Continental Warriors Yoo Ma

With the cover of night and fog, the possibility of Nubian worms reaching the city wall is much greater.

Of course, all this still requires the cooperation of infantry.

It's just that after witnessing the enemy's ferocious firepower in the first round of attack, and the miserable scene of being swept down in pieces with incomplete bones, the morale of elite noble soldiers to ordinary cannon fodder mercenaries has dropped a lot.

Neither Prince Mohammed nor General Mustain hoped to use their elite troops to consume the enemy's shells, so to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of ordinary soldiers, they had to use both carrots and sticks.

The two commanders offered great benefits to the brave warriors who volunteered to fight, and used machetes and leather whips to force those low-status ordinary soldiers to fight.

In particular, those local rebels in Tlemcen who joined the Mulholland Jihad Army were required to devote themselves to the next siege battle, and to stand at the forefront of the front line and bear the brunt of the Crusaders' artillery.

Regardless of whether they all believe in the true god Ankabal, but in the face of interests, the people of Tlemcen are just consumables for the Ottomans and Mamluks.

However, compared to ordinary fighters who are generally afraid of fighting after seeing the failure of the elite Yenicheri, the Sipasi cavalry still have high fighting spirit.

The main reason is that its leader, Jihangir Pasha, has a high prestige among the soldiers and has a way of inspiring the soldiers.

He even approached Prince Muhammad and volunteered: "Your Highness, what the Janissaries cannot do, we Sipasi can definitely do. Please allow us to join the attack after the Tlemcens. With those stupid The steppers consume the shells of the crusaders, and I will be the first to climb to the top of the city and cut off Ma Youfu's head!"

Although he has always disliked this ambitious and rebellious subordinate, at this time Prince Muhammad still admired him for his courage to take the initiative to fight.

"Very good, Cihangir, then I will allow you to lead the Sipasi cavalry into the siege."

Jihangir Pasha was overjoyed, but immediately turned serious, and changed the topic: "Your Highness, we Sipasi cavalry are willing to dedicate all our bravery and loyalty to you. However, attacking that mighty cross A military fortress is, after all, a very dangerous thing. So I beg you to be generous enough to give corresponding rewards to the Sipasi cavalry..."

Seeing that the other party was so bold that he dared to bargain with himself at such a critical moment, Prince Muhammad almost laughed angrily.

He suppressed the anger in his heart and asked, "What kind of reward do the Sipasi cavalry need?"

"We hope that after the capture of Oran Port in the future, this city will be the fiefdom of the Sipasi cavalry." Jihangir Pasha expressed his long-considered request.

With the Port of Oran and the lucrative taxation brought by trade, Cihangir has the greatest capital to establish himself.

Hearing the other party's request, the anger in Prince Muhammad's heart quickly disappeared and turned into a cold killing intent.He took a deep look at Cihangir's eyes like hungry wolves, pondered for a moment, and finally said: "I agree with your request. As long as the Sipasi cavalry can take down this fort, I will use Port of Oran as a reward!"

"Thank you for your generosity and enlightenment, Your Highness, we..."

Cihangir was about to say something beautiful to show his loyalty, but was interrupted by Prince Muhammad raising his hand: "Okay, Cihangir Pasha. In order to ensure that you can take the fort, I need you to take down the fort before attacking." A miracle drug that increases courage, fearlessness in the face of death, and enhances physical abilities."

"Miraculous medicine?" Jihangir asked with a puzzled expression.

"Yes, the magic medicine. The members of the famous Assassin sect will take this magic medicine called 'Hashish' before performing their missions." Prince Muhammad said.

The Assassin Order in this world is not just an organization engaged in assassination activities.The rewards they received through assassination, apart from maintaining the operation of the organization, are basically invested in the actions against the followers of evil gods.

The leader of the organization, Hassan, the old man in the mountain, will also use assassination as a threat to force the Mulhollan nobles at both ends of the rat head to fight against the forces of the four evil gods.

