Riding and Slashing

Chapter 200 Meat Grinder

Li Ang didn't let the troops enter Eagle Claw Fort, but left the team on the east side until he saw the large numbers of Jatu people pouring into Eagle Claw Fort, and then slowly led the team to block the east gate of the castle.

Of course he would not obey a marshal who allowed his subordinates to kill civilians.

This is not only because of his own moral values, but also for the joint forces he managed to organize.

Besides, he can 'not know' that Brennus is the marshal - after all, he has not received the official marshal order.

As for the marshal's flag, he can also 'not see it from a distance'.

It is understandable that the sound of the calling horn cannot be heard on the chaotic battlefield...

Anyway, you have to adapt to the situation on the battlefield. Blocking the Jatu people's way is also what the lord of the kingdom should do...

If you want to block a city gate, you only need one or two hundred people.

Vendatil led the Noldor rangers to aim at the city gate with bows and arrows. After shooting down the dozens of Jatu marauders who rushed out first, no one dared to leave the city.

The Jatus even closed the city gates—whether it was the compound bows of the Noldor or the crossbows of the female soldiers, the range was much farther than the nomadic bows of the Jatus, and they could only be beaten for nothing.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one on the east wall, Li Ang personally put a strange package under the city gate, and then ran back quickly.

Afterwards, the lord erected the golden griffin banner outside the east gate of Eagle Claw Fort. He and Amy led a group of female soldiers to stay under the banner and dispatched all other troops to the north and south. .

Wendy Erfu is also under the banner of the Griffin at this time, and her job is to follow Li Ang's side as a guard.

As an underage young elf, this was the first time Wendylf participated in such a large-scale war.

For this war, Li Ang gave her a new job.

Wendy is now not only Leon's bodyguard, but also the liaison officer between Leon and the two Noldor troops-in fact, the messenger.

But Wendy Erff is very satisfied with the position of 'liaison officer', at least with the word 'official'...

Look at Lisadilan, who is also a nobleman of the Noldor, over 100 years old, and has not even got an official position, just a guard...

Although Wendy's status can be called noble, but in the Noldor tribe, she is just a girl ranger who has not yet graduated.Although the people in the clan dote on her, they will never allow her to hold any important position. Everyone only treats her as a child.

It has to be Master Li Ang who has discernment, Wendy thought.

Although it was her first time to face such a large-scale battlefield, Wentierf was not nervous, because the lord seemed to have never put the troops in any danger.

Wendy has been following behind the lord, watching Li Ang draw on the ground, while constantly dispatching the people around him to various directions, until only the female soldiers led by Amy remained outside the east gate.

Wendy couldn't understand the crude sketch that Li Ang drew on the ground, but she could feel that the lord seemed to be planning to sit here and command the entire army?
Almost all the rangers of the Horn Call Ranger Regiment have become scouts, and scouts are constantly returning, and scouts are constantly being dispatched.

It seems that the lord is receiving reports from the scouts anytime and anywhere, and is also arranging tasks for the scouts anytime and anywhere.

Such a thing was never seen among the Noldor anyway.

Even Islanduil, who is known to be good at command, at most carefully arranges the plan before the war, but Islanduil certainly cannot cope with such dense information, and it is impossible to send orders so frequently.

It's hard for Wendy to imagine that there are scouts reporting back every moment, and giving orders to scouts and messengers all the time. Is this the way human lords command wars?
How can such intensive information be reacted immediately?

The crude sketch drawn with a wooden stick on the ground has been changed constantly, and it has long been completely changed. Can the lord see the entire battlefield with this graffiti-like thing?

Wendy was also sent out once to convey military orders to Wenda Dier.

The order was simple - "If Brennus' troops enter the city, block the south gate directly."

Wendy didn't quite understand at the time, let Wendatil block the south gate?

What is the lord trying to do?

However, Wentilef's doubts did not last long, and she knew the answer when she came back.

Because she saw the layout of the east gate of Eagle Claw Fort.

The corpses of the overturned Jatu people outside the east gate were piled up at the city gate together with the corpses of the horses, but it didn't seem to be to block the gate—the gate was opened inward.

These corpses were piled up on both sides of the strange package that Li Ang placed, occupying more than half of the gate of the city, which could be regarded as setting up some obstacles.

