Chapter 1294: Highland Belonging
Any side that takes the initiative to attack must not only face the enemy's stubborn resistance, but also the cold wind. The only good news is that there is no snow in the winter, and if the snow covers the western part of the highlands, even if Lothair is no longer reconciled, he will have to spend the winter in the city of Psk. Although the castle of Suplin is also cold in winter, there is no such violent cold wind as Istria, not long after leaving the city of Pske, many Germanic warriors began to complain, this kind of ghost weather, when the cold wind is raging, people can't open their eyes, all wrapped like bears, fortunately they have been prepared, otherwise they must have frozen to death outside. Sugus and the others are also worried, in this case, they really don't know what the result will be if they attack Vilnius City. Lothair didn't know that this kind of world combat pressure was huge, but he couldn't wait, at this time Vilnius City was weak, it was the best time to attack, once this opportunity was lost, the Orientals increased the troops in Vilnius, plus it often snowed in winter, even if the Germanic warriors were iron, don't think about threatening Vilnius at all.
"Your Majesty Lothair, in this bad weather, the people of the first military camp of Kiporos are estimated to be no faster" Since the Slavs joined the Eastern Army, the Germanic people no longer called the Eastern Army, but directly called the Kiporos Front, in their eyes, the Slavs are no different from the Easterners, all of them are dogs with nostrils of air. Sometimes the Germans do not understand that the Easterners have just taken Kiporos, and in how long has it been, so many Slavic men have been willing to give their lives, and now half of the newly formed Kiporos Front is composed of Slavs, and there is not much conflict between the two different skins. In fact, there are many things that Lothair and others don't understand, in order to dispel the mustard between the two and completely integrate into one, the Kyiv City base camp headed by Zhao Yougong has made a lot of efforts. The cold wind blew on his face, cold and cold, Lothair patted his cheeks, and said with a somewhat depressed wry smile, "Who can guarantee this, anyway, we have to arrive at Vilnius Finance Bank before the first military camp, let them get the first place, we will lose all our efforts, without Vilnius City, we still can't form a real threat to Kyiv City." β
At the urging of Lothair and others, tens of thousands of Germanic soldiers marched with difficulty in the raging cold wind, but what Lothair did not know was that the first military camp had been encamped at this time to escape the cold wind. The two commanders found a village, and the whole army was stationed on the spot, waiting for the cold wind to weaken before continuing the march. The Germans were in a hurry, they were not in a hurry, they didn't think of entering Vilnius anyway, everything was just a faΓ§ade. In Vilnius City, Yerusha looked at several commanders under his command with a stern expression, the order of the base camp has been issued, and the garrison in the city must not only use the city defense to kill and injure the Germanic army to the greatest extent, but also find a way to evacuate safely, this task is too arduous. There was no problem defending against the Germanic attack, but how easy was it to evacuate Vilnius safely without the help of another army? This time, the Germans had gathered a heavy army, and it was inevitable to win Vilnius, and it was impossible to give too many chances.
"Everyone has heard the order of the base camp, we must not only rely on ourselves to resist the attack of the Germans, but also find a way to withdraw, while the Germans have not yet come, everyone will talk about their own methods" Such a difficult task, Jerusha can't think of any good way, the only thing he can pray now is not to snow for these two days, once it snows, then he will be trapped in the city to death. Several commanders looked solemn and exchanged in a low voice, and Zieg said with some distress, "General, it's no problem to fight the Germans, but it's really not easy for us to withdraw safely." The last general thought about it, there was only one chance, and when the first military camp was close to Vilnius City, it would definitely cause strong psychological pressure on the Germanic people. We know that the 1st military camp is not coming for Vilnius, but the Germans don't know. If we plan well and convince the Germans that the First Army Camp is determined to enter the city to help, then the Germans will definitely divide their forces to block the First Army Camp, and at this time, there will definitely be a hole in the camp outside the city, and we can take advantage of this opportunity to rush out. β
As soon as Ziggy finished speaking, Noki Cave, who was sitting next to Ren Phenol, shook his head, "This is really inappropriate, once we take the opportunity to break through, the army that went to block the first military camp will immediately find out, and when the time comes, they will directly block us." This is a very inappropriate plan and needs to be cautious." Noki Kraft is polite enough, Ziggy's method is not only inappropriate, it is simply full of loopholes, if you really want to use Ziggy's method, I don't know how many brothers will have to die.
