Chapter 664 The wind and the setting sun (Part 1)
The setting sun was like blood, and corpses piled up like mountains outside the gates of Kislev. Allied forces from the North, South, Blackhammer Castle, Erengrad and other places, led by lords Leonid and Edmund, faced
The city of Kislev launched a siege that lasted several days.
They were almost successful. The number of coalition forces was as high as 60,000. The convoys transporting supplies on the North-South Highway came and went every day, like a colony of moving ants. However, the garrison of Kislev City was less than a thousand people. However, this
The city's walls and defense towers are so tall and strong that even siege towers cannot be built so high.
They could only use catapults and crossbows to cover the advance of the siege vehicles. The city gate was dented, but it still did not collapse. The defenders did not know how many stones and debris were piled inside, almost sealing the entire city.
Door.
Countless soldiers died on the siege ladder. They tried to use night attacks to sneak over the city wall, open the city gate, and let the large troops enter the city. But they still failed. The defenders were so vigilant that the patrolling soldiers could not
The handover was seamless, leaving the coalition forces no chance.
"We must step up our siege!"
Lord Leonid and Lord Edmund once again reached an agreement and decided to launch a large-scale general attack the next day.
Of course, the intentions of the two are completely different. Edmund is eager to attack the city because Queen Denis in the city is being besieged. She is the daughter of Lord Rhodes, the great lord of the north. Edmund only wants to rescue her. And Leo
Ned's intention was to take advantage of this rare opportunity when the northern and southern armies met to capture Kislev in one fell swoop, and directly replace the Tsar if there was a chance.
In any case, although the two men have different motives, their actions are the same.
At dawn, a large number of siege weapons appeared outside the city of Kislev again. On the plain, 50,000 soldiers were arrayed in order, and under the cover of slings, they slowly approached the city.
The city defense commander roared, showing a terrifying face. He recruited almost all available soldiers, so that the city defense force that originally only had 900 people expanded to 3,000 people in just two days. Most of these soldiers were reserve soldiers, and some of them were still in reserve.
During the training period, they had no actual combat experience. However, the tall and solid city walls made them less afraid.
Burning stone bullets whizzed past the top of the head, hitting the city wall with terrifying power. The defenders stood firm——
"Ready, aim!"
On the tower, Commander Montans screamed loudly.
The crossbowmen probed the crossbows out of the crenellations of the city wall and stared at the direction in which the siege army was attacking.
"Shoot!"
Following the order from Commander-in-Chief Munstein, dense arrows flew down from the city wall and shot at the Kislevian Northern and Southern Allied Forces that were approaching the city wall.
The soldiers in the front row immediately raised their shields, but the crossbows were so powerful and they fired from a high position that some of the arrows even penetrated the wooden shields and nailed the soldiers' wrists to the shields.
The screams suddenly went on and on.
However, under the personal command of Edmund, the siege troops quickly counterattacked against the defenders. Shield carts were pushed up one after another, and behind these tall shield carts were rows of archers.
This is the final general attack. They have to use up all the arrows and ammunition to cover the soldiers on the city wall.
A dense rain of arrows was shot from behind the shield chariot, forming a rain of arrows and falling towards the defenders on the city wall.
Although the power of the arrows fired from under the city wall was reduced to most of half, if they fell on the defenders, they would still be injured if they were not defended.
The soldiers could only hide under shields and stone walls to temporarily avoid the rain of arrows.
Taking advantage of the opportunity for the defenders to avoid danger, the siege army launched a fierce attack. Braving the enemy's arrows and stones, the assault troops quickly rushed to the bottom of the city and put up the siege ladder.
Thousands of soldiers began to climb the city wall along the tall ladders. However, the defenders quickly threw down the stones and various debris they had prepared.
There were screams one after another, and the siege soldiers climbing the ladders were bleeding under the city wall of Kislev. The siege catapults were still throwing stones, and the flaming stone bullets hit the city wall one after another, and the huge impact smashed the city wall.
There were cracks.
However, the outer city wall of Kislev built a hundred years ago is so strong that it remained unmoved under the indiscriminate bombardment of the siege army. You must know that the original construction work of the city wall of Kislev was based on the purpose of preventing chaos.
It was built according to the standards of the invasion. When this city wall was built, it was the fifth year after the end of the third Chaos Invasion. People still remembered the horror of that war, and the project was treated as a national priority. The city wall
Its height is twice that of ordinary city walls. The siege army is like ants under this cliff defense line. They can only gather under the city wall but cannot shake it half.
Like countless small-scale raids before, large troops were about to capture the city tower many times, but were knocked down halfway. Under the ladder, there were piles of mutilated corpses of soldiers. Most of them were hit with heavy objects and their heads were bleeding.
, beyond recognition.
"pour oil!"
In the place where the siege troops were most concentrated, the defender commander Monstein issued the order for a fire attack.
Edmund's face turned blue. Having experienced countless battles, he knew what was about to happen next and immediately ordered the troops to evacuate.
But it was too late. In a crowded battlefield, it takes time to convey orders, and even more time to evacuate.
I saw pots of boiling hot oil pouring down the city under the control of the defenders.
The siege soldiers who were climbing the ladder suddenly slipped and fell off the ladder. However, this was far from over! Just as the hot oil poured down, torches were thrown down from the top of the city wall...
Flames suddenly shot up into the sky, like demons, sweeping across the entire frontline of the siege troops.
The northern soldiers gathered under the city suddenly turned into burning men, and heart-rending screams came one after another...
Countless soldiers were trampled to death by their companions. The sky was filled with sparks, the city walls were blackened by smoke, and the heat wave hit so hard that the siege troops in the back row were afraid to move forward, and they all doubted whether this battle could still be fought.
The need to go down.
"We can't continue fighting like this! The morale of the military will collapse!"
Lord Edmund rode his war horse and rushed to the back field to discuss with Leonid. He commanded the army in the north, while the troops from the southern lords were led by Leonid. They had to reach a consensus before making a decision.
What to do next.
However, Leonid obviously didn't want to give up.
"As long as we hold on for a while longer, the enemy will collapse! They are small in number and have already been exhausted by our defeat. Order the reserve team to press on again! This is our last chance, we must capture the city before dark!"
Leonid retorted.
"Do you want the soldiers to die in vain? Over the past week, more than two thousand soldiers have died in this siege. Today, I don't know how many lives will be lost!"
Edmund roared loudly. His face was covered with sweat and blood, reflecting the oily light in the pale sunlight.
Leonid was about to retort when suddenly, a terrifying sound came from the horizon. Everyone heard it. The sound was definitely not an ordinary bird, but something like...