And Amy led the female soldiers into an array separated by more than 100 meters.

This is equivalent to blocking the east gate from the outside, but not tightly, leaving a gap.But it is estimated that no one dares to move the corpse - whoever is at the city gate will face the crossbow arrows of the female soldiers.

This further increases the difficulty of rushing out of the city, and the city gate only leaves room for one person to pass through.

Anyway, it must be difficult for the Jatu people to rush out. Their riding bows have insufficient range, and they don't have heavy armor.

"My lord, are you going to block all the Jatu people and other troops inside the city?"

Wendy didn't understand: "But this city has four gates, can't we block all directions?"

"Yes, there are four doors...but it is precisely because there are two unblocked doors that the inside will be hit harder..."

Li Ang turned his head, with a strange expression on his face: "Wendy, what's going on in the city, you should be able to hear it, right?"

Wendy Erff's hearing is much better than the lord's. Of course she can hear the sound of fighting everywhere in Eagle Claw Castle.

At this time, Lisa Dilan and Neuer came back from the north: "My lord, the Ravens have entered the city through the north gate, and all the scouts they sent to the northeast have been killed."

"Fine...now we just have to wait..."

Li Ang nodded and simply sat down.

Soon after, people gradually became visible on the east wall, most of them Jatu people.

However, most of the Jiatu people were not shooting arrows at the outside of the city, but were shooting arrows at the inside of the city. It seemed that the fighting inside the city was quite fierce.

"My lord, can I join the battle?"

Wendy took off the bow on her back and pointed to the Jatu people on the city wall, she wanted to shoot the enemy down.

Li Ang looked at the movement on the city wall, and then at Wendy: "You hate Jatu people?"

"Of course I hate it... The Jatu people have killed many of our people, and every year they attack our northern forests, and their big bosses are even using our people's weapons now!"

Wendy gritted her teeth a bit.

"Wendy, even if you can hit every shot and use up all the arrows, you can only kill 32 arrows at most..."

The lord tapped the sketch on the ground with a wooden stick: "There are thousands of Jatu people in the city now... save the arrows for the last time, and then you can bring the greatest harvest. It is best to hold back the hatred on the battlefield." , what we want to achieve is not just to destroy the enemy."

"It's not destroying the enemy, what is that?"

Wendy put away her bow obediently. When she joined Leon's team, she said that she would obey military orders, but she still wanted to make sure.

"Wendy, there are more than 1 people fighting in such a small castle, who do you think will win?"

Li Ang asked softly.

"I don't know, but the Knights of the Lions are quite powerful, probably they are?"

Wendy answered with some uncertainty.

"No, it won't be...Wendy, in fact, the fighting power of the Noldor tribe is far better than that of Jatu. In my opinion, the fighting power of two hundred Noldor rangers can be equal to that of a thousand Jatus. But your tribe It is very difficult to gain the upper hand when fighting against the Jatu people, why?——Because the Jatu people are not afraid of death! The more hopeless they are, the less they are afraid of death..."

Li Ang said with a sigh: "Wendy, in the narrow street battles in the city, you can only fight to the death, and most of the tactics are useless. In the end, the final victory is definitely not the one with the strongest fighting power, but the one who wins the final victory." The one who fears death the most... the Jatu people will definitely win in the end, and we—or you, will finally appear in Eagle Claw Fort as the saviors who will kill the Jatu people and save the remnants of the two countries..."

Wendy froze for a moment, this smart underage girl really understood everything, she understood Li Ang's complete intention.

Because no one can attack the city, and no one has much supplies, no one will let the Jatus occupy Eagle Claw Fort easily, and all forces will fight the Jatus in the city.

Now that Leon blocked the east and south gates, the Duke of Brennus was probably trapped on the tower south of Eagle Claw Fort, and the Knights of the Lions would not retreat easily until they rescued their Grand Master.

However, the Ravens had no supplies and suffered a lot of losses. Li Ang also asked Neuer's troops to kill the scouts sent by the Ravens to the northeast...

As long as the leader of the Ravenclaws is clear-headed, he should understand that it is still a situation where everyone is an enemy, and they cannot fight in the field—whether they are facing the Lion Knights or Jatu.

In other words, the Ravencrow army can only occupy Eagle Claw Fort and defend the city, and they must also grab enough food from the Jatu people, such as their own supplies or the Jatu people's horses.

