Chapter 636: The Battle of the Siege

PS: The large-scale siege war has begun, and the two empires are finally fighting for the first time, what is the outcome?

These hoplites carried heavy tower shields in one hand and spears instead of guns in the other.

This spear is used for short throws, so they have to push in front of the walls to throw the spear in their hand. The heavy tower shield will keep them at bay from arrows on the walls, protecting them from the first round of attacks as much as possible.

Anthony Hartbird, the commander of the Blood Eagle Legion, is tasked with tearing a hole through the western front and gaining a foothold in Jayerbah. The Heavenly Saint Empire's support army will continue to kill Hedis from here, giving Murong Yu a blow to the head.

Anthony Hartbird, who is fifty-seven years old this year, is a true saint-level powerhouse, and he has all the fine bloodlines of the natives of Middle-earth. Tall, burly and solid, with short blond hair and bright blue eyes, as dazzling as a pair of sapphires.

He was clad in a blood-red robe, bright refined chain mail, and underneath was a soft leather armor made of holy animal skin. It is said that this sacred beast was hunted and killed by General Anthony himself, and it was a ferocious and cunning phantom wolf that was known for its speed. The Phantom Wolf is the king of speed, and if it tries to escape, almost no one can capture it.

Back then, Murong Yu had also used to Yujian Phantom Heavenly Wolf, relying on teleportation, Murong Yu severely injured the five holy beasts and scared away the Phantom Heavenly Wolf. However, General Anthony has no space magic. He is a true warrior, after the discovery of the Phantom Wolf. General Anthony immediately set about setting up the trap.

In his meticulous planning, General Anthony experienced nine deaths and a lifetime. Zuihou kills the Phantom Wolf. However, the sacred beast had left countless scars on his body, and there were now two more wounds on his arms that were half an inch deep. Forty-eight scars were left on his body, and although these scars have faded now, the dusty past is still fresh in everyone's memory.

The generals behind Anthony looked at the sky, and their faces couldn't help but become a little ugly, because if they were not mistaken, there would be a heavy rain tonight. Your own soldiers will fight the enemy in the rain. For the besieging side. This is the last thing you want to see.

Anthony chose to attack the city at this time, and several generals standing behind him were puzzled. Now that the corps commander has given the order to attack, they have no choice but to execute.

The hoplites in front are slowly approaching, and behind them are long ladder trucks, which are mounted on wheels at the base, which not only move fast on the battlefield, but are also not easily destroyed. In the small fortress, about three meters long and wide above the ladder, in addition to four soldiers armed with tower shields, there were eight archers.

The ladder is more than ten meters high and rises slowly. This height had been accurately measured in advance, just enough to reach the platform on the castle tower. Dozens of hybrid ladders slowly pushed forward, the wheels of the chariots creaking non-stop in the dark of the night. It's like a life-seeking note from hell, and it's terrifying.

After the hybrid siege ladders, there are also many simple siege ladders. For example, bamboo cloud ladder and auspicious cloud ladder. Their main role is to share a portion of their firepower when the hybrid siege ladder attacks. Attract the attention of your enemies.

Behind the hybrid siege ladder are rows of strong crossbow archers. Their role was obvious: to suppress the guards on the city walls and create opportunities for them to climb the towers. A little further afield, rows of bed crossbows and ballistas were also used to suppress their opponents and create strong conditions for the besieging soldiers.

Of course, in Zuihou, there are large stone throwers, and many soldiers are looking for local materials, hoping to find large stones. Unfortunately, the outside of the city has been looted, and they are now working hard to dig the mountain wall behind them, hoping to dig out a satisfactory boulder and transport it to the battlefield as soon as possible.

General Pan Bao looked at General Anthony's Blood Eagle Battle Banner and the Golden Crown National Flag of the Heavenly Saint Empire from afar, and he had no way to stop the enemy's preparations. If you attack once, you will lose the fortified city and artillery, which is even more unfavorable for defending the city. Although the enemy was messy at first, Pan Bao knew that it was an illusion created by the enemy.

The current situation seems to be just waiting for the enemy to set up a position and choose the opportunity to start attacking the city. For those who hold on, waiting is the deadliest threat. Knowing that the enemy is attacking the city, but the enemy does not attack the city, this potential pressure will increase over time, until it crushes everyone's will to fight.

There was a drizzle in the sky, and the Hedis Alliance was originally a mountainous area, and the moisture in the high mountains could not be evacuated in time, so it would naturally rain a little at night. Even if it doesn't rain, the whole world is foggy and the visibility is very low.

In this kind of weather, the soldiers are very hard for both defending and besieging the city, and the test is the will to fight.

