Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 1036 Battle of Poland
The city of Krakow is located on the left bank of the Wawel River, so the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms did not need to cross the river to attack the city.Even if the Poles built a moat for their capital, that is not the same as the Wawel River, which is over [-] meters wide.

Outside the city, more than fifty Liangshan artillery were lined up, and the artillery stones rained down on the city of Krakow.In front of the stone cannons, wooden walls covered with rawhide stood up, covering the crossbow arrows and fire arrows shot from the head of Krakow.

A large number of Polish prisoners were driven to the city, and bundles of dry firewood and hay were thrown into the moat...

A flash of memory flashed in Xiao Heda's eyes, and Yelu Dezhong's gray beard trembled slightly. The two looked at each other without saying a word, but a complicated feeling rose in their hearts at the same time.

This kind of siege posture is the formula and taste that the two of them are familiar with.But with the rise of firearms in the Central Plains, such a scene is extremely rare to see.

Wladyslaw's expression was indescribably embarrassing at the moment. The speed at which the Chinese filled up the moat was astonishing. More importantly, given the current situation, the city walls of Krakow would soon be smashed. Bar?

The Chinese trebuchets were so powerful that the shells fell into the city, sinking the ground into a pit. Wladyslaw could not believe it was real without seeing it with his own eyes.Compared with the Chinese trebuchets, the trebuchets in Krakow are as insignificant as children's toys.Moreover, the Chinese also erected a wooden wall in front of their catapult group, making the ballistas and crossbows arranged on the top of the city useless.Fortunately, he had ridiculed the behavior of the Chinese before, thinking it was an idiot-like behavior.Looking at it now, the real idiot is him, the self-righteous King of Poland.

The newly built stone city wall in Krakow is very strong, but it is constantly bombarded by stone cannons day and night. How long it can last, Wladyslaw really has no idea.

In fact, this situation of only being beaten and unable to fight back has greatly affected the morale of the defenders in the city.

The threat when the Chinese attacked Kiev was also a direct threat to the city of Krakow. There are also a large number of wooden buildings in Krakow. Although the whole city will not be full of wooden houses like Kiev, if it is washed away by Chinese fire bombs Hell, Krakow City will also directly fight against GG.

If so, the Polish army in Krakow now has a very strong intention-go out of the city to fight in the field!
Because when the city wall of Karakov was hit horribly, it meant that the defenders were unable to contain the approach of the coalition stone artillery group, so that the bombing of the ground could become a realistic threat.

Instead of staying in the city and being burned by fire, it is better to go out and fight the enemy to the death!

This seemed to be the only option for the Poles when the walls of Krakow became useless.

Even Wladyslaw acquiesced to this decision, and now the only thing they have to wait for is for the walls of Krakow to "fall down".As the king of Poland, Wladyslaw, all he can do is greet the south on one side, so that the reinforcements don't have to wait for Shinra's soldiers and horses, and immediately approach Krakow; Conrad III of Luo, hurry up and send troops.

But life is unsatisfactory, and Wladyslaw has not been blessed by God. Shinra's reinforcements may have already been dispatched. After all, His Majesty Conrad III is a loyal friend of the Pope.But it takes time to get from Shinra to Poland, doesn't it?

The city walls of Krakow are obviously not that durable. When Grand Duke Sandomierz Henrik led the reinforcements to Krakow, the city walls had become riddled with holes, like broken bones bitten by wolf dogs. Similarly, it is no longer possible to pose a slight threat to operations outside the city from a height.

This situation made it impossible for any of the Polish defenders in the city to sit still. Henryk happened to arrive with reinforcements, so what else could he say?Open the film directly!
On the large field on the left bank of the Wawel River, noble flags fluttered one after another. A large number of Polish infantry gathered under the flags. A row of ballistas was placed at the forefront of the array. King Wladyslaw looked at the opposite side with piercing eyes. .Behind him was a group of well-equipped royal servant knights, and there was also a group of knights who were not many in number, but wore cross robes and carried the crusader flag, which was extremely eye-catching.This is the knight of faith to which churches and monasteries in Poland belong!

They are the most elite force in the Polish army, and also the most fighting-willed fighters.They followed the center of the whole army where the king himself was deployed.There were also Wladyslaw's other direct troops, mainly cavalry from Silesia and Krakow.The identities of these cavalry are generally servant knights of nobles, wearing chain mail or leather armor, wearing a Western European-style domed helmet or an Eastern European-style pointed helmet with a chain armor face.Armor also includes hand-held triangular shields, round shields, or drop-shaped shields.However, except for a few horses that have burqas, most cavalry horses do not have protective equipment.In a sense, they are not yet heavy cavalry.

The front row of the formation is the crossbowmen, all of them are wearing leather armor, and behind them are a large number of peasants recruited from the noble fiefdoms.Some of them are stocky and strong, while others are relatively thin.Basically, they have no experience in facing large-scale wars, and many of them took up arms for the first time in their lives.Wearing only defenseless linen clothes, it is difficult to resist arrows.

In stark contrast to them are the armored infantry behind the levies. These people are all strong and strong. They are either city guards, or noble swordsmen and guards, holding spears and halberds in their hands. , chain hammer, tomahawk, war hammer and other weapons, almost everyone has a shield.They are the elite of the entire infantry.

On the two wings, there are a large number of light cavalry, many of whom have only a simple cloth face armor, holding spears and shields, and only a few of them wear chain mail.

On the opposite side of the Polish army, with the camp of the coalition forces outside the city as the core, the muzzles of several three-jin small cannons were facing the front, surrounded by a bed crossbow.This kind has been eliminated in Lu Qi's army for a long time, but there are a lot of weapons in Lu Qi's arsenal, just like the last batch of god arm bows, and now they are thrown to Lu Yue and his brothers by Lu Qian like a blame.

The bed crossbow has long been unpopular in the Central Plains.The divine arm bow is an absolutely advanced weapon in the European world.

At this time, Lu Yue was standing on the bell tower of a simple church looking at the Polish army. This is a church located outside Krakow. Naturally, there are no priests and priests still staying here, but they have become Lu Yue's central army. location.

The camp layout of the coalition forces is also a circle with this church as the core.Whether it is the shape of the Chinese military camp, or the police circles of the surrounding camps, it is a big circle.

The church is no more than ten miles away from the city of Krakow. At this moment, it is diagonally facing the Polish army approaching from the west. The distance between the two armies is less than [-] steps in a straight line. Close to the bottom of the eye.

(End of this chapter)