Chapter 808 Shocking Loud Sound
"-Close the door! Close the door!" Colin shouted to several soldiers guarding the exit of the door while running.
However, when he arrived outside the gate of the mansion, the forty or so Lombards inside had already driven out the twenty or so light armored infantry who rushed in step by step.
"Klaus, get your men over here to help!"
In desperation, Colin turned around and caught a glimpse of Captain Claus, the heavy armored infantry company leader who was leading his men to the north of the mansion to besiege a dozen Lombards guarding the granary. So he quickly sought reinforcements.
At this time, the Lombards, who had already become red-eyed, led by Viscount Stephen Rooney and Baron Arthur Delman, had already rushed out of the mansion gate and rushed towards the gate of the manor step by step.
As the saying goes, a dog will jump over the wall in a hurry. These words are perfect to describe the current desperate situation of the defenders of Amos Manor.
After a few rounds, the light armored infantry led by Colin's company were inseparable from the Lombard elites in the manor house. In a desperate situation with no way to retreat, these elite Lombard soldiers broke out with amazing combat effectiveness.
In the blink of an eye, seven or eight soldiers of the Welsh Legion fell one after another. These Lombard soldiers desperately approached the gate, trying to fight their way out.
".—Hold it all to me, never let an enemy go!" As the company captain, Colin took the lead and led several soldiers to join the blocking team.
With a flash of swords and swords, the two Lombards who were struggling to attack on the outside were seriously wounded by Colin's men and fell to their knees.
Looking at the current anxious battle situation, Colin, who has experienced many battles, was really surprised. He did not expect that the defenders in these manors could organize themselves so quickly despite being suppressed and attacked by surprise, and approached the gate in an orderly manner.
"Company Captain, be careful!"
In a trance, a sharp sword stabbed Colin from between the two Lombards blocking him. Suddenly, a huge force knocked him away, and the sword blade penetrated the shoulder armor of a soldier, causing the soldier to grimace in pain.
Colin, who came to his senses, raised his sword high and stabbed the Lombard officer in the head. Unexpectedly, the opponent suddenly squatted down, and the bucket helmet on his head was picked up by the long sword and fell to the ground.
“——Jue, are you okay?” Arthur Delman, Baron of Lombardy, helped Stephen Rooney, who had almost fallen to the ground, to get up quickly, then squeezed into the crowd, trying to break out from the east.
At this time, the heavy armored infantry of the Welsh Legion, which had been searching and driving away the defenders, chased the seventy or eighty manor soldiers who were fleeing in embarrassment toward the gate like hunting wild boars.
Seeing this, Angus, who had been standing above the gate of the manor to supervise the battle, suddenly ran to the wall opposite the mansion and shouted to Colin who was fighting hard below: "Colin, take your people and retreat to the manor. Gate, block them! "
"Yes!" After saying that, Colin cut off the right arm of the Lombard soldier who rushed towards him with a slash, and then shouted: "Everyone, listen to my order, retreat to the east! Retreat to the east!"
While retreating, he did not forget to give the wounded soldier lying on the ground a finishing blow with his sword.
"Sir Stephen, what should we do?" Seeing that the enemy's heavy armored infantry who were catching up had blocked the surroundings of the mansion, the only exit of the manor was also occupied by more than forty light armored infantry. There was a trace of fear in Baron Arthur Delman's eyes.
Stephen glanced around at the fifty or so remnants of his own side who were approaching, plus the thirty or so elite men he brought out from the mansion. This gambler who refused to admit defeat came up with a bold idea.
"Listen!" Stephen shouted to Arthur beside him, "You lead people to block those heavy armored infantry, and I will lead these elite soldiers to break through the gate of the manor. Only in this way can we escape."
“But~but~~” At this time, Arthur, who had experienced a bloody battle, was already a little unclear in his speech.
"Stop talking nonsense! If you want to survive, just listen to me!" Stephen snapped.
At this time, the two sides no longer fought as hard as they did a moment ago, but maintained a certain distance, faced each other, and moved step by step towards the gate of the manor.
Standing on the wall, Angus watched closely every move below. Beside him, four grenadiers each held a bomb, waiting for orders from the supreme commander.
"These bastards have really hard bones!" Angus spat on the ground and cursed loudly.
Obviously, he underestimated the combat effectiveness of these manor defenders. After the first battle, more than a dozen soldiers had been killed, and no less than 20 were lightly or seriously injured. If the fight continues like this, the casualties of our own troops will inevitably continue to increase.
Since the other side resisted desperately, it can only mean that these Lombards had no intention of surrendering at all.
At this moment, Viscount Stephen Rooney, who was leading the Lombards, suddenly said loudly: "Guys, if you want to survive, pick up the swords in your hands and fight out with me. We want these bastards to know that we, the Lombards, People can only die standing, not kneeling. Kill me! "
"Kill!"
