Rise In Calradia

"Woo-"

The heavy stones slashed across the sky, and the three towed trebuchets were pulled by the soldiers responsible for influencing them together. Then the three stones fell on the head of Amila Fort. The stones smashed the wooden structure of the city wall and the wooden piles. Broken, shattered the internal organs of the soldiers guarding the city. One attack left two not small gaps and a depression on the city wall. One soldier was smashed by the flying stone and the bridge of his nose was smashed. There was also a soldier. The stone after being smashed open the stake hit his chest, and his heart and lungs ruptured and killed him directly. As Yatiman promised, the siege weapons he supervised were indeed excellent.

Naturally, the offensive of the trebuchet would not last only once, but the soldiers of Rodok were prepared after the panic. The next few projectiles did not cause any casualties of Rodok, but there is a tower on the castle. The bracket was shattered, and the top was broken directly, crushing and wounding the soldier underneath.

Under the cover of the trebuchet, Byron's Swadia infantry rushed to the trench with their shields. They quickly put down the two ladders that they had become long bridges, and then stepped on this so-called advance. The crossbowmen led by Bandak also rushed there. Most of these crossbowmen were the Rhodok people conscripted by Byron. Now they are at the worst of the number of crossbowmen. Among them, there are more than 30. He has reached the level of an experienced crossbowman who lacks experience, and can be promoted to the next level with just a few shots of his head. In addition, there are a small number of Swadia crossbowmen and hired crossbowmen among them, and there is even a team of huntresses with crossbows. They don't have a wall barrier, but relying on the large number of people, they can still shoot the crossbowmen on the wall without giving in to each other.

The enemy on the front of the city was suppressed to a certain extent, and the infantry’s offensive was much more convenient, but even so, they did not dare to be careless. , With the help of our own crossbowmen and catapults, transported the simple siege hammer that was only made yesterday, and Rhodok's infantry controlled the knock on the city gate. The mercenaries of the Peony Regiment and the light infantry of Swadia set up a ladder and attacked directly on the wall.

The soldiers who defended the city naturally did not dare to neglect this situation. They had already mobilized enough crossbowmen and even armed civilians to recruit mercenaries from the city’s caravans, but the number of enemy troops was much greater than them. , Their two detachments circled to the east and west hillsides, each deployed twenty crossbowmen and dozens of infantry in charge of cover, constantly attacking the walls on both sides of them, although a small number of them did not constitute a big threat. , But they know very well that once they are negligent on the two walls, there will be big troubles. So they still deployed some troops to guard against the enemies on both sides.

But in this way, the soldiers on the front wall are better, so they use all available means to resist the attacks of these enemies.

The stones were continuously thrown down from the city, and the soldiers who had climbed to the city smashed their heads to bloodshed. The hot oil was filled in a cauldron, and they fell from the city head, screaming and screaming. Many soldiers fell off the ladder amid the wailing of people. Many of them were burnt and blinded. Their faces were ruined by the oil. They rolled on the ground in pain, and finally fell under the trenches and were stabbed by wooden stakes. Wear the body.

The ballistas on the city wall have destroyed two of them, and the manipulators of the remaining four ballistas are shooting down at the risk of being destroyed by the catapult, because the opponent can only travel from two small bridges, so the aim and hit are complete. It's not difficult. Once a ballista is fired, it will often pierce a group of people into trenches like meat skewers.

In addition, Rodok's spearmen also gave full play to the advantages of their weapons. They stabbed with spears and chopped with halberds to knock down all the enemy soldiers approaching the city. The people who joined the battle also picked up the long flail, and as long as the opponent's head was close, they smashed it down. Soldiers fought at the front of the city, while family members continued to transport arrows and stones behind the city wall. The soldiers and civilians were united, and they actually blocked the offensive of Byron's army.

"Get the gunpowder keg, you won't be able to break this door!"

The soldiers attacking the city gate kept yelling, as they said, this simple siege hammer couldn’t open the thick solid wood-clad iron city gate at all. Instead, they were soldiers using the siege hammer. The Rhodoks on the wall killed many people with sniping, slings, hot oil, and javelins.

"Gunpowder is here! Gunpowder is here!"

Soon, a few soldiers escorted a person over with their shields. The person pushed a wheelbarrow with two small barrels of gunpowder on the cart and came towards the city wall.

"It's Dragon Fire! Kill those people!"

The Rhodoks have lost money on gunpowder several times, and even if they haven't seen it, they can guess what is in the barrels escorted by those people. So the ballistas at the head of the city immediately moved their targets and fired crossbow arrows the size of short spears at the few people. Several ballistas went down and the soldiers responsible for protection were shot through the shields and nailed to the ground, but there was still one person holding the shield and continued to **** them. The cart moved forward and passed the trench before the ballista was wound.

"Burn it! Burn it!"

