Chapter 8 Defending the City
I tried to gather as many troops as I could, but to no avail, in the end I decided to retreat to the castle, I only brought back more than a hundred knights, the rest of the life and death are uncertain, the original gorgeous armor on my body has some cracks, after returning I can't take a break, hurriedly climbed the city tower, the city is in chaos, the enemy army in the distance has arrived, and brought a siege vehicle, the corpses in the city are piled up everywhere, the trebuchet in the distance has left one pit after another on the city wall, and only 4 of the 6 giant crossbows are left, Just as I was in a hurry, Rog came up to me and brought the bad news that the right side of the castle had fallen and the enemy had rushed into our city. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
I didn't think about anything more, and led people directly to the right city gate, as Rogge said, the scene here is very bloody, there are many people lying on the ground, and some are holding their broken legs and screaming in desolation, but there is no time for us to react, the enemy's cavalry has also arrived, the horses are bloody with the hooves of the corpses, and there are still one or two pieces of human flesh hanging on the cavalry of the Kugit cavalry.
A cavalryman rushed in front of me, he grabbed the front finger of the horse, looked at the enemy who was getting closer and closer, my face flashed with the sharp edge of a spear, I broke out in a cold sweat, but randomly calmed down, I leaned back, the head of the spear was only a few centimeters from my face, and narrowly crossed the corner of my eye. My hand did not stop, I flipped my wrist around with all my might, and the sword spun in a circle, and cut off the hooves of the horse, and the horseman fell from his horse in response, and when I heard the sound of broken bones, I knew that he would not live.
The scuffle continued into the night, until the Kugit withdrew, the right gate had been blocked by us with gravel, and we had piled up a lot of corpses behind us in case the Kugit rushed in from there, I was already exhausted after a day of fighting, I took out the water bag and poured it into my mouth deeply, the cool water moistened my whole body along my throat, and a burst of comfort spread, I couldn't help but moan, but when I saw the stupid donkey of Artis, I put away my smile.
He was now like a generalissimo, constantly shuttling among the soldiers, but how could I not see him when I was killing the enemy during the day. "Shrunken turtle." I muttered in a low voice, but for the sensitive Artis, he could hear God's whispers clearly, and he glared at me, and looking at his resentful eyes, I knew that he remembered me.
I found a remote corner, with my back against the city wall, looking up at the starry sky, the sky was dark, and there was a faint purple gas in between, many stars gathered together, twinkling and flashing, as if the eyes of a child were looking at us curiously, as if they were talking about us, maybe laughing at us, I just raised my head and slowly fell asleep, in the dream, I dreamed of a place where cherry blossoms bloomed, charming flowers, seductive aromas, and more precious is that there was no war there.
The next day, I woke up from my dream, and naturally picked up the sword beside me, but nothing happened, I saw some soldiers whispering something at the head of the city, so I looked down at the city, the enemy had not yet attacked, could it be that the enemy was also sleeping lazy, it didn't look like it. Someone was already waking up the defenders, but this time there were no enemies, and many people were a little confused. But soon the dense black shadows in the distance told us that the enemy had not retreated.
Kugit's army was lined up, with infantry armed with scimitars in front, followed by tens of thousands of archers on the center, and behind the archers were fierce cavalry on horseback, but this group of cavalry caught my attention.
Their armor was thicker than that of ordinary cavalrymen, their helmets covered their entire faces, only two eyes were exposed, they held a bright cavalry in their hands, a sword pinned to their waists, and their horses under their crotches were also fully armed, with saddles on their hooves, and two horns on their heads, which neighed from time to time.
This group of cavalry was obviously more lethal than before, and before I could think of a countermeasure, the attack had already been launched.
I saw that the commander at the front pulled out the long sword that symbolized power on his waist, threw it around his head, and finally pointed forward with force, and the army behind rushed over.
The infantry pushed the siege cart and slowly approached the city gate, the trebuchets behind were already in place, the archers took out an arrow from the arrow on their backs and put it on the bow to face the dilapidated tower, and the cavalry in the distance also clenched the cavalry in their hands, ready to attack at any time.
Smoke rose from the beacon towers on our walls, and our archers took their positions on the towers, and infantry began to gather in the city.
I don't know who released the first arrow, and then the whole battlefield boiled like a powder keg touching a little spark.
The walls were quickly shot into hedgehogs, and the archers on the walls fell one after another, as did the Kugit archers under the city, and both sides suffered casualties, and the Kugit infantry approached the city gate little by little under the cover of many people.
The trebuchet threw a fireball into the city, striking a huge house and making a huge hole in the roof, and the whole house was immersed in flames.
Soon the siege engine reached the first city gate, and the enemy kept hitting the city gate with the siege engine, and soon the city gate was overwhelmed and collapsed. They also pushed the siege carts towards the inner gates.
I called in a few archers, and had the infantry bring in a few huge granite stones, and then went to the tower above the space between the two gates.
The archers attacked the Kugit infantry below, who slowly approached with granite on their backs.
The Kujit people below also began to fight back, and there were archers who kept falling arrows from the tower, but soon the infantry arrived with granite on their backs, and I asked them to smash the granite on their backs fiercely, and the Kujit people below couldn't walk away if they wanted to, they were either stoned to death or killed by arrows, and the siege vehicles were also smashed to pieces by boulders.
The granite blocked the way, leaving only a gap that people could walk through, and the Kugit abandoned the use of siege engines and instead sent infantry to rush in and slam the gates with their bodies.
The Kugit rushed in as if they had been beaten with blood, ignoring our archers above, and the one in front fell, and the one behind continued to rush on his corpse.
I felt a sense of powerlessness at the sight of such a brave enemy, and soon, the gate could no longer hold up, and collapsed like the gate in front of me.
The enemy stormed the city, but it was still a little difficult for thousands of Kugits to break through a road that only allowed 3 people to pass side by side, so there were relatively few enemies rushing in.
Our infantry in the city had been waiting for a long time, and they swarmed up all at once.
Looking at the corpses lying on the ground, I couldn't do anything, I could save my life in this war, I had already burned incense, who would care about the lives of others.