Chapter 381 (2/2)
The barbarians in the camp finally snapped out of their stupor and reacted They let out beastly cries and got onto theirelse They rode for the slope At that tiade soldiers that came out to launch a surprise attack didn't pursue their ene on their sides and splashed the fuel contained within on those huge, wooden shi+eld carts before they ignited the that, the local defense soldiers stayed to loot the dead barbarians before returning to Pedro
Only around seven hundred of the original four thousand barbarians ed to make it back They left approxi with the 50 shi+eld carts that were all set alight That was a huge and harsh slap to the faces of all the grassland barbarians
The riders rode to reinforce their coer They had just received the other seven hundred plus who ed to escape and stared red-eyed at the corpses of their fellow tribeshter and cheers frorassland barbarians cried loudly in a crazed manner and rode speedily upwards the slope Countless other riders joined him in his endeavor with similarly pained cries and launched their attack on Pedro
The riders' skill seeer They rode speedily up the slope, al up the uneven terrain as they passed the burning shi+eld carts and avoided the corpses of their tribes the walls at breakneck speed But they ran into some trouble when they were less than three hundred an to slow them down Some riders would fall from time to the too quickly However, those whose heads were filled rath and felt no fear Those able to get back up after theirtheir weapons around as they called out loudly to plead for the protection of the wolf God
”Fire!” Seeing the grassland barbarian troops appearing within two hundred ave the order
Following the subsequent twangs, the first volley of the two hundred plus steel ballistaethe approaching barbarians, round by the bolts along with their hout the slope
While the two hundred or so bolts gave the grassland barbarians quite a harsh blow, even nored the skewered bodies in front of the ballistae attacks as they rode onwards towards Pedro, shouting to raise their e while they were at it
”Steel ballistae, fire at will! Longbowmen, standby! Fire when the enemy is a hundred meters away! There's no need to wait for further orders!” instructed Eidelwoke once more
House Norton's local defense brigades coiments of sword-and-shi+eld infantryiiiment of five hundred ballistae soldiers ari a location, they would be assigned another hundred steel ballistae to be iment of sword-and-shi+eld soldiers The 23rd local defense brigade was stationed in Pedro and assigned two hundred steel ballistae in total, which were all installed on the front wall by Eidelwoke and were engaged in a different type of ainst the barbarian riders
The first surprise attack by the local defense brigade soldiers gathered by Eidelas conducted with close co the steel ballistae were engaging in ranged co cavalry As soon as one of them evaded the traps and leaped over the ditch, the ballistae bolts that folloould put an end to their anger and effort in an instant Fro by the bolts and fall into the ditches or onto the ground Not one got to within a hundred meters of the walls thanks to the storm of ballistae bolts
Korinubi andout loudly to motivate their men
”Rush up there! Kill them all! Massacre the whole city!”
In the end, Duke Fisablen was no longer able to resist and reminded, ”I think it's best we retreat for now If ant to mount an attack, we can use the shi+eld carts left Rushi+ng up there right noould ets and sacrifice the lives of our brave warriors”
Korinubi snapped out of his blinding rage
”That's right! Blow the horn and have our warriors retreat for now!”
The loud blaring of the horn covered the whole plains and the attacking barbarian riders finally regained their sanity They retreated fro behind a fresh trail of blood and corpses
Then they had all made it back to camp, the chieftains conducted a head count They were all deeply enraged Before they even launched a proper attack, more than six thousand had died on the slopes Korinubi hiretful as his tribe had already lost around four thousandup the holes and ditches and the second retaliatory attack which he personally encouraged
Duke Fisablen advised, ”Even though it didn't start off well, wea loss due to carelessness isn't ht and attack the city tomorrow”
Korinubi refused Duke Fisablen's advise coldly with bloodshot eyes
”No, ill press our attack through the night I will not allow theht A debt of blood must be repaid in blood We have 100 thousand ive them even a moment of rest We will continue to attack until we conquer the city Great Lion Duke, please leave the reanize our ”
”Naturally We are allies and should stand together I will have all the shi+eld carts I have left sent to you At the sa the city and avenging the brave warriors lost so far,” agreed Duke Fisablen with a smile
The horn rang out once athered at the foot of the slope Each of the forhly thirty wooden shi+eld carts These barbarians had dismounted and were split into three waves that would push the shi+eld carts up the slope towards the city The orders received by the first ere simple: collect their comrades' corpses as they close in on the city The second ould use longbows to suppress the enemy and defend the other barbarian soldiers ould fill up the holes and ditches Naturally, they would also have to pay attention so any surprise attack like the last one wouldn't be repeated
The third as the attack'sshi+eld carts, they also carried many wooden ladders After the second wave opened a path towards Pedro, they would approach the walls They would then scale thehter away at the enemy when they made it to the top They would take control of the area so their comrades could continue to flood into the city and obtain victory
That was the traditional siege tactic used by the barbarians against flatlander towns for the past few centuries That was the reason the third wave of barbarian soldiers co the milk wine from their water skins nonchalantly as they packed up their ar and talking loudly as the other barbarian soldiers looked at them respectfully
The skies soon darkened and the shi+eld carts that laid across the near-one-kilohter The horn blared oncedru druht with the of cold dread
The barbarians at the foot of the slope all let out a chilling war cry
”Hujorah!”
That was the narassland barbarians across the great northeastern plains worshi+pped Calling out the na forward to victory or to death The first wave of the barbariansthe shi+eld carts as they advanced The siege on Pedro had begun