Polotsk's army carried many siege engines, and now they were put to use.
The soldiers realized the urgency of the situation, so everyone dragged their siege engines forward as quickly as possible in an attempt to enter the city before the Novgorod militia stabilized.
The Novgorod militiamen on the city wall were still in a panic. After all, they had not seen the arrival of reinforcements, and it was still unclear what happened there.
A shower of arrows rained down on the city of Novgorod. Although it did not cause many casualties due to the distance, the most important thing about this rain of arrows was to create panic.
The militiamen on the city wall, whose morale was already low, became chaotic under the rain of arrows. Obviously not many people were shot, but they were still frightened.
Although reinforcements are said to have entered the city, the soldiers on the city wall cannot see it. They have not even realized that the reinforcements have arrived. They are still panicking about the attack of the Polotsk army, thinking that they are isolated and helpless.
Only a small number of experienced militiamen picked up their bows and arrows to shoot at the attacking enemies, and the Chude people were also throwing their javelins desperately. But unfortunately, these sparse throwing objects did not affect the enemy's impact at all.
A few unlucky guys broke their necks.
This arrow also made many Polotsk people laugh inwardly. This arrow rain can't even compare to the garbage in Lithuania.
At first, they were worried about the siege of Novgorod, fearing that they would not be able to capture the second largest city in Russia. But now it seems that those worries were completely unnecessary. If they had known that these Novgorodians were so weak, how could they
Don't come sooner to conquer this city.
Soon, a group of faster Polotsk soldiers set up ladders under the city wall, and the soldiers with swords began to climb up in an orderly manner.
Although it was only a small group of them that reached the city wall, they did not have any fear and still climbed up bravely. Given the weakness shown by Novgorod, is it still a problem to deal with them?
The soldiers of the Prince of Witchcraft fought very bravely, in sharp contrast to the chaos and disharmony of the Novgorod people. They did not even encounter the greatest obstacle in climbing the city wall, and stood on the top of the city smoothly, erecting the
flag.
This scene undoubtedly inspired more Polotsk people to rush faster. Everyone wanted to enter the city earlier. The earlier they entered the city, the more things they could plunder.
In contrast, the Novgorod militiamen kept shrinking and retreating, and no one dared to stand up and make trouble with the enemy. These guys seemed to be scared out of their wits.
Even if those chief executives dared to stand on the city wall, it would be of no avail, because the militiamen around him were in chaos, with people from all kinds of neighborhoods, and even his rival neighborhoods, and there were usually many street fights.
Faced with such a force, it is naturally difficult for the chief executive's authority to be exerted, and it cannot play a role in stabilizing the morale of the military. It is precisely for this reason that the Novgorod militia continues to collapse. If they stand with their neighbors, then
You must be determined to fight, but now you are surrounded by people you don't know, let alone that guy may have fought you, so everyone is worried.
In the place where the Polotsk people first entered the city, the militiamen began to flee without even having the courage to fight. They did not even have the courage to fight continuously. The suddenness of the attack by the wizard prince and the recent chaos in Novgorod simultaneously created
got this result.
But this does not mean that there are no people in the city who can stand up and turn the tide. After all, Novgorod is the second largest city in Russia after Kiev, and there is no shortage of brave people here.
"Stop! Stop everyone!"
Seeing this scene, a Novgorod administrator stood up. Wearing black mail and holding a long sword, he stood in front of the militiamen who wanted to walk down the city wall.
Behind him was a group of determined-looking Novgorod militiamen. It was precisely because of the existence of these militiamen that these deserters stopped. Otherwise, the deserters would have just bumped into you regardless of who you were.
"What are you doing? Have you forgotten that your families and children are behind you? Why are you retreating? Don't you have weapons and armor on your bodies? Come on and I will fight!"
The chief executive's name was Gavrila. His family became rich in Novgorod through farming, and in his generation he was directly elected as the chief executive of his district.
Gavrila has always been inconspicuous among the chief executives because he has no intention of participating in political struggles. He is more of a trainee with the neighbors in preparation for a possible war.
When the Polotsk army arrived, Gavrila did not summon the militiamen to the city wall like others, and then led people to the city wall. He only came here after summoning all the neighborhood militiamen.
And then he encountered such chaos.
Seeing Gavrila and the menacing militiamen behind him, the deserters were shocked. Gavrila also killed the first few deserters without hesitation, and then they all turned around and returned to the battlefield.
After all, the appearance of these deserters was caused by the lack of backbone. Now that a person with a large number of militiamen and obviously sufficient authority appears, then everyone will naturally feel at ease.
In terms of physical strength and equipment, everyone has it, and there are so many reliable brothers behind him. Why don't you just go back and fight hard?
Humans are such wonderful creatures. One second they were running away, and the next second they were bravely fighting back.
Just when the Polotsk people were still cheering for their easy climb to the city and rejoicing about the future rewards, they suddenly discovered that the vulnerable Novgorod people were back again, and they were shouting to kill them.
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Originally, the Polotsk people thought that they could easily expel these enemies, but after the battle, they discovered the ferocious nature of the Novgorod militia. This group of people dared to kill even the prince's soldiers and burn ships.
, how can you stand up if you don’t have the ability.
There is nothing to say about the subsequent battle. After all, the number of Polotsk people who first landed on the city was too small, and they were quickly defeated by the Novgorod militia.
So when the main assault force of the Polotsk people arrived under the city wall, what they saw was that the flag that had been erected on the top of the wall was thrown down, and the ladder was also overturned, and then there were Polotsk bodies.
Human corpses were thrown from the city walls.
The Novgorod militiamen threw down the bodies of the losers and cheered for their victory.
This scene undoubtedly made the vacillating militiamen everywhere firm up. They saw that the Polotsk people were not that scary and could be defeated easily, so everyone became less frivolous and the chief executives also seized the opportunity.
Encourage everyone and make them determined.
But this did not dampen the morale of the Polotsk people. On the contrary, they became more and more brave, vowing to tear off the faces of the Novgorod people on the city wall who smiled like fools to see if they could still
Can you laugh?
Then the battle became fierce. The Polotsk people bravely and fearlessly climbed the city wall. Some of these first climbers were wrapped in iron armor. Vseslav threw all his elite into the battle.
This prince planned to take down the city wall in one go.
The Novgorod militia was quite embarrassed in the face of such an attack. They already had a series of problems such as scattered troops and low morale. They were able to block the Polotsk people entirely by relying on the advantages of the city wall.
"God, this won't work. Are there any reinforcements?"
After slashing a Polotsk man with a knife and kicking his body off the city wall, Gavrila, bathed in blood, complained that if they couldn't reverse the situation now, they would be doomed sooner or later!
Polotsk's advantage is constantly expanding. Only Gavrila's location is still barely maintaining its form, and the persistence of one location cannot change the overall disadvantage. If this continues, they will be defeated sooner or later! The city will also be destroyed!
While Gavrila was complaining, a sudden scene made his eyes widen suddenly, because the city gate slowly opened under his nose.