Unknown Knight

Haytham commanded the soldiers in Ong City to form a shield formation and closely follow the reconnaissance cavalry that had broken into the city earlier, leaving them no room to maneuver. When there was an opportunity, they would kill the enemy. When there was no opportunity, they would focus on defense and leave the task of killing the enemy to the crossbowmen in the inner castle.

This three-dimensional attack was very effective. The reconnaissance cavalry, who had weak defenses, suffered heavy casualties. The ground of Wengcheng was littered with corpses of men and horses. The remaining reconnaissance cavalry also saw the disadvantage of their own troops here and thought about withdrawing from the city first, but after a struggle, they no longer had this opportunity.

The heavy armored infantry following closely behind thought that they had already broken into the city. In order to grab the credit and spoils, they rushed up hastily without being able to see the situation in front of them, and raised their shields to block the whips that the scout cavalry were whipping at them. They ignored the scolding and abuse from the scout cavalry, pretending not to hear them and refusing to retreat. It was because these high-ranking cavalry masters were usually arrogant and unreasonable. Besides, the city gate was not spacious to begin with, and not everyone could retreat if they wanted to, as they were pushed and squeezed from the front and back.

Soon, the remaining dozens of reconnaissance cavalry were killed or wounded as they were unable to advance or retreat. The heavy armored infantry behind them then saw clearly that the soldiers on the opposite side were actually the soldiers of the Standing Fort who formed a shield formation. They panicked and immediately formed a shield formation as well, and the two sides faced each other row by row.

These Berbera heavy-armored infantrymen are professional soldiers hired at high prices. Not only are they well-equipped, but their combat formation capabilities are also stronger than those of the Standing Fort soldiers.

They wore chain mail, held a broad shield in their left hand, a short sword in their right hand, and wore pot helmets on their heads. Not only did they have high defense, but their formation coordination was even stronger than that of the soldiers in Fort Standstill.

I saw that the front row formed a tight shield formation, and the soldiers in the back raised their broad shields above their heads, which effectively protected them from the archers above.

In comparison, the soldiers in front of the Standing Castle only held shields made of reeds, and most of them wore various armors captured. The territory was not short of iron, but it took a lot of time to make armor from iron. Without auxiliary power, it was impossible to replace the uniform equipment in a short time. Currently, only the Prophet's Guards were equipped with uniform equipment. The same was true for weapons, which were varied and used in all kinds of ways.

As soon as the two sides confronted each other, the winner was immediately apparent. The heavy armored infantry of Berbera City quickly formed a tight shield formation, shouting uniform slogans. The soldiers in the front row followed the rhythm and pushed their shields forward in unison. When the whole team exerted force, the thick broad shields showed their power, and the soldiers of the Standing Fort holding reed shields staggered and became unstable. There was a tendency that the shield formation would be broken through.

At the critical moment, suddenly dozens of black pottery jars fell from the sky and accurately hit the broad shields of the heavy armored infantry of Berbera City. The pottery jars shattered and the black liquid inside splashed everywhere. Then, before the heavy armored infantry had time to react, several burning torches were thrown down. With a "boom", all the places where the black liquid was stuck began to burn violently.

Dozens of fire men howled as they charged back and forth in the blaze, setting more heavily armored infantry on fire, making the scene even more chaotic and terrifying. The city of Weng, which was originally filled with corpses of men and horses, was like a Shura field, but it suddenly turned into a blazing hell of fire with ghosts howling and wolves howling.

This scene is extremely horrifying, and it is a scene that many people have never seen before. Many years later, those who survived tonight will have nightmares from time to time, and the scene before their eyes will be vivid in their dreams.

What was dropped from the sky was none other than the incendiary oil unique to the Aix forces. Ever since it had made great achievements in the war in Vijia, as long as it was Aix's territory, his subordinates who mastered the core formula would work hard to produce this strategic material without his instructions.

There are no forests here, so hunting is impossible. Due to the barren land, the slaughtered livestock rarely have much fat. Fortunately, when Mathilde went fishing, she occasionally got some fat from some sea fish, which were collected by James and his men as treasures and made into kerosene.

Only a few dozen cans were made, and most of them were used up just now. Fortunately, this shocked the enemies from Berbera City, making them cower and look at the raging fire in front of them. Until the fire burned out, they were more than 20 meters away from the soldiers of the Standing Fort, and dared not attack forward, for fear that more incendiary oil would fall from the sky and burn people to death.

If it weren't for the Lord of Humamu who was personally supervising the battle outside the city, with soldiers blocking the way behind them, they would have retreated from this fiery hell at all costs, no matter who wanted to go.

There was a strange burnt smell in the air that made people want to vomit. I'm afraid that after today, some people will never want to touch barbecue again in their lives.

The two sides confronted each other for more than half an hour, until the personal guards of Humamu City Lord squeezed in to understand the situation clearly, and then squeezed out to report to him the situation ahead.

The city lord was so angry that he screamed. He had lost more than a hundred reconnaissance cavalry and more than forty heavy armored infantry before the city was taken. These soldiers were all raised by him with money. It cost him fifty gold coins to recruit and form an army for each reconnaissance light cavalry. Although the cost of recruiting and forming an army for each heavy armored infantry was less, it still cost him at least more than ten gold coins. With a rough calculation, he lost at least five or six thousand gold coins in just a short period of time. How could he not feel distressed? It would be strange if he didn't feel distressed.

"Where are the siege ladders we prepared earlier? Bring them here. Have the archers go up to the city wall and shoot. Shoot them all to death. Once they're dead, have the soldiers charge in!"

The Lord of Humamu City said angrily that he was afraid that his gold coins would be lost again, so he decided to let the archers attack from a distance. After all, no matter how many arrows were shot, they were not as valuable as the dead soldiers.

Originally, his heavy armored infantry were carrying siege ladders, but when they saw the reconnaissance cavalry breaking into the city, they thought that there was no need to use the ladders to climb the city. In order to grab the credit, they simply threw away the ladders and rushed over behind the reconnaissance cavalry.

This would allow people to retrieve the siege ladders and put them on the city walls, and all the archers would go up the walls. In this way, the soldiers in Berbera would have a three-dimensional angle of attack, and the soldiers in the Standing Fort in Weng City would have no advantage and would be suppressed by the enemy archers standing on the seven-meter-high wall and unable to raise their heads.

Not only were the soldiers in Weng City suppressed, but even the archers on the inner castle were suppressed from a distance. Although they were taller and had cover to protect them, they could not withstand the large number of archers in Berbera City. They filled the opposite city wall. With the order from the Lord of Humamu City, crossbow arrows were shot over like crazy. Two crossbowmen were accidentally shot and fell directly from the third floor, more than 20 meters high, and died on the spot.

Seeing that the enemy was suppressed, the heavy armored infantry of Berbera City formed a shield formation again and pressed forward. As a result, their disadvantage against the soldiers of the Standing Fort became apparent. They were almost exhausted from the previous battle and had not yet recovered. The shield formation formed by reed shields could not hold on for two hits before it was broken by the opponent's broad shield formation.