Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

At night, the outside of Count Cosson's Castle was illuminated by bright firelight.

After decades of operation, Count Cosong's castle had almost reached the same scale as Binsey, causing the siege to proceed very slowly. From time to time, rebel soldiers filled the positions of the rebels who had been blown to pieces, as if the rebels here would never be exhausted.

"What's wrong with these rebels? Why are they still so tenacious even after such a fierce battle?" John asked the commander next to him.

"Many of these soldiers are Yoda people, or hybrids of Yoda and Bardon. They know that they will be executed if they surrender, and they will most likely not be able to return to Yoda's hometown, so they are ready to fight to the death. But there is good news. The second and third princes are also here. As long as we take this place, the war will basically be over."

"That would be great, but right now I need to open this gate or make a hole in the wall," John responded. He had no help from inside the city this time.

"Don't worry, our people lurking in the city will react soon. We have also released those Midland nobles. They will open the door from the inside. After the battle, I hope you can keep your promise." The commander looked at John.

"Of course. I, John, always keep my word." John replied nonchalantly. If he wanted to fulfill his promise, he had to feed him first.

"Okay, aim at the city gate and fire!" Stephen continued to command the artillery. Now there were too many guns and the artillery was beginning to be insufficient. When the time came, he would definitely ask John for more money to train a few artillerymen. As a commander, he had to observe through a telescope and adjust the cannon and carry the shells like an artilleryman. He was almost exhausted.

Next to the artillery position, a bunch of simple catapults made of various materials by the Balden civilian resistance organization were frantically throwing stones and burning piles of straw at the city. Behind them was a long line of wheelbarrows formed by many Balden people. They used the wheelbarrows to transport stones from far away to the battlefield, forming a human-powered transport belt spanning several thousand meters.

"Infantry, charge!"

Team after team of armored civilian militiamen, holding ladders, placed them against the city walls under the cover of artillery fire. After the ladders were stabilized, one soldier after another climbed up the ladders and began to attack the city walls.

The rebels on the city wall immediately used rolling logs, battering rams, and other city defense equipment to throw whatever they had down, causing many soldiers to be knocked down. For a while, neither the attacker nor the defender made much progress, and it all depended on manpower and reaction speed.

A team of rebel soldiers were guarding the city gate, in a defensive posture to fend off any possible attack from soldiers outside.

"Defeat the Yodas, this place belongs to Baldon!"

"Get the Yodas out of here!"

"Revenge for our dead relatives and friends!"

At this moment, many civilians gathered on the streets in the distance. They were holding various weapons, shields, and torches and rushed directly towards the defenders at the city gate.

Seeing this, the rebels could only send some of their men to confront the rioting civilians.

"Go back, you bunch of untouchables!" said the leading rebel arrogantly. In his eyes, these civilians were just like weeds on the roadside. However, what was waiting for him was a flying axe, which hit him directly on the head. As blood and brains splattered, his death became the fuse of the struggle between the rebels and civilians in the city.

"Everyone! Go open the city gate and let the brothers outside in!" At this time someone shouted in the crowd, and everyone rushed to the city gate like crazy, causing the rebels to have to use more manpower to defend against the mob.

For a while, the shouts of killing were deafening. Both sides piled up a lot of corpses at the forefront of the battlefield. Some soldiers on the city walls also turned around and began to shoot arrows at the civilians inside the city walls. For a while, the civilians suffered heavy losses.

Outside the city, the commander also guessed that the attack inside the city might not go smoothly, so he quickly ordered: "Everyone, take advantage of the fact that the rebels have assigned some people to deal with internal disturbances, speed up the soldiers to climb the city wall, and let some people push the siege cones."

Then he said to John: "Governor, please order the bombardment to stop. My troops are ready for a full-scale counterattack."

"Okay Stephen stop the shelling" John ordered.

As a result, more and more ladders were placed on the city walls, making it impossible for the rebels on the walls to cope with the situation. Moreover, as soon as the rebels showed their heads, the soldiers outside the city would shoot them with crossbows. For a while, the rebels on the city walls fought with the civilian armed forces.

Inside the city wall, the rebel officers quickly ordered some people to go to the wall to provide support to prevent the wall from being completely captured by Midlan.

"Long live Mitland!"

Just then a cavalryman on horseback wearing Balden armor and holding a sword and a crossbow came from behind!

When there was an obstacle in front of him, he rode his horse straight across and arrived in front of the rebels in an instant.

"Who is he!" At this time, the rebels didn't care who he was and just swung their swords at him.

"Swoosh! Whoosh!" The cavalry loaded the crossbows with extraordinary speed and shot directly at the rebels. Many rebels were killed or injured in a short time because they were caught off guard. The rebels' defensive formation became chaotic for a while. The civilians rushed forward and broke through the rebels' defense in one fell swoop.

"Damn it." At this time, the rebel officer still wanted to swing his sword for a final resistance, but the cavalry jumped directly from the horse's back in front of the rebel officer, raised his sword and cut off the officer's head. The remaining rebels thought it was a devil and fled. The civilians then opened the city gate together and guided the outside troops in.

"They succeeded, brothers. For Bardon, after this battle we will be liberated from the Yoda people!" said the commander, and then excitedly said to John:

"Sir, please let your troops charge."

When John saw that the most difficult part had been conquered, he immediately gave the order:

"Everyone, charge!"

By the way, he gave Stephen an instruction: "Load your cannons. There may be a siege when we enter the castle."

So John rode into the city under the protection of the knights, and then saw the cavalryman held high by the civilians. He was curious about who he was. When the cavalryman saw John, he immediately said:

"Come... nephew, let's have a drink..."

His uncle came here to drink, so John quickly asked the civilians to put him down. When he took off his helmet, he saw a drunk face.

"Come on, drink... drink up, everyone. I just killed a lot of enemy soldiers. Drink this celebratory wine with me. For my contribution, I will be promoted to the rank of a general... hiccup..."

Jules was still drunk at this time and the effect of the wine had not yet worn off.

"Carry him out first, and everyone else follow me to attack the castle!" John said, and then led the knights to gallop directly towards the castle.