Chapter 20 - The Gates Fall

Ryjin was on the wall along side his men He saw the enemy had alot of troops and they where pushing his men on the walls back now from the 20 feet long foothold he now had 14 feet the Roman soldiers holding the ends where Tiring and needed to be Switched out But for that he need the Vikings and Highlanders to do another headlong charge on both sides.

He looks over the walls and see's the ram is almost threw the Gate he also Notice's Wallace on the left has a foot hold also his highland warriors just butchers all in there Bloody way How ever the right side was not so well Lord Bren had joined the fight with his Personal Guard on the right side the right was being push'd even up to the Left of Ryjins foothold Ryjin New that Lord and his troops must be shut down But how.

He had an idea 1 of Witch Eva was not Going to be happy about he grabbed a nearby soldier and ordered them to get Lady Eva and 200 of her rangers and get up on this wall.

the soldier did as ordered now Ryjin had to Switch out the defending Roman Legionnaires on the left and right sides He gave the Order as 50 highland warriors rushed out of the defence on the left and started a slaughter the Left was switched out easy.

But the Right side was Tough Ryjin got in on the fight also Ryjin was Fighting alongside 50 ta 80 Viking raid leaders they managed to Push the right side about 10 feet the roman troops on the Right where switched out with Fresh troops and the defence was now rebuilt Ryjin and his vikings rush'd back behind the roman shields and took a breather Eva had just arrived on the wall from below with 200 Rangers and was visibly shaken to be so close to all this slaughter.

Ryjin shouted out to her to have her rangers start shooting the right side He told her none of there soldiers where on that side and all allies where either here in the foot hold or on the left with wallace.

The rangers started Killing enemy's in droves Ryjin now knows that these rangers are Well worth there money and Upkeep.

:Lord Bren: He was in the middle of running off the f.u.c.k.i.n.g wall the enemy had brought archers on the wall and they started firing on the right side of the wall his men where getting slaughtered he did not care for his men only him self he lost all his Personal guard and from what he can see is he has lost a Good 6k men already.

:Ryjin: (SAFE GUARD THE GATE PUSH UP THE WALLS WHILE STOPPING ANY ENEMY REINFORCEMENTS) he shouted at top of his lungs to the Romans Coming threw the gate below him a Full Legion Entered threw the gate a good 600 Blocked all area's round the gate so no enemy's could come to help the south wall 400 Split in 2 groups 1 rushing up the walls on the Left and the other on the right.

The enemy seeing they where compleatly Surrounded and could not win and there Lord abandon'd them chose to Get on there Knee's and Surrender the south wall was essential Taken by Ryjins Force's however the East and West walls looked in a stalemate so he ordered both Wolf Coat Legions to Split 1 aids the east and the other the west He also did the same with 1 Legion of Romans that was split from 900 to 450 each going to the east and west as Backup. that left him 1 a Roman Legion of 800 odd men left and the Viking raid leader Legion that lost a good 500 the Highland warriors where actually in good shape only loosing 100 they had 900 left the rangers lost about 20 so they had 980 left so Ryjin Ordered his remaining men To assault the Towns Keep.

:Lord Thomas: I will be Damn'd he took the south wall with fewer men then we have and he has sent Men to aid us by attacking the enemy from inside the walls too damn Boy u are somthing and your soldiers are something to be feared.

His farther on the east side also had the same thoughts tho he was far more Impressed at these soldiers then anyone else.

the Legionary's moved to the central road in attacking Testudo formation while rangers where behind and highland warriors where on the sides guarding the flanks The viking legion had been left to guard the gate and wall to make sure no unexpected surprises show up.