Lord Chronicle
Chapter 109
Chapter 109
It was another few days of anxious waiting, and finally three days later, in the enemy camp that had been silent for several days, the war drums sounded again.
Due to the psychological preparations in advance, the people who had been waiting for the battle for the past few days felt relieved.To be honest, it's too uncomfortable to wait for the enemy to come to you so anxiously, it's better to fight a fight earlier.
However, when the siege equipment in the enemy camp appeared in everyone's sight, not many people could relax.
First of all, three huge catapults approaching 4 meters, dragged by four horses, slowly moved towards the castle.Following the catapult were several carriages loaded with stones, and the horses pulling the carts struggled forward with tense limbs, which showed the weight of those stones.
It is conceivable that once these stones are polished into a round shape, and the stones weighing tens of kilograms are thrown up by the catapult, under the action of the acceleration of gravity, what terrible power will be produced.Even if Diviji Castle has a specially reinforced outer wall, it may not be able to withstand a few blows.
Behind the catapult was a shorter, but more solid and heavy siege engine.On the triangular support frame of the car, a huge bumper was hung. In order to increase the power, the top of the bumper was sharpened, and in order to increase the strength of the impact, a huge boulder was specially hung behind the bumper.
And as teams of Lulin troops slowly came out, everyone could still see the ladders carried by the enemy.These ladders were specially reinforced and were long enough to reach the top of the high city wall. In order to hold the top of the wall firmly, there were special hooks on the top of the ladders, which were much more effective than the long ladders temporarily used by the Lulin Army a few days ago.
Although these siege instruments were crudely made due to the rush of time, their power is obvious.With the beating of war drums, the Lu Lin army on the opposite side slowly approached the castle with these weapons, which immediately put a lot of pressure on everyone's psychology.
Fortunately, they knew that the enemy would use these things beforehand, so they didn't panic.Following Gein's loud cry, the defenders on the city wall immediately got busy.
Never having seen the power of these legendary siege machines, Thor also ran to the city wall to watch the battle for the first time, but just to be on the safe side, he called Xiaomei out to protect him.At this moment, he finally saw these things that he had only seen in books before, and he was actually a little excited.
At this time, with a long horn, all the Lulin soldiers stopped.At this time, they had approached a distance of about 500 meters, and this distance was the effective range of the three simple trebuchets.
Sure enough, the soldiers following the catapult on the opposite side started to get busy. They twisted the winch to winch off the tray containing the stone bombs, and then other soldiers put the stone bombs weighing tens of kilograms into the tray.With the order of the officer, the mechanism was opened, and under the action of the huge counterweight placed behind the trebuchet, the stone bullets were thrown high.
So everyone watched three huge stone bullets flying towards the castle.Sol, who saw it for the first time, stared intently at the rock in mid-air, watching it getting bigger and bigger in his field of vision...
"Wow, that's not good!" Suddenly, he was distracted and suddenly realized.
At the same time, Xiaomei had already hugged her master, and pulled Sol to lie down under the arrow stack on the city wall.Immediately after that, there was a loud bang, and a stone bullet accurately hit the position where Sol was just standing. In the castle behind the wall.
At this time, the other two stone bombs hit the outer wall of the castle one by one, causing a huge bang.Another bomb crashed into the castle behind after hitting an unlucky soldier.
Everything happened too fast. When three deadly stone bombs roared past, no one could be seen on the city wall that was full of soldiers just now. Everyone who saw the power of the catapult for the first time was scared to the ground.
Fortunately, Gein had already prepared. In addition to telling the soldiers on the city wall to be careful, he even reinforced the walls and roofs of the houses in the castle with wood.The two stone bombs just smashed a few thick wooden piles, without causing too much damage.
In general, the damage caused by these stone bullets was limited. Apart from killing one unlucky guy, they only left two impact marks on the thick outer wall of the castle.
But the psychological pressure they brought was huge, especially when he first saw dozens of kilograms of stones falling towards him like meteors, and even the stone city walls trembled.The huge bang was deeply imprinted in everyone's hearts, giving people the illusion that the castle would collapse at any time, and many soldiers began to tremble.
"Damn, this thing really wasn't built. No wonder the Mongols used it to take down Xiangyang City." After the danger passed, Sol touched the cold sweat on his forehead and got up again.
The traces of the stone bomb just now were right in front of his eyes. A bowl-sized hole was smashed out of the hard wall, and the gray rock was exposed. It seemed to remind Sol that if he hadn’t dodged quickly just now, his head would definitely be bigger than this one. Stone is ten times worse.
One after another, the soldiers got up one after another.The unlucky ghost who had just been crushed to death was like a pool of minced meat, sticking to the ground in a bloody mass, and the people around him all turned their heads while suppressing their nausea.
Gein and Thor exchanged a look, both horrified at the great power of the trebuchet.In fact, these three simple trebuchets were far from exerting the greatest power of this kind of war machine, but the defenders in the castle were either civilians who had just entered the battlefield, or had never seen such terrifying gadgets. Everyone was shocked.
"What are you doing in a daze, clean up the pile of things for me. Everyone else, be on guard and don't let the enemy rush up." Gein pointed at the corpse and shouted.
"The opponent can only fire three stone bombs at a time. There is nothing to be afraid of. We will definitely be able to defend!" Nuo Li also cheered loudly.
The frightened soldiers returned to their positions with three souls, and packed them up in a hurry.It's just that they couldn't help but feel faint when they looked at the trebuchet opposite.
It took a few minutes for the enemy to complete preparations for the second projectile, or how can this thing be inefficient.But if there are a few more cars, the flying stones will still be scary.
Three stone bombs roared and slammed into the castle again. This time everyone behaved well, and the stones all fell to the ground as soon as they flew up.This time, one stone bomb was thrown directly into the castle, destroying a house, and the other two hit the city wall, making two loud bangs, causing much less damage than last time.
Afterwards, the enemy fired several times. Except for one of them, which managed to smash into the crowd, killing 2 people and seriously injuring 3, the other stone bombs only damaged some city walls and houses.
Gradually, the soldiers got used to this powerful thing, but the actual damage was much smaller than that of bows and arrows.Although they still couldn't help trembling every time they were thrown, the fear just now was gone.
After a few demonstrative throws, the enemy also began to move for real.Following a burst of intensive drumbeats, the Lulin soldiers forming a square formation began to move slowly carrying the ladders, and at the same time the siege vehicle was also driving towards the city gate.The three catapults raised the throwing angle and threw the stone bullets directly into the castle to avoid accidentally injuring their own people.
Knowing that it was just loud thunder and little rain, this was the beginning of the real siege.Ge Yin drew out his sword with a clang, and shouted: "Everyone is ready, let these bastards die under the city wall!"
"Oh!" The soldiers agreed loudly, and the archers who had already been prepared moved to the front row, drew their bows and set their arrows, and the sharp arrows immediately pointed at the enemy army slowly moving over from the opposite side.
At the same time, the soldiers of the second echelon also held the javelins in their hands, and just waited for an order before throwing the guns of death at the enemy.At this time, no one paid any attention to the stone bullets whizzing past their heads, and everyone was ready to meet the first wave of the enemy's offensive.
************************************************** ***********************************
"Get ready to shoot!"
Following an order, the archers in the front row let go of their string-drawing fingers, and hundreds of arrows, like black migratory locusts, shot at the moving enemy formation in unison.
With the muffled sound of arrows piercing through the flesh, several phalanxes of Lu Lin's army became a little chaotic, and dozens of people were shot and fell down.However, these soldiers had received strict training. They ignored their wounded companions on the ground, but put their shields on top of their heads after the officer gave an order.
At this time, the defenders on the city wall were ready for the second attack, but this round of arrows did not cause much damage to the enemy, and most of the arrows were nailed to the thick shield.
After several volleys, the Lulin army approached tens of meters away from the city wall with the defense of shields.Knowing that bows and arrows can no longer play any role, Gein yelled: "Archers shoot freely, throw your guns and get ready!"
The soldiers of the second echelon, who had been waiting for a long time, raised the javelins in their hands over their shoulders. Since there was not enough running distance on the city wall, they just took a step forward, and then threw the javelins out.
This kind of throwing cannot make the javelin reach the longest distance, but due to the height difference, the power is also extremely amazing.Hundreds of javelins pierced into the air with a howl. After reaching the highest point, with the help of the acceleration of gravity, the iron tip of the javelin controlled the barrel and began to fly downward. Due to the astonishing speed, there was a hissing sound in the air. .
