BXBX NOVEL Chapter 85: Trebuchet
Among the French soldiers who arrived this time, most of them were mercenaries from Switzerland, and some musketeers from France, but none of the famous French armored knights came.
During the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, due to the large number of longbowmen deployed by the British, the French knights were reduced by half before they started charging, and the most elite stuffed knights were even disbanded. Therefore, the French knights have a fear of the English.
Compared to plate armor knights, the more powerful troops are actually heavy infantry from Switzerland—two-handed sword infantry.
Because plate armor knights can only charge once and cannot change direction, their effects on the battlefield are similar to tactical missiles or artillery strikes.
Watching the Swiss mercenaries approaching in the distance, Earl Wellington slowly frowned. Even in England, he had heard of the famous Swiss mercenaries.
Currently in France, the two-handed sword infantry is the darling on the battlefield and the main force in battle. They wear heavy plate armor (though not as heavy as a knight's), and carry huge swords.
Two-handed sword infantry generally have a long sword 80-110 inches long, 11 inches wide, and weighs about 60-70 pounds. This kind of swing can effectively damage the opponent's plate armor. The horse was split head-on in two.
Are you familiar with such an army? Those who are interested in the history of the Tang Dynasty will definitely know that it is very similar to the Modao army in the Tang Dynasty. It can be said to be very lethal in the era of cold weapons!
The two-handed sword infantry is slightly faster than the plate armor knight, and its defense is comparable to that of the plate armor knight. A two-hand sword infantry can often kill more than 20 enemies.
On the city of Huntington, Wellington took a look through the binoculars. The Swiss mercenaries were located on the left of the entire army. The formation was densely packed with halberds and spears, the largest number of troops. They generally wore the clothes of the free people jacket. The richer ones basically have a half breastplate and a beautiful hat.
In the middle position is the elite part of the mercenary army—the two-handed sword infantry. They are particularly eye-catching. They are covered in armor and hold a pair of long swords in both hands. They are unusually majestic and imposing.
The Scottish army's most eye-catching center is the 10 large trebuchets pulled by dozens of horses, and the ramming car pushed by hundreds of people. Just seeing this, the Earl took a deep breath.
In addition, the Scots also sent out their killers - Scottish throwers, and double-edged sword fighters. The majestic size and extraordinary strength of the highlanders make these two arms particularly powerful.
Although most of them are pikemen (did you find out! Poor places have the most pikemen!), throwers and double-edged sword fighters add up to almost one-fifth.
Seeing this, Earl Wellington's face suddenly became even more ugly. He raised his hand, and the longbowmen on the city wall also began to put sharp arrows on the arrow strings.
"Boom!" Even if he was on the city wall, Earl Wellington could feel the roar of the trebuchet moving.
At this time, the joint commander of the Scottish Army and the French Army, Dio Jean Lancaster (designed for the 1935 Warlord Dalai Lama), was looking at the distant Huntington City Wall with a telescope, with a very dignified expression.
The father of Dio Jean Lancaster is the count of France. Dio, who is only 28 years old this year, took the important task of expedition to England (this is what he thinks!), driving the English from the Scottish land is not His goal, his goal was to capture King Edward VI of England alive.
No one, including his father, knew his ambitions, so the drudgery of supporting the Scots was taken by him.
"Let the trebuchet throw stones onto the city wall as much as possible, and fill up the moat by the way!"
Dio looked at the city wall in the distance, and loudly ordered the messengers beside him.
Suddenly, ten trebuchets started shooting intensively, and ten large stones smashed into the city wall of Huntington City. It's a pity that only three boulders hit the city wall, and only some debris fell from the shock, which brought three small pits to the city wall.
The other stones either smashed into the moat or flew into the city of Huntington, without causing any harm to the soldiers on the city wall.
Just as the English soldiers slowly stretched out their heads, rejoicing secretly, the boulder from the French army came to the city wall again with the sound of friction in the air.
But this time, they were not so lucky. A boulder flew directly onto the city wall, and brought an unlucky longbowman to slide on the city wall, and then slowly stopped when they encountered two soldiers who couldn't avoid it!
Looking at the **** three people, although he knew they were hopeless, Earl Wellington still ordered them to be sent down for rescue.
"Boys! Don't show your body casually, be careful, your family is still waiting for you to go back!"
Seeing that the injured are basically novices, Earl Wellington couldn't help reminding.
Subsequently, in the next hour, the French army projected fifteen rounds of boulders one after another. Not only did the entire city wall become potholed, but it also killed thirty-five English soldiers and injured sixty-nine soldiers.
Of course, there are also many boulders flying into the city that not only destroyed many houses, but also caused hundreds of casualties and more property losses.
Major Dio saw that the trebuchet had no more throwing objects, and immediately ordered all the soldiers to attack the city, although the effect of the trebuchet did not achieve the effect he wanted.
Intensive shooting can cause great damage to the city wall. Additionally, projectiles and fragments of fallen walls helped to fill trenches, and the rubble heaps they created provided besiegers to climb into.
However, this huge engineering weapon was not very accurate in the early Middle Ages, but it has been greatly improved in 1500, and it needs a large number of infantry and nuns to guard the surroundings to prevent knights rushing out of the fortress from destroying it.
The ramming car rumbled towards the gate of Huntington, dodging the dense sharp arrows on the city wall, and there were only more than 100 people left in the cart army of 300 people.
Break into a huge wooden pile in front of the car. There will be an iron head on the pile. After hitting the city wall, the wooden pile will swing back and continue to hit the city wall.
Looking at the rumbling city gate, the count knew that this could not go on, so he ordered the soldiers to stop the crashing car.
Then, the English soldiers above threw boulders, boiling water, or burning grease onto the ramming vehicles in an attempt to damage or kill the soldiers in operation.
These methods work very well, but the French army is not jealous.
The French army on the siege side quickly used bowmen and crossbows to shoot and kill the British army on the wall. They used large wooden shields as cover and carefully aimed at the soldiers above.
This shield is called a large shield. There is a narrow launch port above the large shield, allowing soldiers to shoot at the defenders from behind. King Lionheart Charles I of England was shot in the shoulder by a crossbow while watching these large shields, causing fatal injuries.
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