Chapter 45: Helplessness
"Shield, magic shield!" A huge steel shield was erected on the arrow tower, using the lever principle to dissolve the impact force on the arrow tower, making the pressure on the soldiers much less. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Mages of different attributes chanted loudly at the same time, and the magic elves of all colors quickly gathered together, and several translucent shields were suspended in front of the heavy infantry. The stones kept smashing on the magic shield, like stones falling into the water, the magic shield emitted ripples, and a volley of trebuchets did not break through the magic shield's defenses. Instead, the bouncing stones fell to the ground and killed several light infantrymen.
"Keep throwing! Don't stop without my orders! Call the magician squad to me too, and hit the fire one by one. "The herald quickly shuttled between the entire length of the wall. The heralds on Satya's side were also constantly changing their strategy, and the target of the magic archers immediately turned to the soldiers who were operating the trebuchet, and they were immediately shot into a sieve without the protection of the magic shield. The situation didn't improve until the heavy infantry and mages were transferred.
Satya's first chariot had arrived at the gates of the city, and the roof was covered with sand, and neither fire nor arrows could stop it. The stone-throwing soldiers on the walls began to take care of the bulky fellow.
More than a dozen soldiers shouted and pushed the hammer to hit the city gate one by one, and a big hole had been smashed into the top of the rushing car, and it was only a matter of time before the rushing car was destroyed, depending on whether the city gate was broken first or the rushing car was broken first.
Due to the suppression of the mobile arrow towers, and the fact that the targets of the trebuchets were all changed to arrow towers, the soldiers besieging the city seemed much easier, and many of the light infantry of a brigade had already rushed to the city walls. However, all the towers had completely withdrawn from the battle by this time, and even three towers were destroyed by trebuchets and magic, killing and wounding many archers and magicians.
The first chariot had also been destroyed, and the archers who had been preparing for it fired a volley, pinning all the soldiers under the chariot to the ground, and everyone had to turn their attention back to the offensive and defensive battle on the city walls.
What is strange is that few soldiers can rush up to the gap destroyed by the iron ball, and the angle of the gap is quite large, and as a result, a layer of oil was poured on it, and it was directly slid under the city wall when he stepped on it. Finally, a few balanced people climbed up, and the soldiers on the city wall were already waiting there with spears, poking them down like toads. A few hoplites squatted there further up, and when they climbed up with their hands and feet, they were suffocated by their shields. As a result, there are no soldiers willing to go up the walls from there.
"Marshal, the brothers of the 1st Brigade have been fighting all morning, and the casualties are a bit large. Do you want the conscripts to make up for it first and let them rest?" the captain grabbed Hebrew.
"No, I can't. "Hebrew was very resolute. "Let the second brigade replace the first brigade, and next time I will let the conscripts be careful that I removed you!"
The captain of the brigade retreated, and it was not long before the second brigade officially took over the work of the first brigade. Siege warfare was a test of physical strength and willpower for soldiers on both sides of the war, and soldiers who did not get rest simply could not survive in such conditions.
Hebrew understood this, and so did Maxim. The number of casualties among the soldiers had skyrocketed since the tower had been forced to retreat a hundred meters, especially when he saw Hebrew replaced with a second group of soldiers. Isn't it just boiling? How many brigades of elite troops can there be in a Tallinn fort? When the elite of Tallinn Fort is exhausted, the conscripts who go into battle will not be able to resist Satya's elite troops at all.
With a wave of his hand, Maxim's second battalion of light infantry slowly marched towards Tallinnburg, along with two rushing vehicles. The first siege brigade had already lost more than half of it, and it was worth sacrificing 100,000 men to take Tallinn Fort, and Maxim was only given the order to take Tallinn first, and then wait for the next order.
There were already dozens of Satya soldiers on the walls, and although the Oslan soldiers were fighting bloodily, they could not completely drive them down. The elite light infantry of the two empires began a white-knuckle battle, the strength of the two sides was about the same, the war fell into a stalemate, and the sun was gradually approaching the horizon.
"Marshal, the enemy is still rushing up, and the brothers can't hold it anymore. "The first squadron leader of the second brigade ran over.
"What about your captain?" Hebrew slashed at an enemy screaming at him, swinging his knife hard and throwing the remaining blood to the ground.
"Captain he...... He died in the line of duty. ”
Hebrew was stunned, the second captain of the light infantry was a soldier he brought up, and he could be transferred to the Praetorian Guard next year......
"Give the logistical tasks to the conscripts, and all the people of the 2nd Brigade will go up the city wall for me! Draw three squadrons from the 3rd Brigade to make up for me!" There was no time left for him to grieve on the battlefield, and dozens of lives were lost in a second.