Ziggy was very displeased, but he couldn't refute it, so he had to say sullenly, "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, you can tell me what to do, you can't stay here forever, right?" Ziggy wanted to be embarrassed by Noki Cave, but he never thought that Noki Cave really had some ideas, and said slowly, "General, in fact, the last general has a plan that can be tried, and when the Germans attack the city, we will try to ensure that the opponent's armor is intact, and then find an opportunity to fish in troubled waters." As long as we mess up the Germans, we have a lot of chances to rush out. β
How to find opportunities, it is necessary to act on the opportunity, and after thinking about it, it seems that only Noki Kraft's method is the most reliable. There was not much time left for Jerusha and the others to prepare, and only three days later, when the wind outside had weakened considerably, Lothair appeared near Vilnius with tens of thousands of Germanic soldiers. After some discussion, Lothair divided his troops into three parts, the first of which was 5,000 men to set up an ambush on the west to prevent the defenders of the city from escaping, the other to encircle Vilnius, and the last to camp in the east to defend against the first army camp. Looking at the towering city wall in front of them, the Germans all felt an inexplicable pressure, attacking Vilnius, I'm afraid there will be no good end, Lothair frowned, he didn't know how to deal with the situation in front of him for a while, and he didn't expect Vilnius City to be so easy to defend and difficult to attack before he came. The battlements are mainly bluestone, depending on the situation, they have increased a lot, the city has not been idle during this time, the city wall is about four zhang high after the addition, there are shooting holes everywhere behind the battlements, most of the siege equipment prepared before is prepared in accordance with the three zhangs, and now most of them are not used, and they can only seize the time to transform. The suppression of bows and arrows on the head of the city is also a big problem, and after observing for a long time, Lothair still decided not to attack the city for the time being, "Lord Suggs, please lead the troops to the east of the Foyan Ridge to garrison, as long as the people from the first military camp come, ambush on the spot, and do not let them join the Vilnius garrison." β
Sugus's eyes changed, and he asked with some doubts, "Your Majesty Lothair, aren't we going to attack the city today?" "Sugus didn't want to delay too long, the people of the First Battalion could arrive at any time, and time was everything to the Germans.
"Today can not attack the city, you can take a closer look at the situation on the city, there is hidden smoke and fire, the enemy army is hiding behind the battlements, it is estimated that a large amount of rolling wood oil and arrows have been prepared, and our ladder is only a little more than three zhang, can not reach the city, in this case, the strong attack will definitely be fruitless, or don't do unnecessary casualties." As long as you hold the Foyan Ridge, Vilnius City will not be able to run" Lothair handed the clairvoyant mirror to Suggs, Suggs is no stranger to the clairvoyant mirror, the clairvoyant mirror is a sharp weapon for the Orientals to observe the battlefield, the production is not complicated, the Holy Empire has also copied some, through the clairvoyant mirror, the scene of the city head is unobstructed, and Suggs's expression slowly became solemn. As Lothair said, there were not many guards at the head of the city, all of them huddled behind the battlements, and seemed to have confidence in defending the city. There was one thing that Lothair and Sugus were mistaken, and the city was not boiling with oil, but with boiling water.
