Haru's idea was very simple. Since the opponent pushed the mobile siege tower onto the battlefield but planned to break through the city gate in another way, he no longer worried about the mobile siege tower that was slowly approaching Enkara City.
Instead, prepare a surprise for Lu Feide.
Groups of cavalry from the Norland Army gathered on the main road behind the gate of Enkara. This may be the largest cavalry group that Haru has ever commanded. In fact, it is composed of cavalry groups from all major legions.
, a total of nearly two thousand people. At the front of the team was a heavy armored cavalry team of 800 people, followed by a light cavalry team of more than 1,200 people. A huge number of horses and warriors lined up in a long queue, covering the entire
The main way.
The whole team made very few sounds, only the metal friction of the armors on the warriors and the occasional neighing of the horses. These sounds turned into a suppressed sound and passed to Haru, who was at the front of the team. He closed his mouth tightly.
There was no expression on his rough face, but the stormy ocean in his heart was stirring up huge waves, so that the hand holding the sword tightly showed a strange red color.
Everyone knows that this attack, regardless of victory or defeat, will be a bloody disaster.
Looking diagonally upward from the angle of the main road, I happened to see the city wall covering half of the sky. Burning boulders were constantly roaring out from the junction of the city wall and the sky. Just as the catapults in the city could never lock down the hostile heavy ballistae and mobile
In the siege tower, the boulders thrown by the Lions always hit both sides of the main road or further away. Only some debris flew a certain distance with the power of the boulders falling to the ground, hitting Haru and some soldiers in the face.
, but it only made them feel a little imminent.
"collapse!"
At this moment, the city gate a few meters away suddenly let out a tooth-piercing cry of pain, followed by the muffled sound of a heavy object hitting the wall.
The figure of the deputy commander immediately appeared on this section of the city wall, and he shouted to Haru: "My lord! They have broken an iron chain!"
Haru did not speak, but took a deep breath, and then raised the long sword in his hand. Behind him, there was a uniform, short huffing sound when the knight's spear was laid horizontally. Everyone was ready to attack, even them
The horses under their crotches were all full of strength, their strong hind legs were stretched tightly on the ground, and the bluestone slabs were even slightly cracked by the iron hoofs.
Outside the city wall, the pre-war commander of the Lion Legion, Lufed Lane, was standing on a specially built high platform, using the magician's advanced eagle eye technique to focus on the battle situation.
His sight passed over the city wall of Enkara City. At this moment, there were only a few figures on it, but Lufed could guess that there must be a group of archers with long-range arrows hidden behind the city fence.
Longbowmen with striking capabilities are the most reasonable and conventional battlefield arrangement. Currently, these archers have not launched an attack just because the front troops of the Lions are still some distance away from their shooting range.
Generally speaking, after the long archers, there will definitely be a group of short archers.
However, this is not what Lufed cares about. The battlefield requires a long-term vision, but there is no need to worry. He only pays attention to the current situation. For example, the tall figure originally standing in the center of the city wall has disappeared now - this is not a sudden change.
It was a common thing. You should know that the battle had just begun and the armies of both sides had not officially collided. The most senior officer guarding the city left the tower. This was probably premeditated.
Therefore, Lufed guessed what Haru, who was guarding the city, would do now.
His eyes rolled, and there was a cunning light, and then there was a natural smile on the corner of his mouth, which was clearly confident enough. He ordered the orderer beside him: "Turn the heavy ballista that is pretending to attack into
For the official attack, the target is still the iron lock of the suspension bridge, but I want the operator to give me the highest efficiency. Also, let the mobile siege tower stop, we don’t need this thing for the time being... Well, the heavy shield steps on both sides
The troops gathered together to take up the position of the mobile siege tower."
"Yes, sir!"
The order soldier did not hesitate at all and rushed forward. The Lion Legion, including other legions within the Lane family, paid great attention to the speed of order delivery during wartime. Moreover, in order to prevent the commands being transmitted from being cracked by the enemy, they even created an exclusive
semaphore.
After only a moment, the army began to move according to Lufed's order.
The mobile siege tower, which blocked a large shadow in the sun, stopped awkwardly in place. The heavy shield infantry blocks on both sides immediately filled the vacancies and formed a new rectangular block. On both sides of this rectangular block, with other blocks,
At the gap between the two, the attack frequency of more than ten heavy ballistae suddenly increased.
It turned out that Lufed originally planned to use a heavy ballista to pretend to attack the city gate to cover the advance of the mobile siege tower. However, when he discovered that Haru on the city wall had disappeared, Lufed's rich command experience immediately led him to guess that Noland
Knowing the possible dynamics of the army, he decided to follow the trend and remove the mobile siege tower, and turned the feint attack of the heavy ballistae into an actual strike.
