Abu *** was very confident in the field combat strength of his elite cavalry, and he had every reason to believe that only 20,000 cavalry was enough to defeat the enemy troops who rushed to reinforce him.

After preparing for the reinforcements, Abu *** can concentrate on preparing for the attack on Ar City, 80,000 troops to attack the defenders of the city of only 20,000, there is a certain advantage in troops, however, the ratio of troops is only four times, the advantage is still not big enough, moreover, the soldiers and horses defending the city are prepared with advanced weapons, and the various equipment for defense is relatively complete, if you want to capture such a city, it is not an easy thing.

However, the biggest advantage of Abu *** is that his troops are all veterans, and the enemy troops defending the city are basically all new soldiers, this gap is the biggest, and his heart is more vicious, which is a characteristic that his opponents do not have.

Attacking a city with four times the number of troops, it is certainly not enough to fill it with human lives, and it is necessary to have a large number of siege equipment, otherwise, the siege will become a death operation.

In order to reduce the loss of soldiers and horses under his command, Abu *** naturally needs to build a large number of siege equipment, under the hasty march, in addition to the most basic equipment under the shield, most of the equipment is still on the way, and it will take many days to arrive, and in order to reduce casualties, they also need to manufacture more siege equipment, so a large number of soldiers and horses began to cut wood and materials, build large siege equipment, in addition, in order to increase the progress, they forcibly plundered a large number of manpower from the surrounding area, forcing these people to work, Otherwise, they will be beaten until they give in.

These people who have the skills of craftsmen can participate in the construction of siege equipment, and those who do not have the skills can also cut wood and transport, in short, as long as they can work, and in addition, these people who are forced to work will have more important uses.

The defenders of Aer City are also actively preparing, with one side preparing to attack and the other side preparing to defend, and both sides are ready to make the other pay a heavy price.

After being completely surrounded, the soldiers and horses of Arcity could no longer go out, and even the cavalry team that won the first battle was tied up in the city, because there were too many enemy soldiers and horses outside the city, and if they went out to look for opportunities in this situation, they would definitely be completely annihilated.

Artik and others, who were sitting in the city of Maia, naturally quickly learned the fact that the northern city of Ar was besieged by the enemy's heavy troops, which made them feel the pressure, however, because most of the soldiers and horses in their city were infantry, once they went out of the city to reinforce, they were likely to be surrounded by the Khorasan cavalry with superior strength, so as to be completely surrounded and annihilated, in order to avoid such a fate, they could only choose to watch from the sidelines, and send a very small number of cavalry teams to carry out a containment attack on the small number of Khorasan cavalry around, Thus destroying the living forces of the enemy army.

There are several thousand-strong cavalry troops in the city of Maia, and these cavalry troops can leave the city at any time to harass the enemy in the north, and when they are tired, they can return to the city of Maia to recuperate, so that the energetic cavalry troops can continue to harass the enemy, so as not to make a force too tired.

"It seems that our previous prediction was accurate, Abu *** really chose to besiege Ar City in the north, fortunately we transported a large number of military supplies and grain and grass into Ar City earlier, otherwise, the pressure on the defenders in the city would be even greater."

Artik said happily.

"There are 20,000 soldiers and horses in Arcity, which should be able to hold the city, even if the city is finally breached, it will definitely be able to severely damage the elite cavalry of Abu ***, as long as the elite force of Abu *** suffers heavy losses, the soldiers of Archeng have not died in vain."

The subordinate spoke.

Obviously, there are still people who believe that Aer City will not be able to defend, after all, 20,000 recruits with no combat experience, when facing superior elite soldiers and horses, just the psychological pressure is already very great, and the pressure to hold the city for a long time is even greater, so the city is likely to be breached, it is just a matter of time, the more weapons prepared, the better, the lower the probability of being breached, and the longer it can be held.

"What we can do now is to send cavalry to harass the enemy army, the infantry can't move around the cities at will, everything depends on their own luck, order the cavalry to go out of the city in batches!"

