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Chapter 54 The Anxious Boyan

These three thousand light cavalry were all elites of the Mongol army, and their archery skills were all extremely accurate.

Although Mo Fei had already ordered countless horse traps to be dug outside Chengdu.

But after losing only a few dozen men, the other side found a way to deal with the situation.

Countless servants carried large shields and sacks on their shoulders.

In just half an hour.

Braving the rain of arrows raining down from the camp, they paved a road for the cavalry to pass through.

Mo Fei, standing atop the city walls of Chengdu, watching the Mongol army's skillful response, had his brow furrowed deeply.

"It's hard to deal with!"

The Mongol army was primarily composed of cavalry, and during their long years of warfare, countless people naturally devised ways to deal with them.

Such a simple and practical arrangement as a horse trap must have been used by many.

Therefore, they already had a solution.

A road leading directly to the camp was built.

The Mongol light cavalry began to slowly approach.

The Mongol army cunningly only laid the road fifty paces away.

These Mongol light cavalrymen stopped about sixty paces outside the camp and began to hurl arrows into the camp.

Light cavalry usually carried two types of arrows: one with a small, pointed arrowhead and was lighter, used for long-range shooting.

Another type has large and heavy arrowheads, used for close combat, and is highly lethal.

The Mongol light cavalry were all dressed in ring armor with an outer iron and an inner leather, which provided strong protection while being very lightweight.

The Wu Kingdom soldiers guarding the camp felt the sky darken in an instant.

Hidden in their bunkers, all they could hear was the constant whooshing sound of arrows flying through the air.

Mo Fei stared coldly into the distance, and after firing several volleys of arrows, retreated to a safe area.

They shouted loudly in Mongolian, constantly mocking the Mongolian light cavalry guarding the village.

The general guarding the southern military camp was Lü Wenhuan, the garrison commander of Xiangyang.

At this moment, he was wearing heavy armor and observing the attacking troops from inside the camp.

The mockery from thousands of Mongol soldiers enraged the soldiers in the camp.

However, as the commander-in-chief, Lü Wenhuan naturally could see that this was a provocation tactic by the other side.

He first sent his generals to appease the soldiers.

Then he gave the order to the messenger.

"Set up five ballistae and use ordinary arrows. When the Tartars come up again, shoot wherever there are more people."

They also stocked up on water tanks and sandbags for firefighting near the camp to prevent enemy fire attacks.

When the Mongol army saw the Wu Kingdom's garrison behind the camp walls, they were unmoved by their mockery.

They immediately wanted to launch another attack.

But then the sound of retreating troops came from behind.

The commander of these elite cavalry, though resentful, could only mutter a few curses under his breath before obediently leading his men back to camp.

After listening to the returning commander recount the details of the probe, Bayan pondered for a moment before sharing his thoughts with Kublai Khan.

"Great Khan! Judging from the Wu Kingdom's response, they seem to be planning a defensive war against us this time."

Bayan first stated his conjecture, and then continued:

"The Han region is populous and vast, so the other side must be planning to hold Chengdu for a long time."

But we can't afford to waste time; we didn't bring much food or supplies with us when we came here.

If we fight a war of attrition with them here, we'll definitely be the ones who suffer.

"I propose that we first send our servants to eliminate the camps on the north and south sides."

The Han people are weak-willed; once we break through a camp, their morale will surely plummet.

"When we arrive, we can easily take Chengdu before the enemy has fully repaired their defenses."

Kublai Khan listened to Bayan's analysis and found it very reasonable.

He then handed over the command of the attack on the camp to Bayan, leaving him to act according to circumstances.

So, after a period of rest, the Mongol army launched a continuous offensive against the southern camp on the second day.

However, the southern camp was defended by 30,000 soldiers, including nearly 20,000 veterans from Xiangyang.

With remarkable resilience, they withstood the Mongol army's overwhelming attack while also inflicting heavy casualties on the attacking Mongol troops with their bows and crossbows.

The camp to the south was built against the mountain and covered a very large area.

From their elevated position, they set up the captured trebuchets.

Taking advantage of their height, they smashed the several trebuchets brought in by the Mongol army to pieces.

The ground, riddled with horse traps and caltrops, and the fortified camps thwarted the Mongol army's several attacks.

During this period, the Mongolian army also launched several night raids.

However, Lü Wenhuan was a seasoned warrior, and his night patrols were extremely thorough, causing the Mongol army that launched a night raid to fail and instead lose many of their elite troops.

Furthermore, there was the joint interaction between the city of Chengdu and the military camps to the north.

The Mongol army lost nearly 20,000 men, but still could not break through the camps on the north and south sides of Chengdu.

Bayan watched with a grim face as yet another wave of attacks from his side was repelled.

Gritting his teeth, he stared at the two camps in the distance that resembled hedgehogs, a sense of powerlessness welling up inside him.

In the defensive battle, the advantage of the Mongol cavalry was greatly limited, which rendered the Mongol army's greatest reliance useless.

Chengdu, protected by two fortified camps, was impregnable by the Wu Kingdom's army.

After ten days of attacking without any success, some in the Mongol camp began to complain about Bayan's incompetence.

This was something the proud and arrogant Boyan could not tolerate.

After killing several gossiping soldiers.

Looking at the Wu Kingdom's camp in the distance, which resembled three giant beasts crouching, Bayan felt anxious for the first time.

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