196 – Siege and Defense of Lasseu Castle
Until we arrived at Lasseu Castle, the Montmartre Army I belonged to could not find a special strategy to capture the castle.
I have thought thousands and tens of thousands of times of wanting to dig a tunnel under the castle wall and tear it down, or to appease even the mercenary captain or King Barcelone within the castle who are dissatisfied.
If there is no special plan, it just doesn’t exist.
“f*ck, this is a siege without a proper plan.”
I could see that other mercenaries were thinking the same thing as me.
“Damn, you did amazingly well until the last surprise attack.”
“How many f*cking meters is that? Wow, I’m going to die like a dog.”
“A siege, I can’t believe I’m a siege.”
It’s natural for these guys to be so excited.
Not only is it a big task to hang a ladder on the castle wall and climb up the castle wall, but after climbing up the castle wall, fighting against the enemies that are flocking in is also extremely dangerous.
Magic and arrows are pouring down from above, and enemies are coming in front with weapons to break my earthen pot.
Whether we think this or not, the dignitaries of Montmartre are raising their voices and scolding the Barcelo soldiers inside the castle.
“Ronaldo von Grandy, the king of the Kingdom of Barcelo whom you serve, has already been crazy for a long time! If he hadn’t been crazy, would he have made such a crazy demand that even a passing dog would laugh when he heard it, to give up the Duchy of Tulua?!”
Of course, the Barcelo soldiers on the walls will not listen to that at all.
That’s right, we pretend to listen intently because we would be screwed if we dozed off or looked away during the discipline training given by the division commander…
In fact, it is common not to pay attention to the content.
Once Jeonghoon education is over, doesn’t everyone know what they heard?
But there is no way there would be a leisurely person who would even listen to such old-fashioned words from the enemy.
“Because Deus knew the terrible situation, he gave our Montmartre army continued victory! Therefore, with the help of Deus, our Montmartre army will definitely occupy the Castle of Laceu, and if you do not surrender voluntarily, you will all be put to death!”
This kind of sound that sounds good may not be effective against the enemy, but it is quite helpful in raising the morale of allies.
Cheers came from everywhere, including our mercenary unit.
“God’s judgment on those Barcelona guys!”
Baker, a grumpy and emotional man, shouted, pounding his breastplate as if he were a Montmartre nobleman.
“Long live the Imperial Army of Montmartre! Long live the Whitebeard Mercenaries!”
Still, in times like this, it is advantageous in many ways to join in the buoyant atmosphere.
If you have to do something dangerous, wouldn’t it be better to do it with at least a little joy?
Even if it’s not fun, it’s important to at least let out a shout to drive away anxious feelings.
Other mercenaries and nobles all seemed to have the same idea and let out loud shouts.
“Long live the Montmartre Empire! Long live Viscount Thielen!”
“Deus is with us!”
“Our team wins this time too! Wow!”
When the atmosphere that had been forcibly raised to nearly 80% reached its peak, the sound of trumpets and drums rang out loudly.
Nobles stationed everywhere shouted with their voices united.
“Kill all the Barcelona bastards! Catapults, ballistas, wizards and archers, attack!”
Looking at the atmosphere, an order to attack could have been issued, but the enemy is responding by relying only on the walls.
So what can we do to reduce the sacrifice of our troops even a little?
For a short time, you must somehow weaken the defensive posture of the soldiers on the wall by launching a long-distance attack on the enemy’s wall.
“Lucia, Karin! And everyone except the infantry, help fire the catapult!”
At those words, the archer unit led by Karin and the wizard unit led by Lucia began showering arrows and magic at the enemy.
The arrows fired by the archers belonging to the 70,000-strong army that surrounded the castle looked like a pitch-black carpet covering the sky.
There were so many arrows that they looked pitch black and pierced the enemy soldiers.
“aaah!”
Numerous fireballs flew towards the enemies, drawing red trails in the sky.
Most of them were small fire balls, but some of them looked like high-level magic.
There were often fireballs the size of a car.
When they fell, red flames and gray, acrid smoke began to rise above the walls of La Seu.
Of course, among the soldiers present, the unlucky ones were burned to death or suffered.
“Ouch, it’s hot!”
