The archers still withdrew from the battle after a few rounds of arrows, and it was useless for them to stay on the walls when they were exhausted, so it was better to make room for the hand-to-hand troops.

With the exception of the first few waves of serf light infantry, the enemy was all well-equipped mercenaries and armed infantry, whose fighting will and fighting skills far surpassed those of ordinary light infantry.

Fortunately, William asked the squires to deploy their troops on the city wall, a total of more than 300 people, and William placed more than 100 on the city wall, and their training was also quite good, although it was not as good as the Mandes infantry, but compared to the enemy's armed infantry, it was not much different.

They were caught in a bitter battle, and unlike the Menders infantry, William would not spare their lives, not even rotation, and consume this wave just in time to make room for the next wave.

Most of the squire's army wore leather armor, and only a small part fought in cloth clothing.

One of the squires' soldiers stabbed his spear in the chest of his enemy, and then pulled it out, and just as he was about to look for his next target, two spears came out of his back, and blood clots from his internal organs coughed up from his mouth, and he looked at the two enemies who had killed him unwillingly.

Then, the light in his eyes gradually faded, and he fell to the ground without life.

This situation occurs on the main city wall, which can accommodate less than 200 defenders, and if the enemy wants to take the city wall, he must consume all the defenders, or rely on elite troops to force the defenders back, and then take advantage of the situation.

However, it was clear that their previous offensive had never worked, and the elite of the Manders infantry was far from being comparable to theirs, so they were unable to take the city walls at all.

But...... Now they were given a chance, the squire's army could not have the same fighting power as the Menders' infantry, and it was inevitable that they would be forced back, and now a fifth of the city walls had fallen, and the enemy had not sent out knights.

William stood on the highest battlement, staring at the situation below.

"Let our troops go to support, if we go on like this, the city wall will be conquered by the enemy sooner or later!" Baron Bayer, who also wore a helmet on his head, said solemnly.

"No need! We just need to let these men consume their forces, the enemy has not much army to use, and the mercenaries hired by Viscount Lausas will not be able to attack with all the losses! William said with a wave of his hand.

"What's more, even if those barons are loyal to the feudal monarch, it is impossible for them to attack us with their own family's army, and it is impossible for Viscount Lausas to attack us with all his strength for an order from the Earl of Chamsville, in fact, haven't you noticed that so far in the war, Viscount Lausas's own army has not lost much, most of the dead and wounded are the troops of his vassals, mercenaries and light infantry, even if he is defeated, he can bring his own army back intact!" William smiled.

"Moreover, I went to Yesif's study yesterday to investigate the file of Viscount Lausas, although there is very little information, but I can find out that he does not get along with his vassals, and the relationship between him and his feudal lord is not close after he inherits the title!" William said differently.

"So......" Baron Baier seemed to understand something.

"Therefore, there is no need for him to attack us with all his strength, it is good to capture the castle, and the spoils of war will belong to him, but even if he can't capture it, he will not attack desperately, after all, he doesn't need to tie up with the feudal king, and he can't command the vassals, as long as we maintain a strong enough combat effectiveness, it is impossible for them to attack with all their strength!" William said with a smile.

"Tut-tut...... It's really worthy of the fox of Denlenburg, the cunning timberwolf, you can see so many things with a little information! Baron Bair was amazed.

"Where, I'm also forced, there's no way, if I don't pay attention to these, how can I know how to judge the form of the enemy." William said modestly.

After speaking, William glanced at the battle situation on the city wall, and saw that the squire's soldiers had been consumed a lot, and he said to the herald behind him: "Go and mobilize the army of forty squires and let them replenish the city wall!" ”

This figure happens to be the approximate number of the losses of the squire's army, and the Manders infantry are hiding behind the squire's army as a warlord, so there are no losses yet.

From the beginning of the battle to the present, both sides have lost a lot of people on the city walls, but the squire army has suffered far fewer casualties than the enemy because of the advantage of the city walls.

According to a rough estimate, the enemy must have lost more than two hundred men by now, and of course, light infantry accounted for the majority of these two hundred men.

At this time, the situation on the city wall was quite complicated, hundreds of soldiers stood on it and fought like this, and the splattered blood stained the snow below the city wall red, looking strange and bewitching.

The spears in the hands of both armies could penetrate each other's leather armor with little effort, causing every collision between the soldiers to cause a splash of blood.

The spears and swords in the hands of the squire's army beckoned desperately to the enemy, and they roared and shouted, because at this moment either the enemy was dead or they were dead.

Escaping, on the other hand, is like not being an option, if you run away, you will cause others to follow suit, and others will follow suit, and you will lead to the loss of the city walls, and no one in the castle will be spared.

Maybe the two nobles and knights will not be killed and ransomed, but a big soldier like himself is very dangerous, even if he is captured, he will live a very miserable life.

Although some people were willing to be slaves and really began to retreat, but they were pierced through the chest by several spears together, and the Mandes infantry were not placed on the city wall in vain, which would finally make them know why these people did not go to war, and their feelings were supervising themselves.

As the two sides continued to increase their forces, the form of the city wall was also quietly changing, and the army on the side of the Viscount of Lausas originally occupied only a quarter of the city wall, but now, it has become a third.

And this result was obtained by their hard work for 20 minutes, and in these 20 minutes, both sides lost more than 70 people and more than 120 people respectively, which can be called an inch of the city wall and an inch of blood.

Viscount Lausas frowned and looked at the situation on the city wall, and sighed deeply, the light infantry has all been sent to the city wall, and none of them are alive, if they continue to fight, what will be consumed is the truly trained elite of the armed infantry.

So now he was struggling with whether to conquer this castle ruthlessly, and to be honest, he really didn't want to consume these troops.

Don't think that these nobles spend their days at war, in fact, the real daily life of the nobles is to carry nothing in the territory, farm and develop, and the noble lords in the peaceful region may not be able to fight a war for a year or two.

And now that he has reached the peak of his title under the Earl of Connsville, it is impossible for the Earl of Connsville to give him a piece of land, he is now purely a traveling obligation, more to weaken the vassals.

But first of all, when it comes to the time when he really needs to pay, he will be entangled, first of all, if he captures the castle, then the materials, wealth, armaments and armor in it will be his, and when the time comes, it will definitely be the income of his territory for several years.

But taking a step back, if you fail, then not only will you not get the spoils of war, but you will definitely have to lose your troops and generals, and you will not be able to slow down for several years.