Chapter 487: The Signing Army and the Sea of Men are Tragic

The stickiness of this fuel, which was soaked in grease, and the water could not extinguish such a fire, and the people on the city walls did not expect that they would cope with such a fire attack, and after the soldiers poured their buckets down a few times, they found that it had no effect at all.

Immediately they shouted and went down to carry the sand, and the timber of the gate and the drawbridge was already soaked in grease, and it had become fuel for flames, and it burned together.

On the one hand, Baron Roganov arranged for the people at the head of the city to condescendingly carry sand and soil to fight the fire, and on the other hand, he mobilized all the inhabitants in the castle, and there they took the masonry and sand to block the entrance to the castle, and if the fire could not be relieved, a second line of defense had to be organized.

Now the barons no longer dare to go out to meet the battle, and in the battle, whether it is the Russian soldiers defending the city or the Cossack knights who rushed out of the city, the Mongols killed and wounded more than their own casualties, even a ratio of one to ten.

But the death of a hundred people of the Khanate and the death of a Russian warrior mean completely different for Baron Roganov, and if one of his soldiers dies, there will be one less, and the people of the Lost Bil Khanate are like locusts, God knows how many more will come after the death of these.

The army of hot weapons and the barbarians of cold weapons fight to consume, that is really a stupid behavior, of course, Liu 13 of the expeditionary pioneer team has the same idea as him, so the people who drove the people of the Lost Bil Khanate to attack the city did not feel distressed at all, and they were caught dead, and they were not the soldiers of their expeditionary pioneer team.

The fire at the city gate and drawbridge is getting bigger and bigger, and the soldiers stationed on the castle have already given up their efforts to put out the water with water, and they all run to the bottom of the castle tower to fill the sand, and then lift it to the top to drop it to cover the flames, it seems that the third wave of the offensive in the distance will still take a while to complete, so it is not in a hurry, from such a distance, the people above the castle have no way to see who is behind at the back of the formation.

The third team of dead soldiers of the Khanate slowly began to move, their equipment was much better than the previous two, entering the area around Fort Dimitri, the terrain was no longer a large plain, and there were occasional hills and low hills, so there was no shortage of wood, under the guidance of the expeditionary pioneer team, it was more accurate to drive down, cut down trees, and made many simple equipment, which were equipped in this third wave of troops.

A simple shield that can be pushed forward, to put it bluntly, is a big fast sign covered with leather robes and mattresses, and someone behind it is pushing forward, constantly watering on it, this can at least resist the long-distance shooting of arquebuses, and there is a decent siege ladder behind the shield.

The first of the Khanate's dead men to take part in the siege, who began to be used as warlords, followed at the end of the line, armed with sophisticated weapons and carrying strong bows, to ensure that the third wave of siegers did not fear to retreat and attacked at the right time.

There were nearly 2,000 people in this wave, but they didn't dare to make any moves, because behind them, the soldiers of the expeditionary pioneer team lined up in horizontal formations and raised the muskets in their hands, and if anyone wanted to turn back, they would be killed by the firecrackers.

A dozen huge oars and shields in front of them were lined up in staggered columns, and under the shouting of the trumpet, they moved forward slowly, followed by the daredevils with gloomy expressions, and at this moment, there was a cheer from the direction of Fort Dimitri, and the fire at the castle gate and drawbridge had been extinguished.

Although the flames were extinguished, after this fire, the originally thick and strong gate was already burned much weaker, and many places were already blackened and carbonized.

When the shield entered the range of the cannons above the castle, several of the guns of Fort Dimitri roared loudly, covered with thick planks soaked in leather robes and bedding, and there was some effect on resisting the lead shot from the muskets, but they were hit by several pounds of projectiles, as if they were tissue paper.

Unhindered, the planks were shattered one after another, and the people pushing the oars and shields behind were smashed into flesh and blood, but because of the existence of the oars and shields, after the first contact of the lead bullets, there was no jump on the ground, and the ricochet was the most lethal way for this generation of artillery.

Three or four of the oars and shields were shattered by the artillery, and the dead soldiers behind the oars and shields fell down one after another, but the rest of the soldiers still hid behind the cover of the oars and shields, and approached the castle, and the soldiers of Fort Dimitri also knew that the arquebuses would not do anything to such a defense.

Therefore, they all held on to their positions, waiting for the other party to approach, and the three guns on the castle were firing there non-stop.

