiger people, are all races that can fight in winter.

After Ma Wanli successfully persuaded Xiong Dalin and the others, the bear people, tauren and wild boar people living in the Tarim Basin immediately took action. The warriors of the three tribes mobilized by Xiong Dalin and the others began to move towards the basin in a steady stream. The Tiger King City in the center gathers.

Although the cavalry legion of the Condor Army cannot help much in siege, the strong centaur warriors can help the warriors of the three tribes attacking the city to transport various supplies.

As the centaur warriors began to serve as strong laborers for transporting supplies, 90,000 warriors from the three tribes soon appeared in the east, west, and north directions of Tiger King City.

Considering that there were only 10,000 Tiger Guards and more than 10,000 Tiger family members in the Tiger King City, Ma Wanli and others chose the tactic of attacking from three sides.

There are 30,000 warriors from three powerful orc tribes in each direction. They attack Tiger King City from three directions at the same time. If the defenders in Tiger King City want to protect the city, they must choose to divide their forces for defense.

Even if all the tigers in the Tiger King's city are soldiers, they can only have a maximum of 7,000 people in each direction.

Thirty thousand versus seven thousand, and the three tribes dispatched are all the strongest warriors in the tribe. Only the 10,000 Tiger Guards in the Tiger King City are considered elite, and the other 10,000 are basically women, children and the elderly. ,

Therefore, the siege party has an absolute advantage.

Now that everything is ready, all we need is the east wind.

Although Ma Wanli and others have not participated in siege operations, they have never eaten pork, and have they not seen pigs running?

Although the armies of the three tribes had an absolute advantage in numbers, the tall walls of Tiger King City were always an insurmountable obstacle.

From ancient times to the present, the defenders of the city have always been the ones who occupy the most advantageous location. They can use the tall city walls to defeat enemies several times their size.

Therefore, it does not mean that the siege party can definitely defeat the city if there are more people than the defenders.

If you want to conquer a fortified city, you not only need a large number of warriors, but also advanced siege equipment. Otherwise, no matter how many people the siege party has, it will be difficult to shake a tall city.

Originally, Ma Wanli thought that there would be no shortage of advanced siege equipment in the Tarim Basin, because Hu Xiaotian had already used siege towers when he attacked Xiaoguan.

However, after seeing the simple siege ladder carried out by the warriors of the three tribes, Ma Wanli and other generals of the Condor Army immediately frowned.

"Chief Xiong Dalin, are you going to use these ladders to attack the city?" After finding Xiong Dalin, Ma Wanli immediately asked the doubts in his heart.

Seeing Ma Wanli's frown, Xiong Dalin immediately asked, "What's wrong? General Ma, don't these ladders work?"

"Why."

After sighing, Ma Wanli asked: "Isn't the Linhai Empire able to build its own siege tower?"

After hearing Ma Wanli's question, Xiong Dalin suddenly showed a bitter look on his face and replied: "General Ma, you don't know something. Although Hu Xiaotian has recruited a large number of craftsmen from other races, those craftsmen have always followed Hu Xiaotian." In Xiaotian's army, we people can't see those craftsmen at all.

Don’t be afraid of your jokes. In the Linhai Empire, except for the tiger people, the biggest tasks of other races are mining, logging, medicine gathering and herding.

We people don't even have a decent weapon, let alone the siege equipment that can threaten Tiger King City.

Hu Xiaotian was worried that we would become disloyal after having weapons, so except for iron pickaxes for mining and axes for logging, we had never touched any other iron weapons.

If Huxiaotian treats us a little better, we will not directly submit to the Condor Empire. "

Xiong Dalin told Ma Wanli the helplessness of other orc races in the Linhai Empire, which was why they surrendered without a fight.

After hearing Xiong Dalin's explanation, Ma Wanli pondered for a moment, and then immediately ordered the Centaur guard beside him: "Hans, you immediately send two small teams of cavalry to notify the troops in the other two directions to postpone the attack on the city.

By the way, we asked the two clan leaders Niu Dashi and Zhu Dachang to come to us. I thought of a good way to attack the city and wanted to discuss it with them. "

After seeing the tall tiger warriors on the Tiger King City in the distance, and then looking at the ladder in the hands of the bear warriors, Ma Wanli had no confidence that he could break through the Tiger King City, so he decisively stopped the siege that was about to begin. action.

If these 90,000 orc warriors are regular troops of the Divine Eagle Army, then there is still a slight possibility of breaking through Tiger King City. At worst, they will have to trade their lives with the enemy in a war of attrition.

But if it were the warriors of the three tribes recruited temporarily, there would be no chance for a long time.

Because once their losses are too great, Xiong Dalin and the others will definitely retreat.

Therefore, if you want to break through Tiger King City, you must first eliminate the advantages of Tiger King City's walls. Otherwise, even if tens of thousands more people come, they will not be able to break through Tiger King City with those simple siege ladders.

After receiving the notice from Ma Wanli, Niu Dashi, Zhu Dachang, Ivan and Lang Wudi quickly rushed to the bear warrior's camp.

After seeing that all the main personnel had arrived, Ma Wanli immediately said: "Everyone, the walls of Tiger King City are tall and strong. If we just rely on those simple siege ladders, as long as there are hundreds of tiger warriors stationed on the walls, then It would be impossible for us to break through Tiger King City."

Seeing that Niu Dashi and Zhu Dachang were not very happy after hearing what he said, Ma Wanli explained with a smile:

"Don't be upset, three clan leaders. I say this not to look down on the warriors of your three clans, but because the city defenders have a geographical advantage, and they can indeed defeat more with less.

If it were on flat ground, then the 90,000 warriors of your three tribes could easily crush the 10,000 Tiger Guards in the city.

