Boiling Beast Bloodline-Chapter 1967 - 631: Opening the City Gates (Part 3)
"If the Newcastle clan magpies were still alive, theyβd probably be less annoying than you!" Liu Zhenshock stood atop the meat grinder war chariot and kicked General Reyes, who was struggling to climb up, back down: "Even if the Mulanese break into the city, so what? At worst, itβs just street fighting!"
General Reyes fell like an overturned turtle, sprawling on the ground with limbs askew. After turning over, he stubbornly continued to climb up the crystal chariot, showing a determined and persistent demeanor. π»π³β―β―π€β―π·π―β΄πβ―π.πβ΄π
The provincial main cities of the Aegean humans all contain structures like urn cities and dam cities internally.
The so-called urn city and dam city refer to a semi-enclosed inner city after entering the main city gates.
Once the enemy breaches the main city gates and storms into the city, due to the semi-enclosed structures of urn and dam cities, itβs difficult for them to scatter and push forward to expand their victory quickly; while the defenders can continue to occupy the high ground, using favorable terrain to snipe at the enemy from the high walls of urn or dam cities.
However, Witherspoon City does not have such advanced architectural structures. Once breached, thereβs nothing but a clear commercial avenue leading inward, flanked by rows of shops and residences; if the Mulanese really manage to break in, then Witherspoon is doomed.
The Shaman of Divine Songsβ almost reckless autonomy left General Reyes so anxious that blisters formed on his lips.
"Your Majesty, I beg you, close the gates quickly!" Seeing a large number of Mulan cavalry set their sights on the gates and charge ferociously, General Reyesβs eyes practically split: "If you donβt close them now, it will truly be too late!"
Witherspoonβs gates are made from thousand-year-old trees, with all gaps filled with lead. The outside is lined with rows of copper rivets, gigantic and heavy, requiring a pulley lever driven by four elephants for opening and closing. But now, this control center has been completely taken over by the Summer Palace guards. On the wide stone base where the pulley lever and giant axle are placed overhead, workers are rudely pushed aside by mammoth strongmen wielding gleaming weapons.
If he didnβt already know about His Majestyβs character, General Reyes would surely believe the Shaman of Divine Songs was in collusion with the enemy.
"Get out of my way!" Liu Zhenshockβs face felt hot with anger. He felt that his dignity was being severely disrespected. Reyesβs words seemed to imply that the Summer Palace guards were vulnerable against Mulan cavalry, which irked him.
He didnβt think a few Mulan camels could breach the defenses he laid outβthe Summer Palace guards adhere to his unwavering principle: as long as conditions permit, they will never expose their backs or sides to the enemy. With the current setup at the gate, thereβs only one path in and out; with the Summer Palace guards facing the enemy head-on, Liu Zhenshock, even if humble, wouldnβt believe heβd fail against a few camels!
Judging by the width of the gates, the Mulan cavalry could charge in with no more than five or six camels abreast. By controlling their attack rhythm, gradually letting them fill in, thereβs nothing to worry about even with a hundred thousand Mulan cavalry.
Old Liu never considered the possibility of the Summer Palace guards being overwhelmed by camel cavalry; it was simply an implausible hypothetical outcome.
However, Old Liu hadnβt realized that he had already made a major ideological mistake!
He was a soldier baptized by modern warfare, rigorously trained for street fighting, without any fear of urban combat due to his reconnaissance background, thus he felt opening the gates and directly confronting the enemy was no big deal; but this mindset was unimaginable in the cold weapon era. On the Aegean Continent, even the most elite soldiers defending a city would lose their morale and courage if the enemy successfully breached the city.
Itβs not just Reyes, even Rommel, the brilliant and wise military genius, hadnβt learned the tactics for large-scale combat within a city.
When Liu Zhenshockβs center blossomed in Kalimantan City, slaughtering the Mulanese into chaos, it was because the sudden appearance of a mass of Bimon Army troops in the city center caused the Mulan defenders to lose all courage and means to continue resisting.
You canβt blame Reyes for publicly shaming Old Liu, even if General Fawkes was 100% confident that the Summer Palace guards could withstand the repeated hits from Mulan cavalry, as the highest defending general, his sense of responsibility and view of the big picture wouldnβt allow him to take such a risk.
Itβs like someone surviving a deadly poison yet not deliberately consuming poison when food is ample; as long as Witherspoon closes the gates, the Mulanese will only be able to stare from outside. Why risk the cityβs entire safety against them for arrogance? General Reyes was nearly infuriated to death by the Shamanβs approach of treating war like childβs playβif he had led his troops outside and confronted the enemy directly and got defeated, retreating into the city became a forced choice. Then Witherspoonβs defenders, obliged to engage in a melee at the city gates, might be justified; but now, inexplicably forming into position at the gates, waiting for the enemyβs assault, whatβs the difference from gambling the fate of the city?
If the Mulanese canβt conquer, they can simply walk away; but should there be a slip-up on the Beamon side, it would be a disastrous bloodbath for the entire city!
