Blood tax

Chapter 170 Huh, Vegetable Chicken
More and more living corpses, mainly skeletons, rushed to the front of the position.The militiamen looked at the horrific skeletons that were close at hand, and uttered screams. At the same time, they passed the spears in their hands over the fence or stabbed the enemy through the gaps.

Some militiamen began to fill sandbags with the fastest speed, and piled up earth barriers and slopes at higher places in the vehicle formation.According to Griffith's arrangement, they will move the bed crossbow up.

This job takes a little time.Until then, the militias must hold their ground.

Griffith looked around.The mob he led relied on the river on one side, and resisted the attack of the living corpses on the irregular rectangular line of defense.

Although he was born as a regular cavalry soldier, and his education was also formal military theory, how to command the weak and timid militia to fight was also part of his learning.The senior classes at Homenworth even teach them how to train and organize rebel forces behind enemy lines.

Griffith was well aware that the militia was unreliable.Don't look at the loudness of their shouts, if they really fight, they will easily scatter and flee, no matter how much money they give, it doesn't matter.However, there are ways to make peasant and ordinary citizen militias useful.

The easiest way is to hold on to the walls and fortresses.No matter how poor the defender's combat effectiveness is, as long as there are solid fortifications to rely on, he may fight against a powerful enemy, and may even perform miracles.Anything can happen when defending the city. If the attacker does not have the means to destroy the fortifications, it is likely that the manpower will be exhausted during the attack;

Griffith is very familiar with building fortifications, and civil engineering is a glorious tradition of the Bayerland army.

Even the Eastern Legion, which is composed of elite soldiers like him and experienced legionnaires, used extremely fast speed to build solid walls and positions to suppress the orc fortress or the front of the camp when attacking the orcs. Build another wall behind the wall to protect the first wall.

Even an orc army with extraordinary warriors, warlocks, giant beasts, and wolf cavalry, as long as they didn't drive away Byelan's army at the beginning, they would suffer a lot after the formation of the formation.

Once the initial fortifications were completed, Bayeran's regular army began to extend the encirclement line in an attempt to encircle the enemy entirely.If the enemy won't run, starve them of their supplies and throw trebuchets at them every day.

Even a demigod can suffocate to death in the encirclement of Bayeran's army.

The most dangerous battles often occurred during the period between the beginning and the completion of the defense line.Enemies who are aware of the threat will attack with all their strength, and Byelan's army will do their best to drive the enemy back.

This was the case with Griffith's last battle in the East.The legion was just doing the daily work of setting up a defense line towards the orc fortress, and suddenly the two sides assembled all the main forces to fight in darkness.

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The car formation in front of him is the city walls and barriers that Griffith built for the militiamen.The Deathrattle Cult was obviously not prepared enough. They didn't stop Griffith's troops in the middle of the road in time, and they didn't organize well when they launched the attack.

On the other hand, Griffith also made a lot of preparations.He prepared the carriage, cloth bags and wood in advance, and immediately set up a position after arriving at the destination.

Those citizens who had just left the defense line of the lower city and started to be scared stood on the shelf of the carriage, hid behind the wooden fence, and stabbed the living corpses from the gaps with the long guns in their hands.

The whole position is like a hedgehog lying still.

Living corpses are brutal and terrifying.But they can't tear down the wooden fence in a short time.The militiamen, led by their respective squad leaders, roared and stabbed with long spears, and then chopped with axes the living corpses climbing up the wooden fence, or smashed them with hammers.

After fighting like this for a while, none of the militiamen died, and a large piece of the living corpses that lost the commander fell outside the position.

"Not bad," Amber patted Griffith on the shoulder and praised, "Everyone did a great job."

"There are also many shortcomings." Griffith said modestly.

Although the car formation greatly increases the defensive power, once it is established, the troops will not be able to perform any tactical actions.

Griffith had thought his garrison at Boulogne-Placine had been bad enough.But now think about it, the city defense army can at least follow his flag and orders to rotate and maneuver, and even attack the rear of the rebels in a detour.

Militia can't do that.If Griffith dared to lead them to turn and change formation, the militiamen would definitely be in chaos on the spot.

In Verona, he dared to use the round formation of the city defense army to defend, and he also planned to launch an attack on the enemy's commander. Today, he must use a carriage to surround his own army, completely abandoning the ability to maneuver and counterattack on the battlefield, and concentrate on how to attack the enemy. Ensure that soldiers can stay on the battlefield—Griffith's work focuses entirely on how to prevent the militia from dispersing in droves. The morale of his troops is much more desperate than that in Verona.

The line of defense surrounded everyone. No matter which direction the monster came from, after the fence was erected, everyone raised their weapons towards the outside and just guarded the fence in front of them.It's so easy!
"Stick to your post!" Griffith patrolled around the defense line, and at the same time said to the militiamen who were piled up, "Hurry up."

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The living corpses began tearing at the wood that was blocking them.Both sides fought in confusion and shouting.Due to the blocking of the fence, the two sides have never been able to engage in hand-to-hand combat, and the existence of obstacles often affects the accuracy and speed of the attack.During the long attack, many palisades were destroyed, some militiamen were dragged out and killed, and some were rescued by their companions in time.

