Chapter 706 Besieged on all sides
.—Quickly, pull out these spiked wooden stakes and prepare to board the city! "Company Captain Colin shouted to the soldiers around him as he ran, dodging hidden arrows shot from the city wall from time to time.
As one of the main battle companies of the Welsh Army, Colin's first company of soldiers took the lead in rushing through the trench blocked by the raging fire, and was responsible for the middle city wall. Weitz's second company was responsible for the west, while Hans led his men to attack the east. The three main battle companies were lined up one after another as the main force on the frontal battlefield.
At this time, in addition to the hidden arrows that kept flying, the boulders thrown from the city also kept hitting the Welsh Legion soldiers on the front battlefield...
“Bangeda, be careful!” Colin shouted when he saw a stone hitting Bangeda, the company deputy commander who was running forward.
"Damn it!" Bangeda gathered strength under his feet, turned around flexibly and fell to the ground, narrowly dodging the rocks that were thrown straight at him. But unfortunately the soldier's thigh behind him was smashed into pulp.
Looking at the wounded soldiers rolling back and forth on the ground, Bangada was frightened. Before he could stand up, a few more light arrows flew from the city wall~
Benefiting from his rich battlefield experience, Bangada held the shield under his body tightly and turned sideways to block the incoming arrows. He immediately stood up from the ground, grabbed the short spear from the soldier beside him, threw it towards the city wall, penetrated the neck of an archer on the other side, and then ran quickly towards the city wall.
As more and more soldiers crossed the "wall of fire" and rushed down the city wall, the battle of Sauron Castle officially began." Above the city wall, seeing the enemy approaching step by step, Terman immediately gave the order as he began to pull out the spiked wooden stakes under the wall against the constant throwing of stones and arrows.
「将垛口上堆着的巨石和滚木给我砸下去，阻止他们进一步靠近城墙！」
「是！」
Following Terman's order, the rocks and rolling logs piled high on the wall roared and rolled towards the Welsh Legion soldiers who were working to remove the wooden piles under the city wall·
"Get out of the way! Danger!"
Jason, the captain of the crossbow company who was dozens of steps away from the city wall, had just shot a Lombard soldier over on the arrow tower. In the blink of an eye, he saw a large number of rocks rolling down, and he hurriedly warned others under the city wall.
At this time, more than a hundred people were bending down and slashing at the obstacle at the foot of the wall, unaware of the approaching danger.
Tuba, the deputy commander of the company who was responsible for leading the defense, looked up and saw the rolling boulders and logs. He quickly shouted: "Quick, everyone retreat!"
As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen soldiers were knocked to the ground on the spot. Faced with this menacing attack, the rest of the people rolled and crawled back, and for a while, the whole place was filled with mourning.
"Archers, cover!"
At the critical moment, Jason immediately unfurled his bow and arrows, and ordered the more than a hundred archers responsible for covering to shoot rapidly at the Lombards on the city wall. As the dense arrows flew away, the Lombard soldiers at the crenel fell one after another towards the inside of the crenel.
Wars always start with mutual attacks between you and me. The archers on the city wall relied on the advantage of standing on high ground to quickly suppress the enemy's archers, causing the crossbow company headed by Jason to continuously retreat to the other side. Seeing that the siege of the city was not going smoothly, Art immediately ordered the cavalry company to use the high mobility of the war horses to carry the bows to the city for support.
After receiving the order, Lusignan, together with the company deputy commander Jafar and Reyek, dispatched in batches and galloped towards the bottom of the city wall with their horses.
As soon as the men of the cavalry company reached the bridge, several huge crossbow arrows suddenly flew from the city wall at high speeds. Several cavalry companies and their horses were shot down in the trench where the flames were spraying. Without any time to think, Lusignan tightened the reins, kicked the horse under him, jumped onto the bridge in the face of the flames, quickly passed the wooden bridge, and headed straight for the city gate.
The rest of the cavalry followed closely, whipping their horses and speeding to support~
Angus, who was sitting in the trebuchet position at the rear, was sitting on his horse and observing the battle situation ahead. Seeing the rocks and logs pouring down from the city wall a moment ago, causing considerable casualties to the siege soldiers, Angus made a prompt decision and immediately ordered all the trebuchets to adjust their direction and aim at the northern city wall.
"Report to Lord Angus that all trebuchets have been loaded!"
“Aim at those bastards on the wall and smash them to death!” Angus drew his sword and roared.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
With the sound of a giant hammer hitting the latch, the stones of different weights in the bullet pockets of more than ten trebuchets roared and flew towards the city wall... -
On the arrow tower on the east side of the north gate of Solonborg, a roaring and rolling stone hit the fence at the edge accurately. The huge impact tore the fence into spiky fragments and pierced several Lombard archers who kept firing arrows at the city wall through the cover of the fence~
"Ah——...·
After a scream, several unlucky guys were already lying on the ground and stopped moving. The ground was covered with flowing blood, like a slaughter scene.
One of the soldiers' left eye was penetrated by a splintered piece of wood. He twitched twice and soon stopped moving. The remaining five were penetrated by fragments into the chest, face and abdomen, and were all killed in one blow.
