Chapter 715 Counterattack
"—Two!—Two!"
"Hurry up and push the climbing tower over!"
Under the climbing tower, the company captain Colin took the lead, leading a group of soldiers to push the climbing tower towards the city wall step by step despite the arrows flying overhead.
At this time, the stones and rolling logs on the city wall also began to hit the soldiers under the siege tower continuously"
"Smash them to death!"
Colin followed the sound and forgot to glance towards the city wall. At this moment, a huge stone rolled and roared, and hit a soldier on the left side of the siege tower "Careful!"
Snap!
With the sound of cracking bones, the soldier fell to the ground and vomited blood. "Quickly, drag him down!"
Seeing that the soldier was still breathing, Colin gave instructions to the soldiers behind him and continued to push the climbing tower forward.
Finally, after paying the price of one death, two and three injuries, the climbing tower was finally pushed to the predetermined position.
"Get ready to climb the city!"
Colin yelled at the soldiers behind him who were already preparing to climb the city. He took the two clay pots tied with ropes and hung them around his neck.
The dozen soldiers who followed Colin also carried kerosene and long swords at their waists, and climbed up one by one.
"Get ready for fire oil!"
In the middle of the east city wall, the three climbing towers of the heavy armored infantry company were lined up one after another. The heavy armored infantry company led by Klaus was the first to climb to the top.
Before everyone could take a breath, the iron-lined sealed wooden boards fixed to the city climbing tower on the side facing the city wall began to make a thumping sound as the fire oil cans shattered.
Klaus wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked through the gap between the wooden boards at the soldiers on the opposite wall who were still throwing kerosene cans. He couldn't help but sigh: "Your Excellency, you are still thoughtful. With these iron-lined wooden boards as protection, our casualties will be greatly reduced~"
Dong~
Before Klaus could finish speaking, a flaming arrow had already ignited the partition board.
With a loud noise, the burning partition flipped over several times and then hit the side of the city wall, falling to the ground and throwing up a bunch of sparks.
The Lombard soldiers on the city wall were stunned for a moment when they saw Klaus suddenly appearing behind the partition. When Klaus and seven or eight tall and fully armed heavy infantrymen behind him took off the kerosene cans hanging around their necks, these Lombard soldiers suddenly reacted. In panic, they quickly raised the kerosene cans in their hands, preparing to throw them towards the city climbing tower to "burn him to death~"
Shoo~
Before the Lombard soldier who was facing the city tower finished speaking, a spear flew out from under the city wall at lightning speed, hitting the guy between the eyebrows.
Klaus glanced at the direction in which the spear was shot, and saw the cavalry company captain Lusignan pulling out another spear from the saddle bag on his sling. He leaned back and exerted force on his waist. The spear in his right hand was shot out the moment his upper body leaned forward, directly penetrating the armor of the Lombard soldier opposite the other climbing tower. The unlucky soldier flew a few steps away with his armor on, and fell in the corner behind him~
"Good! Good shot!"
Seeing this scene, Klaus couldn't help but shout. Then he said to the soldiers behind him: "Quick, throw all the kerosene over to me and burn those bastards to death!"
"Yes!"
Klaus took two steps forward, grabbed one of the fire oil cans, drew a clockwise arc with his arm in the air, and threw the fire oil can to the opposite crenel. As the sound of the clay pot breaking came, black kerosene instantly splashed everywhere.
Klaus took two steps back and ordered the other soldiers to step forward. Suddenly, more than ten clay pots filled with kerosene flew toward the wall opposite the climbing tower. There were bursts of cracking sounds of the clay pots, and the spilled kerosene splashed everywhere. The city defenders, whose armor was stained with kerosene, panicked for a while and ran around.
"Give me the torch!"
Klaus turned around and took the torch from the soldier behind him, took out the torch he had prepared, unscrewed the lid, and blew lightly. Then he lit the linen cloth soaked in kerosene and wrapped around the end of the torch, and threw it towards the city wall with all his strength~
Boom!
In an instant, the ignited kerosene suddenly rose up and began to burn violently, lighting up the sky above Sauronburg."·
"Ah, my legs! Save me! Save me~"
"It's on fire, put out the fire quickly!"
The burning kerosene instantly ignited the clothes and armor of more than a dozen soldiers, and the screams were endless. The other lucky soldiers looked at the growing fire and kept retreating toward the safety zone behind them, completely ignoring their companions who had been killed in the flames.
As the fire grew stronger, thick smoke rose up and slowly spread on the city wall. Behind the thick smoke, only the heartrending cries for help and bursts of coughing of the Lombard soldiers could be heard. As the "smoke wall" became thicker and thicker, the thick smoke began to block the sight of the Lombard soldiers. "Quick, build a bridge!"