Following a series of screams, the shield of the Lulin army was easily pierced, and blood splashed in the enemy's formation.Almost all the people who were hit were spared. There were a lot of discordant "gaps" in the originally uniform shield formation, and some soldiers were even directly nailed to the ground by javelins.
At this time, the defenders on the city wall had already started the second round of throwing. Since Diviji Fortress had abundant material reserves, they could use the extravagant weapon of throwing guns to defend the city.Under the attack of this almost unrivaled long-range weapon, Lu Lin's army soon suffered a large number of casualties.
The archers gave up the volley and began to look for the target separately, killing and wounding the enemy army caused by throwing guns.However, human archery is still inferior to elves, and their lethality has always been limited.
However, compared with a team of thousands of people, the casualties of nearly a hundred people each time are still insignificant.After 4 rounds of javelin throwing, the enemy finally approached the city wall. At this time, throwing spears could no longer effectively attack the opponent. Under Gein's decisive order, the defenders drew out their weapons and prepared to start hand-to-hand combat.
The Lu Lin army threw away the shields that were in the way, and they were hit hard by the long-awaited archers.The archers on the city wall leaned half their bodies out of the city wall, shooting almost vertically at the Lulin army below the city.
Naturally, the enemy troops below were not to be outdone, and many people held out their bows and arrows to shoot at the defenders. The swishing arrows criss-crossed in the air, and some people fell down from the arrows or fell from the city wall.
At this time, Lu Linjun, who was carrying the ladder, rushed to the front row, and a dozen people lifted the ladder to the city wall.The iron hook on the ladder was firmly hooked to the top of the wall, and due to the weight of the ladder itself, it was almost impossible to push it away.
Kress and others, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately gathered at the opening of more than a dozen ladders, and the archers who were hiding behind the arrow piles and shooting also turned their targets to the Lulin army who climbed up the ladders.
People kept being shot down in mid-air, but eventually some enemies climbed to the top.A tall Lulin Army soldier in thick armor had just climbed to the top of the ladder. Before he could see the situation on the wall clearly, a huge ax came towards him and knocked him to the ground.
"Aha, just come up, I'm waiting for you!" Lesta yelled, waving his battle ax after killing the first enemy to climb up the city wall.
However, on other ladders, enemies climbed up one after another, and then the arduous hand-to-hand combat began.The soldiers of the Lulin Army who were in charge of attacking the fortifications were all experienced warriors, and the defenders were weaker than them. Therefore, although they had the advantages of numbers and geographical advantages, the battle was quite difficult.
Kress, Gein, and Lesta, the three strongest guards respectively guarded the left, middle, and right sections of the city wall, and led the defenders to resist the enemies who climbed up with difficulty.As more and more enemy troops climbed to the city wall, the enemy and us fought together, and the archers could no longer play their role. Some people pulled out their weapons and joined in hand-to-hand combat, and those with better archery skills went to a higher level, shooting Enemy over the wall.
With the help of the wide ladder, the enemy rushed up very quickly. The entire stretch of the high wall of the castle was full of people who drew their swords and slashed at each other. Shouting and falling, he was hacked to death by his opponent with a sword.
Chip and his Nightshades were not suited to this type of melee, so at the beginning of the battle, they retreated to a higher position in the back and used their precise bow skills to strike the enemy.
Some soldiers of the Lulin Army just raised their swords, and an arrow was stuck in their chests, and they fell to the sky unwillingly; some were fighting with the soldiers defending the city, and were suddenly shot by an arrow, and then died inexplicably. Under the opponent's sword... This group of night shadow troops with only a dozen people quietly dormant on one side, using their unique calmness and efficiency to inflict great damage on the enemy.
Similarly, after the hand-to-hand combat began, Sol hid on a stone arrow tower under the protection of Xiaomei.This place is quite a bit higher than the city wall, and you can see the entire battle situation. Although the fierce battlefield is just below, it is very safe.
Under Sol's command, Xiaomei used her bone bow to accurately shoot and kill the enemy troops below by virtue of her geographical advantage.The power of the snake monster's bow and arrow is extraordinary, anyone who gets hit by the arrow will definitely die, and the enemy who gets hit by the arrow is often thrown away from the wall along with the arm-thick bone arrow under the huge impact.
Sol is now in a very high mood, constantly yelling and directing Xiaomei to "spot and kill" the enemies below.And Xiaomei is also very competitive. Wherever Sol points, her deadly bone arrow will shoot there, and it never misses, which makes him love this summoned beast to the extreme.
Some enemies also noticed that despicable guy on the arrow tower, but all the arrows shot at Sol were pushed away by Xiaomei's flexible snake tail one by one.While protecting the master, it can also accurately kill the enemy. High-level monsters are really extraordinary.
"Shooting this side...shooting that side...wahahaha, cool, Xiaomei, I really like you..." Sol hugged Xiaomei's slender waist from behind, screaming.As a result, Xiaomei had to work hard to maintain her balance, while keeping her master's intimate behavior, while maintaining the accuracy of her shooting.
Watching the enemies die under Xiaomei's bone bow one by one, Saul was very excited, as if he had shot them himself.If future battles can be as safe and enjoyable as this, he doesn't mind "leading the way".
At this time, he suddenly noticed that under the city wall, a Lulin officer on a horse and wearing gorgeous armor shuttled back and forth in the enemy's formation, loudly ordering the soldiers to move forward.
Knowing that the commander's level must not be low, Sol immediately pointed his finger at him: "Xiaomei, can you kill that guy?"
Since the arrow tower was too high, and the officer was far below the city wall, the distance between the two sides was at least 1000 meters, making the opponent look like the size of a palm.Xiaomei squinted her eyes and looked around, then let out a soft hiss, turned the bone bow, and a long and thick bone arrow was aimed at the officer.
But because the opponent has been running back and forth, Xiaomei's arrow moves slowly with him, but she still can't find a chance to strike.
Suddenly, the officer pulled his horse's head and stopped, and loudly reprimanded several soldiers.The huge pupils in Xiaomei's eyes shrank sharply, and she loosened her hooked fingers.
With a muffled bang, the thick bone arrow flew out of the string and shot towards the palm-sized person in the distance.The officer seemed to have sensed something was wrong. Just as he turned his head, his body was already pierced by the bone arrow. He was thrown into the air under the huge impact, and was carried under the horse.
The horse stood up in fright, and only then did the soldiers on the side react, rushing towards the officer in a hurry, but Thor knew that the guy must be hopeless.
"Okay, Xiaomei, you are amazing." Excited, he couldn't help kissing Xiaomei's fair and tender cheek.
Even though it was only a monster, Xiaomei still couldn't bear the intimacy of her master. She hissed twice, turned slightly sideways, and there was a tinge of red on her face.
Sol didn't care about these, he wrapped himself around Xiaomei's plump body like an octopus, enjoying the warmth and plumpness of the snake demon's skin.
He was shocked by the arrow just now. It was definitely a perfect sniper attack. In cold weapon warfare, the role of officers is far greater than in modern warfare.If you can specially train a group of accurate archers to shoot and kill the enemy's commander in battle, it will definitely play an unexpected role.
However, it is difficult for humans to have such precise archery skills, and elves do not have such strong arms.Like just now, at a distance of 1000 meters, not only must it accurately hit the opponent, but the power of the arrow must also be so powerful that it can penetrate thick armor, which is difficult for both humans and elves.
From this point of view, snake demons have both accuracy and strength, coupled with their extremely high IQ, they can adapt to changes, but they are natural snipers.If it weren't for the extreme rarity of such high-level monsters, Sol really wanted to catch a few more and build a special sniper team.
While he was thinking wildly, because the commander was shot, there was a lot of confusion in the Lulin army under the castle, and the lower-level officers shouted loudly to restrain the troops to continue fighting.
But after all, without a unified command, the pace of the enemy's attack has slowed down significantly, and there are not so many people climbing up the ladder.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kress and others immediately launched a counterattack.
Kress brandished an iron crow and rushed left and right in the crowd like a beast. In front of him, the brave soldiers of the Lulin Army had almost no power to fight back.A group of Lovell's garrison followed closely behind the captain, covering his flanks, allowing Kress to concentrate on dealing with the enemy in front of him.
They seem to have gotten used to this kind of extremely efficient battle formation. As this group of people moved, it was like stirring up a whirlwind in the dense enemy formation, and corpses lay everywhere on the ground, causing huge casualties.