The crossbowmen of the city head wrapped their arrows with grease-soaked cashmere cloth, lit them and shot them out. Doing so would greatly reduce the range of the crossbow arrows, and the flames would not burn for long, but they were used in the current situation. Just right down.

Under the constant shooting, a crossbow arrow hit the barrel, shocking the surrounding soldiers. But fortunately, the barrel used to hold gunpowder was very strong, and the power of the cloth-wrapped crossbow arrow was also much weaker, so the barrel of gunpowder was not lit.

The soldiers heaved a sigh of relief, and then immediately let the way open, let the brother with four arrows hung on his body (that did not penetrate his armor) to pass, push the cart to the original position of the siege hammer, and chop on the barrel. After a few axes, a few torches and a lot of firewood were thrown into the car. Then everyone in the vicinity began to run to both sides. Even the people on the ladder jumped down for fear. I was affected by the flames of that terrifying thing exploding.

"bump!"

In a short while, before the Rhodoks could bring water to put out the fire, the ignited gunpowder exploded, and a terrifying flame was ignited at the gate of the city. The loud noise shook those who flee nearby. The soldier fell to the ground, and the soldier at the head of the city was so frightened that he couldn't hold the weapon in his hand, and his ears hurt. Pieces of wood splashed around in the flames, and even those iron reinforcement parts flew up to the top of the city and hit a hapless head.

When the smoke cleared, both the attackers below the city and the defenders above the city found the huge blackened hole above the city gate. Byron’s soldiers cheered and immediately ignored the flames on the ground. Rushing up, the Nord warriors from the north raised their big axes and kept chopping the broken wood at the hole in the city gate, and quickly widened the gap so that they could enter a recognition. They immediately rushed in with their shields on their sides, and the other infantry behind also followed and rushed into the city.

But when they entered the gate, they discovered that this wooden fortress also had the structure of the urn city. The inner wall wounds were already full of people, bows, arrows, crossbows, javelins, and stones. People used these weapons to rush into the city. The soldiers launched an attack. A dense rain of arrows and an unknown number of stones hit from all directions. Even the well-equipped and thick Nord warriors were beaten with blue noses and swollen faces. They staggered back a few steps and knocked down the people behind them. Several.

But even so, the warriors who attacked the city would not give up. They rushed to the second city gate against the opponent’s attack, but this iron fence blocked their way. Swords and axes could not break this thing. Either use heavy siege weapons, or someone lifts this thing up with a winch.

As a result, the battle returned to the previous situation. The soldiers opened the city gate, carried the ladder in the rain of arrows, and directly set up the ladder to attack in Wengcheng. Together with the offensive troops, they continued to try to climb the city. As for the troops on the ground, they began to place gunpowder barrels under the city walls, trying to blow up these wooden walls to attack. The two sides also started fighting at the head of the city not long after, but the infantry on Byron’s side did not succeed in getting a foothold on the city wall.

Although these battles are described quickly, they are actually very slow. Siege is a troublesome task and the risk is high. Soldiers on both sides are very cautious, and the battle progress is very slow. It lasts from early morning until the sun sets. At that time, Byron’s army still failed to conquer the walls and Urn City. Of course, this is also partly because Byron does not want to destroy this fortress on a large scale, because he does not only want to plunder or harass, he hopes to take this fortress as his fief.

As the sky darkened, the soldiers were exhausted, and the light dimmed and it was no longer suitable for fighting~www.readwn.com~ So Byron ordered the withdrawal of troops, the two sides stopped the fighting tacitly, and the soldiers were able to safely carry the remains of their comrades. Return. After careful liquidation, Byron's troops brought back 107 bodies after the day's battle, and many others were injured. And the casualties of the opponent, I am afraid that only about half of Byron's side. This made Byron very dissatisfied, but in the end he held back his anger. Because he had a general understanding of the opponent's defense level before this, he had already anticipated this situation, although he underestimated the casualties and the opponent's resistance.

But Byron had made arrangements before that, when the war was unfavorable, the inner city should start operations.

As for why not cooperate with the army when fighting today? One is because it is not glorious to say it in the aristocratic circle in the future. Cunning is a useful quality. However, with Byron’s current status, it is easy to be looked down upon by some people, and it is not good for him. Arousing people's dread. Second, Byron had overestimated the current strength of his army before the war, and he did not expect that the opponent would have such a will to resist after the sneak attack. He thought it would be a very simple battle, and there was no need to take additional actions. But the most important thing is that Byron, who is a mercenary, his obsession with spoils can be described as greed. If he should start an action, then Byron's post-war gains will have to be discounted. He has been reluctant to bear it before.

But since the fighting is so unsuccessful, continuing the attack will definitely suffer heavy casualties. So Byron didn't intend to continue wasting soldiers' lives. He sent a signal outside the city, and the inner city in the city immediately started the action.