Chapter 106 The Power of Siege Ballista
The rules of Mount & Blade are based on the rules created by the Mount & Blade system after the fusion of countless Mount & Blade worlds.
The logic of the underlying rules is what constitutes the system of the game Mount & Blade!
Participating in battles will increase your experience.
The experience gained by killing enemies personally will be higher.
Once the experience reaches a certain amount, it will be directly upgraded to a more powerful type of soldier.
It's that simple.
This is also the reason why Shen Mu is so disdainful of those enemies who don’t understand these rules at all.
According to the traditional offensive method, weak vassal troops are often sent to launch tentative attacks.
Tentatively discover where the defense is weaker.
Or where to focus the attack.
A very traditional tactic.
However, once this tactic encounters the rules of Mount and Blade, which allows players to gain experience and level up.
Then the nature has changed.
Not only would Shen Mu not reject this temptation, but he welcomed it quite!
Just like it is now.
As long as there is no way to rush through Shen Mu's cavalry and swordsmanship troops in one wave, Shen Mu's cavalry and swordsmanship troops can still output damage normally and accumulate a steady stream of experience.
So for Shen Mu.
The enemy will face increasingly powerful Mounted and Bladed troops in battle after battle.
Facing the increasingly powerful Shen Mu!
"Sir, the light crossbows and siege crossbows have all been moved to the west gate and the castle tower, and are ready to be used in battle at any time."
At this time, Manide, who was moving the crossbow on the west side to the east gate and the square tower according to Shen Mu's request, came back with the crossbow to report.
"Well, well done." Shen Mu nodded and praised.
On the city wall, a Vikia recruit carrying a light crossbow came over and carefully stood on the top of the 5-meter-wide and 7-meter-high city gate that was blocked by a baffle, and reassembled and set up the crossbow.
200 meters away, in the southwest corner of the castle area, on the large tower next to the city wall, another siege crossbow had been moved up and set up.
With the 5-meter-high cliff and the 8-meter-high tower itself, the 13-meter drop is enough to allow the siege crossbow with a range of 300 meters to still effectively strike the west gate of the town area.
As long as the enemy units form a dense formation and move slowly, it will be a hassle for the crossbows on these square towers and large towers!
The light crossbow that was being assembled and set up beside Shen Mu brought even more powerful offensive power.
Because of its light weight, it is easy to move.
That is why these light crossbows were mounted on top of the city gate, with two half-person-wide gaps between the three baffles.
Directly aim these two light crossbows at the direction facing the city gate.
Any enemy who dares to attack or appear in this direction.
Then you will have to face direct fire from the light crossbow!
For example, in the previous battle, many servant troops were nailed to death on the road by light crossbows while they were rushing towards the city gate, holding up miscellaneous items and trying to fill the trench.
Shen Mu now looked up.
Those short spear-like spears, carrying the corpses of gnolls, lizardmen, hobgoblins or bear goblins, stood there like signboards.
Extremely miserable and terrifying!
He just watched as the servant troops began to regroup in the green belt opposite the community, and began to pick up piles of debris, including door panels, one by one, as if they wanted to rush over using them as shields.
The mockery in Shen Mu's eyes could not be dispelled:
"However, I still want to know, if the two light crossbows want to attack again after this, how many corpses will be left behind!"
Then those servant troops started to attack again, and in huge numbers, they rushed over in a desperate general attack!
This time, the temporary workers in the temporary convoy were really forced to launch a strong attack!
In the first tentative attack, they had already reached within a range of 30 meters.
He also saw clearly the not-so-large number of archers that appeared on the city wall, as well as the crossbow-like weapons mounted on the city gate and the square tower next to it.
So under the command of those Blue Star humans, the servant troops composed of these followers of the spirit world chose to work in groups of three or five, and carry more and thicker miscellaneous items together, such as door panels or large desks, cabinets, and the like, and hide their bodies underneath.
This is like carrying a large shield, which can be used to cover yourself from the arrows and crossbow bolts shot from the city wall.
Moreover, on many tables and chairs, and even on the door panels and bed boards that were found, the humans from Blue Star also personally hung a number of iron or stainless steel pots, pans, and bowls on them, using them as additional protective items to increase the defense effect.
Then there were clanging sounds as if strange tanks were moving towards this side.
Although it was slow, Shen Mu raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw it.
Because this method of defense seems to have a special effect!
"Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!"
Right on the city wall, Bandak was still commanding the Vikia archers, Rhodok skilled crossbowmen, and mercenary crossbowmen. This 200-man long-range archer unit was conducting long-range attacks on the group of enemy troops in front who were carrying various reinforced tables and chairs.
But the servant army that appeared this time, carrying these furniture with pots, pans, and bowls, really provided sufficient protection against the feather arrows and crossbow bolts.