Basically, the Assassins are Mulholland's version of the Inquisition, only more violent and darker.

Because its philosophy believes that fear is the best way to make people obey.

Later, when the Mongolian army influenced by the evil god of war invaded Iran, they regarded these assassins in the shadows as enemies and tried their best to eliminate them.

In the end, the Assassin Order was wiped out after the fall of the headquarters of Alamut Fort.

However, after the power of the Mongols ebbed, the Assassins revived again.

The reason why this assassin organization has such a strong vitality is also because its highest idea of ​​fighting against evil gods from other worlds has been recognized by many from the bottom peasants to the upper nobles.This cannot be achieved by assassination alone.

The new Assassin Order's behavior style has changed a bit. There are fewer things to make money from assassination, but it has developed many other ways to make money.

Among them, selling "hashish" is a big money-making business.

This is a hallucinogenic potion made from a plant called "Hashish". According to its color, it is divided into three types: blue, red, and yellow.

Blue is a simple drug, which can make people unconscious for more than ten hours.Yellow can give people the ultimate pleasure and enjoy the feeling of ascending to heaven.This is the most profitable product of the Assassin Order, and many nobles of Mulholland, who live in luxury and boring, flock to this drug.

And the red hash is a stimulant that can produce a savage effect similar to that of a barbarian after being taken.

Chapter 470 Religion, Science

"Now I have a bucket of red 'Hashish' on hand. If one person takes one bite, it is enough for 1000 people to drink. Cihangir Pasha, please select a thousand warriors from the Sipasi cavalry as soon as possible to drink this god. Medicine, and then used as the main force, put into the siege battle." Prince Muhammad said.

Naturally, Jihangir had also heard about the efficacy of this Assassin secret medicine.After drinking red hashish, it can indeed stimulate the potential of the human body, endow the courage without fear of death, and go forward in battle.

But because of this effect, soldiers who drink red hashish have a very high mortality rate on the battlefield.

Fear is the source of the human survival instinct.People who lack a sense of fear will naturally not live long on the battlefield.Jihangir once heard that those assassins who had taken red hashish, when performing assassination missions, would suddenly explode because they could not suppress the interference of the drug effect on their sanity, turning the stealth assassination into a frontal conflict.

Although in the end the assassins are often able to complete their missions by "killing them all if they are exposed", the death rate of the assassins during their missions remains high because of this.

"The prince made me drink red hashish, is he trying to take this opportunity to get rid of me..." Jihangir hesitated when he thought of this possibility.

"Why, Jihangir Pasha, you don't want to drink red hashish? It's okay, I won't force it. It's just that it will make me and the whole army doubt the courage and loyalty of the Sipasi cavalry. You may I am afraid that you will not be able to compete in this siege battle, so I suggest you let the Mamluk allies replace you." Prince Muhammad said with a half-smile.

Only then did Jihangir realize that he was inadvertently forced into a dilemma by the other party.

If he refuses to drink red hashish and gives up the opportunity to attack the city to the Mamluks, then his long-established image and military prestige will definitely be greatly damaged.

At that time, if they successfully captured the Crusader fortress and looked at the other soldiers who received rewards, the Sipasi cavalry would definitely blame themselves.If he fails in the end and has to withdraw his troops, he will also become a scapegoat.Prince Muhammad will definitely release such rumors: If it hadn't been for Jihangir Pasha's retreat, which caused a great drop in morale, he might have been able to capture the Crusader fortress.

Thinking of this, Jihangir Pasha had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree: "Of order, Your Highness."

"Very good, you are indeed the warrior chosen by the true god Ankabal! When this battle is over, I will personally celebrate for you!" Prince Muhammad patted Jihangir on the shoulder affectionately.

The leader of the Sipasi cavalry did not feel the favor of the monarch, but felt a chill down his spine.

If he knew the oriental idiom "riding a tiger, it's hard to get off", he would definitely feel the same way.

