Chapter 203: The Flesh Mill
Such cases are in the minority, after all, they are all trained for a long time, and at the urging of the captain and vice-captain, they start to attack.
There are still a very few, even in the face of the threat of military law, they can't get over the hurdle in their hearts, and the whole person is about to collapse.
None of the captains and vice-captains really enforce military law, but they were quickly replaced from the city, and all the soldiers of the Eternal Night present knew that these guys would be removed from the main army forever, and even the engineer regiment would not take them in, so they could only do some inconsequential logistics work.
War is always brutal.
In this situation, there is no other way than cold-blooded slaughter, if you can't even adapt to such a scene, how can you adapt to the more brutal war in the future, it is better to eliminate it as soon as possible to prevent harm to others and yourself.
Like clouds and arrows, pouring down.
The bare-handed mountain people were crucified on the road before they had even run halfway through.
"These bastards don't leave us alive at all, we have to rely on ourselves and rush over, only by rushing past can we have a way to live!"
"Chong, I don't want to die, I just want to live, I just want to live!"
"Kill, kill, kill!"
The mountaineers in the back abandoned the illusion of being able to hide behind the ice wall, carried siege equipment, and rushed towards the ice wall with their lives.
In order to stay alive, they surrendered to the enemy.
In order to live, they are not afraid of death.
Everything seems to be full of contradictions, but everything is real.
I don't know if they regretted it at the moment of death, if they didn't lay down their arms and resist to the end when they faced the barbarians from the very beginning, they could at least retain their dignity as a human being.
Whether it's the Eternal Night Defenders on the Ice Wall or the mountain Kentana barbarians watching from the sidelines, they know that these mountain people are nothing more than a bunch of cannon fodder.
Test the reaction on the ice wall and deplete the opponent's stock of arrows.
Therefore, from beginning to end, only the defenders on the first ice wall fired, not to mention that the defenders on the second ice wall did not move, and even the real weapons of killing, the ballista and catapult, were not used.
"But that's it. Yale spat heavily.
Andes's longbow projectile, although it can pose a certain degree of threat to the warriors of the Cliff Clan, is far from deadly, and the Kore Beast from the Kentana Icefield, in order to resist the cold, has long evolved its skin to be extremely thick, and the leather armor tanned with it is far more defensive than ordinary leather armor.
What's more, the Cliff Clan's warriors' own durable thick skin and muscles are the best double-layer armor.
With this little bit of stuff and a wall of ice, there was no way to stop the Cliff Clan warriors.
"Shield!"
As soon as Yale stretched out his hand, two barbarians beside him carried a huge shield over.
It's not so much a shield as a patchwork of bunch of logs stitched together, on which several layers of animal skins are nailed.
Yale put it in his hand and waved it twice casually, and he couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
Beauty and ugliness don't matter in his eyes, the most important thing is to be strong and durable.
Not only him, but the other mountain Kentana barbarians also have a shield in their hands, and the shape is the same, but it is only a few models smaller.
"Cliff!
"Cliff!
"Cliff!
In a burst of wild shouts, Yale the man-bear took the lead and rushed towards the ice wall.
What formations! What synergies!
Does it matter?
Unimportant.
At least it doesn't matter to the mountain Kentana barbarians, they just need to rush over and chop off each other with one ax, and if they can't chop off with one axe, then two axes.
"The enemy crossed the line of attack No. 1, the catapults were ready, put. ”
"The enemy crossed the second line of attack, the defensive ballista was ready, put. ”
"The enemy crossed the line of attack number three, rapid-fire ballista ready, put. ”
The biggest advantage of fixed-point defense is that the range can be calibrated in advance, and conspicuous targets around the city, such as a uniquely shaped tree or a boulder, may be the marking point of the defense equipment on the head of the city.
A seasoned and seasoned general will use cannon fodder to destroy these conspicuous landmarks or add some misleading markers before attacking the city, so as to prevent his elite from being hit by key blows during the attack and causing too much loss.
Although Yale showed his shrewdness and understanding of warfare, he was limited to the war of their barbarians, and had very limited knowledge of the army that skillfully used the weapons of war.
Not to mention those very hidden markers, even some very conspicuous landmarks have not been cleaned up.
The most direct consequence of this is that the catapults of the Eternal Night Army are terrifyingly accurate, and the only thing they need to calculate is the amount of advance.
Boom! Boom!
The stones, which weigh hundreds of pounds, are endowed with powerful kinetic energy, and they are so lethal that they cannot be carried by the flesh at all, even by the gifted mountain Kentana barbarians.
