Lord of Rot

Chapter 417 Collapse across the board
The siege has begun.

Mama City occupies a great advantage in terms of geographical location. The towering castle built on the sand peak makes it look even more unattainable than the Iron Wall Fort.

Surrounded by mountains, on the open road ahead, there is a large lake on the southwest side.

Siege options are few and far between.

Viscount Matthew, the head of the wild boar mercenary group, has already started recruiting extraordinary people, but unfortunately they only managed to get a total of ten people in the end.

"If Jones and the others are still around..."

Once again, he began to regret that at the time, if he hadn't thought of taking down the Bangta Bazaar first, but gathered all his forces, what an advantage he would have had if twenty or thirty extraordinary people attacked Mama City at this time!

Fortunately, Porcupine didn't have three thousand soldiers in his hands, and the other party had no legitimate reason to capture the territory of a Viscount in the desert, unless Baron Porcupine planned to go to war with Earl Buffalo.

It's not difficult to just capture Mama City.

The wooden mantle cart has been built.

This is a huge wooden cart with a huge plank made of multiple pieces of wood hanging on it, which can block the arrows from the front and above, and can help them quickly pull into the battle with the castle during the siege battle. distance.

It's like setting up a target and letting the soldiers on the city wall shoot.

The tactics of exhausting the enemy are the most indispensable part of all siege warfare.

Whoosh-dole!

The arrow pierced the wooden board with precision, and the tail feathers of the arrow trembled slightly.

Soldiers far away on the city wall shot arrows, but they were all blocked by wooden shields.

The wooden curtain cart gradually approached, but the soldiers in the city could do nothing about it.

'Desert Pearl' Lisu Mama, holding a bow and crossbow, counterattacked from time to time.

She also tried to shoot with an arrow soaked in kerosene, but kerosene is a very precious strategic material, and the mining volume in the world is very small, and the reserves are not many, and the opponent's wooden mantle cart has been specially treated, so it is not so easy was lit.

The two sides stalemate for most of the day, and finally after the sun went down, both sides stopped fighting at the same time.

city ​​wall.

Soldiers carried bowls, women in aprons dragged basins two by two, filled them with a bowl of hot soup, and then put a piece of bread.

At least the porcupine caravan sent a large amount of food, allowing them to bid farewell to the food crisis for the time being, and everyone didn't have to starve and work hard.

The soldiers finished their dinner in the middle of the night, and their bodies became more and more tired, but no one dared to rest. They had to keep their eyes wide open and guard the city wall. If the mercenaries broke through the city because of their sleepiness, they might stop Don't even have to open your eyes.

The most important thing is to keep an eye on the siege engine, absolutely not let that thing get close to the gate!
Naturally, Lisu Mama couldn't stay on the city wall all the time, she was going to play a bigger role.

After dinner, she went to find the porcupine caravan and the Transcendents living in the city, and the result was gratifying, she successfully got their help.

Barely able to make up ten extraordinary people.

However, the defense of Mama City has not yet reached the critical point of the siege battle. Whether it is the battering ram, the ladder, or the siege tower, the opponent has not yet completed the construction, so the pressure of defending the city is not too great. .

Waiting until the moment when the ladder is placed on the city wall is when you really need a headache.

In the middle of the night, the mercenaries launched another sneak attack. The scale of the attack was not large, but the side of Mama City, which had defended without any casualties during the day, was shot and killed three people by arrows from below.

It should be the extraordinary person who did it, because the head of the soldier who was shot exploded. When the other soldiers helped to collect the body, they only found a piece of jaw, a right ear that was still intact, and an eyeball that was glued to the tongue.

All of a sudden, there was panic.

The mercenaries went back to sleep with peace of mind after a wave of harassment. Even if they were on vigil, they could take turns. The huge advantage in numbers allowed them to rest at will.

The soldiers on Mama City did not dare to rest, and endured until dawn.

stay till morning.

The mercenary team launched a surprise attack again, still using the same routine, the tactics of exhausting the enemy, and mainly harassment.

The wooden mantle carts advanced, followed by the infantry.

The soldiers who had been tense all night on the city wall were exhausted and started shooting again.

Even if they knew that the opponent's ladder hadn't been delivered and the battering ram hadn't been set up, they might not be able to forcibly attack the city in a short time, but they couldn't bring the enemy closer in vain. Once the position was lost, it would be difficult to regain it.

During the exhausted defense, some soldiers were a little numb when shooting arrows.

Things ushered in a change on the third day. It was not that the mercenaries had a conscience and chose to retreat, but that the battering rams and ladders had been set up.

Three thousand armored mercenaries suddenly stopped wandering, and rushed directly to Mama City without talking about tactics. The spectacular scene was like an unstoppable torrent of steel, and the ground was shaking slightly, just like the shaking of people's hearts at this time.

Sporadic arrows shot from the city wall, trying to stop them, but were blocked by the high-raised shield.

The arrows fell into the crowd like mud into the sea without a trace.

Viscount Matthew is confident that he will succeed in breaking Mama City this time. The battering hammer he ordered has six wheels and needs 12 people to push it.

Above the siege ram, a sloping triangular roof is made of wooden boards, which can effectively defend against arrows on the city wall and even gravel attacks.

It is a relief that Viscount Matthew did not choose to use trebuchets to destroy the city destructively in order to protect "his own city". The difference is just a few more or fewer mercenaries.

That is no difference!

The absolute superiority of the number of people made the morale of the attacking party like a rainbow.

Seeing the terrifying numbers below, the defending soldiers on the city wall couldn't help but sweat.

When the team managed to reach the city wall, someone shouted an order: "Throw stones!"

The huge rubble smashed down, no need to aim, and it would definitely hit a group of people every time.

Even if someone raised a shield to resist, they would be thrown from top to bottom, staggered, and unlucky enough to be hit on the head by a stone. The thin helmet could not block the heavy blow of the stone, and the person immediately fell to the ground.

Don't expect the 3000 people who crowded over later to care about their companions under their feet. Falling to the ground means that they will be trampled to death.

More mercenaries died at the feet of their companions than under arrows and stones.

"boom!"

When the battering ram was pushed and the gate shook violently, Lisu Mama on the city wall accelerated her arrow shooting speed.

Unfortunately, it was still useless, she could only watch helplessly as the door was hit and slowly deformed.

She has already arranged a group of people to guard behind the city gate. When the gate of Mama City is breached, that group of soldiers will guard it until the end, but can they stop 3000 people... I can only hope that the gods will bless them Let them hold on for a while.

The mercenaries rushed to attack in multiple lines, and after catching one and sending it back, they also erected the ladder to attack the city.

Ladders were erected on the city wall, and the soldiers immediately went to push, throw stones, or pour oil on fire.

However, the soldiers on the city wall no longer shot arrows. Without the suppression of their arrows, the crossbowmen in the distance immediately relaxed. They could shoot arrows towards the city wall freely. After the city guards, they finally suppressed him so much that he didn't dare to show his face.

So far, no one can stop the mercenaries climbing the ladder from going up.

The mercenaries began to climb up the ladder, as long as they raised the shield above their heads, almost all attacks from above their heads could be attacked without incident.

Crash across the board!

　[Monet's World] 500 rewards, thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)