Chapter 623: Breaking the City
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A dozen huge military formations lined up, and blue dragon banners flew.
Underneath the unified banner were the various insignia of the other nobles, including the sword and shield of the King of Conquest, the claws of Viscount Bale, the blue leaf of Baron Terry, and the lion head of Garcia......
On the city wall, the Grand Duke of Wellington looked at the coalition forces below with an expressionless face, and his hands were already secretly clenched.
The men of the Shadow Hand never contacted him again, but William the Conqueror, who was supposed to die, arrived and immediately knew that the assassination was at his instigation...... All of this was like a nightmare, dragging him into a bottomless abyss, and no matter how much he struggled, it would be useless.
"Zaga Wellington!"
A war horse rushed out of the military formation, and a blue-armored knight rode on it, full of spirit, and the loud voice could be heard from far and near.
"I swear in the name of William Wallace, ruler of the Plains, king of the Swifts, and conqueror, that as long as you submit immediately, I will still crown you Duke of Wellington, make Lionheart your fiefdom, and forgive you for your previous despicable deeds and sins! As long as you surrender! ”
"Surrender!"
"Surrender!"
"Surrender!"
……
20,000 people cheered together, beating their shields and armor with earth-shattering sounds.
"That is William Wallace, the king of conquest?"
Archduke Wellington Saga looked at the high-spirited Wu Ming below, the expression on his face was even darker, and at the same time there was a hint of vigilance.
He was keenly aware of the changes in his vassals, after all, García Wellington had all defected to the King of Conquest and was still reused, and of course they could.
As for whether the Wellington family will be split? To be honest, if it was a small nobleman with a branch lineage, maybe he would still wish it was like this.
"Let go of the arrows!"
Wellington was silent for a moment, as if considering the suggestion carefully, then looked to the north, and finally waved his hand.
Shout!
A long arrow was thrown, and it fell with all its strength when it was more than ten feet in front of Wu Ming.
This is not a blockade, but a declaration that the negotiations have broken down and can only end in war.
"Sure enough, it still doesn't work, it seems that sending Wei Long before to let Ice City ask for help from Storm Horn gave you confidence?"
Wu Mingle turned his horse's head and returned to the military formation: "Attack!" ”
"Attack!"
A general next to him shouted hoarsely, and a thick horn suddenly sounded.
Bang! Bang!
One by one, the army formations continued to step forward, causing the Wellington people on the city wall to be terrified: "What is that? ”
At the front of the formation, there were shields and spears, as well as crossbowmen and knights guarding both sides, of course, they knew these troops.
But in Wu Ming's army, they also saw many strange things.
For example, the eight-foot-long giant wood that was pushed by the cart was now probably known to be the 'holy fire' that William had received in the church's propaganda, and that it was actually a wooden artillery unit with strange firearms and good at playing with the power of flames.
But beyond that, the ladders and arrow towers as high as the city walls, the thick siege engines that looked like giant carapace monsters, and the last trebuchet were beyond their comprehension.
"Let the catapults start first, and once the morale of the enemy is blown, the siege engines with wooden cannons and ladder arrows will immediately go up, and the earthwork troops will send out their tools, ready to dig tunnels and bury gunpowder at any time."
With Wu Ming's orders passed down one by one, Viscount Bale's eyes were full of pity when he looked at Lionheart City.
Even he, at the military meeting that had just been held, was dumbfounded after hearing about the use and power of these weapons.
Not only did the sir, who used to be a merchant in Carlos, come up with a lot of brilliant ideas to get a lot of Kindron, but it was just as terrifying to apply his wisdom to siege and kill people!
"Trebuchet ready!"
A large number of soldiers shouted, using crowbars, mallets and other tools, to put a hundred-pound boulder into a strangely shaped trebuchet.
Different from ordinary trebuchets, these trebuchets designed by Wu Ming directly adopt a mature design, add an extra counterweight, and use steel parts for important parts, and the overall performance is similar to the 'return cannon' in the previous life, which can project a boulder weighing hundreds of pounds, which can be called a siege weapon in the era of cold weapons.
"Launch!"
Accompanied by the order, a dozen counterweight trebuchets immediately let out a loud roar, smashing a dozen or so boulders of more than a hundred pounds on the walls of Lionheart.
Bang!
Rocks flew and smashed the stunned guards into meat sauce.
Bang!
A large pit was broken in the city wall, and countless cracks spread.
Bang!
Like an earthquake, this repeated smell of heaven and earth is an extremely terrifying psychological pressure for any ancient soldier.
"The trebuchet continues, if he can hit the city gate, I will directly reward him with a hundred Jindelong!"
