The Princess of Northern Land
Chapter 584: Madness (7)_1

Chapter 584: Chapter 584: Madness (7)_1

Chu Suifeng and Situ Gong realized they had been somewhat careless.

In the deep autumn of the Northern Land, the temperature at night is particularly low. There has been no moon these past few days, they hadn’t expected Billy and Bayal to be so reckless as to disregard the cold and the safety of the North Country soldiers to launch a surprise attack under the cover of darkness.

Luo Cheng was even more frustrated, he had stood guard on the city wall for several nights in a row, and only yesterday he had replaced someone to be on duty. He didn’t expect such a significant event to happen.

"We beg for punishment." The two guards of the city knelt down in shame, unable to lift their heads.

The enemy had crossed the river overnight and reached the bottom of the city, and they had not noticed it at all.

"Hmph, Chu Suifeng and Situ Gong are always cautious, believing they understand us very well. They must have thought that after our last big loss, we would definitely hold back for a while. But I intend to do the opposite. As long as their troops are trapped in the city, they won’t be able to arrange their formations. As long as we take down the city tower and break into the city, we will have the military might to easily capture Chu Suifeng and Situ Gong," Bayal sneered, growing even more proud as he watched his soldiers beginning to set up scaling ladders against the city wall.

"Chu Suifeng and Situ Gong are always cunning, don’t underestimate them," Billy said spitefully. Chu Suifeng had seriously injured his beloved apprentice, Timur, and he would have to settle this score sooner or later.

If it weren’t for his high magic medical skills, let alone saving Timur’s arm, it would have been hard to say whether Timur’s life could have been saved.

"Although Chu Suifeng’s troops are blocked in the city cannot form a formation, Border City is Chu Suifeng’s territory, he must have some preparations. Once we enter the city, that’s when the real battle will begin," Billy reminded Bayal not to let success go to his head.

"I know this," Bayal said with a light smile. "No matter how powerful Chu Suifeng is, we outnumber him by more than forty thousand. What can he do to me?"

After a pause, he continued, "Our warriors from the North Country are physically stronger and more powerful than the soldiers of the Northern Land. No matter how powerful Chu Suifeng is, he is just one man. What can he use to fight us?"

"In any case, it’s better to be careful. We’ll talk after we break into the city," Billy maintained a watchful attitude.

Even without his prompting, the soldiers from the North Country were also giving everything they had to the siege. In the last war, they thought that the Fire Bull Formation would make taking Border City a piece of cake, but in the end, it was they who suffered a terrible defeat.

For the honor of the North Country, for the food supplies in Border City, they had to fight desperately.

If the snow this year were heavy, life in the North Country would be very difficult for their families. Regardless, for survival, the soldiers from the North Country had to fight for their lives.

Seeing the soldiers of the North Country flooding like a tide under the city wall, the expressions on the faces of Chu Suifeng and Situ Gong did not change, and Situ Gong continually smiled.

"Pass the order, pour the oil." Luo Heng issued an order.

As the soldiers from the North Country climbed closer along the scaling ladders, North Land soldiers fired arrows simultaneously.

Suddenly, there were countless casualties on the scaling ladders.

But the enemy was too crazy, where there were people down, people would be replaced from behind. According to this trend, it won’t be long before the enemy will arrive.

Just then, barrels of hot oil were brought up. The soldiers on the city wall scooped up the hot oil from the barrels with ladles and poured it down along the scaling ladders.

Screams immediately erupted.

These screams were far more chilling than those of injury, looking at the enemies with their skin and flesh split open. The soldiers of the North Land on the city wall had no sympathy at all, and the oil in their hands continued to pour.

Watching with heartache, Bayal saw the number of their side suffering from hot oil burns increasing, and some soldiers began to fear and dare not go forward.

"Pass down the order, no retreating, violators will be killed," Billy ruthlessly ordered his men.

The soldiers next to him felt sorry for the ordeal of the soldiers but dared not defy Billy’s military orders. They clenched their teeth and passed on Billy’s orders. "The State Preceptor has said that their hot oil supply won’t last forever. As long as we break through Border City today, the rich and prosperous Daqin will be within our grasp."

With these words of encouragement, the temporarily retreating soldiers began their second wave of attack.

On the city wall, the expressions on the faces of Chu Suifeng and Situ Gong remained unchanged. "Pass the order, prepare the rocks."

It would be impossible to carry rocks to the city wall manually. But Chu Suifeng had a solution, long before the war began, countless rocks had been accumulated at the side and bottom of the city tower.

These rocks were not very large, but if they were thrown from the city tower onto people’s heads, those people’s heads would surely burst open.

"Transport them immediately." Under the city wall, Xiao Yang, serving as the Residence Governor, was leading a group of civilians to load rocks into the baskets.

As soon as the baskets were full, the "hoist" above immediately started lifting.

The so-called "hoist" was actually a simple device made up of pulleys by Lin Ziyin. Although simple, it was practical.

Basket after basket of rocks were transported to the top of the city tower, and soldiers immediately let the rocks roll down along the ladder. The rocks were very useful, the enemy on the ladder would surely have their heads burst open or be seriously injured if they were hit. Then they would fall off the ladder, and when they fell, they would sometimes knock down their comrades who were following them.

As a result, there were countless casualties among the attacking enemies.

"Chu Suifeng and Situ Gong are too cunning." There were so many rocks, it was obvious that they were not transported temporarily, but were prepared in advance.

"Attack again." Billy’s heart ached, but he stuck to his point of view. In his view, even though many soldiers had already been killed or injured if he gave up now, all the previous efforts would be wasted.

Especially, he did not believe that Chu Suifeng and Situ Gong could have much more rocks to supply.

Once the rocks they prepared were used up, the victory would be on his side.