Chapter 703: Siege of the Tower of London
"What sound?" In the early hours of the morning, Henry VII, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly heard a loud noise in the west and woke up. He is very stressed these days and sleeps lightly. In addition, the palace is located in Xicheng District, and when I heard the loud noise of the West Gate, I was naturally awakened.
The attendants heard Henry VII's question and immediately went out to inquire about the news. Not long after, the attendant came in in a panic:
"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty...... It's a big deal...... "Because the nervousness and panting were so strong, the attendant couldn't speak.
"What's wrong?" Henry VII suddenly had a bad feeling.
"The west gate has been breached, and the enemy has blown through the west gate with gunpowder, and is pouring in......," said the attendant, breathing a sigh of relief, and speaking at a very fast pace.
"What?" Henry VII was taken aback and immediately jumped out of bed.
"Tell me about the situation?"
"It seems that a group of bandits in the city used gunpowder barrels to blow up the piles in the hole in the city gate and open the west gate......"
"It's over......," said Henry VII, who sat down at the head of the bed......
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At this time, at the West Gate of London, the battle was also unusually fierce. Those handsome dead soldiers who were responsible for blocking the city walls were only some old boys after all, and it was difficult for them to hold out for a long time when the enemy was organized and prepared.
Sure enough, shortly after Karn stormed the city gates, the handsome boys who had blocked the walls of the city were defeated and retreated into the gates.
"What a crap!" Karn whispered a curse in German disdainfully. However, he also knew that these people were able to open the city gates, which was already a great achievement, and he couldn't ask for more.
Without the obstruction of those English boys, the British soldiers at the head of the city rushed to the city gate like a tide, in a vain attempt to drive Karn and the others out and close the city gate.
But who was Karn? Humanoid Great Demon King! Between that, Karn swung his heavy, spiky mace and smashed it with all his might—all the British soldiers who approached the gates were either smashed into the air or smashed into meatloaf......
"Bastard, this guy is too fierce!" The British commander was furious. After thinking about it, the British commander ordered loudly:
"Longbowmen, shoot me this bastard!"
A group of English longbowmen then took aim at Karn......
With the command of the British commander, the feathered arrows rained down on Karn and the East Friesian knights beside him......
If these people were wearing ordinary cast-iron plate armor that was popular in this era, it was really possible to be shot through by the powerful English longbow at such a close distance.
However, Marin's most elite subordinates wore all high-carbon steel plate armor, which was extremely strong. Many people's cuirass is even made of rare high-manganese steel. And the perverted Karn, who wears it all over his body, is made of high-manganese steel. Because high-manganese steel is difficult to build and needs to be formed in one pass, it is extremely difficult to process. This full set of high-manganese steel plate armor is only available to a few high-level generals such as Marin, Schwartz, and Kahn. Even the heavy cavalry of the First Legion, which was sent out this time by Marin's cronies, only used high manganese steel for their cuirasses and helmets (cuirasses and helmets were easier to shape).
In the face of steel plate armor, even if it is as powerful as the English longbow, it is powerless......
As time passed, the dead soldiers who pushed into the gate hole, although they could not fight, quickly helped to clean up the debris and completely opened the city gate......
At this time, the main force of Marin's army finally rushed to the west gate......
Seeing that the infantry had rushed up, and behind him, Karn knew that his mission had changed from guarding the gates to leading the charge......
"Rush!" Karn shouted, then swung his mace at the English longbowmen. And the other plate knights of the First Legion also shouted loudly in response.
This torrent of steel quickly dispersed those English longbowmen. Even, many longbowmen who didn't have time to evacuate were directly smashed flat with maces by Karn's brute bull......
The mace smashed down, and the flesh flew sideways, and there were still a lot of bloody minced flesh hanging from the nails on the stick......
Seeing this terrifying scene in front of them, many British soldiers collapsed. Especially the sailors who were called, when had they ever seen such a fierce man as Karn? So, many frightened sailors immediately threw away their scimitars and shouted:
"God, this must be the devil!" Then, many sailors scattered and fled......
