total war rise of empire

Chapter 99 Megara Defensive Battle II

It stands to reason that where there is oppression, there is resistance. The oppression suffered by the serfs in this world is even crueler than that of the Middle Ages in Europe, where Lei Zihao was born. It's just livestock with legs, except that it can't be used for food, all the torture will fall on the head of the serf!
In the past 500 years of the dark calendar, there have been uprisings by serfs who could not bear the oppression, oh no, to be precise, they should be called civil disturbances...

It's a pity that the high-end force in this world is much stronger than that in the middle ages of the earth. A formal knight in full armor can suppress hundreds of naked serfs!
An army of knights, basically a cavalry charge, can defeat thousands of rebellious serfs!
Therefore, after experiencing several times of brutal suppression, the serfs were completely numb. They accepted their fate and still had the hope of surviving. A free body comes out!

As long as they are free, serfs can barely support themselves by working part-time and joining the army. If they are gifted in martial arts and can practice the skills of apprentice knights, it is equivalent to being able to control their own destiny. At least, they can decide where they die !
Therefore, war has almost become the only place where serfs can stand out. Although most serfs escaped death in the war, the surviving examples can inspire hopeless serfs to work for the oppressive nobles!

This is why the Crusader cannon fodder can forcibly withstand the rain of arrows and death, and set up the ladders one by one!

In this world, if you don't have a good background, you can only rely on military exploits and force to fight for a chance of survival. As long as you have a certain amount of force and your own weapons, you can become a warrior and bodyguard even if you don't want to be controlled by the nobility. A mercenary waiting for a living!
Under this cruel elimination system, the human world maintains the heyday of force. The common people at the bottom will either become 'livestock' raised by nobles, or become free 'beasts'!
Now under the city of Megara, tens of thousands of conscripts who are "livestock" are fighting hard to become free "beasts"!

Crusades are more attractive to serf conscripts than noble civil wars, because the Church of the Lord of Glory pays more attention to reputation and wealth than noble lords. If you can make meritorious service under the hands of the church, you can basically be free after the war Compared with those noble lords who decide by mood, they are much more reliable!

Of course, the premise is that the Crusade can only be successful. If it fails, there will be nothing...

Therefore, the cannon fodder in the Crusaders have much higher fighting endurance than when the nobles lead the troops!
Anyway, these cannon fodders only have one life, they have nothing to worry about, they just risk their lives!

More than 20 aerial ladders were hit by the cannon fodder and quickly erected. Lei Zihao had to admit that he once again underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Crusaders cannon fodder...

The performance of these cannon fodder in the siege battle is many times better than that in the field battle!
Because in the siege battle, the cannon fodder does not have to face the overwhelming cavalry charge, nor can they see the infantry shield wall that is constantly pressing in!
After the ladder was set up, those real combat mercenaries and noble standing army waiting in the rear, led by knights, minor nobles, and apprentice knights, rushed to the front line with roars!
The city of Megara was already full of people... and corpses!

"Golden juice! Quickly pour the golden juice!"

When the soldiers at the rear began to climb with their shields and swords on their backs, waves of feces and urine heated to the point of boiling fell from the sky!

As long as this thing is poured on a person, even if he is wearing armor, it will burn a strong adult to let go of the ladder, fall to the ground and howl!
And these feces and urine on the scalded surface of the human body can easily cause various complications and infections. Basically, soldiers who have been scalded by a large amount of 'golden juice' are equivalent to being completely abolished, and will die in pain for the rest of their lives. !

As for rolling logs and rocks, if you rely solely on manpower to smash them down, the effect is far less effective than gold juice. In fact, the only ones that can really use rolling logs and rocks to cause a lot of damage to climbing troops are special devices installed on the city wall. The machine can be pushed down by human power. Otherwise, it is really unscientific for people to lift such a big stone or log and throw it down...

Is it true that everyone is a Hercules?

If the rolling logs and stones are small in size and not high enough in quality, they will not be able to cause enough damage to the siege soldiers who are wearing shields...

Therefore, Lei Zihao simply prepared only the golden juice, why is Megara's city defense system so weak?
The golden juice is still very effective for watering the siege troops who are constantly climbing. It only needs a bucket of boiled excrement that can be lifted by a single person, and it can pour a series of climbing soldiers into 'shit people'. A scalded 'shit man' is deadly!
When the mercenaries and soldiers climbed up, the cannon fodder did not just sit and stare. The knights and small nobles who came to the front line naturally did not act as the first wave of cannon fodder to climb the city wall. They organized the surviving cannon fodder conscripts, Let them grab any weapon and follow the soldiers in front to climb the ladder!
Without these huge cannon fodder substitutes, the small number of mercenaries and warriors would not be able to withstand consumption!
These knights and minor nobles acted as the supervisory team directly under the city. Anyone who dares to jump off the ladder will be executed on the battlefield. Whether you are a soldier or a free mercenary, you are a dead end!
The archers on the wall of Megara began to retreat slowly after a large number of ladders were erected, unable to form a rain of arrows below the city. The shield spear heavy infantry and the Siris revival army hand-to-hand troops replaced the archers. All kinds of weapons slash and kill the enemies on board!

The brutal hand-to-hand combat came to the city wall of Megara faster than Lei Zihao expected!

Lei Zihao looked at a crusader light cavalry outside the city who hadn't played for a long time, and a reserve team composed of guards and knights. He resisted the plan to open the city gate to make a surprise attack, and ordered the elite soldiers of Wei to replace them. Using the foot crossbow to make full use of space, holding a large shield and long spear to meet the siege troops who came up!
Relying on the strict formation and the first mover on the city wall, Lei Zihao's troops kept killing the siege troops who came up. Soon, they killed all the mercenaries and soldiers who came up, and even let several trainee knight leaders die in the city. head!
Losing those heroic vanguards, the follow-up cannon fodder could no longer gain a firm foothold in hand-to-hand combat, and were soon driven off the city wall. No matter how the knights and nobles who supervised the battle slashed and killed, they could not stop retreating!

In desperation, the Crusaders had no choice but to blow the horn to retreat. Under the watchful eyes of the Crusaders' elite reserve team, Lei Zihao did not open the city gate to expand the victory after all. No matter how you look at it, those thousand Lancers were not Crusaders The opponents of the reserve team...

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