Chapter 695 Vienna Offense and Defense (Supplementary Weekly Daily 3/4)
"Attila's cavalry have already arrived at the city of Vienna!"
While Timur was preparing to attack the city of Vienna, the defenders of Vienna witnessed the Whip of God, Attila, the leader of the Hunter Empire, the great Khan Temujin of the Mongol Empire, Gustav of the Swedish Kingdom, the King of Poland, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, and the Odogoth King of the United Kingdom, and the joint forces of the joint forces of the army to siege Vienna.
Hundreds of thousands of troops surrounded Vienna, an important city, and surrounded the strong city of Vienna, resulting in the inseparable city of Vienna!
Ferdinand looked out from the city, and the army of Attila's camp could not see the end at first sight, all over the mountains and fields, which was terrifying.
Among these enemies, not only the Cyxue army, but also the Shanyu guards, Polish winged cavalry, Gothic warriors, and the contrailer.
They also brought craftsmen who made the defenders of Vienna even more afraid, and this group of craftsmen could create a large number of siege equipment to capture Vienna.
In the battle to defend the city, the craftsmen threatened the strong city above the elite cavalry.
"This time defending Vienna may be the most tragic offense and defense."
Ferdinand realized that Attila and other barbarian leaders were attracted by Attila to attack Central and Western Europe. The kings of Western Europe were bound to win over Vienna.
After repelling Alexander and other Western lords, Attila successfully joined Timur and Subutai and surrounded Vienna together.
Vienna has become a bridgehead to restrain the barbarian coalition forces. Only by defending Vienna can we buy time for the arrival of reinforcements.
If it is lost early, either the Western coalition will be forced to fight the Huns' army for a second time, or it will be forced to retreat, retreat again and again, lengthen the supply line of the Huns' empire, and then try to defeat Attila.
However, this method does not seem to be very effective for the Eastern cavalry, because Temujin and Attila will use the power of the light cavalry to quickly raid and wash surrounding towns, obtain food and weapons, and alleviate their logistical pressure. Instead, it is not as high as the pressure faced by Western lords. This is also the advantage of Temujin and Attila.
Vienna became the shield of Europe, and its mission was to block the attacks of Temujin and Attila's army.
"I didn't expect Alexander, Caesar and others to be defeated so quickly. They left me alone and stood by Vienna. No matter what the battle was, my strength would be greatly damaged. But in the face of such a situation, there was nothing I could do. The coalition forces have tried their best. Whether Alexander, Rome, or Germany, they have paid a heavy price. The number of people they killed together was as high as 100,000..."
Unlike Alexander, Hohenzollern, and Caesar, lords such as Alexander could retreat again and again. They still had a way out, but Ferdinand could not retreat again and again, because Vienna was the last stronghold he worked hard to manage.
The failure of the Western lord was quite sudden, and Ferdinand unexpectedly.
Now the nobles of the Austrian Grand Duchy who were sticking to Vienna were finally in panic.
Previously, Timur sent envoys to demand their surrender in Vienna. However, Ferdinand rejected Timur's proposal.
At that time, the nobles of the Austrian Grand Duchy were not convinced and insulted Timur together. When the cavalry of the nomadic civilization represented by Attila and Timur appeared, the nobles of the Austrian Grand Duchy suddenly regretted the decision they made at that time, and they seemed to underestimate each other.
Only Timur can still defend Vienna.
This time at Attila and Temujin brought hundreds of thousands of people.
If Vienna is really captured by the barbarian army, Attila and his allies will not miss the opportunity to plunder or even massacre the city. For them, the city of Vienna is the richest city in the Austrian Grand Duchy, with a population of several times greater than the second largest city, so the wealth accumulated by Vienna is also quite amazing, which is why Attila wanted to take Vienna and the Austrian Grand Duchy.
Occupying these two civilizations and obtaining supplies is very beneficial to the subsequent offense and defense.
Ferdinand looked at the siege tower and giant trenchers standing outside the city: "Don't be afraid, everyone, we have the confidence to defend Vienna and block any enemy's attack on Europe."
"Prepare to siege!"
The giant counterweight trencher created by Timur is ready for craftsmen.
Before Attila and Temujin arrived, Timuir had made sufficient preparations to defeat the cavalry troops in the city who repeatedly wanted to go out of the city to attack. It can be seen that his ability is so powerful. Both Temujin and several generals under Temujin showed amazing abilities, which gave Western lords a great headache.
Timur can now basically stand alone and become a leader.
Before officially attacking Vienna, it seemed that Vienna was very strong and difficult to attack, so Attila and Temujin sent envoys to try to surrender the people of the Austrian Grand Duchy.
Ferdinand's reply was exactly the same as before, refusing to surrender to Attila and Temujin, intending to resist to the end.
boom!
Attila, who was angry and embarrassed, issued an order to attack Vienna. He fell one by one, bombarding the city walls and towers in Vienna, trying to smash the towering city walls!
Before the army officially attacked, it first used a catapult to destroy the city defense fortifications!
The city walls and towers in Vienna, the horse face was in a fireball like a meteorite, and the huge rock was trembling. The soldiers hit by the fireball and the huge rock were killed instantly!
