People turned on their backs. Under the eyes of everyone, the two thousand cavalry who launched the first wave of attack suddenly stumbled before they reached half of the slope. Broken neck and breathless, the second and third waves of grass barbarian cavalry who followed hurriedly reined in their mounts, dismounted and began to rescue people. After a while, they turned their horses and ran back. Those who watched the battle were cheering The grass barbarian cavalry was slapped in the face, and could no longer make a sound. During this process, there was no movement in the city of Pedro on the slope...
The face of the patriarch Krinubi was very ugly, and the halfway attack made him feel ashamed: "Go, bring me Harikai, Rooney Gigi and Merrimud, I hope they can explain why they stopped attacking s reason… "
The grass barbarian guards beside him brought only two people: "Noble lord Krinubi, your humble servant Harikay, Merimud salutes you."
"Where's Rooney Gigi?" Chief Krinubi snorted from his nose.
"Noble Lord Krinubi, Rooney Gigi has returned to the embrace of the wolf god." The older Murray Mud replied respectfully.
"What did you say?" Kelinubi was taken aback by the patriarch: "He's dead? Nonsense, how could he die? Last night he drank a big jar of milk wine from me and ate my roasted sheep. Just now Isn't it good?"
"It is true, noble lord Krinubi, your lowly servant dare not lie to you, and the brave Rooney Jiji took the lead at your command, but the vile flatlanders dug countless holes on that slope. Trapped in a horse pit, Rooney Gigi's war horse stepped into one of them, and the right front hoof broke off, Rooney Gigi flew out, broke his neck, and just returned to the embrace of the wolf god... "Murrimed was very pleased Explained the cause of Rooney Gigi's death in detail.
"Huh? You said that the slope is full of horse traps?"
"Yes, noble Lord Krinubi, your humble servant did not lie to you, the two thousand riders led by Luniji lost more than 1,300 horses, and the warriors injured more than a thousand people. More than a hundred warriors returned to the embrace of the wolf god like Looney Gigi. The despicable flatlanders not only dug the slope full of horse traps, but also dug many ditches and traps, which were also full of sharp wooden thorns and maces. .We couldn’t go up on horseback at all, so we decided to retreat first... "Merimud hastily explained the reason for retreating, saying that it was not because of timidity, but because he couldn't attack.
"Hmph, I hope what you said is true..." The patriarch Krinubi looked up and down Merrimud and Harikai coldly, and saw that they were standing there calmly, obviously not lying , So he turned to the Grand Duke of Fesabrun.
"Hehe, no problem, my brother, Chief Krinubi." Grand Duke Feisabrun had heard their conversation, and said before Chief Krinubi said: "I will take the shield car I brought over. I leave it to you, and you know how to use them in ambushes. I believe that with these shield vehicles, you will soon be able to fill up the horse traps and trenches on the slope, and it will also protect you from approaching the city of Pedro. I think that since the enemy has dug so many horse traps and trenches on the slope, doesn't it mean that they don't have enough troops to defend, so they have to use such despicable means to stop and delay our warriors' attack... "
What Patriarch Krinubi thought was that he hoped that the Archduke Fesabrun would send soldiers from his Border Ranger Regiment to push those log shield carts to cover his people to attack Pedro City, but he was first attacked by Fesabron. Grand Duke Brun blocked his mouth. The shield car can be given to you, but people don't even think about it.
Resentfully cursing the old fox in his heart, the patriarch Krinubi nodded to Grand Duke Feisabrun, thanked him, and then ordered Merimud and Harikai who were standing in front of him to receive it. Shield car, let the grass barbarian cavalry get off their horses and get tools to fill up the horse pits, ditches and traps on the slope...
Grand Duke Fesabrun ordered to set up camp on the spot, and this time the chief Krinubi did not stop him. I don’t know how long it will take to push those log shield carts up the slope, and it will take a lot of manpower and time to fill up the horse pits, ditches and traps. We can’t let hundreds of thousands of grass barbarian cavalry sit on horses stupidly wait. Chief Krinubi has postponed the capture of Pedro until tomorrow, so let's open an attack channel today.
At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the construction team of the grass barbarian cavalry pushing the log shield cart had approached the city of Piedro for about 300 meters, because there had been no movement in the city of Piedro, and the grass barbarian cavalry with various tools lost their vigilance , until he kept burying his head in filling the horse traps and trenches on the ground. The Clanubi patriarch has already issued a death order, and he must open a road today. None of the barbarian cavalry hopes that they will be punished when they go back. All they want is to finish the work as soon as possible and return to the camp early to have a good rest.
No one knew that at this time, Ed Walker, the commander of the 23rd Battalion of Guards in Pedro City, had just organized a raid team of nearly a thousand people to sneak along the moat from the back gate of Pedro City. He hid himself to the front, bent his waist and got closer and closer to these rough cavalry, then suddenly jumped up at a distance of less than ten meters, and rushed into the crowd who were working hard...
