Chapter 621: Onslaught
As a traditional nobleman, Baron Avala often hoarded a large number of resources inside the castle to defend the city, such as the stones in front of him.
Arrows could not inflict casualties on the royal infantry, but these heavy stones were incredibly powerful when accelerated by gravity.
Although the royal infantry did their best to avoid the stones falling from the sky, two unlucky eggs were still hit by the stones.
One person was hit in the head, and the huge impact force directly caused the sturdy closed helmet to be dented and deformed, and his brain was also hit extremely badly, and he lost his life directly.
He was lucky compared to the other man, who had been hit in the back, and he was slashing at the wooden door so hard that he didn't even notice that the rocks were falling down from above.
The heavy stone suddenly hit his back, and even though he was lined with cotton armor and leather armor, he was still hit very badly with a cushion, and although he did not die immediately, he looked very miserable with blood in his mouth.
Fragments of internal organs spat out of his mouth and flowed down the slits of his helmet.
His chest rose and fell, and he desperately breathed air, but his lungs had been crushed by the stones, and he couldn't take in air effectively.
After struggling for a while, he died full of pain.
Charlemagne watched the battle below from the low wall, and although the royal infantry had suffered casualties, it seemed reasonable to him.
When he was on the battlefield of Jihad, the troops he led also had a large number of casualties, so this was not the first time he had led his army to fight.
Therefore, he did not feel anything when he saw the casualties of the soldiers, and in his opinion, as long as he could conquer the castle, it was not unacceptable to suffer twenty or thirty casualties.
Of course, if there are too many casualties, he will also be very distressed, he knows very well how difficult it is to train the royal infantry, not to mention that his descendant army is only one hundred and twenty people, and if the casualties are too large, the foundation of his rule will be shaken.
However, he believed that with the fighting power of the royal infantry, the capture of the main fort would not result in losses that would be too much for him to bear.
And at this moment, a crisp voice sounded, which immediately attracted the attention of all the soldiers.
It was the sound of clay pots breaking, and several clay pots were thrown from the top of the main fort into the royal infantry, and the veteran in the royal infantry sniffled, and then quickly retreated and shouted at the same time: "It's fire oil!" Come on! ”
This is a veteran of many battles, he has been through many battles, and the smell of this fire oil has made him remember it deeply, because this terrible weapon has taken many of his comrades.
As soon as the other soldiers heard that it was hot oil, they immediately spread out of the girl and ran desperately, hoping to get out of the place.
And when they left with their front feet, a flaming torch fell into the middle of the oil.
Just for a moment, a large area of flames "Whew!" The flames burst into flames, several meters high, and looked terrifying.
Two royal infantrymen slowed down and were engulfed in flames in an instant.
The intense heat scorched the moisture on their bodies, their bodies quickly dehydrated and shrunk, and the intense pain made them roll on the ground, hoping to extinguish the flames on their bodies.
Unfortunately, the nature of the oil was that it was difficult to extinguish, and even though they struggled countless times, the fire still burned violently on their bodies.
In just half a minute, they gradually stopped struggling, and their vital signs gradually lost.
Charlemagne felt a little uncomfortable watching such a brutal scene, but he quickly got used to it, and it didn't seem unbearable to him.
The soldiers stopped the destruction of the city gates, and the ranged forces began to counterattack the enemies above the castle.
Their counter-attacks were quite sharp, and this time they no longer tried to shoot with coverage, but with accurate spot shots.
Each of them was fighting on their own and, after a while of aiming, began to shoot at their target.
The enemy didn't expect the royal archers to be so strong, after all, Charlemagne had never let the royal archers show their strength for so long.
At first, when the royal infantry showed their combat prowess, the nobles and enemy soldiers were all shocked, and this combat power was not much different even compared to their knights.
And they thought that it would be enough for the infantry to be powerful, and when the archers showed their strength, they were shocked.
The archers' precise strikes again and again made the enemy a little noisy, and even the enemy archers were a little cowering and did not dare to show their heads.
Twenty minutes later, the raging flame was finally extinguished, and the flame could not last long without energy support.
After this wave of fire oil had passed, the soldiers rushed forward again, and they continued to slash the wooden door in front of them with their two-handed battle axes.
After a few more rounds of oil and oil, it took more than an hour for them to finally completely destroy the gate of the main fort.
"Damn it! Stop them for me! The people we went to call for help have already rushed out, and as long as we can hold on for a day, the enemy will be defeated! ”
Baron Avala cheered loudly at his soldiers, hoping that they would hold on long enough for the other nobles' troops to come to their rescue.
Charlemagne looked at the main castle with the door wide open and immediately ordered an attack.
This time it was no longer the royal infantry that took the lead, but the town guards.
They didn't contribute much at the beginning, and they kept waving their flags and shouting behind the royal infantry, which was completely the function of a mascot.
The royal infantry has been fighting for so long, and their physical strength is also somewhat depleted, and if they are allowed to continue fighting, there may be heavy casualties.
After receiving the order, the town guards began to advance into the main fort.
Armed with long swords or short spears, and round shields or kite-shaped shields in their hands, they cautiously marched inside with their comrades.
There weren't too many enemies here at the gate, it seemed that they were all shrinking, and Baron Avala also knew that if they dispersed, they would likely be broken by Charlemagne one by one, so shrinking their forces was the best option in this situation.
In this way, they advanced into the main fort, and some of the soldiers stayed outside the main fort to keep guard, so as not to be shut down and beaten by dogs.
Charlemagne was also advancing behind the large army at this time.
Finally, they reached the hall inside the main fort, and there were quite a few soldiers guarding the outside of the hall, and inside the wide open hall, there were seventy or eighty people guarding inside.
Charlemagne came to Baron Avala surrounded by everyone, looking at the vassal in front of him, Charlemagne couldn't help but shake his head, under the strict protection of the big shield, he said: "Baron Avala, I knew this was the case, why bother in the first place!" ”