This time, Attila once again relied on Temujin's power, Temujin had Xiangyang cannons and siege generals transferred from the Ili Khanate!
"How could the Mongols' trencher be so powerful!"
Only when you are truly on the side of the city guarding can you know the horror of the Mongolian army's catapult.
Ferdinand looked up at the air, dozens of huge rocks dragging black smoke fell down, and the defenders showed a terrified expression!
In "Lord", the power of siege equipment not only depends on the siege equipment itself, but also the special bonus brought by generals with siege characteristics to siege equipment, which can greatly increase the power of siege equipment!
With the ninth-level siege equipment and the bonus of the siege generals, the huge rocks shot by the Xiangyang cannon are enough to cause terrible damage to the tower of Vienna Castle. The hit tower appeared cracks and shattered stones fell!
Ferdinand was a little hysterical. He understood why the battle between the lords of the Persian Empire and the Ily Khanate was so fierce.
"Temujin has a lot of talents."
Attila's eyes were focused on a general of Temujin. This general was a famous siege general transferred by Temujin from the Ili Khanate, which greatly increased the power of the Xiangyang cannon, so that Vienna was trembling under the bombardment of Xiangyang cannons.
It is said that this general was a Han man who served for the Mongol Empire. He had dozens of cities captured by the Persian Empire, but he had not yet been able to stop him.
Attila had to be jealous of the quality of military generals Temujin possessed. Temujin's talents came from the Mongolian Empire and the four major Khanate countries, five civilizations, and accumulated decades to hundreds of years, and their foundation was far deeper than Attila.
The generals of the Ili Khanate were commanding various siege equipment to attack Vienna.
“Dig the tunnel!”
Attila not only used siege equipment, but also adopted siege methods such as digging tunnels to try to make the defenders weak and forcibly capture Vienna.
He also knew that he could not delay too long in Vienna. The lords of Rome, Macedonia, and Germany were still convening reinforcements, and a steady stream of reinforcements gathered from all directions. Soon the Western lords could organize a second coalition to launch a counterattack.
As long as the territory of these Western lords is not captured, the population of their territory will continue to provide a source of troops.
It started snowing in Vienna, but Attila's army was still forcibly attacking Vienna in the cold winter!
Whether it is the Huns or Mongolian cavalry, they have combat capabilities even in the cold winter, let alone Gustav's Nordic Legion.
They drove away a large number of vassals, and the black vassals came to Vienna. These vassals came from the Kingdom of Hungary and the Grand Duchy of Austria. They were treated as cannon fodder by Temujin and Attila, and were used to fill the trenches and moats in Vienna!
boom!
Another fireball fell on the city wall. The fireball broke down the wall as soon as it hit the city wall. Several defenders were injured by gravel and splashing flames, and a small piece of the city wall collapsed!
There were moats and trenches outside Vienna, but they were driven away by Attila, just like a hundred thousand servants of livestock, forcibly filled the trenches and moats with soil and corpses, and filled the roads for the barbarian army and siege equipment to attack Vienna!
The shadow cast by the siege tower of the barbarian camp pressed towards the Vienna walls under the propelling of hundreds of cannon fodder infantry, and the ground was trembling!
There are thirteen giant siege towers that are more than ten meters high!
The catapult and the siege tower became the nightmare for the defenders.
"Burn the siege tower!"
Ferdinand ordered the archers to release the rockets, try to burn Attila's siege tower, organize suicide squads, and set fire to the city!
Mongolian cavalry and Huns cavalry were covering the siege equipment close to the city wall. Once the defenders left the city to attack, they immediately stepped forward and killed.
Siege towers, ladder vehicles, siege vehicles, and siege equipment are put into Vienna's offensive and defensive battles!
The defensive battle in Vienna was very fierce. Ferdinand personally directed the defense. The generals of the Grand Duchy of Austria defended various sections of the city walls, and faced the continuous bombardment of the catapults, and made a difficult defense.
A general from a Grand Duchy of Austria was injured by the flames splashed by the fireballs shot from the Xiangyang cannon and screamed on the city wall.
Attila's army's siege tower approached, and the sharpshooters standing on the siege tower used the longbow in their hands to shoot the defenders' soldiers!
The towers in Vienna counterattacked the siege tower. Even the siege towers carefully prepared by Attila were not as high as those in Vienna!
However, the Vienna defenders faced not only the towering siege towers, the Xiangyang cannons that threw meteorites, but also the tunnels that were approaching, the ants-attached minions, Attila, Temujin and others, attacked Vienna from all directions, and both sides continued to invest their troops.
Hundreds of large and large crossbows deployed on the Vienna city walls began to show their power, and a thick and long crossbow arrow shot three servant infantry at one time, and finally nailed to the ground!
In the first day of Attila's attack on Vienna alone, the number of servants killed as many as 20,000!
There were thousands of dead in Vienna, and this was just the first test of both sides.
Attila's plan to quickly break through Vienna went bankrupt. The barbarian army was nailed to the city of Vienna and could not move for a short time, and it seemed that a longer siege was started.
Chapter completed!