Chapter 103: The Fall of Rayleigh Town
The adjutant's armor had long since ceased to shine, and even some blood could be seen splashing on it. The enemy was still miles away, and as a result, the defenders on the walls had already suffered heavy losses.
The explosion just now cost them hundreds of people and hundreds of minor injuries. If it were not for the protection of armor, probably, the losses of these soldiers would have been greater. The most important thing is not the loss of these soldiers, but the fortifications of the town of Reilly, which have been almost completely destroyed.
"Boom!" Raymond drew his saber from his waist, pushed away the adjutant who was holding his arm, and ordered loudly: "Reserve! Follow me to the collapsed wall! Queue up! Prepare for battle! The enemy should rush at once! Time is running out!"
The soldiers who followed him also drew their swords, and this Raymond was very prestigious in the town of Rayleigh, so at such a critical moment, there were more people willing to stand up and support this admirable officer.
"If the Empire dares to rush forward, I will let them know what a cruel war is!" Raymond stubbornly stood on the city wall with his sword in his hand. Behind him, the tattered flag of the Kingdom of Norsland was still stubbornly struggling in the black smoke.
But soon, the black-pressed Imperial soldiers rushed over like a tidal wave.
"Brothers, show these Imperial dog mongrels how we Norslands fight!" Raymond roared and fired arrows at the enemy on the walls, and the arrows flew out and landed on the head of one of the Empires, and the Imperial soldier of the Blackstone Fort Expeditionary Force fell to the ground.
On the ruined city walls, the archers and crossbowmen of Northland frantically shot arrows at the rushing Imperial soldiers. As long as there is still a breath, use all the remaining strength to kill the enemy desperately.
Seeing that the enemy was already very close, Raymond descended the city wall and prepared to lead all the remaining soldiers at the ruined wall, ready to go all out to deal with the black Imperial soldiers on the opposite side.
The enemy Blackstone Castle Heavy Cavalry cavalry were wearing heraldic smocks, and Lord Tyranny's coat of arms was a white banner on the top half and a turquoise flag on the bottom half, with a cat of the other color printed on each side.
These heavy cavalry of Blackstone Fort were heavily armed and well-armed. The reason why Lord Tyron did not use them to lead the battle was because of his confidence in this war, he was unwilling to lose any heavy cavalry, and against these border towns, Tyran thought that they were all crushed, and the reinforcements he notified the Imperial Family did not know how long it would take to arrive. So now he can lose less of the elite core strength, because he knows that the tough battle is behind.
Including the magic burst bomb made of expensive magic crystals, although Taryn brought a lot of them this time, he still wanted to save some use, after all, this thing was needed to influence the situation of the war in the future, and he also knew that Gravel also had this thing in his hands, and he had to suppress him with quantity.
Therefore, to deal with a small place like Rayleigh Town, you only need to break through the enemy's defensive structures, and then hand it over to the Imperial infantry of Blackstone Castle.
"Shield wall, shield wall!" Raymond yelled at the remaining Norslan defenders.
So the rest of the people who were well-trained immediately formed a shield wall formation with strong defense, and this formation was that the shields of each Norsland warrior were lined up next to each other, forming a human wall.
With the neat battle cry of the Norslan warriors, the enemy has approached the gap in the city wall, and the Imperial infantry is also extremely brave, they are the Imperial soldiers of Blackstone Fort, but they are not at the same level as those city defenders.
A fierce battle had begun, and for a moment the soldiers of the Imperial Blackstone Fort armed with spears and the Norslan soldiers armed with wooden round shields and one-handed swords were evenly matched.
After all, the weapons of the Norslan defenders are relatively short and do not take advantage, and the weapons of the Imperials are spears, which are relatively long, but they are somewhat helpless against the shields and barrel-like defenses of the Norslands.
However, the Norslan archers on the city wall shot arrows desperately on the city wall, shooting many Imperial soldiers, but at the same time, they were also shot by some Imperial soldiers with crossbows.
For a while, there was a stalemate on the frontal battlefield, and the Imperial hoplites saw this situation and launched a charge against the Norsland defenders on a road made by the Imperial infantry.
In an instant, the impact of the Imperial heavy cavalry crushed the shield walls of the Norslan defenders.
In just a moment, the Norslands' shield wall was scattered by the tall horses of the Imperial hoplites, and for a while, with the Imperial spearmen rushing in, these scattered Norslan warriors could only fight on their own.
Raymond held a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, slashing at the rushing Imperials, he used his shield to block the spear stab of an Imperial soldier, and then nimbly approached and slammed the sharp sword at the soldier's neck, the Imperial soldier discarded the spear in his hand and tried to use both hands to block the blood that kept flowing from his neck, but he still fell to the ground in vain and did not move.
It was a desperate battle for the death of the remaining Norslan warriors, blood already spilled on their faces, both enemy and their own.
The sharp swords were cut a little blunt, and when the sword was blunt, it was smashed with a shield, and the heavy shield smashed on the kicker's helmet, and at the moment when the enemy fainted, the cold sword had pierced the opponent's weak point.
Of course, there are also Norslan soldiers who are killed by the combined efforts of the Imperial soldiers, some who are shot in the back by the crossbow arrows of the opposing side, and some who are pierced through the bodies by the combined efforts of the opposing spearmen, they are all warriors, they are waiting for the call of the god Orugar, and tonight their heroic spirits will be able to toast with the martyrs in the temple of Hawagard, they are heroic and die, and they will return to the arms of the gods.
After Raymond killed about a dozen more Imperial soldiers, he was shot in the leg with a crossbow by a Delman Empire crossbowman in the distance, and he was half-kneeling down in pain, at this time, a heavy cavalry captain-like figure on the other side, after seeing it, took out the rope and put it directly on the neck of Raymond, who was half-kneeling on the ground covered in wounds and blood.
The rope caught Raymond's neck, whose vision was already blurred by blood, and he immediately sent the horse to speed up, and just like that, Raymond struggled and was dragged far away, and the blood formed a long blood streak on the ground.
The others were also surrounded, they had no hope and no fear to die, Raymond was not dead, he was being dragged by the enemy knights, the pain filled him with hatred, he hated these imperial dogs.