Steel and Sorrow: Rise of the Mercenary king

Chapter 323: Peasant assault

Chapter 323: Peasant assault

Inor's men surged toward the towering walls of the castle, hauling ladders through the chaos, their faces grim with determination. The assault roared like a storm, the clang of steel, the thrum of arrows, and the guttural cries of the wounded weaving together in a brutal symphony.

A group of attackers heaved a ladder against the stone battlements, its wooden frame shaking as dozens began their ascent. The defenders above wasted no time, hurling rocks down onto the climbing men. A stone smashed into one man's helmet, sending him sprawling back to the ground, lifeless. Others clung to the ladder despite the onslaught, their hands slipping on bloodied rungs.

At the top of the ladder, the first attackers reached the battlements, only to be met by defenders wielding swords and spears. One soldier thrust his spear into the chest of a climber, the man's body sagging before he was pushed back, dragging others below him into a chaotic fall. Another attacker swung his axe wildly as he stepped onto the wall, splitting a defender's shield in half before being cut down by a sword stroke to the neck.

Arrows rained from above and from below stone came . Defenders took up positions at the crenellations, loosing shafts into the mass of attackers swarming the walls, while taking cover from the stones of the slingers on the ground .

"Hold the line! Push them back!" bellowed the commander of the garrison, his voice cutting through the cacophony like a whip. He strode along the battlements, barking orders as the melee unfolded. "Archers, focus fire on the ladders!Drive them down—don't let them get a foothold!"