Volume 1: The Rise of Elanhill Chapter 0010: Battle of Mayne
On the other side, Wageron was already standing outside the Maine Castle with his sword drawn. The troops he brought bypassed the main force of Maine and rushed to the city gates as if they were in an empty space.
"We must take Maine as soon as possible. We don't know if our troops can hold out on the front battlefield...so we must win here quickly!" Riding on a warhorse, Wagron pointed with his whip at the city wall of Maine, where there were not many defensive soldiers.
"We brought 300 cavalrymen and only 100 infantrymen. We can only rely on cannons to attack the city." Wageron's adjutant Kolya said with some concern: "I don't know if the cannons we brought can effectively damage the city walls."
"Order the soldiers to cook! The artillery should prepare for the attack! After an hour's rest, start the attack immediately!" Wagron pulled the reins of his warhorse and retreated to his cavalry formation without looking back.
"Send people to persuade them to surrender! If they are willing to hand over Maine Castle, give them a chance to live!" After returning to the formation, Wagron added another order.
Kolya randomly picked two soldiers and asked them to take the flag of Seris to the city of Maine to persuade them to surrender.
The two soldiers trembled as they came to the castle gate, holding the royal flag and shouting loudly to the Maine soldiers on the wall: "Listen, Maine soldiers! You have no way out! Put down your weapons and surrender!"
"Hahaha!" On the high city wall, Maine's guards held their weapons and pointed at the Seris cavalry below the city. The mocking sounds could be heard clearly even below the city.
"Maine's soldiers! You have no choice! Lay down your weapons and surrender! This is your last chance!" Hearing the laughter, the two cavalrymen felt embarrassed. They had to muster up their courage again and shouted loudly towards the city wall.
"Swoosh!" A feather arrow shot at the hoof of the Seris cavalry. The soldiers on the city wall gave their warning: "Go back! If you shout again, we will shoot!"
A good man would not suffer a loss in front of him. The two Seris cavalrymen looked at each other, turned their horses around and galloped away. Behind them, the laughter of the Mayne defenders became even more unscrupulous.
After hearing the report from his subordinates, Wagron sneered and continued to watch silently as the artillerymen set up their artillery positions one kilometer away.
These 90mm caliber cannons themselves are not advanced weapons and equipment, but in this world, they are definitely powerful weapons.
Combined with a grenade with a triggered fuse, it has a very strong lethality against general defensive targets.
"Wait a minute, those idiots won't be able to laugh anymore." Beside Wageron, his adjutant Kolya looked at the direction of the city wall and curled his lips in anger.
"Two ammunition bases, grenades... After the fight, send someone to persuade them to surrender!" Wagron said coldly: "Let the shells persuade them, it will be more effective than us."
"Haha, you're right." Adjutant Kolya grinned when he heard Wageron's words: "What did the city lord say? The range of the cannon... the range..."
"Within the range of the cannons, Ailan Hill is the truth!" Wagron pulled the reins: "Get the soldiers ready! Launch the attack within ten minutes!"
"Yes! Yes! Within the range of the cannons! Ailan Hill is the truth!" Kolya nodded and rode his horse to catch up with Wageron: "Prepare for battle! Prepare for battle!"
"Boom!" A minute later, a 90mm field gun roared, and a shell hit the building behind the city wall. The explosion blew away half of the tower.
The second shell directly tore off the flagpole of Maine City, blowing away the Maine flag on it, and incidentally blew down a corner of an arrow tower behind the flag.
The laughter stopped abruptly - all of Maine's soldiers looked at the explosion on the distant building in horror, not knowing what to say for a moment.
According to myths and legends, dragons exist in this world - the dragon riders of the Magic Empire can easily cross the city walls and destroy the castle with their powerful force.
There was no giant dragon in front of them at this moment, but the thick city walls were trembling and shaking in the sound of the explosion. God knew what kind of magic the other party had used to make such an incredible thing happen.
"The other side has a magician!" A soldier screamed hysterically. Not far away from him, black smoke from the explosion was spreading, and the broken limbs around him reminded him how terrible the explosion was.
"Quick! Quick! Raise the white flag!" The officer in charge of defending the city was so frightened that he even stuttered. He pointed to the battlements in the distance and shouted, "Go find a white sheet! Quick! We surrender!"
It is not a wise choice to disobey magicians, because those powerful magicians are more proud and noble than kings. If they are really angry, it would be easy for them to burn a few mortals to death with magic.
Now, for the people in Mayne, surrendering as soon as possible is the best option to save their lives. Although they don't know why Seris invited the magician, the explosion in front of them really makes people lose the courage to resist.