If he was a little careless, the shield burst out, and he was smashed into an unrecognizable flesh and mud, and the boulder rolled out seven or eight meters before he stopped.
Compared to the catapults that show their might, whether it is a large ballista or a rapid-fire ballista, the power displayed is a bit unsatisfactory.
The shields held by the barbarians of the mountain Kentana, although they had the smell of rough workmanship, were thick enough that even the crossbow arrows fired from large ballistas could barely pierce one person, a far cry from the usual situation of stringing several people into blood gourds in a row.
The rapid-fire ballista is even more direct and does not break the defense, even the Andes longbow is not compared, after all, it is a projectile, and there is a chance to bypass the shield and directly nail the opponent's upper body, the rapid-fire ballista is a down-fire shot, and the shield license plate is fully collected, and finally the shooting stops directly.
"Cliff!"
The mountain Kentana barbarians were still shouting feverishly, unaffected by the casualties of their companions, no, it should have had an effect, making them more fanatical and faster.
"Throw a spear!"
Halfway through the charge, the mountain Kentana barbarians began to launch a counterattack.
The icy environment of the Kentana Ice Field made the crossbow a luxury, and even the migration to the eastern mountains of the Andes Mountains did not make them develop the habit of using the crossbow.
However, it does not mean that barbarians do not have their own long-range attack method - spear throwing, which is the favorite of people who are born brute force.
The Skull Crushers had three short spears in their hands, and during the charge, they first attacked in a wave of medium and close range, which made it easier for them to tear through the enemy's formation.
The mountain Kentana barbarians are also good at it, and they are all spears that are not much worse than the ballistae of the Eternal Night Army's defenses, and although the workmanship is a little rougher, no one doubts its lethality.
No matter how dense the defensive ballistas on the walls of the Eternal Night Army are, there are only two or three hundred, but under the city walls, there are thousands of mountain Kentana barbarians who have made projection movements at the same time, which is thousands of moving humanoid ballistas.
"Tactical evasion, tactical evasion, tactical evasion!"
The officer of the eternal night shouted loudly, his voice distorted a little because he was so nervous.
This war is the most test of the reaction ability of those low-level officers for the Eternal Night Army, and those who can detect the situation in time and react can avoid casualties as much as possible for the squad they lead.
As for those who are slow to react, they will make themselves and their teammates pay a heavy price, and they will be directly strung into blood gourds by dense spears.
However, most of the spears did not reach the head of the city, but were nailed to the city wall in a haphazard manner.
At first, I thought that the other party was not accurate in estimating, and missed, but I stretched out my head to look down, and couldn't help but gasp, these spears nailed to the city wall are simply an excellent point of strength, the other party only needs to jump lightly, and then borrow three or two strokes, you can directly turn over the city.
Who said that these barbarians would not know how to use tools, and in just a few days, they found out the weaknesses of the Earth and Stone Ice City, as for whether they were intentional or unintentional, it is unknown.
The earth-stone ice city is an earth-stone ice city after all, and it is far from being resistant to masonry structures.
If it is replaced by a real castle, most of these spears will bounce directly, but fortunately, at the moment before the siege, they are still pouring water on it to reinforce, and the ice is already very objective, otherwise it will be deeper.
Climbing on slippery ice can be difficult, but it's not too easy for the mountain Kentana savages, who spend half of their time living on perennial ice fields and have honed them from an early age.
"Fire oil, fire oil!"
The oil was originally one of the killer weapons prepared by the Eternal Night Army, and it was not prepared to be used until it was absolutely necessary, after all, they were now guarding an ice city, and the oil was to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred.
But judging from the current posture, it is very likely that the opponent will take down the first wall with one charge, and the city wall will be lost soon, so it doesn't matter if it can cause damage to it.
Also known as demon's blood, fire oil is known for its intense flammability and tarsal properties.
Sean knows the value of this kind of thing, but due to the current technology, let alone using it, even a general degree of purification can't be done, so it can only be collected as it is, and used as a natural incendiary bomb, and the lethality is still considerable.
When he was fighting against the snakes controlled by high-frequency signals, he had made miraculous achievements, and now he once again showed his toughness.
Barrels of black fire oil smashed down, not only staining the outer layer of the ice wall black, but even splashing this thing for dozens of meters around the city wall.
At first, the mountain Kentana barbarians did not take it seriously at all, and after squandering their throwing spears, they screamed, threw away their heavy shields, and rushed down the spears towards the city, and it was really flat on the ground, until countless rockets were fired.
Rumble!
