122 – Siege of Villa Hora (4)
What the first person to climb onto the wall during the siege must do is simple and clear.
The goal is to secure and protect a beachhead so that allies following you can continue to climb the ladder.
I held the sword in both my hands tightly.
Then he sighed and grumbled.
“It’s easier said than done, but we have to fight dozens to one until the others come up… It can’t be easy.”
As soon as I finished speaking, the enemies around me pointed their weapons at me and started attacking me.
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“Kill that bastard and stick to the wall! “We must survive at all costs if we do not give up the walls!”
Contrary to our side, which has to occupy the castle, in order to win, we have to dig into part of the castle wall to win this terrible war.
The guards must make sure that we cannot occupy even a single corner of the castle, so that we can reduce sacrifices and keep the castle safe…
‘This is a zero-sum game where you risk your life.’
Of course, I have to win this match as I have done so far…
“The opponent is the minimum expert! “Let’s get together and attack!”
In response to that command, the enemies did not come out one at a time and attack me, but formed their own groups and attacked me.
The guys in front were targeting my vital points with short weapons such as maces, swords, and daggers.
“I’ll make a hole in your neck!”
After that, they tried to stab me in the torso with a weapon like a spear.
Unless you are a very skilled spearman or knight, it is impossible to kill me from that distance by aiming for a gap in my armor and attacking me…
‘Are those bastards planning to stop my movement?’
Since one person cannot do it, it is very desirable for many people to join forces to stop me.
“The opponent was not good, protection.”
I infused the ring with aura to block the attack coming from the front.
When the magical shield appeared, their eyes widened and their mouths opened.
“f*ck! Here?”
Their conversion attack was blocked by a magic shield that suddenly appeared, so anyone would have no choice but to panic.
It’s too bad, but I picked the wrong opponent, so what can I do? We all have to die.
Anyway, you all took up arms to kill me, and I did the same.
Even if someone dies, let’s not blame each other, kids.
He stepped hard on the ground with his right foot and swung his sword sharply.
The guys in front of me were killed in an instant, and screams of shock and fear erupted around them.
“f*ck, help me!”
The one who screamed was just a serf who couldn’t even wear quilted armor…
‘On the battlefield, whether you are a serf, a mercenary, or a knight, it is your duty to fight equally, risking your life.’
If you win the battle against the enemy, you live, but if you lose, you are left with your head blown off.
I cut the screaming guy’s head horizontally and split it in half.
At that time, a slight tingling pain came from the ring.
‘Damn it, the magic engraved on the ring has expired.’
Even though several enemies died in an instant, the high-ranking members of the enemy army continued to deploy additional troops toward me.
“Push on! “Don’t let that bastard build a beachhead on the wall!”
As soon as the order was given, serfs, mercenaries, and sometimes even regular soldiers under the nobleman rushed towards me.
Of course, every time I swung my sword, one or two people would definitely die…
“No! Ahh!”
Because there are so many people coming in, the number of people attacking them is not decreasing at all.
When fighting on the plain, I would make a hole in the enemy’s camp and other soldiers would support me from the sides and behind, but now that’s not possible on this narrow castle wall… So it’s very difficult.
‘They are tougher than cockroaches.’
The guys who I just said are like cockroaches who are afraid of their lives started to push me with numbers as if they were Chinese.
“Die, you piece of trash!”
“Don’t let the others come up!”
“We must stop it here!”
No matter how small they were, I could feel my stamina slowly decreasing as I continued to cut them down one by one.
When you feel that your breathing has become a little rough, your shoulders are shaking, and your body is sweating.
As if they thought this was an opportunity, two armored knights appeared among the enemies.
Usually, when knights meet ‘an opponent who appears to be of high quality,’ they start a fight by naming him first, but because of the situation, they skipped that process and pointed their swords at me.
“If we catch him moving, we’ll hit him with a mace!”
They said they couldn’t kill me with their own strength alone, so they would use the power of numbers.
Those so-called knights are so cruel, really.
The knights came towards me and swung their swords.
