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Chapter 120 Siege I
The defenders on the city wall could only watch as they kept adjusting the catapults, because their bows and arrows could not reach that far, and most of the walls were shooting towers and the like, and there was no platform for them Place a catapult.

Even if a large number of trebuchet platforms are set up on the city wall, there are more than can be built in the open space outside the city, and the enemy can choose to build larger trebuchets with a longer range.

Whether to choose to shoot at the trebuchet (maybe there is no such opportunity) and lose completely, or to attack the opponent's siege ladder, you have to pray that the commander on the opposite side is stupid.

Siege ladders and siege vehicles must be dispatched after the catapult is drawn, and individuals would not attack like this with the catapult.

Of course, you can also choose to set up trebuchets in the city, but then you will not only send soldiers to guard, but also pray that the mysterious stone will not be shot directly on your own city.

The only effective means are kerosene and rockets. Once the wooden equipment is ignited, it will burn until it is extinguished. As for using soil to extinguish the fire against the attack on the city wall, just think about it.

On the contrary, rockets pose little threat to siege equipment, and they are generally used for remote ignition operations.

The catapults set up outside the city can hit the soldiers inside the city, but the catapults set up on the city wall cannot attack the soldiers surrounded outside the city.

Of course, if you are in a critical location, or if the city wall is high enough that the trebuchets on the opposite side cannot hit you, then you can try to arrange it like this.

And once the infantry gets close, they will lose more strike platforms, after all, the trebuchets take up a lot of space.

Moreover, the trebuchet platform must have no top cover, which leads to its property that it is easy to be destroyed.

The shooting tower is different. It can not only provide a certain degree of protection for the archers, but also can be used to form multi-angle and less dead-angle strikes against the soldiers on the attacking side.

While increasing the difficulty of their siege, it can also lower their morale, so that they are afraid and slow down their siege speed.

Whether to choose to build city towers or use them to arrange trebuchets, this question can only be said to be a matter of opinion for the benevolent and the wise.

The first batch of stones were thrown up, and most of them either crossed the city wall and smashed into the city, or fell directly outside the city, and did not cause any casualties.

The soldiers on the wall didn't mean to laugh, because they knew this was just the beginning.

They stuck their bodies tightly to the crenel, poking their heads out to observe the enemy's movements from time to time, but when the next round of stone throwing came, they would inevitably retract back to the crenel.

Behind the crenels of the city wall, on the inside of the city wall, and in the shooting tower, there were nervous Rhodes soldiers crowded everywhere. They held their breath as much as possible, expecting to hear the movement of the stone amidst the sound of breaking through the air.

But this was destined to be in vain. The sound of stones breaking through the air was dense and shrill. They could not judge at all and could only hope that the city wall/stone wall was strong enough.

There was a deafening sound of stone collisions, followed by the shaken dust from the cracks in the walls. Their walls withstood the first collision. As for the next time, it is not certain!

As the catapult continued, cracks appeared in some of the thin stone walls.

"It's going to collapse!"

A nonsensical remark fell, and the soldiers knew what happened in an instant.

Their shooting tower was about to collapse, and some experienced veterans had no time to confirm the real situation of the matter, but instead focused their eyes on the narrow porch.

He started to run immediately, trying to leave the shooting building that was about to collapse.

The inexperienced soldiers were controlled by a mysterious force. They looked around trying to find the crack, and waited until they saw a rapidly expanding crack before they were ready to flee.

It's just that there was no time for this meeting, and they didn't take a few steps before they were tightly pressed down by the thick stone slab.

Following that, more stone walls fell, and the stone slabs were smashed apart during the collision, raising a lot of dust.

There was a faint cry for help from inside, and it was good news that someone was still alive, but no one tried to come forward to rescue him.

A soldier who was lucky enough to escape outside heard the call for help from inside, and the voice was still very familiar. It was William next door to his house. He was about to rush up to try to rescue him, but he was quickly held back by the veterans.

"What are you doing? Are we just watching them die like this?"

The soldier looked puzzled at the veterans who stopped him, and several of them were seniors from their village, which made him even angrier.