Then you can only enter Eagle Claw Fort and fight with the Jatu people.

This is also the best choice, because the Ravencrow army can actually be said to be the most suitable for street fighting among all the forces at present.

As for the Jiatu people—seeing the troops of the Lion Knights and the Ravencrow Kingdom entering the city, they would definitely want to leave the city, but they couldn't get out through the four city gates, so they could only do their best inside the city.

Of course, jumping over the city wall is fine, but even if you don't fall to your death, you will definitely be shot to death by Li Ang's troops outside...

This battle will inevitably become a strange battle that will be recorded in the history of Pendor forever, and it may also mean that there is no one before or after.

In fact, the scale of this war is not particularly large. The total number of all troops participating in the war is more than 1.

But this is probably the only war in the history of the entire continent where the Jatu people defend the city and other forces attack the city...

Yes, it has now become a strange scene where the Jatus are defending the city in Eagle Claw Castle, while other forces block all directions of the castle and attack the Jatus individually.

And all forces are hostile to each other...

Most of the Jiatu people must have panicked in their hearts. They must have never imagined that when they entered the city, all the forces would block them in the city... they had to defend the city?

Speaking of siege, the Jatu people may still have some experience. Although siege is not what they are good at, they still have some experience...

Can defend the city...

The Jatu people are really inexperienced!

If Zhu Da himself had been here, probably the Jatu people would not have made such a bad move—a fierce man like Zhu Da would probably rather go head-to-head in the wild than enter the city easily.

Look at the situation in the city of Eagle Claw Fort, it's almost the same as the Colosseum.

The flag of Brennus was erected on the south wall, and the guards of the royal city kept stabbing down the wall with their spears, but there were all Jatu people under the wall, and the situation of Brennus seemed to be in jeopardy.Fortunately, the guards of the royal city had war spears, which were very useful on the city walls, and the Jiatu people would not be able to kill them for a while.

The east city wall is currently the territory of the Jatu people. The Jatu people have already stood in a row on the city wall and are shooting arrows into the city. A group of people are also trying to attack the north city wall—the four walls are actually connected together. In combat, if you control the city wall, you will have a great advantage.

The northern city wall is basically full of rangers from the Ravencrow Kingdom. These are very skilled archers. They shoot at the Jatu people on the corner of the city wall, and this is also to fight for control of the city wall.The rangers of the Ravencrow Kingdom currently have the upper hand. The lethality and accuracy of the infantry bows are indeed much better than the Jatu people's riding bows.

As for the west city wall, there were not many people on it—the area to the west was controlled by the Lion Knights, but the canned knights going up the city wall would have no effect, and the Lion Knights did not have long-range capabilities.

Bows and arrows are not easy to practice, and it is not a traditional event in the Sarleon Kingdom. There are not many knights in the kingdom who are good at bows and arrows.

As noble knights, the lion knights are of course unwilling to use crossbows. In their eyes, crossbows are assassination tools only used by civilians, and they are similar to muskets that have no sense of honor.

Now though, they probably wish they had a crossbow.

The area of ​​Eagle Claw Fort was not particularly large, and the city could only accommodate a few thousand people.

The Jatu people alone are enough to fill the city to the brim, and now the Lion Knights and the Ravencrow Kingdom's troops have flooded in again. There are more than 1 people in the city, which can basically be called a crowd of people rubbing shoulders.

On the street, the cavalry did not even think about moving a step. A large number of Jatum horses had already blocked the street. No matter how skilled the rider was, they could only dismount and fight on foot in this environment.

The Lion Knights have dismounted and fought on foot with shields, and have driven most of the mounts out of the city so as not to get in the way.

In fact, the lion knight is quite powerful when dismounted, at least the equipment is hard enough, and the skills of the lion followers are also very good.

In addition, all members of the Lion Knights are equipped with maces-this thing is quite suitable for street fighting in the city...

In the city, of course, the Lion Riders couldn't use their lances.

Except for the special heavy lance that Lehman used back then, the ordinary lance is actually a one-time consumable. The barrel of the lance is made of brittle wood, which is easy to break—this is to protect the knight's arm from being injured by the reaction force. .

