rise of empire total war

Chapter 141 Catapult

On April 1111, 4 in the continental calendar, General Charles led his army to the west gate of Ravana City (that is, the west bank of the Fabrizi River). He was accompanied by not only the Danish army of more than 15 people, but also the admiral of the navy. The huge Cuban fleet under Gould's command included 41 Kirk warships, [-] Hawke warships and [-] Cuban warships. This fleet of [-] warships entered the Fabrici River The estuary of the sea, along the wide river all the way to the north, to the city of Ravana, but was blocked by the sea wall.

The city of Ravana, the capital of the Ravana Kingdom, had been besieged by Richard's army on three sides at this time. Except that there was no Richard's army in the upper reaches of the Fabrici River, it could be said that there was nothing missing.

The total number of Richard's army that surrounded the city of Ravana was close to 5000. If they were placed in a field battle on the plains, the more than [-] troops of the Bundak rebels would not even have any parry power. It was completely crushed under the charge.However, they relied on the solid marble walls of Ravana City, preventing Richard's army from making progress in a short time.

Outside the besieged camp to the east of Ravana, Richard finally met the Danish General Charles, joined by Admiral Sigurd, whom he had not seen for a long time.

Looking at General Charles and Admiral Sigurd, who were also from the Kingdom of Denmark, with standard northern faces, Richard smiled and made a welcome gesture with both hands: "General Charles, Admiral Sigurd, I am very happy to lead you to attack Ravana City."

"Your Majesty, it is my honor to fight with you." The two said in unison.

"Well." Richard nodded, and said straight to the point: "Not much nonsense, General Charles, in the next siege, you will be in charge of commanding more than [-] Danish soldiers from the headquarters to besiege the west side of Ravana City. Door."

"As for Admiral Sigurd, your fleet is responsible for attacking the sea wall of Ravana City. Before the attack, use ship-mounted ballistas to bombard the city wall. After the city wall collapses, attack along the gap and seize the inner port of the city."

"Understood, Your Majesty." The two agreed at the same time, but Charles went on to say, "Your Majesty, during the past few months on Kuban Island, you have ordered the craftsmen of the siege equipment station in the city to build catapults and siege vehicles." Weighing carts, twelve catapults (six teams, two in one team) and six siege weighing carts (three teams, two in one team) have been built, but because of the urgency of the war, they were not allowed to march with the army. "

"So many siege equipment?" Richard was taken aback, and quickly asked, "Then where are these siege equipment now?"

"Judging from their marching speed, they should arrive in two days." Charles replied.

"Okay!" Richard couldn't help clapping his hands after hearing this, and said in high spirits, "Before the arrival of the catapults and siege scales, General Charles, let the soldiers build a siege camp and build siege equipment at the same time. be prepared."

"And Admiral Sigurd." Richard said, looked at Sigurd, and said, "Go find a good place to build a temporary military port, remember to strengthen your defenses, I don't want to see the naval fortress being attacked by someone." Burn it."

"clear."

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Two days passed quickly. When the follow-up troops transported the catapults and siege scales to the siege camp of the Charles Department, the soldiers cheered and gathered around to look at the eighteen siege weapons. Facing the tall and strong city of Ravana They could not help but feel their own insignificance when they saw the marble walls of the city, and imagined the cost of attacking the city with only infantry.

The cheers outside the city quickly alarmed the defenders on the city wall. They stood behind the wall and looked at the siege weapons slowly advancing in the siege camp in the distance. Confidence fought against the invincible Richard's army, but now that the long-range projection devices that restrain the city walls have come out, their morale has undoubtedly been greatly hit.

Although the commotion on the city wall was quickly suppressed by the officers who heard the news, it still left a deep impression on the hearts of many defenders. When driving, they must run far away and hide in a very safe place. They don't want to be smashed into flesh by boulders falling from the sky.

After the catapults and siege scales arrived, General Charles consciously handed over the distribution rights to Richard. After consideration, the latter divided the eighteen siege weapons into two, with two siege camps in the east and west. Three siege scales and six catapults are assigned to each. If the ship-borne ballista of Sigurd's fleet is added, the attacking party's siege capability will rise in a straight line.

Looking at the tall siege truck, Richard couldn't help swallowing. He had only seen this kind of siege equipment in the movie "Kingdom of Heaven", which was used by Saladin's army when they besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. Giant catapult.The distant relatives of this kind of siege scale car are called Huihui Cannon in China. They were mainly made by the Hui people from the Western Regions, Alaowadin and Yisima. The Huihui Cannon was equipped by the Mongolian army as soon as it was born. It was used during the Mongolian Western Expedition The siege weapon also participated in the attack on Xiangyang City.

The Siege Scale is the same as the normal catapult, which can throw heavy boulders and burning fireballs at the enemy's city, but it has an extra ability to throw rotten cows compared to the normal catapult.

The rotten cows thrown by the siege scales are extremely smelly. After hitting the crowd, they can not only kill the enemy, but also damage the morale of the enemy. In addition, if the rotten cows thrown are not cleaned up for a long time, they are very likely to cause plague , is the earliest biochemical weapon.

Before the development of gunpowder weapons, the siege scale car can be said to be the best weapon against the city wall, and its position will be replaced only after the birth of the artillery.

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On the second day after the arrival of the siege scales and catapults, after preliminary debugging, the eighteen projectiles roared terrifyingly towards the walls of Ravana City under the operation of the engineers. The throwing arm was lowered amidst the harsh sound of creaking torque, and the muscular soldiers worked together to put boulders into the leather bag at the end of the throwing arm, and then carried out the final aiming and adjustment.

When everything was ready, the officer pulled out his sword and slashed forward into the void. In the next second, eighteen siege equipment simultaneously threw out the boulders in the skin, and the shrill sound of those boulders crossing the sky Howling, that horrible sound alone would scare the shit out of the faint of heart!
Richard, who was sitting on the back of a war horse, looked over layers of soldiers and looked into the air. In his sight, he could see huge boulders full of edges and corners rolling in the air, drawing graceful arcs, and then smashing heavily on the solid marble city wall. At the moment, when the heavy boulder came into contact with the city wall, the entire city wall and the ground trembled!
(End of this chapter)