"It's over......" Locke, the commander of the British army stationed at the West Gate, saw the scene in front of him and knew that the general situation was gone, so he sat down weakly......
Then, there is a strange scene on the streets of London - a macho man wielding a mace, chasing a group of sailors with knives......
When Henry VII took out the 300 Plate Knights who were the palace guards as a killer weapon, intending to drive out the enemy and reclaim the West Gate, they ran into great trouble - their way was blocked by the fleeing sailors......
The Plate Knight has no speed, and is equivalent to a hoplite. Karn was also taken aback - if these 300 English Guards were allowed to rush through the streets, his fierce brother would also be knocked away......
But now it was different, there were hundreds of English sailors blocking the road, and those English Guards knights had to stop. In this way, they can't rush up.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Karn brandished his mace, drove the sailors away, and continued to charge the English Guardsmen. But Karn didn't charge any further. After all, there were three hundred plate knights on the other side......
These knights are all ruthless people who have practiced martial arts since childhood. Karn was fierce, and it was no problem to fight seven or eight alone, but he could kneel in the face of three hundred......
After following Marin for a long time, Karn has also become a foolish character, and refuses to suffer. He knew that there was a unit in the back that specialized in knights - the Scout Cavalry......
This time to storm the West Gate, Marin sent the only hundred or so East Frisian Guards knights of the First Legion. In addition, there were 200 scout cavalry accompanying them. As for the other three hundred scout cavalry, they actually went to monitor the east and south gates.
As for why they brought these 200 scout cavalry, because they have horses...... It is convenient to follow the Plate Knights to rush in quickly when the city gate is opened...... But Karn knew—they still had guns......
Seeing more than a hundred Plate Knights coming up from behind, Karn turned his head and saw 200 Scout Cavalry following behind the Plate Knights—all light cavalry, but all with at least two clockwork muskets......
"The gunman in the back! Come forward and shoot the English knights on the opposite side! Karn exclaimed.
"Understood!" The commander of the reconnaissance cavalry regiment, Mackenson, replied loudly. He also saw the 300 English knights across the street, and knew that the clockwork musket in his hand was their nemesis.
"Brother Guards Knight in front, borrow your shoulders!" Mackenson exclaimed. What he meant was that he wanted the Guards Knights, to be used as human benches, for the Scouts to stand on their shoulders and shoot...... Their horses were lost outside the gates. If you want to hit those English Knights, you can only stand high and play.
"No problem!" At Karn's command, the East Frisian Guards knights immediately acted as human benches, holding hands and letting the Scouts stand on their shoulders and help support them.
Then, separated by a few hundred sailors in the middle, the scout cavalry stood on the shoulders of the Guards Knights and aimed at the English Guards Knights opposite......
"It's not good, get out of here!" The captain of the English Guards Knights, who took the lead, saw that it was not good, and immediately wanted to turn around and run away.
However, the street was now congested with too many people, and the captain of the knights couldn't make a U-turn if he wanted to. He then became one of the first hapless knights to be dismounted......
"The enemy is musket again, retreat!" The knights panicked. But at this time, they were crowded with people and horses, and it was difficult to retreat, so they hugged each other and were beaten off their horses a few more times......
At this time, a knight squad leader finally made the right choice, he shouted:
"The back team becomes the front team, turn around first, retreat!"
Then, the people behind retreated first, and the knights in front had a chance to turn around and escape.
Seeing that the knights of the guards blocking the road in front of him had fled, the English sailors who had been blocked continued to flee with them. Karn, on the other hand, did not chase after him, but led everyone back to lead the horses outside the city gate. After fighting for a while just now, he was not tired, but some of the other knights began to pant with exhaustion. After all, wearing dozens of kilograms of plate armor on his body, walking is indeed physically demanding. Moreover, foot combat is also very inconvenient. But before leaving, Karn had the infantry spearmen come over and cordoned off the streets to prevent the British knights from returning.
Karn returned to the streets with the knights of the First Legion and the Scouts, and led the charge towards the palace. Soon, the army surrounded the Tower of London's Royal Palace. The previous 300 English Knights of the Guard (now less than 300) retreated to the Tower of London's palace, intending to defend ......