Chapter 1165: Pain to Sorrow
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." ”
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." ”
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." ”
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. ”
"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." ”
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." ”
"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." ”
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. ”
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.