The 300 town militia archers who had retreated to the army were surprisingly not attacked by their own soldiers, but were executed by the Upper Burgundian knights who had ten of the fastest archers and then regrouped.

"Hmph, this group of cowardly town militia is really useless." Sir Jonathan glanced disdainfully at the three hundred archers who had fled, looked up at the heavily guarded Highland Wooden Fort, and said to himself, "But now every battle power is precious, and it cannot be wasted as it was before." ”

"Knight Tim, it's time to take out our siege weapons" Sir Jonathan turned to look at Knight Tim to the side and said, "You will command the entire town militia to attack the city." ”

"Yes, Sir Jonathan."

Knight Tim bowed, turned and headed for the town militia.

In a short time, the formation of more than 6,000 town militiamen changed, they separated from the middle, and a huge eight-pair siege cart was pushed out by dozens of soldiers inside.

The siege truck was about 10 meters long and 4 meters wide, made of tough oak and pine, covered with a large piece of cowhide on the outside to prevent local fire, and a thick log up to 12 meters long was hung inside as a battering ram, and the head of the log was also connected to a huge iron head.

The siege cart was large enough to accommodate more than sixty soldiers, and they propelled it slowly towards the walls of the wooden fort, protected by a solid shell, so that the soldiers did not have to worry about arrows, throwing guns, and falling rocks.

Of course, Sir Jonathan has prepared more than just a siege engine.

After the appearance of the siege car, three huge siege towers and more than twenty ladders with a height of ten meters appeared again in the array of the town militia.

Ten meters high, eight meters long and five meters wide, the three siege towers were hung with a long wooden ladder, protected by heavy planks and cowhides in front and on both sides, and the base had six pairs of huge wheels that could be pushed slowly by the soldiers towards the castle.

These three siege towers are taller than the wooden castle wall, which is only about seven meters high, and even if the height difference caused by the high ground attack is counted, the top of the siege tower is still about two meters higher than the wooden castle wall.

The appearance of these three siege towers significantly boosted the morale of the town militia, and the soldiers gathered around the siege towers one after another, raising their shields to defend themselves against bows and javelins.

At this time, Sir Hubert, who was in charge of commanding on the city wall, also saw this scene, and he also had a toothache, not only what should be done.

"Heralds, tell the Norman longbowmen on the towers to attack the siege towers and siege carts with rockets, and see if they can be burned down." Sir Hubert summoned a herald and said in a commanding voice.

After the herald had left, Sir Hubert patted his head and continued to ponder, trying to figure out how to deal with the siege engines, and it was clear that Sir Hubert had little confidence in the decision he had just made.

On the tower, the commander of the Norman longbowmen saw that these huge siege engines were approaching, and there was also no good solution.

At this time, the herald sent by Sir Hubert hurried up and conveyed Sir Hubert's order to Andrew.

Andrew, who didn't come up with any solution, received the order, and although he didn't think it would have any effect, he immediately carried it out.

"Rocket preparation, target siege towers, shoot."

With Andrew's order, the Norman longbowman drew the rocket he had prepared for a long time and lit it, and then mounted it on the longbow and fired a volley.

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The sound of a rocket salvo is noticeably muffled compared to the previous salvo of long arrows.

The rain of fire and fire shot down on one of the siege towers, and in a time of less than a breath, nearly four hundred rockets hung on the wet cowhide of the siege tower, and the flames on the arrows disappeared without igniting the siege tower.

Sir Hubert, Andrew. Denton, along with the generals and soldiers, was frustrated by the Norman longbowmen's wave of rockets that had not worked at all, and the morale of the army became a little sluggish.

Just when everyone lowered their heads, William on the main tower was calm, turned around and said to Osborne Steward on the side: "Osborne steward, are the two torsion ballistas ready, and are the soldiers and craftsmen who operate the instruments in place?" ”

"Young Master William, the two torsion ballistas are already in place and ready to attack at any time, the soldiers and craftsmen who control them have a lot of surplus, and there are hundreds of stone cannonballs in stock." Steward Osborne's face was calm, and he replied unhurriedly.

"Alright, Steward Osborne, it's up to you to break down those siege towers and siege carts, and hopefully you'll be able to destroy them before they get close to the walls of the Wooden Fort." William nodded lightly and smiled.

"Yes, I will not disappoint your expectations, Master William."

With that, Steward Osborne bowed to William and turned back towards the torsional ballista-mounted tower of the wall ahead.

After Osborne's butler left, William's face could not help but show a little sadness, and it was obvious that William's previous calmness was done by William to Osborne's butler, in order not to worry him.

In fact, it was the first time for William to see such a huge siege tower and siege car, although it was a medieval siege weapon, but for William's side, which was also a medieval army, the threat of these weapons was deadly.

In just a few minutes, when the enemy's siege equipment was less than 1,200 meters away from the city wall, the black felt cloth covering the torsion ballista was lifted on the two towers near the city wall, revealing the appearance of the torsion ballista itself.

The two ballistae are equipped with a sturdy bracket, the main beam is placed on the bracket, and the front end is equipped with two torsion spring groups on both sides, using the torque generated by two bundles of tensioned horsehair, leather rope or animal tendons as power, each spring group drives a crossbow arm, the end of the crossbow arm is connected to the bowstring, the center of the bowstring is a woven net bag containing the projectile, and the crossbow arm is driven by the spring group to drive the bowstring to eject projectiles or arrows.

Balistas are powerful, with a good ballista capable of throwing 57-pound stone projectiles 300 yards (1 yard = 0.9144 meters) away.

Above the tower, several brawny men struggled to turn the massive winch to pull it to the limit, while several other soldiers worked together to carry a huge 57-pound round live ammunition and place it on the top of the end net.

At this time, several craftsmen came over, and with the cooperation of the soldiers, adjusted the design orientation of the torsion ballista, aimed it at the huge siege tower in the middle, and was ready to design at any time.

Seeing that the torsion ballistae of the two towers were properly prepared, Osborne's butler waved his hand and ordered: "The ballista crew prepares, aim at the target, and shoot." ”