Section 79: For Honor
Locke's sergeants raised their shields, which were made of balsa wood and could withstand crossbows from the walls, and they were protected by iron helmets and leather armor in addition to their shields, so they were the backbone of the army except for a small number of knights on the battlefield.
"Defend, pay attention to defense, push, push." The sergeants, under the orders of the knights, formed a dense square formation and pushed the serfs crowded under the city walls out of the way, so as to make a way for them to advance.
Bruce, who was on the city wall, looked at the soldiers who were gradually approaching the city, his brow furrowed, if these soldiers with sharp spears and swords were squeezed onto the city wall, then I am afraid that the concrete walls of Grington would turn into a bloody battle.
"Fuck off, you cannon fodder." The sturdy sergeants advanced to the ladder, grabbed the serfs who were struggling to climb up, and threw them aside, and then the sergeants held their shields above their heads with one hand and slowly climbed up the ladder with the other.
"Hurry up, hurry up, and kill the guys on the walls." The red-haired knight said with an urn from his helmet, and he stood beside the sergeants shouting encouragement, and the shield-wielding attendant beside him raised his shield to protect his master.
"Whoosh~~, jingle bell." Suddenly, an arrow flew out of the arrow tower and shot at the red-haired knight with precision, the knight in the white smock was indeed particularly conspicuous, the arrow hit the knight's head, but was bounced aside after hitting the sleek helmet.
"Tsk." Eve frowned and smacked her mouth, her archery skills were flawless, but it was a pity that the bow and arrows in her hand were not powerful, and she was powerless in the face of the heavily armed knight.
"Don't be discouraged." Bruce walked into the tower at this time, and when he saw this, he patted Eve on the shoulder and said to her.
"Thirty-four." Eve looked at him and said.
"What, thirty-four." Bruce was stunned for a moment, he had only killed less than ten with his crossbow now, but Eve had already killed thirty-four, which made him a little angry.
Bruce didn't say anything more, he pointed to the rolling logs stacked in the tower, let the two Glinton soldiers lift up, and then led the soldiers to the city wall, by this time there were already serfs and sergeants on the wall, and Danny Shield Splitter brandished his axe and led the spear and pestle men to kill them, trying to drive them off the wall.
"Ping~~." The muffled sound of metal colliding on the wooden shield, the spear and pestle soldiers swung their weapons and smashed at the shield-wielding sergeant, although the wooden shield could defend against arrows and sword slashes, but it was a little helpless in the face of blunt weapons, and was struck on the shield by the spear and pestle, making the shield-holding forearms of the sergeants be shocked in unbearable pain.
As soon as the shield in the sergeant's hand left the protected area slightly, the spear and pestle soldiers immediately turned into thorns, and the sharp iron needle at the tip of the pestle instantly pierced the sergeant's throat, only to hear a snort, blood spurted out of the sergeant's throat with a hole, and then the stabbed sergeant fell limp from the wall into the wall.
"Quick, move the logs here." Bruce led the soldiers carrying the log to the wall, and on a section of the wall cleared by Danny and the spear pestlemen, the two soldiers struggled to lift the log onto the battlements.
At this time, the red-haired knight who had been urging the sergeants to attack the city below had not yet noticed it, but the shield-wielding attendant who was responsible for protecting the knight's safety raised his head and saw the rolling log, and he hurriedly pulled the red-haired knight's blouse hard.
"What are you doing, stupid?" The red-haired knight, who was directing the battle, turned angrily to look at his squire, and if there was no credible reason, the red-haired knight would definitely give him a few slaps.
"Sir, look, what's that?" The shield-wielding squire looked up at the wall and said to the red-haired knight.
"What?" The red-haired knight looked up and saw a log appear on the strange wall, and he was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted loudly, "It's a rolling log, damn it, it's a rolling log." ”
At the moment when the red-haired knight gave a warning, Greenton's soldiers pushed hard, and the log fell from the city wall, and the serfs and sergeants under the city wall did not react, only to hear a roar followed by Pemba's terrible voice, and one after another screams.
The log first hit the serf crowd, then bounced up, straight up and fell, because the lord's house was on the hill, and the log rolled down the hillside, crushing many people who could not dodge along the way, blood, broken limbs, and wounded wailing, and immediately turned the city wall of Glynton into a miserable state of hell, and several serfs who were directly crushed under the wall were completely dehumanized.
"Uh~~." Looking at this purgatory-like scene, the sergeant who was lucky enough to escape couldn't adapt to this tragic scene at once, and couldn't help but vomit.
