Chapter 017 (Attack and Defense of Salt Town)
The sun rises in the east, and a round of fiery morning sun sprinkles soft sunlight, reflecting the vitality of the whole salt town.
The golden red sunshine seems to be full of hope, but it also indicates that today's killing is coming. In the strict atmosphere before the war, the fiery red morning sun, which was originally vibrant, was as dazzling as a round wheel dyed red by scarlet blood.
I couldn't sleep all night in Yanzhen City. Soldiers and knights, dressed in woollen coats and chainmail leather armor, crowded the walls and towers. They held spears, swords, bows and arrows, and some soldiers did not even hold their weapons in their hands. But there were many large stones piled up at their feet that could smash people's heads. The oil pans in each of the small strongholds on the city wall were already boiling hot, and the hot oil in the oil pots was jumping and churning. They seemed to be provocative, and anyone who dared to approach the walls would be doused with a scorched outward!
"May the Lord bless me with strength," the Christian soldier prayed on his knees, "teaching me to fight with my hands and with my weapons." ”
The white-robed priest standing in front of the soldier stretched out his thin right hand to bless the soldier and replied in a very soft voice, "Heavenly Father will bless you!"
"Thank you, Father!, Amen!" the soldier whispered as he looked up at the old man in front of him.
"Warriors who devote all their hearts to the glorious crusade, ye will receive eternal praise to the people of Christ. Priest Martin, with his thin cheeks and wrinkled cheeks, proclaimed, "God is even the strongest, the shield and weapon we trust most." He will bless and bless you. ”
Master Luke's brow furrowed, a little annoyed, "Isn't there anyone who can help me get rid of this noisy priest?" In his opinion, prayer and faith alone could not defeat thousands of enemies. In battle, only anger and bravery are the keys to victory.
"Reverend Martin," Baron Kane gently admonished, "please leave here for now. "As a devout believer in Christianity, the Baron does not dare to neglect the gray-haired old man in front of him, which is blasphemy and disrespect to the Father.
"Your Excellency, Heavenly Father will bless you as well. Pastor Martin staggered down the steep, narrow stone staircase.
At this moment, the warriors on the city wall are shoulder to shoulder, the soldiers are all bright and bright, and the military equipment is complete. Luke 'Giant' Ness, with a huge hammer on his broad shoulders, stood under the glorious banner and looked down at the dense enemy army on the opposite side with a solemn expression.
Baron Kane Greer and his subordinate Knight Rand commanded the garrison soldiers to guard the left end of the wall, while Sir Leon Belmont defended the wall on the right with his cronies Sir Randy, Sir Bob, and the remnants of the garrison in Golden Tooth.
The basic point of castle defense is to put the besiegers in the highest danger possible and expose as many enemies as possible. Conversely, it is necessary to minimize the risks to defenders.
A well-designed castle can be effectively defended for a long time with a small number of troops. Having a strong defense allows the defender to hold on to the advantage of being well supplied until the besieger is driven back by the army that came to relieve the siege, or the attacker is forced to evacuate if they are depleted of ammunition and disease.
Beneath the city walls, on the flat ground a kilometer away, there were enemy soldiers in gray armor covered with black pressure.
The phalanx of the Targaryen army was solemn and murderous. Tens of thousands of soldiers were silent and did not make a sound. This speaks volumes about their discipline and rigor, and proves that they were not a third-rate army!
Baron Curvin Targaryen led his 3,000 soldiers into three thousand phalanxes, neatly lined up at the forefront of this army of 10,000 men. When the battle began, he would lead his soldiers up the walls and charge into battle.
The two armies faced each other, and a fierce aura of slaughter surrounded this large land. The Targaryen army stopped at a distance of about 400 meters, which was the critical range of the defenders with ordinary bows and arrows.
"Woo woo The menacing Targaryen soldier held a shield in his left hand and a wooden bridge in his right hand, and quickly approached the trench opposite.
At this time, the soldiers defending the city also moved! I saw the commander of the archers standing on the city wall make a few gestures to the archers inside the city wall behind him after estimating the distance of the other party. After receiving the instructions, a large number of archers inside the city wall, carrying arrows and drawing bows, set up a posture at a parabolic angle outside the city wall, ready to go!
The officers who commanded the archers were known as "eyes" in the army, and they had a wealth of experience and a high degree of judgment. Their commands are where the arrows in the hands of the archers go. They are the eyes of the archers! I saw that as soon as my eyes waved the red flag in their hands, thousands of archers in the city released their arrows in unison! There was a loud "bang". The loud sound of thousands of bows and arrows is deafening!
A rain of arrows like locusts flying in the sky crossed the city walls and attacked the enemy soldiers as they were about to build a bridge. Even though there was a shield in his hand, the rain of arrows in the sky still caused a lot of casualties on the other side. Some were shot into trembling porcupines before they could lift their shields, and more were killed by arrows that pierced through the gaps in their shields.
The first wave of arrows forced the first group of enemies to retreat. The enemy troops in the second phalanx immediately changed their strategy, and the soldiers who originally held the shields were now holding the equipment of the tower bridge in both hands, accompanied by heavy infantry with huge shields. And the second wave of bows and arrows on the city wall did not achieve much success under the opponent's tight giant shield defense.
The six-meter-long trench was filled in an instant, and although the wooden bridges could not withstand the weight of a dozen tons of large equipment, the infantry was able to get through it with ease.
The First Echelon Stormtroopers of the Targaryen Army were the first to cross the trench, carrying huge shields and ladders. Just as the first echelon of Targaryen soldiers had all crossed the trench, the gates of Salt were opened from the inside. Behind the city gate, three hundred iron horsemen clanged, and the momentum of the charge was like a rushing stream.
The Targaryen infantry were crushed by the onslaught of cavalry, with only a few soldiers narrowly escaping from the knights' hooves. In an instant, almost all of the 500 Targaryen soldiers of the first echelon were killed here, and all the cavalry immediately rode back after the soldiers of the first echelon were eliminated. At the same time, the rain of arrows of the third group of archers in the city and the outside of the city completely blocked the footsteps of the enemy who wanted to pursue. The broad gates were closed again.
This round of the Knights of Glory played very beautifully, and the defensive tactics of both offense and defense were vividly played. Almost no casualties were lost, and the enemy was killed by 500 people. But the opponent was also the famous commander of the Canian Federation, and the war had just begun, and it was nothing more than a tentative attack.
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