Chapter Ninety-Four: Here It Is
Victor looked at his subordinates' panicked faces, and wanted to get angry in his heart.
The Iron Islands soldiers have never had a tradition of being afraid in front of battle, and does this bear look also deserve to be called an iron seed?
"Let the infantry team go to block the city gate, send two squads to escort the residents of the city to repair the breach, the opponent's trebuchet has no stones, and the crossbowmen on the city wall let them poke their heads out, the enemy is estimated to be tentatively attacking, as long as they dare to come up, they will fight back desperately!"
Victalion didn't look much better, he straightened his crooked helmet in embarrassment, and looked out from the battlements of the wall.
Lynn's 200 sword and shield soldiers were divided into ten columns and dispersed into siege squads of 20 men each.
They tucked their swords into the scabbard at their waists, held their shields in one hand and the end of the ladder in the other, and advanced towards the west gate of Twin Rivers City.
Lynn's task for the sword and shield men was to withstand a round of fire from enemy crossbowmen, and under the cover of the archers that followed, ascend to the west gate of the Twin Rivers and the walls near the collapsed wall.
As long as the distant troops of the Iron People on the city walls can be expelled, the pressure on the subsequent infantry entering the city will be drastically reduced.
Lynn looked at the queue of sword and shield soldiers who were slowly moving forward, and shouted at Rodat, who was directing the Tiger Ben Regiment to advance as a whole, "Rodat, behind the sword and shield soldiers, arrange a few archer squads to be responsible for supporting. ”
"When the sword and shield soldiers are on the wall, let the archers cover with all their might, this is a death order!"
Rodat patted his chest solemnly, "My lord, I promise to complete the task." ”
"Order, let Shifu's cavalry regiment light cavalry line up on both sides of the army. Once it is discovered that the people of Tiemin Island have pulled the infantry up the wall in order to repel the sword and shield soldiers who have climbed the wall. His light cavalry would be the first to assault the empty West City Gate. ”
"Yes, sir!"
Lynn's army has a relatively complete mix of troops, and the strength is also superior.
Whatever Greyjoy's Iron Folk soldiers may do, his army has plenty of room to respond most effectively.
A few vultures hovered above the west gate of Twin Rivers, overlooking everything below.
It seems to be preparing for an upcoming gluttonous feast.
Woooooo
A high-pitched horn sounded.
The sword and shield soldiers in the front row slowly advanced to three hundred meters outside the city wall, and when they heard the sound of the horn, these soldiers began to raise their shields and charge.
The ladder advances in the hands of the shield men.
The very aggrieved iron-clad crossbowmen who had been bombarded by trebuchets on the city finally waited for the time to show their skills.
For a while, arrows rained down, crisscrossing into an incomparably dense network of firepower, and sharp iron arrows struck at the sword and shield soldiers, blocking the stainless steel shield overhead.
The flames flew in all directions, bursting with fierce battle sparks.
For the sword and shield soldiers who were loosely formed and protected by shields, the casualties were completely within acceptable ranges, and most of the arrows could not fail to hit their vital points, and the arrows that fell on the shields clanged non-stop, basically like scratching in the hole.
Woooooo
There was another short trumpet sound, and the sword and shield soldiers soon came to the bottom of the city wall, and took the ladder and escalator in one go.
The rain of arrows pouring down, shooting vertically at close range, and the soldiers who finally landed on the wall felt great pressure.
The shield was hit by the powerful inertia of the arrows, and it popped.
I feel the pressure on my head, and if I am not careful, I will slip off the ladder.
At this time, the Tiger Ben archers in Lynn's army, who were responsible for supporting the siege, finally caught up from the back row.
The archers on both sides pulled out their positions and began to shoot frantically.
The arrows rained down and began to shoot high parabolas.
This caused the pressure of the 20 groups of sword and shield soldiers under the city wall to drop sharply, and the soldiers who used both hands and feet began to climb the city wall faster.
The ladder was held up by the people below, and it was difficult for the iron archers on the city wall to push the ladder down.
They didn't have time to deal with the ladder.
The enemy's melee army was at their feet, but they could not poke their heads out and shoot,
Because these archers on the city wall also felt a lot of pressure, the archers on the other side opened a straight queue, constantly trying to pressure the fire on the city wall.
That's really a deadly suppression.
No matter how much damage the dense rain of arrows of the Iron People archers had on those unobstructed archers.
Those people just kept pulling out arrows from the quiver, mechanically pulling the bow to load the arrows, and then pulling the bow.
They weren't aiming at all, but as if they were planning to shoot as many arrows as they could before they were killed by a rain of arrows.
They have only one mission.
Suppress, suppress!
Minimize the threat of the Iron Archers to the sword and shield soldiers who climb the wall, and cover the first sword and shield soldiers to reach the city wall without any problems.
Thin beads of sweat began to form on Victalion's face.
He thought it was going to be a long tug-of-war, but he was horrified by the rise of Lynn's army, who were simply trying to eat the Twin Defenses in one go.
I have to say that this kind of seemingly lifeless one-shot style of play made him feel inexplicably frightened.
He speculated that the enemy's sword and shield soldiers would soon climb the city wall, shouting at the heralds.
"Give the order to send one of the infantry at the city gate. ”
A light cavalry scout roaming outside the city observed from a distance the movement of the infantry at the city gate being sent away.
The hussars quickly reported the news back to Lynn.
"Shifu, Rodat begins!"
Get the information you expected.
Lynn squinted, looking into the distance.
The sword and shield soldiers who climbed the tall west wall of Twin River City slowly gave orders.
"Woo!
The rhythmic sound of the trumpet resounded again in the wilderness outside the city.
The thunderous sound of trumpets resounded through the sky, and even the earth seemed to begin to tremble.
The first to join this joint performance was the light cavalry of the Xiaocai Regiment led by Shi Fu.
The earth trembled, and the sound of the iron hooves of the war horses sounded.
The rumbling sound of iron armor rubbing came and went.
Victor Greyjoy heard the commotion outside the city, and his face was gloomy and terrifying.
"My lord, they're pressing. Someone exclaimed.
He looked up and looked out of the security wall that had been separated by the acolyte's shield.
As he had guessed, Lynn's army was almost on all fronts.
"Damn it!" Victor scolded.
The decisiveness of the other party in attacking the city was beyond his expectations.
The army outside the city used the light cavalry of the cavalry regiment as the arrow, and pressed towards the west city gate. Behind the cavalry was the infantry regiment of the Tiger Legion, which was well armed and neatly arrayed and divided into four rows.
The infantry regiment was flanked by two teams of crossbowmen in a square of a hundred men.
To Viktarion's astonishment, the two teams of crossbowmen were not only armed with crossbows, but also had armor and chain mail.
Such an armament in Viktarion's Iron Folk army was possessed only by spearmen and swordsmen who were responsible for fighting to the death in the front.
And at the back of Lynn's army, there is also a fine knight order responsible for pressing the formation, judging from the Gripen banner, it should be Lynn's Knights of the Guard.
Seeing the enemy's momentum and the staggered advance of the troops, Victor Leon's heart sank, the Iron Islanders are good at naval warfare, and they are also full of combat on land due to their predatory nature.
However, in the face of such a well-equipped and disciplined army, Victor Talion could not show any confidence in his heart.
"Lynn!" Victalion scolded with hatred in his eyes with flames in his eyes, "Damn, I'm going to kill this bastard!"