"Keep shooting, don't stop!"

Under the command of the sergeant, the engineers next to the ballista kept loading stone bullets and fired at the Nord longship, which was already approaching the dock, and in a few moments, two ships sank and one was seriously injured. However, this did not prevent the Nord fleet from landing, the water near the dock could not trap the Nord sailors who were familiar with the nature of the water, and the iron cables that sank to the bottom of the water were not pulled up in time to prevent the ships from landing.

Some of the ships stopped to rescue the fallen sailors, but many more managed to land, dropping hundreds of Nord warriors. Half of them were poorly equipped but highly motivated light infantry and hunters, while the remaining half were skilled light infantry mixed with recruited pirates, dressed in chain mail and armed with battle axes, charging fearlessly. And the big ships floating on the sea were also full of well-equipped and well-trained Nord warriors, guarding their Yar, ready to go ashore at any time.

The flag waved again, and the direction of fire from the ballistas changed. The stone projectiles flew towards the ranks of Nord soldiers who were charging towards the town, and the Nord light infantry raised their shields and scattered to avoid the stones. These stone projectiles are so powerful that the slightest touch of the shield can shatter the shield and break the arm of the shield bearer. When the four ballistas were fired at the same time, almost ten people were wounded. But before the ballistas could fire a third round of stone projectiles, the Nord hunters were already closing under the towers, firing a dense barrage of arrows.

Two engineers in cotton armor were shot while loading stone bullets, one fell to the tower, and the other fell, being chopped to pieces by the Nord light infantry below. The rest of the engineers bowed down in terror to dodge the arrows and dropped their ballistas. The crossbowmen on the walls of the town also pulled their crossbow strings and tried to relieve the engineers on the towers. However, due to the distance, only a few Nord hunters who did not have a shield were shot, and the remaining crossbow bolts either missed or were blocked by shields.

The Nord's skilled light infantry and pirates then came to the front to form a shield wall to protect the poorly armoured archers and light infantry, allowing them to break open the tower's gates and storm the tower's interior to engage the engineers in hand-to-hand combat. Those engineers are usually trained in martial arts, but how can they be the opponents of those fierce Nord bandits? The blade of the axe swung and blood stained the steps red. The head of the engineer was torn off his body by the northerners and held high in the air.

Bloodied pirates and light infantry laughed heartily and climbed to the top of the tower, hanging the decapitated corpses from the tower, and then tossing the heads like balls. They wouldn't waste the heads, and the pirates would boil the flesh off the skulls in a cauldron on the ship, then crack the skulls to make wine cups to take home as trophies to show off. Although many people despise this barbaric behavior, they enjoy it.

"These bastards!"

The sergeant looked at the dozen corpses hanging from the tower, gritted his teeth and shook out the war hammer in his hand, and his eyes seemed to be lit with flames. The hammer hit the city wall and smashed a stone shard. But the sergeant didn't see it, and an invisible sledgehammer smashed into the hearts of all the Swadia soldiers behind him, shattering their confidence and courage.

Hank saw the flames burning around the harbor, and saw thousands of Nord warriors rush to the shore, carrying battering rams and ladders they had already assembled on their ships, rushing towards their weak defenses.

A steady stream of crossbow arrows from the armory was sent to the walls, and soldiers, patrols, and improvised townsfolk and traders all picked up their crossbow arrows and fired at the Nord shield wall below.

Dozens of Nord light infantry fell on the way to the charge, and the skilled light infantry and pirates behind immediately dragged them to the rear, lined up the second shield wall, and at the same time pushed the battering rams to the city gate, pushing the battering rams against the gates.

The town itself was built to entertain merchant ships who came to the port, and the walls were built only to deal with pirate raids. The city gate was also tall and spacious, so that it was convenient for horse-drawn carriages to travel together. In peacetime, this is naturally conducive to commercial circulation and the development of towns, but it is very vulnerable in the face of war.

The shield wall blocked most of the arrows, and the battering ram slammed at the gate, breaking the latch in a few moments. More than a dozen Swadia militiamen propped up wooden sticks behind the gate and blocked it with their bodies.

But how could the flesh and blood withstand the impact of the battering rams, even if these militiamen used all their strength to push the gate, the wooden sticks supported behind the door kept sliding backwards, and the cracks on it became more and more, and they were on the verge of breaking.

"Block the gate, don't let ..."

Before the sergeant's voice fell, the wooden sticks broke one by one, and the soldiers guarding the door were repelled by the powerful impact, and several people standing at the back of the line fell directly to the ground, and the militiamen standing at the front also had a few deep axe marks on their bodies.

Armed with Nord helmets and skilled light infantry swarmed in, throwing axes and javelins at each other, knocking down an entire platoon of Swadia militiamen. The crossbowmen on the ramparts had to look behind them. The Nord warriors under the city wall saw that the rain of arrows on the city wall had weakened, and lowered more long ladders, and before the battle at the main gate was over, dozens of Nord warriors had already climbed the city wall.

"Protect the town and kill these northerners!"

The sergeant raised his hammer and rushed to the front with the infantry behind him, tangling with the Nord pirates. Hank swallowed a mouthful of spit, remembered the sergeant's words, glanced back at the colorful flags fluttering over the bazaar, mustered up the courage to roar, and rushed towards a pirate who had been squeezed out of the crowd and left alone.

He slashed diagonally with his sword in both hands, but was blocked by the opponent's shield, and before he could take the sword back, he was slapped in the face by Haikou with the back of his axe, and the bridge of his nose collapsed directly. Hank snorted in pain and took two steps back. The pirate also noticed that his opponent was not very strong, grinned, rushed up and slashed at it with an axe, forcing Hank to raise his sword to block, until he retreated to the edge of the wall, and then kicked him down.

Hank fell off the wall and fell directly into the crowd of Nord charges, smashing into a Nord light infantryman. Holding back the pain in his chest, Hank stood up and picked up the sword that had fallen beside him, and stabbed it hard into the body of the Nord soldier beneath him, piercing his abdomen. When the other Nords around saw their companion killed, they swarmed up and cut off Hank's hands and feet with axes, chopped off his head and threw him.

The blood-covered head rolled on the ground dozens of times until it reached the bottom of the flag with a black lion flag on a red background. The head slowly stopped, and its eyes widened as it stared at the flag.

Reinforcements never arrived, and the sergeants fought until the last moment, watching their comrades fall one by one, their armor cut into pieces, and pieces of iron scattered on the ground, mixed with blood. It was a long time before he took his last breath, and he tilted his head and looked in the direction of Paravon. But until he was completely unconscious, he didn't see the knights in heavy armor and armed with spears...

The fire lit by the Nords continued to burn, engulfing the entire town, as well as the beautiful bunting in the town fair.

。 Nine Heavenly God Emperors