At this time, the soldiers of the Welsh Legion had already sharpened their swords and put their hands on the huge rocks. Waiting for an order, they picked up the stones and smashed them on the heads of the Kodor soldiers.
When the order was given to reinforce the city wall, the soldiers of the Welsh Legion also transported enemy defense materials such as hammerstones and kerosene to the city wall under the command of their officers, always preparing to give the enemy a fatal blow.
"Siege the city!" Count Codor pulled out the broadsword at his waist and shouted at the Codor siege troops.
“Two hundred steps.”
“One hundred and fifty steps.”
“Hold on!”
“Fifty steps.”
"Lounge your bow and arrows, get ready!"
"Let go!"
Following the order, hundreds of armor-piercing heavy arrows flew towards the Kodor soldiers who were charging all the way. Due to the shields, only a few unlucky guys were shot in the feet and knocked to the ground by the soldiers charging around them.
"Get ready to break the stone!" Angus, who was in charge of the southern city wall, ordered the soldiers defending the city. After a hail of arrows, the Kodor soldiers had already sent the siege equipment to the foot of the city wall. Five or six soldiers worked together under the cover of shields to erect the ladder and were responsible for covering the soldiers ascending the city.
“Smash it with me!” Following the order, dozens of pounds of rocks rolled down from the city wall. All of a sudden, four or five Kodor soldiers had rolled down to the corner of the wall, vomiting blood, and were dragged away from the battlefield under the cover of shields.
"Hans, Burry, you two are responsible for the east side, and the rest of us are responsible for the west side!" Company captain Rigg said to his subordinates Hans and Bury.
"Yes, sir!"
"Yes, sir!"
After receiving the order, the two led the people and ran towards the east wall.
"Be careful!" Just as the two of them were running all the way to the other side of the city wall, a huge stone flew towards Buri who was running in front.
"MD, it's so scary!" Berry shouted after being pushed down by Hans.
"Be careful, kid," Hans complained, "you think the enemy's stones don't have eyes."
"Hehehehe," said Bury with an indifferent expression, "Isn't it because we stand tall? Who knows what those bastards can do. Fortunately, Big Brother We were told in advance to strengthen the city wall, otherwise my head would have been turned into paste just now. Hahaha..."
Hence "Okay, get up quickly, don't let those bastards climb up!"
Hence, the two of them ran towards the pile of rocks.
"Hey! Hey! Hey!" The sound of a battering ram hitting the south city gate came.
"Sir, the enemy has begun to break through the door." Angus ran over and said to Art, who was standing on the arrow stack observing the battlefield situation.
“Sergeant Major, you don’t need me to teach you this.” Art said to Angus while looking at the pile of fire oil cans in the corner.
"Understood!" After Angus said this, he led the soldiers and ran towards the fire oil tank...
"Burn these bastards!" Odo, who was in charge of the defense at the north city gate, ordered Colin, the captain of the second company, and Andrew, the deputy captain of the company, who were supervising the battle.
According to Art's deployment, Angus led the first company and the first flag team of the third company to garrison the south city gate, and Odo led the second company and the third company's second flag team to garrison the north city gate. A flag corps of the third company was left as a reserve on standby to fill the vacancies.
"Yes, Sir Odo!" The two of them took the order and left.
"Smash!" Following Odo's order, dozens of clay pots filled with kerosene were thrown from the northern city wall toward the shields of the soldiers who broke the door of Kodor and the surrounding open space.
"What does it smell like?" A Kodor soldier carrying a shield to cover the siege troops' breakthrough asked his companions beside him.
"It seems like I have smelled it somewhere before."
To the Kodor soldiers who have not been in combat for many years, kerosene is already a bit unfamiliar.
"Fire oil! It's kerosene!" As a leading knight who led the Kodor soldiers to attack the city shouted, the special arrows that had been lit at the end of the arrowheads on the city wall fell into the middle of the kerosene spilled on the ground.
With a violent explosion, flames from the kerosene on the ground ignited the cotton armor of the Kodor soldiers attacking the city at the gate, and flames suddenly shot into the sky.
"Ah!"
"Hans, look at those guys, they've all turned into firemen, hahaha..."
h /> "Beep..."
