Whispers of the Gods

Chapter 130 Nalanni V (4)

"Master Commander." A tall mercenary wearing a white-tasseled helmet walked in front of her, his face covered by a steel mask. "Please let my men attack under the siege tower."

"who are you?"

"The leader of the White Tassel Group, Sous Ocampo." A deep voice came from under the mask. "People call me 'The Delinquent.'"

"Someone told me that the Baiying regiment is the best mercenary regiment, but don't you dare to be the first to go up the city wall?" Nalanni asked with some disappointment, although she had long known that the mercenaries were unreliable.

"It's quite the opposite, my lord." The man shook his head, "We will be the first to enter the city gate, and we are under the siege tower to cover the soldiers pulling the tower with shields. I'll be the one to get the first blood."

Nalanni raised her eyebrows, "It seems that I misunderstood you, of course, your request is granted, Sous Ocampo, the leader of the White Tassel Group."

The man bowed his head slightly in respect, then turned to leave.

Nalanni took a deep breath and pulled down the helmet to cover her face. She was a little thirsty.

"go ahead!"

Mules dragging parts of trebuchets, men dragging siege towers ten times their height, tied ropes in knots across their chests, and tied themselves to the colossus behind them, began on the slings that held the bases of the towers use force.

The siege tower began to stagger forward. The mercenaries took out their shields to cover the knights pulling the tower. They walked safely to the second ravine. The servants who were hiding behind quickly ran to the front with their shovels. Start filling in the obstacles.

Another part was responsible for the assembly of the trebuchet, and the last team prepared the stones collected from nearby and brought from the city, so that the trebuchet could be used as soon as it was ready.

Nalanni looked up at the foggy castle through the eye slit of her helmet. As the distance shortened, the previously blurred city walls began to become clear, and the surrounding fog seemed to be dissipating.

"Hurry up!" she yelled anxiously.

When she looked towards Bloodsworn Castle to the east again, Nalanni narrowed her eyes because she saw some black shadows floating in the air slowly flying towards them.

But the next moment, they rushed down at lightning speed. These stones were not pebbles or the size of a fist, but boulders as heavy as a person.One of the stones hit the knight behind her, denting his breastplate directly, and knocked him flying several meters away.

She squatted down, and the knights around her were stunned by the sudden throw of stones, and stood there in a daze. "Squat down!" Nalanni ordered while maintaining her composure. "Fill the gap and move on!"

How did these slave armies have trebuchets?And is it a trebuchet that can throw a dozen heavy stones?The best siege equipment of the Holy Empire, the towed trebuchet that required more than 200 people to operate, could not use such a large stone as ammunition.

But it was done, and the current situation did not allow her to think too much. The army quickly filled the gully that blocked the advance of the siege tower, and they continued to pull the tower forward.

Another round of slings came, this time more numerous and more precise.A stone hit the troops pulling the siege tower, tearing apart the neat formation, and one person's head was smashed like a watermelon; another stone knocked down five people in a row before it hit the ground, and people ran to remove the boulder. Moved away from the front of the siege towers, the fallen bodies were left to be crushed under the wheels of the towers.

In this way, the siege battle became a war between giants.

Siege towers staggered forward like a blind giant, while giant hands invisible from behind the mists and walls hurled boulders like children throwing stones across a lake.

Not long after, huge boulders began to pass over her head behind Nalanni, and the Knights' trebuchets were assembled and began to counterattack.But the warriors rushing ahead were just beetles scurrying at the feet of the giants, and death came suddenly and everywhere.

A few more boulders flew down from the air swiftly, hitting the sides of the siege tower in front of her, tearing off its skin.Another boulder passed through the siege tower, knocking one of the knights out of it and throwing it to the ground.

After knights were continuously crushed, smashed, torn to pieces or knocked down, the formation on the ground began to be chaotic. The shields held by the white tassels and the shields raised by some following knights The wicker and leather-covered wooden barriers are meant to fend off arrows, not such boulders.Apart from adding more battlefield ruins to the battle, they have no effect. The bodies of the soldiers are the real shields in front of the siege towers.

All Nalanni could do was to lower her head, pray like the other knights that the stones would not hit her, and shouted to encourage the soldiers from time to time, but she could feel that people's fighting spirit was constantly decreasing: the slave army beat them One is caught off guard, how could they have such an advanced trebuchet?
Gradually, she was no longer afraid, she could still hear the sound of boulders piercing the air and flying above her head, and could already hear the breaking of the catapult rope behind the city wall, the number of boulders attacking them seemed to be less .

She looked up cautiously, and found that the bombing of the trebuchets in Bloodsworn Fort was still going on, but the boulders just flew over Nalanni's head and the siege tower in front of her. Hitting distance.

There was a hoarse cheer from the ranks of soldiers, and then it disappeared quickly.They didn't escape from danger, they just jumped from one cesspit to another.

Nalanni pulled out the long sword at her waist, and they were now very close to the city wall. The defenders on the wall began to throw stones and shoot arrows at them. In an instant, these things filled the air like locusts, and they were pulling towards the siege tower. The knights attacked.

"Shield wall!" The roar of "The Mourner" Sous Ocampo came from the front team, and the warriors of the White Tassel Group held up their round shields, forming a three-dimensional wall in front of the knights dragging the siege tower. A high wooden wall with a layer of shields to resist the enemy's long-range attacks.

The siege tower was seven or eight feet higher than the city wall of Blood Oath Fort. The archers on the top floor began to shoot at the city wall, and the defenders on the wall began to scream. There was no way to concentrate the attack on the siege tower.

At this time, the knights of the Broken Soul Knights pushed the battering ram protected by the wooden roof from the right, sent it to the gate of the city, and began to pull the battering ram to break through the defense.

The siege tower has also reached the last section of the road from the city wall, but this section is not easy, because the ground under the city wall is not a flat ground, but a steep slope artificially filled. If you are not careful, the siege tower will move forward. overturned in the process, or hit the wall and shattered.

(End of this chapter)