Chapter 164: The Battle of Doret II
After a night of "baptism" of stone cannonballs, all the captains of the potato mercenary group, including Fidel, did not sleep well, and rough men like Noor and Marcus could only rest a little, and basically every ten minutes of sleep were woken up by the roaring stone cannonballs. Ayana was as calm as ever, saying that she slept well last night, as quietly as sleeping in a forest.
When Franklin, the leader of the team, heard that he was going to defend the city wall, he was immediately frightened and his legs went limp. He had hoped that Reeves, the chief warn, would choose to evacuate Doret City and move to the city to the north, and then be his protector and leave the place together. Unexpectedly, all the people of the potato mercenary group chose to stay in the city, and this timid and old mercenary suddenly felt hopeless.
The other captains did not react excessively, and said that they would follow the command of Captain Fidel. They all knew in their hearts that the East Oguna Empire was going to attack Doret City, and the Potato Mercenary Regiment had also chosen to stand on the side of the defenders, so no matter how they tried to dodge, it would be useless, and it was better to face the reality
Marcus and the others told Fidel before setting off that they were ready to fight the enemy to the death and would definitely not take half a step back. Feder looked at his captains and couldn't help but think of the time when he came out of the Rock Thieves and formed this potato mercenary group. The team leaders Blake, Bowen, Hughes, Carrie and others who followed him at the beginning had already died and left, and the young and promising captains such as Avi and Van also chose to leave before the big war, and even Coth and Greif, who had embarked on the journey with him, had long since disappeared into the vast sea of people. They may have all chosen the most correct path, after all, if they choose to be with the emerging regime in the west today, they are tantamount to choosing to fight against the water.
Even if they tried to escape, the regular army defending the city would not allow them to leave, so defeating the invaders was the best way to survive.
Patrick, who had been rarely spoken, seemed to see through Field's heart, and he approached the other party and said to Field, "I was willing to follow you out of Honor City and stop being a martial artist because I trusted you. Even if the enemy is strong now, I still trust you and let go and do what you have to do!" said the masked champion fighter wearing the enchanted plate armor "Dragon Blade" as he patted Fidel's shoulder, this time with Field's side-by-shoulder.
Fid himself was prepared, he was still dressed as usual, while Ayana stood next to Noor, and asked Noor to help her carry the enchanted weapon "Sun".
"Captain Fed, I know that this weapon was 'taken' from under the pool castle that time, and it seems that it can come in handy today!" Noor held a halberd in one hand and a weapon of his own at his waist.
Fed nodded, "You're right next to Ayana, she's a woman after all"
"I can protect myself, and I can protect you and me together. After saying that, Ayana walked straight to the city wall, without giving Fede a chance to respond. Noor and the other captains couldn't help but laugh when they saw it, but Noor quickly followed with a crimson halberd.
The rest of the men had followed Fide straight to the area they were going to defend, and it was dawning now, but everyone was already excited with their hearts racing, and their hands and teeth trembled slightly. If the invading forces of the East Oguna Empire had chosen to attack today, death and survival would have danced together, and it would have been difficult to separate.
The mercenaries of the Potato Mercenary Regiment and the other three mercenary regiments all advanced towards the defensive area they had been assigned to one after another, and the sentry who was standing there saw Fei De and the others appearing, and left the place as soon as possible. And Fei De also noticed that there are two arrow towers in this area, and his mercenaries will be able to allocate a part of them to garrison. At the same time, he noticed that there were already many regular soldiers sitting on the ground on the wall in the adjacent area, looking sluggish. Most of the people were resting against the battlements, and it is estimated that they did not sleep well.
After ascending the city wall, Fei De ordered the superior mercenary group and the Ahei mercenary group to guard the part of the city wall near the south, while some of the mercenaries of the Mulihua mercenary group entered the arrow tower, and the rest were assigned to various battlements and aimed at the bottom of the city wall with crossbow machines. He sent his mercenaries to the junction of the walls of the main city, the eastern sub-city, and the southern sub-city, where there were also some regular troops, who said they had been sent by General Glenn to defend the area.
