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Winter, icy and snowy, 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 too great, if you are not well prepared, you will have a lot of frostbite if you are not careful, and you may even die of sleep.

Even if they were well prepared, the soldiers could not hold their weapons for long periods of time in extremely low temperatures.

Therefore, after the snow covers the earth, people generally do not carry out large-scale military activities.

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

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

Because they possess innate weapons that can kill people, they are still powerful even when they can't use those iron weapons in the cold winter months.

The bear-people, wild boar-people, minotaurs, and tiger-people are all orc races that have lived in Xinjiang for a long time, and they can fight in winter.

After Ma Wanli successfully moved Xiong Dalin and the three of them, the bear people, the minotaur and the wild boar people living in the Tarim Basin immediately took action, and the warriors of the three tribes mobilized by Xiong Dalin began to converge towards the Tiger King City located in the center of the basin.

Although the cavalry legions of the Condor Army are not of much help in the siege, the strong centaur warriors can help the warriors of the three clans in the siege to transport various supplies.

As the centaur warriors began to act as strong laborers for transporting supplies, the 90,000 warriors of the three clans 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 family members of the tiger royal family in Tiger King City, Ma Wanli and the others chose the tactic of attacking from three sides.

There are 30,000 warriors of the three powerful orc clans in each direction, and they attack the Tiger King City from three directions at the same time, so if the defenders in the Tiger King City want to protect the city from loss, they must choose to divide their troops to defend.

Even if the tiger people in Tiger King City were all soldiers, they could only have a maximum of seven thousand people in each direction.

30,000 against 7,000, plus the three clans dispatched are the strongest warriors in the clan, and 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, so the besieging side occupies an absolute advantage.

Now that everything is ready, all that is left is the east wind.

Although Ma Wanli and others have not participated in the siege operation, they have never eaten pork, and have they never seen pigs run?

Although the armies of the three clans had an absolute advantage in numbers, the tall walls of Tiger King City were always an obstacle that was difficult to overcome.

From ancient times to the present day, the defenders of the city have been the side with the advantage of the position, and they can defeat enemies several times their own with the help of tall walls.

Therefore, it is not that the number of besieging sides is greater than that of the defenders of the city, and the city will definitely be breached.

If you want to break through a strong city, you need not only to have a large number of warriors, but also to have advanced siege equipment, otherwise it will be difficult to shake a tall city even if the number of people on the besieging side is large.

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 attacking Xiaoguan.

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

"Patriarch 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 brows tightened, Xiong Dalin immediately asked, "What's wrong?" General Ma, can't these ladders work? ”

"Hey."

After sighing, Ma Wanli asked, "Isn't the Linhai Empire already able to build siege towers by itself?" ”

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

Don't be afraid of your jokes, in the Linhai Empire, except for the Tiger Clan, the biggest task of other races is mining, logging, medicine collection and grazing.

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

Tiger Roar feared that we would become disobedient when we had a weapon, so we didn't touch any iron weapons at all, except for the iron pickaxe for mining and the axe for logging.

But if Tiger Roaring Heaven is a little nicer to us, we will not directly submit to the Condor Empire. ”

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

After hearing Xiong Dalin's explanation, Ma Wanli pondered for a moment, and then immediately ordered the centaur guards beside him: "Hans, you immediately send two small teams of cavalry to inform the men and horses in the other two directions, and ask them to suspend the siege.

By the way, let the two patriarchs, Niu Dashi and Zhu Dachang, come to us, and I thought of a good way to attack the city and 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 was not confident that he would be able to break through the Tiger King City, so he decisively stopped the siege that was about to begin.

If these 90,000 orc warriors are the regular army of the Condor Army, then there is still a slight possibility of breaking through the Tiger King City, and the big deal is to exchange lives with the enemy and fight a war of attrition.

But if it was a temporary recruit of the warriors of the three clans, there would be no possibility for a long time.

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

Therefore, if you want to break through the Tiger King City, you must first wipe out the advantages of the city walls of the Tiger King City, otherwise even if tens of thousands of people come, with those simple siege ladders, it is impossible to break through the Tiger King City.

After receiving Ma Wanli's notice, Niu Dashi, Zhu Dachang, Ivan and Wolf Invincible quickly rushed to the camp of the bear warriors.

After seeing that the main personnel had arrived, Ma Wanli immediately spoke: "Ladies and gentlemen, 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 city walls, then it is impossible for us to break through Tiger King City." ”

Seeing that Niu Dashi and Zhu Dachang were not very happy when they heard their words, Ma Wanli explained with a smile:

"Don't be upset about the three patriarchs, I don't say this to look down on the warriors of your three clans, but because the defenders of the city occupy a geographical advantage, they can indeed fight more with less.

