A Realistic Mount & Blade Game

However, the hell devils eventually realized that something seemed amiss.

After these hell devils grouped together, under the command of the medium devils, they began to advance gradually, carrying forty to fifty 10-meter-long siege ladders towards the walls of New Rivacheg.

They planned to endure the attacks of the human cavalry, place all the siege ladders against the city walls, and seize the walls in one fell swoop.

After all, once the city walls were captured, no matter how powerful the human cavalry was, they wouldn't be able to inflict much damage on them inside the walls.

Moreover, if the human cavalry entered the city walls and started fighting them, that would be even better.

Now, these hell devils knew that they couldn't catch up with the human cavalry riding warhorses.

Once these human cavalry entered the complex environment inside the city walls and engaged in combat, it would be like falling into a trap set by these hell devils.

Their ultimate fate would be to be torn to pieces by these hell devils, who possessed extremely strong close-quarters combat abilities.

This was the tactical arrangement these hell devils wanted to make.

"Move forward! Quickly, move forward!"

"Hundred-man squads of lesser devils on the flanks! Start driving away the human cavalry, don't let them continue shooting arrows at us here!"

"Lesser devils! Cover the lower devils as they approach the city walls!"

So, while arranging for the lesser devils carrying the siege ladders to continue forward, the medium devils also directed the lesser devils on the flanks to actively draw the attention of the human cavalry.

To say they were drawing the attention of the human cavalry was actually just sending them to their deaths.

Only when these lesser devils went forward and were shot dead on the spot by the human cavalry with their bows and arrows could the remaining lesser devils, lower devils, and medium devils have a chance to approach the city walls.

Otherwise, they would be unable to reach the city walls, and their ultimate fate would be to die in this flat field. No matter how strong their combat power was, they could only be shot dead on the spot by the human cavalry with their bows and arrows.

These medium devils had already seen how difficult those human cavalry riding warhorses and wielding bows and arrows were to deal with.

That's why they came up with this method.

And this method was quite effective.

After all, the 2,000+ lesser devils were a considerable number. If they actively went to their deaths, the 515 Khergit steppe bandits would really have to kill these lesser devils first.

Otherwise, if those lesser devils got close, even a simple swing of a scimitar would be dangerous enough.

Moreover, these Khergit steppe bandits understood their tactics, which were to exhaust and draw the attention of these devil troops.

To disrupt the dense formation of these devil troops.

And to disrupt the siege rhythm of these devil troops, preventing them from comfortably and easily launching an attack on the city walls.

This was the mission of these Khergit steppe bandits.

So, these steppe bandits watched as the lower devils and the lesser devil formations carrying ladders approached the city walls, one by one, without rushing.

Instead, they accelerated the speed of their steppe horses with some interest, occasionally掠过 some devil formations, then drew their bows and shot dead a few devils, before quickly leaving again.

Like a game, they continuously harassed and killed those devils.

Leaving behind, from the Sujia Village outpost all the way to the city walls, the corpses of over a thousand lesser devils and lower devils.

As for those lesser devil formations that had previously advanced to actively attract the Khergit steppe bandits, they were already scattered and disorganized.

It was truly a heavy loss.

Moreover, the distance from Sujia Village to the city walls would normally take about 15 minutes to walk.

If you ran, it would only take 5 minutes to get there.

But it was this little bit of distance.

That allowed these hell devils to leave behind over a thousand corpses, and the remaining hell devils also had some arrows stuck in their bodies.

It was quite miserable.

"Alright! Now we've reached the city walls, now is the time for us to kill these humans!!!"

"As long as we get to the city walls, we can kill all of those humans!!!"

"Those humans are all very weak and are no match for us!!!"

Those medium devils and lower devils were roaring angrily, ordering the lesser devils to lean all forty to fifty long ladders against the city walls.

Each one constantly waving their left arm's round shield and right hand's scimitar.

Obviously, they couldn't wait to rush up and start fighting with the mounted soldiers on the city walls.

However, just as these medium devils and lower devils approached the range of the city walls, about 50 meters away.

Rhesaritt, who was still commanding all the Vaegir archers and the mercenaries behind them on the city walls, smiled grimly and raised the knight's sword in his hand, pointing forward: "Fire!"

"All Vaegir archers! Fire!"

"All mercenary crossbowmen! Fire!"

And the captains of those Vaegir archers on the outer city walls quickly conveyed Rhesaritt's order.