Artik commanded.

"Yes, City Lord."

The subordinate answered.

Soon, a cavalry force of 1,000 men left the gates of the city of Maia, carrying about ten days' worth of food, grass and food, that is, they would return to the city of Maia after ten days to rest and recuperate, in order to maintain a continuous combat capability.

The city of Maia has three cavalry troops, one every three days, which can form a good ability to continue harassment, and the cavalry and horses stationed in the rest of the city and region also need to go to the north to harass and attack the elite Khorasan cavalry, so that the Khorasan cavalry is exhausted and suffers heavy losses.

In addition, in the northern countryside of Ar City, there are also a small number of cavalry and archery horses in ambush, if these soldiers and horses suddenly cut off the grain route of Abu ***, the consequences will be very serious, but their soldiers and horses are too few, and they may not be able to achieve much effect.

The army under the command of Abu *** made rapid progress, building a huge number of siege engines in a few days, and preparing for the first round of feints to attack Ar.

The feint mission was personally commanded by Qi Yad, and there were less than 20,000 soldiers and horses used to attack, and the attack was launched simultaneously from different directions in four ways to distract the attention of the defending army and test the combat strength of the defending soldiers and horses.

There were 8,000 attacking troops in the north that Ziyad was responsible for, and there were fewer attacking troops and horses in the rest of the directions, which was just a feint anyway, and it was not really an attack.

There are many kinds of siege equipment used for attacking, such as ladders and shields, as well as catapults and other weapons, and the soldiers are also relatively elite soldiers and horses, and the level of defense is still very high.

Abu *** and the guards stood far behind, while Ziyad went deep into the line, but he chose to stay out of the range of the bows and arrows of the defending weapons, so as not to accidentally be attacked, in which case he would lose a lot.

Qi Yade looked at the dense enemy troops defending the city at the head of the city, and felt a trace of tension and pressure in his heart, the advanced Datang Fuyuan crossbow equipped by the other party left a deep impression on him, and this is the powerful weapon he knows, will there be a more powerful Datang weapon? This question bothered Qi Yade, if the Great Tang Dynasty provided them with more powerful weapons to defend the city, wouldn't they have suffered heavy casualties, and the tentative attack could really test all the defensive strength of the defenders? This is not necessarily, if the attack is not fierce enough and the defender does not feel the pressure, some defensive weapons may not be used.

Therefore, in order to set out all the defensive weapons of the defending side, Ziyad decided to launch a more fierce attack, even if it was a feint, it must play a strong attack, so that the defending enemy was frightened, and he had to show all his defensive skills, so that his feint goal was achieved.

"Give the order to go down and prepare for the siege."

Ziyad gave the order to attack very domineeringly.

Soon, thousands of siege soldiers and horses pushed all kinds of weapons and began to launch a fierce attack on Arcity, and at the same time, all kinds of siege equipment also began to smash stones of various sizes into the walls of Arcity, and it was a simultaneous attack in four directions, so that it was fierce enough to make the recruits defending the city panic.

Before Qi Yad's attacking soldiers and horses set up an offensive formation, the soldiers and horses defending the city also began to make corresponding defensive preparations, considering that the recruits would be nervous, so among the defensive soldiers and horses, try to draw veterans to defend, as long as a few battles are fought, the recruits will become veterans, so that step by step is the safest.

The siege soldiers and horses must first cross the moat, and then they can start the attack from the city walls and gates, and the moat is relatively wide, the façade has water, and the depth is also considerable, which is a very useful defensive facility.

There are many ways to break through the moat, such as erecting a ladder on the moat, and the soldiers can pass through the ladder, but the effect of this method is not very good, because heavy siege equipment cannot pass through the ladder, and the siege soldiers carry the ladder to pass through the ladder, which is a very dangerous thing in itself, and will cause huge casualties to the besieging troops.

Therefore, the best way is to transport earth and stone to fill part of the moat, so that the besieging soldiers and horses can calmly pass through the moat.

