"Kill-" The walls resounded with shouts of killing, the sound of swords and the wails of the soldiers before the temporary, and after a two-hour break for lunch, the Hun army launched another onslaught on the castle of Sveron and the walls on both sides under the orders of Ma Li, and the two sides launched a fierce battle for the city walls on the city walls.

During the siege in the afternoon, the casualties of the Hun infantry in the process of arriving under the city wall were reduced a lot, this is Ma Li adopted the infantry shield siege strategy of the Roman Empire, the so-called infantry shield siege method is to let the soldiers form a phalanx, each soldier takes a shield on the top of his head to form a shield array, so that the attack of the arrow and ballista body shot from the city wall and the castle will be blocked by the shield array, and can not cause damage to the Hun infantry in the shield array, after arriving under the city wall, a single soldier holds a small round shield and holds the sword in his mouth, Climbing with the other hand, this method of warfare can protect the soldiers from harm to the greatest extent, and the casualties are greatly reduced.

Under Ma Li's order, the Hun infantry adopted this infantry shield siege strategy, resulting in a situation in which the two sides launched a fierce and repeated battle on the city wall, and the control of a section of the city wall constantly changed owners, and such a tragic battle for the city wall brought heavy casualties to both sides.

"Someone, order the siege tower to advance and connect the battlements of the city wall, and send a battalion to support!" Ma Li saw that he couldn't attack for a long time, and his heart was suddenly a little anxious, so he put down the telescope and issued an order.

Under the orders of Ma Li, a dozen siege towers approached the walls and castles under the impetus of the siege battalion soldiers, when the siege towers approached the battlements of the city walls. There was a drawbridge on the siege tower, and there was an iron hook at the front end of the drawbridge, when the drawbridge stretched out to the city wall. The iron hook at the front end will hook the masonry of the city wall, and the reinforcements on the siege tower will rush from the drawbridge to the city wall to fight fiercely with the soldiers of the Eastern Roman Empire, so that the rectangular infantry phalanx arranged by the infantry of the Eastern Roman Empire on the city wall will be broken by the Hun infantry in many places, and can no longer give full play to the overall impact advantage to drive the Hun infantry who have occupied a section of the city wall off the city wall.

At this time, the situation was completely chaotic, the battle on the city walls was no longer in order, and the soldiers on both sides were mixed up. A chaotic battle ensued, and at this time the Xiongnu archers on the well not far from the city wall began to exert their might, and these archers were very skilled in shooting. The accuracy was very high, and they began to shoot one by one, and the Eastern Roman infantry on the city walls were constantly killed by cold arrows, and the number of casualties increased. There was a problem with the defense of the Eastern Empire's side. On the city wall, they were killed by the Hun infantry and retreated, and many sections of the city wall were occupied by the Hun infantry.

The guards of the Eastern Empire in the castle saw the situation on the city wall clearly from the lookout hole, knowing that these people who were guarding against cold arrows were all Hun archers on the well not far away, and seeing that a large section of the city wall fell into the hands of the Huns, he began to get anxious, if it continued like this, and waited until the walls on both sides of the castle were all lost, then the castle would be completely dangerous. He was in a hurry in the castle: "Damn, I can't be so passive anymore." The arrows fired from the dozen or so tall wooden towers of the other side in front of us have caused too many casualties to our soldiers, and our archers will not be able to show up at all, they will be shot if they do, and we must find a way to destroy those wooden towers, otherwise I am afraid that the walls on both sides of the castle will be lost before dark, and once they occupy the castle, the Sveron defense line will be completely breached."

The adjutant general thought for a while and said: "Otherwise, we send archers to take a certain risk and shoot at those wooden towers with rockets, after all, the towers are wooden, they must be afraid of fire, as long as the rockets hit the wood on the towers, they will catch fire, and if these wooden towers are burned, they will have nothing to do with us in a short time!" ”

The guard walked to the lookout hole on the front and observed the wells on the opposite side, and found that it was a southeast wind now, and those wells were just on the cusp of the southeast wind, he shook his head and said: "Your method is good, but unfortunately it is not applicable now, those wooden towers are just beyond the range of our archers' bows and arrows from us, and now it is just a southeast wind, for us it is a headwind, and the bow and arrow can not shoot so far, if it is a tailwind, there is hope, but now it is a headwind, this method is not possible now, It's better to do it the other way! ”

The adjutant was at a loss now, and bowed his head in thought, the castle was constantly being carried in by soldiers from the outside, the surgeons were constantly shuttling between the wounded to stitch up their wounds, and the priests and priests were reading the Bible to each wounded to relieve their pain, in fact, to distract them and give them spiritual comfort.

These clergy and priests who accompany the army provide religious services to the soldiers, and they play an irreplaceable and important role in boosting the morale of the troops, the mental health of the soldiers, and improving the level of combat readiness.

