Chapter 421 Jiashan Tigers(1/2)
When Rome and Macedonia arrived, it had been a whole day since the Han army captured the main city in the east. The city walls and various city defense fortifications were reset, arrow towers were everywhere, city gates, and city gate towers were restored...
Almost all the French lords withdrew from the battlefield of national war, and the German princes were only left with about 100,000 troops, becoming small forces.
Rome and Macedonia each had hundreds of thousands of soldiers. They could not help but despair when facing the 900,000 defenders in the main eastern city.
In the siege battle, there are 900,000 defenders in the city, which means that the siege will invest 1.8 million troops, or even 2.7 million troops.
France was completely destroyed, and there were only a few German princes left, and only Rome and Macedonia could fight in the eastern battlefield.
"We were fooled by the Han Empire."
Alexander rarely suffered such a great loss, and the veins on his forehead were pounding. He did not suffer any loss when he conquered Athens and Sparta.
The 100,000 NPC City Defense Forces are already a headache, and now they are 900,000 defenders!
These 900,000 defenders may not be defending the enemy to the death. They can also take the initiative to go out of the city to fight against the war, causing the siege troops to suffer.
"Do we still want to attack this city?"
The three giants of Rome felt somewhat desperate.
Any famous general who encounters a strong city with 900,000 defenders will be difficult to swallow.
It is estimated that if all the Roman legions are fought, it may not necessarily be possible to win this solid city. If all the Roman legions are fought, it will only be cheaper for some small and medium-sized civilizations.
Caesar, Pompeii, and Constantine all shook their heads subconsciously. The Roman legion had 100,000 citizens and 300,000 servants, totaling 400,000. In the battle with the Mongol Empire, the Roman legion was killed 150,000, and captured 100,000 Mongolian servants, leaving only 350,000. The number of Romans was not half of the defenders.
The situation in Macedonia was much better. Before the war, there were 500,000 people killed 50,000 when they fought with the Mongolian Empire, captured 150,000 Mongolian servants, and 600,000 people in Macedonia.
Rome and Macedonia combined are almost the same as the number of defenders. However, the Han army had majestic city walls and lined with arrow towers. The city walls could greatly improve the defense of the defenders. If they really wanted to fight, the 950,000 people of Rome and Macedonia would all die under the main city in the east.
"It's better to attack the main city in the south."
Ministers of the Kingdom of Macedonia advised Alexander.
There are too many Han troops in this main city, which makes people unable to raise the desire to attack the main city.
When France and Germany were defeated, a group of soldiers were captured by the Han army, and instead became the forces of the Han army to defend the city.
The remaining army of 100,000 German princes did not have a good relationship with Macedonia. The Holy Roman Empire bordered the Kingdom of Macedonia and was prone to conflict. Hohenzollern knew that he and Macedonia joined forces. Even if they captured the main city in the east, the main city in the east would either be taken away by Rome or Macedonia, so he simply gave up the main city in the east.
"We return to our city. Join forces with Macedonia, and in the end, the main eastern city will only be owned by Macedonia. We have lost our qualifications. It is better to keep the population obtained in this national war. Bringing millions of people back to Germany is also a considerable gain."
Hohenzollern said to the surviving princes.
After listening to Hohenzollern's analysis, the other German princes finally agreed with Hohenzollern's idea.
Some small and medium-sized civilizations have discovered that they have no opportunity to take advantage of.
No matter which camp they join, the main city has nothing to do with them and will only become cannon fodder for the great civilization.
The transformation strategy of small and medium-sized civilizations is that they only want to survive on the battlefield of the national war and take away the population. Hundreds of thousands and millions of people are an important asset for small and medium-sized civilizations, no less than getting the importance of the main city to them. There is no hope of fighting for the main city, so they can only save their population.
Rome and Macedonia saw that no small and medium-sized civilization dared to join forces with them, and they sighed when they faced the huge Han Empire.
Now the population of Rome and Macedonia is not half the population of the Han Empire.
After wandering for two days, Rome and Macedonia withdrew their troops and returned to their respective cities, preparing to go south to compete for the southern main city.
They did not believe that after the Han Empire obtained two main cities, there would be troops fighting for the third main city.
"It seems that the Romans and Macedonians retreated."
"Send scouts to investigate to prevent them from shooting back."
The princes of the Han Empire were very cautious and sent thousands of scouts to follow the Rome and Macedonian army.
Rome and Macedonia may also attack the main city in the west, but they will face the risk of 900,000 Han troops raiding from behind.
The Han army annexed the captives of Mughals, Incas, Mongolia, France, and Germany. The main city in the west and main cities in the east had more than one million troops. Rome and Macedonia together did not have that many. Unless Rome and Macedonia were really strong, they would face the risk of being wiped out and forcibly became enemies of the Han Empire.
At the meeting of the Han army princes, Xu Fengnian frowned: "But this time I offended the Romans and Macedonians. This time we have been guilty of too many people. If Ekaterina had no relationship with you, maybe we would even offend the Grand Duchy of Moscow."
Mingguan doesn't care much: "There are only five main cities in the national war battlefield. The more main cities it occupies, the more civilizations it offends. This is a conflict of interest and cannot be avoided."
Many princes also realized that occupying the main city was a process of offending other civilizations. When occupying the main city in the west, they offended the Ottoman Empire, the Mughal Empire, and the Persian Empire. When occupying the main city in the east, they offended Rome, Macedonia, and Germany.
