dognovel Chapter 611 The beginning of everything
Chapter 611 The beginning of everything
"Ow—!"
A dozen crows cawed shrilly and flapped their wings across the blue sky.
They swooped and circled, their dark eyes fixed on the plains below.
A castle stood in the center of the green plain, its gray-brown stone walls covered with gaps of varying sizes, like wounds gnawed by wild beasts.
On the city wall, the flag of Midland fluttered in the wind. Although it had faded a little, it still stood stubbornly.
The bodies of Yoda's soldiers were scattered all around the castle, some with mutilated limbs, some with arrows stuck in their chests. Their blood dyed the grass under their feet red, turning the originally vibrant plain into a shocking dark red.
"Trebuckle, fire!"
As an officer shouted at the top of his lungs, a Yoda soldier slashed the fixed rope.
With a crisp "click" sound, the huge catapult made a dull roar, and the thick lever suddenly rose up. A stone the size of a millstone whizzed out of the catapult slot, cut through the air, and hit the castle wall with a sharp sound of breaking wind.
"boom!"
The stones hit the city wall heavily, rubble flew everywhere, and smoke and dust filled the air.
At the same time, dozens of catapults surrounding the castle fired at the same time, and stones hit the city walls as densely as raindrops.
Just behind the hill not far behind Yoda's army, hundreds of mercenaries were gathering for rest.
They sat on the ground in groups of three or four, maintaining their weapons or taking naps, waiting to be hired by Yoda's army ahead, hoping to earn a generous reward in this battle.
A mercenary standing on the hill holding a telescope suddenly shouted.
He excitedly pointed to the battlefield ahead and reported to his companions:
"The catapults have begun bombarding the city walls. It won't be long before a breach is blown open!"
"Why don't they use artillery? That thing is so convenient. It can open a hole in the city wall and we can attack with less casualties."
A young mercenary curled his lips and complained. As he spoke, he tapped his shield lightly with his fingers, a hint of impatience in his eyes.
"No money!"
An old mercenary with a goatee next to him, smoking a pipe, said slowly:
"There are too few places that can manufacture artillery now, and the cost is too high. The armies of both Yoda and Mitland use Heldran wares. Sometimes they hire Blackwatch artillery teams, but this castle isn't a strategic location, so no one would invest money here."
"That means Commander Yoda might be a poor bastard. Seriously, it's so hard to make money these days!"
The young mercenary grumbled in dissatisfaction and kicked the stone next to him hard.
Guts was lying on the sunny side of the hill, lazily basking in the sun. He had been alone for five years. Earlier, he had joined some mercenary groups, but after seeing that most of the mercenaries behaved improperly or were shameless, he returned to being alone again.
At this moment, he was listening to the conversation of the mercenaries above him. The clouds in the sky slowly moved away, and the light emitted by the blocked sun made Guts squint his eyes.
"drive!"
At this moment, several Yoda cavalrymen came galloping from the army. After going around the hill, they pulled the reins when they saw the mercenaries in front of them and shouted:
"Listen up, mercenaries! Our general says you'll be rewarded with three silver coins for participating in the siege. After the battle, you can loot the spoils, but you can't touch the warehouse. No bargaining!"
“Oh, no.”
A mercenary stood up and said with disdain:
"It's just enough for two or three days of food. After all, we're battle-hardened soldiers with our own weapons. Can you increase it a bit, or give us some of the money from the warehouse?"
"If you can do it, come on. If you can't, get out!"
The Yoda trooper shouted angrily, his eyes wide and his face fierce.
"After this battle, the campaign in this area will be over. If you don't do it, you'll have to go somewhere else, and by then you might not even earn these three silver coins!"
……
Accompanied by the drumbeats and trumpet sounds of the military band, a large number of Yoda soldiers and mercenaries outside the city pushed various siege weapons and attacked the castle like a tide.
On the city wall, Midlan's archers kept shooting arrows down. The rain of arrows was as dense as locusts, delaying the enemy's offensive.
Arrows whizzed by, some hit Yoda's soldiers, and some hit the siege equipment, making "puff puff" sounds.
"bump!"
Ladders were constantly being placed on the battlements. As soon as a Yoda soldier climbed up the wall, Bibin, who had been waiting for a long time, chopped down the wall with an axe. Bibin swung the axe with swift and powerful movements, and every swing brought up a splash of blood.
"Bibin, this way!"
