Chapter 23: The Start
When Severn's body was thrown in front of the scarlet tent bonfire, Gawain stood with his sword and all the generals to watch and identify, and then the Grand Duke looked at the east gate in the midst of a frenzied noise, and soon two soldiers dragged a man who was too weak and frightened to move anymore, and came to him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"You are being beaten by Saiwen. Driven out by Callegos? Gawain turned to the man, "Honestly, can there still be people to fight in the fortress of Alarman now?" ā
"Grain, ......food," said the man, "Earlier, Callegos had deceived everyone, saying that there was three months' worth of food in the cellar, but now it is estimated that it is seriously insufficient, so they can only drive us away to save rations and supply the soldiers centrally." After saying that, Gawain waved his hand, and the man was taken there by the soldiers for treatment, and the moon shone around Gawain, he stepped forward and took two steps, and then turned around, "It is to use the trench to starve all the soldiers and residents in the fort to death, and then take this fortress without blood; Or will he take advantage of the fact that Saiwen is dead and the castle defenders are in confusion to launch a general attack on the fortress and take it down? ā
Then the Grand Duke turned sideways, his cloak slid down, covering the crook of his sword, and his eyebrows were hesitant and uneasy under the moonlight, after all, although the former's plan could minimize the casualties of the army, but in the end, the material consumption and morale of the besieging party, and the catastrophe caused by the besieged party, were too terrifying. Especially now that Callegos had begun to drive away the inhabitants of the city, it would undoubtedly be infamous if Gawain's soldiers had shot them in the trenches; But if they are accepted tonight, then the defenders in the fortress will resist for a longer time due to the decrease in the number of people who eat food, which means that the battle situation may still be uncertain......
What's more, starving to death is too miserable and cruel.
At this moment, Cabeamia stepped forward, grabbed Gawain's arm, and reminded in a low voice, "It's better to make a general attack plan like a small city, and then let the soldiers storm it in one go, I believe that with the armored cavalry and the soldiers of Gimages, Gawain you can do this." Gawain looked up at the Holy Sister tenderly, then shook her hand under the cloak, and then turned his gaze to Giovanni, who had also been staring at him all the time.
"Grand Duke, I have chosen two places to break through the city wall, one is the fracture of the wall, and the other is the east gate. Tomorrow, the first will be to concentrate the fire of large and small catapults, and the first to let the infantry fill the trenches in two places, and lay wooden bridges for cavalry and equipment to pass. Then General Gregor led a group to attack the wall, and I personally led another team, together with the mounted cavalry of Lord Walter, to attack the east gate. Giovanni seems to have been thinking about this plan for a long time.
"Little sunfish, tomorrow's Prani cannon launch will be handed over to you. Callegos will be a stepping stone to your glory, but I don't want the people of the fortress to be destroyed, or the gains of Seleucia in this battle will be greatly diminished. Gawain turned to the standing gray-haired girl, and Agnes nodded in agreement.
"Then don't hesitate to let the roar of the Great Plani Cannon give true mourning for the funeral of the Callegos family in the first hour after the sun rises tomorrow." Under the bright moon, Gawain stretched out his finger to the sparkling Alalmanburg and ordered in a loud voice, "The enemy chief has been captured by our army in despair, and in order to prevent more people from dying, the walls of the enemy fortress must be captured in one go tomorrow!" ā
The next day, when the sun shone on the fields outside the city, Severn's head was cut off and raised above the flagpole at the head of the east gate, where all could see, and the head was surrounded by four hundred Paulineans in black cloaks and armed with various bows and crossbows. On the two flanks behind her, there were two companies of red-handed cavalry on the left side, and more than 1,000 people were divided into several battle lines, all whispering to each other why they didn't let them be the vanguard, but gave this glorious combat mission to the group of armored cavalry, "Sure enough, they are the sons of the princess in purple?" ā
To the right of the flagpole and Kabeamia were seven hundred Jinat cavalry, and under the banner at the head was naturally General Monomachus, who looked at the bloody head hanging on the flagpole with some melancholy, and then looked at the outline of the Alalman fortress, and whispered in his heart, "Farewell, completely farewell, Callegos." ā
With this heart, behind Monomachus, the long arm of the Great Prani Cannon swayed up and down with a strange whistling of stone projectiles coming out of its pocket, and the stone projectiles it fired were by no means able to withstand the leather and linen curtains hanging at the head of the city, "The target is concentrated at the east gate. Next to the swinging cannon cart, Agnes on the mule had a crisp and loud voice, and Gawain sat on the grass not far from her, standing cross-legged, overlooking the battle.
Stone bullets after stone bullets were concentrated on the city gate, gate tower and surrounding city walls of the east gate, rubble flew indiscriminately, wails came one after another, smoke and dust rolled, and the Seleucian foot riders who were lined up on the edge of the trench responded to the shouts as the stone bullets swept and bombarded, mixed with the sound of trumpets and horns, which made the defenders at the head of the city feel deeper despair. Finally, with the roar of the waves, there was a fatal collapse at the corner of the gate tower of the east gate, and the falling masonry piled up, and after the smoke and dust cleared, it formed a climbing and attacking passage, revealing itself in front of all the Gemagis soldiers.
At this moment, Agnes raised a stop gesture, and then several artillery players ran to her side, waving their flags under the artillery position, and Kabeamia, who looked back, immediately stretched out her golden hand, "All archers, fire at the city!" As soon as the consul finished speaking, four hundred Paul's archers shouted in a procession and approached the edge of the trench, taking turns to draw their bows at the head of the city, and the rain of arrows was so fierce that the only remaining defenders at the head of the city could not raise their heads.
At the sound of the horn, several Jimagis infantrymen used their winches, squeaked, and slowly rested the drawbridge that had been erected in advance to the opposite side of the trench, "Prepare to attack, prepare to attack, put on helmets, raise shields, and show the courage and courage of the previous attack on the small city." When you get to the bottom of the city, climb up one by one, and don't crowd the team. ā
"Swear by the glory of the Silver Spike Battle Banner!" The soldiers of Jimagis, who had already finished their formation, after their respective flag officers shouted out the precautions, all folded their shields across their chests, and held scimitars and battle axes for hand-to-hand combat in their hands, when they suddenly felt a whirlwind mixed with dust blowing on their backs:
A monster with armor on his chest, shoulders, head and neck, riding on a war horse covered in armor all over his body, carrying a four-foot-long mace, the bells hanging from the neck armor of the war horse undulated and sonorous, and the feathers inserted in the curtain of the war horse trembled in the gallop, this guy drove his horse past the camp that the soldiers of Gimageis had already lined up, the horse's hooves were the first to step on the drawbridge, and then trotted straight in the direction of the collapsed city gate! (To be continued.) )