rise of empire total war

Chapter 87 The Siege of Luwen

"attack!"

Lu Wen led Lu Wencheng, and the siege continued.

The Ramirez army surrounded the city standing by the river, and the pontoon bridge built by the siege party had already laid countless corpses of soldiers. Blood dripped into the river along the gaps between the planks, turning it red the waters.

"Raise your shield to defend!"

Hundreds of heavily armed soldiers stepped onto the pontoon bridge amid the shouts of the officers, and the defenders immediately fired a salvo of crossbow arrows, only to hear the tooth-piercing sound of swishing, and the black rain of arrows flew towards Lamy on each pontoon bridge. Lace soldiers, although these soldiers raised their shields to defend in time under the order of the officer, some unlucky soldiers were shot by arrows at tricky angles, and fell to the ground with a scream, struggling in pain.

These soldiers who fell to the ground with arrows can basically be said to have become outcasts. Without the protection of their shields, they lay alone and helpless in a pool of blood, feeling the heart-piercing pain from the wound and the strength of their whole body. The weakness slowly disappearing from the wound—this is not the end. On a dangerous battlefield, every shot by the defender's crossbowmen may cause the arrows to pass through the crowd and hit the wounded again, making them more painful...or Yes, died instantly.

"shooting!"

While the crossbowmen of the defending army were aiming at the siege soldiers with crazy output, the archers of Ramirez, who had done the stupid thing of "protecting my enemy and hitting my friendly army" a few times ago, finally did what they should have done things.Under the officer's stern yelling, a group of Ramirez archers drew their bows and arrows, and fired a round of black volleys at the Luwen crossbow-bearing militiamen on the city wall, but the defenders had long been on guard, and a few sharp-eyed people During the shouts, every soldier bent down and hid behind the solid battlements, letting the arrows clang and hit the stone wall and then bounced off.

With the protection of the stone city wall, there were no casualties among the defenders' crossbowmen militia except for a few unlucky guys who couldn't dodge and were shot into hedgehogs. While the army was dodging, the attacking soldiers had already rushed to the bottom of the city wall, lifted up the ladder that had been knocked down in the previous battles, and continued to climb up the ladder.

But before climbing a few steps, the crossbow-bearing militiamen stood up one after another, and spread their suppressed anger on these siege soldiers. They pointed the crosshairs of the wooden crossbow at the enemy who was still climbing, and then pulled When the trigger was triggered, only the sound of a bow string vibrating was heard, and the deadly crossbow flew out instantly. The huge penetrating power actually pierced through the face of the frontmost soldier Ramirez, crushing the hard human skull, and then crushing the skull The brain inside.The brain-dead Ramirez soldier immediately fell down from the ladder, knocking down the soldiers under him.

The attack of the crossbow militiamen lasted only one round. After firing a volley to the enemy's face, they retreated from behind the wall and behind the defense line formed by the spear militiamen. Reload the wooden crossbow in your hand.

Just after the crossbow militiamen finished loading, the Ramirez soldiers climbed up the city wall along the ladders. They were slightly dazed when they saw the spear militiamen waiting in formation, but quickly reacted, jumped into the aisle of the city wall, and rushed to the ranks. The defenders of the shield formation.

"Stand up a shield!"

The centurion standing in the shield formation of the spear militia roared loudly, and the soldiers under his command immediately shouted loudly, and put the large kite-shaped shield on the ground, bowed and hid behind the shield, and put the two-meter-long spear on it. The gap between the shield and the shield points to the enemy rushing towards him.

And just a few breaths before the two sides approached the enemy, the crossbow-bearing militiamen who had already loaded suddenly stood up, pointed the crossbow in their hands at the enemy, pulled the trigger, and the deadly arrow shot out again. The huge penetrating power made the crossbow The arrow pierced directly through the shields and armor of Ramirez soldiers at close range, sinking into their bodies, severely injuring the enemy.

This is the armor-piercing effect of the crossbow!

Launched at such a short distance, even late medieval gothic heavy armor will be pierced directly!

The close-range salvo of the crossbow militia directly stunned the Ramirez soldiers who had climbed the city wall. Just before they came to their senses, the second round of salvo came as planned. The huge casualties made the morale of these soldiers instantly Falling into the bottom of the valley, they screamed and fled back to the ladder, trying to escape down the ladder, but the ladder was occupied by soldiers who wanted to climb up. For a while, those who wanted to go up could not think of going down, and they couldn’t get down, Lamy There was confusion among the Reis soldiers.Taking advantage of this opportunity, the officer of the spear militia gave an order, and the soldiers gave up their shields and raised their spears to attack the chaotic enemy.

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"Failed again!"

Seeing the defeated soldiers flee back to the army formation, King Oweko, who was sitting firmly in the middle army, couldn't sit still anymore, and shouted angrily.

"Your Majesty, we have only besieged this city for less than ten days, and the strength of the defenders has not been weakened, so the failure of the soldiers is understandable..."

"But we don't have extra time!" King Oweco didn't listen to the words of the military chief, he looked at the city coldly, and said: "It is impossible for the Ravana to watch us besiege this city all the time. Troops will definitely be sent to rescue. The lord of Corkland is the former military chief of Ravana Kingdom, Bandak, and it is even more impossible for him to watch us step closer to his fief."

"We can send someone to contact Bandak, Your Majesty." It was Oweko's second son Croft who spoke, the young prince who had just graduated from the Ramirez Royal School suggested: "Bandak has been Peeking at the throne of the Kingdom of Ravana, I am very dissatisfied with the succession of the current King Lawrence, as long as we send someone to express to him that we are willing to assist him to ascend the throne, I believe he will be willing to give in."

"You mean to ask Bandark to cede the territory he took from us four years ago in exchange for our support in his war against the new King Lawrence?"

"Yes." Croft nodded, and said in an affirmative tone: "Bandak will definitely agree to our proposal, because the lords of these three counties have no interest in him, and exchange three counties for one A strong ally, and I am confident Bandak will make the right choice."

"In this case, Croft, you are responsible for contacting Bandak. As long as you can win his concession, the Ravana army is vulnerable!"

Oweko is so confident, if it weren't for the devastating charge of the Ravana cavalry led by Bandak four years ago, how could he be defeated in one battle?And now, without Bundak and the cavalry he personally led, Oweko was confident that he would be able to defeat the enemy without shame.

(End of this chapter)