Chapter 479: Iron Nail Barrel
Thundered......
A loud bang came from inside Harrenhal, and many soldiers showed panic, after all, there were only a few dozen people in the entire fort who knew about this secret weapon.
And the generals immediately told everyone that this was a secret research weapon, so that everyone should not be confused and continue to stick to their posts.
By this time the vanguard of the Lannister's "mountaineering army" had climbed the city walls. I have to say that this is indeed much more convenient than the ladder, and the ladder is the kind of thing, and it is possible that a string of people will die with a push. But although the speed of this mountaineering equipment is a little slower, it is better to separate and independent one by one, and it will not die one by one.
Therefore, the disadvantage of the few defenders in the fort was magnified, and Lannister soldiers began to climb the wall from all directions, and began to fight each other with the defenders above. The generals watching from outside the city also smiled.
"Ivy Crane didn't expect us to be prepared like this. Jaime smiled, looked at the soldiers who were gradually ascending the city, and made a judgment, "In another twenty minutes, the castle gates will open from the inside." ”
Seeing that his brother was so confident, the little demon Tyrion nodded and sighed, "These thousands of sets of climbing equipment have cost a lot of money." Now there is no money in the treasury, which is not a good thing. ”
"When this flagless family is eliminated, the continent will be stabilized. Jaime said, "When the time comes, everything will be back to normal, and money will be saved up slowly." ”
It's strange that Joffrey can save up when he is king......
The little devil complained in his heart, but he didn't say it, he looked up at the city wall, and there was a faint expectation in his heart. Although it shouldn't be, he just can't help but look forward to whether there will be new changes.
Ivy Crane, are you only at this level, you're going to lose......
For the soldiers who gradually climbed the city wall, Li Lingyi naturally couldn't take care of it, and he also knew that the matter had become urgent, and once it was not handled well at this time, it would be over.
So he immediately asked the soldiers to start loading the catapults that had been pushed out of the inner bunker. But beware, it's not the stones that are filled, it's the special barrels!
Stones are such things, to be honest, although they are powerful, but their range is very weak, and they can kill a few at most at a time, or even a dozen, and this is the end. And this number is really a drop in the bucket for tens of thousands of people.
So Li Ling switched to wooden barrels, on the one hand, he built a total of eight catapults, if the stones were fired too slowly, the barrels would be fast. On the other hand, the inside of the barrel is not empty, but a bucket of nails!
That's right, Li Lingyi asked people to prepare a total of hundreds of wooden barrels full of iron nails. This one smashed into the crowd is terrible, think about it, the moment the barrel explodes, the iron nails fly in all directions, causing a huge killing range.
"Your Excellency!
The craftsmen fastened the barrels to the cart and said to Li Ling, who nodded and raised his hand.
Accept the surprise, Lannister.
"Put!"
Whoosh——!
A total of eight barrels flew out at the same time, crossed the walls, swept into the air, and smashed into the Lannister's army as everyone watched in amazement.
"Whew!"
"Jingle Bell!"
"Puff puff!"
The barrel broke, the nails flew out, and the surrounding circle of people all fell to the ground screaming in pain, and the eight barrels caused almost hundreds of people to fall to the ground at the same time in an instant.
"Ah!!h
"What's that?!How can it fly!"
"Nail !!"
The pain came and went, and more chilling than the pain was fear, and they saw with their own eyes that the barrel full of nails flew out of the castle!
In an instant, the atmosphere of the whole army changed, and they had believed that victory was coming, but now they all retreated, pushing and hugging each other, because they saw eight more barrels flying out of the city!
"Damn!" Jaime was escorted by the soldiers and shouted as he retreated, "How did these barrels fly out!
It is true that they cannot retreat, because the thousands of "mountaineers" are still hanging on the wall at this time, and if the main army behind them retreats, then these mountaineers will be completely isolated, and even if they gain a firm foothold on the city wall, there will be no follow-up troops to follow!
Not only Jaime, but also the little devil saw this, and he quickly shouted, "Everyone, rush forward! Rush under the wall! Now that our men have rushed up the wall, don't worry about someone throwing stones down from above!"
That's right, now the army can dodge these flying barrels as long as they cling to the walls. It's just that now the Lannister's army is in chaos, and orders can't be effectively conveyed at all.
Of course, the soldiers can't be blamed for this, because they have been hesitating here for too long, and the sharpness in their hearts has almost been sharpened. If they still had the mentality of winning this battle before, now some soldiers feel that they can't attack it.
And as soon as this mentality appears, it will undoubtedly spread irrepressibly throughout the army, so now many soldiers have lost confidence. They didn't want to be one of those few meters tall corpses under the city.
As a result, the order could not be effectively implemented, and the Lannister soldiers who were still hanging on the city wall, seeing that the reinforcements behind them had begun to retreat, also disorganized, and some even climbed down halfway, and did not dare to climb the city wall at all.
And the most scolded mother is naturally the Lannister soldiers who finally fought on the city wall for seven or eight minutes, and they all belong to elite soldiers. I wanted to tear a hole, but now I see that the hole is about to be torn open, but no one comes to drill it behind, and all my efforts are in vain.
As for the guards in the city, they were naturally very happy at this time, and Li Lingyi ordered to throw wooden barrels out without interruption to create an illusion of infinite storage. On the other hand, he rushed to the front line and killed those elite soldiers.
Finally, ten minutes later, all the Lannister soldiers who had climbed the city wall were wiped out, and there were only five boxes of iron nail barrels left in the city, while the Lannisters outside the city were far away from the city three thousand meters away!
At this point, Li Lingyi finally smiled, he knew that this Harrenhal had been defended so far.
There is no doubt that after losing these more than 3,000 mountaineers, the remaining 20,000 or so are completely useless, and they are not rushing or not, and they do not even dare to approach now because of the presence of catapults!
As for the Knights of the Valley to the west, they were already taken aback by this time, especially Ian, who saw the terrifying power caused by the catapults and directly ordered the entire army to retreat and no longer participate in the siege.