“Herald, blow the trumpet and attack!” Art sat upright on his horse and ordered the guards around him.
Several guardsmen took off the horns from their waists, raised their necks and blew three dull horn blasts.
The soldiers slowly advanced towards Walloon Castle listening to the sound of trumpets and military orders, and stopped more than 300 steps in front of the fort gate.
· During the advance, Art and the guards moved to the back of the attack array.
Standing at the head of the formation, Odo, the army command adjutant responsible for directing specific operations, looked around and shouted loudly: "Trebuchets are throwing, the infantry siege team is ready!"
The hurlers under the trebuchets on both sides of the formation fired. They began to turn the winch and reload the bullets into the trebuchet's bullet bag, but instead of ordinary round stones or square stones, these slingers put fist-sized pebbles into the bullet bag. These pebbles were collected by the Art people in the nearby streams.
While the hurlers were operating the trebuchets, the soldiers in the infantry array also took off their cloaks, revealing their plate and scale armor and pierced mail. They either climbed up the siege tower or climbed into the battering ram. There were also some elite soldiers carrying wooden ladders to prepare for the invasion of the city.
The first squadron was assigned to be in charge of the battering ram. Squadron leader Colin took the lead in leading a dozen soldiers into the battering ram. The battering ram was about thirty feet long. There were three large wooden wheels on each side of the bottom. There was a pointed wooden shield on the top. The wooden shield was also covered with a layer of animal skin sand splashed with water. A heavy solid wood with a sharp tip covered with iron was hung in the battering hammer.
As the commander of the squadron, Colin always liked to take the lead. After drilling the battering ram, he rushed directly to the front. He held his hands on the wooden stakes on the side of the impact log and watched the trebuchet throw stones towards Wallonburg.
The Swabian guards hiding behind the castle walls were waiting for the trebuchets outside the city to fly a few inert boulders. They did not cry too much about this kind of thing. After all, with the throwing frequency of the trebuchets, these sparse stones could not pose a fatal threat to the defenders.
But the Swabians miscalculated.
The trebuchets that used to throw round stone projectiles today did not fly out pebbles the size of heads. After the bullet bags were spread out, each trebuchet had ten or twenty fist-sized pebbles flying out.
These pebbles dispersed after reaching the sky above Walloon Castle, and threw themselves at the defenders on the wall like a net.
Humbling pebbles against the wall of a stone fort will not leave even a white mark, but if such a dense number of cobblestones fly over such a long distance and then hit people, the consequences will be disastrous.
Watching the cobblestones flying swarm towards the fort wall, and hearing the violent and panicked screams from behind the fort wall, Colin's blood surged.
"These bastards, now they know how powerful we are~ haha" A siege soldier in the battering ram couldn't help laughing loudly.
The soldier laughed and turned to Colin on the other side of the collision wood and asked: "Sir Colin, who came up with this good idea?" At the military meeting, the Lord asked everyone to think of a way to not only destroy the fort wall but also kill the enemy soldiers. After the military meeting, Tuba followed the soldier's suggestion and collected a lot of river rocks (pebbles) and replaced the pebbles in the trebuchet pockets with those river rocks. You see, so many enemy soldiers were killed and injured."
"After this time, the brother who came up with the idea will definitely receive a military commendation, and maybe he will be promoted to a military position. If you have any good ideas in the future, don't hold it in my stomach. Even if it is just a fart, you have to make a sound for me. Maybe you can kill the enemy~"
All the soldiers around him laughed loudly.
Woo~Woo~Woo~
Hree horns sounded.
Kazak pulled out the broad sword from his waist, raised the iron buckle in his hand, and shouted to the dozen or so soldiers wearing heavy half-plate armor around him: "Second Squadron, right side of the castle, charge!" They also raised the city ladder and chased after Kazak's figure... "The third squadron, on the left side of the castle, form a shield formation to cover the charge!" Tuba gave an order, and a dozen soldiers were divided into two groups, two people carried the ladder, and the rest held shields to cover the city ladder and approached the castle.
Seeing that the soldiers of the remaining squadrons had begun to charge, Tredok, the captain of the Fifth Squadron (former mercenary squadron) standing on the siege tower, was extremely anxious. Because the people pushing the siege tower were laborers sent by the local army, they did not dare to charge too hard, so the movement speed was too slow. It is estimated that the siege tower was still moving towards the fort wall when the soldiers of the few squadrons boarded the city.
"Roger, this is too damn slow, let's go down and push!" After saying that, he jumped off the siege tower in a few steps and joined the crowd of people pushing the cart...
