Chapter 402 The castle is broken!
Gervis was leisurely preparing to go back to sleep, but the place where the eldest prince and his companions were fell into a strange silence.
When Gervis' fifty catapults were launched, the eldest prince and his companions felt as if their proud words had just been slapped in the face.
Especially the vassals of the Charles family, who originally thought that this good thing would fall upon them, but now it is very likely that they will get nothing.
For such a small baronial castle, the catapult is simply the most deadly siege weapon.
Therefore, in this world, catapults can become strategic weapons.
When they first arrived in Baiyan City, the first thing they did was to search everywhere for catapults, hoping to seize a few.
However, it was discovered in the end that most of the intact trebuchets had been taken away by the Jones family, and the remaining trebuchets had been completely scrapped due to being soaked in water for too long.
But they did not expect that the Jones family actually obtained so many intact catapults, and Alice was willing to give them to her vassals.
As the sound of bangs was heard, every time the stone bullet hit the Baron's castle in the distance, the eldest prince felt as if he was slapped by Gervis.
"No wonder you asked me about the ownership of the spoils. It turns out you were sure you could capture this castle!"
The eldest prince clenched his fists so tightly that veins appeared. At this moment, he felt that he was being fooled by Gervis.
Gervis's deliberate opposition in the meeting tent was just a trick on him, and his hatred for Gervis deepened.
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Gervis had no idea that the eldest prince hated him so much at the moment, so he went back to the tent and lay down on the small bed to rest without even taking off his clothes.
But even if Gervis knew the eldest prince's current mood, Gervis would not pay any attention to him. The eldest prince wanted to deal with Gervis, and Gervis wanted to find an opportunity to kill the eldest prince.
After returning to the camp and closing his eyes, Gervis soon fell into a deep sleep.
I don’t know how long I slept, but I was woken up by Ike’s shouting in a daze.
"Sir, a breach has been created in the castle wall by the trebuchet."
"Oh? Did you make a gap? I'll be right there!"
When Gervis heard this, he immediately sat up from the bed.
A few minutes later, Gervis rode his warhorse to the Baron's castle again, and saw that a small section of the castle wall in front of it had been smashed into a gap.
The gap is not very wide, only two or three meters wide.
And this section of the city wall did not collapse completely, only the upper part collapsed, and the height is still eight or nine meters.
However, compared to the more than 20-meter-high city wall, this eight or nine-meter-high city wall is obviously much easier to attack.
In addition to this gap, some towers above the castle had been riddled with holes, obviously having suffered from the catapults.
As for the gate below the castle, several large holes had been smashed in the drawbridge, but the castle gate inside was still intact.
"Grevith, you're finally here! Can we attack now?"
As soon as Gervis stood still, Fatty Pat ran over and asked anxiously, and the other vassals also stretched their necks to look over here.
Obviously, with this gap, everyone can't wait to take over the Baron's castle.
Gervis looked at the moat in front of him, which had almost reached the bottom of the castle. Now the soldiers were carrying soil towards the gap, preparing to fill it up so that the siege ladder could be set up stably.
"Grevith, we can't wait any longer. Five or six hours have passed. We don't have much time left!"
When Pat saw that Gervis did not answer him immediately, he thought that Gervis wanted to wait for a while before attacking the city.
But there were still two or three hours until dawn. If they didn't attack now, time might not be enough.
"Go tell the other nobles that we have two choices now. If we start attacking the city right now, we will have them put on their armor and attack the city ourselves. The soldiers are tired after a night of attack, and if we let them charge, there will definitely be a lot of casualties!"
"Another option is to let the soldiers rest for an hour before letting them start the attack!"
What Gervis was just considering was the casualties. These soldiers of the Jones family had not slept for a whole day and night. If they were asked to attack the city immediately, many of them would hardly be able to hold their swords steadily, and it was unknown how many lives would be lost.
"Okay, Gervis, wait a minute, I'll go over and talk to them now!"
Little fat boy Pat smiled happily and immediately ran to where the little nobles gathered.
Fatty Pat whispered a few words with the little nobles over there and immediately ran back.
"Grevith, they all want to attack now!"
"Very good, let everyone get ready, we will start the formal attack in ten minutes!"
Next, the petty nobles began to change their armor. Those who had full body armor put on it, and those who didn't have full body armor put on two more pieces of leather armor.
With the help of Ik and others, Gervis also changed into his mithril full body armor. Although the full body armor was a bit heavy and inconvenient for climbing the siege ladder, its defensive power was very good, and the ordinary arrow feathers on their heads could not cause much damage to them.
"Everyone, listen up! Our main goal is the spoils of war. If the people in the castle are willing to surrender, don't kill them. They are worth a lot of silver coins!"
"Did everyone hear that clearly?"
Gervis was worried that these people would become bloodthirsty and leave no one alive, which would result in great losses.
Prisoners were one of the spoils he most wanted to obtain during this southern expedition.
"Okay! Viscount Gervis!"
"Don't worry, Viscount Gervis, we will definitely remember it!"
Because of the identity of the Earl's husband, and now that Gervis has demonstrated his strength, these small nobles have begun to unconsciously obey Gervis's commands.
In addition, everyone also knew the situation in Gervis's territory and understood Gervis's intention, so they all agreed.
"Thank you everyone! Then let's start the attack!"
Gervis nodded with satisfaction, then drew his sword and rushed towards the gap in the city wall.
Fatty Pat was standing next to Gervis, also wearing a full body armor. However, the size of this full body armor was definitely rare, it was simply an iron can.
"Grevith, why do you let me carry this siege ladder alone?"
Little Fatty Pat was carrying a nine-meter-long siege ladder on his shoulders. In order for the ladder to bear the weight of Gervis and others, the ladder was tied extremely firmly. Even the wood used as the stepping stone was as thick as an adult's arm and weighed over a hundred kilograms. Little Fatty Pat was already out of breath from carrying the ladder.
"Pat, I'm doing this for your own good. The siege will be quite dangerous, so you don't have to attack the city after you set up the ladder. You just need to hold the ladder steady from below."
Gervais answered Pat seriously.
What he said was half true and half false. He was certainly not worried about Pat's safety. After all, the full body armor Pat wore was airtight. In fact, Gervis was worried that Pat would break the ladder when climbing it later.
"All right!"
Fatty Pat had a helpless look on his face. He carried the siege ladder in one hand and supported his helmet with the other. For the sake of comfort, his helmet was oversized, so it had tilted from shaking when he ran.
Obviously, Pat had never thought about fighting with others in full body armor before, he just wanted to be comfortable.
(End of this chapter)
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