Unknown Knight

Chapter 274 1 Fighting Zion

Aix had a good plan in mind, and his past experiences and victories gave him confidence. In his opinion, the environment here was as isolated as an isolated island, and the people here only understood war to the extent of fighting, and they were not worthy of being opponents to his enemies.

Just like last time, the people of the Harisi family dived into his pocket like a brainless person. However, anyone with a little military knowledge would leave some soldiers guarding outside the city and would not make such a mistake easily.

Aix had seen the army in Zion city with his own eyes. Not only the soldiers of the Harisi family, but also the soldiers of the Sabir family and the Farhad family. He had carefully observed them and found that they did not look like an army at all. They were just a group of gangsters holding knives.

Speaking of the army that this city can rely on, there are probably only the fifty or sixty regular troops of the Ogbai family, and the more than one hundred mercenaries of Isam, but even they are not good enough in Aix's eyes. Their combat capability is close to that of the legion soldiers that Aix occasionally uses here, and is far worse than the Prophet's Guards.

This is also the reason why Aix had the confidence to attack the city with an army of more than 400 people. In his opinion, in terms of the combat effectiveness of a single soldier, Aix's soldiers may not be as good as the regular army of the Ogbai family, but in terms of coordination between arms, it is really difficult to find opponents for Aix's soldiers in the city of Zion.

Aix felt that once his array infantry gained a foothold on the city wall, the fall of Zion would not be far away. Moreover, he had been prepared. These quickly assembled siege equipment were another guarantee for him to break through the city.

After a whole morning of preparation, at around four o'clock in the afternoon, when it was almost evening, Aix gave an order, and four siege towers and a battering ram were pushed by the soldiers, slowly attacking the walls of Zion City in front of them.

The soldiers pushing the siege tower shouted in unison, and the soldiers following behind lined up in formation, with the front holding up shields to provide cover, and the back following in unison. All the soldiers marched forward, and every two steps forward and a shout of slogans made them look neat and imposing.

The four siege towers and the neatly-organized soldiers behind them were like four towering mountains, pressing towards the city wall. Their momentum silenced the Zion soldiers standing on the wall, and the place seemed very quiet for a moment.

Looking at his imposing soldiers and then at the quiet city walls, Aix felt that he seemed to have already won the battle, and a smug smile unconsciously appeared at the corners of his mouth.

When the siege tower was still thirty meters away from the city wall, someone on the wall shouted:

"Cum for me!"

The soldiers on the city wall seemed to be aroused by the shout. They shouted and fired javelins, stones, arrows and other long-range attacks at the siege tower.

Soon the shields on the siege towers and the front rows of infantry were nailed with javelins and arrows, but the actual damage caused was not high. The reed shields that Bamp led the craftsmen to make were thicker, especially for the front row soldiers. Except for a few unlucky ones who were scratched by arrows that slipped through the gaps, the rest of the people did not suffer any harm. The Zion soldiers on the city wall were busy working, but it was equivalent to doing useless work.

Soon the siege tower's bridge was placed on the wall of Zion. The soldiers roared and rushed to the top of the city wall along the bridge. Suddenly, the entire city was filled with shouts and the sound of weapons clashing.

At the same time, the battering ram was pushed into the city gate, and the sound of "bang, bang" of hitting the door was endless. The earth wall in the city gate was shaken and dust fell down, as if the entire city wall was shaking.

Seeing this, Aix grinned happily, as if the city was about to be broken. He waved to his personal guards for a wine bag, and took a big gulp.

However, a fierce battle was going on on the top of the city wall, and many soldiers climbed up the city wall using the siege tower. However, after a long time, there was still no sign of defeat of the enemy on the top of the city wall. The imagined scene of victory with people shouting "Long live the victory" on the top of the city wall never appeared, which made Aix, who was watching from below the city wall, anxious.

After a while, a loud "thump" was heard from the city gate, which was probably broken by the battering ram. What followed was not cheers of victory, but a burst of "hi" sounds with frustration and regret. Aix hurriedly sent someone to find out what happened.

The person sent quickly turned around and reported:

"The wooden door behind the city gate was sealed with stones by the people of Zion!"

After hearing this, Aix felt that something was wrong. Ignoring the objections of the generals around him, he drew out the large shield on his back, went to the siege tower, pushed aside the soldiers in front of him, climbed to the top floor and looked out the lookout. He couldn't help but gasp and broke out in a cold sweat.

It turned out that the city wall looked ordinary, but due to a very common setting, the soldiers who climbed onto the wall were unable to move forward.

That is, every ten or so meters on the city wall, the enemy set up a low wall. This low wall was no more than one meter high, lower than the battlements, and could not be seen from outside the city. A nimble person could just flip over and get over it.

However, it was this wall that successfully blocked the soldiers' attack. The soldiers who climbed up the city wall with the help of the siege tower easily gained a foothold with the cooperation of the array, but they could only advance to the front of the low wall, which was about 40 centimeters thick and very strong and could not be easily destroyed.

If you want to continue to attack forward, you have to lie down and roll over, but this is a confrontation between two armies. Lying down is equivalent to stretching your head towards the enemy's weapons, which is tantamount to seeking death. Even an armed recruit or an armed urban civilian can kill you.

No matter how sophisticated your equipment is, how high your training level is, how powerful your combat skills are, or how scientific your military coordination is, you still have to crouch down in front of such a small low wall to get through. All other prior preparations and efforts are in vain.

"There is a master in this city."

This was Aix's first reaction.

"We can't go on like this. We must withdraw the soldiers immediately."

This was his second reaction.

Because the enemies of the city of Zion did not just rely on a low wall. They also had corresponding coordination. The roofs of the city, the watchtowers on the city walls, and the streets below the city were all filled with archers who were shooting non-stop.

Although our soldiers were well coordinated and formed a tight shield formation on the narrow city wall, they could only passively take the beating. The enemies on the city walls, in front, behind, left and right always found gaps to attack. The enemies were like peeling an onion, peeling off the outermost layer of soldiers layer by layer. Our soldiers were constantly being injured and killed, and were falling down before our eyes.

"Blow the trumpet! Retreat! Blow the trumpet! Retreat! Retreat!"

Aix yelled hysterically. He hadn't felt so helpless and regretful in a long time. Then, urged by the prophet's guards, he retreated from the siege tower.