On Lothair's orders, the Germans slowly retreated and camped five miles outside the city, fearing a surprise attack in the middle of the night, so they simply moved the camp farther away. Jerusha didn't expect the Germans to be so cautious, through the clairglass, they could only see vague shadows, what the hell, running so far to camp, isn't it a bit too cautious? Prepared so many things to defend the city, all of them were useless, Keno Kaeff's old face darkened, and he clenched his fists and slammed it out, but it hit the air, "General, are these Germans scared out of their hearts?" actually took the initiative to withdraw, so what should we do with the things we prepared and move them again? β
Jerusha brushed the messy hair on his forehead, he didn't know when it was dyed with water vapor, and at this time he had turned into ice slag, looking at the ice slag in his hand, and suddenly a thought came to him, "Lower the temperature of the water, pour it all on the city wall, and let people carry water up, preferably cold water." Hey, I didn't expect the weather to be so cold in Vilnius, tonight we'll freeze the walls into a wall of ice. β
Noki Kraft and the others all showed surprise, in fact, this idea is not clever, as long as you pay close attention, anyone can think of it. If the walls become slippery and untouched, it will be a great disaster for the besieging side. At night, although the Germans sent scouts to keep an eye on the movement on the city walls, they were wary of whether the city would be attacked or not, and they did not care about the movements on the city head. It was cold and dark, and I couldn't see what was going on in the city. Taking advantage of the night, the defenders of the city started to work at sheath, and Jerusha mobilized the soldiers and civilians in the city, and sent buckets of water to them, all of which were poured on the city walls, in order to surprise the Germans, Jerusha led people to work for most of the night.
The next day, just after dawn, Lothair was woken up by his own guards, all of whom had pale faces, as if they had just been pulled out of the room. Early in the morning, I was in a bad mood, if I hadn't heard that it was quiet outside, I would have thought that the Vilnius garrison had called, "Look at your panicked appearances, what kind of system have you become, what happened to you?" β
"Your Majesty, this.... You'd better go and see for yourself," the soldier swallowed, wrapping the prepared fur around Lothair. Lothair was very puzzled, curious, hastily washed his face, and followed his soldiers to the outside of the camp. At this time, there were more than a dozen people standing on the high slope outside the camp, Suggs, Bysel and others were impressively in the ranks, and when they saw Lothair's arrival, everyone smiled bitterly, took the clairvoyant mirror and glanced at Vilnius City, and Lothair's whole person exploded. At this time, the warm sun was rising, and the sun shone on the walls of Vilnius, emitting a faint light, and overnight, the city walls seemed to be covered with a layer of glazed ice crystals, this scene Lothair knew too well, and when he fled back from Phoenix City after the failure of the Eastern Crusade, he saw this kind of scene not less. It was a thick layer of ice, wrapping the city wall, the originally neat city wall, obviously protruding a piece, in a short period of time, a wall of ice appeared in front of me. Lothair's lips trembled, how could he forget this stubble? The ghost weather in the Istrian Heights, you can freeze into sticks when you pee at night, and the Vilnius garrison froze the city walls into this ghostly look, and I don't know how much more difficult it is to attack the city for a while, "Damn Slavs, it must be their bad idea." β
If Noki Kraft could have heard it, he would have cried out, and this idea was really Jerusha's own idea. Besides, the two armies are facing each other, and the goal is victory, who cares if the idea is damaged or not? Bysil gritted his teeth, frowned and spat viciously, "Your Majesty Lothair, no matter what, we have to attack the city, it is better to wait and launch a fierce attack while the ice and snow melt in the afternoon, it will not do us any good if it drags on for a long time." β
Lothair could only nod in agreement, but even so, it was already a lot of lost time, from midnight to noon, there was nothing to do in two hours, it was not impossible to climb forcibly, but the price would be great, even if the Germanic warriors were not afraid of death, but they could not make fearless sacrifices. Lothair was overshadowed, and naturally he was in a bad mood, so he had all the trebuchets he had prepared brought up, and there was a wild bombardment on the city. The Dingguo army defending the city had already prepared, and as soon as they saw the trebuchets behind the battlements, the trebuchets never stopped from the beginning of the day, and behind the battlements, they saw a large number of messy things flying overhead, such as dirt, stinky cow dung, broken stones, in short, all the things that could be used near Vilnius were thrown up. Lothair, not knowing whose bad idea, boiled the cow dung in hot water, packed it in clay pots, and sent it all to the city, and this time, the soldiers of the city could not stand it anymore. Noki Kraft and Ren Phenol hid in the makeshift command post, chatting with each other, "Noki Kraft, when did you say the trebuchet outside was a head?" The Germans were stimulated, simply at any cost. β
