Chapter 469: Escape
Just as the army was preparing to attack the city, Charlemagne and his troops also arrived eighty kilometers outside the Norweed capital.
He learned from the Norwidian people captured along the way that the Jihadist army had won a great victory and was approaching the Norwidian capital, so Charlemagne hurried to the capital.
Under the capital, a hundred trebuchets kept throwing stones above the city walls, which made the already low morale of the Norweed warriors even more depressed.
The roar of stones on the walls and the shaking of the ground made them lean their heads against the battlements, and some soldiers with poor psychological quality completely collapsed in this round of bombardment.
They ran around the city walls shouting and screaming, and occasionally many people were hit by the bull's-eye by the stones thrown up, and the fate was predictable.
The torn corpses flew apart like this, and even some minced flesh flew to the warriors next to them.
Although there are not many soldiers who die like this, none of the dead soldiers are a huge blow to the hearts of other soldiers, and this way of dying is really unacceptable.
The whole person was hit by a stone, and it was shattered alive! Pieces of minced meat were everywhere, and there was a lump of non-human-shaped meat on the ground, mixed with fragments of colorful internal organs, which looked quite terrifying.
The Norweed warriors on the city walls silently bear the pressure of the enemy outside, and the string in their hearts will break at any time.
The bombardment lasted all morning, and the trebuchets fell apart a lot under such high-intensity combat, and at this time, the well guards were also in place.
As the strongest long-range marksman in the Holy War Army, William's crossbowmen and archers naturally made it to the top of the well.
"Whoosh!"
The sound of arrows being fired sounded, and not only the Denlenburg archers began to shoot, but also the more than 20,000 archers in the Jihad Army were all on the wells, with an average of more than 200 shooters on each well.
They kept firing at the enemy, each shot was a volley of 20,000 arrows, and the defenders of the city were no more than 5,000.
After the blows of trebuchets and archers, the situation is worrying, even with the protection of the battlements.
These rounds of projectiles directly caused the enemy to lose more than 2,000 men, and this was because the enemy hid under the battlements with his head shrunk.
If it is the same as the Holy Cult world, there are a large number of archers after the defense of the city, I am afraid that just this round of shooting can make the enemy's archers reimburse.
Under such indiscriminate bombardment, the enemy was pressed and couldn't raise his head, and William looked at the battle situation in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a little eager to try.
Anyway, the enemy's morale has been completely demoralized, and the losses are heavy, and he asked the soldiers to attack the city, and it is estimated that there will not be too many casualties.
What's more, as the final battle of the Holy War, this is quite important, if William breaches this castle, then it is very likely that he will be given titles such as Norwedian Terminator, Barbarian Killer, or Sword of the Holy Father, which will have a great effect on his Saint King promotion.
The medieval aristocracy had many motives for waging war, and in addition to hatred and profit, prestige was also a relatively important factor.
Why do the nobles who are marked by the king fight desperately, it is not for prestige and spoils, you know, even if you make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, as long as it is not the kind of great feat, you will not be promoted to the rank of knight, and the reward of the territory will be given.
Prestige and feudal appreciation are easier to obtain, so prestige is also very useful.
William saw that the other nobles were also eager to try, and he knew that he could not wait any longer, otherwise the credit would be snatched away by others.
William rode up to King Leonac on his horse and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to take my troops to conquer this castle!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the other nobles who were interested in this merit looked at William, but in the end, due to William's strength, they still didn't say anything.
As for King Hechard, who had opposed William before, he did not come out against him, after all, he had died in the icy waters, and even his body was missing.
Who cares about the young king of this weak country? In that case, as long as they were loyal in the ice lake, anyone could die, so after a burst of disguised surprise and regret, no one paid attention to this matter.
But William, who has done a lot of acting, he looked very sad in those days, and even now, there is still a touch of sadness on his face.
King Leonac saw the reaction of the other nobles, then nodded and agreed to William's request to fight, he said: Be careful, don't underestimate the counterattack of the Norvidians! ”
In this way, William led his troops to the vicinity of the well, and the Denlenburg infantry began to climb slowly upwards behind the heavy infantry.
There were also attacks by the Holy Cruins in other directions, but they were all to disperse their forces, and only William was the main attack location.
With heavy steps, the Denlenburg infantry slowly climbed their hooves to the entrance to the planks of the well, and the soldiers below pushed the planks forward so that the planks rested against the enemy's walls.
There was a loud bang, and all the planks were erected above the enemy's walls.
The arrows stopped at this moment, and the piercing sound of breaking the air finally disappeared into the ears of the Norweeds, who quickly fell into despair again except for the surprise at the beginning.
The sound of heavy footsteps reached the ears of the Norvid warriors, who rose from under the battlements, and were greeted by a large group of heavily armored enemies in black oppression, who looked so majestic that the footsteps seemed to trample on their hearts with every step.
Especially the soldiers at the front, they looked tall and mighty, and the momentum on their bodies made these low-morale Norvid warriors a little afraid.
One by one, they fell to the wall, and not even a single Norvid warrior dared to stop them, so much so that they jumped on the wall one by one.
In this way, everywhere the Denlenburg army went, the enemy broke and fled, and they pushed forward and advanced again with great force, and in a short time the Denlenburg army took control of the entire city wall of the capital.
At this time, the inhabitants of Norweed also began to be confused, they knew that the enemy had begun to attack the city, and some people also saw the Denlenburg army advancing on the city walls, and under the threat of their lives, they opened the city gates and began to flee in all directions.
And King Lagunar, who originally planned to die for his country, changed his mind at this time, and his desire for life made him not want to die here.
Therefore, he asked his servants to disguise themselves, and in a hurry, he fled out of the palace, and ran out of the castle with a few guards.
A generation of heroes Lagunar, like a lost dog, didn't even leave the last dignity for himself, and fled in the wilderness.