The captain of the 4th Squadron, Reyek (newly appointed Wandering Knight) on the other side of the siege tower, saw Tredok jumping off the siege tower with his soldiers, and also gave an order, leading the soldiers of the 4th Squadron to join the crowd...
"Jason, stop shooting from a distance, follow the siege tower and move towards the fort gate. Wait until you are a hundred steps away before suppressing the enemies on the wall." Odo ordered Jason's crossbow team, which was more than 150 steps away and looking up to the sky.
Jason waved his hand to stop the crossbowmen who were shooting at the wall, picked up two bags of arrows and caught up with the siege tower that was advancing step by step...
Behind the attack array, Art immediately held up his sword to observe. Seeing the rapid changes in the battlefield situation, seeing that the fastest rushing Kazak Second Squadron was about to approach the fort wall, Art ordered Ron: "Send the order, the trebuchet target extends ten feet to the inner fort, slamming the enemy's heels, specifically hitting the people behind their fort wall."
「传令，请友军跟随破城锤和登城木梯，一旦堡门破碎或立足墙头便立刻开始强攻，告诉他们最先攻入瓦隆堡的军队可以自由收缴战利品。」
罗恩领命而去......
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In Wallonburg, the Swabian defenders began to panic. According to the information provided by the peripheral reinforcements, they also knew that a Burgundian army of a hundred people came to attack the city, but they did not expect that this incoming army had such sophisticated weapons and armor.
The main forces attacking outside the city were almost all wearing plate and mail armor, and the worst of them were wearing double-layered leather armor or iron plate armor. Such armor and equipment could not be compared to the previous armies formed by local peasant soldiers who wore cotton armor or even no armor.
A Swabian baron who was in charge of commanding the garrison in Wallonburg stood on the tower of the inner castle with a gloomy face, looking at the enemy troops outside the city, and said through his teeth: "Where are these devils coming from?"
Baron Swabia grabbed the soldier holding the shield in front of him, and then turned sideways and ordered to the guard: "Flying pigeon. Inform our cavalry outside the city: the enemy's force is strong and it is difficult to defend the city. Please attack the enemy's rear formation to reduce the pressure on the city. Quickly attack!"
The guard turned around and ran down the tower after the order, releasing the messenger pigeon.
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Ron pointed at the two carrier pigeons flying east from Walloon Castle and said to Art: "Master, look, there are carrier pigeons flying out of the castle."
Art glanced at the sky and said: "The Swabians in the city are scared and they are asking for help."
"Command the sergeant major, and ask him to lead the sentry team to assist the outer army in the east and make sure to intercept the Swabian cavalry."
A guard behind Art turned his horse's head, bypassed Wallonburg and headed towards the blocking army in the east.
Under Wallon Castle, Weitz, the first team leader of the 2nd Squadron, was the first to climb the city. He held a wooden shield in his left hand to resist the arrows and thundering rocks coming from the top of the fort wall. He held a broad sword across his mouth and held a wooden ladder in his right hand to climb up step by step. The enemy defenders tried to use a fork pole to lift the wooden ladder, but this time the ladder that was placed on the top of the wall was equipped with iron hooks and barbs. Once hooked on the top of the wall, it could not be opened at all.
Weitz took three steps and then two, and the distance of more than twenty feet was reached in an instant.
Hunting sideways, Weitz dodged a short spear that was thrust straight at him. The wooden shield in his left hand hit a Swabian enemy soldier with a pockmarked face.
The Swabian soldier had just pierced the air with his spear, and was hit hard by the edge of the wooden shield. His nose was flattened, and he squatted down with his face in pain.
Weitz took advantage of the gap in front of him and jumped onto the wall. He took off the broadsword from his mouth and slashed at another Swabian enemy soldier who was charging towards him with a thick-backed single sword. The stainless steel broadsword struck the thick-backed single sword. The two life-hungry weapons collided with a burst of sparks that made both men's sword-holding hands numb.
As a veteran of many battles, Weitz looked at the broad-backed Swabian enemy soldier in front of him and his arrogant arms, and no longer wanted to confront him head-on. He took half a step back, held up his shield and bent down, blocking the enemy's sword. He then jumped behind him, turned around and slashed his face into the enemy's back, opening a wound on the enemy soldier's body.
The Swabian soldiers were also furious and did not care about the wounds on their backs. They turned around and slashed at Weitz with a knife. Before Weitz could stand still, he quickly raised his shield to resist, and was pushed to the ground by the huge force.
The enemy's thick-backed single sword was raised again. Weitz couldn't dodge in time and was about to receive a blow. Suddenly, the Swabian enemy soldier stopped and the single sword fell off his hand, and then he fell in front of Weitz with a plop.
