Working Prophet.

Chapter 697 Herodotus' Scientific Enlightenment

Ge Wen rode on a horse to supervise the battle, watching his soldiers climb up the city wall wave after wave with their shields on their ladders.

However, as soon as most of the people approached the top of the city, they were thrown down with spears by the defenders above, or fell from the air screaming when they were hit by stones.

Even if one or two warriors were lucky enough to reach the top of the city, they often couldn't last too long and were driven down again.

And in just a short time, many vassals have come to him to complain, saying that his subordinates have suffered too many casualties and need to withdraw to rest before continuing to fight.

Not surprisingly, their request was refuted by Ge Wen, but Ge Wen could also see that the current casualties of the troops were indeed a bit heavy.

Obviously the opponents were just a group of untrained civilians, many of whom were not even equipped with armor, but they just blocked the siege of the army. So far, none of the walls of the multi-scaled city have been lost.

This is a bit far from Ge Wen's previous imagination that once the master Wang arrives, the mob will not fight and collapse.

Ge Wen even wondered if all the vassals under him were concerned about casualties and did not really contribute.

But it's not time to settle the matter yet. Ge Wen turned his head and asked Quintus, "What about the internal response in the city? Why hasn't there been any movement?"

Quintus said, "After they control the city gate, they will light a beacon to notify us, but Mr. Gwen, should we..."

Before the high priest could finish his words, Ge Wen's expression lifted, because a beacon fire was raised at the south gate of Multi-Lined City.

"Tell Otto to get his men ready to attack and control the city gates immediately after entering the city."

Ge Wen told an attendant, "I don't care whether those guys really surrendered or pretended to surrender, since Herodotus dared to give us the city gate, we will make him pay the price."

After receiving the order, Otto from the Friedhill family led his [-] warriors and [-] militiamen, and rushed in as soon as the south gate opened.

They took control of the city gate as quickly as possible, including the towers on both sides, and cleared out the astonished defenders inside, before Otto sent someone to report to Gwen.

Ge Wen couldn't help being overjoyed, this time he didn't sit in the rear anymore, but personally led the army to kill the multi-scaled city.

Ge Wen hopes that this battle can show the demeanor of the Figuerola family as much as possible, and also establish his prestige, reminding the world that Ilea is not the only famous general in the Western Region.

At this time, the defenders in the city also found that the south gate had fallen, and reinforcements arrived very quickly, and happened to collide with Ge Wen and the others.

Without any hesitation, the acting city lord of Yanxue City immediately showed his sword and rushed into the crowd.

Many people came to Herodotus' reinforcements, but all of them were civilians. Although their morale was good, they lost the protection of the high wall, and they seemed a little at a loss in the face of the fully armored knights.

On the other hand, Gwen and the elite fighters of the Figuerola family behind him were unstoppable like tigers in a herd of sheep. In a few breaths, more than a dozen people had been cut down, and the rest of them finally began to feel fear.

Especially the army behind Ge Wen was still coming in a steady stream, so the defenders also began to waver, and then turned into a rout.

Ge Wen finally felt the sense of comfort that he expected, and that's right, how could someone who fought against the Blood Moon Society be able to match him.

However, just when Ge Wen felt that the general situation was settled and the Multi-Lined City had been taken down, he heard the exclamation of the surrounding attendants.

Many people raised their necks and looked into the sky.

Ge Wen also raised his head, and saw dense black spots appearing in the air, flying towards here.

However, those were not arrows, but jars!

Ge Wen's expression turned ugly in an instant. He didn't expect Herodotus to hide so many trebuchets in the scaled city.

And it seems that there are quite a few, at least hundreds of them, but considering that Herodotus packed up almost all the craftsmen in the city before he left last time.

It doesn't seem surprising that he can build so many trebuchets.

Ge Wen didn't have time to think about it, he got off his horse under the guard of his followers, and quickly hid behind a haystack nearby.

The jars roared through the sky, but fortunately most of them hit the city wall, and only a small part hit people. However, before Ge Wen could breathe a sigh of relief, he smelled a strange smell.

The acting city lord of Yanxue City was stunned for a moment, then his face changed drastically, "Pine resin, damn it, those guys are going to attack with fire!"

Ge Wen then shouted loudly, "Everyone, temporarily withdraw from Multi-scale City!"

However, his order was given a bit late. The south gate was originally the smallest gate in the multi-scaled city, and it could barely accommodate two carriages.

At this moment, most of the army led by Ge Wen had already entered. After realizing that the jar was filled with turpentine, everyone was running out of the city, and instead squeezed the city gate tightly.

Even the coach Gwen couldn't get out, and at this time the second wave of cans came again, with the Rockets in the middle.

Herodotus did not know how to fight, but he also has an advantage, that is, he has a strong learning ability.

The little maid Clara used a lot of small scientific experiments to deceive him before, and then Herodotus gradually figured it out, but he was not angry, but felt that a new world had been opened.

From then on, he began to pay more attention to the use of natural elements. Although he still couldn't summon thunder and lightning out of thin air like Li Yu, he developed some new weapons through this.

In addition, the battle of those Yi people in Lion Heart Castle also gave him some inspiration.

Herodotus piled up a lot of dry firewood and fodder near the south gate, and the turpentine and rockets that fell from the sky quickly set the fire on fire.

And the more the flames burned, the more panicked the people at the city gate became, and the more crowded they were.

Just at this time, Ilkander also appeared with a team of cavalry.

They sneaked out of the city from the secret passage in the west, and came around to the south. There were less than 200 of them.

This number of people is naturally not enough to see in normal times.

But now it has become the straw that breaks the camel's back.

Together with the relentless fire, they pinched Gwen and his army trapped at the city gate, charging and killing among the crowd.

This time it was the attacking side's turn to collapse, and the crowd began to riot, everyone struggling to escape.

But at this moment, everyone is crowded together, most of them can't even draw out their weapons, and it becomes more and more difficult to breathe. The huge pressure from all around almost squeezes everyone's body Like burst.

Quintus had never seen such a terrible scene. More people died from being trampled and squeezed than from the fire and the sword of the enemy.

(End of this chapter)