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With the 1,000 elite hoplites of the 3rd Army under the command of Marcus, against the recruits of the 1st Spanish Legion who quickly climbed the walls; It was undoubtedly a one-sided battle, and it was a slaughter-like battle.

More and more soldiers of Tecomin's First Army were able to climb the walls of Córdoba, but they were never able to expand their gains on the walls; On the contrary, after climbing the city wall, the soldiers under his command paid more heavy casualties than climbing the city wall.

However, their sacrifice was worth it, and it was thanks to their stubborn fighting at all costs that Edotta's army was able to push the siege ladder and siege cones along the way to the city walls.

Upon approaching the walls, the zealots responsible for pushing the four siege ladders quickly entered the inside of the siege towers from the rear of the siege towers, and then climbed up the ladders inside the siege towers; After reaching the top space with nearly forty warriors, the top opening in the front of the siege tower slammed between the siege tower and the city wall.

The siege tower opened violently, allowing the Spanish fanatics inside the siege tower to walk directly from the siege tower to the walls of Córdoba; In this way, the defensive pressure of the defenders on the city walls is also doubled.

You know, these enemy troops who use siege towers to climb the city walls are among the most elite troops in the Spanish army; In the entire kingdom of Spain, the regular elite army that can be used is only shield soldiers and fanatical warriors.

As for the bull warrior unit under Botricott, it was not one of the most elite units of the Spanish army; It is the most powerful top class in the entire Spanish Kingdom, and it is undoubtedly the strongest class!

In terms of combat effectiveness in individual combat, two thousand bull warriors of the Kingdom of Spain could definitely defeat the Augustan army of the same size in a head-to-head engagement; Even the well-armed soldiers of the Augustan family are no match for the bull warriors!

Of course, the bull warriors can defeat the ordinary legionnaires of the House of Augustus; For the Spartan heavy infantry, the Hidden Commando, the Praetorian Guard, and other units of the Augustus Family Guards Infantry Legion, it is not comparable to the bull warriors.

And the real crux of the matter is that there are only 2,000 bull warriors in the whole kingdom of Spain; In comparison, the legionnaires of the Augustan family, but there are tens of thousands, and the gap between the two is too big!

There were at least 200 fanatical soldiers who climbed the city wall through the siege tower for the first time, and their addition made the defenders of the city wall, who were originally well-founded and easy, inevitably chaotic when defending.

The soldiers of the First Legion, taking advantage of this confusion, quickly climbed a large number of soldiers to the city wall again; At this time, the Augustan defenders on the city wall were less than a thousand, and the enemy army on the wall was as strong as 500!

If the walls can't be defended, then what's the point of blocking the gates? When Marcus discovered that the siege towers of the Spanish army were approaching the city walls, he immediately asked the second group of soldiers who were desperately moving things to block the city gates to quickly reinforce the city walls.

With the reinforcements of the second group of 1,300 soldiers, the number of defenders on the walls of the city exceeded 2,000 again, the positions that had just been disrupted were stabilized again, and the Spanish troops who had climbed the walls were once again suppressed to the death.

As the defenders on the city walls continued to compress the fighting space of the Spanish troops who climbed the walls, the casualties of the Spanish soldiers, including the fanatical soldiers, also skyrocketed; There have even been Spanish warriors who were forced to jump off the city wall in desperation!

The situation on the walls could not be opened, which made Edota and Tekomin, who were commanding the battle below the walls, anxious; Especially Tekomin, his army has suffered heavy enough casualties, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that it is in danger of collapse.

After all, the First Legion is only a newly formed legion, and it has not experienced much training since its formation, but the battles it participated in were extremely tragic and desperate battles, which undoubtedly made the soldiers of the First Legion feel uneasy.

Especially in this siege battle, Tekomin originally thought that as long as his first army desperately attacked the city wall, Edota's elite troops would be able to take the opportunity to climb the city wall through the siege tower and form an absolute advantage over the defending Augustus army.

However, Tcomin did not expect that after Edota's army ascended the city wall through the siege tower, it did not change the situation on the wall, but only made the situation worse; With the increase in the number of defenders on the city walls, it will be difficult for those soldiers of the first army to attack the city walls!

What Tecomin could see, Edota could see, and he was also frustrated by the battle on the walls; Edota also didn't expect that the defenders of more than 2,000 people on the city wall could burst out with such a powerful combat power!

