Chapter 292
Chapter 292.
Jaaius looked away from the walls of Bidor Castle with a cold expression on his face, things were more difficult than he thought.
With the help of a good defense, the allied side was holding the castle in a dead heat. The army under him attacked and retreated back again and again.
In addition to the dangerous terrain and strong defense, there was another important reason why this fortress could not be attacked for a long time – the firearms in the hands of the allied forces finally began to exert their power.
Jaaius had seen a new type of firearm – a grenade – and as his soldiers approached the edge of the walls, a blackened object was hurled down by the defenders and exploded.
After the grenade exploded debris and nails shot out in all directions, causing widespread killings to the attacking army, although it was not powerful enough to cause any fatal injuries, it dealt a great blow to the morale and motivation of the attacking army, bee stings don’t kill, but no one would want to poke at a beehive.
Of course, it was the four Thunder Hammers that caused them the most damage – he had learned from his scouts that the official name of this thing appeared to be called artillery.
The stone throwers he had brought with him this time had been destroyed one by one by the defenders’ concentrated firepower, and where the stones fired from the throwers landed could only be predicted by the God of Heaven, compared to the accuracy of the thunder hammers, which was several blocks higher (relatively speaking).
Thunderhammers are even more frightening is the power of the attacking infantry, when his soldiers are still far away from the castle, the defenders use solid bullets to attack, that thing is really grazed on the wound, next to it will die.
And the solid bullet is not a contact with the ground on the end, it will be bounced by the ground to continue to jump, several times in a row.
It was a horrible continual kill, and Jaaius had seen it with his own eyes, a squad of 100 men approaching the castle in column, and then a shell hitting that column right on the nose. Even though he had been in the field for a long time, he was still horrified by the tragedy of the moment, and even if the commander-in-chief was like that, the soldiers under him were even more demoralized, and Jaïs had to take a day’s truce to restore his morale.
When the attacking soldiers approached the castle, the defenders would change to scatter shot, which was also a terrible way of attacking, accompanied by the rumbling sound of the cannon, countless tiny projectiles flew at a speed unobservable to the human eye, forming a storm of metal, and every time when the cannon sounded, it swept down a large number of attacking soldiers.
After suffering several baptisms from the thunder hammer, no one from officers to soldiers were willing to attack the city in dense formation anymore.
What made Jaaius feel even worse was – in this battle, the firing speed of the thunder hammers was much faster than in the last Battle of Bido Fortress, and he could tell from the sound. This showed that this terrifying weapon was in the process of constant improvement, and oh my god, what would it become the next time he encountered it.
He turned his head and asked the mercenary captain beside him, “Do you have any good ideas?”
The mercenary captain shook his head, various military texts said that a siege could only be launched when the attacking side’s strength was ten times that of the defending side, this kind of battle was all about taking lives to fill in the blanks, so how could there be any good solutions.
Otherwise, why the attacking side in the broken city will often loot and even massacre, one is before the attack on the soldiers promised to lure them to sell their lives, the second is the attack on the city caused huge casualties, must give the soldiers a channel to vent their anger.
Jaaius unhappily redirected his gaze to Fort Bido, he meant for the mercenary troops to join the attack as well, obviously the mercenary captain didn’t want to.
The agreement signed with this mercenary unit was that they would only be responsible for field battles, there really should have been more clauses added at that time.
The rumors were right, a bunch of guys who only valued money without the slightest sense of honor.
“My lord, an urgent report from Emden!”
A knight dashed over and shouted to Jaaius. Jaaius was startled, “What happened?”
Emden was his hometown, and when he thought of the Arda army that was entrenched in the northern part of Emden and wouldn’t leave, he felt the slightest bit of ill will in his heart.
Sure enough, let him give a guess, the knight with a hand on his ear, put his mouth close to whisper, “Alda army launched an attack, with a thunder hammer pounding the Byram Castle, and …… and up they are still trying to fill in the trench outside the castle, it seems to be to move for real. ”
Jaaius’ hand loosened then tightened on his riding crop, “Does anyone else here know?”
The knight shook his vomit, “The man who reported it was grounded by me and then the first to inform you.”
Jaaius looked relieved, “Very well, have that man return to Byram’s Keep immediately with my orders: I can’t send immediate reinforcements, but Valentine must hold it at all costs.”
The knight nodded, “Aye, I will send him back immediately.”
Jaaius barks, “Do not let the man come into contact with anyone.”
After replying, “Don’t worry,” the knight whips away.
Jaaius looked at his back for a long time, the movement of Arda’s army made him very worried, although Bailan Castle was unusually strong, the enemy he faced this time was also very “unusual”.
Jaaius was unable to rescue Bailan Castle, if he led the army northward, what if the enemy army in Biduo Castle appeared again, could he lead the army back again? Wouldn’t he be led around by the nose?
He frowned and summoned his squire: ”Pass the order down, the first warrior who ascends the city wall will be made a baron, the next ten warriors who ascend after him will be granted knighthoods, and if they already have knighthoods, they will be promoted one level. The first 100 to ascend the city wall, no matter if they are nobles or commoners, each of them will be rewarded with 1,000 gold coins!”
Once the order came out, the whole army was in an uproar!
……
Just as Fort Bailan and Fort Bido were fighting in a frenzy, Alda’s army, which had landed in Fishtail Town, also began to march southward.
It took them 5 days to cross the Carter family’s territory, Viscount Solo Carter obviously overestimated the resistance determination of his family members, under the attack of Alda’s army, his relatives fled and surrendered, during which sporadic and unscaled resistance took place, but the various important towns of the Viscount’s territory soon fell into the hands of Alda’s army, and it was not known if the imprisoned Viscount Lord would be furious and spit out blood .
On the day of June 10th, the Alda army stepped into the direct territory of the Northwest Duke, and the scouting troops found that a huge army was approaching them, the size of which could reach as many as 5,000 to 6,000 men.
Apparently, the other side also discovered the Alda army, and began to move at a slower speed, constantly sending out rangers over to scout and harass. Chief of Staff Schroeder immediately stationed the lead troops on the ground to keep watch and wait for the followers to follow.
Now the landing troops are not only the first two battalions, the navy ships made several round trips, in addition to a large number of supplies, but also transported 600 militiamen, these cold-weapons militiamen are responsible for the security of the newly occupied areas, guarding the traffic points, supply warehouses and so on, play a very important role. Moreover, the navy also sent 300 men to land to assist the army, carrying on board muskets, cannons and other weapons.
A great war was about to break out again.
(End of chapter)