Chapter 144: Interlocking
As a large-scale upgraded version of the bow and crossbow, the ballista has no technical difficulty for the Eternal Night Legion at all, and with the corresponding abundant resources, it has not only begun mass production, but also played tricks.
There were large defensive ballistae mounted on top of the walled fort.
There are also self-propelled ballistas that can be pulled around by a single horse with wheels.
There is also a one-wheeler, a mountain ballista that two soldiers can cross mountains and mountains with a push and a pull.
It serves as a secret research base for the Legion of the Eternal Night, and is not only equipped, but also state-of-the-art, with not only large defensive ballistas, but also semi-automatic multi-stringed small ballistas, and catapults.
The kind of giant arrow that is thicker than a spear just now is a large defensive ballista, this kind of ballista is characterized by great power, but slow loading, hitting large targets like Andes Giant Bear and Four-Horned High-backed Mountain Ox, one hit is accurate, but against a large number of enemies, the power is not as good as the semi-automatic multi-string small ballista.
The arrows issued by this small ballista are one-third longer than Andes' longbow and arrows, two circles thicker, and the advantage is that it has a more complex multi-string structure, which can reasonably distribute and reuse the power, and the two-person operation can basically achieve uninterrupted shooting, more than seven arrows a minute.
Although it is inferior to the well-trained Andes Longbow in terms of rate of fire, it is unattainable by the Longbow in terms of power and range.
On top of that, he demanded far less from the operator than the Andes Longbow.
If you want to become a qualified Andes longbow shooter, you must be at least strong and have more than three years of shooting experience, so you can barely qualify, and those who open the bow thirty times in a row are considered qualified, those who have fifty times are considered good, and those who have more than 100 times, at least have knight-level skills.
The semi-automatic multi-string small ballista, on the other hand, requires only a strong farmer and an archer who has been trained for more than three months (there is no requirement for the physical fitness of the shooter, even a dwarf child can do it), and as long as the arrows are continuous and the crossbow string is not broken, it can shoot continuously and uninterrupted.
Not long after the development of these semi-automatic multi-stringed small ballistas, even in the Eternal Night Legion, they have not yet reached the level of popularization, and the medical research base is considered to be the first batch to be installed.
For the first time, the elite of the Walled City Alliance felt their terrifying power.
Dozens of semi-automatic, multi-stringed small ballistas form a terrifying web of fire.
Another difference between them and the Andes longbow is that the Andes longbow is mostly a projectile, forming a rain of arrows through the number of people, covering the shot, killing and injuring the enemy, completely relying on luck.
After the semi-automatic multi-choice small ballista is fixed, under the control of the shooter, it can flexibly adjust the shooting angle and shoot in sniper mode, which will give people the illusion of running there and hitting where.
Not to mention the trebuchet, this thing can be used for two purposes, equipped with large stone bullets, it is a powerful siege weapon, but in the case of defending the city, it is generally a fist-sized stone, and once it goes down, it is dozens or hundreds of projectiles that will split the head and cover the face, smashing people to the head and bleeding, staggering, that is a normal phenomenon, bad luck, and it is not a strange thing to be stoned to death on the spot.
There was a frenzied fire bull array, and there were four weapons in front of it, and the elites of the Walled City Alliance were shot crying dad and shouting mother, panicking, and many people rushed to the walled fort that the Eternal Night Legion had opened at the beginning, because it was the safest place to look around.
"Rush on, rush on! Don't go in! There's a trap there, too!"
"Fool, there's a bigger trap in there, don't go in!
Even if there are wise people, frantically shouting to block, but it has little effect, not that those who rush to the cave to open the fortress are stupid and can't see the danger lurking in it, but the road ahead has become a complete dead end, they can be safe for a while, and there are also people who have the idea of surrendering to the Legion of Eternal Night.
If you want to surrender, you have to see the other party's people, and those crazy mountain cows with burning tails don't look like they will accept prisoners.
"Loosen up, if we don't let go, we're going to die here!"
McGee the Skullcrusher and Rabindranath Tagore the Andes are still entangled.
At the same time as the trap of the Legion of Eternal Night was launched, the two fought for an unknown number of rounds, covered in dust and mud, and Tagore's long knife did not know where to go, and the two became real hand-to-hand combat.
However, McGee the Skullcrusher bit one thing, that is, relying on his own strength is not inferior to Tagore, he will bite and not give him any chance to get out, because once he lets the other party get out, he will never have a chance to catch up.
As the fire bull array approached, the tiger also panicked, and the counterattack became even more unruly, eating McGee's two punches, and almost not being beaten up.
McGee, the skull crusher, was really in good spirits, and had no intention of letting go, grinning: "Lao Tzu finally caught a big fish, how can he let go?" haha...... I advise you not to move, here, I can still guarantee your safety, if you get out of this circle, it will be difficult to say. ”
As he spoke, a rocket fell, and there was another explosion.
A sea of fire spread rapidly, forming a huge flame barrier that encircled McGee the Skullcrusher and Tagore the Andes the Tiger.
It is the instinct of beasts to be born with a fear of fire, and the four-horned high-backed mountain bull is no exception, even if it is crazy, it will subconsciously avoid the raging flames, even if the four-horned high-backed mountain cow occasionally crosses the boundary, it is nailed to death in place by a series of crossbow arrows.
Obviously, on the top of the fort, there were special ballistas watching them, not only to prevent them from being accidentally injured by the fire ox, but also to prevent Tagore from escaping or being rescued.
Now Mackay has become Tagore's talisman, and if he is killed or fallen, there will inevitably be an overwhelming rain of arrows.
Tagore was not very afraid of those Andes longbows, but the terrifying power of ballistas, especially large defensive ballistas, even he shuddered, which was not something that could be hard-wired by manpower, even a champion knight.
Tagore's attack slowed down, at least he didn't dare to attack Macgee's fatal point.
McGee the Skullcrusher seemed to see through Tagore's thoughts, and did not take the initiative to attack, but only trapped him, as long as he persevered, it would be victory, and grinned: "You will honestly wait to be our prisoner! You are different from those people, you are obviously a tiger in the mountains, why do you want to mess with that group of loaches? Come to our Legion of the Eternal Night, keep your food and spicy food, and be happy like a god." ”
"Don't think about it!" Tagore sneered, "Are they loaches? What are you? Really regard yourself as the life-saving benefactor of the mountain people, and everyone has to bow down to you? If you want Lao Tzu to be loyal, you can, you can fight with Lao Tzu with a knife and a gun, and you can convince Lao Tzu from the front, Lao Tzu has no words, and with this kind of conspiracy and trickery, even if you capture Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will not accept it." ”
"Haha...... This is what you said, don't turn your face and deny it when the time comes, you really think that you are invincible! The reason why you use so many small means is just that you don't want your soldiers to sacrifice in vain, not really afraid of you, when it's over, no one else, Lao Tzu will lead people to confront you head-on, if you don't beat you to your knees and call grandpa, