rise of empire total war

Chapter 157 Defending the City

"shooting!"

bang bang bang-

A series of gunshots sounded on the city wall of Port Bell, and then the coalition soldiers who climbed up the city wall fell down like kites with broken strings. Several small red holes appeared in their armor, and blood flowed out.

A round of volleys shot and killed the enemies on the wall. Immediately afterwards, the officer in the hand artillery put down his sword and said to the soldiers behind him: "Load the ammunition..."

Before he could finish his sentence, an arrow shot from the air and hit his cheek from the side before everyone could react. He came down with a look of disbelief in his eyes.

"Enemy archers! Defend! Defend in place!"

The moment the officer fell, heart-piercing roars sounded from the city wall. In the eyes of everyone, a round of black arrow rain rose from the phalanx of the coalition archers outside the city. Its scale almost covered the sky and the sun. The soldiers screamed in horror and hid behind the solid wall stacks. The soldiers equipped with shields assembled in place, intending to block the arrows falling from the sky. A few seconds later, the overwhelming arrows fell into the city wall, stinging The sound of jingling sounded one after another.

This was a round of indiscriminate shooting. Under the volley of coalition archers, some unlucky soldiers who were climbing the city wall were shot in the back by arrows, and then let go of their hands holding the ladder with a scream, and fell heavily from a high altitude. , knocking down the crowded crowd below.

"The enemy is crazy!"

Clutching a shield tightly, the Danish lieutenant Tooragris, who knelt on the ground and curled up behind the shield, couldn't help screaming. The shield in front of him loyally protected him, and there were arrows from time to time. He shot the shield and was bounced off, the sound of metal colliding echoed in his ears.

"No, it can't go on like this!"

Hearing the screams of soldiers on the city wall from time to time, Tooragris gritted his teeth, stood up holding his shield, and ran quickly to the artillery nearest to him. Arrows passed by him from time to time, or It was directly nailed to his feet, but he was not afraid, and rushed to the wall next to the artillery, grabbed the artillery operator hiding here, and asked, "Is the artillery loaded?"

"It's loaded, General," the man replied, as an arrow hit the face of the cannon, sparked off it, and fell beside them.

"Okay, you come to help me fire the cannon!"

Tooragris ordered in a questioning tone, then raised his shield to block the two together, and walked behind the cannon. Although the man was timid about the flying arrows, he still suppressed the fear in his heart, Cooperating with Tooragris, he aimed the gun barrel at the coalition archers outside the city who were still wantonly venting their arrows. Then he inserted the matchlock into the small hole at the top of the gun barrel, picked up the torch from the ground, and handed it to the Danish lieutenant general, saying: " General, as long as you light the match, you can shoot the cannonball."

As soon as he finished speaking, the enemy's arrows struck again, clanging and hitting the shield held by Tooragris, but one still hit his knee, and the poor artillery operator let out a cry of pain Then he knelt down on the ground, howling continuously, and the comrades hiding under the wall next to him saw him and hurriedly leaned out and dragged him over forcibly, only to avoid the fate of this unlucky guy being shot.

Tooragris ignored the unlucky guy, and directly lit the match with a torch, and the match was ignited with a sizzling sound. He quickly took a step back and covered his ears with one hand. In the next second, he only heard "boom" With a bang, the shell came out of the chamber, and the entire city wall trembled.

And when the enemy archers were stunned by the sudden sound of artillery, the defenders' archers who had been suppressed stood up one after another and sent angry arrows out of the city.

The bow and arrow battle between the two armies thus began!

At this moment, the siege tower of the coalition forces had advanced very close to the city wall. In the direction of the siege tower, a cannon was ignited by the operator. After the shocking sound of the cannon, the black solid The iron ball flew at high speed and hit the fragile front shield of the siege tower head-on. In the next second, sawdust flew across the sky, screaming, and the iron ball penetrated the crowd after smashing the front shield. There was a rain of blood among the soldiers, human stumps, broken arms and pieces of flesh covered the boards, and the blood that flowed out dripped down the heads of the soldiers on the next floor along the gaps between the boards.

At the same time, it seemed that they had received an order, and the allied infantry who had been on standby under the city wall began to climb the ladder again. However, some archers were mixed among them, and when the defenders attacked the climbing soldiers, they decisively shot and killed them. Cover allies.

However, this can only protect the coalition soldiers from being attacked during the climbing process. When they first climbed the city wall, before those soldiers had time to cheer, they were pierced through their bodies by spears, and then they were picked up and thrown back outside the city. The soldiers who were not attacked by melee weapons were shot into a sieve amidst a series of gunshots, and they knelt down unwillingly covering the position where the armor was shot through, spit out bloody red foam, and fell slowly.

boom!
The heavy suspension bridge was lowered, and the coalition soldiers in the siege tower rushed out with their shields upright, but just as they took a step, there was another series of gunshots like death grinning, and the leading soldiers fell down. But this did not stop the follow-up infantry from charging. They jumped over the corpses of their comrades and were about to jump into the city wall. But after they jumped into the city wall, they were surprised to find that they were no longer surrounded by enemies holding weapons that could shoot lightning. Melee infantry in full armor.

As time went by, after paying a painful price, the coalition forces finally let more and more soldiers climb onto the city wall, and engaged in tragic hand-to-hand combat with the defenders. Use your saber to fight the enemy, or directly use the cannon as a big stick to hit the enemy's head hard.

The most brutal area to fight on the city wall is near the artillery. The coalition soldiers are well aware of the power of these strange weapons. In order to destroy these artillery, they frantically launched an attack, but fortunately Richard deliberately deployed heavy troops when deploying. Near the artillery, this blocked the enemy's attack.

"For the Empire! For Richard!"

During the melee, the Danish lieutenant Tooragris shouted loudly. He raised his shield and gave the enemy in front of him a fierce shield blow. Under the impact of the shield, the enemy in front of him grunted, his front teeth and nose bones were broken, and he was in pain. Falling down, however, Tooragris didn't give him a chance to stand up again, the deadly Viking tomahawk slashed down mercilessly, the enemy's face was instantly shattered, and a large amount of blood sprayed from the shattered face .

From time to time, the enemy hit the defense line of Richard's soldiers with their whole body weight and shields, but the object he hit stooped to use his strength, lifted him up, and fell heavily behind the Richard's defense line, and was thrown to pieces. Su's coalition soldiers struggled to get up, but were assassinated by chaotic swords and turned into a puddle of flesh.

(End of this chapter)