Chapter 200: At the Gates of Meichi Castle (3) (1/2)
Chapter 200: At the Gates of Meichi Castle (3)
Upon arriving at Meichi Castle, Milton first checked its condition Fortunately, the castle was in good condition
‘Considering what a ood shape’
Milton had worried a lot because if a castle is not steadily maintained, then it would quickly become weak But thankfully, Meichi Castle was fine Its walls were strong and the moat was deep Since it was such an ilect it
‘I can fight with this’
The very next day
Although it was a day later than Milton, Siegfried arrived at Meichi Castle
“As expected, he’s camped here”
“It is the best location to defend the Capital of the Valence Kingdo to the Capital of the Valence Kingdoet to the capital, there were other roads that led there However, since those roads were narrow and were tooAnd there was the fact that even if they took other roads, if they didn’t deal with the soldiers in the Meichi Castle, then there was the possibility that those soldiers would attack the the Capital In the attackers’ view, that base couldn’t be ignored
Meichi Castle was called the ‘Country’s Gate’ Usually, by the time a capital was established in a country, there would be a couple of fortified cities near it For the Valence Kingdofried had expected that this place would be the final battle That hy he had prepared so in advance
“Is that ready?”
“Yes, sir”
“Good We start as soon as we finish deploying the troops”
While sending envoys to each other to signal the start of the battle was a ritual of war, Siegfried coe
“Entire army, advance forward!”
“Waaaaaaaaahh!!”
“Long live the Republic!”
The 50,000 Republican troops led by Siegfried launched their attack
“So the ene Are all the composite bow archers in place?”
“Yes, sir They’re all placed on top of the walls, sir”
“Good Hit thee”
“Yes, sir!”
Milton’s order was immediately delivered to the archers on the walls The coe given to thee would increase even further
As soon as the enemy approached, arrows poured down frole one of them stay alive!”
“There’s no need to save arrows There’s plenty, so keep shooting!”
At their coently fire the arrows
“Lift up your shi+elds!”
“Protect your head! You won’t die even if you get hit everywhere else! If you don’t want to die, protect your head!”
The Republican coh the rain of arrows
Arroere a staple weapon of a siege On top of that, the eneotten a neeapon, a cofried had prepared very well knowing all that He had prepared for the arrows by giving his ainst the downpour of arrows by overlapping two regular shi+elds Thanks to that, they were holding on quite well But
“Guh!”
“Keugh… My should…”
That didn’t es
Just like an u wet, just because they were holding a shi+eld didn’t mean they could completely block all the arrows Many of the soldiers were struck all over their bodies with arrows and groaned in pain But their commanders didn’t allow them to lower their shi+elds and continued to push the them stop
“Do not stop! If you stop, you’ll becost the co their troops, so out of their bodies But they couldn’t stop here Notheir troops to the foot of the walls
“Aren’t they approaching a bit too foolishly?”
Milton spoke as he watched the overall situation from on top of the walls
“Is there a probleh they know there will be casualties, they’re still foolishly and stubbornly approaching He’s not like that”
In Milton’s eyes, Siegfried was so how his troops would be hurt, he was still pushi+ng hiswas odd about it Even if the soldiers got to the wall, the Meichi Castle had a fairly deep moat That rappling hooks to go over the wall
“What is he planning… huh?”
At that on covered in canvas
It was a pretty big wagon, but even with it covered in canvas, it still looked a bit familiar
“ Surely not?”
Milton suddenly looked urgent as he turned towards a lieutenant
“Tell the composite bow archers to shoot a fire arrow at the eneon Don’t let it approach the walls”
Milton’s orders were delivered ions had already reached the moat And when the Republican soldiers took off the canvas, inside was…
“Huh?”
“That’s?”