Chapter 714 Night Battle
.—Everyone, prepare to meet the enemy! You guys, come with me~"
Terman drew out the long sword from his waist, and quickly rushed towards the north wall with a few personal guards.
Outside Sauronburg, after the attack horn sounded, thousands of soldiers of the Welsh Army divided into four groups and once again approached Sauronburg step by step like a tide. To the west of the camp, a team of about 200 people took advantage of the night. Before the horn sounded, they had already moved towards the dense forest to the west of Sauron Castle~
The leader was wearing full-body plate armor, a stainless steel knight's sword across his waist, and a nose-protecting half-helmet. He was trotting in front of the team with his waist half covered.
The rest of the soldiers followed closely behind, and the iron armor chains jingled as they swayed back and forth. Hundreds of footprints, some deep or shallow,
Leaves messy traces on the grass.
"Hurry, hurry up and follow me!"
The leader of the group whispered to the team behind him from time to time, for fear that some soldiers would fall behind.
"Sir Rocky, can you keep up?"
"Brother Ron, no problem, let's go!"
After Rocky said this, he pushed Ron and continued to run forward.
As the digger of this secret passage, and as a former member of the Art family, Rocky followed Art south without hesitation, intending to help him regain the family territory.
In addition, Rocky is very familiar with the internal structure of Sauronburg. In this siege, he will enter Sauronburg as Ron's deputy, cooperate with the army outside the city, and attack the Sauronburg defenders.
In addition, in order to facilitate coordination, the soldiers who entered Solonborg through the secret passage this time were led by officers above the level of three flag captains. In addition to Berry, the flag captain of the third company, and some of the soldiers of the third company to which he belonged, Rigg and Tuba were respectively responsible for commanding the remaining two groups of troops. The forty men of the grenadier company were each led by company captain Rogge and deputy commander Smith.
Taking into account the special nature of this battle, Yate reduced the number of troops from the original three hundred to about two hundred. First, the greater the number of people, the greater the risk of exposure. Sauron Castle was originally a small military fortress, but having too many people was not conducive to the concealment of the operation.
In addition, with the addition of the Grenadier Company, the combat effectiveness of this elite soldier will be greatly improved, enough to offset the numerical disadvantage.
When the group of people had just arrived at the edge of the dense forest, there was another rush of horn sound from the direction of Sauronburg~
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After a while, Ron, led by Rocky, quickly found the entrance to the cave.
"Here it is! Quick, open the entrance and prepare to enter the secret passage!"
After Rocky said this, he ordered a few subordinates to remove the dead branches and leaves that had been scattered on it a few days ago, drag away the dead wood branches, and move away the rocks. Then he stretched out his right leg and stepped hard, and there was a thumping sound under the soft soil.
"Yes, it's right here, dig up the soil above."
Rocky took two steps back, and his two subordinates picked up pickaxes and started digging the soil. After a while, the wooden board covering the entrance of the hole was exposed.
"Hurry, open it!"
Standing aside, Ron waited anxiously, occasionally looking up in the direction of Sauronburg.
As the sound of the wooden planks being opened came, a little-known hole suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
"Brother Ron! I'll take the people down first, and you can follow with the rest of the troops. Remember, be sure not to make too much noise, so as not to alert the defenders in Sauron Castle."
"Don't worry, Sir Lodge."
With that said, Rocky led a few subordinates into the cave and groped slowly along the narrow passage with the faint light of the fire.
Ron immediately turned around and ordered the rest of the people standing outside the cave: "Everyone, prepare to enter the cave. Remember not to make any noise. Bury, take your people, get out first." Stay alone and seal the entrance of the cave after the others enter. Remember, no one is allowed to get close."
"Yes, Sir Ron."
"Let's go!"
In a moment, more than two hundred people in the dense forest entered the cave one after another, and began to bend and sneak along the narrow passage, approaching Soronborg step by step.
After the entrance of the cave was covered, a few soldiers who stayed behind cleaned up the nearby traces and hid among several giant dead trees.
For a time, the dense forest returned to the tranquility it had just a moment ago. When the two hundred soldiers quietly approached Sauronburg from underground, most of the Welsh Army on the ground had already crossed the ditch one after another and came to the city wall again.
Att sat on the maroon horse under him, carrying a long sword at his waist, and glanced across the trench at the densely packed Sauronburg garrison on the city wall.
After the afternoon battle, these young and strong peasant soldiers who were temporarily recruited into the city defense army were no longer as panicked as they were at first.
Hands of swords and spears in hand, they stared directly at the Burgundy soldiers below the city, their eyes less uneasy and more determined.
For soldiers who have experienced such a large-scale war, a fierce battle is enough for them to grow up quickly.
