The stones that had lost most of their power were wrapped in blood and knocked down several people next to the gambler soldiers like bowling balls.
The second freedman soldier who was hit had a broken leg bone, and then several people next to him were knocked down.
"Keep going, keep going!"
The knights riding tall horses urged the almost stagnant soldiers to continue moving forward with the siege vehicles, and the soldiers had no choice but to pick up their fallen teammates and continue moving forward.
Although the stone only killed one person, incapacitated one person, and slightly injured four people, the blow to the morale of the soldiers was huge.
When the trebuchet was filled, Ryan found that Baron Quinnier's siege engines and siege towers slowly advanced nearly another twenty meters.
The second time he fired, Ryan still chose to target the enemy's siege vehicle.
He knew that the enemy's siege tower had a simple and narrow top platform that was only as wide as two armed soldiers side by side at most. Even if they managed to get on the village wall, not many people could get on at one time. The soldiers guarding the village wall were enough. Solve them.
And once the spacious village gate is breached, it can accommodate a large carriage and a large number of soldiers can pour in. There is no doubt that the pressure on the defense will definitely increase sharply.
"put!"
"Snapped!"
The second stone bomb flew out from the trebuchet tower of Verde Village with strong kinetic energy, like a bird that had escaped its shackles and regained its freedom.
Ryan asked the workers to reload, his eyes fixed on the stone. In the distance, the catapults surrounded by enemy infantry moved forward little by little. Ryan had a strong premonition in his heart - this blow was absolutely perfect, and he could even foresee the scene after the hit in his mind.
"Bang!!!!"
"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
"Ding!"
"Son of a bitch!"
As Ryan expected, the big stone was like a sharp sword, thrust straight into the chest of the siege vehicle.
The shield on top of the front end of the catapult was shattered, and debris from the wood chips and stones flew everywhere, mercilessly hitting the heads, arms, and chests of the surrounding soldiers.
Some lucky people only felt numbness in their arms, and the shield made a violent sound and pushed them back a few steps. However, they found that some of the comrades around them either had their helmets making a crisp sound, or their bodies made a dull sound of being hit. Many people fell down amidst screams and howls of pain, and never stood up again.
The stone that shattered the front roof of the siege vehicle continued to hit the battering ram inside the vehicle through the roof. The thick and hard log did not suffer much damage, but it was as if it was shocked. Cats generally wander around.
However, the rocks were completely shattered, and the large rubble ejected hit several handymen pushing the carts with severe head injuries, and they fell to the ground unconscious.
The soldiers following the siege truck were in chaos, and panic spread uncontrollably in everyone's heart.
"You, you, and you, push the siege truck!" The knights following the team held up the collars of several serf soldiers like chickens and pushed the siege truck that had stopped in front.
The few serf soldiers who were carried out looked at the corpses of the handymen beside the siege vehicle that had not yet dissipated. They swallowed and reluctantly took the putter covered in blood with numb expressions on their faces.
"Well done, well done!"
"Taste how good we are, bitches!"
"This is not the place you should come to. Go home, kids, otherwise we will send you to meet Satan with our own hands!"
"You are just a bunch of real trash, worse than pigs and dogs!!!"
On the wall of Verde Village, the soldiers cheered for joy, and loudly cursed and taunted the enemy. Every word they said was clearly transmitted to the ears of the archers behind the shield under the village wall.
"Damn it, die!" The archers who were provoked to anger accelerated their shooting speed.
But the funny thing is that most of the arrows were stuck on the wall stacks and the big round shields of the militiamen. On the contrary, a few of the people on my side exposed their flaws and were shot by the archers on the village wall. They must either go to see God immediately. , or you have to endure great physical pain for a while before going to see God.
"Hell, this can't go on like this. If we hit a few more rocks, not to mention whether the siege vehicles will fall apart, the morale of those soldiers will definitely collapse!" Baron Quinnier, who was watching the battle from behind the battlefield, frowned. It's been a long time since I've seen such a tough opponent.
"When did Simon have a craftsman who could help him build a trebuchet?" Fox, who was following Baron Quinnier, was worried. After finally getting a chance to return to Verde Village for revenge, he didn't want to watch this opportunity slip away in front of him.
"Promise rewards to the handymen who push the siege trucks, and let them use their greatest strength and fastest speed to push the siege trucks into the blind spot area of the enemy's trebuchet!"
"Okay, sir." The messenger said, clamped the horse's belly, and drove quickly in the direction of the siege vehicle.
