Chapter 33 – Bloody Battle of Streb Fortress (4)
Bloody Battle of Fortress Streb (4)
However, the defenders of Fortress Streb were also desperate.
The imperial army’s month-long siege was enough to devastate them, and as the arrow tower collapsed due to the catapults, the archers began to fall victim to the imperial arrows and gravel slingshots little by little.
“Stop it by all means today!!! Reinforcements will arrive soon!!
However, the fact that reinforcements were arriving gave them strength, and their hands exploded, shooting arrows and throwing stones down the castle wall.
“The siege tower is approaching!! Prepare your fire arrows!!”
‘The enemy Chungcha is also coming!! What should we focus on?”
Cordelia asked Count Redelmo, who was commanding from the command tower.
“Focus on attacking the siege tower! Streve’s gate will not collapse no matter how many times the enemy knocks on it.”
“Yes, sir! Fire a volley of fiery arrows at the siege tower!! Shoot oil!!”
On the second day of the Battle of Streve, the oil that destroyed the Imperial Army was fired once again, but the Imperial Army was not so vain as to be attacked twice after being attacked once.
“It’s oil!!! Prepare the dirt bag!!”
When the oil-shooting tube protruded from the wall of Streb Fortress, a bag of dirt was lifted to absorb the oil, and then the oil-absorbed dirt was thrown to the ground before it caught fire.
However, while the oil was being blocked, the siege tower was attacked by fire arrows and began to burn little by little.
Acting Corps Commander Mayer, who was watching the battlefield, saw the siege tower burning and gave instructions.
“Please tell the left and right armies to prepare large cavalry formations, respectively!”
“What are you talking about? A cavalry suddenly out of nowhere?”
“If I were the enemy commander, I would send out the cavalry right now. When the siege tower starts to burn and our troops panic, I would launch a surprise attack for greater effect.”
“But even if you suddenly say that…”
“I am now the acting commander of the corps!! Please convey the order quickly!!”
At Meyer’s shout, the corps staff shook their heads but delivered an order to prepare a large cavalry phalanx to the front line.
“102nd Infantry!! Go to the side and prepare for a large cavalry formation!!”
“Huh? All of a sudden? Are you sure you delivered the order correctly?”
“I’m sure!!”
Injang Cheon, who led the 102nd Infantry, tilted his head at the sudden order from the command center, but since the order was an order, he led his unit and moved to the flank.
At the same time, the castle gate opened, and Tesseito’s cavalry rushed out and rushed into the imperial army sieging from the right wall.
However, the cavalrymen, who charged in with great vigor, turned their noses to the side in embarrassment when the empire’s heavy infantry quickly formed a large cavalry formation.
“What!! Those guys!!”
“… Retreat! If 100 of us rush here and are wiped out, it will only raise the enemy’s morale.”
Although the cavalry consisted of 10 knights including herself, it was judged to be suicidal to charge into an infantry line prepared with only 100 cavalry, so Cordelia bit her lip and calmly ordered a retreat.
Seeing the retreat of the enemy cavalry, the imperial army gained momentum and resumed the siege.
“The enemy cavalry is retreating!! Tell the central army to speed up now!!”
Taking advantage of the gap in which the castle gate was left open due to the retreat of the cavalry, Mayer ordered the central army, which had been slowly advancing with Chungcha, to speed up.
Naturally, arrows rained down heavily, but the imperial army continued to rush to the gate despite making sacrifices, and finally succeeded in ramming the castle gate with a bomb.
Kwaaang!!
When the car hit, the gate shook with a loud noise, but Streve’s strong gate withstood the charge of the car.
However, the imperial army did not give up and repeatedly retreated Chungcha and then charged again.
While the heavy vehicle was crashing into the castle gate, light infantry rushed to the right side of the castle wall next to the burning siege tower, protected by the shields raised by the heavy infantry, and started climbing the castle wall on ladders.
However, as the shower of arrows and hot water continued to pour down, Yuno was unable to climb, and an idea came to mind and Yuno stepped forward.
“Get out of the way!!”
Yuno used his courage to cut the burning siege tower into four parts.
“Your Highness the Prince? What are you doing now…”
“You’re just watching!! Haaaaa!!”
Then, he lifted the piece of the siege tower, which had become a huge burning tree, with both arms and threw it over the walls of Streb.
“Um… What is that?”
“Avoid!!”
When all the huge, burning siege towers were thrown away, the defenders on the castle wall panicked and fled to the side, and the shower of arrows and hot water stopped.
“Now is the time!! All light infantry, climb up the castle walls!!”
“Hold on to the heat for a while!! Even if you get burned by fire, you won’t die!!”