In fact, the main weapon most commonly used by members of the Lion Knights is not a lance or their silver-plated sword, but a mace.

This is their most commonly used weapon after the lance is broken. Its structure is very simple. It is a wooden handle less than one meter long, with a two-pound caltrop hammer on it.

This common short weapon looks inconspicuous and not handsome at all, but it is the most proficient one-handed weapon used by knights.

Because it can kill enemies wearing heavy armor, and it is very suitable for crowded situations.

Like the current situation...

Members of the Lion Knights were attacking the Jatu people in the city with shields in one hand and maces in the other.

Inside the Eagle Claw Fort, it has become a narrow fighting field like a battle cage. This is a real hand-to-hand combat.

Shields collided, hammers struck, blades intersected, all kinds of harsh impacts and metal frictions made one's scalp tingle.

There is nowhere to dodge in the crowded crowd, and there is no way to retreat. Either kill the enemy in front of you or fall down.

In this scenario, the lion knight with better equipment does have an advantage.

The Jatu's scimitars were basically unable to cut through their armor, so they quickly advanced to the center of the castle, and then all the way south, they could meet their Grand Master Brennus.

But their advantage only lasted for a quarter of an hour.

The lion knights are well-equipped and well-protected. The plate-chain composite armor is indeed difficult to be cut by a knife, but the problem is that this thing has a good defense, but it is too heavy!

Wearing a full set of plate and chain armor, and constantly swinging a hammer, surrounded by people, there is no rest at all... Those who can last for more than a quarter of an hour are considered to have good stamina!
Moreover, just like what Li Ang said to Wentierf, in this situation, it is not the equipment and combat power that determine the outcome, but the fear of death.

After being killed and wounded all over the place, the Jatu people fought more and more courageously, gradually began to counterattack, and pushed back the lion knights.

No matter how good the defensive armor is, there are always gaps, and it is not troublesome to kill a weak canned knight... Moreover, the lion knights do not have this kind of determination to die.

As a result, the Lion Knights were gradually pushed back to the west side of the castle by the Jatu people.

The Jatu people who repelled the Lion Knights saw that Ximen seemed to have a chance to rush out of the castle, and began to attack Ximen in an all-round way-they have realized that it is impossible to completely occupy the castle. If they can rush out, then Of course, there is no need to get stuck here and fight a bad battle.

Originally, the Lion Knights were probably about to retreat out of the city, but this wave of full-scale charge by the Jatu people made the Lion Knights realize that if they retreat now, they might be smashed into scum!

So they resisted desperately, and at this time, the troops of the Ravencrow Kingdom from the north pressed up.

When most of the Jiatu people focused their attention on rushing out of the west gate, the troops of the Ravencrow Kingdom gradually gained the upper hand.

Coupled with the fact that the archers of the Ravencrow Kingdom were covering the heights on the north side, when the Lion Knights retreated steadily, the Ravencrows gradually hit the center of the castle and suppressed the Jatu people.

So the Jatu troops had to shrink back so that the shooters on the roof on the east side could cover them, which allowed the lion riders to get a respite and regain the gap on the west side.

But they had just fought the Ravens to death not long ago, and the Ravens hadn't forgotten them—some of the Ravens' troops started attacking the Lion Knights again.

But the rangers of the Ravenclaws couldn't take care of the center of the city, and lost the cover of their bows and arrows. In addition, the Ravencrowmen met the enemy on both sides. It didn't take long for the Ravencrowmen to suffer heavy losses, and they gradually retreated.

Seeing that the Ravencrow Kingdom's troops began to shrink, the Jatu people turned their heads to the north again, intending to test whether they could rush out from the north...

Therefore, the troops of the Ravencrow Kingdom also realized that they must not retreat. If they retreat, they will be overwhelmed by the Jatu people. If this kind of scene is overwhelmed, they will die...

In this way, the three forces formed a tug of war like a meat grinder.

The street in the middle of Eagle Claw Fort has become a sea of ​​corpses and blood.

As Li Ang said, it was because two doors were not blocked that they hit harder.

The Jatu people suffered countless casualties, but they did become stronger as they fought. As the Jatu people desperately wanted to break out of this cage, neither the Lion Knights nor the Ravencrow Kingdom could retreat.

Which side can't stand it, which side will be completely smashed by the Jatu people...

(End of this chapter)