However, the moat is generally not far from the city wall, and it is in the most vulnerable position for the defender's soldiers, and filling the moat here will be attacked by the soldiers on the wall.

And because the moat is relatively wide and deep, and there is a lot of water in it, it takes a lot of work to fill the moat into flat ground, and in the process of filling the river, the soldiers responsible for transporting earth and rock will always be attacked, thus accumulating a lot of casualties.

However, in order to finally capture the city, it is generally necessary to fill the moat, as long as the moat is made into a smooth road, it can be conducive to the next siege operation and minimize the loss of your troops.

When Ziyad commanded the troops to attack the city, he prepared a large number of soldiers who were responsible for transporting earth and stones, and their task was to fill in the moat so that the soldiers and horses that could cross the river smoothly.

In order to resist the bows and arrows thrown from the city wall, a giant shield will be erected near the moat, which is a super-large shield several times higher than the height of a person, which is no pressure to resist the arrows and can greatly reduce casualties.

But the process of filling the river cannot all be under the protection of the giant shield, the soldiers will always show their bodies, otherwise they will be surrounded by shields, how can the soldiers still sandbag.

Therefore, since ancient times, the troops responsible for filling the river have always suffered heavy casualties, and such soldiers also belong to the army, the lowliest class, the most despised class, and their origins, in general, are not very good, many are poor, or simply foreigners and captured prisoners.

Even the setting in the later games is to fill the moat with garbage soldiers, noble knights and swordsmen will not fill the river, only slave soldiers, militia, spearmen and other lowest-level and cheapest troops will be used to fill the moat.

The river-filling troops commanded by Ziyad are the lowest-status troops, many of them are from foreign races, compared with the main ethnic groups of the Apos Dynasty, their status is much lower, and the promotion opportunities they can get after joining the army are very limited, and when fighting, they must rush to the forefront of the battlefield and do some of the most dangerous work, such as filling the moat.

The production of sacks is very simple, so the army can easily get a lot of sacks, and dig up the soil from local materials, and after filling the hemp bags with soil, they can be used to fill the moat.

The soldiers who filled the river worked together, some were responsible for dredging in a safe place, some were responsible for filling the hemp packs with earth, and the rest were responsible for carrying them, using wheelbarrows to carry the sacks full of earth to the moat and fill in the moat.

There were more than 500 soldiers responsible for filling the moat, and the river was filled in three ways, so that more smooth roads could be filled in for the next siege operation.

Shields of all sizes, large and small, slowly approached the moat, and the crossbowmen followed closely behind, one for cover and the other for suppression.

The shield can provide a good cover for the crossbowmen and the Tianhe soldiers, while the crossbowmen can attack the soldiers on the city wall, suppress the attack of the soldiers on the city wall to the river fillers, and the machine gun suppression in later generations is a reason, so that the soldiers defending the city dare not show their heads, and the fewer opportunities for the defending soldiers to show their heads, the safer the river fillers will be.

Before the shield soldiers approached the moat, the crossbow recruits in the city could not help but fire arrows, and opened fire nervously without receiving orders, and all of these arrows were obscured by the shields without exception.

"Everyone prepare, projectile attack."

The generals defending the city have some combat experience, and know that in the case of shields, the effect of direct attacks is very poor, and only by taking the means of throwing attacks can they achieve better results, after all, there are always a lot of gaps between the first row of giant shields and the back rows of shields, and there are many crossbowmen in these gaps, and only by throwing can they better attack them.

The soldiers and horses under Ziyad's command were relatively elite, and the crossbowmen all had armor and helmets, so the damage that projectiles could inflict on these soldiers was relatively limited.

After several rounds of large-scale projectiles, most of the arrows were either blocked by shields or fell in the clearing, and there were very few arrows that fell on the soldiers, and the damage caused was not great, and there were no direct deaths, only a dozen were injured and forced to withdraw from the battle.