Fett stood behind the battlements and looked into the distance. From this vantage point, you can see the stationary hoplites of the East Oguna Empire stationed in the southeast, as if they had spent the night on the spot. And even now, there is not the slightest sign of being ready to move forward. In addition to this, Fidel also glanced a few times under the city walls. The edges of the walls are already covered with traps that will sink, and if anyone falls from a ten-meter-high wall, they will be pierced by spikes and killed. It is not known who will fall, but it is certain that after this battle, the spikes will be covered with corpses.
Just as everyone was standing on the city wall and looking into the distance, a loud trumpet slowly sounded from the enemy army in the south.
All the defending troops, including the mercenaries, immediately drew their weapons and stared at the enemy formation where the sound of trumpets was heard. Although Fei De also thought that the enemy would attack Doret City today, it should be a better choice to choose to harass the soldiers who defended the city for a few more nights before attacking the city wall, but he didn't expect to blow the horn of attack now!
The fourteen massive siege towers were the first to strike. They moved slowly in the direction of the sub-castle to the south, under the rotation of the iron wheel mechanism. The front of these siege towers has been cleared by the infantry, making them the strongest and most solid shields when storming the walls. There were a large number of hoplites on the side of the tower, and the infantry held their shields in front of them, protected the important parts of their bodies, and approached the side of the sub-city to the south step by step.
The visible ballista carts, medium-sized mobile arrow towers, and giant trebuchets all approached the walls in an orderly and slow manner, and the closer he got to the defensive siege weapons, the more nervous he became. A picture suddenly appeared in his mind - what if there were spies lurking in the city, and they destroyed those defensive weapons? This sudden thought made Fei De suddenly break out in a cold sweat, this thought was terrible. However, the slow movement of the defensive trebuchets inside the vice city pulled Fei De back from his fantasy, but the reality was that the trebuchets were working normally, and many of the soldiers responsible for using these weapons to attack the enemy were already in place, and they had loaded all the boulder ammunition.
Fidel also saw some soldiers standing on the southernmost wall holding gray flags, and they also had red flags in their hands, which were used to command defensive siege weapons. As soon as the enemy's siege weapons came within range of the trebuchets in the city, the soldiers would use flags to point the way and colors to indicate the timing of the attack. Because the enemy's siege towers are too close to the walls, these trebuchets cannot greatly reduce the attack range, so the best time to attack is when they enter the attack range. Although the attacks will also be biased, as for whether or not they can deal damage to the siege towers and the giant trebuchets behind them, it can only be left to the will of God.
In addition to these poor ones, the crossbows on the fortified turrets and the ballistae on the battlements have been aimed at the enemy's advancing troops. Although those ballistas could not cause serious damage to the siege tower, if they could attack the sliding iron wheel under the tower, it was estimated that they could effectively stop the tower's advance.
The mercenaries around Fid were all nervously staring at the enemy's approach, but the speed of the invading army's advance was actually not fast, and if it was estimated at the current speed of advancement, it would take at least half an hour to reach the towering city walls. The mercenaries who were too numerous to stand on the wall wanted to squeeze up the wall to catch a glimpse of the approaching army of 200,000, but Marcus immediately ordered these mercenaries of the potato mercenary group to retreat under the wall in an orderly manner, so that no one would be squeezed off the wall.
The troops on the eastern flank of the invading army have also begun to push towards the eastern walls of the city of Dorette, and four siege towers have turned to move to the east, and it is estimated that the invading forces of the Eastern Oguna Empire intend to attack both the southern and eastern sub-cities.
After thinking for a while, Fidel said to Luca beside him, "You send a few mercenaries from the cavalry squadron to the western city wall to see the mercenary groups outside the city. "Fed couldn't see the invading army on the west side of Doret City in this place, and he didn't know what the mercenaries who had been under his command would choose. As soon as Lukka received the order, he himself walked under the wall, mounted his warhorse and galloped towards the western wall.