On the steel defense line of the undead legion at the mouth of the canyon,

After more than fifteen hours of continuous combat under the leadership of Amos, the 3rd Mixed Army showed obvious fatigue. In the end, despite the reluctance of Amos himself, he had to withdraw under the orders of the elven general Drahir, and the Fifth Army was tasked with the attack.

Although General Amos looks like a frivolous and impetuous person on the outside, he is in fact very attentive and patient. The 3rd Mixed Army, under his command, had paved a wide, smooth road outside the steel defensive line in the last fifteen hours. Even the elves of one eye, when they saw the path paved by Drahir, still applauded from the bottom of their hearts.

When the 3rd Mixed Group retreated, a row of siege engines with Goblin characteristics formed a line of moving walls, just right to take over the task of attacking.

Even if the active goblins are walking on the serious battlefield, they still talk non-stop, and the noisy sound can even overpower the sharp roar of the death army, so that the orc warriors who attack with them can't help but roar loudly, thus driving the curses of the soldiers of the Balu Kingdom. The entire attacking team suddenly became a mess, like the chaotic trading scene in the morning market of Crewe City.

Amid the countless ridicule of the 3rd Mixed Army, the heralds of Delahir began to wander the offensive array with the strict orders of the command. Soon, the frolic of the goblins, the roar of the orcs, and the cursing of the Baru people all stopped.

At half past ten o'clock in the evening, amid the dull thunder-like running sound of siege tower wagons and the screams of the undead, the Fifth Army finally succeeded in advancing the front line to the front of the steel defense line after paying more than ten siege tower carts and nearly 1,000 soldiers of the Balu Kingdom.

The goblins' shrill cheers were heard again, and the roars of the orcs and the indistinct cries of the Baru's began to echo again. This time, however, Command did not send another herald to stop them.

"Giggles"

The staggered rotation of the rigid iron gears makes an unpleasant sound that makes the gums squirmish.

"Bang Dang"

The moment the gate on the top floor of the siege tower was pushed open, countless sparkling 'waterproof bombs' crossed a perfect parabola and landed on the defensive line of the undead legion with unmistakable accuracy.

The continuous explosions began to echo continuously, and the screams of the undead seemed a little weak. Although the undead legion prepared for the bomb attack in advance, and opened countless 'evil shields' at the moment when the goblins threw the bombs, in such a large-scale continuous explosion, the 'evil shields' that stretched out were like a small scoop of water in the fire.

After the explosion, the goblins cheered about the shock of their bombs and pulled out blackened 'bamboos'. "Bang bang bang" like the sound of muskets echoed after a series of explosions, and the thick smoke of gunpowder covered the sky above the canyon defense in a moment.

Wolf Ma, who was hiding behind the baffle of the siege tower, looked at the scene of the steel defense line covered by fire, and muttered: "Is this how the current war is fought?" The bomb bombing made him subvert all his previous perceptions of war.

"It's a goblin bomb, and it's easy to avoid if you defend against it in advance. Mo Gao's eyes were imprinted with raging fire, and the picture of the constant explosion just now in his mind could not be dispelled, and his words obviously had the nature of comforting himself.

"But it will disrupt the formation, and it will make the whole battlefield chaotic and uncontrollable!"

"Hum... The sound of the horn interrupted the conversation between the two, and the baffle of the siege tower car slowly lowered in the rotation of the gears, allowing Wolf Ma and Mo Gao to more intuitively observe the mess left behind by the bombing of the steel defense line under the wider line of sight.

But there was no time for Wolf Ma and Mogao to observe, and the herald of the front-line commander, Goblin Kanai, was impatiently shouting at them to charge in lingua franca.

"I'll lead two squadrons to attack the command of the defense line, and you lead the others to come over as soon as possible!" After a quick command, Wolf Ma hurriedly rushed to the inside of the defense line with the two hundred tribal warriors who had already gathered around him.

