Chapter 138 The attack of temptation
Standing on the top of the castle in a suit of armor, Grand Duke Victoria looked at the densely packed 50,000 enemy troops filling the plain in front of him, cold sweat flowing silently from his forehead. Although he was very confident that this fortress could hold out for at least half a year, the enemy army numbered 50,000, twice as many as himself. The Grand Duke was still a little worried.
On top of the armored crowd was a large array of flags with various heraldry. As the leader's flag with a bear's head waved, the overwhelming 50,000 men and horses gradually stopped and stopped only three miles away from the fortress. Faintly visible, King Philip of the Kingdom of Malta and King Lex of Aixinzhe came out in formation. Philip shook the black and white beard on his chin and looked at the towering fortress in front of him. Their eyes looked up and down at the enemies they were about to attack. ． hahawx．
But Lex, who had purple hair, came forward without thinking about it, looked at the twenty-meter-high city wall, and whispered with some expectation: "It's getting late. Just give Victoria a greeting gift." ” Philip nodded in agreement. The two looked at each other, then suddenly raised their hands and waved them down heavily! When the flag bearers around them saw the order, they immediately waved the flags. The sea-like troops immediately dispersed in all directions. Some people dressed in civilian clothes like militiamen pushed a large number of carriages to the front. Immediately, wooden bars and ropes of different shapes were unloaded from the carriage. Then he started to assemble it very skillfully. Seeing this scene, the clones and soldiers standing at the top of the city immediately looked a little ugly. This is clearly a large catapult!
In a short time, the catapult, which was seven meters high and as huge as a stone house, was built. Displayed in front of the army, they are as neat as rows of stone statues. The seven-meter catapult is already the tallest and largest model. This type of catapult cannot be mounted on the city wall because it is too heavy and requires a large projection space. On the contrary, the attacking party can use this catapult to gain an advantage.
Looking at the giant catapults, which numbered at least fifty, the soldiers on the city wall looked around nervously. Involuntarily, they put up their shields in front of them. to eliminate your own uneasiness. As the sun gradually set at the edge of the castle, a dim yellow light was cast on the battlefield, and only an inaudible shout of orders could be heard from the other side. A large number of militiamen carried huge stones in piles of four or five and struggled to put them on the throwing bags behind the catapults. The beginning of the war is the waving of the flag in the hands of the flag bearer. After the militiamen released their wrenches, the fifty giant catapults immediately shook their huge wooden poles and threw terrifying stones one after another, flying straight towards the fortress!
"Escape!" Looking at the rocks that were gradually enlarging in mid-air, all the commanders, including the clones, immediately shouted in unison. The soldiers bowed down very decisively and hid behind the wall stacks in an attempt to resist the attack of the stones. However, their armor and the wall stacks seemed very weak under the impact of the stones as big as a person.
"Boom, boom, boom!" Stones hit the city wall one after another, stirring up a large amount of rubble. There was even a tiny crack in the city wall. What's more, the stones crossed the city wall and rolled over the uneven stone surface. The wall was crushed to pieces, and the five or six soldiers holding spears who were hiding behind were engulfed under the shadow of the stones. They did not even scream, leaving only the blood of armor fragments on the wall. , the stone carrying the corpse crossed the city wall, rolled down to the stone road behind, slammed into a house, smashed the furniture inside and the wall, and stopped in the ruins. "Ah!! Help!" "Ahhh!"
Short bursts of screams came one after another. The archers waiting on the streets and rooftops, as well as the soldiers on the city wall, were indiscriminately smashed into pulp by stones. Or crush the whole house to pieces! There was smoke and dust everywhere. Soldiers are calling for help everywhere! Very quickly, some veterans worked together to pick up the soldiers who were not killed but were lying in a pool of blood, and rushed to the nearest priest gathering place to treat these priests. The originally blue-gray city wall was now decorated with red paintbrushes by a naughty child.
Some good friends who just talked about the future were looking blankly at the large pool of blood where their former friends were! Fear, a life-threatening fear enveloped these recruits. But they kept silent because this was something they had long realized. Every one of them imagined death and war when they came to the fortress on an expedition. Imagine his cruelty and despair. But when the war really comes. But surprisingly direct and cold. Catch them off guard.
However, war never waits for anyone. Just when these soldiers were silent after the previous wave of attacks, the enemy militiamen once again pulled the wooden poles back with wheels and placed huge stones on them. Accompanied by the clicking sound of the wooden poles turning and the sunset gradually setting in the horizon, another piece of stone rushed towards the city wall with the wail of death! Boom! Another large piece of rubble shot out, and a puff of smoke and dust arose from the city wall. At this moment, the Marquis of Camon, who was commanding the front, walked up to the city gate in armor, pulled out his sword, and shouted with an angry roar: "The crossbow is in position, shoot upward!"
The soldiers who received the order immediately got busy, turning the crossbows on the towers one after another and adjusting the direction to the sky. The two of them worked together to put the crossbow arrows, which were as huge as beams, into the crossbows. , the soldiers were ready one by one, looking eagerly and full of murderous intent at the Marquis of Camon, who looked like a god of war on the city gate. "Don't hesitate! Launch! Let these bastards see the power of Kasmi!"
As the Marquis of Camon shouted, the sword in his hand was pointed directly at the catapult on the opposite side. The soldiers who had been beaten twice immediately let go of the wheel full of anger. The long bow string on the bed crossbow was pushed forward immediately, and each crossbow arrow was immediately pushed by the huge force and thrown into the sky. Like a giant hand, the crossbow arrows in mid-air dropped straight down and dived towards the catapult in front of the array!
Boom boom boom! The crossbow arrows with huge impact hit the catapult hard. The originally indestructible catapult became very fragile and powerless when encountering such an attack. It was immediately broken and shattered by the crossbow arrows! "Back off! That's it for today."
Seeing that five catapults were smashed into pieces by one round of crossbow attacks from the other side, Philip, whose face was as dark as water, immediately gave the order. Lex, who was sitting on the mountain and watching the fight between the tigers, couldn't help but chuckled: "It seems that Dovilia has pulled the situation back." "Don't worry, the siege war will not stop within a few months. This is just the beginning. , let them remain silent in this short-lived joy of victory, and then welcome the ruthless defeat." Philip said a harsh word, and Lex and Lex gradually retreated with a large number of troops. Set up camp ten miles away.
The other side retreated, which was a great joy to all the soldiers! It means that they defended the first round! Everyone rejoiced and laughed eagerly at each other to vent their recent fears. But the Marquis of Camon, who was on guard, knew very well that the real war had just begun.
ps: This chapter is a bit watery...sorry