The so-called non-stop, the artillery of this era also needs a process to shoot shells, such as cleaning the chamber, loading ammunition, etc., and because of the recoil after the gun is fired, it is also necessary to readjust the angle for shooting.

The castle had six guns concentrated in this direction, but except for three guns that could attack from a distance, the rest were small cannons of one pound or less, so the death squads pushing the shields, although they were killed and wounded, kept moving forward.

In the gap between the loading shells, it can even advance faster, and when it is more than a hundred and fifty steps away from the castle, the oars and shields are left on four sides, but the relatively large artillery on the castle is already due to continuous fire, and it must be stopped for a while.

The small cannons also roared, but this kind of killing and wounding did not have any shocking power for the dead soldiers, and the overseers in the back shouted loudly, using the back of the knife, and even using the knife to drive the death squad in front of them to attack the city.

The dead soldiers of the Khanate holding the ladder rushed over the trench to the city wall, at this time the arquebus on the city wall was the first launch, and the crazy running team of the dead soldiers of the Khanate seemed to be smashed with a sledgehammer in front, and suddenly stopped, many people were directly carried to the ground, and the people behind did not care about the life or death of their companions, and continued to rush to the front, the closer to the city wall, the angle of the opponent's artillery was always somewhat limited, and it was impossible to hit down, so there would be greater security.

The musketeers on the castle were almost all over the walls, and the density of the fire was also very high, but their shots must have been fired at the first people who rushed to the city, and before the second round of charges began, the archers under the city also began to shoot arrows at the city.

This time, the Russians had already been on guard, and the archers had just made a gesture of archery, and immediately the musketeers in the second row opened fire one after another.

The dead soldiers under the castle set up the ladder and immediately climbed up with their swords in their mouths, and at this time the castle soldiers close to the battlements either smashed the stone downwards with stones, or the spears stabbed downwards, and the reservists in the castle were already holding their swords in their hands and ready to start hand-to-hand combat.

At this time, Baron Roganov did not conduct a first-line command on the top of the city wall, but in the open space in the castle, on the one hand, he sent troops to arrange defenses, and on the other hand, he sent people to rush out through the small gate in the back, although before the arrival of the brigade outside the city, he had already sent a messenger for help, but he was worried that this messenger might have died in the middle of the road. Up to now, Baron Roganov still felt a little lucky, because the opponent's offensive was only concentrated on one side of the castle, and if it was attacked from several directions, he was afraid that his own troop mobilization would be overstretched, and at that time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Compared with the semi-professional soldiers, the herdsmen are still far behind, and the besieging people have more equipment and better weapons than the two groups of people, but there are no people who have climbed the city, and the ladder has either been overturned, or when they climbed near the city, they were poked down by people's spears.

The life of the Russian soldiers above the city is not easy, the battle is close to the hand, their armor and their strength are of course a great advantage, but the biggest weapon advantage is that the firearms are almost neutralized, the soldiers on the front line must lean out and fight with the people below, and the soldiers with muskets in the back cannot be inserted into the front at all.

After all, the dead soldiers of the Khanate were far outnumbered, and there were many archers who kept shooting arrows from under the city walls, and if they were not careful, they would be killed by these tricky arrows.

The first wave of siege soldiers and the second wave of dead soldiers who were rotated down are also taking action now, this time the mission is not to siege the city, they take the firewood soaked in firewood and grass wrapped in leather robes, run towards the city gate, and when they get to the city gate, they drop the package, and then turn back and repeat this process.

The people above knew that they were still going to burn down the city gates and drawbridges, but at this time they had no energy to scruple about, and this process did not last long, and there was enough firewood and fuel piled up below, and it was the same method as the last time, and the big bow shot rockets on top of the fuel pile.

The fire, which had just been extinguished, began to burn again, and this time the firewood and grease were extremely abundant, and the entire drawbridge and city gate were completely on fire.

After the first two groups of dead soldiers were issued weapons, they were coerced back and participated in the tragic siege battle, and the Russian soldiers at the head of the city had no time to rest, but could only continue to fight.

The sky gradually darkened, and Liu Shisan, who had been silent on horseback, suddenly began to give orders loudly:

"Five hundred cavalry go around the back of this fortress, and you can't let them escape!"

"Artillery and troops move forward, prepare to storm the city!"

For Liu Shisan, the siege battle was just the beginning......