Lord of Riders

Shao Yu's 40,000 troops merged with Vidim's more than 10,000 troops, and the 50,000 coalition troops appeared outside Kudan City.

It can be said that Shao Yu dispatched most of the domestic forces this time. There are only a few thousand militiamen in the country, and they are all militiamen with weak combat effectiveness.

The current Calradia continent has reached its most chaotic time, and no country can be independent of war.

Shao Yu carried a hundred ballistas as well as a hundred newly manufactured mobile catapults. These catapults are equipped with torsion springs unique to the Shao Ming Kingdom, which can project more than 200 kilograms of stones at a time, with a range of more than 100 meters, and are equipped with wheels for maneuverable shooting.

These siege equipment are still uncommon in the continent of Calradia. The siege of the continent of Calradia still relies on siege ladders, and sometimes heavy siege ladders are used to climb the walls. These siege weapons like the Shao Ming Kingdom are basically unused

Fifty thousand horses have to guard the seven towns of the Nord Kingdom and more than thirty castles. These forces are obviously not enough. The Nord Kingdom focused its forces on the east, and there were more than eight thousand defenders in Kudan.

King Ragnar deliberately placed more defenders in eastern towns, as well as reinforcements from other places. It was originally to deal with Vidim's recovery, but he didn't expect Shao Yu to infiltrate the Nord Kingdom so quickly. Fifty thousand soldiers surrounded Kudan.

"Hurry up and ask for help from the surrounding castles! With so many enemies here, our troops can't deal with so many enemies at all. Go and report to King Ragnar!" Lord Salton, guarding Kudan, looked at Shao Yu's couple. Wan Dajun was shocked. Hurriedly ordered from the opponent

"Yes, my lord!" Lord Salton's adjutant quickly agreed, looking for someone to move the rescuer.

Salton is also a general of the Nord Kingdom, young, but rich in combat experience. Therefore, King Ragnar also handed over the task of defending the East to Salton.

Seeing Shao Yu's so many troops, Salton immediately sent people to ask for help.

"Line up the ballista and catapult for me, dig trenches and build camps to prevent the enemy's sneak attack!" Shao Yu ordered the soldiers down.

The forces of the Nord Kingdom were basically used to deal with the Swadia Kingdom, and the emptiness in the rear gave Shao Yu a chance.

Shao Yu set up a camp under Kudan City, and discussed the next siege plan with the core generals under him.

"Well, Shao Yu, we will take advantage of their reinforcements to attack the city. With so many soldiers, they will definitely be unable to resist, otherwise it will be difficult for their reinforcements to arrive," Vidim said.

Shao Yu shook his head and pointed to his army, "We are all the elite troops of the Shao Ming Kingdom here, are you afraid of the clutter of the Nord Kingdom?"

Shao Yu is full of confidence and is not afraid of Nord's reinforcements at all.

"Our country has tens of thousands of elite cavalry and two thousand armored cavalry. There are probably not many cavalry troops as elite as me in the current Calradia continent. I am very happy that their reinforcements will arrive and sacrifice my battle flag." Shao Yu Now that we have a strong army, we are naturally very hard to speak.

"Then what should I do? The kingdom of Swadia is very tight," Vidim said.

"As long as they know that my army is here, they will definitely withdraw as soon as possible" Shao Yu said

"But at the same time, even if we have captured Kudan now, Ragnar will not receive the news right away" Shao Yu added.

Vidim nodded and didn't say much. It was Shao Yu's decision. After all, it is now the army of the Shao Ming Kingdom as the main force of the siege

Shao Yu didn't rush to attack the city, but sent an army around looking for heavy objects such as big rocks that could be thrown.

The ancients' catapult used corpses, cattle and sheep in addition to slinging stones. After all, there are not so many stones, but there are a lot of corpses. When the stones are used up, the corpses are basically visible everywhere.

The heavy objects thrown by the slings were originally used to smash the enemy. Therefore, as long as it is heavy enough, it may not be a solid stone.

The soldiers soon dug trenches outside the camp to prevent the enemy's sneak attacks.

A two-meter-wide, one-meter-deep trench, and then a one-meter-high soil wall, can barely provide some protection to the camp. At least it is not easy for the cavalry to rush directly into the camp. Many lords of Calradia do not have the habit of digging trenches, and the camps are relatively simple, so they have no protection capabilities.

Shao Yu ordered the army to camp five miles away from the city while collecting stones around the town. Cut down big trees and prepare to build even greater siege equipment

Soldiers trim their weapons and equipment in the camp, preparing to attack the city

There are 5,000 crossbowmen in the infantry of the Shao Ming Kingdom, uniformly equipped with heavy crossbows with a range of more than 400 meters, and all soldiers uniformly equipped with chain armor, skin shields, and elite scimitars.

The other infantry are all melee infantry, uniformly equipped with hooks, chain mail, and sharp scimitars and skin shields.

The skin shield of the Shao Ming Kingdom has also been strengthened. The shield has two layers of boiled cowhide. Although it is not as strong as a steel shield, its protection is also very good. The arrows are not easy to destroy. At the same time, the Shao Ming Kingdom can quickly measure Shao Ming Kingdom has no shortage of leather goods, and now it can be one person.

Now in the Kingdom of Shao Ming, only orc warriors are equipped with heavy steel shields.

In this era of cold weapons, the strong steel armor is difficult to break, so the heavily armed Samuro is like a tank of later generations on the battlefield, which can have a huge effect in some places.

After nearly three days of preparations ~www.wuxiaspot.com~The Kingdom of Shao Ming was basically ready to attack the city. The soldiers collected enough stones to throw more than 20 times with all the catapults. At the same time, the siege ladder and the siege ladder are basically completed, and the huge catapult built by Shao Yu is nearly ten meters high. Shao Yu built a lot of simple carts to transport stones.

As soon as Chaoyang climbed over the horizon, Shao Yu ordered the siege to start.

Hundreds of catapults slowly advanced behind them, and behind them were wooden vehicles for transporting stones, pulling the big rocks needed by the catapults to move forward.

"They are coming! What is that?" The soldiers guarding Kudan asked curiously as they watched Shao Yu's soldiers pushing a tall car slowly forward.

They have not seen this thing in the war. Although it is also driven by wheels, it is obviously not a siege ladder. The soldiers couldn't help but have a bad premonition.

In addition to these catapults, there were also ballistas carried by three people.

These ballistas of the Shao Ming Kingdom also used torsion springs and also used multi-layer crossbows. Although they did not use some composite materials, they were still very powerful, with a limited range of more than seven or eight hundred meters.