The same was true for the Mongol Empire. When it occupied the main city in the north, it offended a group of civilizations located in the northern battlefield.
This is a conflict of interest and cannot be avoided.
The Grand Duchy of Moscow was still for Chu Tian's sake, so he avoided the main city in the west and the main city in the east and took the initiative to attack the main city in the south.
The more you occupy the main city, the more civilizations you offend, but at the same time, it is most beneficial to the future of your own civilization.
You can't hand over the main eastern city to Rome and Macedonia for the sake of ally relations that may break down at any time. Only the benefits of getting them are the real benefits.
"Order the Western Main City to recruit troops to crazily build up the forces of the Western Main City to 900,000. Our two main cities have 1.8 million soldiers. Who dares to take the initiative to attack us?"
"We have made a big profit when we stick to the two main cities."
The princes of the Han Empire were in a good mood and occupied two main cities with one-fifth of their population. This national war would bring bonuses to the Han Empire in the future. In the long run, the prospects of the Han Empire will be brighter.
"What about the navy attacking the fifth main city? If we take another main city, we may be enemies of the whole world."
The Han princes realized that the two main cities had already made Rome and Macedonia jealous. If another main city came, it would probably be that all civilizations would suffer from red-eye diseases.
"The princes of the Navy have already earned a lot of points, which means they are fighting with the enemy, but they seem to have not occupied the fifth main city yet."
"Urgent report, the main city in the west is being attacked by the enemy!"
The princes in the eastern main city are resting and recuperating, and unfavorable news has been heard from the western main city.
"What kind of civilization dares to attack the main city in the west?"
"The main city in the west has Guo Ziyi as the head coach, Jia Xu and Guo Jia as the military advisor. There are 400,000 soldiers and horses, and they can explode soldiers at any time. Without a million troops on the other side, they cannot be captured."
"To be on the safe side, we will send 50,000 cavalry to support the main city in the west."
The princes in the eastern main city sent 50,000 cavalry, led by Wei Qing, Zhang Liao, Yang Ye, Lanling Wang and others to support the western main city.
Joan of Arc saw 50,000 French prisoners. According to Chu Tian, these 50,000 French prisoners were her subordinates and became the source of French troops in the future. When she heard that almost all French lords withdrew from the country and war, she couldn't help but feel silent. Or, she felt a little relaxed in her heart.
The French lords withdrew from the national war, but she had no object to join, so she had reason to stay in the Eastern Han camp.
"Mr. Joan of Arc! You are indeed here!"
Among a group of French prisoners, a French general took the initiative to salute Joan of Arc.
"Gill de Ray?"
Joan of Arc saw the French general and called out his name.
This was her deputy general in France, a smart, silent, and unscrupulous French general who was active during the Hundred Years of War in Britain and France.
"Are you already serving the Han Empire?"
"I……"
When Joan of Arc saw his former deputy general's question, he was not easy to answer.
If yes, she did not play for Chu Tian, Chu Tian could not view the panel of Joan of Arc. If yes, then Joan of Arc does play in the Han army now.
"No matter how you choose, Jill de Ray is willing to follow you!"
Gill completely ignored whether Joan of Arc was loyal to France, but followed his master frantically.
In a sense, Joan of Arc was indeed a personal charm at that time, so he was regarded as a saint.
“…”
Joan of Arc recruited former deputy generals and a small group of French generals to formally form his own legion.
The military generals under her command mainly came from French generals between the Hundred Years of War in Britain and France.
In the main city in the west, the Han army guarding the city was attacked by the Japanese, Persia, Goryeo and other troops. During this period, the Shuofang army recruited by Guo Ziyi appeared and defended the city wall, but the enemy could not attack.
Oda Nobunaga, Takeda Nobunaga, Uesugi Kenshin and other Japanese daimyos took turns to supervise the battle.
The Persian army lacked powerful infantry, and only the undead army was threatened.
The country of Goryeo has already been remnants of soldiers and more than 10,000 people.
"The Mughal Empire dared not send troops to attack the main city with us? They still have hundreds of thousands of troops, so why can't they defend themselves?"
Cui Zaishun was responsible for contacting various civilizations, but as a result, the Mughal Empire, with huge troops, did not dare to come and meet.
The Mughal Empire had been defeated one after another by the Han Empire. The millions of troops were defeated to only 500,000. Several princes were killed. The remaining princes concentrated all their population in three ordinary cities, drank and had fun every day, and indulged in sensations and sang, and no longer fought with the Han army.
They gave up attacking the main city and just wanted to take millions of people away and return to the Mughal Empire.
So much so that when Cui Zaishun urged the Mughal Empire to attack the main city in the west, the princes of the Mughal Empire refused repeatedly.
They were afraid of being beaten. At least they were afraid of being beaten on the battlefield of the national war.
The Persians sent craftsmen, and Japan sent manpower to build stone siege machines, cloud ladders, siege towers and other siege equipment, and attacked the main city in the west for days.
Oda Nobunaga, Takeda Nobugen, Uesugi Kenshin and others successively took command and sent their powerful generals to the top first, but they were all blocked by the 12-meter-high city wall.
You should know that the difficulty of siege in the main city in the west is not only 400,000 defenders, but also nearly 10 million people in the city!
The main city in the western region was recruiting soldiers quickly, and Zhang Dao left Zhang Bao. Within ten days, he recruited 200,000 Yellow Turban Army, and the explosion speed was extremely fast!
So in Japan and Persia's view, the city's defenders did not decrease after ten days of strong attack.
To be continued...