After Cihangir Pasha left, Prince Ottoman and Mamluk generals continued to discuss offensive strategies.The main tone is to keep attacking until the morale of the army can no longer support it.

Tonight's offense has five waves.First the Tlemcen rebels attacked.Then came the Mamluk infantry, composed of Syrians and Egyptians.Then, it was the turn of Ottoman's Azab mercenaries to appear again.

It is estimated that these three waves of attacks will not have any results, but they can also consume a large amount of ammunition reserves of the Crusaders and make the opponent exhausted.

At that time, it should be around midnight, and the main event will begin.

Ottoman spellcasters work together to create a dense fog across the valley to obscure the sight of enemies.The Mamluk mages are used as a reserve force to deal with possible countermeasures by the Crusader mages.This was followed by a fourth wave of attacks, led by dismounted sipasi cavalry drinking red hashish, and two giant Nubian worms.

Prince Mohammed and General Mustaine hoped to capture the crusader fortress at this stage and end the battle.If that doesn't work, then invest in the sixth wave, the most elite force made up of the remaining Janissaries and Mamluk cavalry.

If it still fails, it means that the true god Ankabal did not protect him, so he returned to the city of Sidi Bel Abbes, regrouped, and made another plan.

After the two commanders reached a consensus, their orders were quickly conveyed. The Mulholland army gathered in the valley, like a huge machine, began to mobilize, and it was about to crush the small fortress in front of it.

Under the orders of the chief, civilian husbands and ordinary soldiers felled trees everywhere to make siege equipment.

The Sahara Atlas Mountains in the south block the dry and hot air mass from the great desert, and the Taylor Atlas Mountains have sufficient rainfall throughout the year, and the vegetation covers a large area, so the attacking army can use local materials.This is very different from fighting in the coastal desert area of ​​​​Tunisia.

Batch after batch of siege ladders, as well as wooden boards used to bridge ditches, were continuously built.

The engineers in the Mulholland coalition army were not vegetarian either. After the first attack was frustrated, they carefully observed the Crusaders' defense system and came up with many ways to attack.

However, in the case of limited time, many methods cannot be implemented.

For example, use the method of digging trenches to gradually advance to the bottom of the enemy's fortress.In this way, the compound archers who have an absolute numerical advantage on their own side can start shooting against the Crusaders under the cover of trenches.Even if the exchange ratio is only five to one, it can eventually kill the opponent.And if you have the patience to build the fortifications, the artillery positions can gradually move forward, shortening the range, and exerting better lethality, instead of being like the current situation, which has no effect except to hear the sound.

In addition, instead of letting Nubian worms attack from the ground, it is better to let these two biological excavators dig a tunnel leading to the enemy's fortress from the ground.In this way, wouldn't it be easier to destroy the fortress walls?

Even if the Nubian Worm was discovered and killed by the Crusaders in the end, as long as the tunnel is still there, a lot of articles can be made.For example, transport a large amount of gunpowder to the enemy's city wall through the tunnel, and then... Boom!

It is a pity that these methods will take a lot of time to implement, and what the Mulholland coalition forces need most now is a quick solution.

If the Crusader fortress could not be captured in one go before Ma Youfu reacted, then as the war progressed, the city of Oran would definitely send reinforcements.At that time, the chances of victory will become increasingly slim.

By five o'clock in the afternoon, the material preparations for the siege were basically completed.

When the sun gradually set and disappeared on the horizon, the ulama who accompanied the army began to lead the soldiers to pray.

The voices of prayers from tens of thousands of people echoed throughout the valley, intertwined with the constant echoes, forming some kind of power that could cleanse the soul, and it went straight to the sky, as if it could reach the kingdom of the true god Ankabal.

After the prayer was over, the mental outlook of the entire Mulholland coalition seemed to be different.Whether it is elites like Mamluks and Janissaries, or those miscellaneous soldiers who are regarded as cannon fodder, they are all ready to fight for the true god at this time.

