Chapter 354 The Current Situation in Rapid City
“The Devil’s Fireball Technique!”
A Sergeant Leia screamed.
In the narrow alley, bursting flames swept across instantly, and the huts made of wood and mud were instantly ignited.
Thick smoke and debris erupted from both sides of the alleyway, and the heat wave would hit the faces of the sword and shield soldiers who were about to rush into the alleyway, forcing them to raise their iron shields and retreat while coughing.
In the raging flames, a dozen Leia mercenaries were swallowed up by the fire. Amidst the sound of Lila's collapse, the tower that had been standing slowly collapsed, and bricks and stones flew everywhere.
Taking advantage of the chaos of the church army, the wizards in the tower and the infantry of the parliamentary army quickly emerged from the tunnel.
Walking among the low huts and wooden houses, the halberdiers hired by the Rapid City Merchant Guild rushed to the front, followed by wizards, crossbowmen and three or two great swordsmen.
Occasionally, a few night watch guards tremblingly raised their battle axes and armed swords high, trying to stop them, but they would be shot over by crossbowmen and stabbed to death by halberdiers.
Amidst the muffled sound of boulders hitting the city wall, the earth was shaking, and shouts of death were heard one after another in the residential areas outside Rapids City.
"Go faster." The wizard, whose legs were weak and caught in the middle, shouted with all his strength. "The next block is the tunnel entrance."
However, the halberdier in front suddenly stopped and braked. He stopped in front of an empty street.
"What's wrong? Let's go."
The wizard raised his head, and from between his shoulders, he saw the scene he least expected to see, a dozen or so attendants from the imperial company. The knight was raising his bow and aiming at them.
With the sound of bow strings shaking, a dozen arrows flew into the air, densely covering the area where the wizard team was.
Several unarmored halberd bearers were shot on the spot, covering their arms and wailing as their halberds clanged to the ground.
"Is there any more red dragon's breath?" The wizard pushed away the two footmen who were supporting him and asked loudly.
His companions gave him a desperate answer: "The fireball just fired was the last breath of the red dragon."
The knight with the square flag in light blue and white casual clothes leaped over. , Gale was split by the long sword, and he easily chopped off the heads of several halberd bearers.
“You bitch slave of the church!” The wizard of Black Snake Bay took out the dagger from his waist and charged towards the leading knight with an angry roar without any fear.
The dagger was glowing with a green light, and even if it was illuminated by this light, the skin would be corroded and fester.
This mana-powered alchemical weapon is the standard melee weapon for combat wizards.
In a one-on-one situation, it is actually difficult for ordinary extraordinary infantry to fight against a wizard with strange methods.
It's a pity that they are facing extraordinary knights blessed with [Protective Toxin].
Before the wizard of Black Snake Bay could get closer, an arrow shot through his chest. At the last moment when he lost consciousness, he gritted his teeth and threw the dagger.
The dagger spun and flew across, brushing against the knight's black armor. Only a few sparks burst out, and then there was no sound at all.
Taking off the iron helmet on his head, revealing his head that was barely sweating, Edmund, as the captain of the third company of the command company, looked at the city wall towering by the river.
The nearly 8-meter city wall of Rapid City not only has numerous traces of smoke and fire, but also there are throwing axes, javelins and feather arrows stuck in the gaps.
Under the wall, the poisonous smoke blown by the green dragon's breath faintly enveloped the festering corpse.
"These lowly wizards deserved to die." Looking at the corpses of many knights piled under the city wall, Elad's face showed a rare violence.
Like most cities, Rapid City is divided into an inner and outer city.
The inner city is where citizens, craftsmen and priests live, while the outer city is where civilians and workers live.
A variety of wooden houses and mud-tile houses radiate to both sides of the road along the main road outside the city.
However, as of today, the small homes of these residents have either been affected by fires, or have been demolished and used to build siege equipment.
What was once a busy and dense market outside the city, only the ruins of broken walls with exposed wooden slats are left.
Refugees and beggars who have lost their homes are hiding in the ruins, fearing that they will be affected by the war.
The port in the south of the city was originally a downtown area. On weekdays, cargo ships traveling from south to north always had to unload cargo, change river channels, and repair at this most important three-way intersection.
But the river at this moment was full of fragments of the sailboat. In the rippling river, half of the charred mast protruded from the water.