Others frantically used axes and hammers to smash the skeletons that had drilled in, and then plugged new wood into the gap, and replaced it with a person, who continued to stab the monster's head outside the fence with a spear.

While the pikemen were attacking, the archers were not idle.

They shoot monsters a few meters away with ignited arrows, or simply burn them with ignited torches.

The dead bones are not easy to ignite, but occasionally some are doused in fire oil, bringing other living corpses into a ball of fire.

During the period, Griffith and Amber provided support several times, eliminating the living corpses that were about to rush in and blocking the gap.

The militiamen gradually realized that they had a great advantage, and their morale was also high. They attacked the monsters outside the wooden fence without flinching.They feel that their battle line is indestructible, and everyone standing shoulder to shoulder feels particularly safe and imposing.Although most of their passion had dissipated and they stopped shouting, they still carried out the order to attack.

The newly resurrected undead creatures are not afraid of death, and their sharp claws and teeth are also very terrifying. There is no such thing as morale.Without further orders, they continued to attack one after another until they killed all human beings or were completely wiped out themselves.

The battle went on like this for more than half an hour, during which a steady stream of living corpses rushed to attack the car formation.The militiamen also retreated in batches, taking turns to rest.

Finally, someone in the center of the position shouted:
"Master Knight, get ready!"

The earth barrier in the center of the battle formation was finally piled up.Two bed crossbows are arranged on it, pointing in the direction of the large tomb.

Griffith immediately left the front line and came to the bed crossbow to personally aim at the large tomb of the cemetery.

The building that looked like it was corroded and parasitic was trembling and pulsating strangely like a heart, and the black mud was constantly oozing out and spreading outward.Judging from the vague psychic fluctuations, shape, and location, this large tomb is undoubtedly the center of the cultists in this area.

If the Deathrattle Cult is planning to hide something, this round of attacks will force them out.Otherwise, once the large tomb that is the center of spiritual energy is destroyed, their conspiracy in this area will also go bankrupt.Come on, let me see your details.

"Crossbow gun, ignite!"

Griffith ordered.Even if he is not a professional artilleryman, he still understands the ranging and aiming at this distance.

The target used to be the large tomb in the cemetery in the lower city. It was a building mainly made of wood and masonry, standing alone on the flat ground.The black substance wrapped outside doesn't look very strong, making it an excellent target.

The militiamen immediately loaded the crossbow guns, coated the tip of the gun with kerosene and ignited it.

"Oh!"

The crossbow gun roared out, and the first shot pierced through the wall of the tomb after a short flight, breaking a big hole and making a dull sound.The flame on the tip of the gun ignited all the damage.

"Load!" Griffith yelled, before jumping to the other bed crossbow.

The second ignited crossbow shot out.This time, the roof of the tomb was pierced, and the roof could even be seen collapsing in the flying debris and smoke.

An astonishing wave spread out from the center of the tomb.The living corpses that were besieging the car formation suddenly became even more frantic, and began to attack the car formation desperately.They are stacked one on top of the other, frantically wanting to jump over the wooden fence and jump in.More skeletons and walking corpses drilled out of the black mud in the distance, pounced towards this side.

Amber saw the dark living corpse suddenly come out from the ground in the distance, and hurriedly shouted: "Griffith, hurry up!"

"It's shooting, it's shooting!" Griffith shouted, while he and the militiamen hurriedly re-stringed their crossbow.

The bed crossbow is only 200 meters away from the large tomb.For the siege machine, this position is almost like riding on the face.

Another round of Firebolt was fired.

"Boom!" After a loud noise, a puff of smoke rose from the black building like a shriveled moldy orange, half of the walls collapsed, and the remaining half burst into flames.

The living corpses that were coming from all directions suddenly stopped.Except for those who had already besieged the car formation nearby, the living corpses in the cemetery farther away were lost and wandering as if they had lost their target.

The surrounding black mud suddenly lost its vitality and stopped spreading.

Sure enough, these undead creatures are indeed extremely ferocious, but most of them do not have self-awareness and need a commander. Just smashing their centers can disintegrate them.

Their organizational structure is like worker bees and ant colonies...

Griffith put down the crossbow on the bed, looked at the burning tomb and the surrounding environment, thinking quickly, and at the same time was alert to the appearance of abnormalities.

After a few minutes, nothing happened.Chaos spread among the undead creatures, and the black mud began to slowly recede like ebbing sea water.

Soon, Griffith understood the situation in front of him.

Hmph, I thought something was wrong, but my reconnaissance troop was defeated... The cult group took the risk of establishing a forward base without enough troops and commanders, probably because they were planning to take advantage of the chaos and fear in the lower city to attack the tomb. Surreptitiously gather troops in the direction of the garden.

Judging from the results, the cult's attempt here failed.This lair was destroyed before it played a sufficient role.

Next, after Griffith cleared up the enemies outside the position, he went to the tomb to investigate the structure and secrets in depth.

(End of this chapter)