Chapter 126: Igniting the City Gate
Richard the Lionheart's siege force continued to attack the wall, the infantry continued to push the shield carts to move, and the archers continued to shoot at the crossbowmen with cold arrows on the walls. The French crossbow array on the wall of the www.biquge.info pen ~ fun ~ pavilion does not seem to have a real delaying effect, and the engineering troops are still slowly but surely approaching the city wall.
The engineering shield car was less than thirty meters away from the nearest city gate, and the battle between the two sides began to enter the whitening stage, at this time it was the world of archers and crossbowmen, and the king simply ordered all the archers to increase the intensity of shooting enemy crossbowmen on the premise of protecting themselves.
Locksley, Earl of Nottington, also came to the front line of the battlefield in person, and began to directly issue orders to go up to the big shield array to defend the enemy and shoot the exposed archers and infantry directly, in fact, if he stopped talking, Wang Jian was a little unbearable, and ordered overstepping.
After all, he watched as the number of casualties on both sides on the mission panel was constantly refreshed, and the huge advantage gained by the English longbowmen in the long-range direction of his side was constantly being reduced, and the number of shots began to increase.
Especially after the order was given to the infantry to start hanging oil ladles on the guard door of the city gate, the infantry began to be exposed to enemy fire on the castle walls. At this time, the problem of battle damage became prominent, in fact, in just twenty minutes, the attacking team advanced all the way to the city, and there were only less than fifteen casualties, but just two hours after the attack on the city gate was launched, there were already eight new casualties.
This kind of damage is something that Wang Jian is not willing to bear, but fortunately, the Earl of Nottington is not a straw bag, not to mention the previous war experience, only the Third Crusade has been a full ten years, and the large and small wars he has experienced are enough to write a thick memoir, and he naturally has a way to deal with the current situation.
Sure enough, when the big shield array reached the front, the number of casualties immediately decreased, except for the fire oil that was shot to the ground when the man who was shot to the ground at the beginning of the attack ignited an infantry pushing a ramming cart, and with the efforts of this Robin Hood and Xiao Han, the casualties were far less than in the original plot.
At this time, everyone had already completed their basic tasks, and only Wang Jian continued to care about the proportion of this battle loss. Seeing the tragedy of the war with his own eyes, seeing that the battle loss ratio has always been high, he can't get an ideal number of gods.
Gritting his teeth, he simply inserted the long sword he held in his hand back into the scabbard at his waist, beckoning Eddie to use it with him, and the high-quality long hunting bow from the space of the riding and slashing game mission space that he had deliberately handled in the yellow-faced David before he came in began to cover the siege troops.
However, seeing that the situation was at a stalemate for a while, King Richard the Lionheart, who was supervising the battle behind, personally rode his war horse and rushed to the gate of the castle with a battle flag. Rushing to the front and back, he stabbed the metal conebrae at the end of his battle banner into the gates with the technique of riding a spear, as a way to motivate the besieging troops to continue their attacks.
"Let the French pay with blood, and let them taste the strength of our England." Richard the Lionheart rode his war horse and shouted loudly. The sergeants began to shout, "Long live the king."
While the sergeants cheered for Richard the Lionheart, they did ramp up their attacks. The archers intensified their suppression of the crossbowmen on the walls, and for a time they could not lift their heads, but those who dared to raise their heads were almost all killed and fell off the walls. The attack on the city gates has also increased almost a certain speed.
After discovering that some soldiers had successfully begun to hang oil ladles on the city gates, Richard the Lionheart rode away from the gates on his heavy horse and rushed back to the rear of the position. In the original plot of the movie, the big-eyed lamp Jimmy with a leather hat and an oil bag didn't even have time to play, and the outer iron fence of the city gate was almost hung.
At this time, Wang Jianhe and ID, who had already been prepared in the back, shot arrows at the full oil ladle on the city gate with rockets, and the soldiers defending the city who were boiling asphalt on the city wall didn't even have time to push out the asphalt pot, and they were ignited by the huge explosion and flames of the oil ladle full of the gate.
A raging fire began to burn at the gates, which seemed to burn for a long time, and black smoke billowed upwards. The purpose of the attack had been achieved, and the tactical operation was completed, and everyone began to retreat gradually, only the archers suppressed the few remaining crossbowmen who had been exchanged at the head of the city under the cover of the shield wall.
The archers had shot them all and then retreated with the group. The moment the gate caught fire, King Richard the Lionheart ran to Richard the Lionheart, who was discussing his next mission with the Earl of Nottington.
"We need to make sure we don't get destroyed by them now, so we can storm the castle tomorrow." The King was talking to the Earl of Nottington when he suddenly found Wang Jian approaching and saluting him.
"Sir Reynold, you're here. Just now your commander performed well, the archers successfully suppressed the opponent's crossbow bolts, very good work, beautiful tactics. The king's king simply affirmed that a victory made him very happy, although the overall situation was irritable and exhausting and made him very dissatisfied, but this victory also made him forget about it for a while.
"Good day, Your Majesty! May Your Majesty prosper in martial arts. ”
The king simply greeted Richard the Lionheart in elegant French, but an English king was very happy to hear the greeting in French. As an English king like Richard the Lionheart, who couldn't even speak English very clearly, he was still very accustomed to hearing greetings in French, and even more accustomed to taking advantage of these descendants of the Knights Templar who had been executed by France's own people.
"All right, Sir Reynolds. I am pleased to have put your infantry and archers in your command, you have shown what a good lord should look like in previous wars, you have proved your bravery to me by defeating my enemies with your sword and shield, and I can certainly trust you. Appreciate you. ”
Richard the Lionheart stretched out his hand and put his arm around Wang Jian's shoulder to show affection, and with his other hand he took the Earl of Nottington and led the two to his tent, apparently to celebrate. When he turned around, he saw the id following behind, and he also briefly talked about Eddie to Wang.
"Miss Carver's fighting power is truly astonishing, will she be a brilliant swordswoman or an elegant lady? On this continent, it is surprising that a woman in heavy armor and a sword gallops in war. ”
The king bowed his head simply and humbly. He agreed with the king's statement, but retorted: "France's high-handed policies led to the death of his father and fiancé. A young and beautiful young lady who died had to put on the armor of her father and brother, and bring her fiancé's sword and mace, which was also a joke of the times. ”
Waving his hand, he arranged for id and Xiao Han to approach Robin Hood, and he accompanied the king back to the king's tent to talk. (To be continued.) )
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