Gorkas's call came from the side, and several Yoda soldiers climbed up to Gorkas's side. They came from different directions, and Gorkas had to fend off attacks from multiple directions at the same time.
"Whoosh!"
An arrow accurately hit the neck of a Yoda soldier gathered closest to Gorkas.
The soldier's eyes widened, and before he could even scream, he fell limply to the ground.
On the opposite side, Jiedu quickly loaded his crossbow with arrows and continued to shoot at the Yoda soldiers climbing up the city wall.
His movements were skillful and agile, and each loading and shooting was done in one go, as if he and the crossbow in his hand had become one.
At the same time, Yoda's siege cone also arrived in front of the gate.
"Okay! Push together!"
A dozen Yoda soldiers shouted slogans, held siege spikes, and pushed hard towards the city gate, despite the falling rocks from above.
On the side, the siege tower was slowly approaching the city wall under the push of Yoda's soldiers below.
There were dozens of Yoda soldiers behind, pulling the ropes to prevent the siege tower from collapsing.
Inside a siege tower, Guts was fully armed, crouching down to maintain his balance like the other mercenaries. He wore armor without arm guards, carried a sharp sword, and wore a helmet on his face, his eyes revealing a hint of vigilance.
When the siege tower was only a few meters away from the city wall, the drawbridge above immediately dropped down and was placed on the city wall.
The Yoda soldiers in the tower immediately rushed forward and fought with the Mitlan soldiers on the city wall.
"The city wall has been lost!"
As the news spread, the Midlan soldiers on the city wall immediately fell into chaos and began to retreat.
"Everyone retreat!"
Jedu shouted as he fired at the Yoda soldiers that continued to pour onto the walls.
"boom!"
The city gate burst open after being hit by the siege cone for the umpteenth time.
Yoda's soldiers rushed into the city from the city gate and started fighting with the Midlan soldiers.
"Alright! Attack in one go!"
Outside the city, General Yoda shouted when he saw the city gate being breached.
"Whoever cuts off the enemy general's head will be rewarded handsomely!"
After hearing this, the mercenaries were energized and rushed towards the inner castle.
"Hey, I'm leaving first!"
A mercenary rushed forward after killing the Midlan soldier in front of him, with an excited smile on his face, as if victory was already waving to him.
"Damn it, wait a minute."
When another mercenary saw this, he also wanted to follow forward, but with a "bang", the mercenary's head hit his shield.
On the opposite side, a man over two meters tall, wearing heavy armor and an onion-like helmet, was waving a broad battle axe in his hand. Every swing could cut off a Yoda soldier along with his shield.
No matter how many Yoda soldiers rushed forward, they could not get past him.
He exuded a powerful aura, as if he were an insurmountable mountain.
Soon, no Yoda soldiers or mercenaries dared to go forward anymore, and the two sides confronted each other more than ten meters apart.
"It's Bazso!"
One of the mercenaries recognized the man before him, a hint of fear in his voice.
"It's him?"
The other mercenaries echoed, their faces filled with horror.
"The General Mitlan who killed thirty men."
"I heard he even killed a bear."
Bazso revealed a pair of fierce eyes and stared at the Yoda soldiers in front of him.
Seeing that no one dared to step forward, he began to mock:
"What's the matter? If you want to be beaten to a pulp, come up and get yourself killed!"
At this moment, General Yoda rode up to them and saw that none of the soldiers were charging, so he shouted:
"What are you doing? Don't you want to defeat him and become famous in one battle?"
However, what he got was the cold stares from everyone, including his own soldiers.
Putting aside the question of whether we can win or not, if it were really that easy to become famous, wouldn’t you have gone ahead first? How could we, the little soldiers, have a chance to win?
At the same time, on the walls of the inner castle, Griffith and his companions were observing the battle situation in front of them.
"Mitran is doing okay. No one can beat anyone else right now."
Jie Du said, his face showing a look of relief as if he had survived a disaster. The battle to defend the city completely restricted his flexibility and kept him in a state of tension all the time.
"Thank God, we only have one day left to hire Mitland. As long as this Bazso can survive one day, we'll take the money and leave!"
Gorkas, who was standing by, said this after surviving the disaster.
Griffith was now fully armed, wearing an eagle-beak helmet, observing the situation on the battlefield.
Although Yoda broke into the castle, relying on the walls of the inner castle and Bazso in front of him, the castle could at least hold out for a day or two.
"Ok?"
However, at this moment, Griffith suddenly noticed that a figure from Yoda's army was walking calmly towards the front through the crowd.