The stone projectile successfully broke two steps and then rolled down. Seeing that the situation was not good, the people on this ladder jumped to the ground to avoid the stone projectile.
After all, jumping down would at most break their legs, but being hit by the stone projectile would turn them into a pool of meat paste.
Although there were no stone projectiles on the other ladders, there were also thorny rolling logs to entertain those who climbed up.
However, there were not many rolling logs in the castle, so they had to use them sparingly, so they only threw one when the enemy was about to climb up.
The effect was also very obvious, and one log could take down more than a dozen people.
Arthur was not idle either. He picked up a stone from the side of the smashed catapult and smashed it directly at the wheel of another ladder.
At a height of dozens of meters, the initial velocity of the stone projectile was no longer important. After it landed, most of the ladder was destroyed.
The third ladder was also destroyed in this way.
However, the enemy, under the temptation of the golden dragon, had explosive power far beyond the imagination of the new soldiers.
Only a few minutes later, the second wave of people climbing the ladders rushed up from the seven ladders.
A small-scale battle began, but fortunately the new soldiers had an absolute advantage in numbers, so the situation was advantageous.
Arthur seized the time to destroy the enemy's tools for climbing the city gate.
Three more stone projectiles were thrown down to break the ladders, and then a request from a gatekeeper came to Arthur's ears.
"My lord, please destroy the siege vehicle, otherwise the corner structure of the iron gate will not be able to withstand it."
This soldier was sent up by the third battalion battalion commander Dawa to convey a big problem that needed to be solved urgently.
Although the iron gate can withstand the impact of the siege vehicle, the place where the iron gate is fixed is not made of iron. If it is hit like this, I am afraid that the entire door will be deformed and fall down.
"I know."
Arthur raised a stone projectile, then stretched his head to glance at the position of the siege vehicle, strode over, and threw the stone in his hand down.
"Ouch~"
"Seven Gods!"
The moans and shouts from below squeezed into Arthur's ears.
He took a closer look and found that the wooden roof on the siege vehicle that blocked the falling rocks had been smashed, and the battering ram was crooked, so the city gate was temporarily safe.
But just in case, Arthur raised another stone projectile and threw it at the siege vehicle.
This damaged all the rollers on one side of it, and it could not be towed back for repair.
Moreover, the broken siege vehicle was also blocked in front of the city gate. If it was not moved away, a new one could not be used to continue hammering the gate.
It can be said that there will be no problem with the main gate in a few days.
Enemies continued to climb up the remaining four ladders. When the civilians who were forced to come up and saw the new soldiers surrounded by a circle, most of them dropped their weapons and surrendered, while the Lannister infantry wearing black ring armor was much braver. Often three or four people could fight dozens of new soldiers in a group.
But the absolute advantage in numbers prevented the Lion family soldiers who climbed up the tower from expanding their victory, and instead left a pile of corpses.
Ten minutes later, under the action of rolling logs, stone projectiles, etc., all the ten ladders in front of the main gate were destroyed.
And the siege vehicle was also broken.
This means that apart from the catapult, the Lannister army in front of the main gate no longer has any means to threaten the new soldiers on the wall.
"Dicken, Bill, Jordan and Kafe are responsible for cleaning up the battlefield. The people in the reinforced company come with me and go to the East Gate to have a look."
After Arthur gave the order, he took the golden Guandao and led the reinforced company of more than 100 people to the East Gate defense area coordinated by Earl Berri.
They didn't have a player with strange strength like Arthur, and they couldn't destroy the ladders and siege vehicles, so it would be very difficult to defend.
After going around for most of the circle, the situation of the East Gate defense area was presented to Arthur and the reinforced company.
As expected, the situation here was a bit lame.
Nearly a hundred Western soldiers climbed up the city wall and fought with the soldiers of the Hejian families, and on the ladders, there were still a large number of Western soldiers climbing up.
Although the battlefield was controlled on the city wall and the Hejian soldiers had the advantage in numbers, the situation could be said to be white-hot.
In front of Arthur, there were a dozen Lion Family soldiers who came up the ladders from the westernmost family, and fifty or sixty Hejian soldiers who surrounded them.
"Get out of the way." He shouted, swung his Guandao and rushed in.
The crowd suddenly squeezed away, allowing Arthur to rush in.
"My broadsword has been thirsty for a long time, surrender or die?" He asked the group of Lion Family soldiers first.
"Ten thousand gold dragons are mine." The leading Lion Family soldier's eyes were red, and he was obviously crazy.
Seeing Arthur holding a broadsword, he couldn't help but rush over waving his half-sword and one-handed small round shield.
But the next second, the golden Guandao gave him the most profound lesson in his life.
His small round shield was split by a sword, and then the whole person was split in half.
The remaining Lion Family soldiers looked at each other, knelt on the spot, put down their weapons and surrendered.
"Tie them all up and send them to the bottom of the Widow's Tower."
After dealing with this group of Lion Family soldiers, Arthur had someone throw down a rolling log to temporarily clear the enemies on the ladder.
Then, he found a stone projectile and broke the ladder in the middle.
The next nine ladders were also destroyed in the same way. About half an hour later, the battle on the wall of the East Gate stopped.
Without the ladder, the Lion Family soldiers could only sigh at the towering wall, then dragged away the bodies of their comrades and left in front of the East Gate.
"Why is it so difficult to fight even though you have so many people?" While the Hejian soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, Arthur found Thoros, Earl Berri and others and asked.
"It was the peasants from Hejian who rushed up first, so Berri thought it was not necessary to use things like thorny logs, and I agreed." Thoros immediately said the most fundamental reason.
The enemy who climbed the ladder was not cleared with logs, and there was no means to damage the ladder, which made the defense of the east gate so difficult.
"I thought I was soft-hearted enough, but I didn't expect you two to be more merciful than me." Arthur said helplessly.
Earl Berri, the Lightning King, was originally a good noble with a strong sense of justice, and Thoros was a believer, so he didn't kill people very often.
The Lion Family soldiers outside the city used civilians to rush in front, which really cured the two people's illness.
Fortunately, Arthur used the stone projectiles thrown by the enemy to damage the ladder and siege vehicle, so he defended the first day of the attack.
...
At night, Bailu Hall.
Due to the extremely wide space, this place temporarily became the gathering place for soldiers, and the soldiers and civilians injured in the daytime defense battle were also arranged here.
Dozens of monks including the High Sparrow walked back and forth, helping to treat and comfort people.
The old maester Tosmiu of Harrenhal was also asked by Arthur to treat the soldiers, but obviously, his white hair and white beard could not increase his prestige in treating patients.
Many soldiers refused the treatment of the old maester and only designated the monks to bandage their wounds.
Arthur sat on the main seat of the Lord of the Hundred Furnaces Hall, which had been cleaned up, and looked at the busy figures of the monks thoughtfully.
This large group of monks all supported the High Sparrow, and they have now accumulated a lot of popularity in Harrenhal.
Arthur had to deal with the relationship with the monks.