Li Ang did not let the troops enter Eagle Claw Fortress, but kept the team in the east. It was not until Gatu people watched a large number of Gatu people pouring into Eagle Claw Fortress that he slowly led the team to block the east gate of the castle.
Of course he would not obey a marshal who allowed his subordinates to kill civilians.
This was not only for his own moral values, but also for the joint force he had finally organized.
Besides, he has no problem "not knowing" that Brennus is a marshal - after all, he did not receive a formal marshal order.
As for the marshal's flag, he could have "not seen it from a distance".
It is understandable that the call of the trumpet cannot be heard on the chaotic battlefield...
Anyway, you have to adapt to changes on the battlefield. Blocking Gatu people's way is also what the lord of the kingdom should do...
If you want to block a city gate, you only need one or two hundred people.
Vendathir and Noldo Ranger aimed their bows and arrows at the city gate. After shooting down the dozens of Gato Raiders who were the first to rush out, including their men and horses, no one dared to leave the city anymore.
Gatu people even closed the city gate - neither the Noldor's compound bow nor the crossbows of the female soldiers had a much longer range than Gatu people's nomadic bow. With the door open, they could only get beaten in vain.
Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one on the east wall at this time, Li Ang personally placed a strange package under the city gate, and then ran back quickly.
Later, the lord erected the Golden Griffin flag outside the east gate of Eagle Claw Fortress. He and Amy led a group of female soldiers to stay under the flag, and dispatched all other troops in the north and south directions.
Wendilf was also under the Griffin banner at this time, and her job was to follow Li Ang as a close guard.
As a young elf underage, this is the first time Wendilf has participated in such a large-scale war.
For this war, Li Ang also gave her a new position.
Wendy is now not only the bodyguard of Li Ang, but also the liaison officer between Li Ang and the two Noldor forces - in fact, the messenger.
But Wendilf is very satisfied with the position of 'liaison officer', so why not add the word 'official'...
Look at Risadiran. He is also a Noldor noble. He is over a hundred years old. He has not even held an official position. He is just a bodyguard...
Although Wendy's status is noble, in the Noldor tribe, she is just a young ranger who has not yet graduated. Although the people in the tribe dote on her, they will never let her hold any important positions. Everyone only treats her as a child.
Lord Li Ang must be discerning, Wendy thought.
Although it was the first time to face such a large-scale battlefield, Wendilf was not nervous because the lord never seemed to put the troops into any danger.
Wendy has been following the lord, watching Li Ang draw on the ground while constantly dispatching people around him in various directions, until only the female soldiers led by Amy are left outside the east gate.
Wendy couldn't understand the crude sketch Li Ang drew on the ground, but she could feel that the Lord seemed to be planning to sit here and command the entire army?
Almost all of Horn Summon Ranger Corps's rangers have become scouts. Scouts are constantly returning and scouts are being dispatched.
It seems that the lord is receiving reports from the scouts anytime and anywhere, and is arranging tasks for the scouts anytime and anywhere.
Anyway, this kind of situation has never been seen among the Noldor people.
Even Isildur, who is recognized as being good at commanding, can at best lay out plans carefully before the war begins, but Isildur certainly cannot handle such dense intelligence, nor can he pass orders so frequently.
Wendy It is hard to imagine that scouts are reporting back every moment, and that orders are given to scouts and messengers every moment. Is this how human lords direct war?
How can we respond to such dense information immediately?
The crude sketch drawn with a wooden stick on the ground has been constantly changed and changed, and it has long been beyond recognition. Can the lord see the entire battlefield with this graffiti-like thing?
Wendy was also sent out once to convey military orders to Vendathir.
The order is simple - "If Brennus's troops enter the city, block the south gate directly."
Wendy didn't quite understand it at the time, so he asked Vendathir to block the south gate?
What do you want to do, Lord?
But Wendilf's doubts did not last long, she knew the answer when she came back.
Because she saw the layout of the east gate of Eagle Claw Fortress.
The Gatu people bodies that had been shot over outside the east gate were piled at the city gate together with the horse corpses, but it didn't seem to be to block the city gate - the city gate was opened inward.
These corpses were piled on both sides of the strange package placed by Li Ang, occupying more than half of the city gate, and arranging some obstacles.
