Chapter 31: The Gap
In a continuous creaking, the huge siege tower slowly toppled over, and finally fell to the ground with a loud bang. The shelves were scattered into broken wood and broken boards flying all over the sky, and at the same time, dozens of Han soldiers who could not escape were crushed into flesh and blood. At this point, the last siege tower of the opponent was also pulled down.
At the moment when the second tower cart was destroyed, Ellie's two snake-like eyebrows wrinkled together like never before, not because she felt sorry for the two tower carts, nor did she feel sorry for the slave hunters who were crushed and bruised、、、 but because she began to notice that the pieces floating on the narrow and simple moat were not bubbles and hollow reed poles.
Those reed poles that were already floating in the moat started to exist, but because the attention of both sides was on the city walls, no one cared.
"Retreat!
Elejie has no ladylike demeanor, pushing and shoving a herald next to her like a shrew!
The herald was a little stunned by Alyselle's pushing.
"Fire!"
Hannibal roared, and Stewart, who was on the side, shot an arrow filled with gunpowder and ignited the fuse into the air!
Bang、、、 bang!
After the rattling arrow emits its unique sound.
The reed poles floating on the moat disappeared in an instant, and in their place were Anglo warriors covered in mud and water, about 3,000 people, each of whom held a very thick cowhide in their hands, and after the shoulders of their heads were sticking out of the water, they did not hesitate to reach into the cowhide and draw out a musket with a handle that had already been filled with gunpowder and projectiles、、、
A continuous burst of muskets rang out for about three minutes!
The 3,000 Anglo warriors hiding in the water had at least five to seven muskets wrapped in the cowhide in their hands, and none of them were preloaded with gunpowder and projectiles.
In other words, in the past three minutes, these 3,000 Anglo warriors have fired at least more than 20,000 shots, and they are still at close range, when the opponent is unprotected!
These three minutes were very short, but after a wail, at least no less than 7,000 slave hunters were killed, and countless were wounded, most of them wore chain mail and light armor, and some of the high-ranking ones could afford to wear plate armor and heavy armor, knowing that chain mail can defend against bows and arrows, but it is powerless against penetrating muskets, let alone light armor!
In the past three minutes, it was too late for Elejie to give orders several times, because of the siege just now, they were already huddled together, and they could only let these cunning and treacherous barbarians shoot with muskets.
After emptying all the loaded muskets in their hands, the 3,000 Anglo warriors floating on the water threw their muskets into the river with cowhides, swam to the opposite bank without stopping, took a heavy double-edged axe from their backs, and pounced on the opponent who was already in a mess with muddy water and cold!
These 3,000 Anglo warriors were outcasts at the beginning, voluntarily, and at this time the most central fortress gate could not be opened, and after they emptied the muskets in their hands, they spontaneously launched a suicidal charge against the enemy without anyone's orders!
They had no intention of returning to the fortress alive、、、
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The 3,000 Anglo warriors who were in the water quickly turned into 3,000 incomplete corpses, and they were killed by arrows on the way through, but it was better than staying in the water and being shot as a target, and launching a suicide charge would at least take some of the enemies along the way to Huangquan、、、
The desolate and muffled sound of trumpets and the angry and broken roar of Ellie, the army of slave hunters trampled on their corpses and surged back like a tidal wave. Only the wreckage of the tower cart still dusting at the foot of the city wall clearly shows that there was a fierce battle that had just been fought here.
Having lost their tower carts, they began to carry out hundreds of ladders, the most rudimentary and primitive siege equipment. And two catapults that were slightly larger than the captured goblins!
Stewart tossed his bladed scimitar aside, a flood of intense exhaustion. Then he could no longer stand, and sat down on the ground.
A huge rock smashed half a step away from Stewart, smashing deep into the wall several feet deep, and an unfortunate Viking warrior was crushed by the boulder and had already turned into a meatloaf, except for the two calves that were exposed to the stone, and the situation was extremely terrifying.
"Phew!"
Stewart spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm. Stretching his legs as straight as he could, leaning feebly against the gatehouse, he turned his head leisurely, and Hannibal's exhausted figure came into view.
"Lord, when will the brothers get on their horses and charge!"
Stewart took a breath and couldn't help but ask Hannibal.
Hannibal patted him affectionately on the shoulder, smiled like a wolf, and replied, "At the right time." Save some energy for me!"
After that, Hannibal began to wander around the city walls and kick people's ass, just kidding!
"Get up, it, you're all scared??"
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"When this battle is over, I'm going to take the gypsy woman who was in command alive! No one is allowed to kill her! That's too cheap for her, I'm going to let Little Joe kill her alive!"