Ma Youfu witnessed this scene on the city wall, and he couldn't help feeling that in this era, religion is indeed the most effective means of mobilization.

Seeing that Mulholland's army started to eat dinner after the prayer, Ma Youfu was not prepared to just wait passively.

The enemy is the Mulholran Jihad Army armed with fanatical religious ideology, while our own side is a bastion built by advanced military science.It remains to be seen who will win this battle.

"The Dongfeng rocket is ready to launch!" Ma Youfu ordered, "Every 10 minutes, launch five rockets, targeting the Mulhollan's supply camp in the rear."

In addition to sixteen [-]-pound infantry guns and two rune cannons made by master dwarves, there are four five-barrel rocket launchers in the bastion.

In the previous battle against Ceuta, Dongfeng-[-] rockets have proved their effectiveness, but due to cost and production issues, they have not been equipped with large-scale troops.

In addition to giving priority to meeting the needs of the navy, Ma Youfu only formed two rocket launcher companies.One of the companies was brought to this bastion by Ma Youfu.

Because the range is much farther than that of the twelve-pound gun, and it has a curved trajectory, Ma Youfu can use these rockets to do things that ordinary cannons cannot.

When the Mulhollan warriors who were about to go to battle sat on the ground, eating the roast mutton with a satisfied face, there was a continuous strange screaming sound from the crusader bastion.

Immediately afterwards, five slender and straight metal objects spewed flames and soared into the air, drawing an arc in midair and attacking their own camp.

The Mulhollan warriors were in a mess, and some ignorant people immediately knelt down and prayed to the sky, hoping that these devil's weapons would not fall on their heads.

However, due to accuracy problems, only two of the five rockets hit the Mulholland army's supply camp, and one was directly deflected to the left mountain peak and exploded on an exposed rocky ridge.

Although the rocket attack killed and injured dozens of Mulholland soldiers, it did not use the flames of the explosion to ignite the food and grass of Mulholland's army as Ma Youfu expected.

However, Ma Youfu did not expect that this method would achieve great results. As long as he could continue to harass and cause problems in the siege organization of the Mulholland coalition forces, it would be enough.

The continuous low-density rocket harassment really disrupted the rhythm of the Mulholland coalition forces.Prince Muhammad could not arrange it calmly, adjusted the morale and state of the soldiers to the best, and then put them into battle.

The continuous rocket attacks finally achieved some results.One of the rockets fired in the sixth round landed on the Mulholland artillery emplacement, igniting several barrels of gunpowder and causing a massive explosion.In the end, 24 artillerymen were killed and five guns were lost - including a giant magic catapult.

This made Prince Mohammad furious.

After finally waiting for the night to fall, Muhammad and Mustain couldn't wait to issue an attack order.

Chapter 470 IX Four Hours

Four hours later, it was about to reach midnight.

Ma Youfu, with some blood on his face, patrolled back and forth on the city wall to check the status of the soldiers.

After a long period of fighting, the state of the bastion was the same as that of Ma Youfu, a little tired and stained with some blood, but the overall condition was still good and there was no serious problem.

When the Mulholran Jihad Army launched the first wave of attack, Mayouf no longer chose to hide his strength. After the enemy entered the 600-meter range, the [-]-pounder guns began to fire.

Because it is night, the gunner can only choose the target according to the amount of fire on the opposite side. In many cases, there is no way to directly aim at the densest enemy formation.

Mulholland's army took advantage of the darkness and took corresponding measures.For example, let a small group of troops hold up torches to attract the attention of the Crusaders to cover the teams that are in a dense formation and are responsible for carrying siege equipment.

After discovering that the lethality of his own artillery fire had not achieved the expected effect, Ma Youfu also took immediate countermeasures.

He pulled out his 40mm grenade launcher and fired a flare into the air.

Since the passage at the mouth of the valley is only about two kilometers wide, a flare at a height of about 100 meters is enough to illuminate the entire ground below.