Krakow was located on the left bank of the Wawel River, so the Triple Coalition did not need to cross the river to attack the city. Even if the Poles built a moat for their capital, it was not the same as the Wawel River, which was more than 100 meters wide.

Outside the city, more than 50 Liangshan cannons were lined up, and the cannons rained down on the head of Krakow. In front of the stone cannons, a wooden wall covered in raw cowhide towered, covering the crossbows and fire bolts that were fired from the head of Krakow.

A large number of Polish captives were driven to the city, throwing bundles of dry wood and dry grass into the moat......

A flash of remembrance flashed in Xiao Heda's eyes, Yelude's gray beard trembled slightly, and the two of them glanced at each other without saying a word, but a complicated taste rose in the hearts of the two at the same time.

This kind of siege posture is the recipe and taste that the two of them are familiar with. But with the rise of firearms in the Central Plains, such a scene is difficult to see.

Władysław's face was indescribably embarrassed at the moment, the speed at which the Chinese filled the moat was amazing, and more importantly, in the current situation, I am afraid that the walls of Krakow City will be smashed soon, right?

The Chinese's trebuchets were so powerful that the shells fell into the city and sank into a pit, and Władysław could not believe that it was real without seeing it with his own eyes. Compared to the trebuchets of the Chinese, the trebuchets in Krakow are as worthless as children's toys. Moreover, the Chinese also erected a wooden wall in front of their trebuchet, so that the ballistae and crossbows arranged at the head of the city were all useless. Thanks to the fact that he had previously laughed at the actions of the Chinese, he considered it idiot-like behavior. Now that the real idiot is him, the self-righteous king of Poland.

The newly built stone walls of Krakow were very strong, but they were bombarded by stone cannons day and night, and Władysław really didn't know how long it could last.

In fact, this situation of being only beaten and unable to fight back has greatly affected the morale of the defenders in the city.

The threat of the Chinese attacking Kyiv is also a direct threat to Krakow City, which also has a large number of wooden buildings, although it will not be like Kiev City, the whole city is a wooden house, but if it is washed by Chinese fire, Krakow City will also directly hit GG.

In this way, the Polish army in Krakow now has a very strong idea - to go out of the city and fight in the field!

Because when the walls of Karakow were badly attacked, it meant that the defenders were no longer able to contain the approach of the allied stone cannons, so that the bombs could become a real threat.

Instead of staying in the city and being burned, you should go out and fight the enemy to the death!

When the walls of Krakow became useless, it seemed that this was the only option for the Poles.

Even Władysław acquiesced in this decision, and now the only thing they have to wait for is the "fall" of the walls of Krakow. As the king of Poland, Władysław could only greet the south on the one hand, so that the reinforcements would no longer have to wait for the troops and horses of the HRE, and immediately approach Krakow; On the other side, there is only a sincere prayer that Conrad III of the Shinra will send troops soon.

But life is not going as planned, Władysław has not been blessed by God, and the HRE reinforcements may have been dispatched, after all, His Majesty Conrad III is a loyal friend of the Pope. But it takes time to get from HRE to Poland, doesn't it?

The walls of Krakow were noticeably less durable, and by the time Henrik, Grand Duke of Sandomierz, arrived in Krakow, the walls were so broken that they looked like broken bones that had been bitten by wolfdogs, and could no longer pose the slightest threat to operations outside the city from above.

This situation made none of the Polish defenders in the city sit still, and it happened that Henrik arrived with reinforcements, so what else could he say? Open directly!

On the left bank of the Wawel River, noble flags fluttered, a large number of Polish infantry gathered under the flags, a row of ballistas were arranged at the front of the array, and King Władysław looked at the opposite side with blazing eyes. Behind him was a well-equipped royal squire of knights, accompanied by a small group of knights who wore cross robes and wore crusader flags. This is the knight of faith to which the churches and monasteries in Poland belong!

They were the most elite force in the Polish army, and they were also the most combat-minded fighters. They followed the center of the whole army where the king himself was deployed. There were other direct units of Władysław, mainly cavalry from Silesia and Krakow. These cavalrymen were generally squires and knights of the nobility, wearing chain mail or leather armor, and wearing Western European-style bowled helmets or Eastern European-style chainmail topped helmets. Armor also includes a triangular shield, a round shield, or a teardrop-shaped shield. However, with the exception of a few horses with burqas, most of the cavalry's horses were unprotected. In a sense, they weren't even hoplites.

At the front of the formation were crossbowmen, all in leather armor, and behind them were a large number of peasants requisitioned from noble fiefdoms. Some of them are stocky and muscular, while others are relatively thin. Basically, they have no experience in facing large-scale wars, and many of them have taken up arms for the first time in their lives. He was also wearing only a defenseless linen coat, which made it difficult to fight arrows.

In stark contrast to them were the armored infantry at the rear of the levies, all of whom were in good shape, either the guards of the city, or the squire swordsmen and guards of the nobility, carrying spears, halberds, chain hammers, battle axes, war hammers and other weapons, almost all of whom carried shields. They are the elite of the entire infantry army.

On both flanks there were a large number of light cavalry, many of whom wore only rudimentary cloth armor, spears and shields, and only a few wore chain mail.

On the opposite side of the Polish army, with the barracks of the coalition forces outside the city as the core, several three-pound small cannons with their muzzles facing straight ahead, and a bed crossbow around them. This kind of weapon has been eliminated in the Lu Qi army for a long time, but there are a lot of weapons stored in the arsenal of the Lu Qi Dynasty, just like the last batch of divine arm bows, and now they have been thrown to Lu Yue and their brothers by Lu Qian.

In the Central Plains, the bed crossbow has long been unpopular. The Divine Arm Bow, placed in the European world, is an absolutely advanced weapon.

At this time, Lu Yue was standing on the bell tower of a simple church looking at the Polish army, which was a church located outside the city of Krakow.

The camp layout of the coalition forces is also a circle with this church as the core. Whether it is the shape of the Chinese military barracks or the police circle of the surrounding large and small barracks, it is a big circle.

The church is no more than ten miles away from the city of Krakow, and at this moment it is diagonally facing the Polish army approaching from the west, and the two armies are less than 2,000 paces away in a straight line, and there is no cover in between, and the entire battlefield can be seen without a clairvoyant mirror.