Chapter 1,353: The Battle of Orleans Begins!

After the messenger returned to the camp, he told Harry the details of what had just happened.

After listening to the messenger's statement quietly, Harry sighed.

"Denis de Dupont... It is a great fortune for the Rollin Empire to have such a general..."

After sighing like this, Harry stood up from his chair.

"Our taunts have failed."

"Since they have failed, let's not waste any more time."

"Pass the order!"

Harry shouted to a knight beside him.

"Start the attack!"

"Yes!"

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Crack, crack, crack, crack...

The sound of mechanical activities is endless.

This is the sound made by the catapult and siege crossbow when they are preparing to shoot.

The success or failure of the Orleans strategy is directly related to the final victory or defeat of this war to destroy the South.

In other words, this Orleans strategy war can be regarded as the final battle of this war to destroy the South.

Therefore, Harry did not make any reservations.

Directly ordered all the siege crossbows and catapults in their army to launch a torrential long-range attack on Orleans.

While the siege crossbows and catapults were preparing to shoot, the siege towers loaded with a large number of soldiers were ready for battle and could launch an unstoppable charge against the walls of Orleans at any time.

"Commander!"

A knight reported to Harry:

"All trebuchets have completed their shooting preparations!"

"Yes." Harry nodded, "Okay! Attack!"

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Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The dense and fascinating sound of breaking wind whistled towards Orleans.

After the sound of breaking wind fell, it was followed by a deafening roar.

One after another, huge stones and arrows flew across the sky and hit heavily outside the city, on the walls, and inside the city of Orleans.

The citizens of Orleans, who had never smelled the breath of blood and fire, experienced what it meant to be earth-shaking at this moment.

"Don't panic!"

Deni, who was standing on the wall directing the battle, shouted at the citizens who had just put on armor.

"These stones and giant arrows only look scary! In fact, it's not that easy to hit people! Calm down! Lean against the wall!"

What Deni had done before to regain the trust of the citizens of Orleans worked.

Although some people still hold a hostile attitude towards Deni and others, some people were moved by Deni and decided to trust Deni and others again.

The reward list drawn up by Deni was very tempting. After deciding to trust Deni and others again, a large number of citizens signed up enthusiastically and planned to contribute their efforts to defend Orleans.

Before the Britannia Army arrived at the city, a large number of citizens left Orleans and fled to the safer south.

Those who are still in Orleans now are basically people with a deep sense of hometown sentiment and are unwilling to leave the land where they were born and raised.

Of course, some people did not leave because they had a rather naive idea - even if the Britannians captured Orleans, it would be fine, the Britannians would not do anything to Orleans.

But there were only a few such people.

Most of the people who were still in Orleans loved this land deeply.

Therefore, they naturally did not want to see this land, this Orleans, fall into the hands of the enemy.

This determination not to let this Orleans fall into the hands of the enemy, coupled with the monetary reward proposed by Denis, immediately aroused a large number of people to participate in the defense of Orleans.

Those who were able to go up to the city wall and fight face-to-face with the Britannians put on their Rollin Army armor and took up weapons.

Those who were not able to fight could also do a lot of work, such as cooking, boiling water, and taking care of the wounded...

Although Denis had obtained a large number of new recruits, the combat effectiveness of these new recruits was obviously poor.

These new recruits were ordinary citizens a few days ago.

And a few days later, they became soldiers wearing armor.

In just a few days, they naturally couldn't get any decent training.

In such a short time, all Deni could do was teach them some commands that they must know.

Without professional training, their combat ability is naturally very poor.

Before the battle officially started, the extremely poor combat quality of the citizens of Orleans was fully demonstrated.

Although these boulders and arrows were amazing, their hit rate was very poor, and the possibility of accurately hitting the city wall was extremely low.

So facing the dense rain of stones and arrows from the Britannia Army, which was like a rainstorm, the veterans in the Orleans garrison were not afraid.

Compared with these stones and arrows that were bigger than each other, the veterans were more afraid of the arrows shot by the crossbowmen.

But the citizens of Orleans who had just put on armor for a few days didn't understand this.

They were all frightened by the boulders and arrows that kept passing from the air and overhead, and their legs were trembling.

Although Deni had prepared himself for such a scene, he still couldn't help but feel helpless after seeing it.

He roared in anger and pulled up several citizens who were about to collapse on the ground, which calmed the panic of the citizens.

While Denis was trying his best to maintain order, the Britannian army had already launched a charge against the city wall under the cover of stone rain and arrow rain.

Looking at the hundreds of siege towers coming towards the city wall, Denis frowned and drew the long sword at his waist.

"Prepare to meet the enemy!"

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In order to avoid being attacked by catapults and siege crossbows, all the citizens living near the city wall evacuated and moved their homes into the city.

Even in the center of Orleans, the earth-shaking shouts of killing could still be heard.

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After the siege towers were on the city wall, one team after another of Britannian army soldiers in black armor rushed up the city wall of Orleans and rushed towards the defenders on the city wall.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Britannian army soldiers was indeed very strong, the Roland army had the advantage of terrain after all, so the attack of the Britannian army was resisted and pushed back by the defenders of Orleans one after another.

Looking at the current situation where their Luolin Army has a slight advantage, Deni couldn't help but cheer loudly in his heart.

However, although the battle situation is currently in their Luolin Army's advantage, Deni still can't help but feel a little worried - worried about those militiamen.

Judging from the actions, the Britannia Army soldiers participating in this attack are definitely not top-notch elites.

But they are definitely not rookies who have never seen blood.

It takes several militiamen to compete with a well-trained Britannia Army soldier.

Just as Deni was secretly worried about the casualty rate of the militiamen, a figure attracted Deni's attention.