Most of these soldiers are new recruits, and a small number of veterans are just former militia here and have no real battlefield experience. Therefore, in order to prevent the morale of the new recruits from collapsing and causing the defense line to fall, Aldridge mixed his elite knights with those new soldiers.
Among them, they were asked to lead the new recruits as squad captains in combat, and a supervising team was also arranged. Once a soldier wanted to escape and disturb the morale of the army, the supervising team would kill him mercilessly.
Ladders were set up on the city wall one by one, and the enemy troops immediately began to climb the city wall. Aldridge put on his helmet, took a hammer from the guard beside him, and then held up a shield to guard the city wall.
At the mouth, the defenders in other positions were also looking at the edge of the city wall, ready to deal a heavy blow to the enemy troops who showed up at any time.
Aldridge was very powerful, and the hammer was also very heavy. Seeing the enemy appear on the edge of the city wall, Aldridge suddenly swung out the hammer that had been spinning here for a long time and had accumulated enough power.
The chain hammer struck hard on the head of the soldier who had just climbed up the city wall. Aldridge's huge strength combined with the power of the chain hammer directly smashed the head of the soldier wearing only a simple helmet.
The headless corpse also fell backwards under the influence of force.
This situation is happening all over the city wall. As soon as the climbers show up, they have to face the fierce attack of the defenders. Even with shields, it is difficult to withstand weapons from several directions, although other soldiers are not as strong as Aldridge.
The power is strong, but it can still effectively kill Mayweather's troops who are not well-armored.
The recruits in the garrison performed very poorly. The strong atmosphere of the battlefield made their hands and feet weak after experiencing it for the first time. The impact of the killings and the ferocious faces of the enemy also made them feel a little uncomfortable. Their heads were blank. Aldrie
Qi suddenly forgot about 80% of what he had taught before. If they were not well equipped and everyone had a pair of half-body plate chain armor and chain-mail trousers on their legs, they would have suffered a large number of casualties.
Use a shield covered with spikes to push an enemy soldier directly against the wall. The thick spikes on the shield directly pierced the chest of the enemy soldier, and then swung the hammer left and right to knock down the other two enemy soldiers.
The battle quickly went on for half an hour. Except for Aldridge and the Ghoul Lords, the rest of the defenders began to pant, especially the new recruits, who were basically weak, and the hands wielding weapons were extremely slow.
"Switch defense! The second echelon is on top!"
Aldridge shouted loudly, and then the soldiers of the second echelon immediately ran up from under the city wall, taking over the position of the defenders fighting on the city wall and fighting with the enemy, while the previous defenders withdrew to rest under the city wall.
Because the city wall could not hold many soldiers, Aldridge was able to divide the limited troops into three echelons to take turns to rest and fight. The small wall helped them, but Mayweather was outnumbered after all. Under his determined attack,
Even if they were divided into three echelons and rotated to fight, the physical strength of the soldiers was still somewhat unable to keep up. After all, they couldn't rest for long.
The moon disappeared and the sun rose. After a night of fierce fighting, Mayweather finally withdrew his troops. The fatigue of the rapid march could not be relieved by the previous night, and the state of Mayweather's troops did not allow him to continue attacking like this.
There were corpses everywhere on and under the city wall. The injured soldiers were leaning against the wall, moaning in pain, waiting for the help of military doctors. Compared with the injured soldiers, the medical staff were seriously overwhelmed, so Aldridge could only call in
A group of women in the fiefdom were given simple training and allowed to work as military doctors to help treat injuries and illnesses.
The more seriously injured soldiers were carried down the city wall on simple stretchers and then placed in the sick camp, while the less injured soldiers were coated with medicine and ready to continue fighting at any time.
Because of the difficult fighting situation, Aldridge had to use the healing potion that Ronan gave him before they separated. He diluted it with water and applied it on the wound. For the lightly injured soldiers, the wound could be closed quickly, within three days.
It can cause scars, but there is nothing that can be done about serious injuries and internal injuries.
"Sir, if the enemy army keeps attacking with this intensity, I'm afraid we won't be able to sustain it for long! In last night's battle alone, more than 100 of us died and more than 300 were injured, which is already three-thirds of our total number.
One of them!"
An officer whose armor was damaged in many places and whose body was stained with blood, either from the enemy or his own, walked up to Aldridge and said.
"It doesn't matter, we can hold on. Most of the injured are grassroots soldiers. After the trial of iron and blood, they will grow up quickly. As long as I am here, there will be no problem!
And I have received news from His Majesty. He is leading the cavalry to arrive quickly. It will only take three weeks at the fastest. We only need to support it for three weeks. And it doesn't matter if we abandon this place when His Majesty is about to arrive. It's just right.
Block them in this mountain pass and fight us!"
Aldridge glanced at him and said with a smile, and at the same time secretly used some small magic. If he didn't use some means, I'm afraid the morale of these soldiers really wouldn't be able to sustain that long.
"But your Majesty, your Majesty is only leading the cavalry. Even if your Majesty comes with the cavalry, Mayweather's number is still several times ours!"
"A bunch of rotten fish. Your Majesty and I have been fighting for so many years. Back then, when we only had a few thousand men, we were able to defeat Leonard, who had tens of thousands of troops and mercenaries. Mayweather was just an insignificant piece in front of the empire.
They are just pebbles, easily crushed by the wheels of the empire!
Don’t think too much, I have an estimate in my heart, everything is under my control, we can defend this city, and it’s not difficult!”
Aldridge said this very loudly, but he actually said it to the soldiers who were busy cleaning up the city wall. He actually didn't have anything to be ashamed of, he was just taking it one step at a time, but if even he showed that he was not sure
With his attitude, those soldiers were even more ruined. It is estimated that Mayweather only needs to surround the city for a few days and the city will be defeated without attacking.
On the other side, Ronan, who was far away on the road, was sitting on a tree pillar eating a roasted bird of unknown type in his hand. As he was eating, Ronan suddenly missed Calvin who was in Starfall City at this time.
Thanks to Covington's cooking skills, it has been a long time since he had a meal carefully prepared by Covington.
The soldiers and heroes around Ronan were all very good at fighting, but they were all in trouble when it came to cooking. The only thing they knew how to do was cook or bake things. During this period, Ronan made all his own rations, even though he was very skilled in cooking.
It's average, but at least it won't make the food burnt on one side and raw on the other.