The aristocratic allied forces who had already assembled the siege equipment began the prelude to the siege.
The polished and round stone balls were thrown directly by the long arm of the trebuchet, crossed the beautiful curve, and smashed heavily on the city wall. The splashed stones flew wantonly and hit the soldiers defending the city. On the body, as if being attacked by a sling, they all covered the hit parts in pain and groaned.
If it hit a vital point, or the hands and legs that were not protected by the leather armor, it would be a fatal blow, and he would fall on the city wall on the spot, losing the possibility of continuing to fight, and it would be tantamount to leaving the field.
The Wayne family has defended Grottenburg for decades, and has accumulated quite a lot of supplies for defending the city.
Including these catapults and catapults and their associated stone bullets and spears.
These are reserves.
In order to use Grottenburg as the center of resistance after the fall of the South County Territory, with the help of the vast North County Territory plain and its own cavalry advantages, the troops of the Yinpan Kingdom, which is mainly infantry, can be consumed on this battlefield.
Just like bloodletting, the invading troops can only withdraw sadly, or even give up the occupied land.
This is the strategic plan of the Lion Principality.
pity.
And declared bankruptcy in the future.
Because Kant's subordinates, Fatis and Rolf, were threatening the knights and began to attack Masburg. As long as they broke through here, the door of the South County Territory would be opened in front of them.
When the time comes, it's up to them to decide whether to knead or knead!
And the leader of Nanjun is still refusing.
The war has begun.
But it was not a defensive battle against the Silver Plate Kingdom as originally expected.
It was Kant who didn't take it to heart at all. He was exiled, but Kant came back!
The second son of Grand Duke Cameron, the son of Princess Sophia of the Yinpan Kingdom, has the second in line of succession and has occupied the entire North County Territory. According to the news, even the East County Territory has occupied a small part of the young man. people!
The battle at Masburg continued, and catapults and catapults threw stone balls in the roar.
Terrifying vibrations resounded through the sky.
But there is no way.
Everyone in Masburg is still struggling.
Although the castle that took decades to build is not a top-notch castle, it still has a good defensive effect.
The most important thing is that after these trebuchets and ballistas bombarded wildly, although the city wall collapsed a little, the main body still stood upright, and the casualties of those soldiers were also controlled within 200, which was not considered traumatic.
If it is calculated according to conventional tactics, if you want to capture this castle, you will have to pay at least a thousand casualties.
Kefatis and Rolf were not prepared to do so.
Too many casualties will affect the morale of the troops.
Now the aristocratic coalition forces that are coerced and lured by them cannot withstand setbacks.
On the contrary, they still need an extremely happy victory, and the victory of Masburg is the most critical goal.
Therefore, they issued an absolute order, requiring the Wayne family to dismantle all the siege weapons here, and let the infantry throw stone balls towards the city wall day and night, bombarding the main body of the city wall.
This is also very effective.
With every impact, the city wall creaked, and cracks appeared on the surface.
The city wall couldn't last for too long. After all, the city wall of Masburg was built with a layer of stones on the outside, gravel and soil filled inside, and another layer of stones on the outside, which seemed solid.
If a section of the city wall is blown away, then the main part of the city wall will completely collapse.
And now.
That part of the city wall that was deliberately bombarded with concentrated firepower was really about to stretch to the extreme.
After a whole morning of bombardment, at around 3 pm, the city wall was covered with large and small pits, and the entire city wall was sunken inwards in an appearance visible to the naked eye, and even cracks appeared on the city wall.
On this city wall, there are no soldiers left behind, and they dare not stay here any longer.
Even the entire city wall defense has been abandoned.
For the main body of the castle in the rear, more soldiers have been deployed to defend.
The castle is the most important defense system. The city wall is only an external obstacle to delay the enemy's attack. When the city wall falls, the enemy's siege equipment and morale will also be consumed to a certain extent. It will be even easier to defend the castle.
At least in castle defense, it is much safer than city walls!
"boom-"
Finally, under the continuous bombardment of the trebuchet, the city wall finally collapsed.
The smoke and dust immediately overflowed, and a large amount of gravel and soil fell down, and the soldiers on the surrounding walls and towers seemed to have received some orders, and quickly assembled, appearing behind and on both sides of the collapsed city wall.
Next, around this collapsed city wall, the battle for the city wall began!
This is also a good time to strike at the besiegers.
During the siege.
Not that the collapse of the walls means the fall of the castle.
The collapse of the city wall is only a small section, and the width is not even 5 meters, but it is precisely the width of 5 meters, and the rear will always be garrisoned troops. If you want to attack, you can only beat this place into a flesh and blood mill!
This is a life-consuming battlefield, and it is also the main position where defenders can drain the morale of attackers.
The offensive side often has a desperate mentality.
This mentality manifests itself when scaling walls or directly attacking gates.
Once consumed, the overall morale will drop, unlike the defenders who can recover as long as they boost their morale, the longer the delay, the greater the defender's advantage, especially if they can all retreat to the main body of the castle. When the ground is waiting for help, it has an absolute advantage.
In the feudal era, it was simply inconceivable to attack the main body of a castle that was completely blocked and had food and drinking water reserves. It was even recorded that the castle could not be entered after several months of defense.
And in the case of this western feudal lord, a battle that lasted for several months is enough to be considered a long time!
"attack!"
Rolf swung his sword forward.
Right behind, hordes of infantry from the noble allied forces began to charge.
Armed with spears, they pressed forward step by step, and soon approached the collapsed city wall, but the oncoming arrow rain also poured down quickly, and a large number of noble coalition infantry fell to the ground, but more people went straight towards the collapsed city wall. poured inside.
Just now, an army of 10,000 people has launched a general offensive!
Don't care about casualties at all!
Even on the inner side of the city wall, the eyeballs of Viscount Kevin on the main body of the castle almost popped out.
His original arrangement was to prevent the enemy's tentative attack.
can now.
It is the total attack directly.
The tens of thousands of people rushed over together, it was like a tide.
Even though the crossbowmen on the top of the city wall fired and the ballistas on the towers bombarded, casualties were everywhere, but it seemed as if waves were splashing in the sea, and more infantry rushed in frantically.
And completely fought into a ball where the city wall collapsed!
(end of this chapter)