Chapter 717 Fierce Battle
When the Palace Guard Corps and the two garrison garrison defenders south of Sauron Castle were in a stalemate, the two main fighting forces on the east wall of Sauron Castle had already been locked in a battle. After the reaffirmation infantry company led by Klaus took the lead in attacking the city wall, the Wells Army's Colin Company and Weitz Company quickly moved closer to the reaffirmation infantry company in accordance with Art's military order.
At this time, on several ladders, the elite soldiers of the First Division of the Wells Army rushed forward, charging up with shields and swords~
"Quick, people on top, rush up to me, withstand the attack, and clear the way for follow-up reinforcements!"
Company captain Colin kept shouting at the soldiers on the wall as he climbed the climbing tower, extremely anxious.
The soldiers of the first company rushed upward many times while carrying stones and rolling logs. However, the soldiers at the front were always stabbed down the ladder by the opponent's spears when they were about to approach the crenellation, and they were never able to get close to the crenellation wall.
Seeing that the heavy armored infantry company was being besieged step by step by the successive Lombard soldiers, Colin had to personally lead the people to the siege tower...
At this time, the deputy commander of the legion Odo, who was constantly patrolling the north and south sides of the east city wall, saw that the situation was getting more and more unfavorable, and shouted to Jafar, the deputy commander of the cavalry company: "Jafar, take your men and go over immediately to reinforce Colin's company. Suppress those bastards on the city wall and cover the guys from the first company to rush forward!" "Yes, Lord Odo! Everyone, follow me!" After receiving the order, Jafar drew out a throwing spear and kicked the horse's belly hard. The horse accelerated instantly and rushed towards Colin's company's position.
When he was approaching the edge of the city wall, Jafar shouted to the soldiers on the wall: "First company men, charge!"
When the soldiers on the ladder reacted, dozens of spears passed over their heads and flew towards the Lombard soldiers on the wall~
In an instant, a dozen Lombards at the crenellations were shot over by spears. Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the first company surged in morale and rushed toward the crenel with roars!
Seeing that the Burangdians were approaching the crenellations again, the Lombard soldiers holding spears tried to poke them down with their spears.
But as soon as they emerged, dozens of spears flew towards them again. The moment the spear-wielding soldiers fell to the ground, seven or eight soldiers of the first company seized the opportunity and quickly climbed up the crenel, pounced on the Lombard soldiers inside, and immediately knocked down a large number of them.
The Lombard Palace Viscount, who was responsible for the defense of the fortress, staggered up from the ground, straightened his bucket helmet, drew out the sword from his waist, and shouted, "Quick, these bastards are coming up, throw them down!"
After saying that, the court baron raised his sword and rushed towards an enemy soldier in front of him, and struck the opponent's breastplate with his sword, causing sparks to fly.
The soldiers of the first company who were lucky to escape kicked another Lombard soldier who rushed up, flipped him to the ground, raised the long sword in both hands and thrust it down, and the long sword pierced the opponent's waist and abdomen. Then he shouted, rushed towards the stunned Viscount of the Lombard Palace, and knocked him away with a sideways movement.
If the Lombard soldiers who rushed over one after another had not blocked the sight of the soldiers of the first company, the palace viscount might not have escaped death.
At this time, the company captain Colin held a burning torch, took three steps and two steps at a time, and rushed toward the city wall from the side of the climbing tower. The moment he jumped off the wall, Colin grabbed a torch and swiped the heads of the three Lombard soldiers who rushed up with swords, knocking off the half-helmets on their heads, and the three fell to the ground.
Ignoring the Lombard soldiers who fell to the ground, Colin threw away the torch and slashed horizontally and vertically at the Lombard soldiers who rushed over again, immediately cutting off one man's arm and cutting off another guy's ear. When the two of them screamed in agony, the soldiers who followed Colin directly slashed the necks of these two guys, and bright red blood continued to spurt out from the opening~
"Kill!"
At this time, Colin shouted and led the soldiers of the first company who attacked from several gaps to quickly move towards the heavy armored infantry company on the left.
When more and more soldiers of the Welsh Legion jumped off the city wall, facing this group of Lombards who had caused a lot of casualties to them with their condescending advantage, this group of well-trained and powerful professional soldiers rushed forward desperately, slashing at these young and strong Lombard peasant soldiers, killing more than 20 people in the blink of an eye, like chopping melons and vegetables.
Looking at these red-eyed Burgundian soldiers, the young and strong Lombard peasant soldiers guarding the city kept retreating, and some timid guys even sneaked away and ran towards the city wall to "report~"
At the north city gate, Count Terman of the Lombard Palace, who was supervising the battle here, looked in the direction in which the messengers were running, and suddenly frowned.
The messenger half-bowed his body, avoiding the arrows that flew from time to time from the city, and ran to Teerman on his knees.