………………
On the battlefield, arrows were flying back and forth between the village walls and under the village walls. Screams could be heard from time to time, but most of them came from under the village walls.
Shooting arrows from the village wall itself has advantages, whether it is the wide field of vision or the kinetic energy of the arrow.
Bill figured out the frequency of some archers behind the shield when they leaned out and fired arrows. At one point, when they leaned out and were about to fire their bows, they were shot in the face with an arrow predicted by Bill, and blood splattered everywhere.
At this time, the enemy siege vehicles and siege towers had advanced to a distance of 180 meters, and their speed was much faster than before.
Simon could only pray in his heart that Ryan could destroy the trebuchet as much as possible before entering the blind spot.
"Their speed has increased!" Ryan could clearly feel the enemy's speed, and he began to become a little anxious.
Although the trebuchet had just hit the siege vehicle with another stone shell, it was just like the first shot - it only shattered the shield and leather on the roof, but did not damage the main structure of the siege vehicle.
To put it simply, a siege vehicle is a rectangular frame made of twelve strong thick logs, with wooden wheels on its four legs. There is a beam on the top, and a heavy battering ram is suspended by a rope.
In addition, the push rods installed on the secondary pillars of the siege vehicle, the leather and shields covering the top, etc., are all secondary structures and cannot cause real substantial damage to the siege vehicle.
"I hope this shot can knock them down, God bless!" Ryan took out the silver cross pendant on his chest, kissed it, and muttered quietly.
With previous launch experience, this time, Ryan hoped that the rocks would hit the main structure of the siege vehicle.
But all he could do was pray. No matter how accurate his aim was, rocks with uneven surfaces would have ballistic deviations while flying in the air. As for whether they could hit key structures such as wheels and main pillars, they really could only rely on Got lucky.
"put!"
"Snapped!"
The power arm once again threw the stone in the direction of the siege vehicle in the distance. However, the result this time was obviously unsatisfactory - the stone hit the dirt road a few meters in front of the siege vehicle, and the soft earth buffered and absorbed it. Most of its kinetic energy was used up, and apart from the splashing of the soil where it landed, it did not cause any harm to anyone.
"That's it?"
"You rats are worthy enough to hide behind the village wall and play tricks like this. Why don't you have the guts to challenge us in a one-on-one fight!"
"God won't let your damn trebuchets hurt us again, go to hell!"
"What you give us now will be returned to you in multiples when we enter the village!"
The knights behind the trebuchet knew that this was a good opportunity to re-boost their morale, so they let their private soldiers taunt the enemy to their heart's content, hoping to mobilize all the soldiers and turn their fear and uneasiness into bravery and anger.
"When our siege engines and siege towers arrive under their village walls, they will be as fearless as lambs to be slaughtered!!!"
"The woman and the jewelry are right in front of you, kill!"
"Kill them all!"
It must be said that these highly inflammatory words seemed to give the soldiers with low morale a shot of stimulant. Whether they were serfs, free soldiers, knights, or mercenaries in the team, everyone let out a war cry with great momentum.
They have already advanced to a position of 140 meters. If they advance a few dozen meters further, they will almost reach the dead center of the trebuchet turret.
"Snapped!"
At this time, another stone bomb flew out quickly from the trebuchet turret.
To the surprise of all the soldiers in the open space in front of the village, the stone bullet suddenly hit the left front wheel of the siege vehicle, and then burst into pieces. The high-speed bursts of gravel hit the surrounding soldiers, and screams of ghosts and wolves howled among the crowd.
A serf soldier wearing a tattered felt hat pushing a siege truck felt a black shadow coming from the left front wheel in front of his eyes, and then he lost consciousness.
From the perspective of others, the serf soldier raised his head, and red and white stuff spurted out of his head. After he fell to the ground, when he looked again, half of the poor guy's head was gone.
He was not the only one to suffer this tragic end. Everyone's focus was on the most critical thing - the siege engine was paralyzed.
The left front wheel of the siege vehicle was knocked off and broken into two pieces. The siege vehicle lost its balance and tilted to the left front. Unless someone is now moving the siege truck on the left front to rebalance it, there is no way to continue moving.
The slap in the face came too quickly, like a bucket of ice water poured from their heads to the soles of their feet, taking away their newly ignited morale.
Baron Quinil was so angry that he took off his deerskin gloves, threw them to the ground, and cursed furiously.
Fox's face was ashen, and his sharp eyes like an eagle stared gloomily at the people on the distant village wall who were drowning in the sea of cheers. He wanted to cut every one of them into pieces, no matter what method was used.