In the other two places, Lesta and Gein also showed their respective strengths.In the hand-to-hand combat, their bravery played a decisive role. The rushing Lulin army was gradually forced back to the wall, and the defenders took the initiative.
If the battle situation continues like this, it will be no different from previous siege battles except that it is a little more difficult.However, when everyone was working hard to fight the enemy, there was a sudden burst of loud bangs from under the city wall.
************************************************** ************************************
"What's going on?" Kress and the others couldn't help but look at each other. Hearing the sound, it seemed that the city wall was being violently hit by something.
"Gain, it's the siege engine, those guys are hitting the city gate!" At this moment, Sol's shout came from the arrow tower.
Startled, Gein rushed to the city wall.Sure enough, at some point, the enemy had already moved the siege vehicle up, and at this moment the huge ram was crashing into the city gate.
He secretly scolded himself for being careless, how could he forget this thing.Gein immediately yelled: "Stop it!"
More than a dozen archers moved to the top of the city gate, condescendingly shooting at the Lulin soldiers manipulating the siege vehicles.The enemies protecting the siege vehicle immediately formed a shield formation, and the thick shield protected both the man and the vehicle.
Bows and arrows are useless, and the city walls are full of enemy soldiers, and they cannot be thrown with javelins, so there is nothing they can do about it.Under the continuous impact of the wood, the gate of the castle made a loud bang and sagged inward again and again, and the bolts connecting the door and the wall groaned in pain, as if they would fall apart at any time.
The soldiers guarding the gate desperately pressed their bodies against the gate, bearing the huge impact of hitting the wood.Some people found wood to prop behind the door, but it didn't last long either.
At this time, the soldiers of the Lulin Army regrouped and started to attack again. The city wall was once again engulfed in melee. People could no longer care about the siege engines below, and the archers were forced to retreat.
"Damn it." Gein cursed secretly, turned his head and shouted at Kress: "You block this place, I'll deal with the things below."
"Understood." Kress agreed, knocked an enemy soldier away with his sword, and led his team into the enemy's formation ferociously.
Gein quickly ran to the stairs of the city wall and shouted to the people below: "Send the oil up quickly."
After learning that the enemy would use siege weapons, they made all preparations, not only strengthening the city gates, but also preparing fuel.Hearing Gein's shout at this time, several soldiers hurriedly carried the oil tank up the city wall.
Seeing this, some enemies wanted to come over to stop them, but they were stopped by Lesta's men.Lifting the oil tank above the city gate, Gein looked at the siege vehicles crashing below and grinned: You bastard, wait until you become a roast pig.
Then, under his command, the soldiers tilted the oil tank, and a large amount of fuel poured over the entire siege vehicle.
A well-prepared archer ignites the arrow and shoots the rocket down.I saw a little flame hit the top of the siege vehicle accurately, and then the big canopy spread with a bang.
Caught off guard, more than a dozen Lulin soldiers surrounding the siege vehicle immediately turned into burning men. They screamed and rammed around in the sea of flames. Their miserable screams made people feel chills.
However, the Lulin Army, who has rich experience in sieges, has considerable experience in dealing with fire attacks. The siege engine seems to be burning badly, but in fact the roof is covered with a layer of special leather, and it is also painted with fireproof materials made by the Magician's Guild, so Doesn't do much damage to siege engines.
At the same time, with an order from behind, dozens of enemies rushed forward, each of them carrying a bag filled with mud, and covered the siege vehicle with mud, and the flames were quickly extinguished.
The siege engine continued to attack the city gate, seeing that the fire attack had no effect, Gein was shocked and angry.In desperation, he rushed down the city wall and ordered his subordinates: "Go and bring the horse."
The knights who followed him agreed, and went to gather their horses.At this time, Gein led his men to the gate of the city, which was already full of people. They hugged the wood on the top of the gate and tried their best to support the crumbling gate. Other soldiers held their weapons nervously. Once the gate fell, they would You must do your best to stop the enemy.
"Wait for my order later, and you can open the city gate." Gein said to Nori, who was commanding here.
Nori asked in surprise, "What do you want to do?"
Gein gritted his teeth fiercely: "If the thing outside is not dealt with, the city gate will fall sooner or later. I am going to lead the cavalry to charge out and chop it up directly."
Nori hurriedly stopped him and said, "Master Gein, don't be impulsive. There are enemy troops everywhere outside now, and you will be surrounded immediately if you rush out. Even if you can destroy the siege engine, I'm afraid..."
Gein shook his head: "There is no time to hesitate, as long as we can catch them off guard, with the impact of the horses, we may not have a chance to escape."
Nori wanted to say something else, but at this moment, there were several loud crashes from the city gate, and a huge crack appeared in the thick gate, and sawdust splashed everywhere.
Nori could only swallow his words, he said in a deep voice: "Then please be careful, come back immediately after destroying the siege engine, I will send someone to cover you."
While Gein was waiting to break out of the castle, the battle on the city wall reached a fever pitch.Seemingly realizing that it was the last moment, the Lulin army launched a frenzied attack. A large number of enemies climbed up the wall recklessly and fought with the defenders.
Both sides put in all their strength, and the reserve team of the defending side was also pulled up. At present, the entire outer wall of the castle is crowded with soldiers from both sides, and the two sides are fighting almost without giving an inch.Liu Ya flew in mid-air, making whistling noises, intertwined with the impact of the weapons below and the screams of dying, forming a movement of death.
Seeing that the impact of the siege engine on the city gate became more and more violent, Sol pulled Xiaomei and shouted: "Quick, shoot those enemies who are manipulating the siege engine."
Xiaomei obediently turned the arrow, and with a loud whistle, the bone arrow accurately hit a Lulin soldier manipulating behind the bumper.With a scream, his whole body was completely pierced, and he fell several meters away with a rain of blood.
Before Sol had time to click his tongue for Xiaomei's huge arm strength, another enemy soldier immediately took his place.A few seconds later, he suffered the same fate as his predecessor. This unlucky man was directly nailed to the siege engine by a bone arrow.
However, No.3, the fearless Lulin soldier, made up again, and was shot by Xiaomei again after a while, and then the fourth...
After all, he was alone and alone. After shooting and killing 7 enemies in a row, Sol still couldn't stop the siege engine from hitting the city gate.Those Lulin soldiers didn't seem to be afraid of death at all. When one was shot, another immediately took his place.Although Xiaomei's arrows are deadly, compared to the large number of enemies, her killing speed is so insignificant.
Since the bone arrows were made from the snake demon's body, after shooting so many arrows continuously, Xiaomei finally exhausted herself.Panting heavily, she fell to the ground exhausted, unable to attack any more.
There was nothing Sol could do now, he could only watch helplessly as the city gate gradually deformed under the impact of the siege engine.Damn it, I still underestimated the fighting power of Lu Lin's army. Could it be that the secret path of the back mountain is going to be used so soon?
"Wow, let me go down and chop it up!" On the top of the wall, an angry Lesta screamed and was about to jump down the wall, but was held back by his soldiers desperately.
At this time, Sol could only stay on the arrow tower and stare blankly; at the city gate, Gein and his cavalry had stepped on their horses, ready to rush out to fight to the death; on the city wall, Kress and Lesta roared, Wielding their longswords and axes amidst the oncoming horde...
At the moment when the city gate was about to fall, suddenly, a particularly huge stone bomb happened to hit the arrow tower where Sol was.
With a loud bang, half of the slender chimney-like tower body was blown off immediately. The remaining bricks supported the thick tower top, and countless cracks spread amidst the creaking sound.
Sol felt his feet shaking for a while, poked his head out and looked, and immediately let him go out of his wits: "My god!"
Only half of the tower body can no longer support its own weight, and large blocks of bricks continue to fall.In the end, the entire arrow tower tilted for a while, and then suddenly collapsed downward.
In an instant, Sol felt the world spinning, and he had no chance to avoid it in the arrow tower, and he couldn't help falling down with countless bricks and stones.
At the critical moment, Xiaomei hugged him, and the tail of the snake tightly entangled a thick stone pillar. At the moment when the arrow tower was about to fall, she flicked violently, leading Sol to jump out.
Part of the collapsed arrow tower smashed into the castle, part of it hit the city wall, and the front end fell outside the city wall, like a broken chopstick.In an instant, countless bricks and stones fell from the sky, accompanied by huge vibrations, smoke and dust rose into the sky, like the end of the world.
