Chapter Ninety-One: The Siege

Seeing the French army constantly shooting and killing their own soldiers, the Earl of Wellington felt that this was not an option, and if the French army continued like this, the city gates would soon be breached, and his five-day defense would fail.

"You, and a few of you, throw that big rock down!"

The Count looked at the large bloodstained stones on the city wall, called a few soldiers with frightened faces, and commanded.

When the other soldiers saw the command of the Earl of Wellington, they also remembered something, and hurriedly joined a few people to carry the stones thrown by the French trebuchet.

The three men struggled to carry the boulder, and slowly walked to the side of the city wall, and one of the soldiers looked at the wooden shield under the city wall, as if to take aim.

Immediately, the three of them threw it down together, and the entire boulder weighed hundreds of pounds, falling from a height of thirty feet onto the huge wooden shield.

After a loud bang, the entire shield was scattered in two, and the boulder directly crushed the French archers and crossbowmen hiding under the shields with the force of impact.

Human brains, red blood, severed limbs, and longbows and crossbows are mixed up to create a disgusting picture of war.

The English troops on the city walls immediately rejoiced, and the boulders sent by the French were sent back by the English.

In less than a few moments, almost all the French troops protecting the crashing car were wiped out, and then it was the turn of the crashing car.

Seeing that his own car was in danger, Major Theor hurriedly sent people to support, which was a siege machine brought from France, which was rare in the British Isles.

But how could the Earl of Wellington give him a chance?

I saw dozens of soldiers carrying small wine barrels, lifting the lid of the barrel, and dozens of wooden barrels poured towards the crashing car in unison.

Dozens of white streams of liquid passed through the air, reflecting the different colors of the sun, and fell from a height of thirty feet onto the massive crash car, drenching the wooden siege weapon and the tragic death of the French army.

The Earl of Wellington threw a torch down, followed by the soldiers behind him, dozens of torches that ignited the crashing car and the corpses of the French.

Suddenly, the flames thumped in size, and the Count's nose smelled the burning of spirits, and in a few moments the smell of cooked meat entered the Count's nose.

The French army, who had just walked a short distance, hesitated for a moment, looked at the burnt city gate in front of them, and then slowly retreated.

Dio looked at the burning crashing car and sighed, he knew that he could only rely on human life to fill it now.

In the days that followed, Swiss mercenaries and Scottish Highland warriors, under the command of Theo, climbed and attacked the city of Huntington without healing casualties, and trebuchets were fired incessantly when there were plenty of stones.

Five days later, the entire wall of Huntington was crumbling by trebuchets, and after continuous firing, seven trebuchets were damaged.

With a telescope in hand, Major Theo carefully looked at the potholed city of Huntington, and an indescribable sense of excitement welled up in his heart.

This will be where he made a name for himself and where he made a name for himself in Europa.

"Your Excellency, Major! Our cavalry came to report that two miles to the left (Farry unit, one mile is equivalent to 4 kilometers now) found suspected reinforcements from England! ”

Just as His Excellency the Major was triumphant, a herald suddenly came to announce it, interrupting his triumph.

"Yes! Are you sure it's the English? How many people are there? ”

"It's sure it's the English, and according to the observation of the cavalry, the number is about more than 10,000!"

The herald thought for a moment, seemed to recall the original words, and then said with a certain face.

"#%\#%%\......" (the god of harmony is calling) At this moment, Major Dio felt that the cooked duck was about to fly, and the taste in his heart was extremely uncomfortable, and he couldn't help cursing.

"Blow the trumpet and collect the troops! After that, it was conveyed to the soldiers that they had withdrawn to the city of Prado. ”

His Excellency the Major, who was still angry, wisely chose to retreat, knowing that his troops had no strength left to deal with the English who came to their aid.

The Earl of Wellington, who was trying his best to deal with the French attack, suddenly found that the strength of the siege was slowly subsiding, and a conjecture suddenly appeared in his heart.

Piercing a French soldier who seemed to be a Swiss mercenary in front of him with a long sword, the Count came to the city wall and looked condescendingly at the slowly retreating French army.

"Woo! Soldiers, our reinforcements are coming! The Duke will not forget us! ”

Seeing the ant-like French army gradually retreating in the distance, and at a fairly fast pace, and looking a little panicked, the Earl knew that reinforcements must have arrived, and his troops also needed this good news to boost their morale.

The earl's voice woke up the English soldiers who were being renovated, and when they heard the news, they hurriedly walked to the city wall and looked at the French and Scottish troops who were gradually moving away.

"Hooray! Long live the Duke! After being stunned for a moment, the soldiers' tired faces gradually showed smiles, as if they had been rehearsed, and shouted in unison.

The jubilant soldiers did not wait long, and in less than an hour, Duke Edward, dressed in bright red armor, arrived in front of the city of Huntington with some delayed reinforcements.

The Earl of Wellington had already arrived in the city, sent people to sweep away a messy battlefield, and waited for the arrival of Duke Edward.

"Dear Monsieur Earl! Your performance is truly astounding, and I will personally ask His Majesty Edward for credit for you! ”

The Duke of Edward, who was riding on a horse, hurriedly dismounted when he saw the Earl of Wellington who greeted him, and looked at the Earl of Wellington's bloodstained clothes, and couldn't help but sigh.

"God forbid! I would also like to thank you for your prompt support! ”

The Earl of Wellington maintained his usual modesty in front of Duke Edward.

"That's it! My warriors, let's go into the city together! ”

As he spoke, the Duke of Edward took the Earl of Wellington by the hand and walked step by step into the city of Huntington.

"Your Excellency! We suffered nearly 2,000 casualties in the siege of Huntington, and now there are less than 1,000 soldiers left in the city! ”

After the welcome banquet, the Duke of Edward and the Earl of Wellington began to discuss the results of the war.

"According to a conservative estimate, the Scots lost nearly a thousand or so dead, while the Swiss mercenaries lost nearly a thousand and countless wounded!"

"And our 1,000-strong musketeers were only shot and wounded by the English because of the distance, but there was not enough gunpowder!"

In Pudora, a small town about twenty miles from Huntington, the French lieutenant was reporting the battle damage to His Excellency Theo, the commander of the Coalition Army.

"Sure enough! The English and my father said the same, it is still difficult to deal with it, it seems that our army has no desire to fight! ”

The death rate of the troops in this battle against Huntington has accounted for more than two layers, and the army's endurance capacity has reached the limit. The average limit of the ancient army's ability to withstand casualties was about three layers.

"You secretly arranged for someone to go to Huntington, and said that the two sides of us would cease fighting, and this situation would be maintained for now!"

"Also, keep it from the Scots, don't let them know about it! Otherwise, it's trouble! ”

Major Dio thought for a moment, and he felt that he could not do this for the Scots.

"Yes! I'll arrange it! The deputy commander responded.

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