Chapter 76: Chess Meets Opponents
The first cavalry to appear was the Oghuz cavalry recruited by Gawain, because of the hot weather, they all took off their iconic felt hats and feathers, dragged a few braids behind their bare heads, and swayed with the wind, most of them simply took off their armor, wearing tight embroidered robes in the Turkic Gazi style, carrying bows and arrows and sabers, and rushing towards the city of Prusa in black pressure like a flock of mourning crows. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Behind the improvised barracks in front of the eastern wall, the musketeers of the new army all knelt behind them, and set their firing gear on the intervals of the wooden fence, while Tetisius, dressed in a brightly colored cloak, rode on horseback, and stood in a conspicuous command position on the right flank, and shouted to the troops, "Remember the rules and regulations, do not panic, follow my orders, and shoot together, and after the firecrackers, bow and arrow." If you dare to be cowardly, you will be put to death if you are afraid to cast the fire gun in advance, and those who disturb the team will be put to death! ”
Upon hearing such an order from the Grand Duke, the new musketeers and archers calmed down, and there was silence behind the wooden fence, except for the sound of burning ropes.
The sound of the hooves of the Oghuz cavalry on that side was getting closer and more intense, and their procession seemed to be scattered in the initial process, but when they were about a hundred paces away from the fence of the new barracks, they gathered violently, and by virtue of their excellent horsemanship, they immediately formed a dense horizontal formation facing forward, and the heads of the horses were all vying for the lead, and the bowstrings were drawn like a full moon, and they came straight to the barracks and the trenches.
The arrows of the Oghuz came from the horse's back like the wind, and Tetisius, who was riding on a horse behind the wooden fence, was immediately hit by two arrows, but both were blocked by his fine chain mail, "Shoot! The Slash-Nose General was a little hoarse, but resolute, and slashed his saber and roared.
Behind the wooden fence, the calm new army gunners steadily shot a wave of fire arrows and lead shots. After the thunderous sound, dozens of Oghuz volunteer cavalry approaching at the front suddenly fell from their horses and were killed and wounded, and there was also a violent riot in the rear.
Then the archers of the new army also stepped forward to shoot arrows, and under the fierce blow, the Oghuz cavalry scattered again, throwing down a piece of human and horse corpses, and fled towards the place of departure.
"Long live Prussa, long live His Majesty the Emperor!" Many of the field missionaries began to cheer feverishly, and the New Army soldiers behind the barracks and on the city walls began to wave their flags, muskets, and other weapons, and cheered as they watched the defeated Oghuz cavalry turn back.
But Tetisius's face was grim, and he pulled out the arrows from his armor, "Everyone continue to hold the barracks, and besides, tell Meriselos to mobilize all the forces and materials in the city and do what I say!" ”
A day later, under the city of Dollilaam, Branas ordered six light mortars to be pushed to the first line of siege, and one fire cannon was placed on the second line, and began to roar in unison, wreaking havoc on the walls of Dollilaam. However, the defenders of the city were particularly tenacious, and when they received the news that the defenders of the Eagle Tower of Laudisia had been slaughtered, they decided not to leave themselves a way out: they gathered all their firearms and crossbows to shoot at each other, and constantly took advantage of the intermittent shelling of the Guardian Brigade to select the dead to frantically attack the city gates.
After a whole day of fighting, more than half of the defenders were killed and wounded, but they still held on to the shattered walls, and broke three light mortars of Branas...... and shot two centurions of the Guardian Brigade.
At the same time, Gawain's Red Hand Brigade and all the cavalry regiments also marched to the city of Prusa, and Gawain sent envoys to hope that Tetisius would submit to Brenus, "In addition, as long as John surrenders the imperial capital, I am willing to keep a duke for him in Moria and retire in peace." ”
"Moria is the legal territory of the empire, why do you use the high diploma of the traitor to usurp it?" Tetisius in the city sternly refused, and stabbed Gawain's envoy blind in the right eye, cut off his right hand, and put it back, "Tell the traitor Gawain that the city of Prusa is guarded by me Tetisius, and he can't go beyond half a step!" His Majesty the Emperor is mobilizing a large army to contact the Friendship Alliance, and a large reinforcement here is about to be launched in the near future, Gawain, you are from the plateau, it is easy to advance and retreat, it is better to retreat automatically at this moment to save a life. If Georgia and Trabzonspor kick your back again, they will regret it. ”
After seeing the bloody "return", Gawain was furious, "It will take three or four days for the artillery regiment to arrive here, and we will first set up five cannons and large plani cannons to attack the walls of Prussa." ”
A fierce offensive and defensive battle ensued.
Gawain ordered the soldiers to erect five cannons, but Tetisius had them crouch on the walls and shoot small bronze cannons, which were broken before they could be erected;
So Gawain erected a large plani cannon, and Tetisius asked the soldiers to carry a large bronze cannon to bombard it on the protruding platform that was erected, and destroyed three artillery carts in succession;
Gawain sent cavalry to sweep outside the city, and Tetisius also bravely led the Vadateri cavalry to fight out of the city, desperately defending the passage of the sea to the west of Prusa, and fought with the Red Hand cavalry and the Komaroi cavalry, and instructed a small group of infantry and archers to ambush, the two sides won and lost, but Gawain's cavalry was frequently ambushed, and lost many war horses, which was worse;
After several days of fighting, the main force of Gawain's artillery regiment arrived, and under the cover of the car base and earthen ramparts, began to bombard the eastern wall of Prussia, but most of the stone pellet shells were fired into the earthen platform and the retaining wall, and most of the kinetic energy of the destruction was neutralized, and as a result, the wall of Prusa was still standing for three days. However, the five petal-shaped protrusions were completed, and the new army of Tetisius damaged many of Gao Wenfang's caravans with the help of their own artillery from the sea. After that, Tetisius ordered half of his soldiers to continue to hold on to the east wall, and the other half to build petal-shaped earthen platforms along the southern wall of the city, and sent letters to Constantinople asking Emperor John for more pay and supplies.
Gawain then called the fire bear cannon to continue the bombardment, but secretly asked the Tranzak miners to dig two tunnels, ready to cast fire pigs or detonate the Khitan snow barrel to destroy the city wall, but Tetisius dug a tunnel down on the gate tower of the city wall, tied a copper bell to listen, and after determining the location of Gawen's tunnel, he sent soldiers to use reed pipe sockets to blow the "fire of guarding" at the exit, and burned the miners of Trangzak into "fire pigs", and those who were not burned and burned fled back like panicked hornets, and then the tunnels were completely destroyed by Tetisius.
Gawain built a counterweight ladder in an attempt to get close to the wall for the assault team to climb, while Tetisius placed a stone thrower behind the wall and smashed all the ladders with heavy stones.
After a month of fighting back and forth, and when Gawain's Left Army came to rendezvous, Tetisius and the city of Prusa still resisted.
Previously, after fierce street fighting, Branas's brigade had captured the city of Dolila Aime, slaughtered the defenders of the city, and rushed to join the great lord and protector.
"It seems that my biggest mistake in the Battle of Philomeron was to let this noseless man run back." When Branass saw Gawain, he said this to himself.