I think they’re planning to make it difficult for me to respond by targeting one of them at my knees and the other at my neck…
‘Which of the two should I kill first?’
In order to save more stamina and kill more efficiently, I calmed down my heated emotions and stared at the guys.
After thinking about it for only 0.5 Seconds, I raised my sword and struck down the flying sword at my neck.
Maybe because he was a knight, he didn’t let go of his sword, but his posture was empty…
“It’s empty, kid.”
I immediately stabbed him in the neck.
The guy who was targeting my knee next to me changed his posture and turned to his left.
This time, he aimed at my armpits.
‘Now that his comrade is dead, it makes sense for him to change his target. But your sword skills are still poor, you little brat.’
I took a step forward and quickly dodged the attack.
“Holy sh*t!”
I pulled out the sword that was stuck in his neck and at the same time, with the other sword I was holding, I stabbed him from the armpit and pierced his heart, just like he was trying to do.
“Dog, son of a b*tch…”
The guy whose heart was pierced fell down while vomiting blood, and the guys following these two guys were no match for me.
“You pathetic things, attack with the readiness to die!”
When I shouted loudly, they began to tremble because they had seen before their eyes my martial arts ability to cut down two knights in an instant.
“What the f*ck is that guy?”
Some people urinated, and others were shaking their legs as if they were doing a crab leg dance.
“Crazy monster bastard.”
At that time, our mercenaries appeared one by one and slowly began to join behind me.
“Century Martin, sorry for the delay!”
I wanted to criticize myself and ask why I was so late.
That’s because, no matter how much I took the initiative to make a contribution, I worked really hard to create an opportunity for them to come up.
But soon I came to my senses.
‘It’s dangerous and great to come up here, but I shouldn’t say anything.’
“Come up as quickly as even a second and protect this place! “Don’t back down, even if it means dying!”
At those words, the one who was hanging on the ladder but had almost climbed up and the one who had already climbed up the castle wall and settled down all answered in one voice.
“Yes, centurion!”
“Isn’t this the space that the centurion guard risked his life to protect?”
“Please just trust us and leave it to us.”
Immediately, they formed a semicircle near my back, slowly solidifying and expanding the bridgehead I had created.
Other soldiers rushed to resist the movement, but…
“Die, you spaghetti…”
Our hundred men began preparing to block the enemy’s attack by linking up with each other according to the formal training I constantly taught them.
“Move as trained!”
I couldn’t bring a spear because I had to climb up the ladder, so unfortunately there was no one with a spear.
‘A long polearm is the best in close combat.’
First, guys with short weapons like the Rhine-Palatinate guys kept the enemy in check from the front.
“No matter what they attack, stop it! If you can afford it, kill it yourself!”
And from behind, he struck the opponent’s head or upper body with a long-handled mace like a flail.
“I’ll break your head!”
It’s a very simple tactic, but it’s extremely effective when fighting with regular soldiers who don’t have much difference in power because they can’t use Aurors.
As I expected, the enemies were busy blocking the attacks coming from the front, so they were helplessly attacked by the flails coming from behind.
“Weak bastards.”
In this way, our white corps gradually expanded the bridgehead it had secured, as if playing a game of land grabs.
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At first, the only space I had secured was for about 15 people to preach, but as white soldiers began to join…
The space became large enough for about 50 people to stand and fight.
‘It is a great achievement to be the first to climb the castle wall, so my reputation will increase greatly through this.’
After dreaming of such a rosy future, I slowly began to look for my next goal.
You cannot capture a castle just by securing a bridgehead.
“Ha, where should I hit?”
Grumbling like that, I cut off the head of the guy who came next to me.
“Porridge.”
The guy who said something when he saw me died before he could finish his sentence.
And then I saw fireballs and other magic flying from the watchtower on my left.
The mercenaries who were hit by the flying fireball burned to death.
“Aww, it’s hot! Ahh!”
The ladder burned down and several people who were hanging on it fell.
“Ouch, it’s falling!”
Anyway, you have to open the castle gate to take over the castle, and the road down to the castle gate usually leads to the watchtower.
“Reception starts from the left watchtower. “Everyone follow me!”