On the city wall, both the enemy and ourselves who could not escape were buried by bricks and stones in an instant, and the enemies outside the city wall suffered heavy losses. I don't know how many people were killed and injured by the falling stones.
Although the collapse of the arrow tower caused huge losses to the city defenders, the surprise was that the siege vehicle in front of the city gate was also smashed into pieces by falling rocks, which saved Sol's life instead.
Inside the castle, Gein and the others, who were about to kill with a murderous aura, suddenly felt a violent shaking, and there was a constant rumble outside, and a large amount of dust fell from the city gate corridor above their heads, as if they had encountered an earthquake.
The terrible vibration made the people at the city gate look at each other in blank dismay. For a while, everyone stopped all movements and carefully watched the movement outside.But to their surprise, the impact of the city gate stopped instead.
"What, what's going on here?" After a long while, after the shock gradually subsided, Nori couldn't help but ask.
Gein also looked puzzled, but it is an indisputable fact that the impact of the city gate stopped.At this time, the screams from above could be vaguely heard, and it was obvious that something terrible had happened.
"My God..." At this time, many soldiers on the outside had seen the tragedy on the city wall.
Gein's heart tightened, he quickly got off his horse, and after ordering his men to stay put, he hurriedly climbed to the city wall.As soon as he climbed up the stairs, he already saw rotten bricks and rubble scattered around, as well as the arrow tower with only its base left.
Although he didn't know what happened, he remembered that Thor stayed on the arrow tower before leaving.This made him even more anxious, and hurried up the city wall in three steps at a time.
After reaching the top of the wall, Gein was shocked by what he saw.A large section of the city wall was covered with rubble, and many soldiers who had no time to escape were buried under large stones. Many wounded were struggling and moaning. Fortunately, no gaps were broken in the city wall.
Outside the castle, a rockfall belt nearly 10 meters long and several meters wide completely disrupted the enemy's formation, and even the siege vehicle was destroyed. It is unknown how many enemies were killed and injured.
The siege engine was destroyed, coupled with the power of the falling stone rain just now, the enemy finally gave up the attack.As the horn of retreat sounded, the enemies on the top of the city began to retreat, while the soldiers on the defensive side were chasing and killing the enemies who fell behind.
"Brother-in-law!" At this moment, Lesta suddenly heard a loud cry, and rushed to the pile of rocks desperately, rummaging inside desperately.
Kress also led the guards to remove the stones, looking for the whereabouts of the lord.However, there are too many falling rocks, stacked together, where can they be cleaned up in a short time?
Could it be that Thor was really buried underneath?Gein's heart skipped a beat, and he hurried forward.
"What happened just now?" He grabbed a soldier and asked.
The soldier's face was pale, and he looked shocked: "Just now a stone hit the arrow tower, knocking down half of the tower, and then the arrow tower collapsed. It's terrible, the sky is full of stones... "
There was no time to listen to his memories, Gein interrupted him: "Did you see Sol when the tower fell?"
The soldier shook his head: "It was too chaotic at the time, I just wanted to escape, so..."
Gein pushed him away, grabbed another soldier and questioned him.After asking several people in a row, no one knew the whereabouts of Sol, but it was certain that Sol was on the tower when it collapsed.
Looking at the mountain of falling rocks in front of him, Gein's heart sank gradually. Under this kind of power, a person is simply insignificant. Is it possible for Sol to survive?
Lesta was still searching desperately in the pile of stones. This rough man was crying like a woman: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, where are you? You must be fine, you are dead, Kafei What should I do..."
Kress and the others were also silently removing the stones and checking the corpses below. Many injured guards did not go to treat the wounds, but endured the severe pain to help find them.Often when they exerted force, a stream of blood would ooze from the wound, but no one retreated.
Their actions infected everyone. Gradually, more and more people joined the stone-moving queue. Except for the guard soldiers, no one paid any attention to the retreating Lulin army.
Gein also struggled to move a piece of stone, and after a while he raised his head and asked loudly: "Have you found it?" But every time the answer was disappointing.
Seeing that hope is getting slimmer, many wounded soldiers are gradually exhausted.Gein ordered: "The wounded should be treated immediately, some of them will be left to clean up the scene, and the others will rest quickly. I don't know when the enemy will attack again."
By saying this, he was acknowledging that Thor's chances of surviving were extremely slim.Some soldiers hesitated and then left the wall, but all the Lovells continued to search.
"Let your hands go to heal your wounds." Gein walked to Kress and said.
Turning his head to look at him, Kress said in a deep voice, "The lord will be fine." Then he buried his head and continued to search.
"But in such a collapse, he's probably already..." Gein hesitated to speak.
"The lord will be fine!" Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Kress' roar.
Unexpectedly, before Kress finished speaking, he suddenly heard a voice from under a pile of rocks: "Afraid of what? Gein, you brat, don't curse me dead, okay?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they were overjoyed: "My lord!" "Sol!"
Now everyone got excited and quickly moved the pile of stones away.As the rubble on the upper layer was removed, the pile of stones began to shake up and down, as if something was exerting force underneath.
After a while, when the largest stone was removed, there was a crash, and something popped up from under the stone pile.Everyone took a closer look, and it turned out to be Xiaomei, a snake demon with a bruised and disheveled face.
And under her, Sol, who was protected by the twisted snake tail, was looking at everyone with a smile.
"Good boy, you're not dead!" Gein immediately strode up.
"My lord, I knew you would be fine." Kress and the guards also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother-in-law!" Before everyone came forward to offer condolences, there was a strange cry, and Lesta rushed up tearfully.
Holding Saul in his arms, he wailed loudly: "Brother-in-law, are you okay? I was scared to death just now, if there is something wrong with you, how can I explain to Kafir when I go back..."
Being bound by his iron arm, he was almost out of breath, and Sol stuck out his tongue hard: "Quick... let go, or I will really have troubles..."
After another quarrel, Lesta finally put Sol down.After inquiring, everyone found out that when the arrow tower collapsed, thanks to Xiaomei protecting Sol, he didn't fall to his death.And fortunately, after they landed, two boulders happened to fall beside them, forming an arch-like angle, blocking other stones for them. Although they were buried underneath, people were fine.
Finally, Saul put his arms around Xiaomei's shoulders with gratitude: "Thank you, Xiaomei, you saved me again."
Facing the master's praise, Xiaomei gently rubbed her head on Sol's chest, and let out a soft hiss.
After comforting her again, Saul took Xiaomei back, and her wounds would heal soon in the World of Warcraft space.
"Has the enemy retreated?" Saul asked looking at the Lulin army retreating into the distance.
Gein nodded: "Our luck is really good. If the arrow tower hadn't collapsed, the city gate might have been breached. I don't know what will happen now. I really underestimated Lu Lin's army before. , Their fighting power is really terrifying."
Everyone nodded at this. After the battle just now, they all put away their luck, and no longer thought that relying on the natural danger of the castle and sufficient supplies, they could sit back and relax.
Looking at the catapults, Kress said: "We must find a way to get rid of those things, otherwise the city wall will collapse sooner or later."
Gein also agreed: "Although the siege engine is destroyed, the enemy will soon be able to make a new one. If we can't think of a way to deal with it, we will not be so lucky next time."
"Well, I have a good idea." Sol suddenly laughed.
"Oh, you have a solution?" Gein said in surprise.
Sol twitched his fingers: "Don't think I'm useless. When I was just buried, I suddenly realized that I had already thought of a way to deal with the enemy."
"What's so enlightening? Don't just talk about the gods and gods, if there is any way, let's talk about it quickly," Gein said impatiently.
"That's..." Saul's face became extremely solemn.
"Yes..." Affected by him, everyone's breathing became rough involuntarily.
Goo... Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a sound of an empty stomach in the air.
"Suddenly I'm so hungry, I'd better wait until we finish eating."
"Damn, you might as well just bury yourself below."
(End of this chapter)
It was another few days of anxious waiting, and finally three days later, in the enemy camp that had been silent for several days, the war drums sounded again.
Due to the psychological preparations in advance, the people who had been waiting for the battle for the past few days felt relieved.To be honest, it's too uncomfortable to wait for the enemy to come to you so anxiously, it's better to fight a fight earlier.
However, when the siege equipment in the enemy camp appeared in everyone's sight, not many people could relax.
First of all, three huge catapults approaching 4 meters, dragged by four horses, slowly moved towards the castle.Following the catapult were several carriages loaded with stones, and the horses pulling the carts struggled forward with tense limbs, which showed the weight of those stones.