"They won't adjust the catapult so quickly, there will still be stones flying over, and with our medical conditions, it is not enough to save them, they will die from the continuous high fever."

Although these veterans don't know what infection is, they know that seriously injured people will die slowly with high fever.

Such a fact made it difficult for the soldier to accept. This was the first time he participated in a war, and he was confronted with such a cruel fact.

He looked at the messy ruins and the trebuchets outside the city that were still preparing to throw stones.

Soon he didn't have time to feel all this. With the sound of a new round of whistling, he lay down on the city wall very sincerely, watching another stone fall on the ruins.

Thinking of his actions just now, he only felt his hands and feet were cold, and his eyes gradually became like those of those veterans, revealing a kind of indifference to everything.

All he wanted was to survive.

A simple request, but on the city wall, this can only be regarded as a luxury.

The trebuchets had been bombarding for five days. The towering towers on the city wall had all collapsed, and the crenels on the city wall had become a little uneven. The attackers had begun to replace the stones with small pieces of gravel.

This time there was no more whistling sound, they seemed to be scattered on the city wall or nearby buildings in the city without any sound.

There were hardly any manpower left on the city wall, and most of the trebuchets were severely damaged due to the continuous bombardment day and night during this period. Even the boulders outside the city had become scarce, so they had no choice but to attack the city.

During the period, they also carried out more than ten attacks, but they did not achieve any results.

Under their control, the stones were no longer constantly bombarded, but selective and timed attacks. Some continued to attack the city wall, and some directly crossed the city wall to threaten the city, day and night.

The intent is to consistently strain the enemy's mind, causing them to tire, rotate, and tire more quickly.
In order to achieve double exhaustion from body to spirit, thus hitting their morale.

It has been going on for five days now. If you choose to continue the bombardment, it is possible that the enemy will adapt to the catapult attack instead, because the shooting range of the catapult is not infinite, and there must be a safe area in the city.

After they adapted to this rhythm, the enemy was able to sleep peacefully amidst the roar of the trebuchet. You must know that humans are very adaptable creatures when they are safe.

I believe that most people have experienced lack of sleep, dizziness, weakness of limbs, lack of concentration, loss of appetite, etc.
If a person does not sleep for one or two days, not only will the above situation occur, but also become more irritable. This is caused by the secretion of adrenaline. It will default to a person in a dangerous situation, and thus continue to secrete adrenaline. .

When three or more days without sleep, the person begins to hallucinate and lose control over the first behavior.

If the lack of sleep continues, the above-mentioned symptoms will become more and more serious, and eventually even lead to death.

Of course, it is impossible for the defenders to stay awake for five consecutive days. They will inevitably fall asleep due to exhaustion, but the whistling sound brought about by the delivery of boulders once an hour will inevitably arouse their tense spirits, thus affecting their mental health. Sleep quality.

Early the next morning, the soldiers on the city wall were still sleeping. The soldiers of the Kingdom of Hastings had already begun to push the siege carriage forward. However, this situation was quickly disturbed by the knights on duty on the city wall. They found out.

As they ran, they began to shout, so that these soldiers could wake up as soon as possible.

Just because of their unresponsiveness, the farmer on the opposite side has already moved some wooden shooting walls to a closer position, and has already relied on the cover of the wooden wall to bury it deep into the ground. Such scenes can be seen everywhere.

They either use the shooting wall in their hands to block, or they perform such actions under the protection of the huge tower shield held by the infantry. At the same time, the ladder is already full of archers, and they begin to suppress the enemy who lacks cover. Archers.

Archery is a job that tests your eyesight and judgment. However, these archers who even slept on the city wall did not get a good rest. The arrows they shot deviated far from the intended target.

As the alarm bell sounded, more archers were on their way, but by the time they arrived, the situation here must have been corrupted.

Fortunately, the commander immediately discovered the anomaly, and he immediately issued an order to release the rockets. Under the transmission of the messenger, the infantry brought the rockets and lit the brazier at the same time.