This attack seemed to be going well, Wolf Ma led his two hundred tribal warriors to attack the headquarters of the defensive front almost without any obstacles, and in this headquarters that was supposed to be heavily defended, there was not even a single guard!

Half an hour later, when the thick smoke of gunpowder cleared, the entire defense line at the mouth of the canyon was filled with the figures of the Fifth Army, and the occasional undead would be immediately besieged by a dozen soldiers.

The battle situation in the defense line at the mouth of the canyon was sent to General Drahier's headquarters as soon as possible....

The elven general did not act surprised, and Amos, who had just rested for less than two hours, received the information and rushed into the command post of Drahiel, asking to lead his soldiers to the 'Death Fortress'.

...

After a good night's sleep, Pedi finished his meal with a somewhat aching body, and received the news that the Fifth Army had successfully advanced beyond the defense line at the mouth of the canyon, and his mood became much better.

One night later, news came that the mouth of the gorge had been captured.

However, Pedi didn't seem too surprised at this time, because two hours earlier, the Mage Tower had reached Pedi with the news of their victory in Broken Bones. Without the flank defense line of Broken Bone Town, the defense line at the mouth of the canyon is a bit redundant for the 'Death Fortress', and the only way for the undead to retreat to the 'Death Fortress' is the most correct choice.

Eventually, Pedi's wish to see the walls of the Death Fortress within three days was granted.

At seven o'clock in the morning on February 5, Pedi managed to reach the walls of the 'Death Fortress' in the last hour of the three-day deadline under the protection of the convoy.

The general attack of the combined forces of the Kingdom Army and the Mage Tower was launched on the afternoon of Peidi's arrival, under the planning of Morinda Morinda.

Under the dark sky of the bloody sun, above the ugly ruined land consumed by evil energy, holy divine forces open the way ahead, leading a vast coalition force surrounded by magic. Amid the roar of bombs, a huge siege war began.

However, the attack did not go smoothly at first, and when the soldiers stepped into the blood-stained area of the 'Death Fortress', there was an irresistible exhaustion, and the soldiers' combat effectiveness was instantly cut in half. At the same time, the 'Death Fortress' suddenly surrounded by an evil shield covering almost all areas of this undead city, allowing long-range arrows, magic... Not even explosives or gunfire could penetrate it and effectively strike at the undead inside the fortress.

Without the aid of long-range attacks, the infantry corps fighting in front had barely reached the city wall before they were overshadowed by countless dead armies, and they were all wiped out before they could scream.

Pedi's good mood vanished after receiving a detailed report of the battle at the city walls.

But he could not be angry, nor could he be angry. He could only forcibly calm himself down and pretend that nothing had happened to invite the generals to come.

In the tent of the Chinese army's camp, Morinda Morinda, as the specific planner of the war, could only bite the bullet and say when everyone was silent: "Our battle plan is based on the 'Death Fortress' provided by Bowenwright and the analysis of the reconnaissance situation of our scouts, but it is obvious that our intelligence is wrong. ”

"The commander on the other side is a very smart man, he knows when to show weakness and when to show real strength. Although Lundin-Reagan wanted to count the old orcs in front of him at this time, reason made him extinguish this thought, and said in a very objective tone: "This 'Death Fortress' is equivalent to another mage tower, and if we want to capture this fortress, we need to be patient." ”

But what Pedi lacks most now is patience, and he wants to end the war here as soon as possible so that he can fully realize his idea of unifying the Suk Plains.

"Do you have any good ideas? Pedi looked at his allies.

"When we received the information, Archmage Leah and I briefly observed the Death Fortress''s evil shield, and our initial conclusion was... This is a very complete magic circle construction technology, and the energy it exists is completely dependent on the evil energy in the magic net, I tried to calculate the magic circle energy, and planned to build a new magic circle in the area around the 'Death Fortress' to counteract the constant power of the magic net to the evil energy shield, but..."Botlem explained slowly, "unless we build a mage tower of the same size as him around the fortress, my vision can be realized." ”

"By the time your mage tower is completed, I may have already stepped into the coffin. Hades couldn't help but say something that everyone present wanted to say.

