Chapter 81 Defeat

"boom!"

Another siege tower was chopped off by stones thrown by the Burgundian catapults. Broken planks mixed with screaming soldiers fell from the siege tower like stones into the crowd below. The broken siege tower did not stop, but continued to move forward under the push of the Germans below.

The Germanic army crushed the last bit of silver of the Burgundians like a huge hammer under the blackened walls of Worms.

"Bang!"

The first siege tower was docked on the wall. The roaring Germans pushed away the baffles in front of them and used them as a bridge to rush up the wall. The Burgundian archers on the wall who did not retreat in time had no ability to resist the arrows and daggers in the hands of the Germans. In an instant, a one-sided massacre began on the wall of Worms. Rain mixed with blood flowed down the wall of Worms.

"It seems that Aetius is going to seize the decisive point." I said to Andrew with a smile: "As long as the city wall is taken, Worms will be halfway occupied. At least it seems so now."

"Oh, yes, Luca." Andrew clapped his hands, as if applauding Aetius. He then said, "I thought the Burgundians still had some tricks up their sleeves, but now it seems that their last barrier is about to be torn apart! I have to say that Marshal Aetius is still very adventurous."

“Woo!!!”

Behind the Germans, dozens of horns sounded at the same time, which meant the beginning of a full-scale attack. The situation was too smooth now. The German mercenaries in front continued to advance, and more and more soldiers climbed up the siege tower and jumped onto the city wall. Similarly, where they passed, they left a pile of corpses, covering the land outside the city. Behind the army, hundreds of cavalrymen holding lances and shields lined up and slowly advanced.

"Marshal Aetius's cavalry, now the German mercenaries have no choice but to attack." Andrew seemed to know these things very well.

Hundreds of cavalrymen stopped less than 200 meters behind the Germans. They weighed their lances and stood ready. The German army had captured the city wall, and the gate of Worms was slowly opened. A large number of Germans poured into the city. It seemed that Aetius was going to do whatever it took this time.

"Luga, it looks like we've won." Andrew brushed off the water drops on his mail armor, turned around and said to me, "Let's go back and wait for the troops to gather and enter the city. This time, Marshal Aetius has one more credit to his name."

I didn't say anything, but just watched the groups of German mercenaries rushing into the city. The shouts of killing in Worms were deafening.

"It's not that simple, Andrew." I stopped Andrew and said to him, "I personally think that since the Burgundians dared to send such elite soldiers out of the city to fight, they must have more cards in their hands. The Germans have just defeated the Burgundian army that left the city, and they are now exhausted. A reckless attack at this time may lead to unexpected mistakes."

Looking back at Worms, the black torrent stopped at the city gate, as if it had encountered some insurmountable resistance. The catapults on the hill continued to bombard, not giving the Germans a chance to breathe.

“Wow!!!”

I heard a sound similar to that of a flood, except that the sound came from the city gate. Then I saw a large amount of yellow liquid gushing out from the city gate like a waterfall.

"It's the same old method again." I shrugged at Andrew and watched the yellow boiling oil pouring down. I could hear the screams of the Germans at the city gate very clearly from here.

The boiling oil instantly scalded a group of German mercenaries. Then, a torch fell from the city gate tower. With a "bang", all the boiling oil on the ground was ignited. The Germans who were drenched by the boiling oil were completely surrounded by flames. Dozens of people were struggling in the sea of ​​fire. People outside did not dare to rescue them and could only watch them die in pain.

The burning flames were not extinguished by the rain at all. Instead, they burned more and more fiercely because of the boiling oil on the ground.

"It's over, the city has become a complete siege, they can't get out." The Germans outside retreated slowly. The flames at the city gate were like an insurmountable wall. Soldiers wrapped in flames rushed out one after another. They died at the bottom just a few steps out of the wall of fire.

Looking at the city wall again, the Burgundian army that came from nowhere has now spread to every corner of the city wall. The exhausted Germans can hardly withstand the Burgundians' almost human wave tactics. German soldiers are constantly knocked down and pushed down the city wall by the Burgundians. The Burgundians who reoccupied the city wall once again picked up their bows and arrows and aimed at the Germans below.

The German mercenaries were defeated one after another. Almost in that instant, they wanted to retreat, but the more than one hundred cavalrymen were staring at them closely from behind, with their lances pointed at them. The mercenaries were dumbfounded. Perhaps they finally understood that the five orens in each of their pockets were not so easy to come by. Now there were solid walls and a large number of archers in front of them, and behind them were their boss, the cavalrymen under the command of Aetius. They were in the middle, which was a very awkward position.

"Obviously, Aetius failed." I turned to look at Andrew. Andrew's eyes were wide open at this time, as if the situation had turned out to be beyond his expectations.

"I really didn't expect that Marshal Aetius and his favorite German mercenaries were unable to conquer Worms." Andrew's tone was full of disbelief. Perhaps in his opinion, it was impossible for Aetius, the famous imperial general, to fail. Of course, he might not know that Aetius had been defeated by a general named Boniface.

At this moment, Aetius was standing in front of the carriage, looking at the slowly retreating German mercenaries. He said nothing, but just waved back.

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The herald behind him immediately understood and shouted to the front: "Back off! Back off!"

The cavalry supervising the battle turned their horses around, and the German mercenaries who had been released from their restraints quickly seized the opportunity to flee back, leaving behind only corpses on the ground and the cheers and jeers of the Burgundians on the city wall.

"It's incredible." Andrew stood there for a long time, looking at the embarrassed figure of the Germans as they fled. He said, "I thought they were really the most tenacious warriors in the world." Until now, Andrew still refused to believe that such murderous mercenaries would fail so easily.

"It's just a matter of command." I walked over, patted his shoulder, and said to him, "Go back quickly. The Germans have been defeated. Aetius will remember us soon."

(End of this chapter)