Chapter 147 The Difficulty of Defense

Chapter 147 The Difficulty of Defense

A huge stone drew an arc of death and rushed towards the city wall. The commander next to him yelled "Escape!" but it was to no avail. The huge rocks rolled over a dozen soldiers who had no time to escape, paving a bloody path again. The rocks naturally hit the houses behind.

That's right, Philip and Lex's general attack has launched. Contrary to the expectations of the Grand Duke and the Marquis of Camon, Philip seemed very calm in the face of the imperial reinforcements that could be resisted in a few days. He did not charge the siege weapons and soldiers at the beginning, but let hundreds of catapults throw boulders all over the sky in an almost luxurious way! Countless boulders kept attacking the city walls and houses. Although the casualties caused by the boulders were not very large because of the slow speed of the boulders, let alone the cracks and loose bricks and tiles that could be seen everywhere on the city walls. Just the look of death after being hit by a boulder made the soldiers start to feel fear.

The Archduke and others held on until Philip's catapults could no longer withstand such frequent use and collapsed one after another. The continuous throwing of huge stones stopped. However, no one, including the Grand Duke himself, had any premonition of relaxation, because at this moment, as the scattered catapults were removed, twenty towers were led by them, followed by densely packed spear sergeants and swordsmen. A wave is hung, accompanied by the sound of a trumpet representing an attack. The Grand Duke knew that the real bloody battle was just about to begin.

"The enemy's tower is approaching!" the sentinel of the bunker in the distance immediately shouted in a heart-breaking voice. The Grand Duke glanced at the nodding Marquis de Camon, and immediately waved the sword in his hand and pointed at the approaching tower and shouted: " Rocket!"

Three waves of archers on the city walls and streets immediately bent their bows and raised arrows wrapped in oilcloth. As soon as the Grand Duke himself finished speaking, a rain of arrows like a giant burning hand soared from the fortress, covering the enemy troops that were slowly advancing! Duh duh duh! The rockets hammered the towers and enemy shields mercilessly. But even with tight defense, there are always gaps. The rocket pierced into the gap in the soldier's weak armor, causing the soldier to immediately scream and fall to the ground, being trampled mercilessly under his feet by his companions who followed him.

"Ladder! Ladder team!" The sentry on the other side shouted immediately, and the Grand Duke suddenly saw a row of spear sergeants wearing chain armor suddenly emerging from the slowly advancing enemy troops carrying ladders. Divided into hundreds of small teams and rushed towards the endless city wall! "Armor-piercing arrows, now is the time!"

The Grand Duke waved his sword again and shouted, and the elite archer standing on the city wall immediately pulled the quiver on his back, revealing another small quiver. With steady eyes, he took out a heavy arrow from the quiver with a shiny and sharp arrow. This is an armor-piercing arrow. Not only is the process complex, but the materials are also expensive. Different from the cheap iron ore of ordinary arrows, armor-piercing arrows are powerful weapons that only dwarves can make. It is said that it can be created by mixing iron ore with other metals and going through a rigorous forging process. For these 800 armor-piercing arrows, the Grand Duke almost recovered the tax that an earldom could collect in ten years! Oh, those damned mean dwarves!

But things bought at big prices are no joke. The archers stared, bent their bows and arrows with all their strength, aimed at the enemies running towards them carrying ladders, and then let go! The armor-piercing arrow made a piercing sound in mid-air that was impossible for ordinary arrows! It turned into streams of light very quickly and hit the running enemies! Efforts will eventually pay off, and the power of the armor-piercing arrows is far beyond the expectations of the Grand Duke and the Marquis of Camon. The arrow actually pierced through the chain armor that was specially designed to prevent bows and arrows without any hindrance, passed through the flesh and blood body, and even penetrated through the back with unabated strength, nailing another enemy behind him to the ground!

Duh duh duh! The Yun Echelon team that was originally running wildly fell down one by one in this round of arrows as quickly as mowing grass! The Grand Duke himself couldn't help but be shocked. Even the archers who shot this arrow looked at the remaining two armor-piercing arrows in shock! "This thing is worth buying! Those dwarves finally have some talents besides useless armor!"

A happy smile immediately appeared on the Grand Duke's face. Just this wave of arrows wiped out the entire Yun Echelon team! The remaining ones who were lucky enough to survive were also frightened by the power of the arrows. They turned around and ran away without any intention to fight. However, these deserters who turned their backs to the enemy just became living targets for the archers.

"Ouch!" But before he could make the Grand Duke happy for a while, swordsmen holding huge shields immediately appeared in front of the enemy formation like waves. They all stood in a row in a disciplined manner, setting up the shields in their hands, and actually blocked a large part of the targets that the archers could shoot! "Armor-piercing arrow, come again!"

The Archduke frowned and shouted loudly. The archers who had just tasted the power of the arrows were also happy to do so. They quickly bent their bows and nocked arrows, and another wave of armor-piercing arrows shot out! Duh duh! Armor-piercing arrows are worthy of armor-piercing arrows. Even if the enemy has a huge shield, they can penetrate it in one go and kill the enemy alive behind the shield. But maybe the shield really worked. Although this wave more or less achieved the purpose of shooting, it was far worse than the previous results.

But just when the Grand Duke was upset, the tower was approaching fifty meters away. The catapults and crossbows behind the city wall would have been firing crossbow bolts and stones without the Grand Duke's instructions. However, in the face of the huge number of twenty towers, although the catapults had already destroyed three towers, they seemed to be powerless in the face of the approach of 17 towers. "Boom!"

There was a loud roar, and a flying stone hit an approaching tower. The huge impact smashed the iron sheets and wooden boards of the tower into pieces and flew up. The upper part of the tower immediately let out a whining sound. No matter how much the enemy troops below ran around in fear, they could not escape being crushed to death by the tower.

One fight was resolved, but the Grand Duke couldn't laugh when faced with such a record. At this moment, the 16 towers were approaching the city wall, and the texture of the wood used to build them could even be clearly seen! Soon enough, a large number of enemy archers wearing chain armor quickly rushed onto the wooden steps on both sides of the tower, facing the archers on the city wall no more than ten meters in front of them. Launched a close range shooting!

"Ahhhh!" A scream immediately sounded on the city wall, and the unprepared archers fell down in large numbers due to the indiscriminate shooting at close range. Occasionally, one or two archers could be seen being shot in the eye. They were wailing and covering their eyes, unable to see the road. They lost their footing and fell off the city wall, falling into the crowd of people below! He was immediately chopped into pieces by countless spears and swords.

The Grand Duke's face turned pale, and he immediately waved: "All infantrymen must go up to the city wall to defend the city! Knights on foot will also come to help!" Seeing a large number of soldiers in elite armors holding shields and swords swarming up the city wall, there was no trace of emotion on the Grand Duke's face. Get better. Because he saw suddenly among the enemy troops, many soldiers took out the ladders from the tower again. They carried the ladders with great understanding and high fighting spirit, rushed to the base of the city wall, and put the long ladders on the wall, just one Then one of them put a shield on his head to defend himself and climbed up quickly!

"Throw stones! Fire oil! Quick, quick, quick! Don't let these bastards get on the city wall!" The Grand Duke ordered the soldiers with a rare curse word. Then buckets of scalding kerosene and excrement that had been prepared long ago were brought up. The Grand Duke's palms were sweating. He wiped the sweat from his eyebrows and glanced at the sea of ​​people outside the wall where the ground could no longer be seen. A feeling of helplessness and nervousness grew and grew in his heart. He not only muttered to himself a little breathlessly: "Can I really hold on?"