"Lord God is above, this, what's going on?" James, who was watching the game from a distance, only felt a cold sweat running down his spine, he never imagined that such a terrible war would occur when attacking a small village.
The red-haired sir and his shield-wielding attendants clinged to the walls, but the screams in front of the ladder made them thank the gods for their luck, and the heavy rolling log hit not only the serfs and sergeants, but even the knights in full armor would die.
"This bastard, why is there such a thing, this is a cruel and dishonorable act?" The red-haired knight gasped, his breath from his mouth and nose staining the inside of his helmet with water, and he didn't expect to encounter a defensive weapon like a rolling log here.
Bruce didn't care about any honor, he now had to defend himself against the enemy's attack by all means, to protect his territory, and the rolling logs that had been stored under his command went up the wall again, and when the rolling logs were thrown, he was lucky enough to hit a ladder and smashed the wooden ladder into three, and the sergeants who were climbing on the ladder were thrown down from mid-air, and many serfs and sergeants were also smashed.
"Whew, forty." Bruce wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled at Eve as he walked past her in the tower.
"Does that count?" Eve immediately raised an eyebrow and glared at Bruce as she questioned him.
"Of course." Bruce whistled brazenly, ignoring the angry Eve, and immediately ordered the soldiers to continue to use rolling logs against the sergeants who tried to climb the wall.
"Woo, woo, woo~~." Just as the two sides were fighting fiercely around the city wall, they suddenly heard the sound of horns from the direction of Locke's army, and when they heard this sound, Locke's serfs couldn't wait to throw down their weapons and flee backwards, while the sergeants changed their formations to the front, slowly retreating while defending their crossbows with shields, and the knights broke away from the city wall under the protection of their squires.
"They retreated, they retreated." Looking at the Locke soldiers fleeing in disarray, the Grinton people on the city wall could not believe their eyes, the enemy was two or three times as many as them, and it was the soldiers of Baron Locke from the large estate, and their group of serfs actually defeated the army led by the knights.
"Oooo But after a brief silence, cheers rang out from Glinton's walls, and Glinton's soldiers hugged each other and shouted loudly, even Danny Shield couldn't help but smile.
"Bruce, we seem to have won." Eve carried her bow, and there were few arrows left in her quiver, four hours had passed since the battle of the city, and in the short space of four hours, the corpses of the Locke serfs were piled under the concrete walls of Glinton.
"Not yet, they outnumber us, and this is just the beginning." Bruce shook his head, he smiled bitterly, they are obviously members of the same family, but they have to fight each other so fiercely, what is this for? Thinking of this, Bruce's heart was a little annoyed, and he couldn't help but look in the direction of James, it was the result of this damn brother's arbitrary actions that caused so many people to be killed and injured.
Sure enough, as Bruce said, James asked the soldiers to retreat in order to maintain their strength and plan more closely with his knights, but he didn't expect a trial battle to become so bloody.
"Tell me, how are you responsible?" James slammed his fist into the tree next to him, and he stared at the embarrassed knights of the clan and questioned them.
"I'm sorry Lord Baron, but we were negligent, and we didn't expect the fortress of a small village to be so well defended." The red-haired knight bowed his head first, his helmet removed and clamped into the crunch, and apologized to James.
"Fortress, this is just a country lord's wooden village, you actually say he is a fortress?" James's angry voice couldn't help but rise, and he strenuously denied that Bruce's concrete walls were fortresses, a means of trying to belittle Bruce, although it was of little use.
"Wooden village? The main god is above, if this is a wooden stockade, then what is the castle of the other lords? The knights muttered, they had seen it themselves under the walls, and the stones and the gray rough walls of unknown ones were so strong that even the swords could only enter an inch.
"Lord Baron, I have thought about it, today we will rest, tomorrow we will have the serfs and sergeants concentrate on attacking the southern section of the wall, and I will gather the knights and squires, and we will attack the wall from the back." The red-haired knight thought for a moment and said to James.
"Yes, okay." James listened and nodded, this method of striking east and west is very good, when Bruce's men defend the south, the north will definitely be empty, and the elite knights and squires can take the opportunity to attack the city wall, as long as the city gate is opened, Locke's soldiers can enter the city.
"In the glory of the knights, we must wash away the shame of today's defeat." The red-haired knight drew his sword and thrust it in front of him and said loudly.
"For the sake of honor~~." The Locke Knights drew their swords and stuck them next to the red-haired Knight's sword.