Chapter 152 - Effective Use of Corpses
Chapter 152: Effective Use of Corpses
Kant’s face was solemn.
Looking at the army that was slowly approaching, he said in a low voice: ”Hurry up.”
”But…” Firentis tried to dissuade Kant.
However, Kant said in a low voice: ”Listen to my orders, Hurry Up!”
”I will obey your orders.”Firentis gritted his teeth.
His face was extremely solemn. Looking at Kant’s back, without a moment’s hesitation, he turned around and walked down the city wall, running towards the open space where the heavy cavalry was.
This was a critical moment.
It was also not the time to hesitate.
The cavalry in the open space were all on standby.
Firentis mounted his horse, drew his knight’s sword, and, watching the silent gaze of the cavalry, shouted to the east gate: “All cavalry, follow me!”
There was the rumble of hooves. The heavy cavalry of the ”Drondheim” fortress were moving quickly along the streets.
The peasant women with forks and cleavers were guarding the southern gate.
When Firentis rode up, they opened the gates of the city, they understood and immediately opened the gate, and the heavy cavalry and light cavalry filed out, forming up into a thick and square formation in the flat desert outside the city gate.
However, they did not charge. They just stayed put.
Firentis was waiting.
This was his plan with Kant, which, though not yet stated, they both understood.
The idea of defending the wall, of using the advantage of the wall to keep the enemy at bay, was impractical, or impossible. They could only use external support to alleviate the pressure on the city walls, and the cavalry unit led by Firentis was such external support.
Cavalry could not defend on the city wall because they were the strongest with warhorses.
But leaving the walls behind and using high mobility to give the enemy a sudden charge at a critical moment was as effective as coming down the walls on horseback.
It was even better for defending the city wall!
The defense of a city often did not depend entirely on the city wall.
The defensive fortress itself was a strategic defense. If they lost even the outside of the city wall, it was equivalent to lose the tactical initiative, and completely lose the ability of the tactical offensive, slaughtered by others.
This was the reason why Kant let Firentis lead the cavalry and leave.
There was another reason.
The city wall… could not stop the attack of the Jackals!
The stone walls of 5 meters high, 2 meters high reinforcement attic, seemed to be seven meters high, but in actual battles, as long as the Jackals came to the 5 meters high stone walls, they could climb over the windows of the reinforced attic and directly enter the attic of the city wall, using their two-handed battle axes to kill wantonly, did not need to climb up the 7 meters high attic and then jump into the fortress.
The arrows of the archers were not muskets. A single bullet could incapacitate an enemy.
In the era of cold weapons.
As long as the arrows did not hit their vitals, it was perfectly normal to fight like a hedgehog all over your body.
Fortunately, the 500 Swadian militia at the top of the tower had already piled up all the rocks that they had obtained from the city wall. As long as the enemy got close, they would be able to defend for a long time.
As long as they could suppress the attack of the Jackal expeditionary force, with the[ deterring the enemy] and the arrows of the archers, they could kill as many of the enemy as possible, reducing the strength of this siege force and weakening their offensive ability!
Just behind the city gate, behind the 50 Swadian infantry, a golden lion with a red bottom was standing in the middle of the street.
It fluttered even though there was no wind!
”It’s all up to you.” Kant exhaled slowly a muffled breath of tension.
This flag, by far, was his most useful war artifact!
”200 meters!”
The Ravenstern rangers spoke and reported the enemy’s distance from the wall.
At the same time, the 20 rangers pulled out the cone arrows from their quivers and two arms forcefully pulled open the white heavy bows in their hands, pointing towards the distance. Without waiting for orders, they directly released their fingers, and the bowstrings emitted a soft sound, the brown awl arrows disappeared in an instant. They could only see that in the distance, 20 undetectable black dots were rapidly across the arc, appearing 200 meters away.
”Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh —”
The arrows tore through the air, and the shaft of the arrows swayed slightly to bring more force.
The Jackal warriors charging at the front seemed to have heard something, and their ears twitched slightly. When they looked up slightly, a black dot instantly appeared in their eyes and then grew larger and larger, almost taking up their entire field of vision.
”Puff —”
Then, it covered the salt mine. The brown feather at the end of the arrow was still swaying with the vibration of the shaft.
However, it was not the only one that fell. There were eight other Jackal warriors at the front, with arrows in their faces, gave a low, weak howl, and fell to their knees, tottering on their legs, but not quite falling.
The Jackal warriors behind them roared and supported their bodies.
But not fraternity.
On the city wall, in Kant’s eyes, the nine jackals, shot in the eye, held high by their companions, like shields, across their faces, to ward off any arrows that might appear.
It was a cruel battlefield. If they wanted to survive, they even had to make use of the corpses of their companions.
No one thought that this was a cruel display.
Now it was the best choice of the Jackals, who had no shield and could only fend off the arrows in this way. Even the Jackals, who had been shot dead and wounded by the rangers of Ravenstern and could not continue to fight, did not mind being raised as physical shields.
In their eyes, they were also the honor of resisting injury for their peers, which was to create a victorious future!
”150 meters!”
There are archers Vikia Shouting.
Now that they were within their shooting range, the longbows in their hands were suddenly pulled open and the arrows in their hands were shot out. There was no need to aim at all, for a vast area was already covered by an army of 2,900 Jackals.
All you have to do is shoot it, and you would hit it 100 percent!
The whistling sound of the arrows did not stop. The buzzing sound of the bowstring vibrating filled the entire attic and arrow tower.
100 meters!
The Swadin crossbowmen began to shoot, pulling the trigger and shot out the iron bolt.
The whistling sound did not stop.
At 50 meters, the Swadian militia also joined in the shooting!
The rain of arrows was even more pouring.
Each wave would take away the lives of more than a dozen jackalan, as well as the light and heavy injuries of dozens of people.
The shrill whistling of arrows tore through the air. Death spread among the Jackals, who, at any moment or place, stumbled and fell under the blows of the arrows, but more often than not, were lifted up by their companions beside them, ready human shields.
The Jackal corpses held high above their heads effectively blocked the dense rain of arrows.
The corpses who were not afraid of the arrows were just like shields with excellent effects.
Finally, at the very front, the Jackals were getting closer and closer to the city wall, eventually came to the city wall, revealing their bloodshot eyes. They roared and threw the corpses filled with arrows above their heads at their feet, and then knelt down directly at the bottom of the city wall which was like a ladder, allowed the Jackals behind them to step on them and climb up!
Just like the human shield from before.
Now, these Jackals at the front were willing to be the human siege ladders!