Unknown Knight

Soon, Lord Humamu's army arrived outside the town of Nico. The first to arrive were about three hundred light and heavy cavalry. These people were wearing bright armor, uniform and neat, and had excellent weapons. At first glance, they were the main force with good combat effectiveness, which directly dispelled Aix's idea of ​​going out of the city to meet the enemy.

With the arrival of follow-up troops from Berbera, Aix was glad that he did not go out of the city to meet the enemy. He did not expect that after the last defeat, Berbera could still mobilize so many troops. Preliminary estimates showed that there were at least three thousand people, not to mention about one or two thousand people who were not in formation. They should be vassal troops, who were methodically sorting out supplies and setting up camps for the main army in front.

The 3,000-strong army lined up in front of the city gate with great momentum. They were divided into more than 30 teams of 100 men, almost half the length of the city wall. It was the first time that Aix had seen such a large-scale army formation, and he couldn't help swallowing his saliva due to nervousness.

The army on Aix's side had a total of only more than 1,300 people. Except for the Slave Legion and the Redemption Corps of about 700 people, who were elite troops who had undergone rigorous training and had experience in battlefield fighting, the rest were auxiliary troops that had never even been on the battlefield, including a 300-man militia temporarily raised by the town of Nico.

If these troops were to face the army of Lord Humamu in the wild, they would definitely be defeated miserably. Fortunately, after occupying the town of Nico, X, who was very security-conscious, stepped up to strengthen the city defenses. Otherwise, they would have inevitably suffered a defeat today. This made X break out in a cold sweat and feel lucky in his heart.

By the time the Berbera army had assembled twelve siege towers, it was already noon. After a short rest after lunch, they pushed the siege towers and began to attack the town of Nico.

The siege was obvious. After a round of shooting between the attackers and defenders, the siege tower approached the city wall and found something wrong. It turned out that the siege tower built by Berbera was used to capture the Standing Castle. The planks could only be put up on the wall of 12 or 13 meters, which was not enough for the 15-meter-high wall of Nico Town.

The lord of Humamu City had no choice but to have his men put planks on the city wall, and then have the soldiers carry a ladder that was only two or three meters long, place it on the planks, and then climb up from the planks.

This makeshift combination not only slowed down the siege, but also caused the ladders to sway along with the tilted planks. The soldiers climbing up became unstable and staggered for a while, looking very embarrassed.

Sometimes, a battle between thousands of people and a duel between two people have a lot in common, no wonder some places put martial arts and marching together for training, collectively known as the art of war. Aix has now made some achievements in the art of war. He is well versed in fighting skills and knows that in order to win a battle with others, the order of attack is not necessarily the most important factor, but grasping the right timing is definitely the key to victory.

Seeing the enemy struggling to set up ladders to attack the city, he did not immediately order his subordinates to launch an all-out attack to stop the enemy's attack. Instead, he waited until the enemy soldiers climbed to the top of the city wall and the two sides began to engage in close combat before ordering the soldiers defending the city to throw flaming oil cans onto the planks. However, he was not in a hurry to ignite the flaming oil after throwing them.

The enemy soldiers were unable to retreat due to the continuous outflow of soldiers from the siege tower. Although they knew the dangers of the flaming oil under their feet, they could only step on the slippery planks and climb up the city wall cautiously. If they were not careful, they would slip off the planks. Even if they were not killed, they would be seriously injured and lose their combat effectiveness.

At the same time, in such a slippery environment, the soldiers on the planks could not even stand steadily, which made the combined shield formation full of loopholes and it was difficult to protect their bodies. If they were not careful, they would be shot by the archers on the city and fall down the city with screams.

When the enemy commander under the tower reacted and shouted to retreat, the rockets that had been prepared in advance were fired at the place covered with incendiary oil at the right time, instantly igniting the twelve siege towers into twelve large bonfires.

At this time, Aix no longer held back and ordered his soldiers to attack with all their might. He was afraid that the enemy would retreat, so he did not use all the flaming oil and crossbows prepared on the city wall. Instead, he attacked in turns. Only when the soldiers of Berbera began to climb to the top of the city did he gradually increase the intensity of the attack.

Now that the enemy commander has ordered a retreat, how could they hold back? At once, flaming oil cans, arrows, javelins, flying axes, and stones rained down on the enemy as if they were free.

The intensity of the attack on the city suddenly exploded, which stunned the Berbera soldiers. This caused them to be in serious chaos and they began to trample on each other, and the number of casualties continued to increase.

The raging fire, billowing smoke, splattering blood, and broken corpses made the city wall outside the town of Nico look like hell. The Berbera soldiers in it let out wails, screams, and cries one after another, giving this hell on earth a shocking sound effect, and making the soldiers on the city wall who should have been cheering and fighting fall silent, leaving only a very compact sound of long-range weapon attacks.

After the soldiers of Berbera City had fled far away, cheers began to be heard from the walls of Nico Town. Many people could not believe the easy victory, especially the local militiamen who were temporarily recruited. The initial fear of the approaching army had disappeared from their hearts. Everyone was now full of confidence in defending the town. Morale was rising without any encouragement.

This low-intensity battle, rare in the era of cold weapons, had very astonishing results and a high casualty rate. Not only were the twelve siege towers burned down, but there were also nearly four hundred Berbera soldiers who died from being burned by flaming oil under the city walls or being shot by long-range weapons.

The most depressed person now is the Lord of Humamu City. He came with a rage that could swallow mountains and rivers, and thought he could easily take over Nico Town in one go. However, just one encounter caused him to lose 15% of his proud elite army.

Not only that, the twelve siege towers used for the siege were all burned by Aix's fierce fire oil. You have to know that this kind of siege tower was considered high-tech equipment in that era, and it required a lot of effort and time to build.

This put him in a very awkward situation. Without a siege tower, it would be unrealistic to attack the city with just simple ladders. Not to mention whether he could capture Nico Town, the casualties would surely be huge.

The best way now would be to retreat first, return to Berbera City to build siege equipment, and then attack again. However, how could this be possible for the Lord of Humamu? After all, his reckless behavior caused heavy losses to the soldiers and he had greatly lost his reputation. If he retreated now, where would he put his face?

In desperation, the lord of Humamu had to order his men to set up camp first, while at the same time ordering them to build siege equipment on the spot, and at the same time ordering them to return to Berbera to transport military supplies here and prepare for a period of siege and garrison.

He also summoned doctors from the city of Berbera to treat the wounded soldiers, and slaughtered cattle and sheep to reward the soldiers, hoping to restore the morale of the army, which had already fallen to a low point.