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Text Chapter 892: Invasion Like Fire (2)

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    Soon, a team of thousands of people rushed out of Zhao Hongyu's position.

    This team quickly rushed into Shiliang City, and then started rushing along the winding mountain road towards the second level where the fierce battle was still going on.

    At this time, on the top of the second defensive circle, Roderny and the others encountered fierce resistance from the defenders.  The strong will of the Japanese to resist slightly frustrated Roderny's attack.

    However, the number of defenders on the second level was still too small after all. The reinforcements sent by Saburo Toyotani finally arrived at the seventh level of defense circle.

    If you want to wait for five hundred young reinforcements to arrive, it will take some time.

    But the problem is that the defenders on the second floor can no longer withstand it for too long.

    Although the defenders were very brave, their numbers were too small. When facing Portuguese mercenaries whose strength was several times their own, they could only resist a little with their bravery, and then were defeated.

    Although most of the Portuguese mercenaries wear leather armor, their defense is not very high.

    But there are also many people among them who are wearing full-body iron armor.

    It goes without saying that the Europeans¡¯ full-body iron armor has great defensive capabilities.

    Although its mobility will be greatly hindered, its defense power is very high.

    Therefore, after Roderny captured the second level of the city, he placed these soldiers wearing covered iron armor in the first row and asked them to withstand the spears of the defenders.

    At the same time, he arranged the second row of soldiers holding European-style spears and halberds, the third row of swordsmen, and the fourth row of crossbowmen.

    Because the space at the top of the city is not very large, only eight or nine people can be arranged in a row.

    Therefore, such a dense arrangement left the brave Japanese defenders with no choice.

    Their swords and spears were completely useless against the mercenaries who were wearing armor like iron buckets, and they had no way to cause harm to the other party.

    On the contrary, as the opponent pressed harder and harder, the spearmen behind the iron barrels would lose several men on their side if they thrust out a spear from time to time.

    Furthermore, the crossbowmen hiding behind would find a gap and shoot an arrow to knock down several of their own people.

    Although the Japanese defenders also had armor, ordinary Ashigaru soldiers only had a thin piece of leather armor, which had no defensive power at all.

    The kind of armor made of bamboo and iron can only be worn by samurai masters.

    Therefore, facing the offensive of Portuguese mercenaries, the defenders were slowly at a disadvantage.

    Roderney¡¯s attack momentum was only blocked at the beginning.  But after Roderny rearranged the formation, the doom of the defenders came.

    When it comes to physical strength, the Japanese are no match for Europeans like animals.

    If we say they are more ferociousto be honest, the ferocious nature of Europeans is not necessarily any weaker than that of the Japanese.  Especially Europeans in this era of the seventeenth century, they can be said to be very fierce.

    Perhaps it is with the passage of time and the constant emphasis on morality and human rights that Europeans have slowly shown their gentle side and hidden their ferocious nature.

    But in fact, the ferocity factor in the bones of Europeans is no worse than that of the Japanese, and is even much stronger.

    Strictly speaking, the only people in this world who are easiest to get along with are Easterners.

    The Portuguese mercenaries are so big that they look like a hill when they stand there.

    The Japanese of this era did not have the milk-drinking and improved genes of later generations, so they were very short.

    When the two sides were fighting fiercely at the top of the city, it looked as ridiculous as "a giant versus a dwarf."

    Roderny stood on the beacon tower at the top of the city, accompanied by eight or nine elite swordsmen wearing half-length European-style armor as guards.  He observed the offensive between the enemy and ourselves on some city walls, and quickly discovered a weakness on the other side.

    To be honest, if we continue, we can still defeat these defenders, but it will waste a lot of time.

    Roderny doesn¡¯t want to waste too much time now. He still wants to capture Shiliang City in one go and get his share of the reward later.

    One-tenth of the wealth in the city is not a small amount.

    It¡¯s not just Roderney who thinks so, the Portuguese mercenaries under his command also think so.

      Therefore, their fighting will is very strong now.

    The desire to make money and wealth gave them a strong fighting spirit.

    After adding that they fought against the Japanese, they found that the combat effectiveness of these Japanese was indeed no match for them, so their confidence immediately increased.

    As long as the defenders don¡¯t use the equipment to defend the city to embarrass them, then if they go head-to-head with the Japanese, the Japanese will never take any advantage.

    They also have the confidence to kill each other with their swords and guns.

    "Move all the crossbowmen to the circling mountain road and let them shoot at the flanks of the defenders. This way we can deal with the defenders in a short time."