“If you rest now, you will rest forever!! Climb up quickly!!”
Taking advantage of that moment, the imperial light infantry climbed up the castle wall, and for the first time since the start of the fortress, Streve allowed the imperial army to climb up the castle wall.
“Please send a signal to the main base. We need reinforcements now!!”
“Ah. I understand!!”
Mayer saw this and requested reinforcements from the crown prince at the base.
Then, after a while, 1,000 heavy infantry and 3,000 light infantry of the 5th Corps, which were in the best condition among the 1st Army, joined the Windrage Army and clung to the left wall.
When the 5th Corps joined, the Wind Rage Army, which was only in charge of keeping it in check, also began a full-fledged siege.
The Windrage army began to climb the castle wall with the 5th corps, and the knights took the lead and succeeded in climbing up the castle wall, and the number of imperial troops climbing the left and right walls of Streve gradually increased.
“Hmm… Not good… Cordelia! Protect the right wall with the knights! I’ll go to the left wall!”
“Your Excellency!! You’re not feeling well!! You shouldn’t overexert yourself!!”
“In times like this, the commander must not hesitate! Go!!”
Finally, Count Le Delmo and his knights, who had been watching the battle, stood up.
Cordelia went to the right wall with ten knights under her command, and Count Le Delmo also led his column of knights to the left wall.
Then, the imperial army, which had been unilaterally massacring the Tesseito army, began to push back.
“Push the enemy!! Show the power of Streve!!”
As the enemy gained momentum, Yuno climbed the ladder and began climbing the castle wall.
However, the ladder broke because it could not overcome Yuno’s massive weight, and Streve’s defense force gradually pushed the imperial army away, pushing the ladder away.
“Holy shit!! Why is the ladder so weak!!! Next time, I should order it to be made stronger!!”
Juno, who had fallen down the castle wall, was looking around to see if there was any other way, and the broken car in front of the castle gate caught his eye.
Chungcha, who continued to pound on the gate, succeeded in opening the gate to some extent, but the wheel was destroyed by rocks falling from above, so it could no longer function as a siege weapon, so the central army joined the left army.
“Hmm… If that’s it…”
Yuno jumped at the idea that came to her head again.
Yuno used mana to strengthen his muscles to the maximum and lifted the huge battering ram.
Although the wheel was broken, the iron battering ram was intact, so Yuno began to hammer down the castle gate with it.
Kwaaaaa!! Kwaaaaang!!
“What… What are you talking about? What is this?”
“It’s like a sound coming from the castle gate!!”
Count Le Delmo, startled by the sound of Juno slamming the castle gate, came running.
“Um… That crazy guy? Isn’t that the prince who just became a master?”
“Looking at the outfit, it seems to be correct. But why is the Master here alone…”
“Good!! I’ve just become a master, so I’m extremely arrogant, so it’s the perfect time to die!! Focus your arrows!! Be sure to kill that guy!!”
Hundreds of arrows were focused on Yuno.
Yuno felt an arrow being shot at him, but he did not stop striking the castle gate.
Tdididididding
The arrow pierced the armor Yuno was wearing, but bounced off without piercing Yuno’s body.
Yuno’s body, trained by being beaten countless times by Catherine since childhood, was strengthened to the point where it could not be damaged by arrows shot by ordinary soldiers, and after becoming a master, Yuno was not injured even in confrontations with Catherine. .
Yuno trusted his body, and his body did not betray his trust.
“Um… What is that guy? How could he do that!!”
This was completely absurd, as Count Redelmo had experience defeating the Empire’s master through concentrated attacks in the past, and the same was true for the Crown Prince and Mayer who were watching from the command post.
“What is that crazy guy doing again? But it’s good!! Now that the enemy is focused on His Royal Highness, now is our chance!! Please order an all-out attack by all troops!!”
Mayer ordered an all-out attack by the Windrage Army and the 5th Corps, which were in charge of the left wall, and the 10th Corps, which was in charge of the right wall.
“Yu… Yuno, what is he doing in such a dangerous way!! All 1st and 4th corps charge in and save the third prince!!!”
Crown Prince Prinz, who saw the arrows focused on Yuno, also ordered the 1st and 4th corps to charge.
Either way, Yuno continued to pound on the castle gate while being showered with arrows, and the slightly wide gate began to open due to Yuno’s strength.
Gigigigigigigigigigigigi!!
Then, Yuno thrust a battering ram into the gap between the gates and forced them open by swinging the battering ram from side to side. In the end, the gates were unable to withstand Yuno’s force and were completely opened.
*Cordelia illustration
Since I had to show my face, I omitted the helmet.
