Chapter 39: Psychological Tactics

  After the array was stabilized, Karu didn't say anything else to Xiao Yu, and directly waved his hand, letting the commander beside him start attacking according to the previously practiced formation.

  The last time, Xiao Yu's elegant counterattack with her middle finger left a deep impression on him. This time, Kalu didn't waste any words either. He wanted to wait until he captured the city and took Xiao Yu alive, then trample her under his feet before thoroughly venting the anger in his heart.

  Thus, the army of 20,000 men, under the command of their commander, was divided into a dozen or so squares and slowly entered the battle.

  The last defeat made Karu also summarize the lessons, thinking that his own army had not experienced battle for too long, so they didn't cooperate well, fought separately and couldn't form a strong fighting force, which is why they failed.

  This time he conducted a month-long warm-up before coming to attack, and also studied some siege tactics, so he was full of confidence in taking down the Lion King's Castle.

  Rumble... Rumble...

  The infantry's neat footsteps trod on the ground, extremely rhythmic, like a beautiful piece of music, weighing heavily on everyone's heart.

  If it weren't for Xiao Yu's pre-battle psychological relaxation tactics, the new recruits under Long Hui's command would probably have all wet their pants by now.

  It was precisely because of Xiao Yu's troops' disdain for the impending battle that they also felt that the battle seemed to be nothing to be afraid of.

  Soldiers fear most is their morale being dampened and their spirit being suppressed by the enemy.

  As they approached to about four hundred meters, except for the heavy infantry phalanx in the middle, other infantry on both sides had already raised their ladders and started to accelerate gradually, preparing to rush forward and launch a rapid attack on the city wall.

  Karu's formation is simple and practical, which is a relatively ordinary formation.

  In the middle of the attacking army, a phalanx of heavy infantrymen marched towards the gate, accompanied by a heavy siege engine. Their main goal was to break through the gate and push into the city, opening up an entrance for the subsequent troops to follow. Behind the phalanx of heavy infantrymen, another heavy siege engine was positioned, in case the first one was destroyed, leaving the heavy infantrymen unable to breach the gate. In reality, hidden within the center of this phalanx was a magician, ready at any moment to provide powerful fire support and help break through the gate.

  On both sides of the heavy infantry phalanx, there were light infantrymen with shields tied to their arms. On the one hand, they could defend against arrows from the city walls, and on the other hand, when climbing ladders, they didn't need to hold shields, freeing up their hands.

  Light infantry on both sides carried ladders as many as a dozen, had practiced several times, can be quickly erected on the city wall, and iron hooks were also installed above the ladder to prevent falling off.

  This is just the first column of phalanx, behind this first column of phalanx, there are more than 20 heavy catapults that can launch heavy crossbow arrows with a range of up to 400 meters, suppressing the archers on the city wall.

  Karu spared no effort in this battle, bringing all the crossbow carts from their territory and borrowing over a dozen more from other territories.

  It's hard for ordinary soldiers to shoot arrows up to such a high city wall, but the crossbow cart can do it. Last time, Xiao Yu's elf archer gave Karu an extremely deep impression, so this time he deliberately used the crossbow cart to suppress the archers on the city wall.

  Behind the first line of phalanx, there is a second line of phalanx, still with heavy infantry advancing in the middle and light infantry on both sides. However, this time many soldiers are equipped with crossbows, which can be used to shoot during siege or suppress the city head from under the city wall, helping those climbing up the cloud ladder to get on top of the city head.

  Behind the second line of squares, Carreau also deployed five catapults, ready to provide long-range heavy fire support.

  Such a luxurious lineup, Xiao Yu couldn't help but praise, let alone him as a small lion king, even if he attacked the capital city of Weiguo, Huicheng, it would be no problem.

  Unfortunately, he ran into Xiao Yu.

  Xiao Yu narrowed her eyes and gazed at the slowly advancing army of Karu, taking a light sip of red wine.

  "Tell them to open the city gate." Xiao Yu gave a direct order.

  The beastman infantry below received the order and immediately began to open the city gate. Long Hui was shocked and said, "Young Master, what are you doing? Are you going to surrender? How can we open the city gate at this time?"

  Xiao Yu snapped his fingers and said, "I haven't had enough of this good day yet, what's the point of surrendering? Uncle Long, just watch, you'll see in a moment."