Just as the Lombard archers who had narrowly escaped were secretly congratulating themselves, another larger stone struck again and hit the load-bearing beam at the top of the arrow tower impartially.
bang!
There was a "snap" sound when the wood broke, and the entire roof of the arrow tower collapsed instantly, and these soldiers were buried alive inside~
"Good! Well done!"
At the foot of the city wall, he saw with his own eyes the two huge stones behind him being thrown towards the arrow tower on the city wall. Ate clapped his hands and cheered.
As more and more stones flew towards the city wall, the voices of the Lombards' lamentations kept coming. The Lombard soldiers who just a moment ago were constantly throwing stones and rolling logs at the city were now frightened by the flying stones and did not dare to show their heads. They scurried around looking for cover.
Seeing that the time was right, Art turned around and said to the messenger behind him: "Blow the horn and continue the attack!"
"Yes, sir!"
too～
too～
When the horn sounded, the soldiers turned back and looked in the direction of Art. Watching Art coming to the front line to direct the battle, the soldiers of the Wells Legion were greatly encouraged. They organized themselves again and rushed towards the city wall~
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The edge of the wooden bridge.
Acting Minister of Radiation Bob, who was organizing the radiant team to transport the battering ram, heard the cry of killing coming from the front again. He picked up the wooden bucket filled with water on the carriage and ran panting towards the wooden bridge that had begun to burn.
A moment ago, he watched the fire getting stronger and stronger, and the edges of the soaked wooden boards slowly burned. At this time, all the siege equipment has not been transported. Once the bridge deck breaks, it will block the retreat of our own soldiers.
At this time, Bob, the acting radiation minister who had been organizing the radiation team to transport siege equipment, discovered this situation. He immediately organized people to send clean water in the barrels on the carriage to the bridge deck, and completely soaked the wooden planks with water again. After more than a dozen trips back and forth between the carriage and the wooden bridge, everyone finally doused the bridge deck that was about to catch fire and saved the wooden bridge.
Bob took two hard breaths and had no time to rest for a moment. For fear of missing something important, he hurriedly led the men and horses of the Radiation Heavy Brigade to organize and transport the remaining siege equipment.
While the fighting in the north was fierce, the attack outside the south gate of Solonborg seemed a little inadequate.
According to the deployment of the central army command camp, the south gate was attacked by the reserve regiment led by Obote and a company of the Palace Guards led by Sir David.
At first, almost everyone thought that the defense of the south gate should be looser than that of the north gate. Unexpectedly, the Lombards also deployed heavy troops at the south gate.
Before the soldiers crossed the wooden bridge, the Lombard archers on the city wall threw several rounds of arrows outside the city, causing Obote's reserve regiment soldiers to suffer a lot. After several rounds, the reserve group suffered more than ten casualties, and for a time they became afraid of war. If it were not for the Military Law Corps supervising the battle behind them, those timid soldiers would have fled the battlefield~
On the other hand, the David Company of the Palace Guards, as elite soldiers, relied on their excellent tactics and fearless courage to rush to the South City Gate and shot more than ten enemy people, leaving only two dead and five injured.
Due to the lack of tacit cooperation in the siege, David's company soon could not withstand the offensive and took the initiative to withdraw.
After repeated communication among several high-ranking officers, it was decided that David would lead the elite Janissaries charge forward to stabilize the position, and the rest of the reserve regiment would follow closely to widen the gap. When the time is right, attack from three directions at the same time to disperse the enemy's forces and defeat them one by one.
When the horn sound outside the north gate came again, Obote shouted, "Guys, soldiers who also belong to the Wells Legion, those guys in the first division can attack the city wall, we You can’t be a coward! My lord said, the first one to break into Sauron Castle is the first one. Level up two levels in a row and you’ll be rewarded with three thousand pfennigs!”
“Kill!”
Under Obote's encouragement, the soldiers of the reserve regiment roared again and rushed towards the south gate behind David's company. In addition, the Andermatt Fort Company and the Tyniec County Soldier Company under the name of Antayas and the two hundred young men from Provence were in charge of the western city wall.
Baron Antayas was in charge of commanding the siege.
On the eastern city wall, Baron O'Dowd led the remaining young peasant soldiers from Provence to attack.
According to Art's deployment, the north city gate was used as the main attack direction, attracting most of the Sauronborg garrison. The remaining siege teams serve as auxiliaries, waiting for opportunities to find loopholes in the enemy's defense, break through the opponent's defense line, and stabilize the position at the same time.
Once the time is right, mobilize heavy troops to storm one area and tear apart Sauronburg's solid defense line.
The focus of the first attack is not to destroy the enemy's numbers, but to find out the enemy's troop configuration and defense vulnerabilities, so as to pave the way for subsequent attacks.
At the same time, Art ordered that the number of casualties among the siege soldiers must be controlled. Once the casualties exceeded expectations, they would retreat in an orderly manner to preserve their strength
Him in order to fight again.
When the horn sounded again, the soldiers around Sauron Castle attacked almost at the same time, shouting and rushing towards the city wall.