At this time, under the city, the corpses had been piled up around the city wall as high as a mountain, and the ladders were no longer easy to build, and it was not even as fast as stepping directly on the corpses.
"Your Excellency, Marshal. The golden-robed mage appeared beside Maxim.
"National Teacher, what are you doing here without commanding the mage troops on the front line?" Maxim didn't want to see him at this time, because the recovery speed of the mage team was too slow, and the arrow tower only played its role twice, otherwise the battle on the city wall would not be so passive.
"The magicians are still recovering, and there are too many trebuchets on the other side. The golden-robed mage smiled slightly.
"Is there a good way to break the city?" asked Maxim.
"There is no way to break the city, but do you want to think about the previous proposal? ”
Those who shouldn't have come always have to come, and I originally thought that this siege would be a good thing for him to give up that idea, but now the situation is not so ideal. Maxim couldn't help but wonder if he had deliberately kept the magicians from working hard.
Maxim hesitated for a moment and said, "Siege the city, casualties are inevitable, and there are many casualties on the opposite side. ”
"Hehe, but that method can greatly reduce the consumption of soldiers. ”
"Hmm...... Let me think about it again and see what the second team can achieve. ”
"Then I'll quit first, and I'll go and form another attack on the Arrow Tower. The golden-robed mage nodded slightly at Maxim.
"There is Lao Guoshi. ”
Now there are only seven arrow towers left, but the pressure on the defenders of the city is still very high. Each advance of the Arrow Tower lasts for half an hour, which is the time when the siege soldiers are least stressed. The hit rate of the magic archers is quite high, although they can't achieve the 100 shots of the elves, but they still suppress the Oslan soldiers who dare not poke their heads out.
The tower was more than three meters above the city wall, and even the heavy infantry could not effectively protect the soldiers behind it. Just as the archers were once again using their superb archery skills, the trebuchets on the walls changed again.
This time, the stones actually carried black smoke, and the Oslan soldiers changed the projectile of the trebuchet into a fireball, and the magic fireball created by the fire mage could actually be used with the trebuchet, which made the mages on the arrow tower panic. With the exception of a few water mage's arrow towers, the magic shields of several other arrow towers shattered after a salvo.
The magic fireball did not bounce off the magic shield after hitting it, but suddenly exploded, and the sparks splashed on the arrow tower, and the wooden arrow tower was ignited by the high temperature, and it burned directly. At this moment, the soldiers on the arrow tower were in a mess, and the plate armor on the front heavy infantry conducted heat very quickly, and some sparks splashed directly on them, and the high temperature burned the skin they were in contact with the armor. The heavy infantry threw away their shields and tried to extinguish the fire on their bodies. But the fireball that followed fell again.
Several towers of arrows were ignited in an instant, and the heavy infantry pushed the mages and archers, completely disrupting their formation. In desperation, the archers and magicians jumped off the tower in an attempt to get out of this dangerous place, and after a moment of silent recitation, flying magic appeared at their feet. But the heavy infantry who were still on the turret were not so lucky.
The panicked hoplites lost their sense of direction completely, and some of the hoplites at the bottom tried to escape over the fence, but they forgot their heavy armor and accidentally hit the supporting pillars. The fire-roasted pillars became extremely fragile, unable to withstand the onslaught of the panicked heavy infantry. With a bang, the entire arrow tower collapsed. The heavy infantry, who had not yet had time to escape, was directly crushed in the turret.
Maxim, who was on the high ground, saw this scene and sighed helplessly, and his last sustenance was shattered by Hebrew. First using ordinary stones to consume the magician's mana, waiting for the magician to consume a day's mana, and then using the ultra-high temperature magic fireball to ignite the arrow tower, Satya's troops had to withdraw from today's battle early.
Hebrew did the right thing, destroying his turret and buying the soldiers a night's rest. But what Hebrew didn't know was that this trick made him have to accept the golden-robed mage's suggestion to use forbidden magic, not to mention what the consequences of this magic would bring to him, even the caster himself did not know.
Several military orders were issued in a hurry, and the soldiers besieging the city began to retreat in an orderly manner, and many soldiers who were already on the city wall simply jumped down, anyway, the corpses under the city wall were not a few meters away from the city wall.
The defenders breathed a sigh of relief, exhausted from the day's fighting, and even the conscripts who helped deliver stones to burn gold fell to the ground. The Earl of Hebrew was on the front line with multiple wounds, and priests and medics were bandaging the wounds.
"Birdwin. Hebrew cried out loudly, and the battle had just come to a fever pitch, and the soldiers and men of the knights' brigade had gone to the front.
"Here!" the burly Bodwin was easily recognizable, and he could see it from afar.
"You take a squad of knights to Budapest to report the news, and make sure that their reinforcements arrive within three days. Hebrew gave him a letter.
"Yes!"