If it were on flat ground, then the 90,000 warriors of your three clans would naturally be able to easily crush the 10,000 tiger guards in the city.

But if we were to attack from below, the enemy on the wall would easily stop our warriors from climbing the wall with just a few people staring at a ladder.

Because our warriors can only climb up one by one, while the enemy can surround us with three or four men.

Therefore, if we want to break through Tiger King City with minimal losses, we must find a way to wipe out the advantage of Tiger King City's walls. ”

After listening to Ma Wanli's explanation, the outspoken Zhu Dachang immediately asked: "General Ma, we only have this kind of simple ladder in our hands, and we can only make this kind of simple ladder, can someone in your army make those tall siege towers?" ”

Glancing at Zhu Dachang, Ma Wanli shook his head and said, "I don't have that kind of talent in my army, but even if I don't have a siege tower, I have a way to wipe out the advantages of the walls of Tiger King City." ”

Hearing that Ma Wanli had a way, Zhu Dachang immediately said: "Since General Ma has a way, please talk about it quickly." ”

After clearing his throat, Ma Wanli said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, it has just snowed heavily, and the temperature outside is extremely low.

The idea was to use the ubiquitous snow and ice around Tiger King to artificially build a passage through the walls. ”

"Those tiger warriors on the city wall won't watch us build ice and snow passages, right?" As soon as Ma Wanli's words fell, Niu Dashi raised questions.

After nodding at the bull boulder, Ma Wanli replied, "The enemy on the city wall will definitely not watch us build the ice and snow passage below the city wall.

However, as far as I know, the only long-range attack for the Tigermen is the Throwing Axe, and each Tigerman Warrior has a limited number of Throwing Axes.

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

It's easy to defend against the axe attacks of the Tigermen, and my Centaur Legion carries a lot of shields, and we can make some improvised axe guards out of planks and hides.

In a few moments, I will send a shield to the three patriarchs, and the three patriarchs can select a group of warriors to form a shield formation to defend against the enemy's axe attacks. ”

"General Ma, it sounds very good that you have this idea, but we won't build the ice and snow passage you said." Zhu Dachang said helplessly.

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

"The snow passage is actually very simple, we just need to collect the snow nearby, compact it with wooden planks, and then pour some water on it.

In order to make it easier for our warriors to charge through the ice and snow passages, we need to build an ice slope away from the city walls, and then chisel a ladder on the slope that is conducive to climbing.

Since the ice passage can be very slippery, we also need to cover it with a layer of soil and licorice so that our warriors don't slip when they charge.

Ivan, old wolf, do you two understand? ”

Seeing that Xiong Dalin and the three of them still had confused expressions, Ma Wanli could only turn his gaze to his two colleagues.

"Understood."

"Understood."

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

After the ice and snow passages in all three directions are completed, we will launch an attack on Tiger King City at the same time, and strive to take down Tiger King City in one go. ”

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The six of them were divided into three groups, and after each returned to the area in charge, he immediately arranged for his men to go around collecting ice and snow.

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

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

At first, because the place where the ice and snow passage was built was a little far from the city wall, the tiger warriors at the head of the city just watched quietly.

As the plank wall continued to move towards the city wall, the soldiers who had built the ice passage soon entered the range of the tiger warriors.

Under the orders of the tigerman guards led by them, the tigerman warriors immediately began to use their flying axes to attack the besieging soldiers who had built ice and snow passages under the city walls.

In this regard, the soldiers of the besieging side had been prepared for a long time.

After seeing the tigers' movements, the soldiers who were specifically responsible for defending against the enemy's long-range attacks immediately raised their shields and huge planks.

With a clangling sound, the axes thrown by the tigerman warriors were all blocked by the dense shields and planks.

"Didn't you have enough to eat? Give me some strength! ”

After seeing that the first round of axe attacks did not achieve any results, the tigerman guards at the head of the city immediately let out an angry roar.

After being scolded by their bosses, the Tiger warriors threw their axes again.

This time, the axe attack was indeed much better than the last one, and many of the axes were firmly embedded in the plank.

However, in the face of thick shields, the power of those small throwing axes can only be like this, except for the fact that they can shake the arms of the shield-wielding soldiers a little, they cannot penetrate the dense shield array below the city walls.

After seeing that the second attack still had no great effect, the tigerman defenders on the city wall were immediately annoyed, and they continued to throw throwing axes at the enemies below the city wall.

Seeing that the tigerman defenders on the city wall had lost their minds, Ma Wanli and the others all laughed happily, because the axe attack they feared the most would soon be no longer a threat.

As Ma Wanli had predicted, the axes on the waists of the tiger warriors were soon thrown away.

When the Tiger warriors found that the axes had been thrown, they could only continue to watch the ice and snow passages built by the enemy approach the walls little by little.

After the last section of the ice and snow passage was built with 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.