The stone projectiles successfully broke two pedal sections, and then rolled all the way down. Seeing that the situation was not good, the people on the ladder jumped to the ground to avoid the stone projectiles.
After all, if you jump, you'll probably break your legs, and if you get hit by rocks and projectiles, you'll turn into a puddle of flesh.
Although there are no stone projectiles on other ladders, there are also thorny rolling logs to entertain people who climb up.
However, there are not many rolling logs in the castle, so I have to use them sparingly, so I only throw one down when the enemy is about to climb up.
The effect is also very obvious, one stick can carry more than a dozen people.
Arthur was not idle either. He picked up a stone from the side of the smashed trebuchet and smashed it directly towards the wheels of another ladder.
At a height of tens of meters, the initial velocity of the stone projectile is no longer important. After it hits the ground, most of the ladder is destroyed.
The third ladder was also destroyed in this way.
It's just that under the temptation of the golden dragon, the enemy's explosive power far exceeded the imagination of the new soldiers.
Only a few minutes passed before a second wave of ladder climbers rushed up from seven ladders.
A small-scale battle began, but fortunately the new soldiers had an absolute numerical advantage, so the situation was advantageous.
Arthur seizes the time to destroy the enemy's tools to board the city gate.
Three more stone pellets were thrown down to break the ladder, and then, a request from a guarding soldier reached Arthur's ears.
"Sir, please destroy the siege engine, otherwise the iron gate's edge structure will not be able to withstand it."
This soldier was sent up by Dawa, the battalion commander of the third battalion, to convey a big problem that needed to be solved urgently.
Although the iron gate can withstand the impact of siege engines, the place where the iron gate is fixed is not made of iron. If it is hit like this, the entire door may be deformed and fall down.
"I see."
Arthur raised a stone projectile, then raised his head to glance at the position of the siege vehicle, strode over, and threw down the stone in his hand.
"Ouch~"
"Seven Gods!"
Groans and shouts from below crowded into Arthur's ears.
He took a closer look and saw that the wooden roof on the siege vehicle that intercepted the falling rocks had been smashed and the ram was crooked. The city gate was no longer in danger for the time being.
But just in case, Arthur raised another stone projectile and threw it to the siege vehicle.
As a result, all the rollers on one side of it were damaged and it could not be towed back for repair.
Moreover, the broken siege engine is also blocked in front of the city gate. Unless it is moved, a new one cannot be used to continue hammering the gate.
It can be said that there will be no problems with the main entrance within a few days.
Enemies continued to climb up the remaining four ladders, and the trapped civilians came up and saw the new soldiers gathered in a circle. Most of them dropped their weapons and surrendered. However, the Lannister infantry wearing black ring armor were much braver, often
Three or four people can fight together with dozens of new soldiers.
However, the absolute advantage in numbers prevented the lion soldiers who climbed up the tower from expanding their victory, and instead left corpses on the ground.
Ten minutes later, all the ten ladders in front of the main entrance were destroyed by the action of rolling logs, stone projectiles, etc.
The siege engine was also broken down.
This means that except for the trebuchets, the Lannister troops in front of the main gate have no means to threaten the new troops on the wall.
"Dickon, Bill, Jordan and Caffey are responsible for cleaning up the battlefield. People from the reinforcement company come with me and go to the east gate to have a look."
After Arthur issued the order, he carried the golden sword and led a reinforced company of more than a hundred people to the East Gate Defense Area, which was coordinated by Lord Berry.
They don't have a powerful player like Arthur, and they can't destroy the ladders and siege engines, so it will be very difficult to defend.
After circling more than half a circle, the situation in the east gate defense area was revealed in front of Arthur and the reinforced company.
As expected, the situation here is a bit stretched.
Approximately a hundred Western soldiers climbed up the city wall and fought with soldiers from various families in the river. On the ladders, there were still a large number of Western soldiers climbing up.
Although the battlefield was controlled on the city wall and the Hejian soldiers had a numerical advantage, the situation could be said to be intense.
In front of Arthur were a dozen lion soldiers who came up from the westernmost family on a ladder, and fifty or sixty river soldiers surrounding them.
"Get out of the way." He shouted, picked up the Guandao and rushed inside.
The crowd suddenly pushed aside, allowing Arthur to rush in.
"My sword is already hungry and thirsty. Surrender or die?" He first asked the group of lion soldiers.
"Ten thousand golden dragons are mine." The leading lion soldier's eyes were red, and he was clearly going crazy.
Seeing Arthur holding a broadsword, he couldn't help but rush over with a half-sword and a small buckler in one hand.
But the next second, the Golden Guandao taught him the most profound lesson in his life.
His one-handed buckler was split open with a knife, and then his whole body was split in half.
The remaining lion soldiers looked at each other, knelt down on the spot, put down their weapons and surrendered.
"They were all tied up and sent to be locked up under the Widow's Tower."
After dealing with the bunch of lion soldiers, Arthur had someone throw down a rolling log, temporarily clearing away the enemies on the ladder.
Then, he found the stone projectile and broke the ladder in one fell swoop.
The next nine were destroyed in the same way. After about half an hour, the fighting stopped on the east gate wall.
Without the ladder, the Lion Soldiers could only look at the towering city wall and sigh, then they took away the bodies of their comrades and left in front of the east gate.
"Why are you still fighting so hard with so many people?" While the river soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, Arthur found Thoros, Earl Berry and others and asked.
"It was the farmers from the river who rushed up first. Berry thought it was better not to use spiked rolling logs, and I agreed." Soros said the most fundamental reason at once.
There was no use of rolling logs to clear out the enemies climbing the ladder, nor was there any means of destroying the ladder, which made the defensive battle at the east gate so difficult.
"I thought my heart was soft enough, but I didn't expect you two to be kinder than me." Arthur said helplessly.
The Lightning King, Count Berry, was originally a good nobleman with a strong sense of justice, and Soros was a believer, so he really didn't kill people much.
The behavior of the Shijia soldiers outside the city and using civilians to rush in front did indeed cure the illness of these two people.
Fortunately, Arthur used the stone projectiles thrown by the enemy to destroy the ladder and siege vehicle, and thus the first day's attack was defended.
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At night, Bailu Hall.
Due to the extremely wide space, it temporarily became a gathering place for soldiers, and injured soldiers and civilians during the day's defensive battles were also arranged here.
The High Sparrow and dozens of other monks walked back and forth, helping to heal and soothe people's hearts.
The old maester of Harrenhal, Thothmu, was also asked by Arthur to treat the soldiers, but obviously, having white hair and white beard could not increase his prestige in treating patients.
Many soldiers refused the treatment of the old maester and only appointed monks to bandage their wounds.
Arthur sat on the main seat of the City Lord of the Hundred Furnaces Hall that had been cleaned up, looking thoughtfully at the busy figures of the monks.
This large group of monks all support the High Sparrow, and they have now accumulated a lot of popularity in Harrenhal.
Arthur had to work on his relationship with the monks.