Including the captains of those mercenary crossbowmen on the inner city walls, they also saw Rhesaritt's knight's sword waving down, understood his meaning, and conveyed the same order to fire.

And on the city gate, as well as on the arrow towers on the left and right sides, there were also Swadian light infantry operating light equipment, conveying the order to fire.

"Light catapults! Fire!"

"Light ballistae! Fire!"

Originally, it was already prepared, and a systematized ranged city wall defense mechanism was completely formed, erupting in an instant at this time.

The Vaegir archers' bodkin arrows.

The mercenary crossbowmen's bolts.

The light catapults' scattered gravel.

The light ballistae's javelins.

At this moment, they surged out violently.

As if a terrifying ocean wave formed by ranged projectiles directly submerged those lesser devils carrying siege ladders and rushing towards the city walls.

With the surging of wave after wave.

Those four to five hundred lesser devils carrying forty to fifty ladders almost didn't even groan before being instantly killed on the spot by the waves.

Those bodkin arrows, bolts, gravel, and javelins almost made those rushing lesser devils unrecognizable.

They all turned into hedgehogs covered in arrows and bolts.

Rag dolls shattered by scattered gravel.

Sugar gourds strung together by javelins.

The appearance looked extremely miserable!

So that the forty to fifty ladders were now all dropped on the ground, and no lesser devils continued to carry these ladders to approach the city walls.

It wasn't that these lesser devils were unwilling.

But that these ladder-carrying lesser devils had already been killed in this wave!

Even if there were still thirty to forty lucky lesser devils standing there, who hadn't been hit by an arrow, hadn't been grazed by gravel, and hadn't been struck by a javelin.

But relying on these thirty to forty lesser devils alone, they could no longer carry the forty to fifty ladders, which were ten meters long, one meter wide, and extremely heavy siege ladders.

And looking at the surrounding lesser devils, there were only four to five hundred left.

You must know that at the beginning, there were a full 2,000 lesser devils, following the thousands of lower devils, intending to attack the city.

Now, they had only arrived at the city walls, and they hadn't even set up the siege ladders, and they had already lost two-thirds of the lesser devils.

Then, what should they do in the even more tragic battle for the city walls that would follow?

At least for these lesser devils, they didn't know.

With their current numbers.

Even if they knew, they were already powerless.

In the upcoming battle for the city walls, these remaining four to five hundred lesser devils didn't even have the qualifications to be cannon fodder.

They could only watch the upcoming battle unfold.

But for those lower devils, it was already at a critical juncture, and they absolutely couldn't stand by here.

Continuing to wait here, welcoming the shooting of those sharp bodkin arrows and bolts.

Being directly shot by the two light ballistae on the city gate.

Being hit by the scattered gravel shot out by the light catapults on the arrow towers on the left and right sides, like buckshot, hitting their bodies.

Likewise, they were reaping the lives of these lower devils.

They knew they couldn't continue to wait.

"Start the siege!"

So, those lower devils directly took the initiative to carry the forty to fifty siege ladders, shouting loudly, they began to bring these siege ladders closer to the city walls, and then erected them with a 'clang', smashing them against the crenellations of the city walls.

Forty to fifty siege ladders were thus erected one after another, forming steep slopes.

But they were just right to allow these lower devils to hold their scimitars and rush up the city walls to engage in close combat.

"Kill!"

So, these lower devils immediately excitedly glared their dark red eyes, raised their scimitars and the round shields on their left arms, and strode forward, starting to climb up those steep ladders.

They wanted to rush to the city walls at an extremely fast speed and start fighting with these humans.

However, on top of the city walls, the Vaegir archers and Swadian light infantry, as well as the Vaegir recruits behind the parapets, would not allow these hell devils to rush up to the city walls so easily.

So, those Vaegir archers immediately drew their nomadic bows, directly aiming the bodkin arrows placed on them at these siege ladders.

'Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!'

Countless shrill sounds of piercing air appeared again. Then, on these straight siege ladders, one by one, hell devils who wanted to climb up quickly were shot dead on the ladders.

They didn't have the ability to resist at all, and on the ladders, they were like living targets.

They were shot dead on the spot.

Falling heavily,砸在了 other devils, twitching twice and completely losing their breath.

However, even if there was still breath, the hell devils who were only seriously injured and had not died.

At this time, looking at the head-sized stones falling directly from the city walls above, as well as the huge rolling logs, they were ultimately unable to dodge and were directly smashed to death on the spot.