    After Roderny observed it for a moment, he ordered the men beside him.

    Yes, he discovered a weakness of the defenders. If he could take advantage of it, the battle here would be over soon.

    After the battle here is resolved, they can quickly continue to advance upward to capture the city head of the third layer of defense circle.

    According to Roderny¡¯s observation, he found that the left wing of the defenders at the top of the city had no defensive facilities. If he mobilized his crossbowmen to attack the left wing of the defenders, the defenders would have no way to resist.

    By then, the defenders would have to face the arrows coming from the winding mountain road on the left wing, as well as the two-sided attack from their own soldiers from the front.

    Under such an offensive, Rodelny did not think that the defenders could hold on.

    Yes, there are no battlements on this side of the inner city.

    In other words, if Roderny can organize the crossbowmen on the circling path, aim at the defenders at the top of the city and shoot them on their left side, then they will definitely be able to cause great damage to the defenders.

    However, Rodelny also knows that if he does this, he will also face the threat of the third layer of defense.

    He attacks the defenders on the second floor here, but the defenders on the third floor can also attack them from top to bottom.

    This issue was already considered when the circular defense facilities of Shiliang City were built.

    It can be foreseen that whenever an enemy invades the city, they will be resisted by the defenders at the same level on the winding mountain road, as well as attacked by the defenders at the upper level.

    This situation will continue to happen until they attack the top.

    It can be said that this winding mountain road and defensive facilities are simply a nightmare and a road to hell for the enemies attacking Shiliang City.

    However, although Roderny also foresaw that he would encounter such trouble, in order to resolve the battle here as soon as possible and enter the next battle, he had to take a risk.

    At this time, at the top of the third defensive circle, the Japanese defenders ran over from the other side.

    Compared to the defenders on the lower two floors, although the third floor was also bombarded, their losses were relatively minor.

    Therefore, some of the defensive equipment stacked on the edge of the city are still relatively complete.

    Arrows shot from the third floor kept falling on the heads of Roderny and the others.

    This forced Roderney and the others to raise their shields high, and they were able to withstand the rain of arrows from above.

    Soon, a group of about twenty crossbowmen, protected by some mercenaries holding their shields high, quickly came to the winding mountain road, then raised their crossbows and aimed them at He and He.  The mercenaries at the top of the city were fighting fiercely against the defenders.

    The defenders on the third floor also realized such a situation.

    So, of course they will not let the mercenaries get what they want.

    Stones, hot oil, and some rolling logs were thrown down one after another.

    Fortunately, when attacking the first to second floors, Rodelney and the others had already encountered such a situation, so they were a little prepared this time.

    The stones hit the shield and were held up by the mercenaries with all their strength. The hot oil poured on the shield and splashed along the shield to both sides. The rolling logs hit the people below.  Shen, but did not break the shield array.

    However, the mercenaries below are not feeling well either, and many of them have injured their arms.  At the same time, although the hot oil is blocked, it will still splash on the body, especially if the heavy rolling wood hits it, the feeling is really unpleasant.

    shoot!

    Whoosh!  Whizzing!

    The crossbowmen fired their crossbow arrows, knocking down the defenders on the top of the city.

    The number of garrison soldiers on the second floor is only about 200. After a lot of fighting, many of them have been killed. After three rounds of fighting,Attack.

    This time, many were shot down by the crossbowmen, so this time the defenders suddenly collapsed.

    After the second layer of defenders collapsed, the mercenaries and crossbowmen holding their shields high quickly withdrew to a safe distance.

    They are not confident that they can withstand the next attack of stones, rolling logs and hot oil.

    After these people withdrew, many of them found that their arms were a little painful and swollen, or their faces and necks were burned by hot oil.

    Fortunately, these are minor injuries and will have little impact on the subsequent offense.

    After the defenders on the second level of the city collapsed, the mercenaries fighting on the city quickly took control of the city.

    At this time, the second thousand-man team sent by Zhao Hongyu also ran up the winding mountain road.

    "My lord, you can't continue going up. The enemies above are in some trouble. If we don't have a way to deal with the defensive equipment above, continuing to move forward will cause great losses."

    Roddelny hurriedly found the commander of the Thousand-Man Team and gave him his own suggestions.

    Facing Rodelny's words, the commander just smiled faintly and said: "Let me solve this problem for you. By the way, I will open the pass gate from the second floor to the third floor for you. Then it's up to you.  That¡¯s it.¡± (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
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