The air reverberated with a burst of intense burning, tongues of fire relentlessly licking at everyone who entered its realm.
"Ahhh......h
Countless mountain Kentana barbarians, who were caught off guard, were directly pushed out by the sudden flames, screamed and fell off the city, turned into a huge torch, let out a terrible howl, and rolled wildly on the ground, not only did not let the fire go out, but was contaminated with more black fire oil, making the fire burn more fiercely.
At first, it was a cry for help and help me, but in the end it became a cry for liberation that killed me and killed me.
The warriors of the Cliff Clan beside him did not hesitate at all, and went down with an axe, directly sending him back to the arms of the ancestral spirit.
"Lotus ......"
There were also a small number of extremely fierce mountain Kentana barbarians, who did not care about the raging flames on their bodies, and rushed to the city with a strange smile, leading the Eternal Night Army to rush for a while, and six or seven spears were stabbed out at the same time, only to barely push the other side out.
However, this terrifying and almost perverted warrior is still a minority, including the human-bear Yale, the first moment he sensed that something was wrong, he shrunk his huge body into a ball, and used a super shield to block the black fire oil that fell from the sky, saving his life.
As he quickly retreated, he picked up a small shield discarded by others from the ground and protected his body, and this caution saved his life again, and a spear pierced the shield, and his arm was almost pierced.
The angles of the ballistas and catapults on the first wall were affected, but the large catapults on the second wall and between the two walls were not, and were firing at a slow but continuous pace, seemingly taking the lives of several mountain Kentana barbarian warriors with each blow.
"Whew!"
Yale let out a roar like a wounded beast, victory was close at hand, but it was interrupted by the other party's yin damage methods, making him feel extremely aggrieved, but helpless, a large section of the city wall was covered by flames, and scattered clan warriors rushed up, which was also sent to death.
The warriors of the Cliff Clan are not afraid of death, but they will not be consumed on such a meaningless attack, and can only give the order to retreat.
The black fire oil burned for two hours before it slowly extinguished, and the previously reinforced ice was all baked, and the spears of the mountain Kentana barbarians, even if they were not burned, now lost their support and fell to the ground.
The ice wall, though somewhat damaged, is not fatal.
First, the ice wall was built with multiple layers of intersecting structures from the very beginning, and local damage did not affect the internal structure.
Second, the ice wall is thick enough that even the top can run horses.
Not to mention two hours of burning, even if it burns for a day and a night, it can't be burned down.
This is naturally due to Mr. Ferdinand, after all, this is an ice city with ice as the main binder, so it is natural to fully consider the fire resistance, at least it can be supported for a longer time.
The mountain Kentana barbarians were slow to launch a second offensive.
As soon as the spear in his hand was almost consumed, he needed to replenish it.
Second, they couldn't figure out how many of those black things were still in each other's hands.
At that time, they had just rushed up, and if they came again, they would still return in vain, and in the process of charging and returning, they were the target of the opponent's long-range attack weapons.
This charge alone reduced the mountain Kentana barbarians by more than three hundred.
That's the sum of all the losses after entering the mountain.
If you come three or four more times, the Cliff Clan will kneel here.
In order to facilitate the collection of water, the Eternal Night Army moved several manpower water trucks and erected pipelines at high altitude to draw water 24 hours a day.
After a day and a night's work, not only did the city wall return to its original state, but also became stronger, the sparse snow that began to fall in the morning turned into goose feather snow at noon, the temperature dropped sharply, and the inland lakes showed signs of freezing, which was naturally extremely helpful for them to strengthen the city wall.
In the face of life and death, no one is a fool.
The mountain Kentana barbarians never launched a full-fledged attack after that, but resorted to wheeled tortoise tactics.
Wearing a rudimentary but super-resistant log shield, like a tortoise, it slowly advanced, and after about a distance, there was a wave of lethal spears.
The manufacturing process of these spears was even more rudimentary than that of the first wave.
At least the first wave was iron-clad and able to drive into walls of ice, and then all of them turned into sharpened logs.
Obviously, these barbarians don't have that much iron resources to spend on these disposable consumables.
Even so, when they are infused with powerful kinetic energy, the lethality is still quite terrifying, although there is no way to penetrate the iron-inlaid Tang nail armor head-on, but the powerful impact kinetic energy it produces will make those soldiers who are shot will break bones and tendons, and at worst bleed in the abdomen.
Thanks to the fact that this is in the Eternal Night Army, the injuries in this area have been deeply studied, as long as they are handled properly, the mortality rate will be greatly reduced, and if they are replaced by other armies, they can be classified on the list of the dead.