Night Battle for the City (3)

The city wall here is relatively short, only a little over two meters high. If Victor weren't wearing armor, he could easily climb it by himself.

Furthermore, there is a water gate one meter high below this city wall. Victor chose this location because he discovered that there is a water gate on this city wall that connects to the moat. The distance from the dry moat to the upper edge of the water gate is nearly 3.5 meters, and the width is sufficient to allow two Cavalry to enter the castle side by side.

Just then, the guard on the only watchtower on the city wall seemed to hear the commotion on this side of the wall, and shouted, "Who goes there!"

Victor realized that they had been discovered by the guards, but it was too late for them. By then, Victor had reached the edge of the city wall and pulled himself up onto it with a powerful effort.

Victor flipped over the parapet of the city wall and landed on the horse walkway with a heavy, jarring thud. The other patrolling guards on the city wall heard the sound, but Victor didn't care at that moment.

Soon, several guards rushed over with long spears, but fortunately, two other soldiers from the night raid squad climbed up the city wall and joined Victor.

Seeing the guards rushing towards him, Victor remained calm, as this was all within his expectations. He reached behind him and pulled out a short spear. He had three short spears hanging from his back with slipknots, all of which were weapons he had asked Alex to prepare specifically for this night raid.

Considering the need for a night raid, the vanguard soldiers could not carry long weapons. In addition to longswords or battle axes, each soldier carried three to four short spears, which they could use to counter the long spears of the city guards.

The soldiers of the Iron Knight Regiment were equipped with javelins as standard issue, and Victor's guards were also specially trained in this type of throwing weapon. He led this group of vanguard soldiers, each of whom had excellent throwing skills.

After the three men took out their short spears, they threw them fiercely. At this time, the two sides were less than fifteen paces apart. Two of the three spears hit the guards, who fell to the ground with screams. The other short spear also hit the left hand of a guard, who dropped his spear in pain.

At this moment, the remaining four guards were also startled by the sudden casualties and slowed down. Victor led two soldiers and drew their longswords to meet them.

Seeing the three men charging towards them with murderous intent, one of the youngest guards, perhaps because it was his first time seeing blood, couldn't bear it and immediately dropped his spear and turned to run away.

However, his actions had serious consequences, because he was in the middle of the group, and his turn caused the remaining three to break up.

Before the remaining three could even get together, Victor and his men had already charged over.

Facing the oncoming spear, Victor did not dodge. Instead, he reached out his left hand, pressed down on the spear, and pulled hard. The guard on the other end of the spear was caught off guard and was pulled down by Victor. Victor swung his sword backhand and slashed the guard in the abdomen. Blood splattered into the air, and the fight immediately became fierce.

These guards, armed with long spears and clad in leather armor, were well-trained and legitimate noble private troops, but they were no match for the elite troops led by Victor, who were clad in two layers of iron armor. Moreover, they had already lost their formation, and in the blink of an eye, one was killed and another wounded. Meanwhile, the two vanguard soldiers were unharmed. Victor and his men's first challenge after scaling the city walls was resolved.

At this point, Victor and his men did not continue to pursue the fleeing guard. Their night raid had been discovered, and there was no point in chasing the guard. It would be better to return to the ramparts and help the following soldiers scale the walls.

The battle lasted only a few dozen seconds. The second wave of soldiers had just placed their hands on the city wall when Victor and two other soldiers turned around and pulled them up. All three of them were pulled up.

Victor did not stay there any longer. He led two soldiers and rushed straight towards the watchtower. After all, there were only three ladders, and three people were enough.

By this time, the guards on the watchtower had lit all the torches around the tower and were constantly ringing alarm bells and calling out to the city guards to indicate the location of the night raiders.

Victor must seize this high ground as quickly as possible to prevent the castle garrison from learning of their size and movements.

Victor led his men to the watchtower. On the short, narrow walkway, they didn't encounter a single guard. However, he noticed that the entire castle was becoming noticeably lively, perhaps because officers of the garrison were organizing patrols to prepare for a counterattack or to await reinforcements.

Victor stood at the foot of the watchtower and looked up at it. He thought to himself, "I didn't expect the castle walls to be so low, but the watchtower to be so tall."

"Perhaps because the terrain here is relatively flat and it is located on a major transportation route, the lord is not worried about being attacked, so the city walls are built lower to save costs, while the watchtowers are built according to the standards of a normal castle, which is why they appear so tall," Number One offered his analysis.

"The reason why the moat, water gate, and horse walkway of this castle are built so large and wide is because they were built according to normal standards, but they reduced the height of the city wall, which is the most costly part."

The guards on the watchtower noticed Victor and his two companions had arrived at the foot of the tower and shouted, "They're coming up!"

Immediately afterwards, arrows and stones began to fall.

Victor hurriedly pushed open the door at the foot of the tower and led the two of them up the spiral staircase inside the watchtower.

When he reached about halfway up the tower, he saw two city guards rushing down the stairs with long spears. When they saw Victor running towards them, they immediately raised their spears and thrust, but Victor simply tilted his head back and bent to dodge the spearhead that was aimed at his head.

As the two guards tried to holster their spears and thrust again, two soldiers behind Victor threw short spears. At such close range, there were no lucky ones. One man was speared in the chest, the sharp steel spearhead piercing through his back, and he was stuck on the stairs. The other man was speared in the abdomen, clutching his wound as he rolled down the stairs.

Victor kicked aside the rolling corpse and rushed up the watchtower in three quick steps. By then, there was no one left on the tower; the only two guards had died on the stairs.

Victor stood on the watchtower and looked around the entire castle. He noticed a group of thirty or forty soldiers rushing over from the south side of the city wall, trying to attack the ramparts where Victor and his men were going to climb the walls.

He turned his head to look at the location where he had climbed the city wall and saw that the water channel under the water gate of the city wall extended to the edge of the open space inside the castle. There was a gentle slope connecting the water channel to the open space.