Even outside the city walls, forty to fifty siege ladders had already been hung up.

At this moment, these low-level demons were frantically charging towards the city walls, fearlessly climbing the ladders, wanting to reach the top of the walls as quickly as possible and completely crush the defense of the human garrison.

Because only in this way could they avoid more casualties, and only in this way could they gain a chance of survival.

Therefore, braving the rain of arrows and the crossbow bolts from behind, these low-level demons endured heavy casualties.

Finally, they reached the top of the ladders.

Which was the position of the crenellations.

They were just about to climb over the two-meter-high barrier and jump directly onto the top of the city wall behind, using the scimitars in their hands to fight with the human garrison.

But they never expected that sharp spears would emerge directly from the gaps in the barrier and the embrasures.

Forcibly stabbing them to death on the spot as they were climbing over the barrier.

And only then did the Swadian Light Infantry, one by one, wearing chainmail, retrieve those spears from the gaps and embrasures.

Looking again at the close-at-hand gaps and embrasures, as long as any dark red figure dared to appear in front of them, they would spare no effort and use all their strength to thrust the spears out.

Because this was the key task for these Swadian Light Infantry stationed on the city wall!

"Well done! Swadian Light Infantry! You are indeed the most qualified regular infantry of Swadia!"

At this moment, Lezard was excitedly praising them loudly.

Causing the Swadian Light Infantry to cheer in response to the praise, and the force with which they thrust out their spears became even fiercer.

Everyone likes praise, everyone likes to be commended.

Moreover, the one praising and commending them this time was Instructor Lezard, who had trained them all the way from when they were Swadian recruits, with whom they had extremely deep feelings and whom they trusted very much.

This was equivalent to Lezard believing in their combat power and their combat level, which was why he entrusted such an important task to them.

This in itself was something worth celebrating for them.

"However, at this time, shouldn't we let the Vaegir Archers retreat?"

Shen Mu looked at the hell demons, whose numbers were too large due to the forty or fifty ladders, causing great defensive pressure on the city walls, coupled with the extremely fierce attacks, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

"Of course, Lord Shen Mu, I also think those Vaegir Archers should retreat first." Lezard agreed with this view completely.

Then, he waved his hand, signaling the 300 Vaegir Archers to retreat immediately.

No need to say more, because he had already told them before, to let these Vaegir Archers immediately pass through the north side of the west city wall through the tower and go to the inner city wall.

After meeting with the 100 hired crossbowmen, they would once again take advantage of the height advantage of the inner city wall to provide long-range strike support.

These were all arranged in advance.

So the 300 Vaegir Archers didn't say any extra words, and immediately put away the bodkin arrows in their quivers.

Quickly running towards the inner city wall.

Because only by running over in the shortest time could they reappear on the city wall of the inner city wall, draw their bows and shoot arrows again, providing long-range shooter support.

This was a layer-by-layer, good castle defense system.

And at this time.

Shen Mu looked at the Vaegir Recruits who were still raising the stones and wood in their hands and throwing them down with force.

His brow also furrowed subconsciously.

These Vaegir Recruits were only Tier 1 recruits. If they were allowed to continue to resist the hell demons rushing up from the siege ladders outside together with the Swadian Light Infantry.

It was still debatable whether they could hold them back. Even if they could hold them back, Shen Mu was extremely concerned about whether these hell demons wielding scimitars would cause heavy losses to these Vaegir Recruits in such a narrow terrain.

After all, these Vaegir Recruits were now Shen Mu's precious darlings.

If these Vaegir Recruits could be upgraded to Tier 2 Vaegir Footmen, and then subsequent upgrades, they would be Vaegir Infantry and Vaegir Skirmishers.

Vaegir Infantry was okay.

But the Vaegir Skirmisher, an elite Tier 3 archer wielding a nomadic bow and equipped with feathered arrows, this ranged shooter was quite useful.

Once they formed a scale, the Vaegir Skirmishers could shoot accurately and quickly, and their melee combat power with two-handed axes was unmatched by ranged shooters from other kingdoms.

So Shen Mu paid great attention to the safety of these Vaegir Recruits, because once they were upgraded, they would definitely be elite archers.

Which meant that these Vaegir Recruits were the foundation of Shen Mu's future elites.

The key was that those hell demons were extremely agile.

For example, on the current battlefield.

The two-meter-high city wall barrier was indeed a bit difficult for those pig-headed people who had also experienced such siege tactics to climb over.

