king of ros

Chapter 21
Originally, Rostislav thought that when his grandfather rejected Aral's peace talks, the Chud people would quickly throw his head out of chaos, but three days passed, and there was no chaos in the mountain fort.

After interrogating the deserters who escaped from the mountain fortress, it turned out that Alar directly slaughtered all the attackers and took over their army. No one in the mountain fortress dared to resist Alar anymore.

Rostislav could not help but lament that this man was so cruel and merciless, yet so decisive.

However, the relatives of the murdered person will definitely stay with him forever, but for him, the situation has become so tense that he doesn't need to worry about it anymore.

The fact that the Chude people failed to fight among themselves made the coalition forces a little disappointed, but it was only a small loss. This was just an idle move by the wise man. There are long ladders and shields, and three ballistas are also erected, ready to attack at any time.

And that day is coming soon.

Rostislav rode his horse and stood among the courtiers behind his grandfather and uncle. Everyone looked like armored warriors, and in front of them, a siege was unfolding.

The heavy rain of arrows and javelins slanted on the ground, but they could only be inserted into the shield of the coalition army to make a "bang bang" sound. The soldiers pushed the large shield forward steadily, and the archers behind the shield kept facing Shoot upwards from the walls, suppressing the enemy archers as much as possible.

The huge dragon-like siege engine was the focus of the defender's attack. The burning arrows drew bright lines of fire in the sky, but the wet fur on the siege engine shield extinguished the possibility of raging flames.

Behind the siege engine is the army formation with the tortoise formation. Shields and armor protect their bodies to the greatest extent. Only a few unlucky ones fell down.

When the siege engine smashes through the gate, this force will deal a thunderous blow to the defenders of Chud.

The mobile shield quickly came under the city wall, and the high and deep trench had been filled by the Ross people with sand, debris and even corpses in the past month, and now it was no longer an obstacle to attack.

The archers behind the shields shot at the enemies on the city wall in an orderly manner. After stopping, the efficiency of the archers rose to a higher level, and the slanted arrows even suppressed the city wall for a while.

The Grand Duke's ballista also started to show its power. The stone bullets that had been waiting for a long time were fired under the command of the Greek engineer. Blood mist, and whenever the blood mist suddenly appeared on the city wall, exclamation and cheers would erupt in the coalition formation.

The two monarchs and their entourage were very calm. After all, they are people who have seen the world, especially Harald. He did not know how many advanced terrorist equipment he saw when he was fighting for the imperial army in the past. .

It was at this time that Ross and the Norwegian infantry began to attack.

Soldiers in commoner clothes were carrying ladders, and under the roar of soldiers with better protection, they carried the long ladders forward. From time to time, some people were shot down by arrows, but someone soon took their place.

Since the archers diverted a large part of the enemy's attention, the infantry who hit the city wall could reach the city wall with relatively small casualties, set up the ladder, and then there was a fierce and brutal battle to climb the wall.

The first climbers were a group of brave soldiers. They easily climbed the city wall with their thick armor and easily dealt with the weak archers. However, the Chude people quickly invested a large number of reserve troops. On the narrow city wall, the soldiers They are blocked like this, and it will be difficult to open the situation for a while.

The Norwegian side opened up the situation. Harald's elites killed the city wall with a fearless attitude. The scene reminded Rostislav of the story of the Nordic berserkers. Any fool who dared to stand in front of him would Paying the blood price for stupidity, the King of Norway looked at the bloody scene with admiration in his eyes.

Some Norwegians even killed the city walls directly and fought with the Chude people on the streets.

On the other side, the siege engine has arrived at the heavily defended city gate, and has entered the killing zone facing attacks from all directions. Various arrows and javelins are stuck on it one after another. The army behind it dare not enter. They know very well that even with armor and shields, it is difficult to keep their lives in the killing zone.

Facing the city wall made of hardwood, following the soldiers' chant, the huge battering hammer was ruthlessly loaded on the city gate, and the whole city gate trembled under the heavy blow.

The soldiers did not stop, and soon hit the city gate with another blow.

The heavy blow of the ram was like a thunderbolt hitting the heart of the Chude people. Every blow made them terrified, but there was nothing they could do about it.

Finally, when the gate was completely smashed open by the full force of the ram, cheers resounded in the coalition formation, and correspondingly, the wailing of the Chude people.

The army formation disintegrated immediately, and countless soldiers poured into the city along the broken city gate, filled with desire for glory and wealth. These desires prompted them to fight harder, and there were a lot of fighting sounds and screams from the gate, The shield wall of the Chude people failed to stop the fanatical coalition soldiers, but they were broken by the fanatical "wild boar head" as soon as they touched the shield wall.

The defenders retreated in embarrassment along the streets inside the mountain castle, and the attackers were chasing after them. The battle has now shifted to the streets. All the Chude defenders on the city wall fled down the city wall without looking back. It has been unshakably flying over the city.

"I thought this Aral's mountain fortress could last for a while, but it's only how long now."

Harald complained dissatisfiedly, they had been preparing for so long, but this is the enemy?

"Rostislav."

The Grand Duke ignored his son-in-law's complaint, but called his grandson's name.

"My lord, I am here."

Rostislav responded quickly, he had no idea his grandfather would call him, what was his grandfather calling him for?Then he thought of a possibility, and became inexplicably nervous.

"Rush into the city with the black hats, I want to see Alar's head."

Rostislav immediately understood the meaning. This meant that he was asked to win the first prize in this battle, which meant that his grandfather was testing himself!
"Yes! Grand Duke, I will definitely bring Alar's head!"

Rostislav responded, and rode away immediately.

His heart was full of thoughts not only about his grandfather's test, but also about some of his own personal affairs—if he was lucky, he might be able to get the news of his father's death from that Alar.

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(End of this chapter)