Noki Kraft looked relaxed and smiled nonchalantly, "No matter what you do, the more the Germans are like this, the more they prove that they have nothing to do with us, and this is a sign of impatience." However, the ice usually melts after noon, and it is expected that the Germans will take advantage of the opportunity to attack." Before he finished speaking, a crackling sound was heard, and at the same time, there was a flurry of invectives on the city. The trebuchet has been in a frenzy for so long, and he has never heard the soldiers scold, Ren Feng raised his eyebrows, curious in his heart, and wanted to go out to see what was going on, but before the person stood up, there was a snap, something fell on the roof of the command post, and it didn't take long for some black liquid to flow down the gap. Noki Kraft was standing under the crack, the liquid all fell on top of his head, and suddenly a foul smell filled the entire command post, Noki Kraft's throat moved, and he lay on the barrel next to him and vomited wildly. It's actually cow dung soup, thinking that he Noki Kraft has been fighting for so many years, and now he has no cow dung soup to pour on his head.
Ren Phenol's face is not very good-looking, although he is not as unlucky as Noki Kraft, but there is still a lot of dung soup on his body, and he finally understands why the brothers outside are scolding, all of them are dung soup. Enduring the nausea, Ren Phenol pinched his nose and walked out of the command post, originally wanting to breathe fresh air, but the smell outside was more pungent than the smell of the command post, and the city was black and white, like a huge dung pit. Many soldiers have been stimulated by the pungent smell of tears, some people really can't bear this kind of blow, poking their heads out and scolding at the city, "The coward raised by the son of a bitch, you have the ability to attack the city, grandpa is stripped naked and waiting for you." β
While scolding, this Slavic strong man really took off his coat, smashed his chest with his big fist, and made a bang, and Ren Feng hung three black lines on his forehead, if he was tossed like this, the soldiers would not be tossed crazy? At this time, Nokicalf also vomited his stomach, crawled out of the command post with a scorched face, and as soon as he came out of the house, he lay on the ground and said viciously, "General Ren, we must fight back, pull up the prepared crossbows, and destroy those trebuchets, the Germans are the most wary at this time, and we must teach them a lesson." β
Those crossbows were used to deal with the ramming wood, and now they are used against trebuchets, which is a bit wasteful. But apart from this method, Ren Phenol couldn't think of any good countermeasures in a short time, so he had to ask people to pull the crossbow with a bitter face. The crossbow has been prepared under the city, and five people can move a crossbow over, and everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, and soon more than a dozen crossbows are assembled, Ren Pheno pulled out his saber and roared with a cold face, "Aim at the trebuchet under the city, and destroy these evil things." β
The trebuchet throws heavy objects powerfully, but the range has not been as good as the crossbow, not to mention that the crossbow is condescending and has a longer range, which can completely cover the trebuchet. A crossbow arrow was shot out violently, only to see a cold light piercing the sky under the sun, the crossbow arrow was tied to gunpowder, the fuse was burning, and it accurately hit a trebuchet, the arrow pierced into the trebuchet, and with a bang, the two evil trebuchets were blown apart. The Germanic people who were busy around were shocked by this scene, and it took a long time to react. Another bolt came at him, this time missing the trebuchet, but pinning a Germanic soldier to the ground. The crossbow bolt was fast and powerful, piercing the neck of the Germanic soldier directly, and the crossbow arrow pierced through the neck without abating, sinking into the ground an inch. The surrounding Germanic soldiers were stunned, this crossbow arrow was too domineering, such a long distance, it could pierce people, and then nail it to the ground, if the three people stood in a row before and after, it could not become a string of sugar gourds?
