Chapter 181: Capture the City (Part II)
William drew his sword, drove his horse to trot, rushed to the leader of the guard, and killed him with a single sword.
The blood spilled from the ground in a panic among all the guards, and the peaceful Laughlinburg had no enemies, so they had not experienced any fighting, except for policing and arresting prisoners.
Where is such a murderous and bloody scene that they can accept, they have begun to waver.
As for the other caravans, seeing that such a thing happened, there was not much confusion, after all, they were merchants who traveled all year round, and there were definitely a lot of bandits and robbers encountered, and battles were commonplace.
Those who entered the castle sped up and rushed inside, while those who did not have time to enter the castle scattered in other directions, for fear that the battle would affect them.
"Damn, what the hell is going on here?" The caravan leaders asked questions.
Seeing William's move, the Manders infantry also rushed towards the group of guards with great momentum.
The morale of the guards was greatly damaged by the death of the leader, and they did not dare to resist in the face of the murderous Manders infantry.
They all dropped their weapons and began to flee in all directions.
The guards on the city walls also noticed the anomaly here, and although they didn't get any clear information, the strange movements of the merchants made them start to be on the alert.
The city gate gate was lowered as soon as possible.
"Wait, Baron William should be in control of the city gate, and if the gate is opened, we must rush in immediately, understand?"
The Count said to the knights, who were on their horses, heavily armed.
The knights held three-meter riding spears in their hands, and the horses under their crotches kept snorting, and they were irritable with their front feet.
"Understood!" The knights shouted in unison.
Seeing that this group of guards broke up, William didn't care about them, now they must have been discovered by the defenders in the city, and the top priority now is to go to the city wall to control the opening and closing of the city gate.
If the gates could not be opened, the knights from outside the city would not be able to enter the castle, and if they could not enter the castle, they would be trapped in the castle.
William jumped off his horse, grasped the sword tightly in his hand, and said to the soldiers, "Follow me!" ”
William was familiar with the structure of this castle, and the stairs to the city walls were generally a few dozen meters to the left and right of the city gate.
Sure enough, looking to the right, a staircase appeared in front of them.
"Soldiers! Rush up the walls with me! If we fail, we'll all die here, but if we survive, five silver coins each! ”
William said loudly to the soldiers that nothing could compare to the allure of money, and that William was accustomed to using money to open the way.
The morale-boosting soldiers followed in William's footsteps, and the citizens of the area fled early, fearing that they would be harmed.
There was a lot of noise in the streets, and only William rushed to the city wall with a group of soldiers.
Dozens of soldiers guarding the city walls listened to the movement and commotion below, and hurriedly looked down.
"Oh damn it, it looks like the enemy has crept in!" One of the soldiers shouted: "The enemy is in!" Get ready for battle! ”
This shout immediately woke up the other guards, who hurriedly fastened their leather armor, picked up their spears from the ground, and put their helmets back on their heads.
"Where's the enemy? Could it be that the Chekels have come to us? ”
The group of guards said with suspicion.
"I don't know, but the enemy has infiltrated the city, they are marching to the walls, and we must prepare for battle now!"
Said the soldier who found William and them.
William also rushed to the city wall at this time, and in the face of dozens of soldiers on the city wall, William was not half timid, and directly rushed to the enemy with the soldiers.
A sword kills the enemy in front of him, William hurriedly rushes to the next enemy, of course, his purpose is not to kill, his goal is to open the gate in the center of the city wall.
William led the way, with Norwin and Urimu at his side, followed by the soldiers.
The enemies on the city walls themselves were not elite soldiers, and of course they could not withstand William's crazy attack, but they were also desperately resisting.
Because they knew that once the gate gate was contributed, then the whole castle could not be saved.
Shouts of slaughter resounded on the city walls, and the inhabitants near the walls hid in their homes and shivered, and such a battle was all too rare in a peaceful city.
Unlike the serfs in other places, who often had to go to the battlefield as conscripts, most of these citizens worked in handicrafts or workshops, and the battlefield was basically never visited, so this situation was manifested.
After fighting all the way, William finally rushed to the control of the city gate, but the enemy did not give up completely, but surrounded William and them.
Looking at them with fierce eyes, although their combat effectiveness is not very good, they still have the determination to fight, because their families are in the castle.
Once the castle falls, their family and friends will definitely not be spared, so even if they are a little timid, they still do not back down.
The Manders infantry confronted the enemy, led by Nowen and Hurim, who had already lost six of them in the battle, and there were only a dozen of them left.
Although the two sides were facing each other, neither side dared to act rashly, after all, there were only more than 20 people left in the guards, and if they really fought, it was not necessarily the Mandes infantry who suffered.
As long as William and the others don't make any threatening excitement, the guards will not move, they wait for support, there are more than 400 soldiers in the city, as long as they come to support, William's group is not a threat.
William, of course, knew what they were waiting for, and of course it was impossible for them to succeed.
After calling two soldiers, he began to flick the gears that controlled the gate with great force.
The gate gate is connected by a rope, and this gear is the only way to open the gate, and there is no power assist device, so it is very laborious to open.
Seeing that William began to open the gate, the guards suddenly became anxious, and they wanted to break through the human wall formed by the Manders infantry and stop William's movements.
It's a pity that their ideas are good, but they don't have the strength to match them, how can they compare with the well-trained, crusading and rolling on the battlefield with the Mandes infantry.
In any case, they could not break through the wall formed by the Manders infantry, and could only watch from the outside as William and his soldiers opened the gate little by little.
"Hurry, hurry! Hurry up to support the defenders, the enemy has already infiltrated the city! ”
Twenty knights of the Church, dressed and armed, appeared in the streets, followed by armed infantry and the mayor.
They had received the news and hurriedly gathered all the people in the city to destroy the invaders.
At the same time, the knights hidden outside the city had already seen the slowly rising gates.
Because the city gate was not closed except for the city gate, the only obstacle to the knights was the gate, and now there was no last barrier, which was the best time for the knights to charge.
"Knights! Charge!! ”
The earl gave the order, and the knights rode their vigorous horses and rushed in the direction of the city gate.