Chapter 11: Death Order
Gawain nodded, and then his sharp gaze scanned the surroundings, and suddenly all the Dugelius and flag officers of the Gemagis Brigade felt forced by the wind and rain, and bowed their heads in front of the sand table. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Then, the Grand Duke spoke, "Time is the most important issue, simply put, I will take the town tomorrow." No, to be more precise, I am going to launch a general attack at the second hour of the morning, and in two hours the silver spike of your brigade will be planted on the head of the small city of Alalmanburg. Therefore, I don't want anyone to mention the words of making equipment, digging blockade trenches, building earth ramparts, etc., in just two hours, your brigade must complete its mission, otherwise the Silver Spike Battle Banner will no longer be needed. ”
"Yes!" Everyone is like a man, it seems that this is the death order of the Grand Duke, and they have to obey it, and when the time comes, it will be the sea of purgatory fire that God has descended from, and they will rush over with their swords and shields with their eyes closed!
Then the Grand Duke was in debt and said to Giovanni, "Your Excellency, the specific arrangements will be handed over to you." ”
Giovanni turned around and pointed to the sand table, "The Gimagith Brigade is now fully equipped with eight infantry bandas, which is the largest of the three brigades (because it absorbs many of the infantry of the Count of Blois), except for one banda who is at the Syrian gate, the remaining seven bandas are all here—wait until the second hour in the morning, attack the east gate of the town with three bandas, attack the north gate of the town with three bandas, and finally take a banda climbing trail to return to the west gate of the town. The three sides launched a fierce attack at the same time as a signal, and went forward one after another, concentrating all the ladders to climb the city wall, and striving to fight the enemy as quickly as possible, overwhelm them, and make them lose faith in their main patron. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke personally supervised the battle at the east gate, General Gregor supervised the battle at the north gate, and the Banda on the west side was put under my command. ”
"Ladies and gentlemen, there is no formation and sequence in this battle, take my eastern front as an example, my three banda, two of them attack at the same time, and one of them remains to prepare, change the battle, and don't give the enemy a chance to breathe. The information is very clear now, it is all provided by my Seleucian merchants - in the whole of Alalmanburg, the Callegos family has only 800 troops, plus the casualties of the previous bombardment of the Great Plani cannon, and now it is estimated that there are still two-thirds, so the defenders of the small city may not even have 300 men - so no matter what means, as long as the reinforcements of the emperor or the prince arrive here to capture the small city, then the final victory will definitely be ours. Gawain stood up at this moment, "Don't leave the vigilance military strength, don't leave the battalion military strength, all the troops don't ask the generals or soldiers, press me with all my might, remember two hours, two hours!" ”
After the morning sun fell, the brutal battle officially began, Gawain pointed the sword of phosphorus fire in his hand downward, and deeply inserted the blade into the dirt in the passage facing the gate of the small city, "This is the boundary, from now on those who dare to cross this line on their backs, I will personally execute with the sword!" Then the cries of explosions and tsunamis were shouted on both sides of his body—two detachments of Banda, a total of 1,200 Gimegis soldiers, with chains and turbans and shields in the front, and ladders in the back, rushed to the bottom of the small city, because it was on the top of the hill, and the small city of Alalmanburg was not protected by a water trench, but many of the Kallegos soldiers still stood bravely at the head of the wall, and they demolished the only stone chapel in the city, and threw the resulting wood and masonry down like a torrential wind. The soldiers below were desperately stacked into shields to protect them, and many were killed and wounded, and then they were dragged away, and their successors continued to be on top.
The entire eastern wall is full of people like ant colonies boiling, fighting to the death, and the northern section of the city wall is the same terrifying scene.
"Drumming!" Seeing this, Gawain roared angrily, and then a row of drummers with feathered feathers on their helmets began to beat the hanging Turkic leather drums with a rainstorm rhythm: the soldiers of the Gemagis, who had received the encouragement there, began to erect ladders and scrambled upwards, regardless of the casualties, and the defenders above raised crowbars to pry and pick up iron forks to stab, but the number of Gemagis soldiers was overwhelming: the defenders in front of them, only one hundred and fifty men, although desperately resisted, But the walls soon became full of holes like a about to be breached by a torrent: many of the Gimagis soldiers jumped over the moats, drew their swords and axes, and fought with the defenders, many of whom lost their weapons and simply rolled around and trampled and trampled.
"Beat the drum again, don't stop!" Gawain waved his big hand, and the sound of the drum band around him became louder, and many drummers waved their hands in a staggered manner under the scorching sun, sweating all over their bodies, and although their arms were numb, they did not dare to stop at all.
And Cabeamia and Agnes were also nervous, watching the brutal fight at the head of the city.
"Don't hesitate, crush the enemy at this moment - the last Banda, Dim. Goliath will be led by you, just as Biller and Gottschalk led the attack on the Hungarian castle. Gawain made a quick decision, and then Dim commanded three ladders, and the last Banda detachment, which was supposed to be a reserve, and rushed forward with a roar.
At the same time, the garrison officer of the small town saw that the main gate was in danger, so he also took only fifty reservists, stepped on the ladder, rushed to the east gate to join the battle formation, this brave garrison officer pulled out a single-edged saber, and the surrounding soldiers fought bravely counterattack and slashed, and killed the soldiers who broke into the Jimegis soldiers and retreated, when he jumped on the battlement, cut down the flag bearer of the Mingjimegis brigade, and took the battle flag in his hand, the defenders burst into earth-shaking cheers, and the situation was about to be reversed!
Diem, who was setting up a ladder under it, had just climbed a few times when he saw at the foot of the hillside, the iron-clad wild boar Billell was hurrying from the village position with a civilian army, apparently ready to come to support, no, to be precise, to grab the credit, obviously the Grand Duke had no deployment for them.
"No, I can't be cheap that guy, I'm going to get on!" After Dim finished speaking, he fastened the visor on his helmet, then grabbed the ladder with one hand, and the pocket behind him with the other, and struggled to climb up, and in an instant he climbed in front of the garrison of the small city standing at the battlement and shouting with a flag.
The garrison was condescending, and when he saw a giant man crawling up at his feet, he gritted his teeth and shouted angrily, raising his single-edged saber and stabbing at the gap in Diem's armor.
"Life-saving Tribulus ......" At the moment when the sword light arrived, Dim remembered that in the previous battle in Antioch City, when he asked a Norman knight for martial arts, the other party told him the key to the "life-saving tribulus hammer": first hide (flexibility) or carry (chain mail) first, and then pull out and swing the iron thistle, and then attack the enemy and take the enemy's life.
There was a muffled sound, and Dim stepped on the ladder without moving, and turned slightly sideways, and the guard's blade stabbed his shoulder, and blood spilled down the wound. (To be continued.) )