Crossbow arrows flew one by one, explosions continued to sound, one after another trebuchets were destroyed, at this time life was at stake, no one of the Germanic soldiers cared about those heavy trebuchets, one by one, one by one, the trebuchets outside the city were half destroyed. Just when the Germans were worried, the crossbow arrows finally stopped, this kind of giant crossbow arrows is not easy to build, Ren Phenol and others also have to save it, seeing that the trebuchet is almost destroyed, they will no longer waste crossbow arrows. The crossbow bolts stopped, but looking at the wreckage of so many trebuchets, Lothair's heart was bleeding, the hateful Orientals and the old Slavic hairymen, "I will make you pay..... Pay the price...."
Lothair's unwilling voice trembled, these trebuchets were built by the empire with a lot of effort, most of them borrowed from the craftsmanship of the Orientals, it was not easy, but I didn't expect to be half destroyed by the Vilnius garrison in an instant. I still want to use these trebuchets to take down the city of Kyiv, but I didn't expect to destroy so much in Vilnius. Bysel saw that Lothair's expression was a little wrong, and quickly asked people to pull the rest of the trebuchets behind, in case the Easterners came another round of crossbow arrows, how much of the remaining trebuchets could be saved? Waiting for Lothair's mood to calm down, Baisel hurriedly persuaded, "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, at least one point, we saw that the Orientals still have crossbows, this kind of defensive weapon, we have to guard against it." β
"When attacking the city for a while, let the brothers spread out the formation, don't concentrate too much, even if the Easterners have a crossbow, this kind of crossbow arrow is not easy to build, they won't save too much" Lothair glanced at Vilnius City coldly, he can say that this city is inevitable, even if it is a crossbow, it can't stop the Germanic warriors from remembering the footsteps. At noon, as soon as the smoke cleared, the smoke of the war began to fill the surroundings, and more than 3,000 Germanic soldiers began to pounce on the city of Vilnius. This time they were different from the usual siege of the city, the front and back were dislocated, the left and right were dislocated, the formation was very scattered, everyone was holding a round wooden shield, and the rain of arrows at the head of the city did not affect them much. In addition to the swords at their waists, there was also a strange axe, which was divided into two sides, one side was the usual axe, and the other side resembled an iron hook, this axe, also known as the icebreaker axe, was used by the Slavic hunters to climb the ice rocks, and for this siege, the Germans were well prepared. The rain of arrows could not stop the pace of the Germanic attack, they set up a ladder and began to climb up with a roar, while climbing, they used the ice-breaking axe in their hands to smash the ice on the city wall, the sharp iron hook smashed down, click, the ice began to crumble, as more and more people smashed down with the ice-breaking hair in their hands, the ice wrapped around the city wall peeled off little by little. After all, ice walls are artificially made, and they are not as hard and deep as natural ice walls.