At this time, the long archers on the city wall of Enkara finally waited for the first wave of attacks. When the long archers stood upright on the city wall, they were all slightly stunned, because the one they designated as their primary target was
The group of enemies who pushed the mobile siege tower forward actually stopped in place together with the mobile siege tower and did not enter their attack range.
Even the deputy commander who issued the order was stunned for a while, but it was impossible to retract the arrows and strings. He reacted immediately. During the order, hundreds of long arrows flew into the sky, drawing round arcs like falling rain.
Like an overwhelming crowd, they rushed towards the Lion Legion heavy shield infantry square directly in front of the city gate.
Heavy shield infantry is superior to defense. Whether it is resisting the impact of cavalry or resisting the rain of arrows, a huge shield in their hands has considerable advantages. However, the power of the arc arrows of the long archers is also good, and the acceleration of the arc flight trajectory is
Next, long arrows can produce unimaginable attack power. Moreover, the long arrows used by the long archers of the Norland Army are not made of ordinary materials, but are expensive black gold stone. This kind of ore is extremely difficult to make and is not suitable for forging.
Although it is a weapon, it can be easily polished to make arrowheads. Its penetrating power is much sharper than ordinary metal.
With the superior equipment, a small number of long arrows successfully penetrated the giant shields of the heavy shield infantry facing the sky. After a wave of arrows, it was clear that there were at least a dozen of the heavy shield infantry in the Lion Legion square.
A soldier fell, which caused a small commotion, so that the heavy shield infantry block's forward speed slowed down a little - you know, it was the first time for these heavy shield infantry to encounter the giant shield in their hands being pierced by a long arrow.
The situation was so transparent that they panicked.
But their good quality allowed them to quickly recover. After slowing down slightly, their speed suddenly accelerated, even much faster than before.
The longbowmen on the city wall have temporarily stopped attacking. It's not that they are unwilling to attack. This is the disadvantage of the longbowmen. After a fully charged attack, the longbowmen must rest for a while before they have enough strength to draw the string again.
Lufed also knew this, so he asked the heavy shield infantry cube to speed up after the first wave of arrows. With luck, the heavy shield infantry team only had to resist one more long arrow rain, and the opposite city wall
The long archers had to be replaced by short archers, and the lethality of short archers was negligible to heavy shield infantry.
Lufed Lane's level of caution about war is outrageous. If Haru knew what Lufed was thinking at this time, he might not have had the idea of becoming an enemy of Lufed. What's more, what makes other forces ponder is
, for a famous general like Ruffield, he was originally the commander-in-chief of the Lions, but this time he attacked Kay State, he actually retreated to a front-line commander, so the new commander-in-chief, Alpha Lane,
It remains to be seen how far his commanding skills will reach.
"Bang!"
The next moment, a huge sound suddenly sounded in the air - it was actually a heavy ballistae of the Lion Legion that successfully hit the last iron chain of the city gate suspension bridge. The unfettered suspension bridge finally swayed downwards and fell down again.
Cross the moat!
"oh?"
Lufed smiled confidently and ordered again: "Close the line, the heavy shield infantry regiment stops advancing, and the remaining blocks advance in the center to surround the city gate area - the big fish is about to fall."
He guessed correctly.
Haru never expected that when he ordered the city gates to be opened and took the initiative to attack, he would not face the Lions panicking due to their opponent's sudden counterattack, but an encirclement that had been waiting for a long time.
The deputy commander on the city wall didn't even have time to stop Haru, and the swift cavalry had already rushed out of the city gate. The deputy commander had a premonition that something was going to happen, so he had to order the long archers and short archers to attack at the same time, in order to maximize the chance of a melee between the two sides.
The Killing Lions.
"Damn it!"
When he rushed out of the city gate and saw the heavy shield infantry cube with the huge shield firmly planted on the ground, waiting for him, Haru couldn't help but cursed in anger. But at this time, there was no way out, and forcibly reining in would only lead to
The cavalry team following them couldn't stop and collided into a ball. This result was definitely not what Haru wanted. He gritted his teeth and forced himself to calm down and analyze the situation.
If you attack from both sides, it will not only disperse the troops, but also make the city gate's defense weaker. As a result, it is likely that the entire line will collapse due to erosion by the enemy. But for a frontal assault, what Haru and the cavalry behind him need to face is
There are rows of giant shields designed to deal with cavalry. The design of these giant shields is simply disgusting to the cavalry. The lower end is a long spike. As long as you spend some effort, the giant shield can be firmly nailed to the ground. The strongest giant shield is
The shield, the full force collision of the war horse only caused it to tilt slightly, and the rider on the horse had long been thrown into the enemy's formation. Moreover, the design on the top of the giant shield was also extremely sinister. It was a sharp long knife. The long knife
Slender and seemingly useless, it completely eliminated the cavalry's ability to control their horses and forcefully cross the giant shield.