"Boom!" Just as the people in Maine were crying and looking for white sheets, the second round of bombardment began. The shells fell like raindrops, and in an instant, several flaming flowers bloomed near the city wall.
The battlements were blown to pieces by the shells, and the soldiers were blown into the sky and fell to the ground under the city wall in pieces.
Amidst the thick black smoke, the gate of Maine Castle slowly opened, and a white flag made of four sheets on the city wall twisted and swayed in the wind.
"I thought they were so tough..." Adjutant Kolya, who was waiting outside the range of arrows and ready to launch an attack at any time, pulled the reins and cursed with contempt.
"Tsk! You bastard! If you surrender early, I can save some shells." Wagron stretched out his right hand and waved it in the air. The cavalry behind him urged their horses forward and rushed into the Maine Castle.
The Seris infantrymen, who didn't even have armor, held the long swords at their waists, pushed aside the embarrassed Maine defenders, and walked up the stone steps of the city wall.
The black flag of Seris, which had been prepared long ago, was spread out and placed on the outer wall of Maine Castle.
Wageron stood on the city wall, looking at the hundreds of Maine defenders gathered together, but there was no joy of victory on his face.
"You lead 100 cavalrymen and immediately return to Seris along the main road!" He was worried that something might go wrong on the front battlefield commanded by Chris, so after capturing the Maine Castle, he immediately ordered his adjutant Corea to send troops to rescue.
He knew that Chris only had less than 500 soldiers, and he was facing Maine's main force - if something went wrong on the front battlefield, his victory in capturing Maine Castle would be greatly reduced.
Unfortunately, when Kolya gathered 100 cavalrymen and prepared to return to the front battlefield, the situation changed again.
"General! Another army is coming outside the city! There are thousands of them!" An infantryman rushed to the city wall nervously and reported the latest situation to Wagron .
"What? Where did the army come from?" After hearing the report, Wagron was stunned at first, and then immediately led his men to the other direction of the castle.
Then, lying on the battlements of the city wall, he saw one phalanx after another slowly unfolding in front of Maine Castle.
"The blue wave flag... Ferry City!" Looking at the opponent's flag, Wageron frowned: "Order everyone to prepare for battle! Let the artillery immediately find a suitable position in the castle to deploy positions! Prepare to fire and counterattack!"
"Raise the black iron flag of Seris! Tell those bastards in Ferry City that this is our city! If they dare to mess around, don't blame us for being rude!" Drawing the long sword from his waist, Wageron gritted his teeth and said in a muffled voice.
Under the city wall, Berman, the lord of Ferry City, who led the soldiers of Ferry City to Maine, was also in a daze at this time.
He had previously rejected Maine's plan to join forces to attack Ceris, in order to take advantage of the situation and launch a surprise attack on Maine to reap the benefits.
Regardless of whether Ensel, the lord of Maine, succeeds in attacking Seris, the victorious side will be exhausted: if Maine wins, it will suffer heavy losses and will not be able to return to rescue Maine Castle; if Seris wins, it will also not be able to move eastward and compete for the fruits of victory with the intact Ferry City.
As a result, despite all his calculations, he never expected that Maine City would fall into the hands of the Elanhill family of Seris City within just a few days.
If Lord Berman knew the truth of the matter: that Maine City could not even hold out for two hours before surrendering to Wageron, he would probably be so angry that he would die under the city of Maine .
Watching the soldiers on the city wall unfold a huge black iron flag and hang it on the city wall, Lord Berman held the sword at his waist, unable to suppress his urge to storm Maine Castle.
Unfortunately, he was worried that his preparations would be too obvious and be discovered by Maine, so he only assembled his troops and marched forward, but was not ready to attack the city. The idea of attacking the city was not something that could be done on impulse.
Without ladders or catapults, the tall city wall in front of them would not be easily breached as long as there were 300 guards. Rather than wasting precious soldiers here, it would be more appropriate to keep these soldiers for a defensive battle.
Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and wanted to draw his sword twice to order a strong attack, but he resisted the urge twice. He claimed to be a man of unparalleled strategy, but he was not the impulsive type. He always made plans before taking action, and this sneak attack on Mayne was just like that.
"Retreat!" Finally, he felt that there was no need to waste elite troops on the city wall, so he gave the order to retreat: "Take away all the civilians and food along the way! Go back to the ferry!"
Looking at Berman, the Lord of Ferry City, who was leading his troops to retreat , Wagron stood behind the battlements holding a long sword. He didn't know yet that these departing Ferry City soldiers looted and destroyed half of Maine along the way.