The Germanic soldiers held a round shield in their left hand and climbed up little by little, and the commanders in charge of the command at the head of the city saw that the Germans were so brave, and immediately ordered, "Roll the logs up, and smash these Germans down, so that they cannot touch the battlements." β
The rolling log that had been prepared was placed on the cloud lift, the hand was released, and the rolling wood rolled down the ladder, the wooden shield could block the arrows, but it could not bear the weight of the rolling log, and suddenly the wails were everywhere, and the Germanic soldiers fell down the ladder with a bang like a kite with a broken string. Seeing this, one of the commanders called his lieutenant to him, "Order the archers in the rear to come up and suppress the enemy at the head of the city." β
In order to take Vilnius, the Germans made preparations for a long time, and commanders at all levels gave systematic instructions, when to suppress and when to storm, Lothair personally commanded. After the longbowmen came up, they launched a rain of arrows to suppress the soldiers at the head of the city according to the clear order, and under the rain of arrows, although the soldiers of the Dingguo Army defending the city did not suffer many casualties, but the unsparing rain of arrows pressed them so that they couldn't poke their heads, and they continued to throw wood. In desperation, I can only throw it out indiscriminately, but the effect of this is much worse. The defense at the head of the city was suppressed, and the Germanic soldiers in charge of the siege were greatly reduced, and they burst into a thunderous roar and continued to rush upward, step by step, foot after foot. Finally, some Germanic soldiers climbed up to the battlements, hooked the battlements with ice-breaking axes in their hands, and jumped into the walls with a strong arm. As soon as he landed, countless spears poked out all around, directly stabbing the Germanic soldier through several bloody holes. But it's a good sign that the Germanic warriors are starting to reach the city. Lothair has been observing the progress of the siege, and when he saw someone climbing up to the top of the city, he clenched his fists excitedly, "Bysel, send the second echelon up, you must seize the opportunity, if this momentum is suppressed, it will be difficult to rush up later." β
When you see an opportunity, you should go all out and never hesitate at this time. Bysil nodded, and not long after leaving, more than 4,000 Germanic soldiers in the second echelon also began to press up, this time they did not scatter the formation, but concentrated on the charge, and the head of the city was busy dealing with the besieging soldiers, and did not have the energy to operate the bulky crossbows. There were more and more people besieging the city, and the pressure on the soldiers of the Dingguo Army guarding the head of the city became more and more intense. In the direction of the main attack on the southern wall, the Germans had opened a gap, and nearly a hundred and ten Germanic soldiers had pounced, and they had taken up a position, intending to widen the gap and occupy the entire southern wall. The situation is precarious, but Ren Phenol and the others did not call for reinforcements, which has to be said to be a strange thing. Is the Vilnius garrison so many? Of course not, Jerusha, as a battle-hardened veteran, couldn't do the stupid thing of throwing all the chips out at once.
The fierce battle on the southern wall was raging, and the casualty toll was gradually rising, but Jerusha did not move, still waiting patiently. At the last moment, a scout ran over, "General, the second echelon of the Germans has swooped up, and it is expected that they will be able to climb the city wall in half an hour." Commander Ren Phenol and Commander Noki Kraft were under great pressure and hoped that the general would rush to help as soon as possible. β
"Very well, after waiting so long, that old fox of Lothair is finally moved" Jerusha commanded the battle, and has always been known for his bravery and boldness, and this time he still continued that bold style of play. Since the task of defending the city of Vilnius was to inflict maximum damage on the Germans, it was necessary for more Germanic soldiers to rush forward. But Lothair is a cautious old fox, and he will not give a chance easily, so he must let Lothair see the hope of attacking the city, so that he can rest assured and boldly send his soldiers and horses up. As for the Germans who attacked the southern wall, it was also a flaw that was deliberately leaked, "Zig, let the good soldiers and horses in ambush rush up quickly, and give you a quarter of an hour to defeat all these Germans." β
