Chapter 305: The Power of the Spear
Condescendingly, the power of the arrows was multiplied, mixed with the rain, like a stinger that accurately found the chest of a Prussian soldier.
Burst!
An arrow passed through, and the body of the Prussian cannon fodder who was charging suddenly stopped, and his eyes widened and looked down at his chest, with an unbelievable look on his face.
Then, a mouthful of blood spurted out from the corner of his mouth, and he fell directly to the ground, without moving.
His comrades, who were carrying the same ladder as him, didn't bother with him, and as they passed by, they kicked away the corpses that were blocking the way of the charge, and continued to rush forward.
This is war, on the battlefield, there is no emotion.
Every five people carry a ladder, the ladder is not so heavy, generally three people are enough to lift and run, the reason why five people are allocated is to prevent anyone from falling on the way to the charge, and then slow down the overall rhythm of the charge.
Sometimes, by chance, all five soldiers in a group were shot, and they were replaced by the soldiers who charged in the rear, while carrying two ladders and continuing to rush forward.
Five people can also carry two ladders together.
When the cannon fodder troops rushed to a position of about 100 meters, General Ike continued to order: "Spearman, fire!" ”
Compared to bows and arrows, the sound of throwing spears is louder and more muffled, and one can feel the power attached to them from the sound alone.
An inch thick, a meter long throwing spear shot straight towards those Prussian cannon fodder, the soldiers on the city wall had not been trained to use the throwing spear, and the attack at the moment was all shot by feeling.
Therefore, there was no accuracy in speaking, some of the spears were thrown too close and pierced the ground in front of the Prussian soldiers, while others missed both sides, and only a few were lucky enough to hit the Prussian soldiers in the charge.
The force would often push the soldiers back two steps before they fell to the ground, and if they were shot in the head, the iron tip would make a fist-sized hole in their face, and the real mother would not be recognizable when she came.
Some soldiers were shot in the limbs, and the blood immediately overflowed, and under the washing of the rain, the blood at the wound could not be stopped at all, and a large amount of blood would be lost every minute and every second.
When the cannon fodder at the front rushed to the foot of the Vienna city wall, the regular Prussian sword and shield infantry phalanx in the rear just crossed the 300-meter limit, and these infantry did not have to rush to those cannon fodder as deadly, but immediately gathered together with each other, intertwined the shields in their hands and put them on their heads, and steadily approached the Vienna city wall.
This formation is very conducive to defense, and it is difficult for the bow and arrow to shoot through the shield to the soldiers hiding below, but the view of the soldiers who are also gathered will be hindered, and the advance can only rely on the soldiers in the front row as a guide, and in this muddy and rainy day, the advance speed will be slowed down immediately.
One by one, the infantry shield arrays crossed the three-hundred-meter limit towards the city walls, and General Ike did not let the archers attack them, but ordered to concentrate on the cannon fodder troops that had already rushed over.
Some brave cannon fodder had already erected the ladder between the moat and the city wall, and were climbing up quickly along the ladder, holding a bright steel knife in their hands, and a wolf-like fierce gaze in their eyes.
At this distance, the spearman can achieve a single shot with little aim, but in siege warfare, these old-fashioned weapons exert unexpected power.
Cannon fodder is often shot with spears halfway through, screaming and falling into the rushing moat below, where they are swallowed up in the blink of an eye.
With such a moat, the defensive capacity of the Vienna city walls was greatly improved, which greatly limited the enemy's attack.
The end of the ladder was on the embankment of the moat, and the two cannon fodder remained below to maintain stability, while the other end was propped up on the city wall, with a drop of about half a meter from the battlements.
Prussian soldiers climbed to the top of the ladder and could climb the city wall with a single hand, and the end of the ladder and the battlements of the city wall were separated by some gaps, which also prevented the defenders from shaking the ladder and causing the center of gravity to be unstable.
Behind the sword and shield infantry, the giant siege vehicles that had appeared in the siege of Lebor also appeared here, and five siege vehicles lined up, under the cover of the sword and shield infantry phalanx, slowly approached the walls of Vienna.
Due to the rainy weather, the defenders were unable to repeat the way they dealt with these siege engines in the siege of Leber, which was a big loss.
The siege chariots of the Prussian regiment on this side came into play, and the Saxon regiment on the other side blew the horn of the attack.
Unlike the Prussian legions, Duke Billund's troops did not have the style of steady and steady fighting, and at the beginning of the prologue, he pushed the battle directly to a climax.
Two Saxon horsemen mounted their horses and charged the walls of Vienna.
Riding on a horse to storm the city wall is a crazy move, they can't just want the war horse to fly, fly directly to the city wall.
Duke Billund, of course, was not insane, so their cavalry also brought ladders for siege, and a whole thousand.
Every third cavalry carried a ladder, and the first wave of 3,000 cavalry lined up like a tidal wave towards the walls of Vienna.
As soon as this scene appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of General Ike, and he immediately ordered the four thousand reservists guarding the center to rush to the western wall.
"Damn it, these Saxon barbarians, are they crazy!" After giving the order, General Ike said angrily.
These Saxon cavalry from the north, the two armies on the plain fought fiercely, but they did not expect that when attacking the city, they also continued this style.
The Saxon cavalry quickly crossed the three-hundred-meter boundary, and as soon as the archers of the defending city on the city walls launched a wave of attacks, they rushed almost half the distance.
In order to carry the ladder, these cavalrymen even directly gave up their shields and used their own flesh to face the oncoming rain of arrows.
The Saxon cavalry team fell suddenly, but more people had rushed to a distance of about fifty meters in front of the city wall, and when they reached this distance, all the cavalry immediately jumped off their horses, and then continued to run towards the Vienna city wall without stopping.
Without the control of their masters, the horses continued to run forward, each of them blindfolded, unable to see clearly in front of them, and the sound of rain and shouts drowned out the sound of the river gushing, even the horses could not distinguish it.
"These madmen ......" Kyiros, who was a comrade-in-arms, also scolded in surprise when he saw this scene.
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