Wu Ming looked at this scene and nodded with satisfaction: "After three rounds of stone throwing, the ladder and siege vehicles stepped forward, and the crossbowmen suppressed the defenders of the city wall and covered the wooden cannons and earthwork troops!" ”
The ladder and the arrow tower were the same height as the city wall, and the archers on it did not have to attack the city wall on their backs, so they were considered to have the right to fight on an equal footing.
And this world has extraordinary knights, individual bravery is boasted to the extreme, but the study of the overall war skills is a little shallow.
Under the suppression of Wu Ming's experience gap in carrying a world, no matter how many people defended the city, it immediately appeared that it was not supported.
"Order our family knights to attack and destroy those wooden monsters!"
However, this world is different from the ordinary world, that is, the existence of knights, which can be used as sharp knives on the battlefield.
At this moment, for example, after seeing the ferocious side of these siege engines, the Duke of Wellington immediately issued an order.
"Brave and loyal!"
"For glory!"
"Charge!"
Dressed in armor, many knights rushed up the walls, dodging most of the attacks with their dexterity, and jumping onto the towers and ladders of the arrows, and it was a massacre.
Of course, there were also unlucky knights who were set on fire and died a miserable death.
Even if they have extraordinary powers, they are still flesh and blood, and if they are hit by a trebuchet, they will still turn into a pile of meatloaf.
"Our knights are on board, too!"
After subduing the entire Wind Firefly Plain and gaining the allegiance of some highland nobles, Wu Ming now has no fewer knights than the Grand Duke of Wellington.
After the entire Order joined the battle, the situation was instantly stabilized.
"Huh...... Kill! Kill! ”
On top of the city walls, a ladder climbed a wooden bridge to carry a steady stream of soldiers to the city walls, and a tall, demon-like knight wearing a horned helmet rushed forward with great speed, wielding a huge iron axe, and wherever he went, a storm of flesh and blood would be set off.
He roared like a raging beast.
"Wild Beast Leif! This is one of my uncle's strongest mad dogs! ”
Garcia's pupils shrank as he watched the scene.
"It's just a knight, maybe there's a breakthrough, it's a big knight, but so what?"
Wu Ming's indifferent voice had just fallen, and a loud bang sounded.
In the midst of the explosion, a terrible metal storm swept through.
It turned out that on top of the arrow tower, a wooden cannon was secretly stored, which was specially used to open the situation on the city wall.
This Leif was unfortunately in the center, and suddenly his body was torn apart, and blood and internal organs flew together.
The hellish scene made Garcia feel sick immediately.
"See...... To train a knight like Leif, you not only need to train from an early age and prepare the armor of the war horse, but also need the holy oil and the rewards of the manor, and where you can go in the end is completely a matter of luck! ”
Wu Ming smiled: "But what is the loss on our side?" A dozen soldiers, plus a wooden cannon? It's not as good as one-tenth of the training of knights! This is the triumph of the system and the potential for war! ”
Garcia was originally a smart man, and now he understands it when he hears it.
He also knows a little about the manufacture of wooden cannons, and a few carpenters and blacksmiths tinkered with it for half a month before it came out, but how long does it take for a knight to be trained? Twenty years? Thirty years?
For William, even if he exchanged ten wooden cannons for a knight, he was probably a big profit, but for his enemies, no matter what he did, he would lose money.
Bang!
At this moment, there were suddenly many joyful cheers in front of me.
It turned out that after the continuous bombardment of trebuchets and wooden cannons, and then the huge impact of siege engines on the wood, the gates of Lionheart City were finally overwhelmed and collapsed.
In the face of this opportunity, the Blue Dragon Coalition showed good discipline, and under the scolding of the generals of each team, no one ventured.
And the news of the earthwork army came, which made Wu Ming give an order without thinking:
"Ignition!"
A line of fire was ignited and spread beneath the city walls.
Bang!
Immediately after, a huge explosion sounded, and black smoke and dust rose into the sky, vaguely forming the appearance of a mushroom cloud.
The entire section of the city wall collapsed, and all the soldiers on it were buried alive, and the scene was terrible.
"It's alright, Charge!"
Wu Ming immediately issued an order.
For the defenders of the city, the sense of security brought by the tall city walls is the last confidence, once the city is broken, the blow is incomparable, and some defenders will even collapse directly.
And one gap may still be plugged back, but the two gaps are sandwiched, even the Duke of Wellington does not hold out this hope.
"After entering the city, arrest all the people of the Wellington family inside, and don't let one go!"
"Judge Advocate Corps, patrol all streets, and strictly prohibit our soldiers from committing robbery and other immoral acts!"
"Carry small wooden cannons into the city to prevent people from fighting in the streets."
……
One order after another was promulgated by Wu Ming in an orderly manner.
Garcia watched in amazement as the red lion flag fell in Lionheart, and a large number of armored, sword-wielding soldiers poured into the city, hoisting the blue dragon banner on it and cheering loudly.
For some reason, his eyes were a little moist, and he almost burst into tears.