Condescending, the power of the arrows was greatly improved exponentially, mixed in the rain, like poisonous thorns accurately found the chests of Prussian soldiers.

puff!

An arrow passed by, and the Prussian cannon fodder that was charging suddenly stopped. He opened his eyes and looked down at his chest, with an incredible expression on his face.

Then, a mouthful of blood spurted out from the corner of his mouth, and he fell to the ground, leaving no movement.

The comrade who was carrying the same ladder as him had no time to care about him. When he passed by, he kicked the body blocking the charge route away with one kick, and then continued to rush forward.

This is war, there is no emotion on the battlefield.

Every five people carry a ladder, and the ladder is not that heavy. Generally speaking, three people are enough to lift up and run. The reason why five people are assigned is to prevent anyone from falling on the way to charge and then slow down the overall charging rhythm.

Sometimes, by chance, all five soldiers in a team were shot and killed, and the soldiers charged behind him were replaced, and they carried two ladders forward and continued to rush forward.

It is also possible to lift two ladders together for five people.

When the cannon fodder troops rushed to a position of about a hundred meters, General Ike continued to order: "Spear thrower, launch!"

Compared with bows and arrows, the sound of the spear is louder and duller. Just from the sound, you can feel how powerful the power is attached to it.

The spear, one inch thick and one meter long, shot straight towards the Prussian cannon fodder. The soldiers on the city wall had never trained how to use the spear, and the attacks at this moment were all shot based on their feelings.

Therefore, there is no question of accuracy. Some of them threw the spear too close and hit the ground in front of the Prussian soldiers. Some shots missed and hit the two sides. Only a few of them were lucky and shot the Prussian soldiers in the charge.

Strong power often leads the soldiers back two steps before falling to the ground. If they are shot on the head, the iron pointed tip will pound a hole the size of a fist on the face, and the real mother will not recognize it even if she comes.

Some soldiers were shot into their limbs, and blood immediately spread out. Under the erosion of the rain, the blood in the wound could not be stopped at all. A large amount of blood would be lost every minute and every second. The soldiers' lives had entered the countdown, but they were still rushing forward desperately, as if there was the gate of heaven ahead.

When the cannon fodder in the front rushed to the foot of the Vienna city wall, the regular Prussian sword and shield infantry formation in the rear just crossed the 300-meter boundary. These infantry did not have to rush towards the cannon fodder like those cannon fodder, but immediately gathered together, intertwined the shields in their hands and pushed them to their heads, and leaned towards the Vienna city wall.

This formation is very conducive to defense. It is difficult for bows and arrows to shoot through the shield to the soldiers hiding below. However, the sight of the same gathered soldiers will be blocked. When advancing, they can only rely on the soldiers in the front row as guidance. In this rainy day with mud and water splashing, the speed of advance immediately slowed down.

The infantry shield arrays crossed the three hundred meters limit and leaned towards the city wall. General Ike did not ask the archers to attack them, but ordered a concentrated attack on the cannon fodder troops that had already rushed over.

Some brave cannon fodders had already put the ladder between the moat embankment and the city wall, and were climbing up quickly along the ladder, holding a bright steel knife in their hands and a fierce look like a wolf in their eyes.

At this distance, the spearhead can shoot accurately without aiming at each other. Unexpectedly, in the siege, these old-fashioned weapons exert unexpected power.

Cannon fodders often get shot by spears when they crawl halfway through, screaming and falling into the rushing moat below, and in the blink of an eye, they will be swallowed up by the river water.

With such a moat, the protection ability of the Vienna city walls has been greatly improved, greatly limiting the enemy's attack.

The end of the cloud ladder is on the embankment of the moat, and two cannon fodders are left below to maintain stability, while the other end is supported on the city wall, which is about half a meter high from the battlements.

Prussian soldiers climbed to the highest point of the ladder and could climb up the city wall with just raising their hands. The end of the ladder and the battlements of the city wall can also prevent the city guards from shaking the ladder and causing the center of gravity to be unstable.

Behind the Knife and Shield Infantry, giant siege cars that had appeared in the Lebre siege also appeared here. Five siege cars lined up in a row and slowly leaned towards the Vienna wall under the cover of the Knife and Shield Infantry phalanx.

Due to the rainy days, the defending troops were unable to repeat the way they dealt with these siege cars in the siege battle of Lebre, which was a considerable loss.

On this side, the Prussian Legion's siege chariot came on the field, and the Saxon Legion on the other side sounded the horn of the attack.

Unlike the Prussian Legion, Duke Billon's troops did not have the style of steady fighting. At the beginning of the prelude, he pushed the battle directly to a climax.

Two thousand Saxon Iron Cavalry rode on horseback and charged towards the city walls of Vienna.

Riding on horseback and rushing to the city wall is a crazy move. They can't just let the war horse fly up and fly directly to the city wall.

Of course, Duke Billon was not crazy, so their cavalry also brought ladders for siege, and there were a whole thousand.

Every three cavalry carried a ladder, and three thousand cavalrymen lined up in a row, surging towards the Vienna city walls like a tide.

As soon as this scene appeared, it immediately attracted General Ike's attention. He immediately ordered loudly to order all the 4,000 reserve troops guarding the middle to rush to the west wall.

"Damn it, are these Saxon barbarians crazy?" General Ike said angrily after giving the order.

These Saxon cavalry from the north were in full swing when the two armies fought on the plains. Unexpectedly, they also continued this style when siege.

The Saxon cavalry quickly rushed across the three hundred meters boundary. As soon as the archers defending the city wall launched a wave of attacks, they rushed nearly half of the distance.

In order to carry the ladder, these cavalry even gave up their shields and used their bodies to face the oncoming rain of arrows.

Swish, the Saxon cavalry team fell down immediately, but more people had already rushed to about fifty meters in front of the city wall. At this distance, all the cavalry immediately jumped off the horse, and then continued to run towards the Vienna wall.

The war horses without their master's control continued to run forward. Each war horse was blindfolded and could not see clearly what was ahead. The sound of rain and shouts overshadowed the sound of the surging rivers, and even the horses could not tell.

"These madmen..." As comrades-in-arms, Keiros, also cursed with surprise when he saw this scene.
Chapter completed!