It was a massacre, and three or four thousand rough horsemen who were filling up the horse pits and trenches were killed, and they fell into a miserable situation. When the enemy rushed in front of them, they realized that they didn't know where to put their weapons. The tool in their hands was cut off by the enemy's sword, and then there was a flash of cold light, and they lost consciousness. There was darkness in front of them...
One hundred thousand grass barbarian cavalry who had already set up their camps stared dumbfounded at the massacre that took place on the slope in the distance. The grass barbarian cavalry who went up to work were slaughtered by the enemy as easily as killing chickens. Fortunately, the grass barbarians who fell behind The cavalry ran down the slope crying for their father and mother, but they were unlucky because they pushed a lot of log shield carts up. Since there was no movement in Pedro City, they forgot the danger of being attacked and hated these shield carts. Cumbersome, it all falls behind.
Now these log shield vehicles have become an obstacle to their escape. If there are too many people, they will not be able to squeeze through. The grass barbarian cavalry who fell behind let out a miserable cry, and the soldiers of the Guards Battalion who were chasing up could even penetrate two or three people with one shot. an enemy's chest...
The barbarian cavalrymen in the camp finally reacted in shock. They roared furiously, jumped on their horses recklessly, whipped their mounts and rushed towards the slope. At this moment, a crisp bell sounded in Pedro City. The guards who came out to make a surprise attack no longer chased the fleeing enemies, but took off the skin bags hanging around them, put the kerosene on the huge log shield carts, and lit them with fire, and more than fifty clusters appeared on the slope. After a blazing fire, they stayed for a while, and after picking some spoils from the dead grass barbarian cavalry, they calmly withdrew back to Piedro City.
The three or four thousand grass barbarian cavalry who went up the slope to fill the sunken horse pits and trenches only ran back seven or eight hundred, and nearly 3,000 grass barbarian cavalry were dead on the slope, and even the fifty or so log shields that were pushed up The car became a huge bonfire, which was a slap in the face of all the grass barbarian cavalry.
The grass barbarian cavalry who rushed to the rescue from the camp were furious. They had just received the seven or eight hundred clansmen who had survived the disaster and lost their souls after running down the slope. They all turned red. At this time, the cheers and ridicules from Pedro City were so harsh to their ears. A barbarian cavalry yelled frantically, and rushed up the slope with his horse. Countless barbarian cavalry behind him also shouted, followed up with their horses, and launched an attack on the city of Pedro.
The angry grass barbarian cavalry showed superb riding skills. They rushed up the slope quickly, leaped like flying horses on the rough mountain, passed the burning shield car, stepped over the corpses of the tribe, and quickly approached Pedro city. It was only when they were less than 300 meters away from the city of Pedro that they encountered some troubles. The horse traps and trenches everywhere finally slowed down their speed. Falling down, or falling into the ditch because the horse rushed too fast. But these grass barbarian cavalry who were dazzled by anger were not afraid. As long as the grass barbarian cavalry who fell off their horses could still get up, they still brandished their weapons and charged towards the city of Pedro, shouting loudly for the protection of the wolf god. …
"Let go!" Seeing that these rough cavalry were approaching a distance of 200 meters, Edward Walker finally gave the order to let the steel crossbow arranged at the top of the city shoot.
With the sound of "buzzing" firing, the two hundred steel crossbows arranged at the top of the city fired their first arrows, like a gust of wind passing over the position, the grass barbarian cavalry who were clamoring to charge turned their backs, and fell into pieces in pieces. Suddenly, many barbarian cavalrymen and their mounts were nailed to the ground by the arrows from the arrows, and the screams of the people and the hiss of the horses became one.
Although these two hundred crossbow bolts dealt a severe blow to these attacking grass barbarian cavalry, all the enraged grass barbarian cavalry did not stop their charge, and more grass barbarian cavalry swarmed in. The wounded and dead bodies, ignoring the imminent crossbow attack, still shouted loudly to encourage themselves and their companions, and continued to rush towards the city of Pedro...
"Steel crossbow fire freely, longbowmen are ready! The enemy can shoot on their own as soon as they are close to a hundred meters away, and there is no need to wait for orders." Edward Walker gave the order again.
The configuration of the Norton Family Guards Battalion is generally two sword and shield brigades with 1,000 people, one spear and heavy armor brigade with 500 people, one longbow brigade with 500 people, and a steel crossbow brigade with 500 people equipped with 100 steel crossbowmen. Crossbow, and a logistics team of 500 people. If they are stationed at a certain strategic location, they will be equipped with one hundred more steel crossbows, and one sword and shield brigade will be reduced. The 23rd Battalion of the Guards is stationed in Pedro City, and it is also equipped with two hundred steel crossbows. Now the two hundred steel crossbows are placed on the front wall by Edward Walker. At this moment, another form of massacre is launched against the grass barbarian cavalry below the city...
