Steel, Guns, and the Industrial Party that Traveled to Another World

On both sides of the north gate of Jingyao Fort, the ladders on the siege vehicles were placed on the city wall. The soldiers of the royal army climbed up desperately while holding shields to defend against the arrows, hot oil and even boiled dung juice thrown by the rebels.

Some siege vehicles that were doused with hot oil were ignited by rockets from the rebels. The fire quickly engulfed the siege vehicles. The soldiers on fire had to jump directly from the upper level. Many unfortunate soldiers did not run out. The smell of burnt human flesh was everywhere.

The leading group of royal soldiers wore thick armor, holding a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, and used their strength to block the swords and axes of the rebel soldiers, and jumped from the siege vehicles into the city wall. The soldiers behind quickly followed and continued to expand the breakthrough.

For a while, there were shouts of killing everywhere on the city wall.

The bloody battle lasted until noon. Both the attackers and defenders were very tired. Duke Walker ordered a pause in the attack, and the rebels took the opportunity to reorganize and rest.

…

In a house near the north gate, several people sat in the living room with sad faces.

“How many people were lost this morning?” Hals, the former commander of the city guards and now the leader of the rebels, asked tiredly.

“About 400 old brothers…” a subordinate answered cautiously.

Hals touched his forehead weakly. As for the loss of the militiamen he had forcibly recruited, he was too lazy to ask.

At this moment, Hals was filled with regret, anger, fear, and all kinds of emotions.

Trapped in an isolated city, the expected reinforcements were delayed, and the loyalist army was constantly gathering nearby.

He cursed viciously: “Damn Giles! Go to hell!”

He usually pretended to be a loyal dog of the royal family, but in fact he had been secretly communicating with Giles. Because he had always been cautious, he had never revealed his true colors and still firmly occupied the position of commander of the city guards.

This time, the princess led the army to the highlands. Giles finally couldn't hold back his ambition and took the opportunity to start a rebellion. He sent someone to inform him to start a rebellion before the princess' army returned.

I refused at first. Your army is still far away. Wouldn't it be a death wish for me to make trouble in the capital?

But later, the contact person said that Duke Dodge in the south had already turned to Giles. The biggest obstacle for the army to go north had been removed. The other small lords were not a concern. He even promised him that he would be granted the title of earl once the matter was accomplished.

I wanted to make a great contribution in a moment of excitement. If I waited until Giles' army ran to the gate of the capital before responding, wouldn't it make him look down on me? If I took control of Jingyao and captured the king first, this contribution would definitely overshadow anyone in Giles' camp.

Then I rebelled. Except for not catching the king, everything else went smoothly. The command system of the city guards had been cleaned up. The officers who disobeyed were killed or imprisoned. The entire army was under my control.

After imprisoning the prime minister and other ministers and getting rid of several troublemakers, the nobles who stayed in the capital now neither clearly opposed him nor clearly supported him. Forget it, wait for Giles to come and deal with these fence-sitters personally.

There were also many nobles who ran away during the chaos of the uprising, he didn't care, let them go and cause trouble for Her Royal Highness, as long as they left their property.

After he had done everything he should do, the Giles army mentioned by the contact person was still late. Feeling that something was wrong, he immediately sent people to the south to inquire, and the news he sent back made him want to vomit blood: the Dodge family did not fall to Giles at all, and the army heading north was still blocked at the Thorn Pass.

"It's over, it's over..." This was his only thought after hearing the news.

But he had no way out now. After enjoying a period of monopolizing power, he was even more unwilling to give up everything in front of him and sneak away. He decided to take a gamble and defend the capital until Giles' army arrived.

The royal army quickly gathered near the capital. After waiting for the princess's army to return, they launched an offensive this morning. He moved the headquarters to the north gate where the royal army was attacking, and personally commanded the defense. After a morning of fear, he finally repelled the first wave of attacks.

Just as he was about to take a nap, the horn sounded again.

A soldier rushed in hurriedly, "Lord Hals, the enemy is attacking again. The defenders on the wall request reinforcements, otherwise they will not be able to hold on."

Hals decisively ordered: "Draw half of the troops from other directions to reinforce the north gate. After repelling this wave of attacks, open the city gate while the enemy retreats. I will personally lead the troops to fight back."

"Yes!" The soldier took the order and left.

No one noticed that the two officers in the hall looked at each other quietly.

"Lord Hals, although the enemy is only attacking the north gate now, we can't take it lightly in other directions. Please allow me to check the posts."

"You are right, go ahead and keep an eye on those bastards." He really didn't trust some of his subordinates.

...

"Your Highness, the pigeon has sent a message that we can attack." Ophelia reported the enemy situation to Catherine.

In the dense forest outside the east gate, the main force of the royal army of 25,000 people was hidden, waiting for this moment.

Catherine drew her sword, turned around and shouted: "Warriors, the long-awaited moment has come. Many people's parents and wives and children are in this city. Now is the time to rescue them from the hands of the rebels. Show your loyalty to the country, long live Aldo!"

"Long live Aldo!"

"Aldo will win!"

The soldiers responded to Catherine with waves of cheers.

"Blow the horn and attack--" Catherine ordered.

As the horn blew, the officers and soldiers of the Wang army rushed out of the dense forest, carrying ladders and battering rams, and attacked the East Gate. The real attack began.

...

The second wave of attack at the North Gate was repelled, and the Wang army soldiers retreated in the direction of the attack.

Hals ordered the city gate to be opened, and shouted to the 500 cavalrymen behind him: "Brothers, show these bastards some color, and reward each of you 5 gold coins when you come back." After saying that, he whipped the horse's butt hard, and rushed towards the retreating Wang army soldiers, and the cavalry behind him followed him closely.

The retreating Wang army did not expect that the enemy could counterattack, and was caught off guard. For a while, they could not stop the more than 500 cavalrymen from charging left and right.

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However, just as Hals was venting his anger over the past few days and killing people, he caught a glimpse of a rider rushing towards him from the city gate, shouting something anxiously.

When the rider approached, he finally heard what the other party was shouting.

"The East Gate has been lost, please send troops to support quickly."

Hals' eyes went dark and he almost fell off his horse.

"Lord Hals! Lord Hals?" The rider shouted at him anxiously. The commander couldn't get into trouble at this critical moment.

Hals steadied himself and suddenly thrust out the lance in his hand.

The rider looked at the lance that stabbed into his chest with an unbelievable expression, staring at it with wide eyes, and then fell off his horse and died.

"Haha! You lied to me, you lied to me!"

The crazy Hals threw off his helmet, raised his lance and started charging again, charging towards the most densely populated area of ​​enemy soldiers.

His crazy voice floated on the battlefield:

"You lied to me, you all lied to me!"

...

On the Labson Mountain near the capital, two people dressed as merchants silently watched the fighting in the distance.

"Alas--" One of the young men with frivolous eyes and earrings on his right ear sighed.

"Lord Hals has been cautious for so many years, but he capsized at the last moment. What a pity."

"Hmph, don't pretend to be merciful there. If you hadn't been hinting at it, I guess even if I said Potian, I wouldn't be able to arouse his little thoughts. But this guy is also useless. He only lasted one day and it was over."

The person who answered was a middle-aged man with a mustache.

"People should not be too greedy. If the princess does not return to the capital, and directly goes south along the east road, and attacks from both sides with old man Dodge, then the Grand Duke will be the one who suffers. The princess has taken such a big detour, and the extra time is not just one day."

"Humph, I know it without you telling me. By the way, have you prepared the gift for the princess?"

"Haha, how dare I neglect such a beauty?"

The corners of the young man's mouth rose slightly, and a wicked smile appeared on his face.