"They have crossbows!" A terrible voice sounded, and the next second he was pierced by an arrow, obviously this is a mercenary who licks blood from the knife all year round, and even knows about the crossbow, a weapon that is rarely forbidden by the church.

The arrows caused a certain commotion in the crowd, but it was only for a moment, and soon they were able to restore order and continue to rush towards the city walls with ladders.

"Ready, put!" William gave another order, and the archers fired a second round of arrows, another hundred and fifty, and the enemy fell again.

The cycle went on and on, and the archers fired five rounds of arrows, seven hundred and fifty of which inflicted more than 200 casualties on the enemy before they had even reached the walls.

Most of the dead and wounded were light infantry and some poorly equipped speculators, while the real armed infantry did not seem to have suffered too many casualties.

Finally, the enemy rushed to the bottom of the city wall more than 20 meters, this distance can completely allow the soldiers to strike accurately, and the strength of the arrows will be very large, even if the enemy is wearing iron armor, such a distance may not be able to resist the blow of the recurve compound bow.

After a wail, more than 40 people, including some of the armed infantry, were killed, and in this way, the team of more than 700 people had lost more than 200 before they reached the city wall.

The enemy was already beginning to be a little afraid, which speculators and light infantry were stagnant in place.

"Rush up to me, and I'll reward him with twenty silver coins for the first man to climb the wall!" But if anyone retreats, I'll kill him now!" Captain Senkos drew the knight's sword from his waist and offered a price that would be heartwarming for the men.

Tempted by the silver coins and threatened with the loss of their lives, they regained their courage and set up more than two dozen ladders on the city wall, and began to climb up the ladders.

Of course, it was not the armed infantry that began the siege, but this elite was left behind by Captain Senkos to suppress and supervise the battle, and it could also be used as a new force if necessary.

So now the climbers climbed the ladder were serfs and speculators, wielding rudimentary weapons and fearlessly charging with the simplest of fortune New Year's Eve in their arms, and some wealthy mercenary speculators climbed up in relatively fine leather armor and iron armor, spears and swords in their hands, and shields.

The archers were desperately shooting arrows down from the side, and many of those who had been lucky enough to be uninjured before began to be hit here, and they fell down the ladder one after another.

However, such a wall is not high after all, and they can easily climb up to a height of four meters as long as they climb slightly.

By this time, the enemy had begun to poke their heads out of the walls, but William had already deployed one hundred and fifty Mandes infantry on the surrounding walls, and their spears in their hands began to launch a bloody slaughter against the enemy who only showed their heads.

The skull was pierced by three or four spears, what kind of visual effect, how bloody and bloody, red and white, cerebral blood even splattered on the city wall.

Some of the enemies also began to fight back with the spears in their hands, but the Manders infantry had an advantage standing on the walls, and their large three-meter-long hair made it impossible for the enemy to reach them.

It seems that the small city walls are not without benefits, and the circumference of Sutton Castle is only more than 300 meters, and the deployment of more than 100 soldiers is already the limit, but because of this, there is no gap in the strength of the castle.

A fierce war of attrition began on both sides, but obviously, the enemy did not have an advantage, the quality of the first troops was inferior, the equipment was inferior, the training was inferior, and they did not have the advantage of the city wall, so the casualties were quite large.

It had been more than ten minutes since the battle began, and only two Manders infantry had been killed by the enemy, and most of the rest were only lightly wounded.

The enemy lost dozens of men during this time, and William was quite satisfied with such casualties, and it seemed that it was still a great advantage to equip the soldiers with iron armor.

The battle was still going on, and after another twenty minutes, the archers had stopped firing early, they had already fired a dozen rounds of arrows, and if they wanted to fire their bows again, it was estimated that they would have to wait until tomorrow.

So the archers were removed by William to make room for the contractors, who by this time had accumulated more than a dozen wounded and needed to be carried down for treatment.

The casualties among the Manders infantry also began to increase, and although the enemy's light infantry and speculators were scattered, the armed infantry who were supervising the battle under the city walls showed no mercy and blocked them one after another.

In addition to the fact that there were some mercenaries among the speculators, who had been fighting all year round and were very experienced, the Manders infantry also lost eight or nine people killed because of them, and a few were seriously wounded, and a dozen were lightly wounded.

This boosted their morale even more, and in half an hour, they exchanged a dozen Manders infantry for the cost of more than a hundred people and nearly two hundred deaths, and they still thought they had earned it.

"Rush me!" Seeing that there was a stalemate on the wall, Captain Senkos began to order the armed infantry to attack the wall, hoping that they would be able to take the city with a successful attack.

Even if he knew that the Viscount's intention was just to let them test and tempt and consume it by the way, if they really seized the city, then he would undoubtedly receive the Viscount's commendation.

The armed infantry put their spears in their hands and began to climb the ladder, this group of armed infantry is really different from the group of light infantry and speculators, the combat effectiveness is quite strong, just in terms of training, it is estimated that it is worse than the Mandes infantry, and compared with other armed infantry, it also has a lot of discipline to win.

However, although the enemy is strong, the real strength of the Manders infantry lies in the discipline, training intensity and overall quality of equipment, and the training intensity alone cannot make the army stronger.

The armed infantry did cause some trouble for the Manders infantry, who had been fighting with the light infantry and speculators for more than half an hour, and their physical strength had been exhausted, and their combat effectiveness had decreased, unlike the enemy who had been waiting for work.

So the enemy's armed infantry inflicted three or four casualties on the Manders infantry at the beginning, and they filled the city and made a small circle, enough to throw the remaining soldiers and rush up.

Although the Mendes infantry was a little tired, their cooperation was not chaotic, and although the armor on their bodies was somewhat damaged, the protection still existed, which undoubtedly had a great advantage over the armed infantry wearing iron armor with the enemy.

Many times, the enemy spends a lot of strength to penetrate the enemy's armor, only to find that his attack only caused a slight injury to the opponent, while the spear in the opponent's hand can easily pierce his own leather armor and stab into his body.

The Mendes infantry used this advantage very obscenely, in exchange for their precious lives for minor injuries from mosquito bites, yes, this is exactly what William specially told, in the case that the enemy's weapons can't cause much damage to themselves, trust their armor, and use this method to kill and injure the enemy in large quantities.

These armed infantry were quite angry in the face of such an unequal battle, but they did not have the capital to confront the Manders infantry, so they could only accept such an unequal battle.

Their circle was shrinking little by little, and the light infantry and speculators elsewhere were still desperately trying to climb the walls.

Although Captain Senkos was introduced by Baron Nair and knew that the enemy's soldiers were wearing iron armor, he did not expect the battle to be so difficult, and it was obvious that if he did not retreat, these precious armed infantry would be completely wiped out.

Retreat has become inevitable, but he also has some military qualities, and if he starts an unorganized retreat on the enemy's walls, he will definitely allow the enemy to seize the opportunity to kill and injure his own army in large numbers.

He had no choice but to order the armed infantry at the front to resist first, and the armed infantry at the back began to retreat along the ladder, although those armed infantry did not want to become substitutes, but there was no way, their families were in the hands of the above, and if they didn't listen, they would be executed on the spot and implicate their families.

In this way, the armed infantry, having left behind nearly twenty corpses, successfully withdrew from the wall, and the light infantry and speculators stopped their foolish actions of sending their lives to the wall.