Chapter 249: The Defender of the Counterattack

The brave Saxon soldiers shouted loudly, and the squad with ladders on their shoulders quickly rushed through the air in front of the city walls, stepped on the moat with thick ice, and erected the wide and heavy ladders on the walls.

Nearly two hundred ladders were erected on the city wall, and the Saxon cavalry who followed closely behind were crazy and frightened to step on the steps, holding a round shield in their hands to cover their bodies and resist the attacks of falling rocks and arrows from above.

In comparison, the number of Saxon soldiers was a little smaller than the last attack on the wall, but the number of guards who were also on the side of the city was also drastically reduced, so the attack was much more fierce than the last time.

The eight hundred soldiers of the city guard team were spread out evenly, and there were only four people defending each ladder, which suddenly seemed a little stretched.

At the same time, two huge siege towers also drove in front of the city wall, and the hinges turned, and the heavy plate bridge fell down and rested on the city wall.

A large number of Saxon soldiers gathered under each siege tower, and this time they made up their minds to use the siege tower to open a breach, from which they could ascend the walls of Lyber, and use them as anchors to allow more soldiers to use the ladder to climb the walls.

When the Saxon army entered the city, the battle could be declared over.

Farther away, Tariq led his own guards to the rear of the battlefield not far away, looking at the wall that was not tall with gloomy eyes, and his face was very ugly.

As he walked along, he saw that the roads on both sides were full of the corpses of their Saxon soldiers, while the corpses of the guards were very few.

Just a cursory glance, you can see that the battle damage ratio has reached a very alarming level, he only knew that Eugen's troops used muskets, but he did not expect this musket to have such terrible lethality.

This loss was so heavy that even Tariq felt a little unbearable, and the hatred for Eugen in his heart became stronger and stronger.

Standing next to Tariq, Izzat didn't feel much about this, he was more curious about the secret of Eugen's musket, they had listened to the roar of Eugen's musket team, and thought that the other party had a musket brigade of 1,000 men.

But it was shocking to learn that such a terrible momentum was actually created by a musket team of only a hundred people, and at this moment, Izzat had already thought about how powerful it would be if he could assemble such a musket team.

Like Tariq, although the battle was not going well, neither of them believed that their side would be defeated, and they even felt that attacking near the city walls meant that the war was about to end.

After all, with the huge numerical advantage, the time to break through the city wall will be greatly shortened, and in the current situation, it will take another half an hour at most, and the city of Lebor will be completely breached.

Thinking of this, Izzat's heart was already quite hot, after the city was broken, it meant that he could see those two beauties again, and it was this incident that made him get up from the big bed in the military tent and come to the front line to watch the battle, regardless of the exhaustion of his body.

In a normal siege battle, things might have turned out the way Izzat and the others thought, but here, things were a little different.

As soon as the long plank bridge of the siege tower was built on the city wall, the Saxon soldiers had not yet begun to attack, and the guards on the city wall actually counterattacked.

The two teams had been waiting for the shield-wielding infantry near the board wall to climb out of the wall, and stepped on the board wall to kill the siege tower, and the Saxon soldiers did not expect such a situation, and for a while they were a little too late to react.

Tariq, who was watching the battle from the rear, saw this scene, and laughed even more, and said while laughing: "Hahaha, what kind of commander would do such a brainless thing, in the face of the attack of a powerful enemy, they actually dared to take the initiative to attack, it was because they were impatient." ”

Izat also showed a sneer on his face, although he did not have the same hatred for Eugen as Tariq, he also had a lot of resentment, and this resentment mainly came from the two women around Eugen.

"Hmph, why is that Eugen, he can have two beauties like that by his side, I think he is using his brain to pick up girls, hehe, but soon, those two beauties will become my people." Izzat said with a smirk in his heart.

Both of them had varying degrees of contempt for Eugen in their hearts, and because of this, they did not react in time to what the purpose of Eugen's counteroffensive was intended.

On the highest tower of the city wall, Eugen stood by the city wall, looking at a city wall in the lower right, his face was very calm, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Looking into Eugen's line of sight, one could see a ragged soldier in the defensive area on the right side of the wall, holding a steel sword in both hands, fighting two Saxon soldiers who had reached the top of the city.

Although this soldier's equipment is rudimentary, his combat effectiveness is quite good, in this short period of time he has killed three enemies, and his achievements are remarkable, but correspondingly, there is also a narrow wound on the right side of his body, and the red blood stains soaked the cloth, making his movements a little sluggish, and the situation looks very dangerous.

The thing that was on Eugen's mind was that this soldier ---- Corleone.

From his follower, protection, to later betrayal, and battle, the various karmic changes in between may seem very abrupt, but if you think about it deeply, you will find that everything is not without warning.

What Eugen has to do at this moment is to sort out the ins and outs of this matter, objectively speaking, although Corleone betrayed him, he is not without fault for doing things.

It is only through constant reflection that these faults are identified that the same situation can be avoided in the future.

As for the current battlefield, Eugen didn't pay too much attention to it, because he had already arranged the countermeasure, and if nothing else, it would not be difficult to defend the city walls.

Even if something happens in the end, he still has a backup at his disposal.

Rumble! Rumble!

At this moment, two loud explosions woke Eugen from his deep thoughts, and he looked in the direction from which the sound came, and a smile of relief immediately appeared on his face.

I saw that the two violent explosions occurred near the two siege towers, which were made by the soldiers of the city guards who counterattacked along the bridge.

The bracket of the siege tower itself is extremely thick, and even if the powder keg is piled up underneath and detonated, it will not cause much damage to the siege tower itself, and even if it is blown out of position, the enemy can quickly return to service after a simple adjustment.

However, no offensive is unsolvable, just like the siege tower itself, which has an extremely fatal weakness.