Duncan placed all his bets on his god-like perspective and ballista.
Crow Queen Triss immediately said, "No problem. Let me prepare."
Then Anya said, "Should I try to persuade the Duke of Dingtiger to hand over the army command to you?"
Hand over military power?
That seems extremely difficult.
Duncan pondered, "No need. Just try to convince him to let me command the archer unit."
Anya immediately replied, "Okay."
The witch hurried away. She found the overwhelmed Duke of Dingtiger, and no one knows what she said, but with just a few words, under god-like perspective, the archer unit of hundreds turned into green-marked units. Anya’s negotiation skills were strong, reminding Duncan of the Roman noblewomen in Spartacus; such political noblewomen all had their means.
——Welsh Archers (One Star).
——Militia Auxiliary Archers.
Though the Duke of Dingtiger was left with some ragtag soldiers, there were still forces capable of fighting. The Welsh archers, the predecessors of the English longbowmen, originated from Wales — a forested, mountainous area producing excellent shooters. Unfortunately, they didn’t have English longbows now.
There were only twenty-six of them in total, and Duncan kept them by his side while the other archers were spread along the city wall defenses.
When the Saxon Barbarian Race’s forces prepared to siege, they had more troops than expected, swelling to nearly six thousand. The Barbarian Race’s main combat forces remained unchanged, but they had added numerous slaves and vassal army, driving them to push siege devices over.
——British Slave Army (Low Morale).
After the Saxon Barbarian Race invasion, there was a massacre of many Britons; they killed adult males and seized the Briton women. Since the invasion began until now, the Briton’s population decreased by about a third.
In the future, only the Wales area would have Britons left; almost a complete change in England.
The British Slave Army, devoid of morale, were mere cannon fodder, easily routed, then slashed by Barbarian soldiers, before being driven up again.
Soon, the outside of the wall was littered with corpses.
Duncan didn’t know how many he had killed, probably dozens, without any noticeable improvement, since these cannon fodders had very low combat skills. Basically, after shooting dead more than ten people consecutively, a squad of slave army would collapse, causing other slaves to flee as well.
——"Intimidation (Special Ability): You forged your reputation with the bones of enemies; when you gaze at the enemy, they feel fear; when you appear on the battlefield, your mere presence shakes their morale."
Only when the slave army completely collapsed did Duncan realize he had gained a new special ability.
This was built on the heads he collected.
Undoubtedly, the battlefield greatly enhanced him, in the case of quantitative change leading to qualitative change, Duncan’s basic combat form had all turned into deep blue marks.
This was a case of accumulating little by little, leading to the enhancement of other basic combat forms.
The Saxon Barbarian Race seemed to realize that relying solely on these slave armies wouldn’t conquer the city wall, so as flank formations moved, real combat units began to advance toward the battle field.
Siege towers (battering rams), ladders, siege towers, etc.
The slave army once again pushed these siege devices close; Britain didn’t have high, solid walls, so the siege tower needn’t be built too tall, at most six meters would suffice.
Luckily, the Barbarians didn’t have catapults; otherwise, this battle would be impossible to fight.
Duncan’s figure began to move, a squad of Welsh archers following behind him.
——Saxon Spear Shield Soldiers (Morale Shaken) (Encountered Strong Enemy).
This special ability forged by slaughter seemed to have begun to take effect.
When Duncan’s figure appeared on the right side of the city wall, the Barbarian soldiers hiding behind the siege tower surprisingly showed ’Morale Shaken’ signs.
Barbarian officers shouted loudly, trying to rally morale.
About three minutes later, the ’Morale Shaken’ marks disappeared, but ’Encountered Strong Enemy’ remained.
At some point, perhaps after Duncan collected a hundred ’real warrior heads’, the enemies he encountered all had ’Encountered Strong Enemy’ signs above their heads.
Well, though that strong enemy was just one person.
The Duke of Dingtiger brought a small squad of British Legion forward.
At this moment, he could only fight to the death!
A commander not personally leading the front line, where would morale come from?
The Saxon Barberian Race started attacking simultaneously from three directions with the sound of horns. The Duke of Dingtiger was clearly not prepared, a bit flustered, directly sending militia and farmer units up to resist the enemies climbing the wall.
At this moment, some enemies had already climbed up.
Below, the city gates were violently shaking under the assault of siege towers, British Militia under the rampart gripped their weapons nervously one by one.
——British Mixed Legion (Morale Shaken) (Defeated Return) (Outnumbered).
——Town Militia (Morale Shaken) (Outnumbered).
——Farmer Mixed (Morale Shaken) (Untrained).
Why are there so many with shaken morale?
Duncan observed the battlefield, his face instantly grave.
"Why is morale so low?"
"Was it because the Duke of Dingtiger suffered a great defeat previously?"
Duncan had been killing enemies to boost morale, but didn’t expect during the first wave of melee, at least several squads appeared with shaken morale marks, nearly raising white flags in defeat.