Anthony looked at the soldiers who were resting on the spot, they seemed to have recovered from the long journey, and besides, there was already a light rain in the sky, and it was clear that the time had come to attack the city. I saw him wave his big hand, the battle flag was raised, and countless magic lamps lit up one by one, "Knock knock!" The drums beat slowly, and the dull sound of the drums seemed to beat on everyone's heart.

With the sound of drums, from the middle of the siege phalanx, a ten-meter-high hoisting crash car slowly drove from the middle to the front line. The round ram of the city has been reinforced with the thousand-refined steel forged by the precision forger, and it looks hideous and ugly under the glow of the lights.

The base of the Crash Truck, which weighs more than a dozen tons, is driven by sixteen wheels, surrounded by soldiers with carts, and behind these cart soldiers are warriors with tower shields, who will block the enemy's arrows for these soldiers, allowing them to crash open the enemy's gates without fear.

And outside the east gate of Jeerbach, at this time, a car also slowly drove out of the city crash, thinking that General Anthony wanted to attack Jeerbahar from the east and north. The terrain in the north is relatively gentle, which is suitable for the main attack, while the terrain in the east is higher and can only be used as a force to contain the enemy.

In the south, there was no movement of the enemy, and General Pan Bao knew that whether there was an enemy in the south or not, the defense there could not be slackened. Of course, there is no doubt that the enemy's main attack point is at the north gate, and just looking at this formation, you can know that this is a tough battle.

The "dong dong dong" drum beat was like raindrops, and suddenly accelerated, and the drum beat increased significantly. Through the misty light rain, you can see that several large drums not far from General Anthony have all been beaten. The stout drummer waved his powerful arms and waved rhythmically in the rain.

"Attack!" Anthony's voice went straight to the front through the rain and fog.

Looking down from the sky, the attack formation, several miles long, began to slowly move forward, and the first round of spearmen holding tower shields would throw the spears in their hands at the first time. The Siege Hybrid Ladder and the Simple Ladder went hand in hand, with the crossbow archers following closely behind, and only the rush in the middle suddenly rose at a speed.

General Pan Bao looked at this scene calmly, and then looked at the light rain in the sky, and suddenly understood that the Blood Eagle Legion Weishenme chose to launch an attack at this time. With such a light rain, the barrels of oil piled up in the warehouse could not exert their due power at all, and even if they were thrown, the effect would not be very great.

It seems that General Anthony already knows a lot of information about the city of Jeerbaha, which means that there are still many spies in the city of the Heavenly Saint Empire.

"The first wave of the enemy was to throw spears, and everyone took their shields. A general behind him shouted an order.

Each soldier immediately raised the heavy shield on the ground, and their first wave of attacks was just a feint, and the lethality was not very large, mainly to cover the siege ladder. Once the siege ladder comes up, they will officially start attacking.

The base roulette of the "creaking" siege ladder emitted a terrifying grinding sound, and dozens of towering siege ladders emitted this sound at the same time, which was terrifying.

"Archers prepare, throw!" shouted one of the generals behind General Pan Leopard.

"Whoosh, whoosh", bows and arrows flew out from behind the city walls.

The soldiers of the Heavenly Saint Empire immediately put the tower shield on their heads, and countless arrows slid down, occasionally piercing two from the tower shield, and only hitting the enemy's thighs and calves, with almost no lethality. Only one soldier on the siege ladder was accidentally shot and fell down with a scream.

However, the hybrid siege ladders continued to advance, and they were covered by tower shields and did not seem to be afraid of bows and arrows. Once these siege ladders enter the foot of the city walls, they are very troublesome.

"Stone thrower, smashed these ladders for me. General Pan Bao said coldly.

The general behind him shouted, "The catapult is free to throw!"

As soon as the words fell, the wind came from behind him, and countless boulders the size of grinding plates fell from the sky, and the powerful impact and lethality were instantly revealed. The round boulder that was thrown smashed into the hybrid siege ladder, which was not at all something that the ladder could bear, and immediately broke off from it, and the soldiers on the ladder fell down with a howl.

With the first attack of the catapult, the war finally began, and the screams of ghosts and wolves were everywhere. Huge cobblestones the size of a millstone tumbled down, whistling down like a hailstorm, crashing into the crowd of enemies. Due to the action of inertia, the round boulder rolled forward, crushing and killing many soldiers in its pass.

"Speed up the attack for me!" General Anthony roared.

Only when these ladders reach the city walls do the trebuchets have no angle to strike, so speeding up is the best option.

The soldier with the tower shield accelerated forward, and the speed of the ladder increased. At this time, the second wave of the stone thrower came, and the whirring wind mixed with the round boulder tilted down again. (To be continued......)