As the sound of troops retreating came from the rear position of Kodor, the soldiers of Kodor dropped their siege equipment and hurriedly retreated back...
"Stop the attack!" After Kodor retreated, Angus ordered the soldiers defending the city.
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A moment ago, Count Codor, who had been sitting in the rear and commanding, thought that the siege equipment he had prepared was enough to break through Fort Marsi. But under repeated attacks by Codor soldiers, Fort Marsi remained unmoved. Even if a huge stone is thrown at it, it will only cause some gravel to fall down from the city wall. He clearly saw a huge stone smashing into two Welsh Legion soldiers running towards the east. He never thought that those two guys were so lucky that they escaped under the cover of the city wall.
The soldiers who broke the city gate were also burned to death by the kerosene thrown down, and more than ten were burned. On the ladder, the soldiers who had not climbed halfway were beaten to the head by the enemy's rocks. Even if they hit the shield, the Kodor soldiers who fell down already had missing arms and legs and could no longer fight...
The casualties in the direction of Beicheng were about the same as those in Nancheng. If this continues, even if Fort Marsi is captured, a huge price will be paid.
After careful consideration, Count Codor decided to temporarily withdraw his troops and attack the city again after making some adjustments.
"Well, yes, Sergeant Major." Art said calmly, "How are our soldiers injured?" Art asked with concern.
"Sir, after preliminary statistics, we have three dead in this battle, two were injured by the enemy's rocks, one was hit by an arrow in the head, and seven were slightly injured." Angus replied.
“After the war, you are responsible for settling the funeral arrangements for the dead and wounded soldiers, and asking the doctors to treat the injured soldiers immediately.” Art ordered.
"Yes, sir." Angus replied, "The enemy's stone crushing machine this time is extraordinary. If we hadn't reinforced the city wall early, I'm afraid more soldiers would have been killed or injured."
"Yes," Art nodded, "Fort Marsi was originally built by the Codor people. They know how defensive the city wall is, but they just don't know that we have tampered with it."
"Well, that's true. You still have the foresight!" Angus said with admiration.
"Sergeant Major, let the soldiers take advantage of the enemy's opportunity to retreat and recuperate immediately. The next battle will be the most brutal." Art ordered Angus.
“My lord, are you saying that the enemy will attack the city again?” Angus asked.
"The Kodor people must know that we are short of food and baggage, so besieging Fort Marsi is the best option. But this time they chose to attack Fort Marsi. What do you think is the reason for this?" Art asked Angus.
"You mean, the order from the palace of Thorne Province" Angus said looking at Art.
"That's right, the new king secretly ordered us to attack the city of Kodor and the province of North Thorne within fifteen days, form a pincer attack on the Thorne palace, and force them to submit." Art explained.
"Sir, I understand. Thorne's palace can no longer withstand Dongjing's offensive. We urgently order Kodor to solve the problem of Fort Marci and then go north to support."
"Yes!" Art replied firmly.
"Sergeant Major," Art waved Angus to come closer and speak, "Immediately arrange for soldiers to be ready on the east wall... to wait for the Kodor army... In addition, take those prisoners..."
"Yes, sir, I will do it right away." After receiving Art's secret order, Angus quickly ran towards the bottom of the city wall.
At this time, Art turned and looked towards the Kodor army camp. At this time, the enemy soldiers were resting in the open space of the position, with dull and frightened expressions on their faces...
"Do you think they will make peace with us? We have already sent people to negotiate before the war started. Do you still want to watch them insult me again?" Earl Codor suddenly became furious after hearing this guy's suggestion.
"Listen to me, if anyone dares to mention peace again, I will chop off his dog's head!" Count Codor said angrily.
Five enemy soldiers were rewarded with a reward of four thousand pfennigs, a baronial title, and a reward of eight hundred acres of land. The title," Codor looked at the wide-eyed officers around him without quenching his thirst, "Hereditary!"
"Swear allegiance to the count to the death!"
In the large army camp of Kodor, when Earl of Kodor announced this opportunity that everyone dreamed of, everyone was excited.
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"Sir, look, the Kodor people are here again." Ron, who was observing, said to Art.
"Send the order, prepare the entire army for war!" Art said to Ron while looking at the Kodor soldiers who were making a comeback.
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