king of the castle

Chapter 480 First Day

Because of the previous incident in Kent Town, Alonso III didn't have much confidence in commanding the battle, so he simply delegated power to Sutil. 【】Because Sutil was the only one who prevented everyone from entering Kent Town, so no one objected to him directing the attack.

As a famous general of the kingdom, Sutil's fighting style is known for his stability, and this attack on the castle is no exception.Sutil first used the siege tower to slowly approach the castle, letting the crossbowmen rely on the height advantage of the siege tower to suppress the crossbowmen on Roger's side, and cover the infantry to directly attack the city gate with the battering ram.

This is the most orthodox method of siege in the world of Turonzo, and it is the most commonly used method of attack when the attacker has enough troops and complete siege equipment.As long as the attacker keeps putting pressure on the defender, sooner or later it will be enough to break through the solid city defense.

Originally, Sutil chose this tactic rightly. After all, Alonso III’s army already has nearly 15 troops, and there are still troops coming in a steady stream. The final number is estimated to exceed 2. In terms of Jie's strength, Sutil estimates that a castle of this size can accommodate more than [-] people at most, and the strength of the attacking and defending sides is very different, so it is most suitable to use this formal method to attack the city.

But Sutil didn't think at all that Roger's soldiers were usually stationed in the secondary space of the castle, and the number of enemies alone far exceeded his estimation.Moreover, the defense of Roger Castle is not just as simple as a solid city wall, so Sutil's tactics were wrong from the very beginning.

A large number of private soldiers of the nobles exerted their strength on the siege tower, causing these heavy behemoths to approach the castle.These aristocratic private soldiers are not good at fighting, but they are capable of doing this kind of hard work.The siege tower was full of crossbowmen waiting in full battle, and when they got close to the range, they launched a suppressive attack on the enemies on the city wall.

And on the tall and strong city wall, Roger was already ready to fight.Seeing the tall siege tower slowly approaching him, Roger couldn't help but sneered and said, "Hmph, the one who sent you to death is here!"

Perhaps for ordinary castles, this kind of combat method of using siege towers to cover battering rams is a great threat, but it is not worth mentioning for Roger.After the opponent's siege tower entered the range of the dwarven ballista and trebuchet, Roger immediately ordered to start shooting.The dwarf ballista and the trebuchet made loud noises at the same time, and fired huge burning arrows and explosives at the target.

In fact, in the world of Turonzo, the accuracy of both the ballista and the trebuchet is very poor, and it is basically luck whether you can hit the target.Even against a big target like a siege tower, the hit rate is very low.But the ballista built by dwarves and the trebuchets generated by castles are extremely accurate, not much worse than ordinary bows and arrows.

In this way, those siege towers are tragic.After the first round of test firing, the second round of shooting from the dwarven ballista and trebuchet almost all hit the target.

The burning and destructive power of the trebuchet was very powerful, and half of the siege towers that were hit were often directly blown away, and the remaining half fell down immediately.On the other hand, the crossbowmen who were preparing to fight screamed and fell to the ground.Some fell directly to death, and some were still breathing, but they were crushed by the wreckage of the siege tower that fell down immediately.

Although the siege towers shot by the fire giant crossbow will not collapse immediately, they will also be severely damaged.More importantly, the fire crossbow with the blood of the fire dragon will soon ignite the wooden siege towers, turning these big guys into burning torches.

Many of the crossbowmen were trapped on the siege towers, desperate as the flames burned closer and closer.Many people couldn't bear such suffering and chose to jump directly from the siege tower.The siege tower is higher than the city wall, so if you jump down, you will be seriously injured if you don't die.Even so, there are still many crossbowmen who do this, even if they fall to death all at once, it is better than being slowly roasted to death by the fire.

On Alonso III's side, many nobles were stunned by the tragedy in front of them.Originally, with so many siege equipment deployed by their own side, the nobles almost thought that only this attack was needed to break through the castle.But the next development direction of things was completely beyond their expectations, no wonder these guys were so surprised.

But as the commander, Sutil was much calmer.As one of the kingdom's famous generals, he has long understood that the battle situation cannot always develop according to his plan. Although he was a little surprised by the powerful long-range attack ability shown by the enemy, he did not lose his position.

Seeing that the siege tower could not get close to the city wall at all, Sutil immediately changed his tactics and ordered the soldiers to attack the city gate directly with battering rams.In addition, Sutil also deployed a team of giant shield warriors to cover the soldiers who moved the battering ram, lest they be injured by the arrows shot down from the city wall.

Seeing this, Roger naturally reacted immediately, ordering the dwarf ballista and trebuchets to focus their fire on those approaching battering rams.The giant shield warrior's thick and large shield can withstand the attacks of crossbowmen, but it is still vulnerable to dwarven ballistas and trebuchets.