It is conceivable that once these stones are polished into a round shape, and the stones weighing tens of kilograms are thrown up by the catapult, under the action of the acceleration of gravity, what terrible power will be produced.Even if Diviji Castle has a specially reinforced outer wall, it may not be able to withstand a few blows.
Behind the catapult was a shorter, but more solid and heavy siege engine.On the triangular support frame of the car, a huge bumper was hung. In order to increase the power, the top of the bumper was sharpened, and in order to increase the strength of the impact, a huge boulder was specially hung behind the bumper.
And as teams of Lulin troops slowly came out, everyone could still see the ladders carried by the enemy.These ladders were specially reinforced and were long enough to reach the top of the high city wall. In order to hold the top of the wall firmly, there were special hooks on the top of the ladders, which were much more effective than the long ladders temporarily used by the Lulin Army a few days ago.
Although these siege instruments were crudely made due to the rush of time, their power is obvious.With the beating of war drums, the Lu Lin army on the opposite side slowly approached the castle with these weapons, which immediately put a lot of pressure on everyone's psychology.
Fortunately, they knew that the enemy would use these things beforehand, so they didn't panic.Following Gein's loud cry, the defenders on the city wall immediately got busy.
Never having seen the power of these legendary siege machines, Thor also ran to the city wall to watch the battle for the first time, but just to be on the safe side, he called Xiaomei out to protect him.At this moment, he finally saw these things that he had only seen in books before, and he was actually a little excited.
At this time, with a long horn, all the Lulin soldiers stopped.At this time, they had approached a distance of about 500 meters, and this distance was the effective range of the three simple trebuchets.
Sure enough, the soldiers following the catapult on the opposite side started to get busy. They twisted the winch to winch off the tray containing the stone bombs, and then other soldiers put the stone bombs weighing tens of kilograms into the tray.With the order of the officer, the mechanism was opened, and under the action of the huge counterweight placed behind the trebuchet, the stone bullets were thrown high.
So everyone watched three huge stone bullets flying towards the castle.Sol, who saw it for the first time, stared intently at the rock in mid-air, watching it getting bigger and bigger in his field of vision...
"Wow, that's not good!" Suddenly, he was distracted and suddenly realized.
At the same time, Xiaomei had already hugged her master, and pulled Sol to lie down under the arrow stack on the city wall.Immediately after that, there was a loud bang, and a stone bullet accurately hit the position where Sol was just standing. In the castle behind the wall.
At this time, the other two stone bombs hit the outer wall of the castle one by one, causing a huge bang.Another bomb crashed into the castle behind after hitting an unlucky soldier.
Everything happened too fast. When three deadly stone bombs roared past, no one could be seen on the city wall that was full of soldiers just now. Everyone who saw the power of the catapult for the first time was scared to the ground.
Fortunately, Gein had already prepared. In addition to telling the soldiers on the city wall to be careful, he even reinforced the walls and roofs of the houses in the castle with wood.The two stone bombs just smashed a few thick wooden piles, without causing too much damage.
In general, the damage caused by these stone bullets was limited. Apart from killing one unlucky guy, they only left two impact marks on the thick outer wall of the castle.
But the psychological pressure they brought was huge, especially when he first saw dozens of kilograms of stones falling towards him like meteors, and even the stone city walls trembled.The huge bang was deeply imprinted in everyone's hearts, giving people the illusion that the castle would collapse at any time, and many soldiers began to tremble.
"Damn, this thing really wasn't built. No wonder the Mongols used it to take down Xiangyang City." After the danger passed, Sol touched the cold sweat on his forehead and got up again.
The traces of the stone bomb just now were right in front of his eyes. A bowl-sized hole was smashed out of the hard wall, and the gray rock was exposed. It seemed to remind Sol that if he hadn’t dodged quickly just now, his head would definitely be bigger than this one. Stone is ten times worse.
One after another, the soldiers got up one after another.The unlucky ghost who had just been crushed to death was like a pool of minced meat, sticking to the ground in a bloody mass, and the people around him all turned their heads while suppressing their nausea.
Gein and Thor exchanged a look, both horrified at the great power of the trebuchet.In fact, these three simple trebuchets were far from exerting the greatest power of this kind of war machine, but the defenders in the castle were either civilians who had just entered the battlefield, or had never seen such terrifying gadgets. Everyone was shocked.
"What are you doing in a daze, clean up the pile of things for me. Everyone else, be on guard and don't let the enemy rush up." Gein pointed at the corpse and shouted.
"The opponent can only fire three stone bombs at a time. There is nothing to be afraid of. We will definitely be able to defend!" Nuo Li also cheered loudly.
The frightened soldiers returned to their positions with three souls, and packed them up in a hurry.It's just that they couldn't help but feel faint when they looked at the trebuchet opposite.
It took a few minutes for the enemy to complete preparations for the second projectile, or how can this thing be inefficient.But if there are a few more cars, the flying stones will still be scary.
Three stone bombs roared and slammed into the castle again. This time everyone behaved well, and the stones all fell to the ground as soon as they flew up.This time, one stone bomb was thrown directly into the castle, destroying a house, and the other two hit the city wall, making two loud bangs, causing much less damage than last time.
Afterwards, the enemy fired several times. Except for one of them, which managed to smash into the crowd, killing 2 people and seriously injuring 3, the other stone bombs only damaged some city walls and houses.
Gradually, the soldiers got used to this powerful thing, but the actual damage was much smaller than that of bows and arrows.Although they still couldn't help trembling every time they were thrown, the fear just now was gone.
After a few demonstrative throws, the enemy also began to move for real.Following a burst of intensive drumbeats, the Lulin soldiers forming a square formation began to move slowly carrying the ladders, and at the same time the siege vehicle was also driving towards the city gate.The three catapults raised the throwing angle and threw the stone bullets directly into the castle to avoid accidentally injuring their own people.
Knowing that it was just loud thunder and little rain, this was the beginning of the real siege.Ge Yin drew out his sword with a clang, and shouted: "Everyone is ready, let these bastards die under the city wall!"
"Oh!" The soldiers agreed loudly, and the archers who had already been prepared moved to the front row, drew their bows and set their arrows, and the sharp arrows immediately pointed at the enemy army slowly moving over from the opposite side.
At the same time, the soldiers of the second echelon also held the javelins in their hands, and just waited for an order before throwing the guns of death at the enemy.At this time, no one paid any attention to the stone bullets whizzing past their heads, and everyone was ready to meet the first wave of the enemy's offensive.
************************************************** ***********************************
"Get ready to shoot!"
Following an order, the archers in the front row let go of their string-drawing fingers, and hundreds of arrows, like black migratory locusts, shot at the moving enemy formation in unison.
With the muffled sound of arrows piercing through the flesh, several phalanxes of Lu Lin's army became a little chaotic, and dozens of people were shot and fell down.However, these soldiers had received strict training. They ignored their wounded companions on the ground, but put their shields on top of their heads after the officer gave an order.
At this time, the defenders on the city wall were ready for the second attack, but this round of arrows did not cause much damage to the enemy, and most of the arrows were nailed to the thick shield.
After several volleys, the Lulin army approached tens of meters away from the city wall with the defense of shields.Knowing that bows and arrows can no longer play any role, Gein yelled: "Archers shoot freely, throw your guns and get ready!"
The soldiers of the second echelon, who had been waiting for a long time, raised the javelins in their hands over their shoulders. Since there was not enough running distance on the city wall, they just took a step forward, and then threw the javelins out.
This kind of throwing cannot make the javelin reach the longest distance, but due to the height difference, the power is also extremely amazing.Hundreds of javelins pierced into the air with a howl. After reaching the highest point, with the help of the acceleration of gravity, the iron tip of the javelin controlled the barrel and began to fly downward. Due to the astonishing speed, there was a hissing sound in the air. .
Following a series of screams, the shield of the Lulin army was easily pierced, and blood splashed in the enemy's formation.Almost all the people who were hit were spared. There were a lot of discordant "gaps" in the originally uniform shield formation, and some soldiers were even directly nailed to the ground by javelins.
At this time, the defenders on the city wall had already started the second round of throwing. Since Diviji Fortress had abundant material reserves, they could use the extravagant weapon of throwing guns to defend the city.Under the attack of this almost unrivaled long-range weapon, Lu Lin's army soon suffered a large number of casualties.
