Lerthian defense

Carnet After defeating the huge Lerthian army found himself against a fortified city he also could see that he would need many men to break through its walls and he would lose almost all of his men in doing so he immediately called many skilled engineers and tacticians together and started planning a strategy they sent there best archers in small parties harring the defender they struck upon a plan well two plans actually they would sneak into the city 70 of the best swords men including 34 Generals who were very skilled along with a mix of captains and normal infantry they would attack one tower that they had chosen to attack while Carnet would lead the rest of the men against the wall and castle that they had chosen to attack the 70 got into the city going to one part of the wall that was hardly defended and snuck in through a small gate though they were seen and the alarm was given thinking fast the leader of the small party ordered they to the castle they had planned to attack they reached the steps leading up to it just in time he detailed 10 men to stay at the bottom while the rest of them raced to the top they were met by several Lerthians taken by surprise they lost one man killing the Lerthains Carnet noticed something about the Fort they had planned to attack a scout came up saying that an aintish flag was being waved at one of the floors that was the signal for attack in any other position Carnet hesitated until a second messenger came up saying that there where many horns being blown in the city and that there was confusion the 59 soldiers that remained battled their way to the top where they kept fighting the mass on the top Carnet ordered his troops forward armed with bows they shot on the wall that was near the fort and placed scaling ladders Lerthian defenders poured missiles into the Aintish the Aintish responded with small catapults and crossbows the aintish armor for the most part protected them but many fell they also had a hard time climbing the ladders with the weight of your armor and spears and pikes and thrusting down at you but they prevailed and forced their way on the wall and onto the fort more troops poured up taking the wall and the fort the 70 men that had snuck into the fort lost 34 of their men around 1500 Aintish soldiers were killed the Lerthaisn lost about 2,000 or more the Lerthains who where in confusion retreated as fast as they could thinking that everything was taken Carnet then told his men to back out of the city more scouts came saying the Lerthians were retreating and they many 1,000’s of them where going home and that the remaining force was around 10,000 left