Change of Tactics
"Ladder! Enemy ladders against the walls!"
"Push! Push them off! Don't let them stay there!"
"Use your hands men! Use all your body! Help your brothers to push these damned things off!"
"Enemy up the ladders! Bastards are starting to come up the ladders!"
"Quickly! Shoot your arrows! Don't let a single one get up! Throw anything you got!"
It was like this that Alexander's legionaries greeted the brave Margraves troops who were willing to brave extreme perils to come and meet them, thus denying them any sort of a chance for a spot on the walls.
Thus the legionaries aimed their shots as much as they could at the ascending soldiers, the crossbow bolts piercing many of the shields, and some even going through the enemy's hands and arms, causing the injured men to cry out in absolute pain and agony.