Ziggy held back for so long, and finally had a task, stood up straight, and said yes loudly. With the appearance of more than 1,000 soldiers and horses under the Zige Division, the situation on the southern city wall was quickly reversed, and the Dingguo army began to compress the space of those Germanic people with an absolute superiority in strength. There were already as many as 200 Germanic soldiers attacking the city, and they were full of confidence and wanted to take the opportunity to take the entire southern city wall and make great contributions, but they did not expect that the situation would suddenly reverse. What the hell is going on, if these people have been ambushed under the city a long time ago, why didn't they rush over and put the Germanic warriors up. Somehow, many people smell a strong smell of intrigue. Zieg personally led the troops to rush and kill, Nokicalf rushed left and right with a big axe, and for a time the Germans were defeated and defeated, and they could only resist desperately in a small range, but what awaited them was just death. Eventually, these people could no longer hold on, and began to climb down the ladder, and in order to survive, the Germans scrambled to grab the ladder, for fear of falling behind, and became the soul of the Oriental people. The people on the top retreated, and the people on the bottom rushed up, and the scene became chaotic for a while, but fortunately, this chaos was only maintained in a small range, and most of the ladders were not affected. The commanders below didn't know what was going on above, and when they saw the Germans climbing down, they scolded angrily, "You fools, what are you doing, hurry up, whoever dares to escape again, Lao Tzu will kill him." β
"Ahh With a thud, it landed on the hard ground, and the Germanic soldier was headfirst down, his cervical vertebrae poked into his head, and he couldn't die anymore. The commanders finally understood why the Germanic soldiers had climbed down, it turned out that the situation at the head of the city had changed. However, at this time, the second echelon had already pounced, and His Majesty Lothair was bound to Vilnius City, so there was no reason to retreat at all. The second echelon and the first echelon together, there are nearly 6,500 people, these people are enough to besiege the city on all sides, in order to capture Vilnius City as soon as possible, the Germanic soldiers are not afraid of death to pounce again, this time the formation is dense, more ladders are erected.
The Germans were really good at war, and even Jerusha had to admire that such an army could make a name for itself wherever it was placed. This time, the main direction of attack is still the south city wall, and the Germans seem to see that the south wall is the weakest link in Vilnius City, the towering city wall, the Germanic people who are constantly climbing, the rolling logs that roll down at any time, the corpses all over the ground, the dried and frozen blood clots, from a distance, like a swarm of black and pressed ants hanging on a bluestone slab. Seeing such a crazy attack by the Germans, Ren Pheno's scalp was a little numb, and seeing that he was about to reach the city, Ren Phenol slowly raised his hand, "Release the gate knife." β
Gate knives, for the Dingguo Army, is no stranger, when the first attack on the Gorod Heights, Tirov placed a few large sluice knives on the high ground, and many Dingguo Army soldiers were crushed to pieces by the sluice knives. Jerusha learned this kind of sword attack from Tilov, the sword can be said to be a great weapon for defending the city, the improved sword is much less weight, and it seems that the lethality is not as good as before, but it is more than enough to defend the city wall. The Germans could not understand what the people on the city wall were shouting, they just rushed upwards with their brows raised, the rain of arrows could not stop it, the rolling logs could not stop it, the people above fell, and the people below came up. Cameron was a serf under an eastern noble lord, this was his first time participating in a large-scale siege battle, he was not afraid, some were just excited, war was always the fastest way for the poor to enter the ranks of the nobility. Raise your head, finally climb up to the top of the city, as long as you climb up, he is the warrior of the Germans, suddenly, a trace of coldness flashed in the corner of his eyes, and he urgently looked to the left, under this look, Cameron was stunned, the iron chain of the baby's arm was thick, and there was an oval gate knife, mixed with the strong wind, Cameron didn't react at all, the gate knife skipped from behind, only felt the cold pressing, and when he turned back, he saw a companion, not two companions, The poor man was cut in half by the sword, his body was split from side to side, and the blood of his internal organs poured on the head of the person below. Vomit, Cameron could no longer hide the fear in his heart, his legs trembled, he held the ladder with both hands and vomited wildly, boom, the knife was like a swing, and it was pulled back again, Cameron watched his left hand being cut down, and the ladder was cut in half, "Ah...."
