Chapter 5: The Battle of York City
"Quick, quick, quick! Move things over! “
The enemy is already so close that you can even see the shadow of their siege machine from a distance! Speaking of which, it shouldn't have been so rushed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info But no, first of all, no one expected the other party to defect. The second is that the distance between us and the enemy is too close!
Even if they waited for the rest of the allies, there was only one morning left for York.
One morning is not enough time for a war. But the other party is obviously well prepared, and the siege tower Su Shi alone has already seen a whole three!
Fortunately, the entire south wall is divided into three sections. Each is guarded by a squadron, so there may be only one enemy that Su Shi will face on his side. Of course, it is not excluded that the enemy will rush in frenzy, but this is obviously not a good practice.
The siege towers are too dense, but they are very vulnerable to shelling!
However, these are not things that Su Shi should think about, and what Su Shi must do now is to protect his defense area.
The trebuchet that Suoth was trying to protect was located above a fortress built at the head of the city, and the entire fortress was not badly defended. But Su Shi didn't dare to stay inside! What if the other side bombards this thing...
Although your trebuchet is located at a high place, it is difficult to hit. But Su Shi definitely didn't want to take this risk, so he set up a defensive line at the entrance to the fortress.
The exit of the fortress is a long and narrow path, and in front of it is a wider city.
The defense line of the Solse was divided into two parts, the first part was naturally this narrow path, and the second part was the retreat into the fortress. Su Shi is now directing the soldiers to carry obstacles and necessary weapons stockpiles.
Bows and arrows and javelins are a good thing, and Su Shi specially asked for more, as for why he can get more, it is naturally Su Shi's old method.
"The three of you go to the top of the fortress and find a suitable position on your own to suppress the enemy in front of you." The three men Su Shi called were naturally the best at bowing and arrows in the team.
"You two go to the trebuchet and stand by, and if something goes wrong with the person operating the trebuchet, make up for it! The suppression of local trebuchets must be maintained! "This is naturally necessary, otherwise what if the other party fires casually and bombs the fortress in two or three hits.
"You two step back five meters and start throwing javelins as soon as you spot the enemy! Remember to listen to my commands to throw! "This is naturally the second point of fire output for Su Shi, and the ability of these two to throw javelins must also be excellent.
"Sebas, come here." After deploying the firepower, Su Shi summoned the best men under his command.
"What's the matter? Sergeant Major! Sebas's tone was respectful, after all, Su Shi had commanded so well so far and had brought in so many weapons and equipment.
But Su Shi didn't have the heart to care about those, it was the first time to command so many people to be nervous! The palms of my hands are full of sweat, but even if I am hard-headed, I have to do it!
"Sebas, you lead the rest of the rest to hold the gap. Remember, though, to throw a javelin before defending. "With Sebas, the fiercest men in close combat, it shouldn't be a big problem to hold this small gap.
But Su Shi still didn't dare to be careless, if his teammates were strong, basically no one should break through. But if you don't give it a force, Su Shi here will definitely become the main war zone!
At this point, Su Shi has nothing to command.
All that's left to do is to get ready for battle!
Su Shi looked up at the sky, wanting to see what time it was, but he was busy until now and realized that the sun was not out at all. But it felt like being exposed to the sun for hours!
"Okay, let's sit down and rest for a while, just eat a little bit, don't eat too much. Eat whatever you want when you're done. "This is one of the few things that Su Shi knows about warfare.
But when Su Shi picked up the food, he found that he didn't have a appetite at all. After all, it's a hard-fought siege battle that is coming!
And just like that, time passed little by little.
Although it was late in the afternoon, the fog did not mean to dissipate. But this did not affect the intentions of the two sides in the slightest, and the figure of the siege tower in the fog became clearer and clearer.
The crowd seemed to freeze, leaving only the sound of heavy breathing.
The atmosphere grew tense.
"Your Excellency Sergeant Major, Centurion orders to fire! The target is the local siege tower! "The herald came with an order from his superior.
Su Shi could only carry out the order, but he still felt that it was better to suppress the enemy's trebuchet, although the surface of the siege tower was wrapped in fireproof cowhide. However, the remaining scorpion fire crossbow in his hand can completely suppress the enemy troops in the siege tower.
But maybe the centurion was afraid that there would be too many people on the other side, and he would lose it all of a sudden.
Whatever, Su Shi only needs to execute. "Fire!" Su Shi turned around and shouted decisively and ordered
"Fire!" There was also a lot of shouting from the fort.
The next moment, a boulder was seen piercing the sky and flying towards the enemy.
The momentum is amazing!
Although it didn't hit the siege tower, it did kill several enemies with siege ladders.
But while the trebuchet was still being prepared, another boulder pierced the sky in the sky. Only this time, it's flying towards Su Shi! However, as Su Shi expected, it was still too far away, and the fortress was too high.
The boulder did not hit the fortress, but smashed on the walls.
It caused the city wall to shake for a while, but it was only a small piece of the city wall, and it was not a big deal.
War is indeed quite boring at times, and it is indeed a boring thing to watch the two sides go back and forth to suppress firepower, while you can't do anything yourself.
Su Shi is now contradictory to death, on the one hand, he doesn't want to fight, but on the other hand, he wants to personally command his subordinates to fight!
