Chapter 147 Breaking the fortress
"go ahead……"
The Templar waved his sword, so tall in the light of the searchlights, and his shouts resonated with the soldiers. - They blocked their shields in front, and raised their waving swords above their heads. When the light of the searchlights swept past, they could see their wide eyes and their faces distorted by the shouts.
“Go ahead… Go ahead…”
Thousands of roars burst out from their chests, when put together, were like the sound of burning fire, or like a craze that was rolling up toward the coast. At the top of the city, the hand-cranked sirens of the "Mini Fortress" screamed, giving people the feeling of being injured lone wolf. With the sound of this roar, the light of a shiny sword-like searchlight fell on the ground.
This made the attacking soldiers bow their heads one by one, and the situation on the entire battlefield was as strange as the daytime. Many wolf howlings sounded together, countless things that were like lightsabers. This made the soldiers who believed in the emperor wonder. Could it be that this bright and smooth light was not the emperor's own hands? But there was no time for them to think, because the "Caesar's continuous shooting crossbows" in the city and those "small fortresses" had already shot them into pieces of crossbow arrows.
But at this time, no one went to Gu the screams of Zhan beside him, nor did anyone take care of those who were on the road, who were penetrated by iron nails, or shot on their legs by crossbows. Everyone was holding shields, waving their arms, desperately pounced towards the city wall with lights.
At this time, the heavy stone thrower in the military camp also began to make a "whim" sound, and large stone bullets roared towards the small fortresses with lights and kept shooting arrows. At the same time, other models of stone thrower were also equipped with burning "asphalt bullets". The thunderbolt bullets with flames flying in the air were like meteors passing through the sky.
Boom... The small fortress hit by a large stone moaned when the wood broke. The light of the bright searchlight that was originally scanning the battlefield was also extinguished. It did not affect the continuous shooting and arrows in the "small fortress". They were hidden behind the thick stone walls and shot a series of crossbow arrows into the crowd outside.
Boom... the sound made again was like an explosion. The "asphalt bomb" whose shell had been melted, poured pieces of oil on the stone wall of the "small fortress". Rolling oil with flames rushed in from the shooting hole, and the person who was hit "Caesar's crossbow" burned. The person who was hit by the flames made a sharp scream.
They jumped out of the seat of "Caesar's crossbow" and rolled desperately underground. At the same time, the entire "small fortress" became thick and thick, and everyone was coughing violently. Some surviving soldiers desperately helped their companions extinguish the fire with blankets or other things. Then someone screamed, causing everyone in the "small fortress" to leave here.
"Hurry up, let's run away quickly, everyone, let's leave here and go back to the cave!"
Here, the Pope's stone thrower was still constantly shooting large stones. Although the stone walls of the "small fortress" were quite strong, the souls of the people also trembled with each other. As more "asphalt bombs" came to send more tongs and thick smoke to the "small fortress", the people inside began to retreat.
In fact, there are not many people in these small fortresses, with about 50 people in each small fortress. They left the fortress with casualties and entered the ground and fled desperately to the distance. Because there are a considerable amount of gunpowder buried in the bases of these small fortresses. Even if they are captured, they will form a large pit filled with rocks in the explosion without providing a little cover to the attacker.
"Use stretcher, use stretcher..."
The officers in the "small fortress" were busy pulling off stretchers fixed to the wall in the smokey fortress and stuffing them into the hands of those holding the wounded. These stretchers are simple, but the simplest thing with two bars of a piece of canvas. However, with these, retreating with wounded battles has become much easier. At least there is no need to support them in pain and move step by step. This is absolutely a terrible speed on the battlefield.
Of course, perhaps the flames did not ignite the small fortress, so these soldiers could still go back to garrison. However, at that time there was no power of "Caesar's continuous crossbow". In the entire small fortress, if only the archers were ignited, the power would be much less.
"boom……"
The violent explosion sounded red in half of the sky, and the main support column of the small fortress broke, and then the entire fortress sat down to the underground like a collapsed building in an earthquake.
"It's over, our fortress is over!"
The strong vibration almost caused everyone running in the underground tunnel to fall underground. Because this explosion not only affected the existence of the "small fortress", it even caused a small section of tunnel to collapse, making it impossible for the enemy to use these channels to attack the city of Turin.
Although everyone felt a little regretful about their fortress, this fortress did cause a large number of casualties to the enemy outside the city during the day, and it was worth the money at this moment. With the faint light of the lanterns filled with candles in the tunnel, the surviving soldiers rushed to the city. At least there were enough doctors and women there to take care of them, so that the burned people might reduce some of the pain.
The violent explosion not only shocked the retreating people in the tunnel, but also surprised the attackers. They did not understand where the sound of such a crackling sound came from. Moreover, the vibration of the earth under their feet was clearly transmitted to their bodies. Many devout people turned around and looked at the explosion. From their worried faces, they could see that this sound and light beyond their imagination, which made them misunderstand whether it was the signal light that the underground demon king was about to drill out.
With a small fortress, it turned into ruins under the attack of heavy stone throwers and "asphalt bombs", no matter what the soldiers in front of them, at least the commanders, including Pope Innocent IV, became full of confidence. Not only did they mobilize the army again, they also sent siege cars, arrow towers, ladders and other things. Because of the losses of a "small fortress", there was a huge gap in the defense line outside the Lingcheng City.
Chapter completed!