It was still dark on the third day, and the camp of the Liberation Army was crowded with people and extremely noisy. According to Flanders's order, the army must arrive at Thorne City before dawn and launch a sudden attack before the defending army can react.
"Let's go!"
Following the order, the siege troops of the Liberation Army walked out of the army camp one after another and walked all the way to the east gate of Thorne City...
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"The teams behind hurry up and follow!"
At almost the same time, the Welsh Legion also set off from the south of Thorne City, marching all the way towards the south gate.
According to Flanders's order, when both armies arrived at the designated positions, they launched an attack on the defending army at the same time.
"Hey, Hans, do you think we can capture Thorne City in one fell swoop this time?" Bury, who was walking in the marching team, asked Hans, who was riding on the left side.
"I don't think it's easy. Not only is the wall of Thorne City strong, but most of the defenders inside are veterans who have fought against the Liberation Army, and their combat power is not weak." Hans lowered his head and analyzed Bury in a low voice.
"What are you afraid of? In my eyes, those bastards are just as weak as the bastards in Kodor. Look how I cut off their heads one by one!" As he spoke, Berry spat on the wild flowers on the roadside with a look of contempt on his face.
"You guys have to be careful this time and don't always rush forward alone. The people who are fighting us this time are not weaklings."
"Don't worry~" After saying that, Berry quickly followed the team in front. Hans, who was walking behind, shook his head and sighed softly.
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At this time, standing on the wall of Thorne City and looking to the east, a curved golden edge has appeared on the top of a low hill in the distance. But it was still gray outside the city. The early morning fog shrouded the surrounding wheat fields and grasslands, and almost no one could be seen from a distance of a hundred or so steps.
A city guard soldier wearing light armor, a short sword at his waist, and a helmet crookedly wearing it was walking from the south corner to the east gate, humming a little tune from time to time, and his face was full of joy.想来是又在昨晚偷偷溜出去在城内某个磨坊里的女人床上辛勤耕耘了一晚～
「哎哟！」
As soon as he reached the middle of the city gate, he suddenly felt the urge to urinate, and the soldiers guarding the city quickly covered their private parts. After looking around for a while, I saw the guys on guard duty squatting and taking a nap in the corner. The defenders smiled and climbed up to the east wall on their hands and knees. In an instant, a stream of turbid liquid mixed with the smell of inferior beer was seen pouring down from the sixty-foot-high city wall...
Suddenly, a breeze blew from the east, and the force of the trickle weakened, and it floated towards the cowhide boots of the defenders~
"Ah!"
The defenders screamed in a low voice, and quickly moved the giant thing on their lower bodies. Watching the sunrise rising slowly in the distance, a smile appeared on the faces of the soldiers guarding the city, intoxicated by the beautiful scenery in front of them.
After emptying the turbid fluid in his stomach, the defenders shook their bodies and felt refreshed. Just as he crouched down and prepared to jump off the wall, he suddenly noticed several black figures moving slowly in the hazy mist not far outside the city. Thinking that he was dizzy after drinking too much last night, he wiped his eyes and looked outside, only to see dozens of men in black holding long swords who were less than a hundred steps away from the moat... "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" The defenders jumped off the city wall and shouted loudly, which frightened the few soldiers who were napping in the corner to suddenly get up, and hurriedly looked outside the city in panic. In an instant, only a few sharp arrows were seen flying, and shot through the heads of two soldiers on the spot~
Dang...
Dang...
Dang...
As a bell rang at dawn, a siege battle began...
"Quick! Build the wooden bridge on the moat immediately."
Subsequently, a few groups of people were seen manipulating equipment under the cover of shields to slowly push several simple wooden bridges towards the moat.
"Hurry, they want to cross the river. Shoot the arrows! Fire the arrows!"
A city guard officer commanded the crossbowmen on the city wall to use bows and arrows to suppress the enemy's advance.
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A moment ago, when the bells on Thorne rang, the defenders stationed under the city wall hurriedly ran up the city wall with weapons in hand.
At this time, it was seen that the rebels under the city had crossed the trap outside the city and came towards the city gate. The officers present immediately organized manpower defenses and fired arrows at the defenders outside the city in a panic, trying to stop their progress. I saw the rebels approaching the moat step by step under the cover of shields~
Seeing that the enemy was approaching fiercely, the officer in charge of defending the city organized soldiers to defend and ordered people to notify Bernard immediately.
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Return to the frontal battlefield. At this time, the Liberation Army had already built a wooden bridge on the moat. Following the order from the frontline commander, soldiers carrying long ladders and pushing battering rams approached the city gate step by step under the cover of shields.
「Get ready to break the stone!」
Seeing that the enemy was approaching the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city had already lifted stones and rolling logs, ready to throw them at the rebels below the city.
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"Let go!"
