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After the melodious class bell rang, the noisy classroom soon became quiet. Under the watchful eyes of the students in uniform, a middle-aged man in military uniform stepped into the classroom and stood on the podium a few steps Above, he looked serious, and scanned every student in this large classroom. Any student who was scanned by him would sit in a dreadful manner and dare not make extra moves.

"Students, it is an honor to stand on this podium again and give you a valuable lesson."

As soon as the middle-aged teacher's voice fell, one of the students underneath had the courage to raise his hand. After receiving a signal, he stood up and said: "Mr. Aleman, the frontline war is still going on, and new reports are sent to the rear every day. A few days ago, the Second Army broke through the border defenses of the Kingdom of Oliva. What do you think will be the next move of General Matthias, the commander of the Second Army?"

"Heh~" Teacher Aleman chuckled and said, "Sinia's question is very good, so let's talk about tactics in this class."

"After the Second Army breaks through the border defenses of Oliva, if we follow the usual combat style of our army, it will definitely avoid the defense zone of the Oliva army and take its royal capital Olivania. But..." he said At this point, there was a pause, and then the conversation turned around and said: "Our enemy must know the tactical style of our army well, so they will deploy heavy troops around the capital and wait for the Second Army to throw itself into the trap."

"Will the Second Army fall into the enemy's trap?" a student asked in surprise.

"On the contrary." Instructor Alleman shook his head and said: "As far as I know General Matthias Horn, he must not be so reckless. By the way, you know that our enemy is between us. Is there any difference?" he asked.

"What?" the students questioned.

"Our kingdom’s military system is a regiment system and a mercenary system. There will be a large number of soldiers serving in peaceful times. Once a war breaks out, they can go directly to the front line. But our enemies are different. Take the Kingdom of Oliva as an example. The standing army is only private soldiers of the royal family and various nobles. Once war starts, soldiers must be recruited and mobilized among the civilians. This kind of recruiting is time-sensitive. Once it is the autumn harvest or spring ploughing season, these recruits will disperse by themselves. "

After he finished speaking, some of the students were asked to show a suddenly enlightened expression. One of them raised his hand, got a signal and stood up and replied: "It is now September. It is the time of the Oliva autumn harvest. Their soldiers They must have dispersed on their own and went home to harvest the crops. So this gives our army the opportunity to attack when the enemy's strength is weakest."

"Not bad." The instructor nodded appreciatively, and said: "So I guess that General Matthias Horn will not launch an offensive in such a hurry, but wait until most of the soldiers in Oliva's army have dispersed. Launch an offense, so that you can get the most results with the least loss."

And the facts are just as Aleman’s instructor guessed, Matthias Horn considered that it was the autumn harvest time, so he slowed down after invading the territory of Oliva, and at the same time sent a large number of scout cavalry to investigate the Oliva army. Case. The news came back quickly, and in just a few days, he got information about Oliva's army.

Sure enough, the autumn harvest season allowed a large number of conscripts to leave the army in accordance with the tradition and return to their hometowns in groups. The mature crops in their homes were the source of taxes paid by them and the living food for a whole year. Even if they were in a state of war, they could not be allowed to give up. Crops, and the nobles did not have enough reason to stop them, so they could only watch more and more soldiers leave.

After Oliva’s army was almost dispersed, Matthias’s Second Army continued to advance. This forced the remaining forces of Oliva’s army to be concentrated in the capital, while outside, every town could only Relying on the town’s own town militia to defend, fortunately, the Winster Allied forces did not have any thoughts about the towns along the way. Their attention was all on Olivania. As long as they attacked the capital, the Oliva Kingdom would basically be abolished.

In the panic waiting of the Oliva nobles, on September 10, 1125, the Allied forces of Winster came down to the city and surrounded the Olivania regiment. In addition to the standing army, there are only greedy barbarians mercenaries who only recognize money.

Although Olivania is the capital of the kingdom, her size is not that big. The permanent population of 10,000 is the limit. Also, because there has been no war all the year round, the walls have not been repaired, and several sections of the walls have slightly collapsed. , The surface of the city wall is covered with creepers, showing a strong sense of historical obsolescence.

The interior of the city was built hundreds of years ago and lacked underground drainage pipes. The filth of the citizens was poured into a small water ditch in front of the house at will, and finally flowed into the moat outside the city wall (the moat was filled with black Unidentified objects, full of bad smell), but the water ditch is often clogged, so the streets are often flooded with water. A lot of sewage flows on the streets, and walking inside is like being in the smell. The ditch is average and the stench is unbearable.

It was such a city ~lightnovelpub.net~ that made the Second Army powerless to attack the city. The entire city was surrounded by a moat. The only way to get in and out was the suspension bridge that was hoisted high, unless it was a suspension bridge. Put it down, or fill the moat, otherwise the siege army will not be able to cross the sewage river that is not wide.

Of course, if you build a lot of planks on both sides of the moat, you can also try to rush down along the planks, but this will definitely be exposed to the shooting range of the defenders. The planks will be threatened by the firepower of the defenders and the river will be threatened by the fire. Threats are bound to cause a lot of losses.

Looking at the wall of Olivania, which was almost a green wall, Matthias was lost in thought, but his peripheral light suddenly caught a glimpse of the army slave who was dragging the artillery into the artillery position, and suddenly had an idea. , The wall that is not too tall obviously cannot stop the bombardment of artillery. Since the suspension bridge can’t be lowered and go along the city gate, why not just blast the wall down, then erect a new wooden bridge over the moat and follow it directly How about the wall gap attack?

This is not a whimsical one. Perhaps it was an oversight in the original design. There is an open space one or two meters away from behind the moat to the city wall. There is overgrown weeds, which just gives space for a new wooden bridge.

As for the person who went to lay the wooden bridge, isn't the large number of slaves accompanying the army the best candidate for cannon fodder?