Chapter Seventy-Four: The Attack and Defense of the Seine (Part I)
The sudden and large-scale attack by Holman's main army caught the Senna army on the tower by surprise. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The 30,000 Golden Griffin Light Cavalry, who were the first to attack, did not take long to rush under the city walls, and before the defenders could react, they set up a ladder and began to storm the tower!
"So fast!"
Locke didn't expect these light cavalry to be so fast!
Heath didn't feel too surprised, after all, the Golden Griffin Legion, known as Golden Lightning, is one of the top elites of the kingdom, they are not only as fast as lightning on their horses, even if they are attacking the city now, their movements are still so agile and elegant.
However, he was not unprepared, the musket team he had formed before, equipped with thirty assault rifles purchased from Locke, was now divided into three squads and stood on top of the tower, and once the enemy began to attack, they would shoot them mercilessly!
And the soldiers of the Golden Griffin Legion apparently did not disappoint Hiss, and it only took them three minutes for someone to rush to the top of the tower.
"Musket team, don't be soft, don't be afraid to save bullets, as long as someone rushes up, shoot immediately, if the enemy breaks through the outer city tower and kills the inner city, I am the only one who asks!"
Seeing that the enemy was starting to rush up, Hiss was also very serious, and immediately commanded the musket team to start firing back.
Defending a city can be defended using the advantages of the city walls, and long-range weapons such as catapults can be relied upon to suppress and inflict damage on the enemy.
But relying only on long-range weapons such as catapults and ballistas is far from enough to break the enemy's bones, and the war is fought with financial resources, and Heath does not want to spend too long with them.
If you really want to inflict great damage on the enemy and make the enemy feel pain, then the only way to do it is to let them come up and fight, and now that he has a musket team, he is confident that he can win!
And Locke is not idle now, this battle is not as simple as he imagined, Rawls and the others are all famous Holman generals, and they are all old foxes, and it is not so easy for him to eat them.
Let Boposa go to the inner city wall to snipe the Golden Griffin Legion soldiers who broke through, and then Locke led Horry and Sarina to the outer city wall with the Musketeers to shoot the Golden Griffon Legion soldiers who broke through the city.
The outer walls of the Seine are M-shaped, with a total length of one thousand meters, the shortest distance between the two ends is five hundred meters, the width of the wall is six meters, the height is twenty meters, and the city wall can accommodate five thousand troops to defend.
The inner city of the Seine, on the other hand, is connected by a capital 'one' behind the 'M' of the outer city, and the inner city is slightly taller than the outer city, reaching a height of twenty-five meters, a length of 1,200 meters, and a width of eight meters, capable of accommodating a defensive army of nearly 10,000 men.
Generally, the walls of large cities will be divided into inner and outer cities, so that in a war, even if the outer city is breached by the enemy, the defenders can rely on the inner city to counterattack the attacker, so as not to be defeated immediately!
Now the army on the upper floor of the outer city has 2,000 elite troops of Hiss and 2,000 recruits who have been trained in recent days, while the remaining 6,000 recruits Hiss have arranged them on the walls of the inner city.
In order to be on the safe side, Hiss sent almost all the teams that could play a combat role to the outer city, and the six thousand recruits in the inner city were basically not counted on, seeing the tens of thousands of enemy elites outside the city, most of them were now trembling with their feet, so how could they be expected to pick up their swords and fight!
"Your Excellency Locke, the enemy's offensive is too fierce!"
Locke had just finished out a few of the Golden Griffon Legionnaires who had rushed to the outer city, and by the way, he was shooting at the ladder below, and Heath didn't know when he would run to him.
"I can see it!"
Locke ignored Hiss and continued to focus on the Golden Griffons who tried to rush up.
Although the enemy's offensive is very fierce now, the situation is still within their control, at least they did not let a large number of enemies kill the tower, and those who rushed up were basically killed by them.
Although there are a large number of enemies, they are not very easy to attack due to the small number of ladders and the M-shaped shape of the outer city of Seine, so it is not very easy to take them now.
But this was only temporary, and now the enemy's heavy troops, the heavy cavalry, and the heavy infantry that followed behind were almost under the city.
If their heavy troops arrived, they would definitely be able to break through the gates, and when the time came, they would be in great trouble if they came up directly from the stairs behind the walls.
When the time comes, they will either choose to fight to the death or choose to retreat to the inner city!
"Looks like we're going to have to do it the old way!"
Locke remembered how he had destroyed Moen's Third Division.
Hand grenade!
"Lord of Hiss, give me a hundred people, I'll be useful!"
Locke suddenly turned around and asked Hiss for a hundred men.
Now, if they continue to fight in this way, they will definitely not be able to consume Rawls, 4,000 people against 50,000 people, the difference in strength is too great.
Heath did not hesitate, and immediately gave his guard to Locke, who led them to the back.
"Is it worth fifteen thousand arms to buy five hundred grenades?"
"Yes!"
Without hesitation, Locke exchanged five hundred grenades and began teaching the soldiers how to use them.
The use of the grenade is very simple, just pull out the plug and throw it out, the key is to throw it accurately, and you can't stop in your hand for too long, it is best to throw it out immediately after pulling out the pin.
It didn't take long to make sure that all of the 100 men had learned how to use grenades, and Locke gave each of them five grenades and scattered them to various parts of the castle.
When the enemy's heavy forces reach the bottom of the towers and prepare to attack the city, they will just attack with these things.
Locke didn't dare to give more, five per person was enough, giving too much was just a waste, these guys saw that this thing was so easy to use, and when the time came, they would definitely throw it everywhere like a stone, and if they saw an enemy, they would smash it, so thank you!
Each grenade is worth six gold coins, but if you don't get enough lives back, it's not worth it.
And when Locke and the others returned, the heavy troops outside the city had already been killed under the city, and Locke hurriedly asked the hundred soldiers to disperse to various places on the city tower as soon as possible.
Let them scatter so that they don't drop all the bombs in one place, which would be too wasteful, and also to balance the need to make sure that there is no point on the wall that becomes a breach for the enemy.
"Now, let's give you a taste of grenades!"
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