And Amy led the female soldiers to form an array more than a hundred meters apart.
This is equivalent to blocking the east gate from the outside, but the blocking is not tight, leaving a gap. But it is estimated that no one dares to move the body - whoever is at the city gate will face the crossbows of the female soldiers.
This further increases the difficulty of rushing out from the city, as the city gate only leaves room for one person to pass through.
Anyway, it is definitely difficult for Gatu people to break out. Their cavalry bows have insufficient range and they are not heavily armored. It would be difficult to break out of the city gate despite the rain of arrows.
"Sir, do you plan to block all Gatu people and other troops in the city?"
Wendy was a little confused. "But this city has four gates. We can't block all directions, right?"
"Yes, there are four doors... but precisely because there are two more doors that are not blocked, the fighting inside will be even more severe..."
Li Ang turned around with a strange expression on his face. "Wendy, what's going on in the city? You should be able to hear it, right?"
Wendilf's hearing is much better than that of the lord. Of course she can hear it. There seems to be the sound of fighting everywhere in Eagle Claw Fortress.
At this time, Risadiran and Noel came back from the north. "Sir, the Crow people have entered the city from the north gate, and all the scouts they sent to the northeast have been killed."
"Good... now we just have to wait..."
Li Ang nodded and simply sat down.
Soon after, people gradually became visible on the east wall, mostly Gatu people.
But most of the Gatu people were not shooting arrows outside the city, but into the city. It seemed that the fighting inside the city was quite fierce.
"Sir, may I join the battle?"
Wendy took off the bow on her back and pointed at Gatu people on the city wall. She wanted to shoot the enemy down.
Li Ang looked at the movement on the city wall, and then at Wendy: "Do you hate Gatu people?"
"Of course I hate it...Gatu people has killed many of our tribesmen. Every year they attack our northern forests. Their big boss even uses the weapons of our tribesmen!"
Wendy said with a bit of gritted teeth.
"Wendy, even if you can hit 100 times and use up all your arrows, you can only kill thirty-two at most..."
The lord tapped the sketch on the ground with a wooden stick. "There are thousands of Gatu people in the city now... Save the arrows until the end to use them, then they will bring the greatest harvest. It is best to resist hatred on the battlefield. The goal we want to achieve is not just to destroy the enemy."
"If it's not to destroy the enemy, what is that?"
Wendy put away her bow very obediently. She said she would obey military orders when she joined the Li Ang team, but she still wanted to ask for clarification.
"Wendy, now in such a small castle, more than 10,000 people are fighting in it, guess who will win?"
Li Ang asked gently.
"I don't know, but Lion Knight Order is quite powerful in combat, maybe it's them?"
Wendy answered a little uncertainly.
"No, it won't...Wendy, in fact, the combat power of the Noldor people is far better than that of Jatu. In my opinion, the combat power of two hundred Noldo Ranger can be equal to that of a thousand Gatu people. But it is difficult for your people to gain the upper hand in the war with Gatu people. Why? --Because Gatu people is not afraid of death! The more desperate the situation, the less afraid they are of death..."
Li Ang said and sighed, "Wendy, in the narrow street fighting in the city, we can only fight life and death, and most tactics are useless. In the end, the one who wins the final victory will definitely not be the one with the strongest combat power, but the one who is least afraid of death. The... Gatu people will definitely win in the end, and we - or you, will eventually appear in Eagle Claw Fortress as the saviors who kill Gatu people and save the remnants of the two countries..."
Wendy was stunned. This smart underage girl really knew everything. She understood the complete intention of Li Ang.
Because no one can attack the city, and no one has much supplies, no one will let Gatu people easily occupy Eagle Claw Fortress, and all forces will fight with Gatu people in the city.
Now Li Ang has blocked the east and south gates, and Duke Brennus is probably trapped on the south tower of Eagle Claw Fortress. Lion Knight Order will not withdraw easily before Grand Commander rescues them.
The Crow people had no supplies and suffered heavy losses. Li Ang also asked Noel's troops to kill the scouts sent by the Crow people to the northeast...
As long as the leader of the Crow people is clear-headed, they should understand that they are still facing a situation where everyone is the enemy, and they cannot fight in the field - whether they are facing Lion Knight Order or Jatu, they cannot fight in the field.
