Chapter 526: The Fall of Carmellot
In the early morning of June 29, 1233 A.D., Arthur ordered all his soldiers to assemble and prepare for an assault on the fortified castle of Camelot.
Twenty wells were lined up outside the city of Carmellot, and the Denlenburg archers stood on top of them, ready to shoot at the enemy.
Norwin led the Denlenburg army behind Arthur's army, they were not in the lead, the remaining 800 Red Dragon Guards stood at the front of the line, and when the siege came, they would be the main force to attack the enemy.
Arthur rode on a war horse in military uniform, and his war horse was draped in a linen cotton armor embroidered with a golden crowned griffin on a red background, and he looked very powerful.
He was surrounded by more than 200 dragon prince cavalrymen, and the red and gold dragon flags tied to their riding spears fluttered slightly with the spring breeze.
Gawain, Lancelot, Bedwell and Bradian are all thrilled to be around Arthur as they witness a history that will go down in the annals of the Kingdom of Camelot.
At this time, Valar also appeared on the city wall, dressed in military uniform, wearing the luxurious armor of the king, and wearing a crown on his head, but he had already become a loner.
The courtiers, courtiers, and vassals and knights who had been in front of him after he gained power had already fled the castle one after another during this time.
They knew that it was impossible for the Duke of Vallar, who had been defeated on the front line, to continue his rule, and that as pure profit creatures, these nobles would certainly not be able to be loyal to the Duke of Vallar.
The armor worn by the Duke of Valar is a testament to his status as a king, a testament to his former glory.
He looked sadly at the enemy waiting under the castle, and at the demoralized defenders on the city wall, and he couldn't help but feel a touch of sadness in his heart.
Twenty or thirty years of planning, all the sacrifices and efforts he made, will be in vain, and his failure will be doomed as early as when he was escaped by Arthur.
"Soldiers! We must defend the walls! If the enemy rushes in, they will surely carry out a brutal massacre against us, and your family, children, relatives and friends, all will die in this massacre! ”
"So, in order to prevent this tragedy from happening, we must separate our battles and keep the enemy out of our strong walls!"
The Duke of Vallar tried to inspire the soldiers to fight, but there was no way, they had no hope of fighting, and no matter how much the Duke of Valar tried to raise their morale.
At this moment, Arthur looked at the defenders on the city wall and said to Gawain: "Gawain, you go and convey my order, let the Red Dragon Guards shout in unison: only chase the evil leader, the rest will not be investigated, as long as you lay down your arms and surrender, you will not be harmed in any way!" ”
Arthur said, he deduced that the morale of the defenders in the castle was definitely not high, and even if he did not let the naval army inside collapse, it would affect the morale of the enemy, and he did not want his troops to lose too much.
The voices of the eight hundred Red Dragon Guards were so loud that their words entered the ears of the defenders of the city wall word for word.
Hearing these words of persuasion, the defenders immediately became in a commotion, and they thought, since they will not hold themselves accountable as long as they surrender, then why should they fight for the Duke of Valar in the face of inevitable defeat?
Under this kind of thinking, many soldiers ran directly under the city wall, wanting to become deserters.
However, the leaders of the troops were also close associates of the Duke of Vallar, and they quickly got up to prevent the soldiers from escaping, and under the threat of the long sword, the trend of the soldiers' rout finally stabilized temporarily.
The Duke of Vallar breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could react, a mutation occurred.
Arthur could see the situation on the wall below, and it was really beyond his expectations that this shout could have such power.
He hurriedly ordered the Denlenburg archers on the well to shoot quickly.
The archers, who had received the order, took their bows and shot arrows, pouring out the arrows in their hands.
With a sharp sound of breaking the air, four hundred arrows flew from the well to the top of the city wall, giving another wave of psychological blows to the defenders who had stabilized a little.
The swishing sound that filled their ears filled their hearts with panic, and they suddenly fled in all directions again, which had been quiet.
Some people even took advantage of the chaos to flee the city wall directly, and the panicked defenders even trampled and pushed, and fell off the city wall and were trampled to death from time to time.
The blow of the arrows was mainly a morale blow to the defenders, and due to the presence of the battlements, the casualties caused by the arrows to the defenders were only thirty or forty.
But the number of defenders who died at the feet of their own men amounted to almost a hundred.
The archers kept firing, and the situation on the walls was extremely chaotic, and several knights, who were still loyal to the Duke of Vallar, tightly protected him and forcibly pulled him off the dangerous walls.
Arthur couldn't help but be overjoyed when he looked at the chaos on the city wall, and said to Gawain, who had returned to his side: Gawain, give me orders immediately! The Red Dragon Guards climbed the city wall through the well and quickly took down the city wall for me! ”
In this way, while the archers kept shooting, the Red Dragon Guards quickly formed a small formation and rushed to the well, and then climbed the city wall through the planks on the well in an orderly manner.
As soon as the defenders, who had no intention of fighting, saw the Red Dragon Guards coming up, they immediately retreated a few steps, and then gathered and put down their weapons and knelt on the ground.
The Red Dragon Guards were like gods descending from the heavens, and there was no resistance wherever they went, and all the defenders knelt on the ground in submission.
In this way, the Red Dragon Guards did not even kill a single person, and advanced to the city gate, and after opening the gate, more soldiers poured in.
The soldiers quickly entered the castle and moved forward in an orderly manner, and the inhabitants of the city closed their doors one after another, fearing that the soldiers would not be good for them.
Although they knew that this was the Hero King's troops, they were not sure if these soldiers would be uncommitted, after all, they had learned from the refugees that too many castles had been breached and the inhabitants had been slaughtered.
As Arthur's soldiers advanced, the road was lined with deserters kneeling down their arms, and the soldiers ignored them, and their next goal was the main fort of the palace.
The residents who stayed at home, listening to the orderly and neat footsteps outside, couldn't help but be a little surprised, some children secretly looked out from the crack in the door, what they saw was not some fierce butcher soldiers, but the army of the king, neat and tidy, sturdy, beautiful shape.
Even when they spotted the peeking children, they were innocent, and after smiling kindly, they continued to push forward, and they wanted to conquer this last obstacle to his great cause for the sake of their master, Arthur.
Finally, they came to the door of the main castle of the palace, a huge wooden gate three meters high that proclaimed the grandeur of the palace and the difficulty of conquering it.