Originally, Edota had not intended to commit the bull warriors under his command; After all, it was the most elite class of troops in the Kingdom of Spain, and it was also an extremely rare class, and Edota really couldn't bear to let them suffer casualties in such a battle.

However, the protracted battle situation and heavy casualties forced Edota to face a choice; Whether to persist in fighting to the death like this, and finally have to be repelled by the defenders, or to immediately throw in the bull warriors and save the tide of the battle.

Edota was not an indecisive man, and after a little weighing, he gave the order to attack the bull warriors behind him; The bull warriors, who were ready to go, also roared and quickly climbed up the siege tower to the city wall.

Just as the bull warriors were being thrown into battle, the siege cones pushed by more than fifty of Edota's soldiers finally arrived near the city gates; As the officer commanding them gave the order, they began to attack the gates of Córdoba with siege cones.

Unfortunately, behind the gates was no longer an open space, but a gate blocked by heavy objects; Therefore, the attack of the siege cone is doomed to be futile and meaningless.

The battle on the city wall was still in full swing, and the small-scale bull warriors did not immediately reverse the tide of battle on the city wall after they climbed the city wall, and it was still the Augustus family who still had the absolute advantage of the city wall defenders.

However, as more and more bull warriors climbed the walls through the siege towers, the balance of victory began to tilt in favor of the Spanish army; Because the total number of Spanish troops who climbed the city wall was more than a thousand.

The defenders on the city walls paid more and more heavy casualties because of the constant fighting; Especially after the bull fighters of the Spanish army entered the battle, the number of casualties increased faster and faster.

Just when the battle on the city wall became more and more anxious, the third group of soldiers and reserve soldiers who were responsible for blocking the city gate finally returned to report to Marcus that the open space at the city gate had been completely blocked, and there was no need to worry about the enemy's siege cones!

With this rare good news, Marcus didn't have time to praise the soldiers who had worked hard, and he didn't have time to let the soldiers who had just finished working to rest, so he ordered the 1,300 soldiers of the third group to also immediately enter the battle!

As for the 600 guards in the reserve group, Marcus gave them another task, which was to collect some flammable things immediately, and then set fire to the siege towers of the Spanish army, so as to block the speed of the Spanish army from climbing the city wall!

The reinforcements of the third group of soldiers joined the battle from the rear of the defenders, and by this point Marcus had all his forces in the defense, and the Spanish attacking forces had paid a heavy price in casualties.

From the beginning of the battle to the present, Tekomin's First Legion has paid the price of at least 3,000 casualties, and his legion is still sending soldiers up the walls; Edotta's army was later brought into battle, but the casualties of the Zealots were no less.

In fact, this battle has been going on so far, and both sides have relied on their own morale; If the Spanish attacking army can gain a foothold on the city walls in one fell swoop, perhaps the Spanish army will actually be able to take Córdoba in one fell swoop.

However, if the Spanish attacking army had been driven off the walls, then the First Army of Tricomin and the Edota Division would no longer be able to fight today; After all, with such heavy casualties, it is still necessary to rest.

Fierce battles have been fought on the city walls, and the fight between blood and fire has never stopped; However, the pace of reinforcement of the attacking Spanish army was getting slower and slower, and the number of troops climbing the city walls was getting smaller and smaller.

Little by little, the situation on the walls began to be brought under control by the defenders again; At this moment, the 600 guards of the reserve group carried a large number of torches made of flammable materials, and kept throwing torches at the rear of their own defenders to the siege towers of the Spanish army.

After several rounds of throwing, the four siege towers of the Spanish army were lit by the torches of the defenders; The siege tower, which was on fire, not only could not be used, but also affected the combat effectiveness of the bull warriors near the siege tower.

The Spanish soldiers, whose eyes were so smoky that they could not open their eyes, were once again suppressed to all corners of the city wall under the intensified attack of the defenders; Coupled with the fact that they were divided into several pieces, they were finally unable to withstand the counterattack of the defenders.

By the time the battle had progressed, it had become clear that it was no longer possible for the Spanish army to take the walls of Córdoba, and that any further fighting would only increase casualties; With no siege towers left, what else could they rely on to quickly climb the walls?

Botracott did not expect to take Cordoba in today's fight, which is an almost impossible task and a task that requires luck to complete; Therefore, after the battle situation became clear, he directly issued the order to withdraw his troops and announced the end of the offensive. (To be continued.) )