Chapter 381: The Charge
Alice first rolled her eyes in respect for Gervis's little show-off.
Then, his eyes flickered as he spoke to Gervis seriously, "Gervis, are you sure you can capture the western wall? Will it cost a lot of casualties?"
Alice also believed that Gervis must have some unique plan.
However, based on her knowledge, there was basically no way to capture Baiyan City by cooperating with the flood, so she continued to ask.
"Of course I am sure! Eighty percent sure!"
"As for casualties! It can be said that not a single soldier was lost!"
Gervis smiled, but didn't say anything too confident.
After all, this idea was just something he conceived in his mind, and he couldn't guarantee a 100% chance of it happening in reality.
"Hey, my cheap wife is getting more and more beautiful, I am obsessed with her!"
At the same time, Gervis suddenly discovered that since the southern expedition, the micro-expressions of his cheap wife have become more and more varied.
Only when she was angry would she act like a cold goddess to him, which made Gervis wonder if this domineering countess was going to fall in love with him.
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Before noon that day, the entire Jones family team withdrew from the camp north of White Rock City and moved to the mound on the west side.
As for the miserable appearance of the Jones family, except for the Welton family, the other earl families were all watching the show with joy and were very willing to see the decline of the Jones family.
After lunch, the king ordered several families to take an hour to rest and allow the soldiers to digest their lunch, and then officially begin the attack on Baiyan City an hour later.
Time flew by quickly, and as the one-hour break came to an end, horns sounded loudly from the north and east walls of Baiyan City.
The attacking family began to gather their forces one mile outside the city wall.
The offensive strategy decided by several earl families was to attack the city in rotation, with four earls on each side taking turns to attack the city, and the order of the siege was determined by drawing lots.
The advantage of this is that the attack on Baiyan City can be launched day and night, leaving the sparse defenders of Baiyan City no time to breathe.
The downside is that the momentum of the siege was much smaller. Facing the three-mile-wide Baiyan City wall, a thousand people concentrated on attacking the city seemed sparse.
When the horns sounded on the north and east walls, there was no movement in the Jones family camp in the west. Most of the soldiers and serfs were still digging trenches with hoes and shovels on their backs.
Since they are going to camp here for a week, comprehensive camp defense is still necessary, especially since the Jones family is camping alone.
Many of the Jones family's minor nobles were happy to take a break and "recuperate", but Gervis, the Earl's husband, wanted to make some waves.
"Hurry up, bring the medical supplies and tents! The battle over there is about to begin!"
"Lilia, please count the number of people quickly, we are leaving now!"
Gervis sat on the unicorn, constantly directing the soldiers to load supplies onto the carriage, and at the same time giving orders to the captain of his medical team.
Today is an important time for Gervis to test the effectiveness of his medical team!
The girls in the medical team also put on the little silk hats that they usually didn't want to wear.
You know what, after putting on these snow-white little hats, these female medical soldiers look much more pleasing to the eye.
Especially during this period, these young nurses have eaten well and drunk enough, and no longer look skinny and pale.
"Report to the Lord, all 130 medical soldiers of the medical team are here!"
In a moment, Lilia counted the number of people in the medical team according to the counting skills taught by Gervis. After making sure that all members were in place, she immediately reported to Gervis.
"Great, we have everything, let's go!"
Then Gervis led 130 girls from the medical team and headed towards the camp gate.
In addition to the medical team members, Gervis also brought 50 slave soldiers as his personal guards, including longbowmen and longswordmen. Their purpose was to protect the safety of the medical team.
In addition to the defense force, coolies are also indispensable, and there are thirty ordinary slaves ready to carry stretchers.
After all, girls are weaker, so it is not realistic to ask them to carry those armored soldiers back to a safe area for treatment.
In order to save the girls' energy, Gervis even arranged more than ten carriages for them so that they didn't have to walk to the east city wall.
"Wow, what is Viscount Gervis going to do?"
"Oh my god! Your question is not the point! The point is what those hundreds of girls have on their heads and arms? There is also a big red cross!"
"Yes, look at Viscount Gervis's soldiers, they are all fully armed, as if they are going to war. Are these girls going to war too?"
"What a pity! There are still some pretty girls among them!"
As Gervis walked through the camp with the girls from the medical team in a swaggering manner, many of the petty nobles looked at this scene and whispered to each other in surprise.
