Chapter 8: The Battle of Boer Town (2)
The javelin was able to endure in the Roman army because of its unique characteristics, the heavy javelin pierced like a rain of arrows. Javelins tend to be much more lethal than bows and arrows, so for gnolls without armor, it's a nightmare.
"Ah~~~~~h~~~~~h There seemed to be a javelin forest in front of the city wall, and many gnolls who were not dead struggled to get up, but often fell down again after taking a few steps, and more gnolls were directly nailed to the ground by javelins, and they cried out miserably a few times before they were silent.
The gnoll-charging team slammed into a stagger, but quickly rushed again in a bloodthirsty desire.
"Ready, ....."
"Ready,... Put ......."
Soon, three rounds of javelins were thrown, and the gnoll's charging team suddenly decreased by more than half, and only scattered gnolls approached the city wall and crawled frantically towards the city wall. They opened their mouths wide and screamed, revealing their vicious fangs, terrorizing the Roman youth army standing on the city walls, only to receive sharp javelins.
"The youth army draws your weapons and prepares for battle, and the levies continue to shoot." After the initial shock, he quickly reacted and saw the gnolls rushing towards the wall. Qin Feng raised his sword and shouted. Although the casualties were heavy, the gnolls did not know what fear was, and still rushed bloodthirsty.
"Hurry up, draw your weapons, get ready for battle, hurry up...."The centurions heard Qin Feng's order and said loudly.
The Roman youth army laid down their javelins, picked up their daggers again, and held their shields together, ready to meet the enemy.
"The levies continue to shoot and suppress the enemy." Qin Feng, under the protection of the guards, walked around the city wall.
Without the suppression of the three hundred youth army, a large number of gnolls poured over and gathered under the city walls. They frantically attacked the city walls with their weapons or with the claws in their hands, but the thick walls were like a wall of heaven, firmly blocking their way.
"Levies, target the city, shoot continuously." Seeing this scene, Qin Feng shouted.
The gnolls under the city are like crowded cans, and the levies don't have to think about it at all, as long as they throw their javelins, they will definitely hit some unlucky egg.
There was a wail for a while, and the gnolls, who had been impaled by the javelin and were not yet dead, let out a miserable scream as they struggled to pull out the javelin stuck in their bodies. There are even javelins that directly penetrate the front person and insert the back one, killing two birds with one stone!
Seeing such a scene at such a close distance, Qin Feng's face was very ugly.
"Levy soldiers, raise shields." At this time, Qin Feng's sharp eyes saw that some jackals under the city picked up the javelins on the ground and threw them at the city wall, and hurriedly shouted.
The levies picked up the large shields behind the women's wall to protect their bodies.
"The sound of a bumper crash," these are specially made javelins, and after being thrown, the tips of the soft iron guns are either deformed or scattered in two. The gnolls threw them back with all their might, but the deformed javelins were not lethal at all, unable to penetrate the credent shields of the levies, and of course some of the unlucky ones were smashed with blood all over their heads.
"Keep shooting..."More and more gnolls have accumulated under the walls, and the living gnolls use the gnolls' corpses as stepping stones, like piling up a dirt slope leading to the walls. These "dirt slopes" are getting higher and higher, and some of the bloodthirsty jackals who leap up almost even jump on the city walls.
After a few rounds of throwing, Qin Feng could clearly see that the strength of the recruits had dried up, and the javelins they shot out had lost their previous lethality.
Although the javelin is very lethal, a strong adult can only shoot continuously for two minutes at most, otherwise it will definitely cause damage to the soldier's arms and shoulders. The situation in front of him is still in his prediction for the time being, and there are only more than 1,000 of the more than 2,000 gnolls left, and they can completely resist it with the combat effectiveness of the youth army.
The levies were originally just ranged soldiers, and with their combat power, after facing the murderous gnolls, it was definitely the last thing Qin Feng wanted to face.
"Lowell," Qin Feng yelled.
"Yes, young master." Not far away, Rowell yelled in response, raised his large shield, and trotted over while protecting himself.
Qin Feng hid behind the big shields raised by the guards, and pointed to the conscripts. "You take the levies down and let them rest, and then tell the steward to organize some men to go up the walls and take over the levies."
"Yes, young master," Luo Wei took Qin Feng's order and led the tired conscripts down the stairs to run down the city wall, and after getting off the city wall, the conscripts lay down in the corners of the wall, drinking the water handed by the leaders while seizing the time to rest.
"Young soldiers, raise your shields and prepare for the onslaught." Without the suppression of the levies, the desire of the gnolls to attack was even stronger, and the humble "dirt slope" was soon built to the height of the women's wall.
"Ho-ho...," the young soldiers shouted, and there was a sound of shields colliding, and the soldiers raised their shields to block their upper bodies, covering each other's comrades, holding short, sharp short swords in their right hands, and they were welcoming the arrival of the enemy.
Qin Feng was surrounded by guards and young soldiers who were protecting him, and his heavy breath surrounded him, with bloodlust and excitement.
"Prepare to meet the enemy." The centurions in front of the battle shouted.
"Ahh
The guard holding the shield beside him was short, and Qin Feng instinctively raised his long sword and stabbed through the gap between the shields towards the things on the shield.
"Puff..."It was like the feeling of being stabbed into a piece of pork, the sharp long sword stabbed into it effortlessly, a terrible howl sounded, Qin Feng withdrew the long sword, and the blood that exuded a rich bloody aura suddenly poured his face.
"Young Master, are you alright?" Hank casually stabbed a jackal to death, and when he turned around and saw Qin Feng covered in blood, he hurriedly asked.
"It's okay, haha, it's enemy blood." Qin Feng laughed, raised his sword and stabbed into the body of a jackal again, and shouted, "Kill ~~~~~~." ”
The blood on the body of the "...... Killer" and the painful wails of the enemy before death stimulated the nerves of the warriors like medicine, and they looked at the ugly and savage gnoll with red eyes, laughed, and pounced on them without fear.
The rise of the soldiers' killing, Qin Feng did the same, his left hand raised his shield to block the attack of the jackal, and the wrist of his right hand turned at a flexible angle, and the short and sharp short sword suddenly pierced the waist and ribs of the jackal like a poisonous snake. Raise his foot and kick the screaming jackal off the city wall, the long sword he was holding has long been thrown away by him, fighting in a narrow place like the city wall, the long sword is definitely not better than the big shield short sword, not only him, but even the guards are the same, throwing away the flashy long sword, all of them learn the appearance of the young army and replace it with a big shield short sword.
Qin Feng and the guards killed the gnolls on the city wall all the way to the city tower.
At this time, the entire city wall was full of fighting sounds, and the jackals had all climbed to the city wall relying on the "corpse dirt slope" and fought with the youth army. Under the leadership of the centurion, the youth army still maintained the formation, the youth army in the back held a shield in both hands against the back of the youth army in front, the youth army in front was responsible for fighting the jackals, and the rear army maintained the formation.
Although the youth army was small in number, they gathered together under the command of the centurion, like a reef in a storm, and still firmly held the line under the onslaught of the jackals.