1328 The Death of the Expeditionary Force (7)

In the dark night, there were few torches on the walls of Truburg, and only a huge beast-like black could be seen, and occasionally a few low moans could be heard, like ghosts crying in the night, quietly, only very faint starlight, but whether it was starlight or not, not many people were sure.

A large number of dark clouds blocked the moonlight, and the whole sky looked gray, as if it was going to rain, and the air seemed very stuffy, without the slightest wind, and the air was dry and cold at night, even if you lay on it and did not do anything, you would feel cold and biting

In such a night, both the Falcon Army and the Expeditionary Force seem to be deliberately keeping quiet, and they are trying to reduce the sound of their own direction as much as possible, so as not to expose the target.

In front of the fortress is a huge wide lawn, overgrown with weeds, for the crossbow shooters of the falconry, it is simply a natural shooting range, they lurk in these grass piles staggered from each other, staring at the patrols walking back and forth in the light in the distance, the range of the infantry foot crossbow in their hands has been improved by the empire three times, it can reach about one hundred and fifty meters, and at 100 meters it is enough to penetrate the armor of ordinary soldiers, both in range and armor piercing, far exceeding the Normandy strongbow now used by the expeditionary force,

Therefore, in the first few nights, the soldiers patrolling the city walls became the target of heavy care, and as they walked on it, they suddenly fell to the ground and turned the corpse over, and they could always see the short-tailed sharp crossbow arrows shooting through the soldiers' chests, heads, throats, and other important parts, which made the expeditionary soldiers panic. Almost every time the night patrol team is in charge, there will be so many people missing, and in just four days, more than 200 corpses have been spread on the ground, which can already show the huge disparity in equipment between the two sides

In a haystack below, several falcon sniper crossbowmen lurked quietly, hiding in the ruins, quietly extending their infantry crossbows

However, the expeditionary force on the city walls was obviously much more savvy, and did not expose themselves, because the torches on the walls were all extinguished, and in the absence of light, the accuracy of the crossbowmen's shooting was also much different, and faintly, some sound could be heard, like the sound of rats crawling in the ruins, intermittently rattling, rattling, sometimes as if something had hit the wall, making a muffled cry of pain

In the corners of the city walls, which almost no one paid attention to, ropes were hung from above, and the expeditionary force jumped from above. Very agile looking for people who are still alive in the captives below, thousands of captives, after several days of hunger and thirst, are already exhausted, people rely on people, some have died, but most of them are weak and powerless caused by extreme hunger, "Are there any alive?"

As soon as he found someone who could catch his breath, the soldiers of the expeditionary force put a rope around his waist and then pulled him hard with his hand a few times. The people on the city wall will pull the rope up in unison, because the human body will inevitably collide with the city wall, so the whole night is like the sound of salsa like snow. It soon attracted the attention of the crossbowman not far away

The falcon crossbowman Stewart, leaning against a grassy rock, quietly looked at the black city wall in the distance, in fact, in such a dark night that was almost out of sight, he basically couldn't see anything, he used his ears at most, listening carefully to the movements around him. "Collapse"

At that moment, a swift red light flashed above his head, and Stewart was stunned to see a huge explosion explode across the city walls. The shining red light completely illuminated the situation under the city wall, and with the first red light, countless points of light immediately rose in front of the Falcon Army camp opposite, and dozens of similar explosions quickly resounded through the city head of Fort Tru,

The entire city wall was illuminated as if it were day, and countless red fire points burst out in the air like raindrops, spilling down on the surrounding ground, igniting the weeds of the city wall below.

The flames rose quickly, permeating the surroundings, illuminating the range of tens of meters nearby, and the people on the city wall who were hung up with ropes looked at them with pale faces, and they immediately became the live targets of countless falcon archers, and before they could pull up the city wall, they were already dead people with arrows "Bastards!"

The scene in front of him made Starshuil, who carefully planned this qiē, gritted his teeth and smashed his fist on the city wall, and fell short, after such an interruption, it was difficult to pull people up, and now he had to give up,

The only thing I feel fortunate about is that after most of the night's busy work, at least more than 700 people have been pulled up from the city wall, although these soldiers look weak, at least they can still stagger to their feet, which is extremely valuable combat power, especially in the current situation of isolation, every soldier is precious, "You are safe now!"

In order to understand the fall of Kyoto, he specially summoned an officer among the captives, and under his roll call, a thin officer was brought out of the rescuers, "Ann Sheed, tell me how Kyoto fell!" My lord, I don't know where you heard the rumors, but I can tell you for sure that Kyoto has not fallen" Anseyd's face was stunned for a moment, and then he replied respectfully, "What!" Starshuyl looked up as if he had been stepped on. His eyes lit up and he said, "You mean that Kyoto hasn't fallen, so ...... Then what is the matter with you? How did so many prisoners fall into the hands of the Imperial Army!"

"This ...... It was a complete accident!" Anshed's face turned slightly red, and he shrugged his shoulders helplessly, he didn't know how to describe the situation in Kyoto, but one thing was for sure, it was a very humiliating battle! )