After the Crusaders determined to decide the battle with one decisive engagement, they charged forward without any further fear.
Their momentum was even fiercer than before.
Even though many of them died in the process, they had no intention of stopping.
This situation made the Crusaders in the rear immediately understand their intentions.
"Alas! Ange is a bit too impulsive. We said a probing attack, why did he directly charge up?"
"Indeed impulsive. Such a direct charge will bring huge casualties to our soldiers, but it's not without benefits! If they succeed in this direct charge, the prestige of our Crusade will be even greater!!"
"I agree with this point. If I were Ange, I might do the same thing. After all, before us, there is only a small city. Does a small city still want to stop our Crusade?"
The Crusaders knew that Lin Tian's army was a bit formidable, but this time, they had brought two hundred thousand troops.
With two hundred thousand troops, what reason did they have to hesitate?
Therefore, among them, some blamed General Ange's actions, while others agreed. No one retreated.
In fact, many of them had already clenched their weapons, ready to reinforce their General Ange at any time, and ready to charge forward.
Lin Tian observed this.
However, he did not arrange a large number of cavalry behind the city gate, waiting for another charge.
Instead, he had people set up chevaux de frise and sandbags behind the city gate.
Behind the chevaux de frise and sandbags were a large number of archers.
Lin Tian would not make a move easily if he could deplete the Crusaders' manpower.
He would wait until they were almost depleted before swarming them and consuming these Crusaders.
Those Crusaders at the forefront of the charge were unaware of this.
All they knew was that they had survived the charge, and they knew that they were close to the city gate.
This made them extremely excited.
"Charge, keep charging, break their city gate now!!"
"Their city gate is right in front of us, ram it hard and break their city gate!!"
"Victory is within reach, let's decide the battle with one engagement, soldiers, you must give it your all!!"
Under such encouragement, their army was rapidly and fiercely ramming the city gate defended by Lin Tian's army.
Lin Tian had not reinforced the city gate, so under their impact, the city gate was soon broken open.
With the city gate open, many saw hope of victory.
"It's open, the city gate is open, soldiers, kill!!"
"Kill! Let's kill our way in now and avenge our fallen soldiers!"
"Kill them and let these outsiders know how powerful our Crusade is!"
They believed that the prestige of their Crusade was very strong, and their charge now was also to uphold the reputation of their Crusade.
Therefore, without any hesitation, they directly rushed into the city.
However, after rushing in, they discovered a large number of chevaux de frise and sandbags blocking their path.
More importantly, behind these chevaux de frise and sandbags were rows upon rows of archers.
Those archers had their arrows nocked and were aiming at the soldiers who had charged in.
These charging Crusaders could even see the cold glint of the arrowheads.
This filled them with despair.
"No!!"
They let out a shrill cry, and instinctively raised their shields in front of them, shrinking their bodies as much as possible to reduce the chance of being hit by arrows.
But even so, they were instantly met with a volley of arrows.
Those dense arrows, even if they didn't hit their vital spots, hit their bodies, hit their thighs.
More importantly, their warhorses.
Their warhorses were not like them, protected by shields. Their warhorses had no defense and were hit accurately.
Although a hit warhorse would not necessarily die on the spot, it would certainly buck in pain.
In just an instant, all the Crusaders at the forefront of the charge were thrown off their horses.
What followed was not only a rain of arrows but also the trampling of warhorses.
The Crusaders at the forefront of the charge died rapidly, visible to the naked eye.
The Crusaders behind them, although their fate was not as tragic, was not much different.
Anyone who charged in could not escape death.
Even the Crusaders outside the city gate were affected, directly shot down outside the city gate.
With such powerful firepower, they lost any possibility of getting close.
But if they didn't get close to the city gate, how could they possibly breach this city?
Seeing this situation, General Ange of the Crusaders gritted his teeth and ordered his soldiers to push forward despite the danger.
And their subordinate Crusaders did not hesitate.
Under such orders, they truly gritted their teeth and pushed forward despite the danger.
However, the arrows from Lin Tian's army seemed endless, constantly being shot towards them.
Those who wanted to charge inside all met the same fate: shot dead on the spot.
This was something the Crusaders had never expected.
Especially with thousands of them shot dead on the spot in such a short time, this made them even more troubled.
"General, we, what do we do??"
"What do we do? Continue to charge forward, we cannot give up our charge!"
"But, but the enemy's arrows are too fierce, our soldiers simply cannot charge in! Even our warhorses cannot stand their ground within!"
"Since the warhorses cannot stand their ground, then all of you dismount and charge forward directly. If you must, take an extra shield and squeeze your way in!"
Since General Ange had spoken of deciding the battle with one decisive engagement, he naturally had to strive for it.
Therefore, although he also felt that the current situation was very difficult for their Crusade, he still wanted his soldiers to charge in.
For this reason, he was even willing to let the Crusaders abandon their warhorses, abandon their long swords, and hold two shields to squeeze their way in.
As long as one of them managed to break through first and disrupt Lin Tian's army's formation, then it would be easy for those behind them to charge in.