The first time Edward Walker organized the guards to attack the city, it was a close combat, but now the steel crossbow on the city wall carried out a long-range point kill on the grass barbarian cavalry below the city. After crossing the ditch, all their anger and hard work were concentrated at this moment by the arrows that were shot at one after another. From time to time, the grass barbarian cavalry was taken up by the arrows, fell into the ditch, and fell to the ground. In this storm of crossbow arrows, no grass barbarian cavalry could get close to the city of Piedro for a distance of 100 meters.
The patriarch Klinubi stood with the patriarchs of many grass barbarian tribes and shouted loudly while encouraging the grass barbarian cavalry: "Rush forward, kill them all, and slaughter the whole city!"
In the end, Grand Duke Fesabrun couldn't stand it anymore, and reminded: "I think it's better to withdraw first, we have log shield vehicles to attack us, and rushing up like this is just a target for archery, letting our savage warriors die in vain I lost my life..."
The Krinubi patriarch came to his senses immediately: "That's right, blow the horn and let our warriors retreat first..."
The resounding sound of the horn resounded throughout the grassland, and the grass barbarian cavalry who had been unable to attack for a long time and suffered heavy casualties finally regained their sobriety, and retreated down the slope like a tide, leaving corpses and blood all over the ground.
After all the grassman cavalry returned to the camp, the patriarchs of the grassman tribe made an inventory, and everyone was angry. Before the official attack began, there were already nearly six thousand grassman warriors lying on the slope. Kelinubi was even more regretful than the patriarch. His tribe had lost more than 4,000 people from the grass barbarian cavalry who went to fill the pit for the first time and the warriors who charged spontaneously for the second time...
Grand Duke Fesabrun advised: "Although the first battle was unfavorable, we have already understood the basic situation of the defense of Pedro City. It is not a big deal to be careless for a while. Let's rest for one night. We will attack Pedro City tomorrow. .”
The patriarch Krinubi coldly rejected Grand Duke Fesabrun's proposal with reddish eyes: "No, we launched an attack overnight, and we will not let the enemies of Pedro City spend another night peacefully. The blood debt must be paid in blood. We have a hundred thousand horses. From this moment on, we will not let the enemies of Pedro City have a moment of rest. We will continue to attack until the city is captured... Your Royal Highness, please send All your remaining shield vehicles are handed over to us, and we will arrange the attacking personnel and order immediately."
"Of course, we are allies and stand together. I will arrange to hand over all the shield vehicles to you. I also hope that you will capture the city of Pedro in the first battle and avenge the unfortunate warriors who died. .” The Grand Duke Fesabrun smiled and agreed to the request of the Krinubi patriarch.
The horn sounded again, and three grass barbarian cavalry phalanxes gathered under the slope, each phalanx had four to five thousand people. There are twenty or thirty log shield carts in front of them. These barbarian cavalry have all dismounted, and they will be divided into three waves, pushing the huge shield cart up the slope and approaching the city of Pedro. The order received by the first batch of grass barbarian cavalry on the slope was very simple, that is, to collect the corpses of all the grass barbarian warriors after approaching the city of Pedro, and not to let the corpses of these heroic warriors die in the wild. The second batch of grass barbarian warriors going up the slope will use their longbows to suppress the enemies on the city wall and cover the rest of the grass barbarian cavalry to fill in traps and trenches. Of course, they must also pay attention to the surprise attacks of the enemies in the city.
The grass barbarian cavalry who went up the slope for the third time were the main force to attack the city. In addition to the shield carts, they also brought a lot of long wooden ladders. After the second batch of grass barbarian cavalry opened a passage leading to Pedro City, they will approach the city wall along this passage, and under the cover of the grass barbarian longbowmen behind, they will use long wooden ladders to climb the city wall and chop Kill the enemy, seize this section of the city wall to meet more savage warriors, and finally win the final victory.
This kind of siege method is the traditional siege method left by the grassman tribe for hundreds of years to deal with the towns of the flatlanders, so the third batch of grassman warriors gathered the most famous warriors and strong men of all the grassman tribes. At this moment, he was drinking the kumiss in his leather bag nonchalantly, packing up his armor, wiping the weapon in his hand, talking and laughing loudly and joking with each other, and the rest of the grass barbarian cavalry looked at them in awe...
The sky began to darken, and the flames on the fifty or so blazing shield vehicles on the nearly kilometer-long slope were extraordinarily bright. The horn sounded again, but the difference was that there were more thunderous drums The rumbling drums reverberate in the open field, bringing a kind of chilling and heart-shattering throbbing...
The grass barbarian cavalry under the slope let out a deafening cry: "Huzhuola!"
This is the name of the Sirius God worshiped by all the barbarian tribes on the Northeast Prairie. Calling this name means going forward with courage, victory or death. The first batch of barbarian cavalry pushed the log shield cart up the slope, and the attack on Piedro City began.
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