Unknown Knight

Chapter 362 Preliminary Trials

Two days passed quickly, but the vanguard of Saiga Khan did not arrive as scheduled. However, Aix knew that it was not because the enemy broke the promise, but because after they knew that the Sajche Fort was occupied by their side, the vanguard without the ability to attack immediately gave up the plan of attacking.

Soon, the scouts sent back intelligence: about a thousand cavalrymen gathered near Drifaeban. These cavalrymen were all elite troops in armor and weapons, and they should be the vanguard. Judging from their momentum and weapons and equipment, they should be the core elites under the command of Khan Saiga. They were waiting for follow-up reinforcements and siege equipment in Drifaeban. This was obviously a wise move.

Knowing that a vicious wolf was lurking outside the door, the soldiers and civilians of Aix worked even harder to build the city defenses. Over the course of two days, more than 3,000 militiamen arrived here to build the city defenses. The regular army also increased to 2,000 people, and the entire territory was mobilized, with more people rushing here. Everyone knew that this was a confrontation between their territory and the country of Kugit, and they had to do their best to deal with it.

During these two days, everyone took shifts and worked non-stop throughout the night. Not only did they completely repair the damaged walls of the Sageche Fort during the previous siege, they also made the walls of the two outposts facing the enemy on the east much higher and thicker.

At the same time, Aix was afraid that the Kugits would use the same method to find the narrow paths on the mountain and launch an attack from an unexpected place, so he let his recently defected relatives lead the way, completely destroying a total of three such paths on the mountain, and sent people to monitor and guard key and dangerous places.

Especially the huge stone terrace, which has now been utilized by Aix and widened. A simple checkpoint has been built here. In the future, they plan to build a permanent fortification on the basis of this checkpoint and connect it to the castle with stairs.

The city defense weapons placed at this checkpoint can cover the entire Sajic Fort with a high degree of support. Moreover, after the catapults and crossbows are fired from here, their power and range are several times that of the flat ground, which greatly enhances the city defense capability of Sajic Fort and becomes an important part of the city defense of Sajic Fort.

Five days later, to the east of Sageche Fort, Saiga Khan's army arrived with billowing smoke.

As the saying goes, when there are tens of thousands of people, there is no end. Standing on the tower of the castle, just looking at the endless scale of Saiga Khan's army is daunting. A rough estimate with the naked eye is that there are at least tens of thousands of people.

Scouts had reported yesterday that the enemy troops gathered in Drephaebain had no fewer than 5,000 cavalrymen, and including civilians and servants, there were at least tens of thousands of them. On the Sageche Fort side, the total number of soldiers and civilians was as many as 8,000.

It seems that the Kugit Khanate has sent out all its elite troops, while the Lord of Aix is ​​using all its strength to fight the enemy. Almost all the young and strong men are here, except for the necessary soldiers to defend the city, and the ones transporting supplies in the rear are women and children.

The Kugits did not launch an attack immediately, but set up camp on a flat ground at the foot of the mountain. It was autumn, and the horses were fat. The Kugits were very enthusiastic about fighting. The whole camp was brightly lit, and the "bang bang bang" sounds of assembling siege equipment were endless. The rhythm was much faster than usual, and it was very lively.

Nothing happened during the whole night. As soon as the day broke, the Kugit camp became noisy. The overseers, the Kugit masters, shouted and scolded, and whipped the slave servants who had worked most of the night to prepare meals for the Kugits and make preparations for the battle.

It was not until halfway that the Kugit people came out of their tents to eat. By the time they had eaten and drunk well and slowly headed up the mountain, it was almost noon.

"These damn Khergit lazy bastards."

Aix couldn't help but curse. The hardworking people of the territory always got up very early, including Aix. They all took it for granted that the Kugit people would be like them, and would prepare for battle early and launch an attack early.

However, they overlooked one point. The one who decided everything was the Kugit Nayan master, not the servants and slaves. They also underestimated the influence of living habits on these Nayan masters. As a result, everyone in the territory finished breakfast early and prepared for the battle. However, they waited in vain. It was almost noon before the Kugit people finally attacked them slowly.

It was almost time for dinner, and the little food that everyone had eaten in the morning had long been digested. Axe looked at the slow-moving Kugits on the opposite side and estimated that it would take at least half an hour for them to attack. He was afraid that everyone would be out of energy and have no food in their stomachs when the fight started, so he ordered Igor to bring the edible things first and distribute them to the soldiers to fill their stomachs. If there was really nothing to eat, they could just chew some dried meat, which was better than having an empty stomach.

As a result, a very magical scene appeared on the battlefield. The enemy on the opposite side had already started the attack with siege equipment, but the defenders were still eating bread, apples, cheese, dried meat, and even cabbage with sauce behind the parapet.

Such a war can be imagined. After the Kugits pushed fifteen catapults to the attack position, they began to attack with the catapults and were not in a hurry to put up the siege tower. It seemed that they wanted to test and see the strength of the outpost.

Due to the limited area, the outpost only had three catapults, plus the two small catapults at the mountain outpost, a total of five catapults. However, each catapult was equipped with the territory's unique mountain scout, and its hit rate was not comparable to that of the Kugit people's catapults.

After more than a dozen rounds of exchange of fire, eight of the Kugit catapults were destroyed, and the remaining seven were hastily pushed out of range. If they had been slower, they would have been destroyed by the territory's catapults. On the territory's side, only one catapult was destroyed. In comparison, the difference was quite large.

Through this exploratory attack, the Kugits found out the number of catapults located on the outposts, and also realized that the attacks of the catapults on the outposts were very sharp. If they rashly pushed the siege tower up, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.

After a little thought, Saiga Khan decided to end today's attack here and ordered the soldiers on the front line to return to the camp and end today's battle.

This incident left many people on Aix's side confused. The attack was too random. Aix had no choice but to order the soldiers in the front to come down for meals, the laborers to go up to the city to repair the damaged city walls, and the rest to rest on the spot.

However, Aix felt that the enemy's approach was not as simple as it seemed. Seeing that they were not in a hurry, it at least showed that the Kugits had made sufficient preparations this time and were not in a hurry to attack immediately.

The more he thought about it, the more worried Aix became. After all, the other side was a country, and its overall strength was several times that of Aix's. They had more means and cards to play than his own side. Aix hoped that the Kugits could launch a fierce attack, and then the two families could make a quick decision and end the battle early.