Section 81, the bloody battle of the Glinton City Wall
The flames engulfed the entire castle, thick black smoke rose into the sky, and the serfs ransacked the castle and burned it down on the orders of the white knights, and the count's head was stuck in a pointed stake, and his open mouth silently told what had happened to him.
"Why burn down the castle?" Carlos frowned, he looked at the burned castle and shook his head, Count Weimaska's castle was made of stone, which was the best choice if it was used as a stronghold, but the White Knight insisted on burning the castle.
"This is the border of the Empire, the frontier marquis will soon find out, and if they mobilize an army, we will be besieged in the castle." The White Knight explained to Carlos on his horse, and then he added, "Moreover, I am the true ruler of the Empire, and I must convey the news of the return of the White King's successor in the most effective way, and there is nothing more effective than destroying a castle." ”
Carlos sighed, he admitted that the White Knight's statement was very reasonable, although the current royal family of the empire was not as powerful as when the Black King was alive, but the Border Castle was taken away, and it would still attract the attention of the great nobles.
"And what are you going to do with the Earl's family?" Carlos asked, and while taking the entire castle, he captured the wife and three daughters of Count Wimasca, while the count's son escaped unexpectedly.
"Take it away! We need a ransom. The White Knight commanded Carlos.
"Got it, so where do we go next?" Carlos agrees with the idea, and although they have received aid from foreign powers, war is like a bottomless pit monster that devours money, and it is always good to accumulate more money.
"Let's recruit more mercenaries and liberate more serfs." The White Knight turned his horse's head and walked slowly towards the mountain path from which he had come, and beside him an army of serfs with torches and pitchforks meandered to follow.
Just as the White Knight and his army were leaving the burned castle, a pair of blue eyes watched in the dense forest on the mountain, and when the back of the last serf disappeared, a man covered in thorns came out of the bushes, he staggered and looked like he had suffered a lot, and his body was dirty, except for a sharp sword hanging from his waist to reveal his identity.
"Oh, father." The man came to the burned castle, and when he saw the count's head stuck in the pointed stake, he fell to his knees and began to weep.
There was a dripping rain in the sky, but instead of extinguishing the burning castle, the black smoke became thicker and the ground became wet and muddy.
"Jingle bell, ding bell." The rain made a crisp sound on the Iron Helmet, and the red-haired knights waited anxiously with the Locke Knights, who had gathered on the north side of the Grington wall, hidden behind the hills.
"Whoa~~." Fierce fighting could be heard in the distance, and Locke's serfs and sergeants were storming the south side of the wall, and this time, James gave a stern order not to allow them to retreat easily.
"Ah~~." Locke's sergeants raised their heads, the rain hit their faces and blurred their vision, they held their spears in one hand, raised their pointed shields in the other, and constantly shot crossbow arrows from the city walls, and the sound of brushing sounded all around, at this time it rained really bad for the besieging side, the rain made the wooden ladders wet, and the ground became muddy, stepping on them made a gurgling sound, and the rain made Mega Man feel cold to the bones.
"Be careful, Rolling Log." Suddenly there was a shout, Mega Man dodged in horror, the most terrible thing for them was not the crossbow bolt shot by the Glintons, but the wood that rolled down from the city wall, the heavy wood fell from the city wall at some point, and smashed the siege of Mega Man into a meat pie, and the rolling wood that fell down will not stop, and anyone who touches it slightly will be injured, and then they can only wait for death.
"Boom~." The rolling log fell from the wall, and then rolled down the hill, and the Mega people dodged, and over time they also figured out the law, that is, they must not stand still under the wall, or stand stupidly in the path of the rolling log.
"Kill, kill, kill~~." Bruce held a sword in his hand, leading the spear and pestle soldiers to guard the city wall, the Rock people relied on their large numbers, and kept climbing to the city wall, and the Rock serfs also understood that running away was death after James killed several deserters, and attacking the city wall was also death, but at least after their death, their families could continue to cultivate the land of Locke Manor, so they also jumped up from the city wall desperately, and threw the spear and pestle soldiers who blocked them down and rolled together.
"Damn bastards." Danny lifted the tomahawk in his hand and split the spine of a serf who had fallen down with a spear and pestleman, blood and howls resounded through the walls, but there was no mercy on both sides at this time, and when the first person was killed, Bruce was still a little nauseous, but now he was numb.
"Poof." Bruce saw a serf coming in from the city wall, he immediately stabbed the sword into his chest, and then quickly pulled out the sword, and slashed the other serf's cheek, watching the blood gush out of the serf's body, Bruce's whole hand was dyed red, and the hand holding the sword became slippery and greasy.
"Whew, whew, whew." After slaughtering several serfs in a row, Bruce felt like fire burning in his lungs with every breath he took in, and he shook his head vigorously to keep himself awake.
"Stone them, stone them to death." Bruce commanded the soldiers in a hoarse voice.
There were also some stones piled up in the arrow tower, which Bruce had originally prepared for the enemy's siege, and the old and wounded Grinton soldiers immediately brought stones and threw them downward, even though the Locke soldiers had shields to protect them, but the heavy stones hit them would immediately break their skin.
"I, we're running out of food, send a signal to the lords." Sergeant Locke felt the pressure, and after several hours of continuous siege, the sergeants were killed or wounded by a third, and the morale and will to fight continued to decrease, and if there were no reinforcements, I am afraid that the serfs and sergeants would be defeated.
"Woo~~." A sergeant major, wearing a tower-shaped iron helmet with blood on his face, hurriedly took out a bull's horn and puffed out his cheeks and blew violently, and a dull horn sounded.
"It's the signal, the signal is finally here." The red-haired knights and the others, who had been waiting for a long time, heard the sound of the horn, and their faces were suddenly happy, and the knights abandoned their horses and walked, putting their helmets on top of their heads, and the three knights also carried a heavy wooden ladder, and they slowly walked towards the north side of the city wall.
The red-haired knight looked at the swaying road through the gap in his helmet, the muddy road was also difficult for the heavily armored knights, he could hear his own breathing, but Jazz's heart was uncontrollable joy, the attention of the Gringtons was all drawn to the southern wall, the northern wall was very little defended, as long as he seized the opportunity, he could conquer this damn wall.