William looked at the sky and estimated that it was only about two or two hours before dark, and it was very difficult to rely on a powerful counterweight trebuchet to smash the walls and castles.

Although the weight and range of the stone projectile of the counterweight trebuchet are several times that of ordinary human trebuchets and torsion trebuchets, it will take at least two days to smash the city defense, not to mention that the soldiers in the city are not dead things, and the noble generals under the command of Duke Leofrick will definitely send cavalry to destroy it when they see the power of the counterweight trebuchet to interfere with the progress of our army's siege.

As a result, the time required to force the breach of Coventry City could be extended to a week, and it would be extremely disadvantageous for William to spend so much time on just one part of Coventry City.

"Roger. Morality. Montgomery, Richard. Morality. Alfranche, you two led the heavy infantry to cover the demolition force with shields to attack the city, and it is impossible to let the demolition force be damaged. William summoned the two barons under his command and commanded.

Roger. Morality. Montgomery and Richard. Morality. Both were born into the nobility of the Duchy of Normandy. Montgomery and De. The two old aristocratic families of Afros were the first to join William's account, and saddled William in the ensuing war.

These two families had a total of three barons and two viscounts, which were considered a wealthy dignitary in the Duchy of Normandy. Morality. Montgomery and Richard. Morality. Alfranche is one of them, and both are young and handsome people who show talent.

Speaking of which, Richard. Morality. Afranche is also William's sister-in-law, and he and William's half-sister, 15-year-old Emma. Morality. Contewell made a marriage contract, which was Emma's father, Herluan. Morality. Contwell had set it in his early years, and William did not object to it.

This time William personally ordered Roger and Richard's generals, in fact, to give them the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, the medieval stone city wall simply resisted the power of more than gunpowder blasting, just blow up a gap in the city wall, protect the demolition troops and Roger and Richard, who are closest to the gap, can be the first to rush into Coventry, when our army wins, the two will be the first to take credit.

"Your Majesty, thank you for giving the two of us the opportunity to fight, and we will do our best." Roger and Richard got down on one knee and kowtowed.

"Hurry up and prepare, and lead the headquarters to set off." William waved his hand to order the two to retreat, and then called the commander of the demolition unit and the general of the Guards, Baldwin. Morality. Baron Brionne came.

Baldwin. Morality. Brionne, knock to your majesty. "The young nobleman Baldwin, who is blonde and blue-eyed. Morality. Baron Brionne, bowed and saluted.

Baron Baldwin was born into the Brionne family of the Earldom of Earlburg, a large noble family of the Earlland.

Baron Baldwin's father, Gilbert. Morality. Brionne was once canonized as the Earl of Earburg during the Duke of Robert, but later his father, the Earl of Gilbert, died early, and the title and domain of the Earl of Earburg were also withdrawn by the Duke of Robert and canonized to William's cousin, the rebel William the Earl of Earburg. Brionne declined, from count to baronial nobility, until it was reactivated by William. The Brionnes family has only regained its former momentum.

Speaking of which, Baldwin. Morality. Brionne and William were also somewhat related, and his grandfather, Earl of Auburg, was Godfrey. Morality. Brionne was the illegitimate son of William's great-grandfather, Richard the Fearless, Duke of Normandy, and when it comes to digging deeper, William and Baron Baldwin share the same bloodline.

Perhaps because of some kinship, William had a different view of the young nobleman Baron Baldwin, and was canonized as a baron by William at a young age, and was appointed commander of such an ace unit as the demolition unit.

In William's mind, Baron Baldwin was the seed of the future firearms officer, no different in status from those high-ranking officers.

"Baron Baldwin, the protagonist of this siege is your demolition force, this battle must destroy the city wall, and the battle will be successful!" William admonished earnestly.

Get Baldwin. Morality. After Brionne's response, William ordered him to go down and prepare, but he did not have much time to delay, and the task of breaking through the outer walls of Coventry and the inner abbey castle before dark was very difficult.

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Half an hour later, more than a dozen counterweight trebuchets that had been prepared in advance began to let out their roars, and more than a dozen boulders the size of grinding discs were thrown into the air by the guns of the trebuchets, flying over a distance of more than 300 meters, and then slammed heavily on the city wall full of soldiers.

The strong wall was smashed into a huge pit by a stone projectile the size of a grinding disc, and the wall shook violently, and countless stones fell with it.

The Mercia soldiers standing on the city wall were read by the rolling stone bullets, and there were stumps and broken arms everywhere they passed, and the Mercia soldiers who were lucky not to be affected were not happy at this time, many soldiers fell to death and were injured because of the violent shaking of the city wall, and many more soldiers were frightened on the spot, huddled in the corner and shivered.

If it weren't for the constant persecution of the nobles behind them, they would not want to stay on the walls that could be bombarded by trebuchets at any moment.

It was the first time that the Mercians had encountered such a powerful trebuchet, and they were all stunned, and in the face of the fire of longbowmen, crossbowmen, and bed crossbows, they forgot for a moment to defend and dodge, and the soldiers on the walls suffered heavy losses.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Roger. Morality. Baron Montgomery and Richard. Morality. The two of Baron Affranche led a regiment of heavy infantry, armed with a broad kite-shaped shield protector Baldwin. Morality. Brionne's demolition forces began to advance.

To the defenders of Coventry, the approaching Norman hoplites were strange, and instead of carrying ladders to prepare for the siege, they were slowly advancing with the wide kite-shaped shields used for protection.

Although the 2,000-strong infantry did not pose much of a threat because they did not carry siege ladders, the Mercian nobles who commanded the battle in the city could not afford to let this force approach the walls at will, so they decided to try to force the Normans back with the archers of the city.

However, the dense arrows that fell from the city walls were no more than a single hair of the heavy infantry, and Buyun had the most sophisticated armor and had a very good defense against arrows, even if they were affected by the Chinese kite-shaped shield, it was not so easy to destroy.

With the escort of the Norman Heavy Infantry Regiment all the way, Baldwin. Morality. The demolition force led by Baron Brionne finally approached the city walls.

Guarded by the Norman army, the demolition troops unexpectedly began to dig at the foot of the city walls, and the leader was puzzled.

Keeping an eye on the battlefield, William found that the soldiers of Coventry had not come out to stop the advance of the demolition troops, and they were doomed to pay for their wing.