"Lord Wang! That's really cheap, that girl!ah、、、 Xiao Qiao's size, you know!"
A Viking warrior next to Jobs said and looked around with a wink.
"Hahahaha、、、、、"
In an instant, the whole city wall resounded with a burst of laughter, and those who heard it, those who didn't hear it, those who didn't understand, and those who didn't understand it, all giggled together.
Jobs blushed, struggled, and kicked the Viking warrior in the ass.
"Yo、、、 Xiao Qiao blushed!"
"Draft! Get away!"
Xiao Qiao's wound hurt again, and he hissed and scolded with a smile.
Hannibal scolded and laughed all the way through the city walls. Kick the barbarians lying all over the ground one by one.
When many of the barbarians, who had fallen asleep for a short time due to the loss of strength, opened their sleepy eyes and got up, the loud trumpets and agitated war drums outside the city had already resounded, and the hateful slave hunters, the parasites, had once again formed a neat formation and advanced mightily.
The corpses of slave hunters and barbarians, as well as the wreckage of the tower carts, were all pushed into the simple moat, which was not very wide, and almost filled the moat in an instant!
Hannibal looked up leisurely, only to see the black slave hunters behind the line, two huge trebuchets slamming off the wall. With a deafening loud bang, two huge rocks were thrown up in the air, tumbling and rolling towards them, these stones seemed slow, but in the blink of an eye, they reached the top of their heads, and then smashed down with a powerful inertia.
"Huh!?"
Hannibal's pupils contracted for a moment, and he stared straight at the boulder spinning and smashing down, getting closer and closer to him, until he was about to hit the ground, and then flashed sharply to the side.
With a loud bang, the boulder almost slammed into the solid wall against his body, and the clay and marble walls were immediately smashed into a huge crack, and the subtle cracks quietly penetrated the inside and outside of the wall, and the boulder brought up a powerful wave of qi that almost knocked Hannibal and several others to the ground.
"Phew!!"
Hannibal spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm, spitting out the dust from his mouth and nose, and looked up in shock, and another boulder smashed into the air.
The boulder, the size of four sheep, fell almost next to the original one, and slammed viciously into the crack in the wall, and at this moment, Hannibal clearly felt the whole wall tremble violently. There was an inexplicable grunt sound under his feet, as if the city wall could not withstand such a violent destruction and made a miserable ** sound.
"Boom、、、boom boom 、、、"
Two more boulders slammed into the rim of the crack mercilessly. The crack widens rapidly and stretches like spider silk in all directions.
"Not good. The walls are going to collapse、、、!
As Hannibal was screaming, another boulder fell head-on, and the boulder was the final blow.
The sound of logs breaking, the sound of hard marble squeezing and rubbing against each other、、、、
In the smoke and dust, the walls of the city finally collapsed.
"Kill !!"
In the midst of a deafening shout. The slave hunters swarmed in front of them, all wearing blood-red chain mail, and they were the members of the slave hunting group, the most elite troops, the ace infantry of Elijie.
On the city walls, Hannibal's eyes were torn apart. Jumping over the gap, ignoring the choking smoke and dust, the mournful roar was clearly audible on the chaotic battlefield.
"Plug the gap, don't let them rush in!
"Pay!"
"Eat meat!"
"Eat meat!"
"Kill~"
Hannibal took the sword "Ambitious Gentleman" horizontally and stepped on the ruins to rush to the gap first, and behind him, more than 2,000 barbarians (at this moment it was impossible to distinguish between Viking warriors and Anglo warriors. There were many more pouring down from the walls, joining the ranks of the breaches, and many Anglo warriors still clinging to the towers. Indifferently reloading muskets with gunpowder and projectiles, they did not need to aim at all. Because the castle tower is full of black slave hunters, and they can shoot with their eyes closed.
Fierce battles were staged on the outer edge of the gap, and the slave hunters, though well-armed and unfatal, pounced one by one. But here they were met with the most stubborn resistance! However, in order to stop the advance of the slave hunters, the barbarians paid even more heavy casualties!
The gap is no more than ten meters wide, like a huge meat grinder, frantically devouring the living life.
"I'm cǎo proposed!"
Hannibal roared, stabbed his sword hard, and stabbed one of the slave hunters into the neck, the screeching sound of the blade cutting through the bones, and the slave hunter laughed. His eyebrows were hideous, his mouth opened to show his white teeth, and with a raised hand, a sharp machete was already slashing at Hannibal's neck.
"Ah、、、、h