When they threw away the farm tools in their hands, forgot about the farm work in the fields, picked up the weapons in their hands, pointed them at the attacking enemy, and hit the vital point with one blow, they completed their transformation from farmers to soldiers.
The only difference between these people is that some will survive, while others will become the grave goods of this war.
If you make military exploits while alive, you will be able to honor your ancestors. If you die and are forgotten, you will be buried underground forever.
This is a rule that must be followed in any era.
For Art, regaining family territory and restoring family honor not only means that some of his soldiers will become victims of his own goals, but the defenders within the walls of Sauronburg will also not be able to escape the fate of death or slavery.
The golden flames on the city wall kept jumping in his eyes, like the roar of thousands of galloping war horses.
"Glory belongs to the victor, and death belongs to the loser!" Art muttered softly in his mind, then closed his eyes slightly, and the light in his eyes was compressed into a golden thread and slowly disappeared.
Taking a deep breath, the coolness of the cold winter night is refreshing. This feeling instantly brought Art back to the snow-covered desolation on that winter day a few years ago, and reminded him of the vow his father made him make before his death, "to wash away the shame and revive the family..."
Suddenly, Art suddenly Open your eyes, look straight ahead, and reach for the stainless steel knight sword that your father left for you with your right hand."
Swish~
The moment the sword blade slipped out, the harsh metal sound cut through the sky "Kill me!"
Thousands of native soldiers who had been waiting for orders in front of the formation heard the order. They drew their swords, raised their axes and hammers, carried the ladders, pushed them up the city tower, and rushed towards the city wall with a roar~
"Kill!" > "Chop these bastards!"
Suddenly, the shouts of killing outside Sauron Castle were loud."
".—Hurry, they are rushing forward, ready to defend themselves against the enemy!"
When the Burgundian army rushed toward the defenders of Sauron Castle desperately, military orders broke the confrontation between the two sides.
"Archers are ready!"
"Archers are in position!"
The first to take action were the soldiers on the northern wall. Immediately afterwards, military orders to defend the enemy came from the east, south and west city walls.
"Get ready to roll rocks and logs!"
"Get ready to roll rocks and logs!"
On the east wall, the Lombard soldiers piled a large number of rocks and logs on the crenels, waiting for the enemy to approach step by step.
"Let them bring me the boiling water they have prepared!"
"Quickly, bring up the boiling water and scald those bastards to death!"
On the west wall, looking at the enemy troops approaching the base of the wall, the officer in charge of defending the enemy immediately ordered people to send the boiling water to the wall, preparing to pour the boiling water from the copper pot when the Burgundy soldiers came to the city, catching them off guard.
Just above the northern fort gate, Count Terman, the leader of the Lombard Palace and the supreme commander of the Solonborg garrison, had just arrived from the southern city wall under the escort of his personal guards.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way quickly!"
The guards following Terman pushed away the soldiers blocking the crenellations. Terman walked to the edge of the crenellations. The sight in front of him made him take a breath~
Thousands of troops held moving torches, approaching Soronborg like a huge wall of fire. The shouts of killing outside the city were shaking, and they reached the ears of the leading earl one after another.
When he looked at the scene in front of him with a shocked face, a sharp arrow with a screaming tail feather struck at him~
"Be careful, Lord Count!"
whoosh~
whoosh~
whoosh~
As soon as the words fell, the three guards around Telman fell to the ground. By the time he reacted, the neck of the guard who had just pushed him had been pierced by an arrow, and blood was constantly spraying... "My Lord Earl, are you okay?" The officer who was lucky enough to escape quickly stepped forward and helped Terman up.
The sudden sneak attack made Terman furious. He pushed the officer away, walked straight to the city wall, drew out the long sword from his waist, glared angrily, and shouted: "Kill them!"
In the blink of an eye, the enemy troops arrived.
"Let go!"
The moment the soldiers of the Welsh Legion put up the ladder on the city wall, rocks, rolling logs, kerosene, and boiling water rolled down the city wall like a storm, hitting the shields, shoulders, limbs and heads of the Burgundian soldiers. Along with a burst of screams, seven or eight soldiers fell to the ground. The fire that followed directly engulfed all the soldiers under the city wall"
Without any warning, the Wells Army lost more than thirty soldiers at the beginning of the battle.
"Quick, everyone, retreat! Everyone, retreat!"
Looking at the raging fire, Odo, the deputy commander of the legion who was commanding in front of the formation, was extremely anxious and desperately urged the soldiers under the city wall to stay away from the fire and the constantly throwing stones.
At the same time, seeing that the attack on the city was not going well, Art ordered his men to carry kerosene, and under the cover of archers, they pushed the climbing tower towards the city wall step by step.—.