All you could hear was the clanging sounds of the arrowheads of the feather arrows and the arrowheads of the crossbow.
It was like the sound of wind chimes colliding with each other.
As for the spiritual creatures below, no matter they were gnolls, lizardmen, hobgoblins or bear goblins, most of them actually relied on the lifted furniture and the iron products on it to withstand the waves of arrows!
Only a few spiritual creatures were unlucky and were hit in the lower body or legs by the crossbow arrows that shot straight at them.
There were no casualties!
"Crossbow ready!"
But Bandak on the city wall had no expression at all. Instead, after he accepted the full command transferred to him by Shen Mu, he looked at the large furniture above his head, which formed something like a siege vehicle, with a calm face.
He quickly walked to the top of the city gate and used his thumb to measure the distance in front of his eyes to confirm it.
He shouted, "Prepare the spears! Shoot accurately!"
"understand!"
Right on the city wall, the operators of two light crossbows, six veteran thugs of the Lake Rat Gang, immediately responded loudly.
Then, everyone followed their own division of labor, quickly turning the capstan, filling the javelin, and raising the wooden hammer in their hands. When they saw that the capstan had pulled the crossbow string to the firing position and the javelin had been placed in the shooting slot, they pointed the sharp spear tip to the outside.
"Release!" Bandak gave the order.
'Boom! '
Then the veteran thug from the Lake Rat Gang holding the wooden hammer smashed the wooden bar that was stuck on the two-finger-wide crossbow string.
Completely release the crossbow string and crossbow arm, which had accumulated terrifying power.
The more than one-meter-long spear was directly blasted out.
'Boom! '
Once again, he shot straight at a large dining table held by four or five earth goblins from the city gate, and shot the table, which was already nailed with more than a dozen feather arrows and crossbow arrows, into pieces!
The terrifying force even pierced through the two giant earth monsters behind.
Not to mention the other earth elves, because of the huge reaction force, their wrists were broken one by one, and their heads were bleeding from being hit by the cracked wooden boards. They staggered and fell heavily to the ground.
'Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!'
Then, they were nailed like hedgehogs by the arrows shot by the Vikian archers, or the skilled and mercenary crossbowmen of Rhodok, or the crossbow bolts shot by pulling the trigger!
After losing the siege-vehicle-like protection, these spiritual creatures are still extremely vulnerable!
'Boom! '
At the gate, the other light crossbow fired a new spear. With another loud bang, a door panel was completely broken into pieces.
The three or four gnolls hiding behind were also nailed together. Because they did not die immediately, they howled in pain.
On the battlefield outside the entire western city wall, casualties among the spiritual creatures occurred again!
Light crossbow, even with the word "light" in it.
It is still a crossbow.
It is still a battlefield, not to mention the door panels, dining tables and furniture made of plywood that are made of sawdust and wood powder and glued together, which can't withstand any horrible killing power at all!
Even if it is real solid wood furniture, it is covered with iron sheets and iron pots, pans, and bowls.
Facing the spears fired from the crossbow.
It was also pierced directly!
You know, in the continent of Calradia, even the Swadian knights who have shields and wear plate armor with chain mail inside do not dare to directly face any weapon named as a crossbow.
Even these Swadian knights were still riding on their own warhorses which were also covered with plate chain mail.
With the bonus of super defense, he can single-handedly break through the spear phalanx formed by the militia.
They wouldn't dare to face this light crossbow even if it had the smallest power!
At this time, these servant troops who were carrying furniture and getting closer to the city wall and moat, had a good defense against the feather arrows and crossbow arrows, but the price they paid for it was a slow speed of moving towards this side, little by little, like a turtle!
It just happened to become an easy target for the two light crossbows mounted above the city gate.
There is also a big tower not far away, about 200 meters away in the castle area.
They also began to fire thicker, longer and more powerful spears at an oblique angle at the servant troops that were slowly approaching the western city gate like turtles!
'Boom! '
Accompanied by the same terrifying sound.
The two siege crossbows on the large tower 200 meters away were also extremely accurate, smashing and piercing the turtle-like siege teams of the servant troops.
No matter whether it was the furniture on top or the spiritual creatures below, they were all completely destroyed and killed on the spot by the more powerful spears!
The effective range of the siege crossbow can reach 300 meters, and it can even nail spears onto rammed earth walls.
But even the thin stone walls were shot down by the terrifying siege weapons.
Not to mention, in the world of Mount & Blade, the role of these siege crossbows is to destroy the baffles that are now on the city walls, the large hanging boxes extending from the castle towers, and even destroy the city gates that have not been blocked with bricks and stones in time, etc. They are specifically used for siege!
The siege crossbow is an upgraded version of the light crossbow, and its destructive power is of course even more terrifying!
"But the number of 4 crossbows is still too few." Shen Mu was still standing on the city gate, looking coldly through the gap in the baffle at the more than thirty turtles that were still coming towards him.