Once those battering rams were hit by the catapult, they would be directly smashed into a pile of ruins, and the heavy stones would even crush the soldiers who moved the battering ram into a pulp.A battering ram hit by a dwarven ballista is slightly better, and doesn't immediately shatter into pieces.But the wooden battering ram will also be useless because of the fire, and the soldiers who use the battering ram can only return with success.

The castle has two ballista platforms that can be used to attack approaching enemies.There are a total of two catapults and four dwarf ballista platforms on these two ballista platforms, and the attack power is not weak.However, compared with the huge and heavy siege tower, the battering ram moves much faster, so it is not as easy to hit as the siege tower.In addition, Sutil sent many battering rams to attack at the same time, facing a large number of enemy heavy long-range weapons also seemed a bit overwhelmed.After a dozen battering rams were destroyed, four more broke through the defense line and entered the blind spot of dwarven ballista and trebuchet fire.

"It's quite difficult to deal with." Roger couldn't help muttering secretly when he saw this, and then ordered the longbowman to use rockets to attack the approaching battering ram.

Using rockets will result in a loss of accuracy, so only use them at close range.All of a sudden, rockets were shot down from the city wall, like a meteor shower falling from the sky, and all the targets were pointed at the approaching battering ram.

Although most of the rockets were blocked by the giant shield warriors, many of them shot directly at the target.One of the battering rams was the closest to the city gate, and received the most intensive attacks. The top was almost filled with densely flaming sharp arrows.Under such circumstances, the wooden battering ram was finally ignited, and the fire spread rapidly. The soldiers who moved the battering ram had to stop attacking and retreat slowly under the cover of the giant shield warriors.

Compared with the dwarf ballista and trebuchet, the attack power of the crossbowmen was obviously insufficient, and it took a lot of time to destroy the two battering rams.The remaining two planes took the opportunity to advance quickly, and finally arrived very close to the city gate.

Sutil, who was commanding the battle in the distance, was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately ordered: "Let the hoplites prepare to attack, and the team that rushes into the enemy's castle first will have a rich reward."

Sutil's adjutant hurriedly responded, and then quickly left to convey the order.And Sutil still stayed where he was, nervously watching the situation on the battlefield.As long as the battering ram can break the gate, he is sure to let his soldiers rush into the castle.If the most troublesome castles are breached, then the outcome of this war will naturally needless to say.

But this truth is not only understood by Sutil, Roger also understands this very well.Seeing that the two battering rams had almost reached the city gate, Roger on the city wall would not just sit idly by, and immediately ordered the magician to destroy the enemies rushing in front of him.

The two super magicians who had been on standby immediately began to chant spells, and then cast fireballs on their respective targets.Against wooden tools like battering rams, fireball is probably the best choice.Two bright fireballs accurately hit the battering rams, followed by a huge explosion. One of the battering rams was blown to pieces, and the other ignited a raging fire, which burned into a pile of wreckage in an instant.

"How could this be possible? The opponent actually has a magician?" Seeing this scene, Sutil was startled and angry, and hastily issued a new order: "Let the light infantry and the private soldiers of the nobles take the ladders and spread out the boarding Go up the wall, hurry"

Relying on the large number of soldiers on his side, Sutil originally planned to start a war of attrition with Roger. Since the siege equipment was useless, he switched to crowd tactics to make the enemy submit.It is necessary to send soldiers to continuously attack the castle to harass the enemy, so as not to let them have a chance to breathe. When the enemy is very tired, then send out elite troops to achieve success in one blow.

Of course, the casualties would be very high to execute this tactic, but in Sutil's eyes, light infantry and noble private soldiers are all cannon fodder, and they are most suitable for this kind of mission.

So thousands of light infantry quickly raised hundreds of high ladders and launched an attack.These soldiers spread out and advanced quickly. Although many people died from the enemy's long-range attack on the way, more than half of them rushed to the city wall smoothly.Then they set up a ladder to climb to the top of the wall, and soon started fighting with the defenders at the top of the city.

Seeing this, Sutil didn't hesitate, and immediately dispatched the second batch of light infantry to attack continuously.A siege battle must bear certain losses, otherwise it is impossible to conquer the castle. In order to achieve the strategic goal, Sutil will not be stingy with the lives of his men.

Naturally, Roger would not show weakness, and ordered the soldiers to press down on the enemy and beat them up on the top of the city.The light infantry was poorly trained and inadequately equipped, and was no match for Roger's soldiers.Although the ladder was successfully erected, no one was able to reach the top of the city, and all the several charges were beaten back.

Seeing that the sky had gradually darkened, Nai's Sutil could only choose to retreat temporarily and wait for dawn before continuing to fight.

Chapter 480 First Day

Chapter 480 The first day, the address