Under the encouragement of Stephen Rooney, this group of Lombards who had already put their lives at risk started a second counterattack "Raise your shield!"
Angus suddenly gave orders to the Welsh Legionnaires below.
"Roar!"
The soldiers standing in the front row confronting the manor defenders raised their shields to protect them in front, and began to retreat in an orderly manner.
The outer manor defenders who had rushed out had never seen such a formation before, and they had no idea what tricks these Burgundians were playing, so they stopped and looked at each other cautiously.
However, what these more than eighty manor guards did not know was that the biggest threat to them at this time was not the Burgundians who were waiting around them, but the four grenadiers standing on the wall, each holding a bomb in their hands.
"Why are you so stunned? Take action!" As soon as he finished speaking, Stephen Rooney raised the long sword in his hand and took the lead in rushing towards the enemy soldiers in the direction of the gate of the manor.
Seeing this, the other defenders also began their final counterattack.
Hmph~Things that don't know how to live or die!"
Hhip Angus glanced at Stephen Rooney, who was the first to attack with his sword, and turned to wink at the grenadiers beside him.
At this time, several grenadiers who had been waiting for a long time took off the kindling hanging from their waists, quickly pulled out the plugs, and blew into the sparkling charcoal.
"Give it to me!"
Angus turned around and took a bomb and burning charcoal handed over by the grenadier. With the corners of his mouth raised, he shouted to the Welsh Legion soldiers below: "Guys, squat down!"
Following Angus's order, more than two hundred soldiers surrounding the manor's defenders suddenly bent down and blocked their ears with their fingers. The shield soldiers in the front row hid their entire bodies behind the giant shield and did not dare to show their heads.
Seeing that the time had come, Angus stretched the glowing charcoal to the fuse of the bomb to simmer~~~
A thick smoke suddenly rose from the sparking fuse, engulfing Angus from the neck up.
At this time, the manor defenders who had already rushed in front of the shield soldiers and struggled to break through did not realize that the danger was coming.
Angus blew away the thick smoke that filled his eyes, saw that the bomb fuse was only less than half the length of his finger, and threw it suddenly toward the Lombards below.
The moment the bomb hit the ground, the metal shell made a muffled sound.
Angus, who was standing on top, quickly covered his ears, lowered his body and used the stone wall as cover.
Boom!
A loud noise was heard, and the seven or eight Lombard soldiers surrounding the bomb were instantly torn apart, turning into a pile of limb fragments and meat paste flying around.
The iron pieces and awls that flew everywhere from the bomb explosion flew towards the Lombard soldiers in all directions, and were deeply embedded in their unprotected places such as their heads, shoulders, faces and thighs. More than ten people fell to the ground in an instant.
The armor of the Lombard soldiers who were closer to the explosion point was torn into pieces by the violent explosion and burned into a pile of residue.
Slightly further away, his internal organs were shattered by the violent shock wave, and he vomited blood.
At the outermost edge of the center of the bomb explosion, Viscount Stephen Rooney, the leader who rushed out first, was knocked down by the blown-up soldiers and hit his shield heavily, leaving a bloody mark on his forehead.
When he stood up unsteadily and turned his head to look behind him, the ground was full of broken limbs and wailing and screaming soldiers. He shook his head violently, trying to stay awake.
At this moment, another bomb flew over his head and fell again among the Lombard soldiers who were slowly getting up.
After a burst of thick smoke, the sky-high flames and violent explosions completely caused the Lombards who had narrowly escaped death to fall down again -
After a moment, the surrounding thick smoke gradually dissipated, and the air was filled with the strong smell of gunpowder and blood.
The legionnaires hiding behind the shields stood up slowly, and sent their last "mercy" to the Lombards whose legs were blown off but who were still breathing~
Company Captain Colin walked to a relatively complete corpse and carefully looked at the familiar face at his feet, and then suddenly remembered that this guy almost pierced his chest in the battle a moment ago.
However, at this time, he had been pierced by an iron awl in the forehead, and the rest of his body had been injured to varying degrees.
��Look at them all carefully, and if they cannot survive tonight, send them all to see God!"
On the other side, Captain Klaus of the heavy armored infantry company holding a short sword ordered his men to clean the battlefield while walking towards Angus and others who had come down from the wall.
「Lord Angus～」
Angus stepped over a corpse, glanced around, and ordered: "Send someone to search the entire manor for me immediately. There must not be any fish that slip through the net. Your Excellency will be here soon, clean up this place."
"Yes, I'll do it right away!"
Angus then looked at Colin aside and shouted: "Colin!"
"Lord Angus." Colin ran over quickly.
"Seize the time to treat the lightly and seriously injured soldiers, gather all the bodies of the soldiers who died in this battle, and place them next to the stable over there first. In addition, send a few people to meet the adults and inform him of the situation here."
Colin nodded, turned and left.