Chapter 83: The Fall
"Tortoiseshell Formation!" Carl was lucky, roared, and the shield soldiers immediately raised the shields in their hands, and came from all directions, protecting the archers, whether it was to make chain mail or plate armor, Carl and Sylde Manor did not have this ability to provide so much, they could not afford to provide such money, so these shield soldiers on the armor had to be leather armor, which was already commendable, but there was something striking that each shield soldier had a wooden shield with an eagle coat of arms on a blue background.
That's enough, shield soldiers, shield soldiers, embodied in this shield, as long as this shield can protect everyone, then everything is successful.
However, it is striking that in addition to holding shields, these shield bearers also carry a flaming torch.
"Light infantry, take this castle for me!" Karl drank and gave his orders.
There was some commotion in the light infantry, but it quickly calmed down, and the peasants, armed with pitchforks and spears, rushed in the direction of the city walls.
A closer look reveals that these groups of light infantry were mixed with regular troops, who carried long ladders that they had to put up under the cover of the light infantry.
Kevin's expression didn't change as he watched all this, the religious knights seemed to want to say something, but they didn't say anything, and Carl lowered his head and tried to keep himself calm.
When he gave such an order, those hundreds of levies could be said to have been sent to death by him as cannon fodder, he never expected those unarmored and scattered guys to take Dortmund Castle, that is unrealistic, their only use is to consume the enemy's arrows!
Karl's approach became more and more in line with his aristocratic status, treating the peasants and slaves as if they were commodities, discarded at will......
"Shoot!"
The guards at Dortmund Castle roared in a language Karl didn't understand, and their arrows were like locusts, blocking the light infantry, killing many of the levies with each shot.
It can be seen that the chief of Dortmund has put a lot of effort into his castle, and he has filled the walls with barbs!
Many people who try to climb will be pierced by these barbs, which is the pain of piercing the heart.
"Almost......" Karl muttered, he couldn't let his soldiers suffer too many casualties here, otherwise it would be detrimental to the defense later.
"Go as planned, go!"
This time it was the shieldmen and the archers, who gathered around and, hearing Karl's order, immediately kept moving forward at a pace that was neither slow nor fast.
Their actions immediately attracted the attention of the defenders, after all, the dozens of torches were too eye-catching.
They wanted to attack, and although they didn't know what the Diarman nobles were trying to do with this strange formation, they knew it was certainly not a good thing.
But they found it a bit difficult for them to do it, they didn't have many arrows in their hands, they couldn't do any damage to the battle array sheltered by the huge shields, their arrows were blocked out of the shields, and they had to change the quiver, but the time difference was not short, enough for them to advance a long distance.
Kevin's figure also followed the battle formation, this battle formation is the hard work of Carl and others, and there is no room for failure, and Kevin must command here.
"One hundred and fifty steps...... One hundred steps ......"
Kevin calculates that they are the besieging side, without the protection of the city walls, without the condescending advantage, too far away for them to shoot arrows in.
"Fifty Steps ......"
In an instant, Kevin's eyes showed a cold light, and he quickly raised his head.
"Ignition!"
The archers quickly set up and placed the arrows on the torches of the shield men in front of them or next to them.
"Boom!"
When the asphalt caught fire, it began to burn at the fastest speed, and the entire arrow was wrapped in raging flames, and the blazing flames made the temperature of the entire battle array a little hotter.
"Shoot the arrows!"
The order came almost immediately, after all, the flames could burn the arrows later.
The rain of arrows with a sky full of flames, like the wrath of the gods, overwhelmingly fell to the city wall enemies and castles, that kind of scene was extremely spectacular and terrifying, Carl looked at this scene, and couldn't help but think that the burning of Chibi was just like this......
"Devil! Devil! They will control the flames, they are the army of the devil! ”
"The gods want to vent their wrath, those are the wrath of the gods, help!"
Where had the guards seen such a picture, especially when they saw their friends in cotton armor around them, grazed by a rocket, and their whole body burned, wailing and running away four times, trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies, and finally they could only turn into charcoal and fall to the ground, and they all collapsed.
Such a situation is completely different from the war they usually recognize!
"Lord Sir, your fire attack has worked, and the enemy is starting to crumble!" Sir Vahn was breathing heavily, and his mood stirred as he looked at the enemy on the wall that had lost any desire to fight in just a moment, and the flames that filled the sky.
"Hahaha, don't worry my friend, let's wait." Karl laughed when he saw the eagerness of Sir Vahn and the rest of the Order.
