rise of empire total war

Chapter 272 Defending Tus City

"Although we are alone and alone, God gives us strength, so that we have no fear in the face of the heretic army." -Robert Gisca, known as "the wise man", the founder of the Principality of Puglia
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"Soldiers of the empire, we are surrounded here and there is no way to retreat, but I believe that under the watchful eye of God, we will win!" A, who was on the front line with his loyal early general guard, raised his sword high, and gave a loud speech to thousands of soldiers on the city wall, inspiring each of them, "The city of Tus is surrounded by ferocious enemies, We have no other choice but to hold on to the city wall, since there is no hope of escape, instead of fleeing in all directions and being slaughtered by others, why not fight bravely to the death and achieve immortal feats?"

"Dead fight! Dead fight! Dead fight!"

"Soldiers, please treat the weapons in your hands well, fight in the name of Christ, kill the army of heresies, and let the supreme glory come here, as long as we win this war, God will be proud of us!"

"Hu! Hu! Hu!"

"In the name of the father!"

“In the name of the Father!!!”

The sky-shattering cheers that sounded on the city wall almost made the world pale. Outside the city, the soldiers of the coalition army who were marching could not help trembling all over their bodies when they heard it, like a defeated leaf in the wind.

"Archers get ready! Crossbowmen get ready! Once the enemy is within range, start shooting!"

The shouts of the officers spread throughout the entire city wall, and all the civilian archers and giant shield crossbowmen loaded their arrows one after another with solemn expressions.In those arrow towers, teams of arquebus soldiers in strange costumes are making final adjustments. Their task is to shoot the enemy face-to-face when they climb the ladder-with the touching touch of early firearms Accuracy, that's all they can do.

"Gollum."

Swallowing the saliva secreted in his mouth due to nervousness, the giant shield crossbowman holding a crossbow stared closely at the white lines drawn on the ground before the battle. Those white lines were used to measure the range of bows and crossbows. The white line means that they are within range.

"May God bless me to survive this war..." The prayers of the comrades beside him kept reaching his ears. He glanced at the other party lightly, but found that the other party's face was pale and his legs were trembling , Not only that, a circle of pale yellow liquid seeped from the soles of his feet, and there was also a faint fishy smell in the air.

"Ready to shoot!"

At this moment, the company commander's order sounded, and the giant shield crossbowman reflexively raised the crossbow, aiming at the dark enemies outside the city, his hand rested on the trigger of the crossbow, trembling slightly.

"shooting!"

The moment the enemy battalion crossed the white line, the officers roared loudly on the city wall, and then there was only a hum of bowstring vibration, and countless arrows shot from the city wall (this word is not actually Appropriate, because the crossbowmen used flat shots), tearing through the sky with a shrill sound, and flew towards the marching coalition army formation at high speed, and those arrows that used projectiles even covered the sky and blotted out the sun, crossing the sky A graceful black arc descended from the sky into the army formation, making endless jingling sounds, which were mixed with the screams of a large number of soldiers after being shot.

After shooting, before observing the results of the battle, the civilian archers and giant shield crossbowmen quickly pulled out arrows from their quiver and loaded them.The civilian archers set up their bows and drew arrows together, and shot arrows in the second roar of the officers. Due to the density of the enemy's army formation, they did not need to aim at all. They only needed to shoot to hit the target, even if the It's just a shield held high.

The wanton pouring of civilian archers and giant shield crossbowmen filled the coalition army with dense arrows, and also fell a large number of soldiers. The archers of the whole army fought back against the enemies on the city wall. Compared with the long-range infantry in Richard's army, the archers of the coalition army obviously had the upper hand. The city walls are covered!

"Arrow rain is coming! Arrow rain is coming! Be careful to avoid it!"

At the moment when the rain of arrows shot by the coalition archers soared into the sky, there were screams one after another on the city wall. Immediately afterwards, the soldiers on the city wall hid behind the wall piles, and the heavily armored soldiers also raised their shields. He squatted on the ground and covered himself under the shield. A few seconds later, the rain of arrows arrived as expected, covering the entire city wall, and some unlucky ones who didn't hide were shot to death on the spot.

Not only on the city wall, but also more arrows flew over the city wall and entered the city. These arrows shot on the roofs of the houses or on the streets, shooting and killing the civilians who were still running on the streets. At the same time, some soldiers who were not prepared for defense were shot into hedgehogs.

With the cover of their own archers, the coalition infantry successfully attacked under the city wall. After that, their archers stopped shooting because they were concerned about accidental injuries. The defenders who had been suppressed could finally take a breath. Leaving the wall where many small gravels were shot out, shoot at the enemy who erected a ladder below the city.

"On the firearms battalion, shoot!"

Firearms Battalion Commander Sandro gave an order, and soldiers holding matchlocks ran out of the arrow tower to take the place of the archers.At this time, dozens of ladders were erected on the city wall at the same time. The arquebusiers immediately extended the barrels of their guns from the shooting ports, pointed them at the enemies climbing the ladders in front of them, and then pulled the triggers.

boom!
Hearing a gunshot, a small bloody hole appeared on the body of the coalition soldier who was targeted by an arquebus soldier. He looked at the smoking barrel above his head with an expression of disbelief on his face. Fell down, fell into the crowd.Similar situations appeared on the city walls one after another. In addition to the shooting of matchlock guns, the gunpowder contained in clay pots was also ignited with matchlocks, and they were thrown heavily at the enemies gathered below. A few seconds later, there was a deafening explosion. , Allied soldiers within the range of the explosion screamed and fell to the ground. They were either knocked out on the spot, or hit by fragments of clay pots, or suffered internal injuries from the explosion, bleeding from their seven orifices, lying in a pool of blood.

A series of explosions caused confusion among the coalition forces. The flashing flames and deafening sound of the explosions filled the hearts of these indigenous people who had never seen it before. Unlike their respective kings, they knew that this was a new style of the Winsters. Weapons and mentally prepared, they will only use their own thoughts to infer, classifying this weapon as a wizard's witchcraft attack.

The commanders of the coalition forces quickly discovered the negative emotions of the soldiers, so they suggested to the commander-in-chief to withdraw the troops. Although the latter was reluctant, he still issued an order to stop the siege under the unanimous request of everyone and asked the soldiers to withdraw. Wait for morale to recover before making a decision.

(End of this chapter)