So those pig-headed people could only smash these barriers with the flails and hammers in their hands to directly enter the city wall.

And hunt down Shen Mu's Mount \u0026 Blade soldiers.

After all, those pig-headed people were really quite bulky and could not make more flexible moves.

But these hell demons were different.

Especially these low-level hell demons, each of them looked relatively thin, but their muscles were quite developed.

Quickly climbing up the 10-meter-long ladder to the 6-meter-high city wall.

Just stepping on the height between the barrier and the crenellation, a casual climb could easily climb over the entire barrier and jump onto the city wall with the help of the outline of the embrasure.

If the Swadian Light Infantry hadn't used spears to stab them down, if the Vaegir Recruits hadn't been throwing stones and wood down.

These hell demons could really easily climb over the city wall and quickly occupy the city wall.

This was the advantage brought by race.

Of course, for Shen Mu, the current situation was relatively urgent.

Because the speed at which those hell demons charged the city wall was getting faster and faster, and the force was getting fiercer and fiercer, so after the Vaegir Archers withdrew from the front-line battle position, the defensive pressure they faced could almost be said to have doubled.

So much so that Shen Mu and Lezard had already drawn out the knight swords in their hands at this time, and began to join the city wall, using their own strength to stop the impact of those hell demons.

Because at this time, some parts of the city wall had already seen situations where those hell demons climbed over the barrier and landed on the city wall.

Which meant that there were really a lot of defensive personnel on the city wall.

As soon as those hell demons gained a foothold, they were immediately greeted by the Germanic swords of the Swadian Light Infantry, or the two-handed battle axes of the Vaegir Recruits.

Forcibly hacking these hell demons to death on the spot.

But even so.

As more and more hell demons climbed up the ladder, the number of those stabbed down and those smashed down by stones and wood became less and less.

The entire city wall had indeed reached a certain critical point of being breached.

'Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!'

Just at this time, bursts of arrows, tearing through the air and producing a shrill scream, appeared outside the city wall.

There were even some barbed arrows that were nailed to the wooden barrier because the force of the shot was too great.

Causing these barriers to make clanging sounds.

"Haha! I knew that bastard Bestur had been waiting for these hell demons to launch a general attack!"

At this time, Lezard, who was wielding a knight sword that had been enchanted with mithril, was slaughtering those hell demons, and suddenly let out an excited grin.

As he once again used the white light-shimmering knight sword in his hand to easily slay those hell demons.

Lezard looked through the gap at the Khergit Steppe Bandits who were surging out outside, and the grin on his face became even more prosperous: "Now it's time for these pitiful hell demons to have their lives reaped!"

"Yeah." Shen Mu was also using the Holy Tree Knight Sword in his hand to slay the hell demons who dared to appear on the city wall.

Protecting the surrounding Vaegir Recruits and Swadian Light Infantry from being severely damaged.

By the way, through the gap in the barrier, he also looked at the Khergit Steppe Bandits who were surging over outside, and were approaching to shoot the hell demons one by one with their nomadic bows. The heart that was originally in his throat finally fell back.

It could indeed fall back at this time.

Because when those Khergit Steppe Bandits rushed out, and also used their nomadic bows to name the hell demons on the ladders one by one.

Directly shooting and killing those caught off guard, low-level demons with their backs to them.

The huge pressure that the entire city wall was facing, which was originally on the verge of collapse, suddenly dissipated into nothing.

As for the low-level demons who jumped onto the city wall in twos and threes, they disappeared without a trace.

Allowing the Swadian Recruits and Vaegir Footmen, who had not suffered any casualties at all, to once again raise the stones and wood in their hands, and start smashing them hard at the low-level demons on the ladders outside.

Once again forcing these low-level demons on the ladders back down to the bottom of the city wall.

It was another embarrassing situation where they could neither advance nor retreat!

Only this time, these low-level demons could not slowly retreat like last time to ensure that they retreated back into the subway tunnel.

Because on their retreat route, those 515 Khergit Steppe Bandits had already completed their formation.

To be precise, it should be 415 ordinary Khergit Steppe Bandits.

And 100 Khergit Steppe Bandit Elites.

Blocking their retreat route, and riding on their warhorses, they opened their nomadic bows, pulled them into full moons, and then put feathered arrows and barbed arrows on them, and started rounds of arrow rain coverage on these hell demons!

What they wanted was the lives of these hell demons!