With Chris's order. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info real flesh-and-blood battle, the cruel and ruthless siege began.

"Line up!" With a loud shout from the commander, a thousand archers from Chris's army responded in response.

"Aim!" The longbow was held in the hand, and the bowstring was drawn into a full moon.

"Put!" At the last command, a thousand arrows burst out of the string and cut an arc through the air, covering the heads of the soldiers at the head of the city. However, since most of the soldiers defending the city were equipped with shields to protect themselves, there were no casualties in this round of arrow rain.

This unfortunate result did not discourage Chris's commander, as his mission was to suppress the defenders' bow defenses and cover the actual siege troops.

Soon, the first wave of siege troops, about 1,000 men, marched mightily towards the city of Essis. Carrying shields in their hands and ladders on their shoulders, their task was to successfully lift the ladder up the city wall in the midst of a rain of arrows.

Hearing the tinkling sound around the body, Guy didn't panic at all, and he carefully observed the enemy's movements through the battlements. Only after the opposing siege force had entered the firing range did he shout: "Shoot the arrows!" ”

The first round of arrow rain on the defenders directly caused dozens of casualties. However, this was only temporary, as the besieging troops scattered into stragglers. Due to the large gap between the soldiers, the defender's lethality is also weakened by more than 10%.

A team of 1,000 people, say too much, say less and not too much. After paying the price of three or four hundred people, he finally managed to break through the blockade of the rain of arrows and reach the city wall. And one of the important reasons why it is so easy to reach is that the newly expanded city of Essis has no moat.

The absence of a moat allowed the attackers to advance unhindered, and they did not need to add to the blockage with their lives, nor did they have to pitifully storm the small gates.

Faced with such smooth progress, Chris nodded with satisfaction. He knew that it was time for a wave of support, the first tentative attack went unexpectedly well, and the second wave was to take advantage of the victory!

"Your Excellency, leave this round of attacks to me!" A young knight in uniform offered himself beside Chris.

Hearing this, Chris looked over, nodded and said, "Yes." Be careful, Lester. ”

Baron Leicester is the lord of Barony Tallinn, and he is also an important ally of Baron Chris, and the two families are still in-laws by blood. So when Chris asked the Alliance to crusade against Allen, he immediately agreed, because his father had also died in the Battle of the Los Angeles. Allen's last move was to deprive him of his administrative power in Tallinn.

Now, in this second wave of the offensive, Leicester Mau took it upon himself to lead 500 soldiers into the attack.

Unlike the first wave, the second wave focused on one big guy - the rush!

A rampage, also known as a siege vehicle, is a large vehicle assembled from wood. The overall structure resembles a pointed wooden house, unusually sturdy, with six wheels underneath. The roof and surroundings of the car were covered with a thick layer of hides, and many shields were nailed to the outside of the hides, which could effectively defend against the penetration of arrows. In addition, a layer of mud was poured on the roof of the car to defend against enemy fire oil attacks.

Its interior is a thick log suspended from a beam with rope or iron chains, and the back end of the log has a metal cap and a metal head at the front end, which is mostly made in the shape of a sheep's head, called a battering ram.

During the siege, the soldiers pulled the battering ram backwards and slammed into the gate, relying on huge inertia and kinetic energy to destroy the gate or the latch structure behind the gate.

And Lester personally led people to get into the bottom of the rushing car, and five people on the left and right sides pushed the rushing car forward.

The movement of the rushing car was very slow, and Guy had already noticed it, but the other party was far away, and the damage of the bow and arrow was not enough to stop its advance. It can only be destroyed by using heavy weapons such as trebuchets and ballistas. None of these things, Guy had any.

There is another way, which is to open the gates and rush out and tear it down. But it is clearly not feasible.

"Damn it!" Guy slammed his fist into the walls, and he could only watch the huge rush get closer and closer without doing anything about it.

"Quick! Faster! Lester shouted loudly to the soldiers beside him, pushing the heavy cart hard. Looking at the city wall approaching little by little, Lester became more and more excited.

The car headed straight towards the city gate, slow but unstoppable. The arrows flying in the sky could only be nailed weakly to the thick shield wall outside, unable to cause any damage.

With a short distance of 500 meters and ten minutes, the car successfully reached the city gate of Esis.

The city gate, which was still huge, was tightly blocked at this moment.

"One! Two! Pull! Leicester shouted a slogan, calling on his companions to pull the thick and heavy battering ram in the middle little by little, to the highest point

"Put!"

At the sound of an order, the battering ram went from slow to fast, with incomparably huge force, and slammed into the city gate like a mountain cracking rock.

"Boom!" The dull sound kept echoing in the ears of those around him. The thick gates shook and shook off a puff of dust.

At the same time, on the other side of the gates, Constantine had long been supporting the gates with dozens of men with huge wooden stakes. At the same time, many people began to pile up wood and stones under the city gates, preparing to block the city gates. "Hurry up! Hold on! Constantine also commanded with all his might.

"Come again!" Lester exclaimed excitedly.

However, all of a sudden, everyone felt the whole car suddenly sink, and then they saw a layer of black liquid flowing from both sides of the roof. Lester's eyes shrank and he exclaimed, "Fire oil! ”

That's right, it's the oil that Guy has already prepared, and the moment the chariot arrives at the city, he orders his soldiers to pour it on the roof of the chariot. The all-wood structure can only cause the most damage if it is attacked by fire.

I saw that after the car was drenched with a large vat full of oil, Guy took a torch in his own hand and threw it down. When the torch comes into contact with the oil, it instantly ignites a large fire and spreads rapidly to the surrounding area.

In the blink of an eye, the entire car burst into flames.

Lester cursed angrily and shouted, "Don't let the flames burn inside." Extinguish the fire with sand! ”

He knew very well that because of the mud on and around the roof of the rushing car, it would not burn so easily. The only thing to worry about is that the fire oil will burn into the inside of the car with the flames, which will be fatal.

Hearing Lester's command, the soldiers took out the sandbags they had prepared long ago from the rushing car, and quickly isolated the sand from the oil.

"Quick, come again!" Lester seized every second to give the order. Re-commanding the car to hit the door, this moment could not be delayed, because he didn't know how long the car could last, he could only do his best. (To be continued.) )