"Report to your lord, a large number of enemy troops suddenly poured into the east wall of the city, and our people can't hold on any longer!"
"What?"
Terman heard this, he was surprised at first, and then began to doubt. Obviously the north gate was the main direction of the Burangans' attack, but at this moment, the east gate was the first to fall.
While Terman was doubting, the voice of the messenger came again from the corner of the city wall.
"Report to your lord, the Burgundians have already attacked!
When the messenger appeared in Terman's field of vision, the guy who had been frightened out of his wits by the enemy fell to the ground and hit his head against the city wall~
When he got up and staggered and ran in the direction of Terman, the leading earl had already Jing led dozens of his elite soldiers towards the east city wall, "...-Hurry, follow them all."
In the backyard of the tavern near the free market in Solonborg, Ron stood outside the chicken coop where the secret passage exit was, softly ordering the soldiers who were crawling out of the hole one after another.
Inside the door of the tavern, Ross, the steward, stared intently at the Lombards running back and forth on the street. From time to time, the sound of metal clashing with swords on the outer wall and heart-rending screams could be heard from outside~
On the dimly lit streets, except for the soldiers who were guarding the city who ran to the city wall in groups, the merchants and some residents in the fort had already closed their doors on the day of the battle between the two sides. In order to protect themselves, almost everyone blocked the doors of their homes. They would not open the door during the day and light candles at night. They were in panic all day long.
At this time, except for the entrance to the inner fort and several warehouses where important materials were stored, all the other soldiers were mobilized to the surrounding city walls to resist the fierce attack of Burgundy's army outside the city.
"How's it going outside?"
Rocky stepped forward, tapped Rose's shoulder, and glanced at the street through the crack in the door.
"Master Rocky, I have been monitoring the situation outside here. Before you came, there were soldiers running towards the city wall on the street one after another. I don't know why, but there was almost no one on the street just now."
"Isn't it? Not good!" Rocky reacted and immediately ran to the backyard~
In the backyard, when the last soldier came out of the secret passage, all the elite soldiers and forty grenadiers who were supporting the army outside the city to attack the city were all present.
Ron turned around and was about to walk towards the door, when Rocky already hurriedly appeared in front of him.
"Quick, Brother Ron, we must act immediately! All the defenders in Sauron Castle have been mobilized, I'm afraid the two sides have already fallen into a war~"
Without any hesitation, Ron immediately ordered, "Bury, you take forty people to the east wall, assist Baron Antayas and the others in capturing it, and move them towards the south wall. Drive it away."
"Yes!"
"Tuba, you lead thirty people to quietly approach the inner fort, get rid of the soldiers outside, and hold it until the army captures Sauron Castle. Remember, be sure not to let anyone get close to it. Bring a few bombs to save your life in extremely dangerous situations~"
"Don't worry, unless we all die in battle, no one will be able to enter!" Tuba patted his chest and solemnly assured Ron.
“This sounds encouraging!” Ron praised, turned to Rigg and said, “Rig, take forty people to the north wall, assist Sir David’s men to board the city, drive the Lombards off the wall, and occupy the north gate. "
"As you command!"
"Sir Lodge, you take forty people and control the granary, arsenal and several warehouses storing large amounts of military supplies in the fort."
"Don't worry, leave it to me!"
"The remaining eighty people, follow me to the west city wall, assist the elite soldiers of the legion in besieging the defenders of Sauronburg, and annihilate them in one fell swoop!"
“Remember, this battle is only for victory, not defeat!”
“Yes!”
“Split up!”
Following Ron's order, the more than two hundred people who sneaked in from the secret passage were divided into five teams, and they went out from the side door of the tavern one by one.
Along the corners and buildings towards their respective goals, they reached the west wall. More than a hundred elite soldiers of the Welsh Legion, led by several company captains, had gradually established a foothold and pushed back the Lombard garrison on the wall step by step.
To these young Lombard peasants and soldiers, these strong Burgundians were no different from the devils in the mouths of the retreating soldiers who could not escape. Seeing their own troops falling one by one on the ground full of broken arms and limbs and blood, the Lombard soldiers on the west wall began to think of retreating. When several soldiers close to the north wall turned around and ran to the rear, they ran into Teerman, who was leading people to support reinforcements.
Termann strode forward, glared at the guys who were running away from the battle, pulled out the long sword from his waist, and stabbed straight. The long sword entered the soldier's abdomen and came out of the back, scaring the remaining soldiers to kneel on the ground and desperately begging for mercy.
Terman winked at the two officers beside him, and the two of them went up and wiped the necks of several soldiers.
"Those who run away from the battle, behead them on the spot!"
When Terman's voice reached the ears of the retreating soldiers, no one dared to take a step back.