Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 188 Siege
Rhodes took advantage of the fact that the fire could not be observed from the outside, and unhurriedly climbed along another staircase towards the city wall, and angrily patted a soldier standing upright at the corner of the staircase. Shoulder, the soldier was so excited that his face was a little red.

Afterwards, Rhodes went to another part of the city wall. He looked back at the warehouse and found that the warehouse was already on fire. Soldiers as big as ants on the ground were anxious to put out the fire.

He is now on the edge of the city wall, and the nobles and emperors are staying in the center of the north wall, where there is a larger platform and several bed crossbows.

Rhodes was a little funny when he saw the huge shields surrounding it. Can the emperor staying in this kind of protection boost the morale of other soldiers?

The sound of war drums sounded suddenly, and Rhodes poked his head out to look to the north, and countless Nord warriors holding thick shields were rushing towards the fortress wall with siege ladders on their shoulders.

Behind them were rows of siege vehicles and siege towers, and a group of Nord warriors who also held shields pushed the siege vehicles and siege towers slowly toward the fortress.

Behind the siege engine were thousands of scattered archers, who raised their bows and arrows and fired arrows at the city wall from a distance of thousands of meters.

At the end are rows of catapults, and the Nords used catapults to throw huge stones towards the fortress.

Rhodes hurriedly hid behind the wall and used his funny shield to protect himself. As long as the archers didn't go underground, he was safe.

He saw a few soldiers next to him operating the bed crossbow under the protection of his companions, and a scalp-numbing sound sounded, and the arrows of the bed crossbow shot out.

Rhodes hid behind the city wall and observed that although the bed crossbow next to it shot empty, a bed crossbow farther away hit the catapult thousands of meters away, directly destroying the catapult.

Rhodes hid behind the wall stack and listened to the sound of the arrows tearing the air while waiting for the opportunity. When the siege ladder approached, he would have a chance to fish in troubled waters.

He noticed that the archers of the Roman Empire in the surrounding archery towers were constantly falling, protected by planks and pillars, and occupying the ground. The archers of the Roman Empire suffered such heavy losses. The plain of obstacles is sure to lose even worse.

"Why are you all hiding here? The enemy is rushing towards us." A noble officer shouted.

Rhode saw a siege ladder not far from him.

"You, you, you throw stones down, you, you, you, and you and I figure out a way to push this ladder down." The officer pointed to Rhodes and the others and said.

Rhodes felt that the world's command was really a little behind. In a battle of this scale, the defenders hadn't assigned work in advance, and they would "adapt to the situation" when the battle started.

He glanced at the noble officer who was also hiding behind the wall.

"You set an example, brother." Rhodes looked at the officer and said.

The noble officer stared at Rhodes with wide eyes and said angrily, "Tell me that again! Believe it or not, I will throw you down."

Rhodes glanced at him disdainfully, and used the mage ball to throw the noble officer down.

"Ah!" The noble officer let out a scream, and slammed heavily on the ground outside the city wall.

The Nord warrior holding the shield next to him patted his chest with lingering fear, thankful that he was not standing there.

"What are you looking at? Look at the pattern on my shield, why does that man command me?" Rhodes shouted at the soldiers who were staring at him in horror.

The soldiers didn't recognize the pattern on Rhodes' shield, thinking that he must be a descendant of an ancient and powerful family, but they were as shallow as the noble officer.

Rhodes raised his shield and stood up. The shield in his hand could protect his head and most of his upper body, and the rest of the place without shield protection was covered by the city wall.

He held up his shield and walked towards his oil barrel containing gunpowder. He thought about whether he could throw the mage ball at the emperor and give him a big surprise.

Rhodes felt the constant impact of arrows on the shield, and felt that if he didn't have a shield, he would really be shot into a hornet's nest.

Except for his previous position, other places are still blocking the Nords' attack in an orderly manner. Three or four people can hold a siege ladder on the city wall.

One or two protect their companions with shields, and the rest throw stones down to put the Nords on the siege ladder in a dilemma.

After seeing someone pouring oil down to prepare to burn the ladder, Rhodes quickened his pace.

But fortunately, when he arrived at the location, he found that his oil barrel containing gunpowder had not been touched, and it was placed there as it was.

Holding the shield in one hand and the oil barrel in the other, Rhodes walked towards the center of the city wall.

He suddenly felt his arm go numb, and he couldn't use his strength, and the shield fell to the ground. He quickly hid behind a nearby wall.

Looking at the fireballs, lightning chains, and ice thorns piercing the sky, Rhodes suddenly realized that there must be mages on the battlefield.Although the power of magic in this world is not too strong, it is said that only a few mages in the entire history can destroy an entire village with one spell, and there has never been anyone who can kill a city with one spell.

But magic is very common in this world, and even many farmers who have not systematically studied magic know simple magic like Flame Tongue.

Rhodes was hit by some kind of powerful lightning magic on the shield just now. Fortunately, his shield is an oak-clad iron shield. If his shield was completely made of steel, he might have passed out just now. .

He bent down to pick up the shield, ready to continue walking towards the center of the city wall.

At this time, Rhodes noticed that the siege towers were close enough to the city wall, and the drawbridge could be lowered at any time for soldiers to climb the city wall.

The Nords' siege vehicles also arrived in front of the city wall. There were originally twenty or thirty siege vehicles, but now there are only two left. Those two siege vehicles are violently hitting the gate of the fortress.

The gates to the north of the fortress have been completely sealed, and the dragon-breaking stones have been placed behind the heavy wooden gates. The two siege vehicles should not be able to break through the gates to the north in a short time. die.

Barrels of oil were thrown by the imperials onto the siege tower where the drawbridge was put down. Afterwards, a mage ignited the oil with a fireball technique. The whole body of the unlucky Nord warriors standing on the drawbridge instantly burned, screaming and leaving The 20-meter-high siege tower fell down, and the Nord warriors who originally wanted to rush up the city wall retreated one after another.

At this time, a long horn sounded, the sound seemed to come from ancient times, it sounded both tragic and heroic.

The sky suddenly became violently windy, and lightning and thunder began. Countless dark clouds gathered above the fortress, and then it rained cats and dogs.

"It's useless. The Marquis of Dempsey has made preparations in advance. The flames that use these oils as fuel will not be extinguished by the rainstorm." A noble knight not far away smiled proudly.

After hearing this, Rhode continued to bend over while drenched in the torrential rain, pushing the barrel towards the center of the city wall.

He saw a majestic man wearing black keel armor and holding an ebony giant ax appearing on the city wall through the sea of ​​flames. He swung the giant ax in his hand and split the soldiers who wanted to stop him in half...

(End of this chapter)