The archers gave up the volley and began to look for the target separately, killing and wounding the enemy army caused by throwing guns.However, human archery is still inferior to elves, and their lethality has always been limited.
However, compared with a team of thousands of people, the casualties of nearly a hundred people each time are still insignificant.After 4 rounds of javelin throwing, the enemy finally approached the city wall. At this time, throwing spears could no longer effectively attack the opponent. Under Gein's decisive order, the defenders drew out their weapons and prepared to start hand-to-hand combat.
The Lu Lin army threw away the shields that were in the way, and they were hit hard by the long-awaited archers.The archers on the city wall leaned half their bodies out of the city wall, shooting almost vertically at the Lulin army below the city.
Naturally, the enemy troops below were not to be outdone, and many people held out their bows and arrows to shoot at the defenders. The swishing arrows criss-crossed in the air, and some people fell down from the arrows or fell from the city wall.
At this time, Lu Linjun, who was carrying the ladder, rushed to the front row, and a dozen people lifted the ladder to the city wall.The iron hook on the ladder was firmly hooked to the top of the wall, and due to the weight of the ladder itself, it was almost impossible to push it away.
Kress and others, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately gathered at the opening of more than a dozen ladders, and the archers who were hiding behind the arrow piles and shooting also turned their targets to the Lulin army who climbed up the ladders.
People kept being shot down in mid-air, but eventually some enemies climbed to the top.A tall Lulin Army soldier in thick armor had just climbed to the top of the ladder. Before he could see the situation on the wall clearly, a huge ax came towards him and knocked him to the ground.
"Aha, just come up, I'm waiting for you!" Lesta yelled, waving his battle ax after killing the first enemy to climb up the city wall.
However, on other ladders, enemies climbed up one after another, and then the arduous hand-to-hand combat began.The soldiers of the Lulin Army who were in charge of attacking the fortifications were all experienced warriors, and the defenders were weaker than them. Therefore, although they had the advantages of numbers and geographical advantages, the battle was quite difficult.
Kress, Gein, and Lesta, the three strongest guards respectively guarded the left, middle, and right sections of the city wall, and led the defenders to resist the enemies who climbed up with difficulty.As more and more enemy troops climbed to the city wall, the enemy and us fought together, and the archers could no longer play their role. Some people pulled out their weapons and joined in hand-to-hand combat, and those with better archery skills went to a higher level, shooting Enemy over the wall.
With the help of the wide ladder, the enemy rushed up very quickly. The entire stretch of the high wall of the castle was full of people who drew their swords and slashed at each other. Shouting and falling, he was hacked to death by his opponent with a sword.
Chip and his Nightshades were not suited to this type of melee, so at the beginning of the battle, they retreated to a higher position in the back and used their precise bow skills to strike the enemy.
Some soldiers of the Lulin Army just raised their swords, and an arrow was stuck in their chests, and they fell to the sky unwillingly; some were fighting with the soldiers defending the city, and were suddenly shot by an arrow, and then died inexplicably. Under the opponent's sword... This group of night shadow troops with only a dozen people quietly dormant on one side, using their unique calmness and efficiency to inflict great damage on the enemy.
Similarly, after the hand-to-hand combat began, Sol hid on a stone arrow tower under the protection of Xiaomei.This place is quite a bit higher than the city wall, and you can see the entire battle situation. Although the fierce battlefield is just below, it is very safe.
Under Sol's command, Xiaomei used her bone bow to accurately shoot and kill the enemy troops below by virtue of her geographical advantage.The power of the snake monster's bow and arrow is extraordinary, anyone who gets hit by the arrow will definitely die, and the enemy who gets hit by the arrow is often thrown away from the wall along with the arm-thick bone arrow under the huge impact.
Sol is now in a very high mood, constantly yelling and directing Xiaomei to "spot and kill" the enemies below.And Xiaomei is also very competitive. Wherever Sol points, her deadly bone arrow will shoot there, and it never misses, which makes him love this summoned beast to the extreme.
Some enemies also noticed that despicable guy on the arrow tower, but all the arrows shot at Sol were pushed away by Xiaomei's flexible snake tail one by one.While protecting the master, it can also accurately kill the enemy. High-level monsters are really extraordinary.
"Shooting this side...shooting that side...wahahaha, cool, Xiaomei, I really like you..." Sol hugged Xiaomei's slender waist from behind, screaming.As a result, Xiaomei had to work hard to maintain her balance, while keeping her master's intimate behavior, while maintaining the accuracy of her shooting.
Watching the enemies die under Xiaomei's bone bow one by one, Saul was very excited, as if he had shot them himself.If future battles can be as safe and enjoyable as this, he doesn't mind "leading the way".
At this time, he suddenly noticed that under the city wall, a Lulin officer on a horse and wearing gorgeous armor shuttled back and forth in the enemy's formation, loudly ordering the soldiers to move forward.
Knowing that the commander's level must not be low, Sol immediately pointed his finger at him: "Xiaomei, can you kill that guy?"
Since the arrow tower was too high, and the officer was far below the city wall, the distance between the two sides was at least 1000 meters, making the opponent look like the size of a palm.Xiaomei squinted her eyes and looked around, then let out a soft hiss, turned the bone bow, and a long and thick bone arrow was aimed at the officer.
But because the opponent has been running back and forth, Xiaomei's arrow moves slowly with him, but she still can't find a chance to strike.
Suddenly, the officer pulled his horse's head and stopped, and loudly reprimanded several soldiers.The huge pupils in Xiaomei's eyes shrank sharply, and she loosened her hooked fingers.
With a muffled bang, the thick bone arrow flew out of the string and shot towards the palm-sized person in the distance.The officer seemed to have sensed something was wrong. Just as he turned his head, his body was already pierced by the bone arrow. He was thrown into the air under the huge impact, and was carried under the horse.
The horse stood up in fright, and only then did the soldiers on the side react, rushing towards the officer in a hurry, but Thor knew that the guy must be hopeless.
"Okay, Xiaomei, you are amazing." Excited, he couldn't help kissing Xiaomei's fair and tender cheek.
Even though it was only a monster, Xiaomei still couldn't bear the intimacy of her master. She hissed twice, turned slightly sideways, and there was a tinge of red on her face.
Sol didn't care about these, he wrapped himself around Xiaomei's plump body like an octopus, enjoying the warmth and plumpness of the snake demon's skin.
He was shocked by the arrow just now. It was definitely a perfect sniper attack. In cold weapon warfare, the role of officers is far greater than in modern warfare.If you can specially train a group of accurate archers to shoot and kill the enemy's commander in battle, it will definitely play an unexpected role.
However, it is difficult for humans to have such precise archery skills, and elves do not have such strong arms.Like just now, at a distance of 1000 meters, not only must it accurately hit the opponent, but the power of the arrow must also be so powerful that it can penetrate thick armor, which is difficult for both humans and elves.
From this point of view, snake demons have both accuracy and strength, coupled with their extremely high IQ, they can adapt to changes, but they are natural snipers.If it weren't for the extreme rarity of such high-level monsters, Sol really wanted to catch a few more and build a special sniper team.
While he was thinking wildly, because the commander was shot, there was a lot of confusion in the Lulin army under the castle, and the lower-level officers shouted loudly to restrain the troops to continue fighting.
But after all, without a unified command, the pace of the enemy's attack has slowed down significantly, and there are not so many people climbing up the ladder.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kress and others immediately launched a counterattack.
Kress brandished an iron crow and rushed left and right in the crowd like a beast. In front of him, the brave soldiers of the Lulin Army had almost no power to fight back.A group of Lovell's garrison followed closely behind the captain, covering his flanks, allowing Kress to concentrate on dealing with the enemy in front of him.
They seem to have gotten used to this kind of extremely efficient battle formation. As this group of people moved, it was like stirring up a whirlwind in the dense enemy formation, and corpses lay everywhere on the ground, causing huge casualties.
In the other two places, Lesta and Gein also showed their respective strengths.In the hand-to-hand combat, their bravery played a decisive role. The rushing Lulin army was gradually forced back to the wall, and the defenders took the initiative.
If the battle situation continues like this, it will be no different from previous siege battles except that it is a little more difficult.However, when everyone was working hard to fight the enemy, there was a sudden burst of loud bangs from under the city wall.
************************************************** ************************************
"What's going on?" Kress and the others couldn't help but look at each other. Hearing the sound, it seemed that the city wall was being violently hit by something.
"Gain, it's the siege engine, those guys are hitting the city gate!" At this moment, Sol's shout came from the arrow tower.