In other words, the Crow Army can only occupy Eagle Claw Fortress and defend the city, and it also has to grab enough food from Gatu people, such as their own supplies or Gatu people's horses.
Then you can only enter Eagle Claw Fortress and fight with Gatu people.
This is also the best choice, because the Crow Army can actually be said to be the most suitable for street fighting among all the forces currently.
As for Gatu people--when they see the troops of Lion Knight Order and Raven Kingdom entering the city, they will definitely want to go out, but they can't get out through the four city gates, so they can only fight hard inside the city.
Of course, you can jump over the city wall and run away, but even if you don't fall to death by jumping over the city wall, you will definitely be shot to death by the Li Ang troops outside...
This battle will definitely become a strange battle that will be forever recorded in the history of Pendor Calendar. It may also mean that it is unprecedented and unprecedented.
In fact, the scale of this war was not particularly large. The total number of troops participating in the war was only more than 10,000.
But this is probably the only war in the history of the entire continent in which Gatu people defended the city and other forces attacked it...
Yes, now it has become a strange scene where Gatu people is defending the city in Eagle Claw Fortress, while other forces are blocking all directions of the castle and attacking Gatu people.
And all forces are hostile to each other...
Most Gatu people must be panicking. They must not have thought that when they entered the city, all the forces would block them in the city... and they would have to defend the city?
Speaking of siege, Gatu people may have some experience. Although siege is not a job they are good at, they still have some experience...
Can defend the city...
Gatu people is really inexperienced!
If Zhu Da himself were here, Gatu people probably wouldn't have made such a move - a fierce man like Zhu Da would probably rather fight head-on in the wild than enter the city easily.
Look at the situation in Eagle Claw Fortress City, it's just like the Colosseum.
The flag of Brennus is erected on the south city wall. Royal City Guard is holding a war spear and stabbing down on the city wall, but under the city wall are all Gatu people, Brennus The situation of looks precarious. Fortunately, Royal City Guard has a war spear, which is very useful on the city wall. Gatu people won't be able to kill them for a while.
The east city wall is currently the territory of Gatu people. Gatu people has already stood in a row on the city wall and is shooting arrows into the city. There is also a group of people trying to attack the north city wall - the four walls are actually connected together. When fighting inside the city, controlling the city wall will give you a great advantage.
The north wall is basically full of the Raven Kingdom and Rangers. These are all very skilled archers. They shoot at Gatu people at the corner of the city wall. This is also for the sake of competition. Seize control of the city wall. Rangers and Raven Kingdom currently have the upper hand. The lethality and accuracy of the walking bow are indeed much better than those of Gatu people's riding bow.
As for the west city wall, there are not many people on it - the west area is controlled by Lion Knight Order, but the canned knight on the city wall will not be of much use, Lion Knight Order does not have long-range capabilities.
Bows and arrows are not easy to practice, and they are not a traditional activity of the Lionheart Kingdom. There are not many knights in the Kingdom who are good at bows and arrows.
As aristocratic knights, Lion Knights are of course unwilling to use crossbows. In their eyes, crossbows are assassination weapons used by civilians, and are "without a sense of honor" similar to muskets.
But now they probably wish they had a crossbow.
The area of Eagle Claw Fortress is not particularly large. Originally, the city could only accommodate a few thousand people.
Gatu people alone was enough to crowd the city. Now the armies of Lion Knight Order and Raven Kingdom have poured in again. There are more than 10,000 people in the city. It is basically a crowded place.
On the street, the cavalry couldn't even think of moving a step. A large number of Gatu Horse had blocked the street. No matter how skilled the rider was, in this environment, they could only dismount and fight on foot.
Lion Knight Order has now dismounted and fought on foot with shields, and has driven most of the mounts out of the city so as not to get in the way.
In fact, Lion Knight is quite powerful when dismounted. At least the equipment is hard enough, and Lion Retainerss are also very skilled.
In addition, all members of Lion Knight Order are equipped with maces--this thing is very suitable for street fighting in the city...
In the city, of course Lion Knights can't use lances.
Except for the special heavy-duty lance used by Ryman, ordinary lances are actually disposable consumables. The gun barrel is made of brittle wood and is easy to break. This is to protect the knight's arm from being injured by the reaction force.