This was the last roar of Cameron's life, such a high ladder fell straight to the ground, and the hope of surviving was too small. The entire southern city wall is rippling with seven large gate knives, each of which is dragged by people, swaying from side to side, constantly strangled, whether it is a person or a ladder, it is as fragile as paper in front of the big gate knife. The Germans had apparently never seen the sluice swords, and they were so frightened by what they saw before them that the people under the city forgot to continue to climb upwards, and the sluice swayed, and all the people and things were gone, and the blood was sprinkled on the walls, and the stumps were hung with stumps, and the bluestone walls were washed like red vermilion walls. The Germans did not dare to move forward in the face of the merciless swords, and the crossbow arrows and the rain of arrows were once again in force, and the longbowmen shot all the arrows in their hands. In order to take the city of Vilnius in one fell swoop, the Germans concentrated dense soldiers and horses under the city, and they could not withdraw if they wanted to, the rain of arrows was whistling, and there was a lack of adequate shield protection, and the Germanic soldiers fell in pieces, and the Germanic longbowmen were wrapped in the defeated army, even if they wanted to organize a formation to suppress it.
In the first siege battle, fought from noon to evening, after the Germans left more than 5,000 corpses, they retreated in panic, and Lothair looked at the bloody casualties in his hands, and felt a sharp pain in his heart. With so many people lost in the first attack, isn't the life of the Germanic warriors fateful? The heart is dripping blood, the sadness is flying, the tears have long been flooded in the heart, but there is nowhere to cry for that kind of pain, he is Lothair, the king of the Holy Empire, no matter how great the pain, he must swallow it with blood, he must be strong, if he can't hold it now, then the Germanic zombies under his command can't hold it out. Orientals, this revenge must be avenged.
Lothair ended the first day of siege, and the city of Vilnius was quiet, but the Foyan Ridge, which was located on the moving edge of Vilnius, was no longer peaceful. The first military battalion responsible for galloping to the aid of Vilnius City finally arrived at Foyanling, and they launched a fierce attack on Sugers's headquarters stationed in Foyanling at night. The battle of Foyanling was strange from the beginning, and the entire Foyanling was fighting everywhere, which made Suggs big for a while, and he couldn't figure out which direction the opponent's main force was. After the scouts finished reporting the news and just wanted to leave, Suggs yelled at him, "I don't care what method you use, you must get the main position of the first military camp." The order was passed on again, all departments guarded the Foyanling Ridge and were not allowed to attack, and whoever dared to disobey the military order would be dealt with by military law. β
The First Military Camp did not think about really taking Foyanling, but in order to confuse the Germans and make the illusion of forcibly entering Vilnius City, the battle of Foyanling was inevitable. Taking advantage of the night, the first military camp was divided into countless small detachments and attacked from all sides, trying to mess up the situation in Foyanling. When the two sides fought fiercely until they were ugly, they each withdrew their troops, although the casualties were not too large, but for Suggs, this kind of confused battle had no bottom in his heart at all. Early the next morning, the garrison of Foyanling was guarding all the key roads of Foyanling as if it were facing a great enemy, and the first military camp seemed to sense the danger and consciously retreated. Sugus finally breathed a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that the first military camp would rush to it with his life, in that case, no one would be able to get any benefits. There are more than 13,000 people in the first military camp, and the strength is strong, and if it is attacked, the Germanic warriors will definitely not be able to get the slightest benefit.
"What the hell is this group of bitches raised, do you dare to sneak attack at night?" Sugus was very unwilling, he was beaten passively last night, and he wanted to get back to the field today, but the first military camp did not move. Unable to figure out the intentions of the First Military Battalion, Sugers did not dare to act rashly, in case he fell for someone else's trick, it would be too late to cry. As long as the first military battalion wants to rush to Vilnius, then Foyanling is the only way to go, and to defend it here is to be invincible.
At about noon, the scout in charge of keeping an eye hurriedly ran back, and said breathlessly, "Lord Suggs, the easterners have attacked, they have concentrated their main forces, launched a fierce attack on the valley road to the north, and now they have occupied the high slope on the left. The Thousand Masters couldn't hold on, so they asked Lord Suggus to send reinforcements quickly. β