rise of empire total war

Chapter 269 Siege of Fort Miggs

"attack!"

Outside Miggsburg, the siege battle began with roars.Driven by the phalanxes one by one, the ladders and the heavy siege towers slowly moved towards the city wall, and the arrows shot from the city wall hit the shields of the soldiers sparingly, making clanking sounds, but There was a lot of thunder and little rain, and there were no casualties to the soldiers of the Winster Kingdom.

While the defenders of Miggsburg were firing, the crossbow-bearing militia brigade following the heavily armored sergeants and walking imperial knights also stopped after entering the range, and reloaded the wooden crossbow in their hands on the spot. After loading, Under the loud orders of their respective company captains, they raised their crossbows, aimed at the figure flashing on the city wall, and pulled the triggers together. Immediately afterwards, there was only a sound of air vibration like a violent storm, and the blackness almost covered the sky. The rain of arrows soared into the sky, making a frightening whistling sound like locusts, and it actually directly covered the entire city wall!
When the rain of arrows subsided, looking at the walls of Fort Migs, it was full of crossbow arrows. A large number of soldiers who had no time to escape lay down on the corridor behind the wall. They were almost shot into hedgehogs. The corpse was too horrible to look at, and its original appearance could no longer be seen.Part of the wall stacks were also shattered due to continuous shots from the crossbow bolts, and broken stones were scattered all over the ground.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the enemy was suppressed by their own crossbowmen, the heavily armed soldiers pushing the siege equipment quickened their pace, and ran directly to the bottom of the city wall of Fort Migs against the rare arrows shot from those arrow towers. Immediately afterwards, A large number of ladders were erected high, leaning against the city wall, supported by a few soldiers at the bottom, and other soldiers raised their shields above their heads to defend against falling rocks and arrows from the sky, and climbed up step by step.

In addition, dozens of siege towers also approached the city wall under the tense and fearful eyes of the defenders. After only a few meters away from the city wall, the siege towers stopped abruptly, and then only heard a shout in German With an order, the drawbridge on the siege tower crashed down and hit the wall, creating a layer of dust and a lot of sawdust.In the next second, several heavily armed soldiers with shields rushed out from the siege tower. They let out a terrifying battle cry, jumped directly into the city wall, and fought fiercely with the defenders who were tired of coping.

"In the name of the Father! We shall prevail!"

Under the city wall, Earl Charles, who was wearing full plate armor, shouted loudly to inspire the soldiers around him. Then he led his elite early general guards to climb the siege tower. When they saw the commander joining the battlefield, the soldiers all cheered loudly. The soldiers who were already engaged in battle on the city wall were stunned for a moment when they heard the cheers behind them, but soon they heard the voice of the commander personally participating in the battle. Their morale was boosted and they launched a fierce attack on the enemy.

"General guard, charge with me!"

Although it was difficult to climb up the siege tower wearing heavy full-body plate armor, Charles successfully led his general guard up to the city wall. He raised his shield, held a knight's sword and jumped into the battle group along the drawbridge. With his backhand, he split the spear stabbed by an enemy, and then the shield smashed forward, and a shield hit the opponent's face. The bridge of the nose of the latter was shattered due to the violent impact, and the blood flow continued. He couldn't help covering his face Groaning in pain, Charles swung the sharp sword in his hand and chopped off the enemy's head.

"Soldiers of the Empire, I am with you, attack!"

Charles, who cut off the enemy's head, held up his sword and shouted loudly. At this moment, an enemy behind him took the opportunity to attack and stabbed the spear in his hand, but he hadn't completely stabbed out. The knights of the general guard around Charles He kicked him down, and before he could react, several sharp swords fell from the sky and pierced his chest, smashing his internal organs to pieces, blood gushed out like a spring, mixed with broken pieces of meat, Soon the surrounding ground was stained red.

When the soldier's screams reached Charles' ears, he reacted belatedly. Looking at the bloody corpse on the ground, he felt a little scared, but this fear was quickly forgotten. Because he remembered that he was wearing this set of cross-century full-body plate armor with very high defensive power. Almost no cold weapon could break through the armor's defense. Even if he was attacked by the enemy, he would remain unscathed.

Thinking of this, Charles was full of confidence. With a loud shout, he raised the blood-stained sword and took the lead in launching a fierce offensive against the stubbornly resisting enemy. The sword in his hand could easily cut through the clothes of the defenders. However, when the sword and spear in the enemy's hands hit him, they will be bounced off by the full plate armor he wears, leaving at most a light white spot, but it can only leave a white spot on his body Most of the people have basically been lying in a pool of blood and turned into dead people.

Relying on the full-body plate armor given to each general by the system, Charles was like a god of war. He took the lead on the city wall, killing any enemy in front of him. By his side, the elite early generals' guards were always loyal. Follow him and block the enemy's sneak attacks for him. After all the enemies on the city wall surrendered, everyone's body was covered with blood. They stood panting on the corpses, watching their own soldiers being attacked one after another. The gates of the city poured into the city and fought with the defenders.

What a scene it was. The city gate with a layer of iron sheet fell to pieces in the opening. Dozens of corpses of defenders were lying on this short corridor. They died in different ways. , either pierced by a spear, or disembowelled, with internal organs flowing all over the floor, or having the throat slit, with blood splattered on the spot.

After rushing out of the gate, resisting soldiers can be seen everywhere on the wide streets. Their equipment is not as good as the heavily armored soldiers who attacked the city, let alone those elite walking imperial knights.Under the fierce attack of heavy armored soldiers and foot imperial knights, the defenders who resisted on the street were quickly defeated, leaving a lot of corpses fleeing in a hurry-many of them would not return to the team after finding new troops , Instead, they fled into the alleys extending in all directions, broke into the homes of innocent civilians, and sought refuge.

After the defenders on the street near the city gate were defeated, the feudal knights staying outside the city followed the deployment before the battle. After raising the flag on the city wall to signal, the temporary cavalry general appointed by Charles drew his sword and walked forward into the void. Pointing to, immediately after, a brigade of imperial knights and a brigade of mail knights galloped out, rushing mightily towards the city gate. The momentum of hundreds of heavy cavalry running at the same time almost made the city walls tremble. Like thunder in the day, the morale of the defenders in the city was thrown into chaos.

"Attack, let the double-headed eagle flag of the Empire be planted on every wall of Migsburg!"

(End of this chapter)