Chapter 92: The Decisive Battle of Worms (Part 1)

The third month. If I hadn’t seen so many soldiers around me enduring the same torture, I would have gone crazy.

"Melt quickly, melt quickly!"

This is not just my wish, but also the wish of tens of thousands of people present.

Snow fell every other day, finally making it through the long cold winter. I could feel the snow melting.

Early in the morning, the horn in the sky vibrated the eardrums of every soldier, and I was no exception. I opened my eyes, stood up and pulled open the curtain of the tent, and I saw a pair of legs slowly walking to the extinguished campfire in the center of the camp. Then, I heard: "Whoop~whoop!"

The familiar wooden whistle sounded again, and then the chief centurion Guy's rough voice was heard: "Everyone, come out and assemble!"

This morning, earlier than any other time, I knew it was an emergency, and perhaps the relief I had been dreaming of. I brushed my greasy hair, put the centurion's helmet on my head again, took out the mail mail on the box, and blew away the dust on it.

Outside the door, the horn sounded continuously, and it spread from the central tent to the entire camp. I walked out of the tent in full dress, and the soldiers of the large group were already lined up in front of the chief centurion Guy. He saw me and just glanced at me, because it was the conflict caused by the last soldier replenishment. Three months had passed, and this guy ignored me.

I was used to such indifference. This guy had been treating me the same way for three months. I must have become a thorn in his side. But because I had Aetius as my backer, he didn't dare to touch me.

The snow melted, and the daytime temperature became even colder. I tightened the cloak on my shoulders, returned to the front of my team, and took the shield handed to me by Briss. I stuck the belt of the shield tightly on my left arm, looked to the left, and Andrew nodded to me in front of his square. I looked to the right, and the centurions with helmets carved with crosses on their heads and the soldiers under Guy looked up and looked forward. Their camp consciousness was still very firm. For us who didn't have iron cross helmets, it was very good that we didn't fight with swords.

"Okay, all the soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 14th Gemini Legion." Chief Centurion Guy stood in front of us with a bulging belly, looked around at the hundreds of us, and said loudly: "After waiting for more than three months, we have gone from being energetic young men to almost beggars that even we ourselves despise."

Everyone looked down at the unshaven faces of the people around them and couldn't help but smile knowingly.

"But!" Guy said, "We will put an end to all this. Finally, God has shown mercy to our waiting and cleared all the waiting for us under the walls of Worms. So we must be grateful to God and seize this precious opportunity to put an end to all this."

The soldiers all laughed, instead of cheering like I had imagined. Chief Centurion Guy carried the twin flags of the Gemini Legions and waved his hands. All the members of the First Battalion turned around and walked towards the camp gate.

We continued along the muddy road, but we never expected that Aetius was already prepared. From a long distance, we could already hear the rumbling sound of bombardment.

"put!"

Before reaching the battlefield, a large flame appeared in front of us, and more than a dozen flaming stones were seen flying out from huge catapults. The wall of Worms was already in ruins, with many gaps on it caused by the bombardment of huge stones.

"Ha! The Burgundians must be having a hard time now, because, here we come!"

"Rome!"

“Hooha!”

I don't know who couldn't contain their excitement, but everyone raised their arms and shouted, we stepped forward in the mud, and every time a boulder hit the wall of Worms, we cheered for the rumbling sound, as if we were relieved of the anger in our hearts. When we walked onto the battlefield, it was even more muddy and difficult to walk, so we walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

In front of me were a large number of siege equipment, just like what I saw every day, siege towers, siege cones. All the belongings that Aetius had prepared for three months were here. When I saw them all laid out, I understood Aetius' intention. If we couldn't take the city, we really had no way out.

"The Fourteenth Twin Legion, First Battalion, listen to my orders!"

At this moment, I heard a series of rapid horse hoofbeats. I looked up and saw a cavalryman approaching from afar. I saw his face clearly. He was Livius, the captain of the guards of Aetius. He rode his horse in front of us and pointed his big hand towards the siege tower.

"Go up to the siege tower!"

This was obviously the intention of Aetius himself. Guy did not dare to disobey and could only follow the arrangement. I led my phalanx and trotted up the siege tower closest to our position. Nearly half of the centurions climbed up the ladder of the siege tower, and nearly forty people below, led by the trumpeter Bliss, worked together to push the huge siege tower.

"Cough, cough, crack."

The siege tower moved like a rusty machine, relying entirely on manpower, so you can imagine how fast it moved.

"Second Battalion, listen to the order,"

I heard Levi's loud orders from behind, and I guess this time it's an all-out attack!

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh"

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“Dangdangdang”

The Burgundians on the walls of Worms were unwilling to give up and launched a frantic attack on the siege tower. Countless crossbow arrows were deflected by the iron plates outside the siege tower, making a clanging sound. Bows and arrows cannot stop us!

"Ha, that's all the Burgundians are capable of!"

"Then today, I can go to the homes of the Burgundian nobles and make a fortune!"

Seeing that the Burgundians' offensive had no real impact on the sturdy siege tower, the soldiers inside the tower began to cheer for the siege tower. I stood at the front of the movable plank, watching my subordinates' heartless appearance. I was not like that, mainly because I was worried that the Burgundians' trebuchets would lock on us.

“Boom!”

Sure enough, a loud crash was heard in front of the siege tower. The huge impact force caused the entire tower to shake. I and other soldiers standing in the middle almost fell down because of our unstable center of gravity.

What a bad mouth! I slapped myself twice and cursed myself when no one was paying attention. Through the gap in the wooden board, I saw the wall of Worms close at hand.

(End of this chapter)