"For His Majesty the King, go up!"

The soldiers under the wall shouted the name of the king and rushed to the wall. At this moment, the distance between the two sides was close enough, and the crossbow bolts became more and more deadly, reaching the point where they could penetrate thick cotton armor and chain armor of average quality to an extent. The shields in the hands of the soldiers didn't feel much when they blocked the crossbow arrows. Those crossbow arrows didn't go deep into the shield, and even fell by themselves because the penetration was too shallow. But now, the arrows of the crossbow bolts are embedded in the shield like nails, and they cannot be pulled out. Whether it is the soldiers of the king's army on the wall or the soldiers of the coalition army advancing on the opposite side, they are constantly falling under the continuous shooting of crossbow arrows, but as many people fall, there will be the same number of people who will take his place and replace him Keep fighting.

"ah!"

A soldier yelled, but it was not because of the crossbow arrows, the pain from the crossbow arrows would take a while to spread throughout his body, but because he stumbled and fell to the ground. Although it was not high, the pain was absolutely terrific. Several soldiers were taken aback by the falling man, but soon, they skillfully pulled the wounded away, and then a crossbowman immediately raised his shield and rushed to the wall.

The two sides had already paid a lot of casualties, and the urban militiamen had already experienced the cruelty of war, but those senior sergeants remained serious, and did not forget to tell them that the worse situation was yet to come.

The coalition troops continued to advance against the rain of arrows. The trebuchets on both sides had changed from shooting at each other to destroying the opponent's troops as much as possible. Many logs on the wall were broken in two, and several arrow towers were missing. However, there was not a big enough gap, and the coalition forces still couldn't directly enter behind the wall, and because the trebuchets behind the wall shifted their attack direction, dozens of huge stones fell into the crowd, causing dozens of casualties, among them There are also a few veterans with strong combat effectiveness and officers at the bottom command.

Hundreds of refusal horses were intertwined into a large obstacle area. Before the mobilization of Jerkala, the senior sergeant had already completed most of the work outside the wall. The soldiers of the coalition forces either directly turned over the refusal horses in the process of advancing. The dense forest formed, or go through the ditches between the horses, those ditches are deep enough to swallow a man, and there are many sharpened stakes and half-buried barbed wire buried under them. Jumping straight down, those spikes were enough to penetrate the leather boots and pierce the sole of that daredevil's foot. But these are not the most annoying. The old sergeant may not have fought a few beautiful victories in his life, but he has a better understanding of war and battlefield than many lords. He knows how to arrange these obstacles and trenches to form an inescapable line of defense. Since he took over the local garrison work, this work has begun. Even if the coalition army has thousands of soldiers, it is impossible to bypass these obstacles. smooth sailing.

Even if there is no one to stop them, it is very difficult for hordes of soldiers to pass through these obstacles and trap areas outside the wall. They must move very carefully to ensure that they will not be injured, not to mention the current situation. up.

Soldiers and local hunters and rangers collected traps and traps, some even for black bears. The soldiers of the coalition army were about to advance against the rain of arrows with their shields up. Most of them didn't find the traps that were half buried and concealed with weeds, and then they stepped on them firmly, howling like a trapped trap. The hammer hit the blacksmith's apprentice on the toe.

The solid phalanx was forced to disperse under the barrier of this line of defense composed of repelling horses and traps, and was knocked down one by one by the Rhodok snipers on the wall with siege crossbows. The solid front lined up as a shield wall, so they had to cover the soldiers behind them to move away from the horses, use planks and ladders to build bridges on the trenches, and use their own eyes and legs to find traps. Several passable paths were opened in this dense line of defense.

But even after passing through here, the wall as high as two people still blocked their way forward.

It will take a while for the battering ram and the escorting soldiers to pass through the trap area. Those obstructing horses and trenches make it difficult for large siege weapons to pass through. At present, only the infantry and crossbowmen of the coalition army and their weapons have reached the front of the wall. ladder.

They can only take the simplest and most direct method, set up a long ladder, climb up the reinforced wall, and then directly kill them. Each of the multiple infantry phalanxes of the coalition carried at least four long ladders and attacked from a length of several hundred meters. They put down the long ladders with hooks together and began to ascend the city together, trying to cover them with a huge number. The entire wall defense line, and then look for the opponent's loopholes.

But on the wall, the Royal Army has also packed the wall as much as possible to prevent the enemy from attacking.

The dense crossbow arrows have an ideal shooting effect at close range. The long ladder has just been erected, and the first batch of coalition soldiers have just climbed up, and the arrows are coming towards them~lightnovelpub.net~ In a few seconds, the Dozens of guys with arrows in their bodies fell down from the long ladder.

With a large number of crossbowmen on the fence and a large number of arrow towers crossing fire, the soldiers of the coalition army fell quickly, and the casualties continued to increase. But even so, the soldiers of the coalition army still stepped up the long ladder to attack, especially those who held large shields. The Nord mercenaries with tomahawks rushed to the front and were the most ferocious. However, considering the high reward (a pocket full of dinars) offered by Lord Kestor to the first person to climb the wall, this brave way of charging is understandable.

The wall is not very high, so the Rhodok spearmen on the wall can use all kinds of long weapons to stab and hack down from a high place, stabbing or hitting the enemy before they climb the wall. Under the king's order, a large number of soldiers and militiamen rushed to the wall. As long as they were not hit by stones thrown by the opponent's catapult, the coalition soldiers who tried to climb the wall would not be able to pass through the continuous shooting of crossbow arrows and long-distance fire. The continuous stabbing of the spear broke through this line of defense.

"Damn it, going on like this is a waste of our troops and dinars!" Levins scolded angrily as he saw that the troops they had spent a lot of money to organize had hundreds of casualties in a short period of time. He came out and glared at Kestor. "Do something, Kestor, don't hide useful things, otherwise why are we preparing those?!"

Lord Kestor, or King Kestor's expression had already darkened, especially after Levins complained, he gritted his teeth even more. This war was more important to him than anything else, he had to win, and for this, he had to use all the resources he could use.

"Tell the armourer and the peony group to move out the dragon fire, and before lunch, I will see that section of the wooden wall turn into sawdust!"