Taking this opportunity, Klaus decisively ordered the construction of a bridge to climb the city.
So, four heavy armored infantrymen moved a piece of iron-lined wooden board to the edge of the climbing tower, inserted the end close to the climbing tower into the pre-drilled groove and fixed it, and then pushed hard, and the wooden board landed accurately on the opposite crenel.
Seeing that the wooden bridge had been erected, Klaus shouted loudly to the soldiers behind him and the soldiers who were climbing up the city tower one after another: "Guys, fight in with me!"
Hence said, Klaus jumped onto the wooden bridge and charged towards the Lombard soldiers on the opposite side, "Kill!"
Himmediately, one after another, heavy armored infantry carrying swords, axes and hammers roared onto the wooden bridge and ran towards the city wall~
On the other side, the smoke from the burning fire oil on the city wall formed a "smoke wall" that obscured the view. The Lombard soldiers who had long been swallowed up by the fire were like "burning men". They were panicked and hoarse, and they couldn't care less about the several enemy heavy armored infantry that had appeared on the crenellated wall. In a short time, these unfortunate guys were burned into charred corpses by the fire.
Seeing the sudden fire on the city wall, the soldiers guarding the city were caught in a two-sided battle. Some people continued to block the enemies that were pouring in from the climbing tower, while others had their hands free to put out the blazing fire.
After receiving the order to put out the fire, a dozen soldiers rushed to the "fire scene" carrying a barrel filled with sand. Then he picked up sand and threw it desperately towards the burning fire oil, trying to prevent the fire from spreading further.
As the fire became smaller and smaller, a group of heavy armored infantry suddenly appeared behind the thick smoke and appeared in everyone's sight. Before they had time to escape, Klaus and his men rushed forward and killed them all.
"Kill!"
Klaus pulled out the broadsword from the shoulder armor of the Lombard soldier at his feet, shouted, and led more than twenty reaffirmed infantry to rush towards the soldiers who were defending the city before they had time to react. For a moment, the sword flashed and the sword shadowed. As soon as the two sides engaged in battle, they immediately fell into a state of fierce fighting - "Sir, the guys from the heavy armored infantry company have taken the lead in attacking!"
At the edge of the trench, Art had been focusing his attention on the three siege teams outside the east wall.
At the moment a fire broke out on the city wall, Art had already noticed it. So he hurriedly sent one of his guards to check the situation at the heavy armored infantry company's position. Once there was a breakthrough there, he mobilized heavy troops to attack that place in an attempt to widen the gap and stabilize the position.
Now, the opportunity has come.
They quickly moved towards the direction of the heavy armored infantry company. At the same time, they asked them to bring water-soaked linen cloths and cover them with burning kerosene to prevent the fire from spreading. They quickly attacked me through the ladder and reinforced the heavy armored infantry company's men!"
"Yes, sir!"
The two soldiers quickly turned their horses and ran in different directions.
Att was greatly touched by the sudden good news, and then his eyes fell on the heavy armored infantry who had already attacked the city wall. Looking from a distance through the firelight, the soldiers of the heavy armored infantry company were pushing back the Lombard soldiers step by step with their incomparable combat power. The blood splattered from time to time and the broken limbs flying around are enough to illustrate the severity of the battle on the city wall."
During the first attack on the city, due to the enemy's intensive stone-pounding, rolling logs, and arrows, as well as the raging fire that broke out when the soldiers climbed halfway, the second company suffered nine immediate casualties.
Weitz had to change his strategy and ordered most of his troops to use climbing towers to approach the city wall and open a gap.
When the Lombard soldiers on the city wall discovered that the approaching climbing tower was covered with a thick layer of iron, they threw the clay pot filled with kerosene diagonally at the entrance of the climbing tower on the other side, and immediately set the base of the climbing tower on fire.
After the soldiers of the second company extinguished the fire, the base at the bottom had begun to collapse. Helpless, Weitz had to order everyone to extinguish the fire under the city wall step by step, and once again approached the top of the wall through the ladder.
After receiving Art's order, Weitz began to organize his men to ascend the city through ladders, attracting a steady stream of Sauronburg defenders who were rushing towards the heavy armored infantry company, in order to relieve their pressure.
"Sir Weitz, the ladder is set up!"
"Come for me!"
As he spoke, Weitz raised a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand. He jumped up, grabbed the handrail of the ladder and began to rush towards the city wall. At this time, the Wells Army began to exert force and launched a counterattack against the defenders of Sauronburg.