The firepower of both sides has come and gone. At first, it was the unilateral suppression of Su Shi's side, but later the opponent's trebuchet was gradually able to smash into the city wall!
From time to time, there were soldiers on the top of the city who were smashed flat by boulders.
As the enemy drew closer, so did the sweat in Su Shi's hands. On the one hand, I saw the miserable appearance of the friendly army, and on the other hand, it seemed that the battle was inevitable!
It is absolutely impossible for the first line of defense to completely defend against the enemy.
"Prepare for battle!"
Su Shi himself took a javelin and waved it slightly, feeling okay.
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Frontal battlefield.
"Centurion, although the siege tower was suppressed out of range by trebuchets, the enemy's trebuchets also suppressed our bows and crossbows, and the enemy is about to start landing the city!"
”...... Prepare for hand-to-hand combat at the head of the castle. ”
"Yes!"
"Wait, send a few more people to guard the bow and crossbow, and the rest of the men will be pressed on all fronts!"
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"Your Excellency Sergeant Suo, the order of the centurion is for you to support the bow and crossbow position next to you at any time!"
"yes, got it." Su Shi's answer was not heartfelt.
It is undoubtedly impossible for Su Shi to take care of the bow and crossbow position next to him in the event that he may be attacked by the enemy in the future, and maybe the centurion is just holding the mentality of what if.
The enemy has already begun to ascend the city!
There were constant shouts in the distance, and the sound of bows and crossbows breaking through the air also kept coming, and the aura of slaughter had spread to Su Shi.
Things are developing in a direction that Su Shi does not want, and the enemy army continues to enter the city, and a small number of people have already torn open the gap in the encirclement and walked towards the trebuchet on Su Shi's side.
Once the trebuchet is captured, the opposite siege tower will soon reach the edge of the wall, and it will definitely be attacked by the enemy!
However, this small number of people did not go far before they were shot by the crossbow, and most of them were killed. The rest of the people had no choice but to turn around and return to the place where they had ascended the city, trying to create a safe environment for the soldiers who were climbing the ladder.
In the blink of an eye, the number of enemies began to increase.
The gap in numbers is not easy to make up for after all. But fortunately, the existence of several scorpion fire crossbows made it difficult for the other party to continue to advance, and the two sides on the front were still fighting in a battle formation with shields.
But the number of enemies continued to increase, they launched assaults on various positions, and after paying with their lives, finally advanced to the crossbow position, because they were dragged by the enemy, the crossbow arrows began to go out, and more enemies began to climb the wall with impunity.
Finally, it was Su Shi's turn.
The enemy concentrated the remaining forces and launched a surprise attack on Suo's position, as if he was sworn to occupy the trebuchet.
"Javelin ready!" Su Shi raised a hand and said.
When the other party entered the distance of the javelin, he waved his hand and said, "Throw!" “
Everyone threw out the javelins in their hands, and Sebas and the others stepped forward a few steps forward and stood in a row to raise their shields to defend. The two in the back row continued to throw after replenishing the javelin, while Su Shi threw his first javelin after his opponent was very close.
Very lucky, Su Shi actually hit!
However, Su Shi couldn't be happy, the other party's manpower was at least four or five times that of his own! A round of javelins down is just a few people. The enemy was a little closer, and the archers of the rear fortresses began to support.
Su Shi's first target for them was to aim at the opponent's archers, and they must not let the opponent shoot unscrupulously, in case they hit themselves, it would not be good. The second target is someone who looks like a leader.
His archers were not the best, but they were not bad, and they quickly suppressed their opponents. There were only a handful of arrows fired at Su Shi's side.
Su Shi, who was hiding next to the obstacle, was naturally fine.
"Sebas, you must resist it!" Indeed, now the hope of the Soul is all in Sebas and the others.
As long as they hold on, it is only a matter of time before the Suoth side, with its superior firepower, defeats their opponents. No matter how bad it is, you can wait for support.
The enemy approached in full, and the two sides engaged head-on for the first time.
Sebas did not disappoint Su Shi, only to see him step forward and kick away the shield in the hands of the opponent's charging man, and then clean end the opponent's life with a sword.
However, despite his bravery, Sebas faced a constant stream of enemies. Sebas and the other three still only had a difficult shield defense, and only in rare cases could they fight back.
The two who threw the spears had changed into spears and hid behind Sebas and the others to stab. This was because Su Shishi saw that the archers had been able to suppress the opponent's firepower and gave the order.
With the addition of the two of them, the pressure on Sebas and others has been reduced a lot.
But the battlefield was always changing, and an arrow swept through the sky, and one of the archers on the fortress fell in response. After the loss of an archer, a shield bearer in the front row was stabbed to death with his shield broken.
The situation is at its worst!
"Made, no! Someone has to go up on top! Grass, the big deal is death! ”
Su Shi raised the big shield in his hand, shouted and rushed over, slamming the enemy who was rushing back, filling in the vacant position!
The enemy's attacks are constantly coming to Su Shi, and all Su Shi can do is to resist!
Su Shi didn't dare to attack at all, being able to resist the opponent's attack was already the limit, and he couldn't hold the shield with both hands a little unstable!