The Sage of Einar

Chapter 449: Defensive battle at the Castle of Chainoc 2/2

The Irish coalition army screamed and under the orders of their kings they began the siege.

Because they had no siege weapons to attack from a distance, they could only rely on wooden planks to be able to protect their archers from enemy attacks.

As the archers approached with their wooden planks, Ansgar gave the order to fire gigantic explosive arrows with the ballistas.

The soldiers in the ballistas of the wall aim and shot at the archers who were taking cover behind their wooden planks.

The gigantic explosive arrows, when they touched the wood, exploded, so the archers behind the wooden planks were killed and exposed.

As the Crossbowmen started firing their crossbow bolts at the archers who died on the spot, that tactic seemed to work very well.

Unfortunately, because of the large number of enemies, the ballistas could not end all the protections of the archers because when they destroyed a wooden plank.

The enemies placed another two. When seeing this, Ansgar smiled as the archers began to crowd in one place, so he ordered the onagers to launch glass containers with chlorine gas.

Although he did not have many containers, he decided to use all of them in order to create a toxic zone for the enemies.

At that time, the soldiers in the onagers made some calculations according to the measurements given to them by some lookouts on the walls.

When the chlorine gas canisters were finished, the onagers fired, causing the chlorine gas canisters to fall between the archers.

At first they were surprised to see that the enemies were throwing glass containers, but it was in those moments that they understood that the containers contained death.

As a yellow mist grew on the battlefield, at first the archers simply did not pay attention to the mist, but within seconds those who were in contact with the mist screamed.

The archers began to be afraid of the yellow mist and ran, in order to escape as many of them had seen their companions fall to the ground because of the yellow mist.

The chlorine gas attack proved to be quite efficient, so the archers left their positions.

When the Irish kings saw that, they looked at the castle with horror and gave the order to all the warriors to run towards the castle, because they knew that the weapons of the Norse could not shoot that yellow mist so close.

At that moment, all the bulk of the troops ran towards the castle.

Ansgar, seeing the attack, only sighed and gave the order to the soldiers to light the containers with Nordic fire. He also ordered the troops to place explosive bolts in their crossbows.

When the enemy army broke through the yellow haze on the battlefield, many of them screamed in pain as their eyes were burning.

But fortunately for them, because they crossed as quickly as possible, they suffered no long-term damage, although the rear-guard troops were not as lucky.

Because they were left in a place where the chlorine gas mist could affect their organs, so many of them fell to the ground, holding their throats in a desperate attempt to obtain oxygen.

When the enemy warriors reached the walls, they tried to place the stairs, but the Soldiers with their repeating crossbows took it upon themselves to kill as many enemies as they could.

Ansgar who was using his revolver realized that the crossbows could no longer stop the enemy advance, so he ordered the enemies to throw vases with Nordic fire.

The soldiers then threw the vases with the Nordic fire towards the ground where a wall of fire was quickly created that the enemies could not cross.

So, taking advantage of that moment the soldiers continued firing their crossbows, trying to kill all the enemies they could.

This created chaos in the attacking army because from the front the Nordic fire prevented them from climbing the walls.

While from the rear, the chlorine gas mist was preventing them from moving because, because of the air, the mist expanded.

It was not until some warriors tired of dying from strange weapons sacrificed themselves to place the stairs to the walls.

When they did, they could only walk away as their bodies had high-level burns, so they couldn’t do anything at all.

Seeing the sacrifice of their fellow warriors, many climbed the stairs in order to fight the Norse soldiers.

Ansgar who was near one of the stairs took a vase with Norse fire and threw it on the enemy warriors.

Because of this, the warriors who were climbing the stairs fell to the ground while rolling over in pain as they were desperately trying to put out the fire in their bodies.

Unfortunately for them, the Nordic fire stuck to their skin, so it was impossible to put it out.

The battle was going on for a few more minutes where none of the enemy warriors climbed, so the warriors changed strategy.

For that, they focused completely on the castle door because although it was repaired it was not in good condition.

Ansgar who was watching the change of strategy only smiled, so he gave the order that all the soldiers put on their gas masks and that they will launch all the chlorine gas containers that they had outside the walls.

The soldiers, obeying the orders, quickly began to put on their gas masks. Although they were archaic and made with tanned leather covered with resins, their activated carbon filter was enough to guarantee that they would not die from the chlorine gas.

The enemies who were hitting the castle gate with a small ram saw how around the wall they threw glass containers with yellow mist.

At first, the enemy warriors did their best to hold their breath, but it was completely useless as the chlorine gas burned their bodies.

In just a matter of minutes, the air had spread chlorine gas across the battlefield, poisoning all enemies.

The only ones who were not being affected in their great majority were the Nordic soldiers who with their gas masks were able to resist.

Although, on Ansgar’s orders they had to stay away from areas where there was yellow mist to avoid being burned.

After a few minutes, the enemies, already lacking in morale, put down their weapons and ran because they were afraid to face the Nordic soldiers.

Merely what had happened on the front lines had been a veritable massacre.