The archers took out rockets and put them on the bows and arrows, put them on the burning brazier and ignited them, and shot arrows with flaming arrows directly at the enemy's wooden buildings.

It's just that the rockets fired at long distances are not very flammable, and although these wooden instruments are made of wood, they have also been treated with fire prevention and are not so easy to ignite.

More soldiers followed behind the siege ladder. They held up their shields to defend against the bows and arrows attacking from the side, and followed the siege ladder slowly forward.

Seeing that the siege ladder was not far away, the Hastings Kingdom immediately said: "Count Bakar asked your soldiers to continue to attack the city."

Earl Bakar and other border nobles immediately took orders, came to the various army formations that had been prepared long ago, and gave the order to attack without any passionate speech.

Because the battlefield is changing rapidly, once the attack begins, it must be concise and to the point.

From a height, the siege ladders were advancing in all directions of the city, and at the same time, countless soldiers holding ladders rushed out from the army formation of the Kingdom of Hastings, rushing towards the city wall.

It's not that they are not afraid of death, but they know that as soon as they charge, unless they die, they can only be safe if they rush to the bottom of the city wall quickly.

If the archers on the city wall want to attack the enemies below the city, they must show up, and at this time the archers they have deployed will give priority to attacking these targets.

The siege of ants attached to the city has begun.

The soldiers pushing the siege ladder and the soldiers carrying the flying ladder arrived at the battlefield almost at the same time. As the floating bridge of the siege ladder was lowered, the soldiers who had been preparing for a long time rushed down immediately, but they quickly rushed down. It was killed by the defenders who were waiting in battle.

Did not turn up a little water splash.

The flying ladder was firmly buckled on the city wall. Unlike most people's imagination, the siege ladder is not so easy to be pushed down. The hook on it will be firmly buckled on the city wall, and it is covered with iron sheets .

The only way is to use the fork to stop the ladder before it is close to the city wall.

At this time, the soldiers had already climbed the ladder, and they were climbing up like crazy.

As early as the implementation of the siege ladders, they had learned their possible locations and stored enough kerosene around them.The soldiers guarding the city quickly picked up the kerosene that had been prepared long ago.

The reason why I didn't choose to throw the jar directly is because the front of the siege ladder has been skinned, and the kerosene will slide down directly along the leather.

This creates a lot of waste and the flame burns very slowly.

At the same time, the enemy will cut the rope and give up the skin to prevent the spread of fire.

They chose to kill the siege ladder and sprinkled fire oil on it so that it could burn fully and quickly to prevent the enemy from continuing to use equipment.

Then they lit it with rockets. The soldiers of the Kingdom of Hastings could only watch everything happen. Some of the soldiers who were climbing frantically climbed down when faced with the flames. Those who had no time to run were even more burned by the fire. , and then fell from above.

Because of the lack of battlements to stop them, the defenders were shot from the walls and then fell straight down.

The soldiers who followed the ladder to attack faced a double attack of stones and gold juice.

There are corpses everywhere under the city wall, there are enemy soldiers who were shot down from the city wall, and some unlucky ones were squeezed down by their own people.

The miserable howls of those who did not die quickly attracted the attention of the enemy, and they would 'mercifully' give them a happy time.

Most of them were soldiers from Hastings Kingdom. Most of them died from stone throwing or being crushed to death by falling corpses, while the soldiers who were drenched in gold juice rolled crazily on the ground in pain. This does not relieve their pain.

Some soldiers with less burns climbed up one after another. Their eyes gleamed fiercely. Holding a weapon in one hand, they climbed up the ladder to the city wall, but the madness in their eyes could not give them strength.

Anger would only make him lose his mind, and as soon as his head saw the enemy, he was stabbed by several spears and fell down.

Earl Bakar looked at all this with heartache. Those soldiers were his family soldiers. Although there were many recruits among them, there were still some veterans who were the backbone. Seeing them die just for the sake of temptation, his heart ached. Just can't stop the pain.

Of course, King Shabotai saw the heartache in the eyes of these border nobles. He didn't pay attention to it, but just looked at the city wall expressionlessly, trying to find out its weaknesses.

(End of this chapter)