Chapter 52: Fierce Battle
Sad... Sad...
Two black shadows burst out of the air, and yes, it was the fourth and final launch of the two torsion ballistas.
In the expectant gaze of everyone, two stone projectiles fell to the ground like two meteors, unsurprisingly hitting the last siege tower.
However, to everyone's surprise, this salvo did not completely destroy the last siege tower.
Unfortunately, one of the two stone projectiles was directly bounced off the siege tower, while the other was shot into the tower, but it did not cause any devastating damage, at most it smashed some wooden stakes and stairs inside the tower, which is good enough to allow the enemy soldiers below to slow down the speed of the city.
As expectations were disappointed, everyone on the castle bowed their heads in disappointment, while the militia of Alençon town below cheered excitedly.
Sir Hubert saw this situation, and his heart was also slightly anxious, so he did not care about the danger of being shot by the enemy's bow and arrow, and climbed to the high platform on the edge of the city wall, and held up the knight's sword in his hand and said loudly: "Knights and soldiers, do not be lost, do not be afraid, the enemy army has no available soldiers, and it is the end of the crossbow." We are a brave and fearless Normandy, fearless of all odds, and if an enemy stands in our way, they will be crushed to pieces. God bless us, His Royal Highness William is with us, hooray, hooray...."
On the castle, some of the demoralized soldiers raised their heads and, inspired by Sir Hubert, let out their own cries:
"Hooray! Banzai! ”
"Long live His Royal Highness William, long live Normandy!"
“victory,victory-is-ours! Victory, victory belongs to us! Banzai! ”
Sir Hubert raised his hand to quell the cheers of the crowd, and beckoned his own soldiers to come up with two large boxes.
Everyone stared at the two large boxes with some curiosity, and exchanged words with each other.
When the two chests were on the ground, Sir Hubert stepped down from the high platform to one of the chests, and kicked open the lid of the chest, revealing a wonderful golden color.
"Knights, warriors, there are at least 50,000 Triss gold coins here, all of which His Highness William is preparing to reward the brave warriors who fight, as long as you kill a light infantryman, you can get two Triss gold coins, double the heavy infantry and light cavalry (four), kill the enemy commander to get ten gold coins, and kill the knight can directly get a hundred gold coins. These gold coins are enough to pay your reward, and if there is any surplus, His Royal Highness William will not take it back, and will directly reward you according to the merits of the battle. Sir Hubert pointed his sword in his right hand at the large chest full of gold coins, and said seductively, "Fight, warriors, the shining gold coins are just waiting for you!" ”
As soon as Sir Hubert's words fell, he was unsurprisingly greeted with cheers.
"Warriors, go back to your respective posts and prepare to meet the enemy!" Sir Hubert nodded in satisfaction, pointed at the long sword in his right hand, and said loudly.
"Yes!"
Everyone was excited and agreed.
As soon as our soldiers entered the battle position, Sir Hubert climbed the tower again to observe the enemy's movements.
At this time, the enemy pushed the siege tower, carrying the ladder was already close to the distance of less than 20 meters to the side of the city wall, although we tried our best to throw javelins and arrows at the enemy, but the effect was not obvious when the enemy was prepared, and only about 100 enemy soldiers would be killed.
Rumble...
Syllable... Syllable... Syllable...
The enemy's only remaining siege tower lowered the drawbridge and smashed heavily on the wooden fort wall, and at the same time, more than a dozen ladders were also erected on the wall, and the iron hooks on the ladders were firmly nailed to the wall.
"Kill... Kill..."
The first to ascend the walls were the soldiers in the siege towers, who were so condescending that a single charge took a small place on the wall, while the soldiers who were climbing the ladder struggled to climb up in the rain of stone javelins.
"Dismount knights, charge me, you must drive these enemies out of the walls." With a wave of his hand, Knight Hubert led all the knights in the knight legion to rush to the siege tower.
Poof...
Sir Hubert's broad-bladed sword was the first to strike, the sharp tip of the sword mercilessly piercing into the chest of a heavy infantryman, and even the chain armor on his body could not stop the sharp sword.
Before Sir Hubert could draw his broad-bladed sword, a heavy foot man armed with a battle axe slashed at Sir Hubert with a battle axe.
Bang...
Just as Sir Hubert was unable to dodge, one of the knights beside him heroically resisted in front of Sir Hubert, and used the iris shield in his hand to resist the killing blow.
Poof...
Seeing that his confident blow was resisted, the Alençon militia heavy infantry was a little stunned, but was killed by the sword of Sir Hubert, who reacted.
"Well done, Knight Laurien, thanks to your help in saving me." Sir Hubert turned to look at the valiant young knight and smiled.
"Sir Hubert, I should do it at this time."
"Don't be modest, I'll take credit for you personally." Sir Hubert nodded, turned his head to look ahead, prepared to continue his head, and said, "Fight, Knight Laurien." ”
Laurion saw Sir Hubert rushing forward first, and looked at his heroic figure with admiration on his face.
With the addition of nearly a hundred dismounted knights in full armor, the elite soldiers who came down from the siege tower were defeated by Hubert's side, and there was almost no place on the city walls.
When these elite soldiers turned their heads to call for reinforcements, they found that the stairs of the siege tower were damaged, and the soldiers under the tower could not quickly board the support, so they had to continue to struggle to support.
"Whew... Finally the enemy army has been beaten back" Sir Hubert breathed a sigh of relief, turned to the soldiers around him and said, "Soldiers, throw oil cans and torches at this siege tower, we will burn it completely!" ”
"Yes!"
As soon as they received this order, they immediately took out the oil canisters and torches from the material dumping point of the fortification, distributed them to the various soldiers, and prepared to throw them.
Rumble...
The siege tower, which was surrounded by more than a dozen oil canisters and torches, immediately burst into flames, crushing to death dozens of soldiers who were about to ascend the city.
There is no doubt that the burned siege tower shattered the confidence of the militia of these towns, who wavered and hesitated, and as the casualties mounted, the soldiers who were originally climbing the ladder shamefully slipped down the ladder and turned to flee.
As soon as Sir Hubert saw that the enemy had begun to break and flee, he decided to pursue one to extend his victory, raised his steel sword in his hand, and said in a loud voice: "Take advantage of the victory, and the archers will shoot with all their might." The knights mounted their horses and assembled at the exit of the city gate, ready to pursue the remnants of the enemy. ”
"Yes..."
Hundreds of cavalry on William's side responded with their weapons aloft.