"Longbowmen prepare! Free fire!" Seeing the guards of the Northern Principality rushing onto the stone bridge, Nalant gave the order directly to the ten longbowmen.
"Longbowmen prepare, free fire... fire!"
Whoosh whoosh!
When the Northern Principality guards rushed to a distance of more than 70 meters, the ten longbowmen among the Storm Knights immediately began to attack.
Puff puff!
As arrows were shot out one after another, four or five Northern Principality guards who were rushing forward were hit by arrows in an instant. Two of them even fell directly into the river because they were too close to the bridge.
However, compared to the ballista, the longbow was not powerful enough, and the number of people was not large. Soon the guards of the Northern Principality at the front rushed to the stone wall.
The guards of the Northern Principality carried more than ten pairs of simple wooden ladders and immediately set them up on the stone wall the moment they arrived.
Moreover, after the wooden ladder was erected, these guards did not climb up immediately. Instead, they came directly to the back of the wooden ladder and hugged the wooden ladder tightly to avoid being pushed away.
Raymond and others tried to push the wooden ladder, but found that they could not push it at all. In the end, they simply stopped pushing, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, lowering their bodies and waiting.
"kill!"
Just two or three seconds later, the first wave of guards from the Northern Principality rushed up the stone wall, charging at the barbarian guards with small shields and long swords.
Bang bang bang!
Suddenly, the clanging sound of shields echoed on the stone wall.
However, facing the unmatched strength of the barbarians, the first wave of Northern Principality guards who rushed onto the stone bridge were instantly knocked away and fell off the high wall.
"Kill!" However, such a frontal battle could not scare these elite guards from the Northern Principality who lacked courage at all.
The first wave fell off the high wall, and the companions behind continued to climb up.
Suddenly, there were shouts of killing on the stone wall, and the guards of the Northern Principality were like a raging wave, attacking Raymond and others in waves.
Fortunately, the iron shield Nalant built for Raymond and others was strong enough, and with its iron shield and burly body, it could temporarily withstand the impact.
"Vivian, shoot the enemies under the stone wall for me!"
When Nalant saw the intense situation at the stone wall, he was worried about something happening and immediately issued orders to Vivian and others.
The power of the crossbow is indeed huge, but the reloading speed also limits its further use.
Whoosh whoosh!
Puff puff!
After receiving the order, the long-range attack team immediately adjusted the shooting angle.
As the five arrows crossed, several more streaks of blood mist rose on the stone bridge.
However, due to the limited bridge area and the deliberate distance between the Northern Principality guards, the attack effect has been directly halved.
Even so, the battle on the stone bridge at this moment was also fierce and bloody, which neither side had expected.
The Northern Principality did not expect that Nalant's side would not only have secret weapons, but also burly barbarian guards.
Nalant did not expect the bravery of the guards on the other side. Faced with the double attack of barbarians and bed crossbows, they still shouted and charged forward.
Whoosh whoosh!
"Be careful of enemy arrows!" At this moment, the whistling sound of arrows suddenly came to the ears of Nalant and others.
It turned out that the long archers from the Northern Principality on the opposite side had also arrived at the stone bridge and began to stand on both sides of the bridge to fight back.
"Archer team, give priority to killing the enemy's long archers! Vivian, come here to help!" Nalant did not dare to neglect when he saw this. There were thirty or forty archers sent by the Northern Principality, and they were definitely against his men.
A huge threat.
There were even two barbarians who had been shot in the shoulders, and the arrows were still stuck in their bodies, but these rough-skinned barbarian guards continued to fight as if they were unaware.
"The injured people retreat immediately and receive treatment from the rescue team!" Upon seeing this, Nalant was worried that problems would arise with these barbarian guards if the delay was too long, so he immediately issued orders to the wounded.
The bridge is not wide, so although there are many enemies, 30 barbarians can make it difficult for ten thousand people to open it in a short period of time, and there is no need for the wounded to fight.
Next, the fighting continued on the battlefield, but because the opponent could not form a formation, they were evenly matched and fell into anxiety.
Although many casualties have been paid, Harker, the leader of the Northern Principality, is not prepared to suspend the offensive.
Because he knows that if the other party is given enough time to rest, the previous losses will be meaningless.
Thinking of this, he immediately gave instructions to his personal bodyguards.
Not long after, the large army behind them began to move and quickly began to cut down and collect all the surrounding trees.
"Narant, look what they are going to do?" The situation in the distance was immediately discovered by Boris and others.
Nalant, who was paying close attention to the battlefield, looked over after hearing this, and then his brows furrowed.
"If I guess correctly, they are preparing to make a raft."
This was definitely the last thing he wanted to see, because once the enemy began to cross the river in full force, their manpower disadvantage would be immediately exposed.
"Stella, Boris, station your teams around the river bank!"
"Okay, Narante!"
"Quick, except for the archers, you and the rest of the storm cavalry are waiting on the shore to prevent the enemy from approaching the stone bridge!"
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A team of ten thousand people can build a simple raft very quickly if there are enough materials.
Not long after, the Northern Principality once again sent a team of 3,000 people.
These three thousand people were not directly armed guards, but a team put together by the counts and marquises.
The lack of metal mines in the Northern Principality has not been a problem for a day or two, so in their army, except for the most elite cavalry regiments or a few guards.
The armor attachment rate of other armies is basically only 30%.
Of course, even though they are not armor-piercing, it does not mean that these guards are really sheep as Narant said.
The combat effectiveness and fighting will of these guards from the Earl family are actually no worse than those of the Tulip family.
On the contrary, because they had no armor, their crossing of the river was smoother now.
Soon, the three thousand people began to cross the river carrying forty or fifty simple rafts.
Moreover, Commander Nahaq was also very smart. He knew that Nalant and others were few in number, so he dispersed the team when crossing the river and stayed away from the stone bridge.
As a result, the battle line was stretched infinitely, and the disadvantage of Nalant and others' small numbers immediately became apparent.
In this regard, Nalant and the others had no choice but to disperse their forces as much as possible and stand ready on both the upstream and downstream sides.
"Vivian, let the crossbow support Boris and the others first. In addition, the five catapults in the camp can be taken out!"
"Yes, sir!"
Whoosh whoosh!
After receiving Nalant's order, the ballista immediately turned around and began to attack the team crossing the river.
In an instant, blood mist rose from several rafts.
However, compared to forty or fifty simple rafts, a five-seater ballista is really a drop in the bucket.
Soon the first batch of Northern Principality guards boarded the river bank, and then met Boris and others in close combat.
Fortunately, each raft can only carry about ten people, so there are only four to five hundred people in this first wave.
After these four to five hundred people landed, they were almost chased and beaten by Boris and the Tulip Guards.
After they docked, the rafts immediately began to return to the other side, preparing to pick up the next batch.
In this regard, the energy of Boris and others was completely hindered, and they had no time to take into account the subsequent attack of the Northern Principality.
In order to eliminate the enemies who had crossed the river as soon as possible, the three of them also appeared in person to start the battle.
What's even more terrible is that due to the lack of support from the ballista, the enemies on the bridge began a more intensive charge. For a while, the defense of the Agate Principality came to the brink of collapse.