  Soon, the beastman soldiers below followed Xiao Yu's orders and directly opened the sturdy city gate, rumbling as they pushed it to both sides. As a result, Lion City looked like an undefended city, just like a woman who had already taken off her underwear, making you exhaust all sorts of tricks to conquer, only to suddenly discover that the other side had completely opened up to you.

  Karu's army had now reached a position three hundred meters from the city wall, and the city gate suddenly opened wide, they were naturally visible.

  Witnessing this bizarre scene, whether it was the commander or the soldiers, they were all stunned. What's going on? Did the other side see our large army approaching and want to surrender?

  So all the soldiers immediately slowed down their charging and running speed, slowly coming to a stop. The commander also didn't know what was going on, so he ordered his troops to stand still in formation and not continue attacking, waiting for Karu's orders.

  So the Karu army, which had been charging forward with great momentum, stopped in its tracks and formed up in lines three hundred meters from the city walls, waiting for Karu's orders.

  Karu was also stunned by this scene, but he burst out laughing immediately. He thought Xiao Yu was going to surrender, so he was extremely happy and filled with a sense of conquest.

  "Xiao Yu, are you going to surrender? Hmph, if you surrender now, I can consider sparing your life and making you my slave. You'll get to watch me play with your several sisters-in-law every day, haha..."

  Karu stood up from the carriage, spirited and proud, feeling as if the whole world was already under his feet.

  On the city wall, Xiao Yu took another sip of red wine and then had Grom behind him lift up a huge wooden carving. It was carved from a single piece of wood, a tightly clenched fist with only one finger sticking out, the middle finger.

  Xiao Yu made Grom point directly at Kalo, like a super-large hand, and gave Kalo the middle finger.

  "Bastard." Karl directly smashed a wine jug worth tens of thousands of gold coins on the carriage.

  "Bring me his head, I want to capture him alive, I want to humiliate all the women of Lion's Territory in front of him. Whoever takes down Lion's Territory first, I'll let them share Xiao Yu's sister with me." Kalu was like a mad dog, furious and barking, without any noble demeanor.

  Xiao Yu, on the other hand, was reclining in a rocking chair, savoring red wine, looking utterly carefree and like a true gentleman, as if that super middle finger had nothing to do with him.

  "Charge..." Along with Karu's roar, the army moved again under the commander's command, but now they were only less than three hundred meters away from the city wall of Lion King Territory, and this distance had already entered the range of the archers on the city head.

  The Elf archer's range has reached over 200 meters after equipping new gear, and the throwing distance on the city wall is undoubtedly farther, reaching 300 meters without any problem. With Tyrande's powerful strike aura, this range is even further.

  Then, a rain of arrows poured down from the sky, and those soldiers who stood in formation within three hundred meters became living targets.

  The dwarves' riflemen had an even longer range, although their accuracy was poorer. However, under the command of concentrated fire from the whirling rain, without pursuing accuracy, they were also harvesting the enemy's life like a machine gun.

  Originally, if they charged forward with one mind, the killing effect of the archers' shooting would also be greatly weakened. Moving targets are not easy to hit, and relying on the momentum of the charge, they can quickly reach the bottom of the city wall and set up a cloud ladder. The whole process takes no more than a minute or so.

  But now, they came to an abrupt stop in their rush, and after a wait, they charged again, which was a completely different effect.

  Everyone knows the difference between starting speed and peak speed.

  The hail of arrows continued to pour down, and the fallen soldiers became an obstacle for the charging soldiers behind them, so they slowed down even more.

  They could have reached the foot of the city wall in a minute or two, but now it would take them at least several times that long, during which time the archers on the city walls could launch dozens more volleys.

  The sprite archers shot dozens of times, that's how deadly it was. Add to that the dwarf riflemen also firing intensively, and the fate of these infantrymen could only be left to heaven.

  Anyway, when these light infantry arrived under the city walls, almost all of the first line's squares had been killed. Helpless, the commander sent out the second line's squares to continue the attack.

  One shot, a whole column of infantry phalanx was completely wiped out. This is an absolute huge blow to the morale of the Carthaginian army.

  Xiao Yu's psychological tactics achieved a complete success.

  "With a land ten times as large and a population of one million, we attacked Qin by knocking on the pass. The Qin people opened the pass to delay the enemy, and the nine-state army hesitated and did not dare to advance..."

  Xiao Yu muttered to himself about Jia Yue's Over Qin Theory, secretly thinking: "Damn it, the experience of the ancients is indeed useful. As soon as we opened the city gate, they didn't dare to advance."

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