Soon afterwards, the soldiers on the city wall raised the stones in their hands and smashed them at the rebels below. A few unlucky guys were suddenly hit with bloody heads. They knelt on the ground and covered their wounds and kept shouting. The arrows on the city wall also flew towards the rebels intensively, knocking over three or four on the spot.
“Cover with shields, prepare to hit the door!” Even though rocks and rolling logs continued to fall on the city wall, the officer in charge of the siege never took a step back. After hearing the order, the soldiers holding the shields immediately placed their shields tightly around the battering ram to resist the falling stones.
On the other side, the soldiers responsible for climbing the city were slowly erecting the long ladder. As the sound of the long ladder hitting the city wall came, the soldiers below who had already sharpened their swords held up their shields and climbed up the ladder with a single arrow~ "Sir, they are coming up!" Seeing that the rebels had stabilized the long ladder and people were constantly climbing up, a soldier reported urgently. Then he raised the stone and threw it at the enemy who had just climbed a third of the way. The stone flew down and hit the exposed shoulder of the soldier holding the shield. The man grimaced in pain, slipped and rolled down the ladder, taking the few guys following him down with him.
The officer guarding the city looked at the rebels rolling down and said loudly: "Yes, just hit them like this and kill these bastards!" After that, he also raised the stone at hand and smashed it towards the bottom of the city~
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The south gate of Thorne City. According to Flanders's order, when the Liberation Army began to attack the East City Gate, the Wells Army also attacked the South City Gate at the same time.
According to Art's deployment, after the wooden bridge was built on the moat, the troops who broke into the city immediately rushed over with siege equipment under the cover of shields. A crossbow team of more than a hundred people followed closely behind, responsible for suppressing the enemies on the city wall and covering the troops in front of them to attack the city.
At first, before the soldiers on the city wall could react, the soldiers of the Welsh Legion once attacked and captured it. Seeing that they were about to succeed, a large number of enemy reinforcements suddenly appeared on the city wall. The soldiers who were desperately climbing up were smashed down by the enemy's rocks and rolling logs, causing heavy casualties. The soldier in charge of the battering ram was burnt to death by the kerosene poured down by the enemy...
Art, who was watching the battlefield situation on the front line from behind, saw that the best opportunity to attack the city had been missed, so he ordered the soldiers around him to blow the retreat order, and ordered the soldiers on the front line to cover the retreat, planning to take a short rest and then attack the city again.
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At the east gate of Thorne City, the troops of the Liberation Army were desperately holding on to the city wall. The corpses of their own people and wounded soldiers wailing in pain were everywhere around them. The defenders on the city wall were suddenly as excited as if they were drunk, and they kept raising rocks and rolling logs and throwing them down. Because a moment ago, the officer guarding the city had just received an order. All the soldiers killed one enemy soldier and were rewarded with five hundred pfennigs. Upon hearing the news, the soldiers guarding the city were frightened and slightly excited, and began to harvest the heads under the city wall, which were worth five hundred pfennigs apiece, with some desperation.
Early this morning, when Bernard was still sleeping soundly in the bed of a plump woman, the knock on the door of the messenger woke him up. The old guy thought that his matter was discovered by the skinny woman at home, so he quickly crawled out of bed, put on his clothes and ran out the door.
After the messenger reported to him that the rebels at the East Gate had begun to attack the city, Bernard's eyes changed from panic to horror. The thing he least expected to see happened.
Immediately, Bernard immediately summoned some of the city's garrison officers and ordered them to resist the attack of the Liberation Army according to their previous deployment. In addition, in order to increase the enthusiasm of the soldiers to defend against the enemy, it was decided to pay a reward of 500 pfennigs to the soldiers who killed one enemy soldier. This trick worked for Bernard many times. He knew in his heart that a very effective way to get others to work for him was to buy people's hearts with jingling money. As long as the price you give is right, they are willing to sell their souls even if you ask them to. Whoever controls the money has a say.
Judging from the current reaction of frontline soldiers, Bernard's decision is obviously the right one. As long as he can hold on to Thorne City and win the battle for succession, a steady stream of gold coins will enter his pocket in the future. The only thing he has to do now is to use the money in his hands rationally and let every copper plate have its due value.
Outside the gate of the Liberation Army's frontline command camp, it seemed that the best opportunity to attack the city had been lost. After losing many men, Flanders finally ordered a retreat. Prepare to adjust deployment after rest and launch another large-scale attack on Thorne City.
After seeing that all the siege troops had withdrawn, Flanders ordered immediate treatment for the injured soldiers and sent people to send the seriously injured back to the rear camp for treatment.
Looking at Thorne City still standing in front of him, Flanders had mixed feelings. If they really attack Thorne City, the outcome is uncertain. Seeing that his side was unsuccessful in attacking the city, Flanders immediately thought of the Welsh Army outside the south city gate.
"Immediately send someone to see what's going on outside the South City Gate. In addition, ask Mr. Art to come over to see me. I have something important to discuss."
"Yes, Lord Marquis."