The Volantis didn't keep the people of Tai Si waiting long. After setting up the siege camp, the Volantis began to assemble their troops. Volantis's slave army was trained by the child captives Volantis acquired from various places.
As a result, they were trained by their slave owners to use weapons since childhood, and were also indoctrinated into obeying their master's will no matter what.
These slaves are usually responsible for farming, and during war they will take up arms and become the vanguard of Volantis. When there are too many slave soldiers, Volantis will sell some of them to other city-states to relieve the pressure and make a fortune.
Slaves were castrated from an early age to suppress their desires. Their lives were numb and they generally did not live past the age of forty, and either died in battle or died in hard work.
At this time, these slaves had already put on sleeveless leather armor, hung short swords on their waists, and had gathered together with dark round shields in their hands. Thousands of people gathered together, and the darkness was very oppressive.
The slave soldiers slowly pushed out five catapults from the rear, while the soldiers in the front row carried the ladder and raised their shields above their heads.
Because the enemy only attacked from one direction this time, Bamba had already asked the villagers to hide on the west side of the castle so that the stones and arrows that would come in later would not cause harm to them.
The horn blew, and the enemy troops began to move slowly, and the speed became faster and faster. The slave soldiers in the front row carried the ladders and walked as fast as flying. When they entered the bow and arrow range, the archers from both sides began to shoot at each other, and the soldiers on the wall guarding the city all
Divided into three rows, the first row held shields and spears to protect the crenel, and the two rows of archers behind them fired alternately under the cover of the shields of the soldiers in the front row.
With the intensive interaction of arrow rain, the defenders still had a full advantage in this situation. Except for a few unlucky guys who were hit in the head by arrows that passed through gaps during shooting, the rest of the arrows were basically blocked by shields and battlements.
The defenders had a longer range and a larger target. Many Volantis slave soldiers were stabbed by arrows falling from the sky. Their round shields had limited protection area, and their bare arms were exposed while wearing sleeveless leather armor.
It was very easy to be injured by arrows. But these slave soldiers seemed to feel no pain, and they did not waver even if their arms were cut with bloody wounds.
After more than a dozen rounds of arrow rain exchanges, the Volantis suffered significantly more casualties than the Thai defenders, but the slave soldiers finally reached the bottom of the city wall carrying the ladder. With their backs against the city wall, the slave soldiers slowly
He slowly erected the ladder and set it up at the crenellation of the city wall. At the same time, a dozen soldiers below held down the lower section of the ladder to prevent the defenders on the city wall from overturning the ladder.
The arrow rain continued. The slave soldiers held their shields above their heads with one hand and held the ladder with the other and began to climb up. The archers guarding the city stretched out their bodies from the crenels and shot downwards. Although most of them were blocked by the shields, there were still a few protections.
The undeserving slave soldiers were shot and fell.
The infantrymen who defended the city also stabbed down with their spears. Several slave soldiers who had just climbed to the top were pushed down by the defenders with their shields before they could even touch the battlements.
When the ladders were put up on the battlements, the siege vehicles were also dispatched. A group of soldiers gathered together and pushed the siege vehicles slowly out of the formation. Rexxar immediately noticed the siege vehicles, and he quickly called on the archers to take care of them.
Where, but the slave soldiers were well protected, and most of the arrows were blocked by the shields. Occasionally, if a few of them were shot down, other nearby soldiers would immediately make up for it.
Rexxar frowned and asked the defenders above the city gate to start preparing hot oil and rocket stones. The city gate of Tai Si Si was covered with iron, so it was not afraid of being burned, but the wooden corners of the enemy's siege vehicles were.
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The siege truck was slowly pushed forward, and the slave soldiers nearby shouted slogans and pushed the ram corner hard and began to hit the city gate. However, as soon as they hit it once, they were splashed with hot oil from the city wall. The slave soldiers screamed miserably.
It was not a good feeling to be rolling on the ground and having scalding hot oil drenched on my body, not to mention the rockets shot down by the soldiers immediately. The siege vehicle was instantly ignited, and the nearby soldiers who were doused with oil also started to burn.
With their bodies on fire, they screamed and rolled on the ground, but the oil-soaked fire could not be extinguished so easily. In the end, they could only turn into charred corpses with skin, flesh and armor fused together.
When the defenders began to deal with the siege engines, Volantis's catapults also began to attack. Most of the stones from the catapults hit the city wall, and a small part flew into the city and hit the castle and the walls inside.
In the open space, the city walls and castles of Taipsei are very strong. Hitting the stone can only stir up a piece of debris, but cannot cause much damage. Maybe they can break the city wall by using catapults non-stop for a year.
But even if the city wall could not be shaken, the vibration caused by the stones hitting the battlements still caused several defenders who were caught off guard to fall down, and the slave soldiers of Volantis also took the opportunity to board the city.
Another stone accurately passed through the crenellations and hit the top of the city wall. A soldier who was holding a shield and stabbing with a spear was directly hit and flew backwards. He fell to the bottom of the city wall and became a pile of unknown objects.
More and more enemy troops climbed up the city under the cover of catapults and rain of arrows, and hand-to-hand combat began. Several slave soldiers climbed up near Ronan. Ronan saw this and directly used the spear in his hand.
Throwing it as a javelin, the spear directly penetrated an enemy soldier who had just climbed the city wall, and the huge force even sent him flying backwards for more than a meter, until he hit another soldier.
On the body.
Ronan pulled out the two-handed sword that was leaning on the battlement and slashed hard, knocking a soldier who was blocking with his shield to his knees. Then Ronan kicked out hard and hit him with his hard iron boots.
Kicked directly in his face and broke his nose, causing him to kneel on his knees and fall to the ground with his upper body tilted back. Ronan took advantage of the victory and stabbed his neck hard with the big sword.
Then Ronan held the sword with his backhand, turned around and struck hard. The weighted ball at the end of the sword hilt hit the shield of a soldier who had just climbed up the battlement and had not yet stood firm, making a dent in the shield.
He knocked the soldier off the city wall hard and fell to the bottom.
He held the sword blade with both hands to block the dagger struck by an enemy soldier, pushed him forward hard against the wall, and when his back hit the wall and bounced back, he directly stabbed his helmet with the sharp guard.
Through the gap, it penetrated directly through his eyes and pierced his brain.
At this time, an enemy who had just climbed up from behind slashed Ronan's back with a short sword, but only left a scratch and a few sparks on the thick plate armor. Ronan roared and pulled out his sword to protect him.
Holding the sword blade with both hands, Ronan turned around and stabbed hard, straight into the slave soldier's abdomen. Ronan swelled the muscles of his arms and pushed him up, and then threw him hard under the city wall.