Elad still remembers that when they arrived about a month ago, the port was surrounded by a slightly shorter city wall, which was connected to the inner city wall.
It only took them five days to break through the city wall outside the port.
At that time, both Elad and Arman believed that the city would be broken within three to five days.
Then they fell into a long siege.
The City Council of Rapids relied on the strong and tall city walls to block the charge of the knights, while the wizards used tunnels, sewers, and the towers of wealthy merchants to fight in the streets of the port. After the initial panic, Rapid City quickly adapted to the battlefield and was able to repulse attacks every day at a relatively small cost.
At least in this month, except for the initial battle, the church army has hardly taken any advantage.
After the siege progress came to a standstill, trouble began one after another.
After the siege of Rapid City, the trade routes throughout the Thousand River Valley came to a complete standstill.
A large number of merchant ships docked at Feiliubao and Xiaochi City, complaining as the goods inside the ships gradually deteriorated.
Feiliu Castle has nobles and bishops putting pressure on Barneyfors all day long. You know, they have shares in many of those merchant ships and goods.
Especially now that it is the harvest season, the waterways are blocked, and the scattered manors cannot harvest food and cannot sell it for money. Are you not in a hurry?
Now that Rapid City is under siege, the capital chain of the nobles is broken. Many nobles cannot even hold banquets, so they can only condescend to change the frequency of banquets to once a month.
After this pressure was passed to Barney Forth, it was passed to the tooth knight Arman, and then it was passed again to the captains of the command companies and the captains of the lancers.
No wonder Elad is upset, after all, every additional day of attack is a loss of hundreds of gold pounds.
They couldn't understand how a small, isolated town could withstand their offensive.
Especially their red dragon's breath and green dragon's breath, which seem to be inexhaustible.
Every time the church thinks they have used up these two evil things, they miraculously pull out one or two more.
"Lord Elad, look, the siege tower has been dispatched again."
Elad's eyes condensed, and he saw a huge black shadow appearing on the hillside, and This is already the third siege tower.
Different from the street fighting in the bunkers at the port, the attack on the plain was a serious siege.
After a month-long offensive, several roads in the original moat had been filled with corpses, soil and stones.
The iron-clad wheels rolled, and the 8-meter-high siege tower slowly advanced on the bridge made of corpses, dirt and stones.
Dozens of peasant soldiers and extraordinary infantrymen shouted in unison. The uppers of their shoes and armor were soaked by the hot weather under their chaotic steps.
The tall siege tower looks like a giant advancing, and the commander guarding the city is naturally not blind.
Following the city guard's order, a wizard with strong arms set the bright red dragon's breath gem on the front of the staff and raised it above his head.
The surrounding soldiers guarding the city could clearly feel that the air was much hotter and drier.
"Red Dragon Breath Fireball Technique! Dodge!"
The peasants and soldiers in the siege tower observation post rolled down the steps of the siege tower incoherently, and an incandescent fireball about 1 meter in diameter flew out from the city wall. .
"Boom——"
Before anyone could take any precautions, a large ball of fire suddenly burst out from the middle of the siege vehicle.
Waves of sawdust and fire flew everywhere, and the peasants and soldiers pushing the siege truck forward immediately dispersed.
Seeing that the siege tower was stagnant, the defender stepped on the crenel and roared an order: "Launch the ballistae and poke their eyes hard!"
The hammer fell, the bowstring of the ballistae flicked, and more than ten people A two-meter-long spear came through the air.
The fleeing peasant soldiers and soldiers fell down one after another. At this time, there was almost no big difference between the extraordinary infantry and the peasant soldiers.
More than a dozen sharp spears took away the lives of at least seven or eight people, and there were even three unlucky guys who were pierced in succession.
Only a few extraordinary knights with quick eyesight and quick hands jumped off their horses and saved their lives.
As the soldiers dispersed, the siege tower collapsed in a column of black and red smoke that shot straight upward.
What collapsed with it was the confidence of the siege soldiers. Many soldiers seemed to be wearing invisible long skirts, and their walking changed from long strides to small steps.
Elad knows that the rear is expected to temporarily withdraw its troops.
Sure enough, as the horn blew, the soldiers who were pushing the battering ram and carrying the long ladder breathed a sigh of relief and left under the command of the captain.
Leading the knights from the port area, Elad irritably picked his ears, as if that could cover up the cheers on the city wall.
How long will this siege last?
(End of this chapter)