Chapter 0560: In the Great War

The army repaired outside the city for two days, and in the evening of the third day, the trumpets and war drums rumbled in the barracks.

Sobibor was surrounded on all sides, with feints on the east, west, and north sides, and only the south being the main attack.

Half an hour later, the cannon roared, but few shells hit the city.

After all, the opponent also has artillery, and with the same range, the artillery mounted on the city wall will naturally shoot farther, so the artillery regiment under Renard can only bluff outside the opponent's range.

At the same time, 4,000 knights had secretly assembled in the south of the city, and at the forefront of the line were the highest commanders of the corps, divisions, regiments, and battalions, including Cliver and Tracy.

The four thousand knights were all dressed in enchanted armor, even the horses, and they were armed to the teeth.

This is also thanks to the Cronin family, who provided Lei Ye with the inspiration to form a magic army, and they also provided Lei Ye with three or four hundred sets of enchanted equipment.

In addition to the 4,000 ironclad knights, the griffin knights also sharpened their knives, hiding in the dense forest in the distance, waiting for the 4,000 ironclad horsemen to approach the city walls, and then they would swarm out to strike the defenders on the walls.

Although he was very well prepared, when it came to such a critical moment, Renard couldn't help but feel apprehensive in his heart.

If it weren't for the fact that the army needed him to dispatch, he would have lined up in front and personally organized the charge.

Lei Ye ordered someone to bring the blue enchantress to the four thousand armor soldiers, firstly, the wine can strengthen their courage, and secondly, this kind of wine can improve part of their strength, killing two birds with one stone.

Half a pound per person, no more, no less, just right.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the sky gradually darkened.

When the sun was completely hidden under the col, the artillery fire rang out, and the tragic siege began.

The defenders of the city were shocked by the siege posture of this large army, and their bodies began to tremble unconsciously.

However, they still held on to their positions, with no intention of turning around and fleeing, for no other reason than to defend their homeland.

The Creightons instilled in them a message of loyalty, and at the same time told them about the brutality of the King's army, telling them that if the city was broken, it would be burned and looted, and the King's army did exactly that.

Although Ferdinand strictly ordered his men not to harass the common people, after the ruffians left the other side's view, none of them plundered like wolves.

The same is true of the sergeants under Renard, who can't manage it, and doesn't really want to manage it.

After all, people work hard for you in order to get promoted and make a fortune, if you can't even satisfy this, how can you talk about leading troops to fight?

However, Renard is different from Ferdinand, he understands that blocking is better than slackening, so he made a long list for the soldiers to plunder according to the list, and at the same time set an untouchable bottom line.

Such a combination of grace and power is king.

Renard wants his soldiers to be fed and clothed, and wants them to become a division of tigers and wolves, but he doesn't want them to become bandits.

In this way, the news can be both true and false to be convincing.

The relatives of the defenders were all in the city, and in order to ensure that their wives and children were not slaughtered, they had to defend with their lives.

War has always been cruel, many people know this, but they don't know how cruel it is.

Even the commander-in-chief who had planned and participated in many battles like Renard knew the horrors of the war only in the casualty reports by the number of casualties.

When he watched the four thousand iron horsemen rush to the city wall without hesitation in the night, and watched them fall one after another under the rumble of artillery fire, his heart was so mixed.

From departure to arrival at the city, the total distance is less than two kilometers, and the four thousand iron horsemen only take less than two minutes, but the price paid is huge.

Although the formation was loose and the night provided good cover, under the cover of artillery, muskets, and bows and crossbows, less than 3,000 horsemen managed to reach the city.

The knights threw out their grappling hooks from a distance, hooked directly on the battlements, and then the whole person was carried up and flew straight to the head of the city.

These were all siege equipment carefully prepared by Renard, ensuring that these knights could kill the city walls in a short time.

Now it seems that the plan was undoubtedly a success.

Seeing this, more than 200 griffin knights marched straight to the southern wall, their arrows raining down on the defenders, taking away a single life with almost every shot.

Of course, there will be a reward and a pay, seeing the griffin knight attacking, countless crossbow arrows the thickness of a baby's arm suddenly shot out of the city, and the griffin and the knight on the back of the griffin were shot into hedgehogs.

Several black shadows fell from the sky to the ground, and Renard felt extremely painful in his heart, but there was nothing he could do but say hatefully: "Damn the dragon crossbow." ”

The dragon crossbow is actually an improved city crossbow, which can fire dozens of crossbow arrows at the same time at a time, carrying out a covering attack on the air area, and specifically restraining the air troops.

Several dragon striking crossbows were fired at the same time, enough to cover hundreds of square meters of airspace, and no matter how fast your griffin flew, it was impossible for it to escape from this area in just two or three seconds.

The darkness of night provided shelter to the besieging side, as well as to the defenders.

The griffon knight had no idea where the bolts would come from, for fear that they would fall in the next second.

After about ten minutes of perseverance, the griffin knight saw that his men had gained a foothold in the city, and immediately ordered the griffin to flee to the south, while he landed on the wall to fight the defenders.

Half an hour later, a fire broke out on the city, and explosions were heard from time to time.

Reynard, who was already anxious, was overjoyed when he saw this, and roared loudly: "The city is about to be destroyed, and the whole army will attack." ”

After the order was given, the countless phalanxes displayed in the direction of Nancheng did not hesitate to move forward.

The six guns moved forward in unison, and after entering the firing range, they aimed their guns directly at the city gate.

These were the latest large-caliber guns to be purchased, powerful enough to penetrate ten-centimeter-thick steel plates.

Renard learned the lessons of the original battle of Ignaz and specially purchased this siege weapon.

After several rounds of shelling, the city gate was bombarded with holes, like a beehive that had been trampled under its feet countless times.

Even so, the gates did not fall.

This kind of city gate is embedded in the city wall, can only hang up, can not be pushed horizontally, will not be used in peacetime, only in wartime will be put down, enough to weigh more than 100,000 catties.

Now the city gate is full of holes, and the steel surface is rolled up, even if you want to open it again, there is no way.

Ray Tawang took advantage of the light from the explosion of the cannonballs to look down on the city gates, and said in a deep voice: "Keep firing until the gates fall." ”

The soldiers in charge of artillery firing were very excited when they heard this, these cannons had not been used much since they were bought, and they had long been a little itchy with these veteran artillery operators, and now they could finally vent to their heart's content.

Dozens of shells were fired again, and by the time the smoke cleared, the gates were open.

When the cavalry and foot soldiers saw the fire in the city from afar, they couldn't help but be excited, and their pace of advance could not help but speed up by three points.

The gunners were a little distracted, and after firing the last shell, they began to call it a day.

In just one night, Sobibor fell.