These girls followed the Earl a few days ago. Although they were curious, they did not dare to ask too much.
But now that Gervis was taking these girls on a journey as if they were going to war, their curiosity got the better of them.
Gervis ignored these insignificant petty nobles and after leaving the camp, he led his team quickly towards the east.
The battle over there is about to begin!
This is money. If you go too late, what if all the wounded soldiers die? Who will you turn to for money then?
Gervis quickly led the team to the east city wall.
At this time, the soldiers of the Principality of Jean responsible for the siege had already lined up in an orderly manner.
What Gervis didn't expect was that the team responsible for the first wave of siege on the eastern wall was actually the Weldon family, the Lord of the North.
Because the flag flying in the siege team in front is the Blizzard Giant Bear flag belonging to the Weldon family.
Of course Gervis recognized the flag of the Lord of the North. It was a pattern of a roaring white bear head. This white bear was also a kind of magical beast, and a high-level one at that, named Blizzard Giant Bear.
The Blizzard Giant Bear only lives in the deep ice and snow of the north, and is the undisputed overlord of the ice and snow in the north.
This time, Welton sent out thousands of troops, five large siege ladders, hundreds of simple siege ladders, and three large catapults in the rear.
Woo! Woo! Woo!
As the attack horn sounded again in the north, the Lord of the East and the North heard it and gave the order, and immediately the horn in the east was also blown.
Thousands of soldiers one mile away from Baiyan City began to move following the sound of the horn and slowly headed towards Baiyan City.
At this moment, there were no earth-shaking shouts of killing in the field. Currently, one could only vaguely hear the continuous loud roars of the minor nobles or the leading soldiers.
They are constantly restraining the soldiers in the formation to prevent some new recruits from collapsing and causing trouble due to being unable to withstand the pressure.
"Bang! Bang!"
The soldiers in the front were slowly advancing towards the walls of Baiyan City, but the three large catapults placed 500 meters behind them started up first.
The soldier in charge of stimulation raised a hammer and hit the pedal mechanism hard.
With a loud bang!
The stone bullet, which was bigger than a millstone, soared into the air, drew a visible parabola across the sky, and smashed into Baiyan City.
One of the three huge stones was at a higher angle and flew over the city wall, while the other two hit the outer wall of Baiyan City.
Even standing two miles away, Gervis could hear the heavy, dull thud of huge rocks hitting the solid walls.
But this was only the first throw, and apart from the huge rock that fell into the city, it was impossible to see what damage it had caused.
The two huge rocks that hit the city wall did not cause any casualties to the enemy. They both hit the middle and lower part of the wall, leaving a collision dent of moderate size on the wall.
"Quick! Adjust the angle! Keep reloading!"
The first shot missed the target, which was expected. The commander on the catapult position began to shout loudly.
"We'll set up camp here. Hurry up and prepare all the supplies. The battle will begin soon!"
Gervis looked around and found that his location was suitable for a field hospital.
In order to facilitate the transfer of the wounded, the field hospital cannot be too far from the battlefield, but it cannot be too close either.
He was still more than half a mile away from the camp of the Lord of the North and his men, and two miles away from Baiyan City. Even if the enemy used a large catapult, they would generally not be able to reach here.
Following Gervis's order, the medical team and all the soldiers and serfs moved and quickly began to prepare the camp.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
While Gervis was busy, a roar was heard from the wall of Baiyan City in the distance.
It turned out that the three catapults had been reloaded and were firing stone bombs again.
Because of the previous calibration, this time the three stone bullets all hit the city wall of Baiyan City accurately.
Two of the stone bullets fell on the top of the city wall, and the wall of Baiyan City was immediately covered with stone chips and broken wood, creating a mess.
Even the wooden ceiling used to protect against arrows was smashed with two huge gaps.
As for casualties, since Gervis was not paying attention just now, he could not judge.
However, this boulder, which is bigger than a millstone, would, let alone hit you, even if it just touched you, you would be crippled if not killed.
Woo! Woo!
The three large catapults were the first to achieve success, and the slowly advancing siege teams were now approaching within three hundred meters of Baiyan City.
At this moment, the loud horn in the camp was blown again, and this time the sound became sharp and urgent.
This is the signal to charge!
"Kill! Charge forward!"
"kill!"
(End of this chapter)
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