But if we attack from the bottom up, the enemies on the city wall only need a few people to stare at a ladder to easily prevent our warriors from climbing up the city wall.

Because our warriors can only climb up one after another, but the enemy can surround one of us with three or four people.

Therefore, if we want to break through Tiger King City with minimal losses, we must find a way to eliminate the wall advantage of Tiger King City. "

After listening to Ma Wanli's explanation, the outspoken Zhu Dachang immediately asked: "General Ma, we only have this simple ladder in our hands, and we can only make this simple ladder. Is there anyone in your army who can make those tall ladders?" siege tower?”

Glancing at Zhu Dachang, Ma Wanli shook his head and said, "I don't have that kind of talent in my army, but even without a siege tower, I can still find a way to eliminate the advantage of Tiger King City's wall."

Hearing that Ma Wanli had a solution, Zhu Dachang immediately said: "Since General Ma has a solution, please tell me quickly."

After clearing his throat, Ma Wanli said in a deep voice: "Everyone, there has just been a heavy snowfall, and the temperature outside is extremely low. If we take a ladle of water outside, it will soon freeze into ice.

The method I thought of was to use the ubiquitous snow and ice around Tiger King City to artificially build a passage that can lead directly to the city wall. "

"The tiger warriors on the city wall won't just watch us build the ice and snow tunnel, right?" As soon as Ma Wanli finished speaking, Niu Dashi raised a question.

After Chongniu Dashi clicked, Ma Wanli replied: "The enemies on the city wall will definitely not watch us build the ice and snow channel under the city wall.

But as far as I know, the only long-range attack method of tiger warriors is throwing axes, and the number of throwing axes held by each tiger warrior is limited.

So as long as we can withstand their first few waves of throwing ax attacks, after throwing all the throwing axes, unless the tiger warriors on the city wall take the initiative to attack, they can only watch us build outside. Ice and snow passage.

It is very easy to defend against the flying ax attacks of Khajiit warriors. My centaur army carries a lot of shields. We can also use wooden boards and animal skins to make some simple anti-throwing ax baffles.

After a while, I sent someone to deliver the shields to the three clan leaders. The three clan leaders could select a team of warriors to form a shield formation specifically to defend against the enemy's flying ax attacks. "

"General Ma, this idea sounds very good, but we can't build the ice and snow tunnel you mentioned." Zhu Dachang said helplessly.

Seeing that Xiong Dalin and Niu Dashi also looked confused, Ma Wanli patted his forehead helplessly, and then explained:

“This ice and snow channel is actually very simple. We only need to collect the nearby snow, compact it with wooden boards, and then pour some water on it.

In order to facilitate our soldiers to charge on the ice and snow passage, we need to build an ice and snow slope away from the city wall, and then cut out steps on the slope to facilitate climbing.

Since the ice and snow passage will be very slippery, we also need to put a layer of soil and licorice on it so that our soldiers will not slip when they charge.

Ivan, Old Wolf, do you two understand? "

Seeing that Xiong Dalin and the others still looked confused, Ma Wanli could only turn his eyes to his two colleagues.

"Understood."

"clear."

After getting a clear answer, Ma Wanli nodded and said: "Okay, everyone, let's return to our respective areas of responsibility, and the three of us will guide you in building the ice and snow passage.

A week after all the ice and snow passages in three directions are completed, we will launch an attack on Tiger King City at the same time, trying to take down Tiger King City in one go. "

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The six people were divided into three groups. After each returned to the area they were responsible for, they immediately arranged for their men to collect ice and snow.

In winter, because the temperature is very low, ice and snow are very sticky, so they can be used as clay for the wall.

After personally directing the soldiers to nail the wooden walls used to fix the ice and snow, Ma Wanli and others immediately ordered the soldiers to dump a large amount of ice and snow between the wooden walls, and then began to compact, water, and then Compact and water again.

At the beginning, because the place where the ice and snow passage was built was a bit far from the city wall, the tiger warriors on the top of the city just watched quietly.

As the wooden wall continued to move towards the city wall, soon the soldiers who built the ice and snow tunnel entered the attack range of the tiger warriors.

Under the order of the leading tiger guard, the tiger warriors immediately began to use throwing axes to attack the siege soldiers who had built ice and snow tunnels under the city wall.

For this, the siege soldiers were well prepared.

After seeing the tiger people's movements, the soldiers who were responsible for defending against enemy long-range attacks immediately raised their shields and huge wooden boards.

With a banging sound, all the flying axes thrown by the tiger warriors were blocked by dense shields and wooden boards.

"Have you not had enough to eat? Give me some effort!"

After seeing that the first round of flying ax attacks did not achieve any results, the tiger guard on the top of the city immediately let out an angry roar.

After being scolded by their immediate superiors, the Khajiit warriors threw their axes with all their strength.

This time's flying ax attack was indeed a lot better than the last time. Many flying axes were firmly embedded in the wooden boards.

However, facing the thick shield, the power of those small flying axes could only go so far. In addition to making the arms of the shield-holding soldiers numb, they were unable to penetrate the dense shield array under the city wall.

After seeing that the second attack still did not achieve much effect, the tiger defenders on the city wall suddenly became angry. They ran forward and continued to throw throwing axes at the enemies below the city wall.

Seeing that the tiger defenders on the city wall had lost their minds, Ma Wanli and others laughed happily, because the flying ax attack they were most afraid of would soon no longer be a threat.

Just as Ma Wanli expected, the axes on the waists of the Tiger warriors were soon thrown away.

When the tiger warriors discovered that the throwing axes had been thrown away, they could only continue to watch the ice and snow passage built by the enemy approach the city wall little by little.

After the last section of the ice and snow passage was built against the stones thrown from the city wall, a passage nearly 100 meters long and more than 20 meters wide was directly connected to the city wall of Tiger King City.

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