Under Kevin's command, the rain of fire was launched round after round, and soon some wooden buildings were set on fire.
Although it is a castle, most of the buildings are made of stones, but there are also many pieces of wood.
"It's on fire! It's on fire! ”
"It's over...... It's over......"
"Whoever the fuck dares to run away will die here!"
Several warriors drew their scimitars and cut off the heads of several deserters, forcing some of the guys who also wanted to flee to stop, but that's all, they still couldn't stop most of the rout.
"Pop ......"
At this moment, a long ladder was placed at the warrior's feet, and it was not long before several light infantry men climbed up.
"Not good!" The warrior's face changed dramatically, and the scimitar did not hesitate to cut down, hacking a light infantry to death.
After slashing several more light infantry who tried to climb up, he was finally broken through, and one by one the levies rushed up to surround him, and he could only rely on the hard chain mail to resist.
Inside the armor, the warrior's face turned red, and it became difficult to breathe, there was no way, there was a lot of smoke from the flames burning all around, and he was blocked here, he couldn't even breathe!
But he didn't dare to open the visor, and once he did, he had no doubt that there would be a pitchfork tea on his face immediately.
"It's our turn, come on!"
Karl roared, and he could clearly see that the light infantry had managed to climb the wall.
"Rush, for the glory of the Lord!" Sir Vahn roared, they couldn't wait.
The siege team that did not hold heavy wooden bars was pushing the city gate, because it had no effect at all, and the iron gate falling from the top to the bottom could not be pushed by wooden bars, and even if it could, it could not be completed in a short time, so Karl directly gave up this option and arranged everyone to attack the city wall.
Siege is a difficult process, and both light infantry and knights have to face the possibility of death at any time.
The Religious Knights were proud, not afraid of death, and even longed to die in battle, for then their souls would return to Heaven and to the bosom of the Lord, which would be the glory of their lives.
There are not many but still existing Flo archers shoot at them, the arrows will bounce off their armor, but they also make their bodies shake, and even almost let go of their hands, this is a very terrifying thing, once they really don't catch it, fall down from the long ladder in the air, and they will be crippled if they don't die!
They gritted their teeth and climbed under a rain of arrows, the pressure taking their breath away.
However, the enemy's resistance had been thinned out after all, and they were not stopped after all, and when a knight climbed the wall, the remaining Flo people looked desperate.
The knight in armor made it almost impossible for them to resist.
"Damn Flo, you don't keep your promise!"
Some of the warriors roared and rushed towards them, but Ser Vane and his party were not afraid at all, they were far outnumbered by the enemy.
Karl had to be glad that Sir Vahn didn't understand the language of the Flo, otherwise they would have been exposed.
"Cast to ashes in the glory of the Lord!" Religious knights raised their swords and confronted the enemies of Dortmund Castle with a crisp symphony.
"Open the gates!" Karl didn't rush to the front like those knights, he was desperate for his life, at least he didn't think that he would be an enemy opponent if he had never been good at swordsmanship, so he chose to be his commander.
"Kukukuchic......"
The soldier who controlled the mechanism of the gate shook the mechanism, and the iron gate rose little by little until it was completely opened.
"Rush!"
There was no obstacle between the castle and Karl's army outside the castle, and the light infantry rushed in desperately.
"Come with me and take the castle!" Karl beckoned to Ser Vane and the others, who had basically taken over the outer walls of the castle and the rest of the enemy in the inner castle.
"Follow in your footsteps, sir!" Ser Vahn repelled his enemies, and the other religious knights surrounded him.
"Sir, I'm going to hunt down the other enemies!" Kevin offered to ask.
"Go ahead, take some of the knights with you." Carl nodded, and many people fled in the direction of the dungeon, which also needed to be cleaned up.
"Despicable Dillmans, I curse you, you will be punished by the gods!"
When Karl appeared in the castle with Sir Vahn and others, the remaining warriors and Flos were completely desperate, knowing that Dortmund Castle had been lost.
Carl and the others couldn't understand his words at all, and even if they did, they probably wouldn't care.
"Are we going to capture them alive?" Sir Vane asked.
"Kill it directly! The blood of the pagans is able to please the Lord. "How could Carl allow these people who knew the inside story to survive.
"As you wish."
With the sword in hand, the chain mail could no longer protect them, and when the last of the Flo warriors died, Dortmund Castle became the domain of a Dierman noble.