Even if the four crossbows tried their best, it would be difficult to destroy all the turtles.
What’s more, there were two siege crossbows shooting from afar.
Because the distance is far.
It doesn't mean that every spear shot will hit the turtle shells.
Therefore, the tortoise shells composed of the spirit world servants actually slowly broke through the range of 10 meters, facing the attack of feather arrows and crossbow arrows like a heavy rain, and came to the front of the trench with dense tail feathers like a hedgehog.
Then they worked together and threw the furniture that was held high above their heads into the trench.
With a plop sound.
In this trench which is only 3 meters wide, there is a large piece of furniture.
This also allowed the spiritual creatures that had just thrown away the furniture to complete their task, and they fled in all directions, as if they were running wildly towards the green belt of the community when they came from.
This time, it was much faster than the slow movement just now.
It’s as if I only hate my parents for not giving me two more legs.
Run very fast!
There is no way, because after they threw away the furniture that was like a turtle shell.
The rest could only rely on their own bodies to resist the feather arrows and crossbow bolts that seemed to have found their target and were shooting from the city walls.
If you run slowly, you will die!
‘Whoosh whoosh! ’
That's what's happening now, countless feather arrows and crossbow bolts are flying out from the city walls.
They simply added a dozen long feather arrows and crossbow bolts to the backs of the gnolls or lizardmen, or spiritual creatures like the earth goblins and bear goblins, who were facing away from the city wall, and shot them to death on their way to escape!
The losses of these spiritual creatures began to suddenly increase.
"Sir, the fact that the other side will fill up the trench is a foregone conclusion. We must be ready to deploy the Lake Rat Gang members and the Swadian soldiers onto the city walls and start close combat."
At this time, Bandak, who was still directing the shooting, walked quickly towards the city gate.
When the two light crossbows fired a new round of spears, the two turtle shells 20 meters away were smashed to pieces, exposing the spiritual creatures below, and then they were killed by crossbow arrows and feather arrows.
Bandak then continued with a serious expression: "I guess the opponent's tactics may even want to make the city wall slope!"
"Yes, that's true." Shen Mu nodded. He also noticed this.
These servants of the Diesel Company had no siege weapons at all, not even any protective tools specifically used for sieges.
For example, this turtle shell formed by lifting furniture and door panels, as well as various iron pots and pans and tying them on top, is obviously just a temporary solution, a crudely made defensive tool made temporarily to reduce casualties.
Now, more and more turtle shells are approaching, and his four crossbows can no longer fire.
Shen Mu now even saw two more turtle shells coming over and being overturned into the trench with a loud bang, making the 2-meter-deep trench appear much shallower. His face also became solemn.
However, there was still no fear in Shen Mu's eyes, and he remained calm and composed.
Even if the trench is filled, the slope of the trench and the city wall must continue to be filled.
As long as the slope reaches a certain height, those servant troops, those pig-headed troops of the diesel company headquarters, can climb up the slope and attack their own city walls.
But our city wall is not only 6 meters high, but also has a 2-meter-high baffle.
The total height is 8 meters.
If one wants to build a slope that can be used to attack the city, the amount of manpower and material resources consumed, as well as the lives of these spiritual creatures, is a huge number!
I just don't know if these pig-headed people from the diesel company can be suppressed!
Once the losses of these servant races are too great, and if they really start to make trouble and resist the tyranny of the pig-headed men, perhaps this will be a chance for Shen Mu!
After all, behind the city wall, Fatis was leading the heavy cavalry, waiting!
"Don't worry about it now."
Shen Mu watched as several more turtle shells came over. They didn't take much damage from the rain of arrows, but they looked like hedgehogs that were densely studded with arrows and crossbow bolts. He slowly spoke:
"When they have filled up the trench and created a slope, we can send the infantry up to the city wall."
"I understand, Lord Shen Mu." Seeing Shen Mu so calm, Bandak breathed a sigh of relief, carefully raised his heavy crossbow, and continued shooting forward.
Since we can't stop the enemies, use tools to fill the trench.
It would not be able to stop the enemies, as they would definitely gather together and build a climbable slope in front of the city wall.
What we can do now is to take advantage of the enemies throwing their furniture into the trench and running away. After they lose their protection, we can use the crossbows in our hands to kill as many enemies as possible.
In order to prepare for the upcoming fierce fighting on the city walls, which will surely be extremely intense, a certain amount of manpower must be reduced!
All crossbowmen think this way.
At this time.
Both archers and crossbowmen began to actively reduce the frequency of shooting at the turtle shells.
Instead, he focused his target on those spiritual creatures that were destroyed by the crossbow or exposed in front of him after the turtle shells were filled into the trenches.
More lives of spiritual creatures were left in front of this trench that was about to be filled!
(End of this chapter)
