Chapter 90: Sharp Arrows and Heavy Crossbows
The next morning, the sentry in the corner tower of the city suddenly let out a nervous cry. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info then quickly passed on the information, and the defenders at the head of the city immediately shouted loudly in warning:
"Enemy situation, Macedonians! It's the army of the Macedonians!"
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When Jose received the news, the city team had already gathered under the city gates, and most of the soldiers had nervous expressions on their faces. Seeing Martin appear with José, the garrison officer immediately gave way and Jotheren followed Martin straight to the top of the city.
Joseph then looked out of the city at the top of the city:
Everywhere you look, there are crowds of people, and the dust stirred up is flying all over the sky!
The walls were six or seven meters high, and even so, from a distance, they were still black! Huge numbers of Macedonian soldiers appeared outside the city, on the roads, among the mountain roads, and even in the woods. Like a large black flood, it gathered from all directions, and then approached the city!
These Macedonians looked very strong from a distance, and the front row of men and horses wore leather armor and carried a characteristic round shield about the diameter of an arm, which was firmly guarded against the chest of the soldiers!
The Macedonians, armed with short spears in one hand, roared loudly in the cold morning wind, and the hot air from their mouths formed a large white mist that swirled over their heads.
The dense crowd of people surged, and the spearhead pointed obliquely at the top of the city like a forest, this kind of scene like a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, it looked very spectacular from a distance!
"Hell...... How many people are there in this group? Isn't it 8,000, but I don't think I have the momentum of tens of thousands!"
Aloch and Gould had already arrived at the city, and had just stepped out of the makeshift tent of the fortifications when they heard José's exclamation.
Alok frowned, and before he could say anything, Gould laughed and said:
"Haha, don't be nervous! My magician, looking at their formation and size, they are indeed only seven or eight thousand, and there are definitely no tens of thousands!"
As he spoke, out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the archers and garrisons of the city next to him, and winked at Jose.
Jose was stunned for a moment, but naturally understood the fat man's intentions, and also said in a deep voice:
"But I'm too nervous, Gould, you're a veteran of the battlefield all year round, and your eyes are naturally much more accurate than mine...... But then again, even if there are 10,000 people here, the city of Jushi Town is high and thick, they can only look at the city and sigh, not to mention that there are only seven or eight thousand people?"
Gould laughed, patted one of the defenders beside him on the shoulder, and exclaimed:
"Mr. José Magician is right! Brothers, we have strong walls, thousands of elite soldiers in the city, and a powerful magician to help us! What is a mere group of Macedonians?
All give Lao Tzu a calm breath and stabilize his position. Listen to the command, the archers will let us frustrate the spirit of this group of barbarians!haha!"
The fat man deliberately laughed loudly, and he already had some prestige in the army, but this bold remark made many guys who were originally a little nervous and afraid feel a lot more settled.
"Mr. Jose," said Aloke, who stepped forward at this time, thought for a moment, "and ask you to help us when the Macedonians are attacking the city." Martin, no matter what happens, you must always protect Your Excellency the Magician!"
"Yes, sir!" Martin replied in a deep voice.
A large number of archers were already in place, relying on the fortifications of the walls, hiding behind the walls, but their bows and arrows were aimed at the enemy outside the city.
After the dull sound of the trumpet, the Macedonians running outside the city gathered one after another, and a dozen huge wooden instruments similar to siege engines and ladders were launched in the dense crowd! In front of each siege engine, more than a dozen horses were pulled at the same time, and the momentum was quite huge!
"Enemy distance, eight hundred paces, archers ready!"
"Enemy distance, six hundred paces, ready!"
"Four Hundred Steps......
With the loud slogans of the officers, the soldiers at the head of the city began to get nervous.
The Macedonians outside the city were seen running wildly with swords and shields in their arms. Once the dense crowd surges, it is really like ants crossing the border!
When Jose saw this, his heart couldn't help but jump wildly, and he held his cane tightly in his hand, and although there was a lot of noise around him, he could almost hear his heartbeat clearly.
This is not a movie, it is a real charge, a real cold weapon war!!
Jose gritted his teeth fiercely and forced himself to restrain himself, and at this time, Gould next to him shouted loudly in a deep voice, constantly issuing various orders:
"The distance of the enemy, three hundred paces, two hundred paces...... Don't panic, hold steady, aim your arrows!"
The crowd of black-pressed people with the dust stirred up quickly rushed over, and although the siege engines were still in the rear, the soldiers at the front of the army formation had already rushed over. Seeing that most of the Macedonians' forward troops had already entered the firing range, Gould no longer hesitated and shouted:
"Archer, release the arrow!"
With the fat man's roar, hundreds of archers hidden within the city walls released their feathered arrows one after another. In a roaring sound of breaking the sky, hundreds of arrows formed an umbrella-shaped round of arrow rain above the city wall, forming a dense parabola in the sky, and then falling into the denser crowd.
Suddenly, with the dull sound of arrows shooting into armor and flesh, a painful roar was heard from the forward troops of the Macedonians. Hundreds of sharp arrows were like a gale, harvesting half of the Macedonians who rushed to the front!
The Macedonian charge was also stagnant, and although the army was still charging forward, the speed of the front slowed down significantly.
"All archers ready! Another volley!Quick!!"
Gould's voice was a little hoarse with excitement, but the fat man, with his face flushed at the moment, pointed in the direction of the Macedonians and shouted:
"Hurry! Can't give them a chance to breathe!"
Soon, under Gould's command, a second rain of arrows poured out of the city, but as the speed slowed down, the Macedonians also moved forward with their shields. That said, such a small shield is obviously only effective in close combat, and in the face of such a rain of arrows, the defensive effect is very mediocre.
After the two rounds of arrow rain, less than half of the forward army of the Macedonian army remained, and the archers killed and wounded at least three or five hundred enemy troops!
However, at this time, the Macedonian army, which arrived later, also began to advance, and the lethality of the archers was obviously not enough.
", push the ballista out!"
Gould let out a loud shout, and then several strangely shaped wooden ballistae were pushed out by the soldiers, each with a few gleaming spearheads at the front!
"Ballista aim, put!"
Gould waved his sword and roared! )