Kazak, who jumped up on the wall, stepped on the back of the fallen enemy soldier, pulled out the tomahawk embedded in the enemy's back, and shouted to Weitz, who fell to the ground: "Weitz, hold on to the gap and let the brothers at the back board the city!"
After saying that, he raised his tomahawk and ran towards another enemy soldier who was charging over.
Beneath the section of the city wall where the second squadron climbed, Colin in the battering ram was directing the soldiers to shout the trumpet and drag the wooden logs back, and then they all slammed into the fort gate.
But the Walloon Castle gate repaired with wooden planks is not as fragile as it seems. The battering ram has been hit on the gate dozens of times, and each time the gate only shook slightly.
"TMD, what did the Swabian bastards use to build the fortress gate? Why is it so strong?" The soldier under the battering ram had a dry mouth and was already a little weak.
Colin's armor was soaked with sweat after dozens of rounds of impact. He also noticed something unusual. No matter how strong the fortress door was, it could not remain motionless after dozens of rounds of impact. Moreover, since they hit the door, the Swabian enemy soldiers on the wall had not thrown a stone or shot an arrow at them at all.
"Stop!" Colin asked the soldiers to stop hitting him, walked into the doorway, lay down on the fort door and looked through the gap.
"TMD, you've been fooled!" Colin wailed.
It turned out that the cunning Swabian defenders were really insufficient in number and could not allocate defenders to guard the fort gate, so they simply demolished several stone houses in Walloon Castle and blocked the fort gate entrance with a stone...
"The castle gate was blocked by a stone and could not be broken open. Everyone followed me and climbed up the wooden ladder to the city!"
A dozen soldiers got out from under the battering ram, divided into two parts and ran to the side ladder...
When the soldiers on the city ladder climbed to the city with all their strength, the siege tower on the right finally reached the base of the wall. Terrydock commanded a dozen soldiers from the fifth squadron to quickly climb up to the top platform of the tower.
"Put down the wooden bridge and prepare to charge!" Tredok gave the order, and the soldiers cut off the ropes holding the wooden bridge. The wooden bridge fell down and hit the wall of Wallonburg.
However, the Swabian defenders were well prepared. As soon as the wooden bridge fell, four or five clay pots filled with kerosene were smashed onto the wooden bridge. Then a rocket wrapped in cotton cloth ignited the spilled kerosene. The wooden bridge of the siege tower was instantly ignited with fire, blocking the impact of the soldiers on the siege tower.
Tredok looked at the blazing fire, feeling very anxious in his heart.
As a commander who has just joined the Yate army, he urgently needs to use his military exploits to improve his status, so he works extra hard every time he fights.
The two squadrons on the city ladder have already climbed up the wall. If he does not seize the opportunity, the first attack on the city will be hopeless.
"Take off your water bladders and water yourselves!" Tredok took off the sheepskin water bladder from his waist, pulled out the cork, took off his helmet, and poured water over his head.
The water in the water bladder is of course not enough to soak the whole body, but it can still play some role.
The Swabian defenders on the wall saw that the fire on the siege tower bridge was getting more and more fierce. They expected that the enemy troops would not dare to rush over for a while, so only three soldiers were left to guard the wall section. The remaining seven or eight people all rushed to the area where the city had been boarded in an attempt to drive the enemy off.
The Swabians are not wrong. Most people would not take the risk when faced with a life-hungry fire.
But today they encountered a ruthless character who was desperate for his life.
While the three left behind nervously pointed their short spears at the siege tower wooden bridge and looked at the fierce battle on the other side, a "Fire Man" holding a round shield in his left hand and a Viking sword in his right rushed out of the fire wall, leaped up and pounced on the three left behind soldiers.
Before the three guards could react, one of them was thrown to the ground. The Viking sword was pressed against his throat, and the red blood of the soldiers on the ground spurted out.
Hence then came the second, third, and fourth "Burning Man" who rushed through the wall of fire~
Hence "This Tridok, you don't want to die!"
· "Blow the trumpet! Attack!!!"
At a distance of more than 300 steps, Art had clearly seen the situation at the top of Wallonburg. The Second Squadron and the Fifth Squadron had already established a firm foothold. The defeat of the Swabian enemy troops at the top of the wall was determined. He ordered the soldiers to climb onto the city with all their strength, using the two climbing points as breaches to tear apart Wallonburg's defense.
Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! ~
All the soldiers under Wallon Castle who had not yet entered the city heard the urgent urging horn, and they rushed towards the two breaches like chicken blood.
The two breaches were quickly torn apart due to the surge in support, and the entire fort wall was quickly engulfed in black~
The outer wall of Wallonburg was breached!