Startled, Gein rushed to the city wall.Sure enough, at some point, the enemy had already moved the siege vehicle up, and at this moment the huge ram was crashing into the city gate.
He secretly scolded himself for being careless, how could he forget this thing.Gein immediately yelled: "Stop it!"
More than a dozen archers moved to the top of the city gate, condescendingly shooting at the Lulin soldiers manipulating the siege vehicles.The enemies protecting the siege vehicle immediately formed a shield formation, and the thick shield protected both the man and the vehicle.
Bows and arrows are useless, and the city walls are full of enemy soldiers, and they cannot be thrown with javelins, so there is nothing they can do about it.Under the continuous impact of the wood, the gate of the castle made a loud bang and sagged inward again and again, and the bolts connecting the door and the wall groaned in pain, as if they would fall apart at any time.
The soldiers guarding the gate desperately pressed their bodies against the gate, bearing the huge impact of hitting the wood.Some people found wood to prop behind the door, but it didn't last long either.
At this time, the soldiers of the Lulin Army regrouped and started to attack again. The city wall was once again engulfed in melee. People could no longer care about the siege engines below, and the archers were forced to retreat.
"Damn it." Gein cursed secretly, turned his head and shouted at Kress: "You block this place, I'll deal with the things below."
"Understood." Kress agreed, knocked an enemy soldier away with his sword, and led his team into the enemy's formation ferociously.
Gein quickly ran to the stairs of the city wall and shouted to the people below: "Send the oil up quickly."
After learning that the enemy would use siege weapons, they made all preparations, not only strengthening the city gates, but also preparing fuel.Hearing Gein's shout at this time, several soldiers hurriedly carried the oil tank up the city wall.
Seeing this, some enemies wanted to come over to stop them, but they were stopped by Lesta's men.Lifting the oil tank above the city gate, Gein looked at the siege vehicles crashing below and grinned: You bastard, wait until you become a roast pig.
Then, under his command, the soldiers tilted the oil tank, and a large amount of fuel poured over the entire siege vehicle.
A well-prepared archer ignites the arrow and shoots the rocket down.I saw a little flame hit the top of the siege vehicle accurately, and then the big canopy spread with a bang.
Caught off guard, more than a dozen Lulin soldiers surrounding the siege vehicle immediately turned into burning men. They screamed and rammed around in the sea of flames. Their miserable screams made people feel chills.
However, the Lulin Army, who has rich experience in sieges, has considerable experience in dealing with fire attacks. The siege engine seems to be burning badly, but in fact the roof is covered with a layer of special leather, and it is also painted with fireproof materials made by the Magician's Guild, so Doesn't do much damage to siege engines.
At the same time, with an order from behind, dozens of enemies rushed forward, each of them carrying a bag filled with mud, and covered the siege vehicle with mud, and the flames were quickly extinguished.
The siege engine continued to attack the city gate, seeing that the fire attack had no effect, Gein was shocked and angry.In desperation, he rushed down the city wall and ordered his subordinates: "Go and bring the horse."
The knights who followed him agreed, and went to gather their horses.At this time, Gein led his men to the gate of the city, which was already full of people. They hugged the wood on the top of the gate and tried their best to support the crumbling gate. Other soldiers held their weapons nervously. Once the gate fell, they would You must do your best to stop the enemy.
"Wait for my order later, and you can open the city gate." Gein said to Nori, who was commanding here.
Nori asked in surprise, "What do you want to do?"
Gein gritted his teeth fiercely: "If the thing outside is not dealt with, the city gate will fall sooner or later. I am going to lead the cavalry to charge out and chop it up directly."
Nori hurriedly stopped him and said, "Master Gein, don't be impulsive. There are enemy troops everywhere outside now, and you will be surrounded immediately if you rush out. Even if you can destroy the siege engine, I'm afraid..."
Gein shook his head: "There is no time to hesitate, as long as we can catch them off guard, with the impact of the horses, we may not have a chance to escape."
Nori wanted to say something else, but at this moment, there were several loud crashes from the city gate, and a huge crack appeared in the thick gate, and sawdust splashed everywhere.
Nori could only swallow his words, he said in a deep voice: "Then please be careful, come back immediately after destroying the siege engine, I will send someone to cover you."
While Gein was waiting to break out of the castle, the battle on the city wall reached a fever pitch.Seemingly realizing that it was the last moment, the Lulin army launched a frenzied attack. A large number of enemies climbed up the wall recklessly and fought with the defenders.
Both sides put in all their strength, and the reserve team of the defending side was also pulled up. At present, the entire outer wall of the castle is crowded with soldiers from both sides, and the two sides are fighting almost without giving an inch.Liu Ya flew in mid-air, making whistling noises, intertwined with the impact of the weapons below and the screams of dying, forming a movement of death.
Seeing that the impact of the siege engine on the city gate became more and more violent, Sol pulled Xiaomei and shouted: "Quick, shoot those enemies who are manipulating the siege engine."
Xiaomei obediently turned the arrow, and with a loud whistle, the bone arrow accurately hit a Lulin soldier manipulating behind the bumper.With a scream, his whole body was completely pierced, and he fell several meters away with a rain of blood.
Before Sol had time to click his tongue for Xiaomei's huge arm strength, another enemy soldier immediately took his place.A few seconds later, he suffered the same fate as his predecessor. This unlucky man was directly nailed to the siege engine by a bone arrow.
However, No.3, the fearless Lulin soldier, made up again, and was shot by Xiaomei again after a while, and then the fourth...
After all, he was alone and alone. After shooting and killing 7 enemies in a row, Sol still couldn't stop the siege engine from hitting the city gate.Those Lulin soldiers didn't seem to be afraid of death at all. When one was shot, another immediately took his place.Although Xiaomei's arrows are deadly, compared to the large number of enemies, her killing speed is so insignificant.
Since the bone arrows were made from the snake demon's body, after shooting so many arrows continuously, Xiaomei finally exhausted herself.Panting heavily, she fell to the ground exhausted, unable to attack any more.
There was nothing Sol could do now, he could only watch helplessly as the city gate gradually deformed under the impact of the siege engine.Damn it, I still underestimated the fighting power of Lu Lin's army. Could it be that the secret path of the back mountain is going to be used so soon?
"Wow, let me go down and chop it up!" On the top of the wall, an angry Lesta screamed and was about to jump down the wall, but was held back by his soldiers desperately.
At this time, Sol could only stay on the arrow tower and stare blankly; at the city gate, Gein and his cavalry had stepped on their horses, ready to rush out to fight to the death; on the city wall, Kress and Lesta roared, Wielding their longswords and axes amidst the oncoming horde...
At the moment when the city gate was about to fall, suddenly, a particularly huge stone bomb happened to hit the arrow tower where Sol was.
With a loud bang, half of the slender chimney-like tower body was blown off immediately. The remaining bricks supported the thick tower top, and countless cracks spread amidst the creaking sound.
Sol felt his feet shaking for a while, poked his head out and looked, and immediately let him go out of his wits: "My god!"
Only half of the tower body can no longer support its own weight, and large blocks of bricks continue to fall.In the end, the entire arrow tower tilted for a while, and then suddenly collapsed downward.
In an instant, Sol felt the world spinning, and he had no chance to avoid it in the arrow tower, and he couldn't help falling down with countless bricks and stones.
At the critical moment, Xiaomei hugged him, and the tail of the snake tightly entangled a thick stone pillar. At the moment when the arrow tower was about to fall, she flicked violently, leading Sol to jump out.
Part of the collapsed arrow tower smashed into the castle, part of it hit the city wall, and the front end fell outside the city wall, like a broken chopstick.In an instant, countless bricks and stones fell from the sky, accompanied by huge vibrations, smoke and dust rose into the sky, like the end of the world.
On the city wall, both the enemy and ourselves who could not escape were buried by bricks and stones in an instant, and the enemies outside the city wall suffered heavy losses. I don't know how many people were killed and injured by the falling stones.
Although the collapse of the arrow tower caused huge losses to the city defenders, the surprise was that the siege vehicle in front of the city gate was also smashed into pieces by falling rocks, which saved Sol's life instead.
Inside the castle, Gein and the others, who were about to kill with a murderous aura, suddenly felt a violent shaking, and there was a constant rumble outside, and a large amount of dust fell from the city gate corridor above their heads, as if they had encountered an earthquake.
