Chapter 136: Ellev's Attack and Defense (6) (3/4)
The soldiers of the Imperial Army pushed up the siege equipment that had been built a few days earlier.
The former Blago Kingdom was very backward in this regard, but the empire was the first power in warfare.
The province of Blago uses siege weapons crafted by the Empire's best craftsmen.
At the head of the line were the shield soldiers, who were in teams of ten, carrying ladders and river crossings.
Their mission is to create a good environment for the sword and shield soldiers behind them to climb the city.
The soldiers behind the sword and shield soldiers braved the rain of arrows on the city wall, pushing all kinds of chariots towards the city wall, and at the end of the army were rows of loaded catapults!
In this medieval era, catapults were the three major siege weapons along with the bed crossbow and the magic crystal cannon.
The soldiers on the city walls, except for those archers who had already begun to attack, were actually soldiers who clenched their weapons tightly and gasped for air.
I hope to ease the tension in my heart, and all of them know it very well in their hearts.
It will be a very severe test, and if they do not win, they will have to meet death.
Rankis's divine power is invincible, but the gods of the Emerald Empire are also extremely powerful.
I'm afraid that at this time, I can't take care of myself, and I'm afraid I can only stand by and watch the disaster of his children and grandchildren.
The thought crossed the minds of almost all the soldiers, who were no longer the remnants of the real Blago kingdom after all.
The polytheistic ideas of the Emerald Empire had a huge impact on them.
After paying a small number of casualties, the ladder was finally built on the city wall.
The hook at the end of the ladder held the ladder firmly to the wall, and the Imperial soldiers climbed the ladder with their swords in their hands.
The height of more than ten meters is nothing at all for the soldiers who are extremely athletic.
They were all once mountain people, and they hunted in the steep mountains all year round, and they don't know how many times they had encountered more difficult times than this.
It's just that everyone understands that the danger of a siege never comes from climbing.
Rather, it was the attack of the soldiers on the walls.
The guards of House Elevor smashed large rocks and logs off the walls with great force, and almost every blow knocked a soldier off the walls.
But this did not stop the brave Imperial soldiers, and finally one of the Imperial soldiers rushed to the top of the city walls.
The Imperial soldier stabbed his sword out with all his might, the guard also stabbed out the spear in his hand, and the Imperial soldier slightly blocked the shield tied to his arm.
With his innate divine power, he actually blocked this blow, and the guards next to him saw that it was not good, and one of them came to help, and the two of them worked together, but they still stabbed the soldier in the heart.
The corpses of the Imperial soldiers fell straight from the top of the ladder.
The military judge in the army keenly observed this scene, and said to the clerk beside him: "Write down the soldier who was the first to climb the city wall and die in battle, and according to the rules of the empire, give three times the pension to his family!"
In order to encourage soldiers to fight bravely, the Emerald Empire has nothing but monetary rewards.
He also blessed their children and grandchildren, just like the soldier just now, in addition to their family being able to get the full triple pension, one of his sons was also able to get a lot of opportunities.
The death of their comrades boosted the morale of the Imperial soldiers, and everyone rushed towards the city walls as if they had gone crazy.
The soldiers of the Empire descended from the ladder like dumplings.
Their corpses fell to the ground, almost none of them were all corpses, and the bones of the whole person would be broken, and the flesh and blood were blurred one by one.
In a short time, the blood soaked the ground beneath the city walls, and even gradually soaked into the surface.
It is conceivable that in the coming year, it will be a scene of lush vegetation.
The officers in the Guard are all members of the Ellev family, and they are usually of bronze strength.
These officers generally do not take action, only when the soldiers of the Imperial Army are on the city walls.
At first, when the soldiers were still relatively energetic, they shot less often, but the soldiers were tired, and gradually became tired as the soldiers on guard gradually became tired.
The officers struck more and more, but they still couldn't stop more and more soldiers from climbing the walls.
"Fill in the first reserve. Kane ordered decisively.
In this attack, fifteen hundred men were on top of the walls, and the remaining 1,000 men were divided into two reserves by Kane.
Although these two reserves are definitely going to be put into the battlefield, Kane really didn't expect to throw the reserves into it so soon.
Originally, according to his estimate, it would have lasted at least two hours.
Thinking of this, Kane couldn't help but glance fiercely at the watchtower outside the city.
Originally, the Imperial army also had chariots, which allowed archers to stand directly at the same height as the soldiers on the city walls.
However, the number of such chariots must be very limited, so most of the soldiers still have to stand under the city walls to attack, and as a result, a large number of watchtowers have now been obtained, which actually allows more Imperial soldiers to get a good archery spot.
It's really a careless move, and you lose all the games.
It's really an extraordinary thing to understand the aura ability of the opposing legion in advance.
Jiashi couldn't help frowning slightly as he watched the Imperial Army's offensive begin to be blocked again after the reserve was replaced on the city wall.
"You can't use the lives of Imperial soldiers to fill the enemy's physical strength and let the soldiers retreat first. ”
"Ten rounds of trebuchet volleys, inform the commander of the 34th Legion, send two thousand troops up, and give me a shot at the soldiers on the city wall, and I can't let them rest. ”
Kashi quickly decided to trade the number of trebuchets and arrows for the enemy's stamina, and wait until the enemy's stamina had been depleted before sending his soldiers to charge upward.
The retreat of the Imperial soldiers quickly attracted the attention of the guards and they couldn't help but cheer.
Kane frowned, in their estimation, the soldiers of the Emerald Empire were far from reaching their limit.
There were so many of them that even after such a long attack, the death toll was definitely not more than a thousand.
Their temple priesthood and mage brigade have yet to strike.
Even their commander, Gashi Nuchels, had not yet made it to the city himself.
How could it be possible to withdraw so quickly!
Then the actions of the Imperial Army told them the truth of the facts.
The cheers of all the guards were choked back into their mouths, and in their place they were filled with fear!