Chapter 147: Defending the City (Two Watches)

The situation became more and more serious, and the people in the winery did not know that on the third day after that incident, the displaced people who had swept away all the nearby farms began to set their sights on the winery in Senatia.

There is food in the winery, although it is not much, but it is enough for thousands of people to eat for more than ten days, and the wine can be sold for money if it is snatched away, maybe you can live on this money in the next year, although it is a bit difficult, there are troops stationed, but there are many people on your side!

With the convergence of several groups of displaced people, the numerical advantage expanded again, and they no longer hesitated to become bolder, and pushed towards the winery in a mighty way.

"Bell! Clang! Clang! The bell in the center of the winery rang again, this time more quickly than the last time, and everyone ran to the gate of the winery and looked out, while the mercenaries armed themselves as fast as they could, and stood at the top of the wall.

Zhao Yu was also in the crowd, he and the rice bucket looked down, a large group of people a few hundred meters away were making the final adjustments and mobilization, and in a few minutes, they would pounce like locusts, eating and snatching everything useful.

Zhao Yu estimated the number of people based on his previous experience in school exercises, and found that there were at least more than two thousand on the other side, which was much more than last time, and the pills were absolutely unstoppable.

He looked at Slok, the leader of the mercenaries, and at this time the big white man's face began to sweat, although he looked down on the refugees, but the number of people on the other side was a bit excessive.

"How's it going?" Senatia asked as she hurried again and instructed her men to distribute spears to the male slaves.

This time Srock didn't answer as easily as last time, he wiped his sweat and said, "I suggest retreating. ”

"What! You're making me retreat?! "Senatia jumped to her feet!

"There are too many bandits!" Srock said, at this time he still didn't want to admit that he couldn't keep it, and said euphemistically: "It's not likely to be high. ”

"It can't be! Didn't you say there was no problem? Didn't you boast to me that the robbers didn't dare to attack at all? Senatia scolded angrily, "Now you want me to retreat? My tens of thousands of gold coins are here, how can I retreat! It's all your responsibility! As long as there is the slightest possibility, you must also guard it for me! ”

Srock has nothing to say, he turned his head and arranged the defense, this is indeed the pot of his battlefield command, if he finds out that he can't do it earlier, he can evacuate some of his belongings in advance, and now he can only hope that he will be vulnerable to the other party, if he can't repel the opponent soon, he will retreat with his brothers who are still alive, reputation, duty, money, these are all scum compared to life, and he has already received a deposit of 200 gold coins, which is not a loss.

Senatia didn't know what Srock was thinking, and thought that the other party would do her best to defend it, so she stayed behind the wooden wall and supervised the battle, she was afraid that if she left, these mercenaries and slaves would not fight with their lives.

Zhao Yu shook his head when he heard their conversation, these stupid people still have to defend it, the ancient Chinese art of war says, 10 times and surround it, which means that the number of people besieging the city is ten times that of defending the city, then the city can be besieged to death, and it is only a matter of time before it is conquered.

And now the gap between the two sides is more than ten times, and the more important thing is that this is a two-meter-high wooden wall, not a tall stone and brick city wall in ancient China, although the attacker is only a homeless person, but it is impossible to hold it, don't run now, wait for a large number of people to die and then run?

Zhao Yu complained in his heart, but on the surface, he could only grasp the spear that had just been sent to him under Senatia's glance, looking like he was sworn to defend his homeland.

The outcasts didn't make everyone wait long, they started to move forward with a roar against the rare winter sun, shouting loudly to boost their morale, and it was also a great deterrent to this side.

Zhao Yu saw that many slaves began to swing their legs and feet, and the spears in their hands were not tightly grasped, which was normal, these slaves were basically only responsible for farming, and in previous years, they only occasionally fought small fights, but now that so many enemies are pressing, it is good enough that they have not run.

If they don't run, they also have a glimmer of hope in their hearts, what if they keep it? If they run away now, everything will be over, and they don't want to live a life of running for their lives every day.

"Archery!" Slok walked back and forth on the dirt slope, and when he saw that the homeless had entered within a hundred meters, he gave a loud order.

More than a dozen mercenaries raised the single bow in their hands towards the sky, and carried out the first round of throwing, and the arrows flew in an arc over a distance of **ten meters, most of which pierced into the robbers' bodies without the slightest protection, and a few unlucky people were hit by the vital point and lost their lives.

This distance was only enough for two or three rounds of arrows, and the robbers lost only a dozen lives, which was insignificant compared to the number of people.

In the era of the Roman Empire, it was notoriously not paying attention to bows and arrows, this is because the bow and arrow were not strong at this time, the range was limited, and the power was not strong, and it could not even penetrate the bones when it pierced the human body, let alone iron armor, which was much worse than the crossbow in the future.

And the regular soldiers of all countries are equipped with armor and shields, among which the Roman army is the most, the huge shield can cover the entire body, and when the infantry phalanx advances, even the rain of arrows that cover the sky and the sun can be very effectively defended!

Therefore, at that time, in order to pursue lethality, there were not many archers, and there was another profession to fill the gap, that is, throwers, throwing short spears, the javelin of the Olympic Games was developed from this kind of career, although the distance of the short spear is not as good as that of the bow and arrow, but the lethality is much stronger, and the general armor can't prevent it at all!

So in Slock's squad of 50 men, only a dozen warriors carried bows and arrows, and all of them were armed with two short spears.

"Throw a short spear!" Seeing that the enemy at the front was about to touch the wooden wall, Slok ordered loudly, and the mercenaries lined up behind the wooden wall, and each of them threw two short spears in their hands as fast as they could!

The whistling short spear easily pierced the uncovered body of the homeless, and the target in front of him had no possibility of missing at all, and the two rounds of the two volleys of the hundred short spears took away at least sixty or seventy lives, nailing them to the ground, and those who were not dead for the time being were still wailing, which greatly hit the momentum of the homeless, and the pace of attack was slow.

But this kind of siege is not something that the displaced people in the front row can stop if they want to, and the people in the rear don't know what is happening in front of them, they just swarm forward, and the front row is forced to keep advancing!

If Slocke's mercenary squad had enough spears to throw their spears at this time, they might have been able to repel the outcasts' attack, but unfortunately, they didn't, except for a dozen archers who started shooting again, they didn't have any long-range attack.

The displaced people also began their attack, some of the displaced people who were running at the front crouched under the stakes, and those behind them stepped on their arms and shoulders to climb the stakes, which were not tall for them and could be easily crossed.

PS: Now we can ask for a commuter pass! Roll and beg! I don't know what to do with it though! Manual funny~