“Save people!”
“Fire, put out the fire first!”
The fire fighters quickly began to respond, but before that, stones from catapults and ‘arrows like stakes’ from ballistas rained down on them.
The enemies were not fools, so when we attacked first, they immediately responded with the same tactics, and panic erupted throughout our Montmartre military camp.
“A billion!”
After repeatedly killing each other through long-distance attacks, an order was finally given.
“Climb over the castle wall!”
As word announced the start of a full-scale siege, everyone became busy.
The platoon commanders instructed the soldiers to bring ladders.
“Be sure to bring a ladder!”
The centurion leaders stood at the front and showed bluff rather than bravado.
“If you put up a ladder, I will be the first to climb up and kill them all, so don’t worry!”
At those words, the soldiers nodded with a determined expression.
After confirming that preparations were complete, I drew my sword forward and gave an order.
“Charge forward! “It is time to clearly inform Barcelo of the name of our Whitebeard mercenaries during this siege!”
Even if we didn’t do much in the siege of La Seu, our name would spread far and wide if the fishing strategy we used to take over Lamasana Castle became known.
Still, if you’re going to spread it, it would be good to clearly show something here and now to make the biggest impression…
Everyone, including our mercenaries, ran towards the castle wall.
I had no choice but to hurry because climbing the castle wall as quickly as even a second was the best way to reduce unnecessary sacrifices.
So now, the only thing that has come out from everywhere is to run at all costs.
“Look ahead and run! Even if the guy next to you dies, just run!”
In the current situation, there is no other way than to run out and die.
The soldiers responded to those words with curses.
“f*ck, I understand!”
And those who were running while holding onto the ladder also ran blindly according to the command.
“aaah!”
Even if a colleague died on the way from an arrow or magic, I just ran.
I also joined them, holding a ladder and running blindly while looking straight ahead.
Anyway, unless your troops have a strategy or tactics, in this siege war, thinking about anything until you climb the castle wall is a waste of time.
Let’s not think about anything now other than moving both legs quickly and climbing the castle wall…
‘Thoughtlessness, thoughtlessness…’
I continued to strengthen my resolve as if I was chanting like this in my head, but since I am only human, all kinds of random thoughts came to mind.
“Whitebeard mercenaries, we don’t need anything else! Just look ahead and run!”
I was running like crazy, giving orders and trying to put away random thoughts.
As I ran along the road for tens or even hundreds of meters, the castle wall came into view.
“f*ck, that’s so damn high.”
It’s about 4 meters high, but it’s actually 4 meters…
Actually, it only takes about 1 minute to climb the castle wall using a ladder.
In the meantime, he has become like a moving target to countless archers and wizards, so there is no way he won’t be dangerous.
Just looking at it takes my breath away.
“Hang the ladder! “Go up!”
Others, including our mercenary unit, quickly hung ladders on the castle wall.
Everyone hurried as soon as they hung the ladder because they had to climb even one second faster, but…
Not only do the enemies fire arrows and magic to stop us.
“Taste the stone!”
They threw rocks the size of a human hand over our heads, breaking the heads of allies who climbed up and killing them.
The guys on top of the castle wall even overturned a ladder with 4 or 5 people on it.
“Uracha!!!!”
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The guy at the bottom of the ladder ended up getting his butt hit, but the guys at the top either died instantly or had their backs broken.
“Ugh!!!! “Waist, waist!!”
In the meantime, I quickly climbed the ladder I had hung up.
When I used Aura to strengthen my arms and legs, climbing a ladder that would take others a minute was shortened to only about 20 seconds.
When I had almost climbed the ladder so quickly, a guy came swinging his knife at my neck.
“Die, you bastard!”
Because we were on our way up the castle wall, there was no way to counterattack.
So, he deflected the sword with the gauntlet he wore on his left hand, bounced his body, and climbed onto the castle wall.
The enemies attacked me before I had time to draw my weapon…
‘Insignificant bastards.’
An armored knight, or rather an Auror swordsman, can become a human weapon if he wears the armor properly…
I killed several guys who were attacking me with just my fists and kicks.
Then, when there was a moment of opportunity, he drew his sword.
“Who’s next?”