"I'm going to say that. Botlem spread his hands and took out his pipe and vigorously "clicked".

Pedi leaned slightly to ease the irritability in his heart when he heard the old mage's words, but no matter how he changed his posture to sit in the chair, the feeling of boredom in his heart was still there.

"The magic shield built by the city will generally set up countless base points in the city to communicate with the magic network to achieve permanent protection, but the magic network cannot contribute energy for free, as long as we block the entire fortress and cut off the connection between the fortress and the outside, it will not take long for their energy supply to end. "General Amos made his own proposal.

"How long does 'not take long'?" Pedi glanced at Amos, then at Archmage Botlem, "I need the exact time, not a blind wait.

Botlem said softly, "If you want to calculate the specific time, you must first figure out the energy supply principle of the fortress shield..."

"The power of evil energy comes from the equivalent exchange of spiritual power, life force and fresh blood and magic net, and this is just a conventional means, this exchange can be done with 'blood magic', and some powerful necromancers are different, because their existence is a simple controller of evil energy, and their souls have long been attached to the magic net. Elven General Drahier unceremoniously interrupted Bowenterlet's slow answer, "And the 'Death Fortress' is equivalent to a kind of blood bank, and it is also a huge lifeform created by the Undead Sovereign, and at the same time, Muvet-Fele, as the Undead Sovereign, is itself equivalent to a simple control switch of evil energy. ”

"And," Drahier looked around, "the endless earth also has a life force, look at this vast land, do you think the fortress city still lacks energy supply?"

"Then the only way to do that is to build a mage tower to cut off the power supply to the fortress. Botelem frowned, "The Mage Tower can not only cut off the supply of evil energy from the fortress, but also cut off the connection between the fortress and the magic net, without the support of the evil energy of the magic net, the undead inside, including Muvet File, are just a group of talking corpses, and they will no longer have great power." ”

"Can you say something useful?" Lundin-Reagan looked at the king's frowning, but not easy to refute, and immediately stood up and said loudly, "Is there any other way than to build a mage tower, or to suppress evil powers?" Why don't we storm it, we have more than 100,000 troops, and we can't break through the walls of this broken fortress? We still have countless bombs and artillery, and we can't blow up that damn turtle cover...", he knelt down on one knee to the king, "Your Majesty, I am willing to personally lead the First Infantry Army to charge, and I will definitely take this fortress for you!"

"Theoretically..."

"Don't be theoretical, theoretically, just say whatever you want!" Lundin-Regan, still kneeling on one knee, unceremoniously interrupted when he heard the old mage's words.

Botlem frowned, directly ignored Lendin Reagan's loud voice, and said: "There is no absolute defense force in the world, if the destructive power is enough, it is completely possible to shatter the shield of the fortress from the outside, but how much destructive power it is, we need to do an energy test test first." ”

"This is on the battlefield, Archmage. Amos then said, "It's not your laboratory, and the battlefield isn't like a child's play. ”

"In my eyes, the words of the laboratory are more solemn than those on the battlefield. When Botlem heard Amos's words, he was a little excited, and subconsciously stood up and wanted to go to Amos's side and reason with him.

"Squeak" Pedi also stood up at this time, he first walked up to Lundin Reagan to help his uncle, looked at Botlem who had stopped, and then looked at the others, "We are not here to quarrel, nor to discuss magic. ”

"I've been watching today's battle the whole time, and I'll admit that I underestimated the power of the Death Fortress, but it's not as terrifying as you just discussed. Pedi shrugged and said, "We have more than 100,000 armored warriors, and we have many powerful mages and paladins, can't we break through this blood wall?"

The king's words made many people bow their heads, and no one looked at him at this time.

"I don't want to see you all the losers you look like at the moment, so let me go out and figure things out before I come in!" Pedi pointed to the tent door.