If you really want to talk about it, the most commonly used main weapon of Lion Knight Order members is actually not a lance or their silver-plated giant sword, but a mace.
This is their most commonly used weapon after the lance was broken. The structure is very simple. It is a wooden handle less than one meter long, with an iron caltrop hammer head of about two pounds.
This common short weapon looks very inconspicuous and not handsome at all, but it is the most skilled one-handed weapon used by knights.
Because it can kill enemies wearing heavy armor, and it is very suitable for crowded situations.
For example, the current situation...
Lion Knight Order members hold a shield in one hand and a mace in the other, and are launching an attack on Gatu people in the city.
Inside Eagle Claw Fortress, it has turned into a narrow killing field like a battle cage. This is a real hand-to-hand encounter.
The clashing of shields, the tapping of hammers, the clashing of blades, and the various harsh sounds of impact and metal friction make one's scalp numb.
There is nowhere to dodge in the crowded crowd, and there is no way to retreat. Either kill the enemy in front of you or fall down.
In this scenario, the Lion Knight with better equipment does have an advantage.
Gatu people's scimitar was basically unable to cut through their armor, so they quickly advanced to the center of the castle, and then all the way south, they were able to meet their Grand Commander Brennus.
But their advantage only lasted for a quarter of an hour.
Lion Knight are well-equipped and well-protected. The plate-chain composite armor is indeed difficult to be cut by a knife, but the problem is that this thing's defense is quite good, but it is too heavy!
Wearing a full set of plate and chain armor to fight on foot, and constantly swinging the hammer, surrounded by people, there is no rest at all... Anyone who can last for more than a quarter of an hour is considered to have good endurance!
Moreover, just as Li Ang said to Wendilf, in this situation, what determines victory or defeat is not the equipment and combat power, but the lack of fear of death.
After Gatu people suffered heavy casualties, he became more and more courageous as he fought, and gradually began to counterattack, pushing Lion Knight back again.
No matter how good the defense is, there are always gaps in the armor. It is actually not troublesome to kill a weak canned knight... Moreover, Lion Knights do not have such determination to die.
As a result, Lion Knight Order was gradually pushed back to the west side of the castle by Gatu people.
Gatu people, who had repelled Lion Knight Order, saw that the west gate seemed to have a chance to break out of the castle, and began an all-out attack on the west gate - they had realized that it was impossible to completely occupy the castle, and if they could rush out, then of course there would be no need to get stuck here and fight a bad battle.
Originally, Lion Knight Order were probably preparing to retreat out of the city, but Gatu people's full-scale charge made Lion Knight realize that if they retreat now, they may be washed into pieces!
So they resisted with all their strength, and at this time, Raven Kingdom troops from the north pressed forward.
While most Gatu people focused on rushing out of the west gate, Raven Kingdom's troops gradually gained the upper hand.
In addition, Raven Kingdom's archers were covering the high ground on the north side. When Lion Knight Order was retreating steadily, the Ravens gradually reached the center of the castle and suppressed Gatu people.
So the Jatu troops had to shrink back so that the shooters on the east roof could cover them. This gave the Lion Knights a breather and regained the gap on the west side.
But they had just fought to the death with the Crows not long ago, and the Crows had not forgotten them - some of the Crow troops began to attack Lion Knights again.
However, the Rangers of the Ravenclaws could not take care of the center of the city, and lost the cover of their bows and arrows. In addition, the Ravencrows were attacked from both sides. It didn't take long for the Ravencrows to suffer heavy losses, and they gradually retreated.
And Gatu people saw that Raven Kingdom's troops began to shrink, so he turned his head to the north again, planning to see if he could rush out from the north...
So Raven Kingdom's troops also realized that they must not retreat. Once they retreat, they will be overwhelmed by Gatu people. If this situation is overwhelmed, they will be dead...
The three forces thus formed a tug-of-war like a meat grinder.
Eagle Claw Fortress The street in the middle has turned into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
As Li Ang said, it was because there were two doors that were not blocked that they hit harder.
Gatu people suffered numerous casualties, but he did become stronger as the battle continued. As Gatu people tried harder and harder to break out of this cage, neither Lion Knight Order nor Raven Kingdom could retreat.
Whichever side cannot withstand it will be completely crushed by Gatu people...