The terrible vibration made the people at the city gate look at each other in blank dismay. For a while, everyone stopped all movements and carefully watched the movement outside.But to their surprise, the impact of the city gate stopped instead.
"What, what's going on here?" After a long while, after the shock gradually subsided, Nori couldn't help but ask.
Gein also looked puzzled, but it is an indisputable fact that the impact of the city gate stopped.At this time, the screams from above could be vaguely heard, and it was obvious that something terrible had happened.
"My God..." At this time, many soldiers on the outside had seen the tragedy on the city wall.
Gein's heart tightened, he quickly got off his horse, and after ordering his men to stay put, he hurriedly climbed to the city wall.As soon as he climbed up the stairs, he already saw rotten bricks and rubble scattered around, as well as the arrow tower with only its base left.
Although he didn't know what happened, he remembered that Thor stayed on the arrow tower before leaving.This made him even more anxious, and hurried up the city wall in three steps at a time.
After reaching the top of the wall, Gein was shocked by what he saw.A large section of the city wall was covered with rubble, and many soldiers who had no time to escape were buried under large stones. Many wounded were struggling and moaning. Fortunately, no gaps were broken in the city wall.
Outside the castle, a rockfall belt nearly 10 meters long and several meters wide completely disrupted the enemy's formation, and even the siege vehicle was destroyed. It is unknown how many enemies were killed and injured.
The siege engine was destroyed, coupled with the power of the falling stone rain just now, the enemy finally gave up the attack.As the horn of retreat sounded, the enemies on the top of the city began to retreat, while the soldiers on the defensive side were chasing and killing the enemies who fell behind.
"Brother-in-law!" At this moment, Lesta suddenly heard a loud cry, and rushed to the pile of rocks desperately, rummaging inside desperately.
Kress also led the guards to remove the stones, looking for the whereabouts of the lord.However, there are too many falling rocks, stacked together, where can they be cleaned up in a short time?
Could it be that Thor was really buried underneath?Gein's heart skipped a beat, and he hurried forward.
"What happened just now?" He grabbed a soldier and asked.
The soldier's face was pale, and he looked shocked: "Just now a stone hit the arrow tower, knocking down half of the tower, and then the arrow tower collapsed. It's terrible, the sky is full of stones... "
There was no time to listen to his memories, Gein interrupted him: "Did you see Sol when the tower fell?"
The soldier shook his head: "It was too chaotic at the time, I just wanted to escape, so..."
Gein pushed him away, grabbed another soldier and questioned him.After asking several people in a row, no one knew the whereabouts of Sol, but it was certain that Sol was on the tower when it collapsed.
Looking at the mountain of falling rocks in front of him, Gein's heart sank gradually. Under this kind of power, a person is simply insignificant. Is it possible for Sol to survive?
Lesta was still searching desperately in the pile of stones. This rough man was crying like a woman: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, where are you? You must be fine, you are dead, Kafei What should I do..."
Kress and the others were also silently removing the stones and checking the corpses below. Many injured guards did not go to treat the wounds, but endured the severe pain to help find them.Often when they exerted force, a stream of blood would ooze from the wound, but no one retreated.
Their actions infected everyone. Gradually, more and more people joined the stone-moving queue. Except for the guard soldiers, no one paid any attention to the retreating Lulin army.
Gein also struggled to move a piece of stone, and after a while he raised his head and asked loudly: "Have you found it?" But every time the answer was disappointing.
Seeing that hope is getting slimmer, many wounded soldiers are gradually exhausted.Gein ordered: "The wounded should be treated immediately, some of them will be left to clean up the scene, and the others will rest quickly. I don't know when the enemy will attack again."
By saying this, he was acknowledging that Thor's chances of surviving were extremely slim.Some soldiers hesitated and then left the wall, but all the Lovells continued to search.
"Let your hands go to heal your wounds." Gein walked to Kress and said.
Turning his head to look at him, Kress said in a deep voice, "The lord will be fine." Then he buried his head and continued to search.
"But in such a collapse, he's probably already..." Gein hesitated to speak.
"The lord will be fine!" Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Kress' roar.
Unexpectedly, before Kress finished speaking, he suddenly heard a voice from under a pile of rocks: "Afraid of what? Gein, you brat, don't curse me dead, okay?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they were overjoyed: "My lord!" "Sol!"
Now everyone got excited and quickly moved the pile of stones away.As the rubble on the upper layer was removed, the pile of stones began to shake up and down, as if something was exerting force underneath.
After a while, when the largest stone was removed, there was a crash, and something popped up from under the stone pile.Everyone took a closer look, and it turned out to be Xiaomei, a snake demon with a bruised and disheveled face.
And under her, Sol, who was protected by the twisted snake tail, was looking at everyone with a smile.
"Good boy, you're not dead!" Gein immediately strode up.
"My lord, I knew you would be fine." Kress and the guards also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother-in-law!" Before everyone came forward to offer condolences, there was a strange cry, and Lesta rushed up tearfully.
Holding Saul in his arms, he wailed loudly: "Brother-in-law, are you okay? I was scared to death just now, if there is something wrong with you, how can I explain to Kafir when I go back..."
Being bound by his iron arm, he was almost out of breath, and Sol stuck out his tongue hard: "Quick... let go, or I will really have troubles..."
After another quarrel, Lesta finally put Sol down.After inquiring, everyone found out that when the arrow tower collapsed, thanks to Xiaomei protecting Sol, he didn't fall to his death.And fortunately, after they landed, two boulders happened to fall beside them, forming an arch-like angle, blocking other stones for them. Although they were buried underneath, people were fine.
Finally, Saul put his arms around Xiaomei's shoulders with gratitude: "Thank you, Xiaomei, you saved me again."
Facing the master's praise, Xiaomei gently rubbed her head on Sol's chest, and let out a soft hiss.
After comforting her again, Saul took Xiaomei back, and her wounds would heal soon in the World of Warcraft space.
"Has the enemy retreated?" Saul asked looking at the Lulin army retreating into the distance.
Gein nodded: "Our luck is really good. If the arrow tower hadn't collapsed, the city gate might have been breached. I don't know what will happen now. I really underestimated Lu Lin's army before. , Their fighting power is really terrifying."
Everyone nodded at this. After the battle just now, they all put away their luck, and no longer thought that relying on the natural danger of the castle and sufficient supplies, they could sit back and relax.
Looking at the catapults, Kress said: "We must find a way to get rid of those things, otherwise the city wall will collapse sooner or later."
Gein also agreed: "Although the siege engine is destroyed, the enemy will soon be able to make a new one. If we can't think of a way to deal with it, we will not be so lucky next time."
"Well, I have a good idea." Sol suddenly laughed.
"Oh, you have a solution?" Gein said in surprise.
Sol twitched his fingers: "Don't think I'm useless. When I was just buried, I suddenly realized that I had already thought of a way to deal with the enemy."
"What's so enlightening? Don't just talk about the gods and gods, if there is any way, let's talk about it quickly," Gein said impatiently.
"That's..." Saul's face became extremely solemn.
"Yes..." Affected by him, everyone's breathing became rough involuntarily.
Goo... Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a sound of an empty stomach in the air.
"Suddenly I'm so hungry, I'd better wait until we finish eating."
"Damn, you might as well just bury yourself below."
(End of this chapter)
Tap the screen to use advanced tools
Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.
You'll Also Like
-
Edge of Pure Land
Chapter 284 3 hours ago -
Mr. Lu, Madam Has Blocked You Again!
Chapter 671 3 hours ago -
Doomsday: The Female Zombie Turns Into A Goddess And Everyone Comes To Snatch Her?
Chapter 61 4 hours ago -
Navigation: Comprehension Heaven-Defying, Understanding Eight Gate Escape At The Beginning
Chapter 100 4 hours ago -
Konoha: Many Children, Many Blessings, Choose Tsunade At The Beginning
Chapter 68 4 hours ago -
Borrow My Blood To Give Birth To A Child? Don’t You Know It’s Just What I Want?
Chapter 100 4 hours ago -
I, Who Can Only Kill The Emperor In Seconds, Transform Into The Emperor's Harvester
Chapter 100 4 hours ago -
Going To The Beach: A Sand Shovel Is Enough To Take Over The Whole Beach
Chapter 687 6 hours ago -
I Watched Short Videos Of Beautiful Women, And The Ancients Were All Stunned
Chapter 356 6 hours ago -
I’m Already An Emperor, And The System Asks Me To Lick The Heroine?
Chapter 167 6 hours ago