Even before the military chaplains were produced, the rulers of some countries and armies showed concern for the mental state of the soldiers. In prehistoric armies, priests and soothsayers accompanied the army to encourage warriors to build up their feats. The term "chaplain" originated in the fourth century, when Father Macin of Tours was a young soldier and saw a poor man with no clothes to wear, and in order to help him keep him warm, Father Macin tore his soldier's cloak in half and gave half of it to the poor man. That night, the priest dreamed of this poor man, who told Father Sù that he was Jesus. Later, the other half of Father Ma Jing's cloak became a prostration in the army. For this purpose, a chapel called the "Prayer Room" was set up, and the clergy who served in it were called "prayer masters", and the chaplains were born.

The castle keeper thought about it for a long time, and he came up with a solution, but it was very risky, but it was worth the sacrifice in order to defend this place.

He said in a deep voice: "Immediately send my order, let the cavalry wing assemble in the city, immediately, immediately!" ”

The adjutant general was a little stunned, "General, what do you want to do?" ”

The guard looked at the well outside the lookout hole and said, "The only way now is to send an army out to destroy those wooden towers, the arrows shot from their towers have caused too many casualties to our army, we must destroy them, otherwise our castle will be destroyed!" ”

The adjutant general was shocked and said, "General, no! The cavalry wing is only more than 600 cavalry, and the Huns outside the city have more than 10,000 cavalry, and going out of the city can only be sent to death! ”

The guard yelled: "Then what do you want me to do?" Do we want to watch the castle being seized by the Huns, and we all become prisoners? Needless to say, go and give me orders! ”

After a fierce ideological struggle, the adjutant general gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, general, but you can't lead the army out of the city, you are the supreme commander here, and you are still needed to preside over the overall situation for the defense of the entire Sveron, let me take the cavalry wing out of the city, right?" I promise to complete this task! ”

"No way!" The guard shouted against it: "This time out of the city to fight is very dangerous, it is very likely that you will not be able to come back, if I don't come back, you are the supreme commander here, you must hold here, do you not let the Huns take a step forward, understand?" ”

The adjutant general shook his head and said: "General, no, you are the supreme commander here, you can't be irresponsible, you have to stay here to command, except for you, everyone else here can die, but you can't die, it is necessary to say more, general, this time I will lead the team to complete this operation!" ”

The defender had no choice but to agree with the deputy general's construction, and the deputy general led the team to carry out the destruction of the Huns' wells, and only by destroying the wells could a large number of casualties of their own soldiers on the city wall.

After the order was delivered, a wing of cavalry gathered in the city, the Eastern Roman Empire of this matter has begun to pay attention to the development of cavalry, several major wars of Obaro have cavalry remnants, and cavalry has gradually become the protagonist on the battlefield, especially the importance of heavy cavalry is becoming more and more obvious, the Eastern and Western Empires and Visigothic and other countries have begun to develop heavy cavalry, and the heavy cavalry of the Visigothic Kingdom has developed the most elite, not only the knight's tactical quality is very high, but also ahead of other countries in terms of cavalry equipment.

The adjutant general rode his war horse to the front of the cavalry wing, drew his broadsword and shouted: "Warriors of the Eastern Empire, the wooden towers of the Huns outside the city have caused too many casualties to our guards on the city walls, we must send a team of men and horses out to destroy them, and you are the people chosen by the general, the general ordered me to take you out of the city to destroy the enemy's wooden towers, this battle out of the city must complete the task no matter what, even if all of us here are going to die in battle, it must be completed!" ”

"Roar, roar, roar" The knights all drew their swords and echoed loudly, in this kind of siege warfare, there are not many places where cavalry can really be used, and this is the time for them to make a contribution, the soldiers of this cavalry wing are of course very excited.

"Open the gates!" The lieutenant roared.

"Squeak-" There was a sound, and the soldiers at the city gate pulled out the log that was lying on the bolt, and then several people pulled the heavy wooden gate covered with iron sheets, and when the gate was fully opened, the adjutant pointed his broadsword in the direction of the hole in the city gate, "Soldiers, kill with me-"

"Kill-" A row of cavalry followed the lieutenant general to the city gate cave, and in just two minutes, more than 600 cavalry people all rushed to the outside of the city, and rushed to the well not far away without stopping at the city gate.

"Kill!" The six hundred cavalry rushed out to cause a lot of momentum, the Hun infantry blocking the city gate was defeated on the spot, a bloody passage appeared, the Hun infantry tried to block this cavalry, but it was completely beyond their strength.

Ma Li quickly discovered this situation, and immediately said loudly: "Order, the 1st Cavalry Battalion of the 1st Cavalry Regiment of the 16th Division will meet you, and you must protect the well and leave all this cavalry behind, and not a single one can be let go!" (To be continued......)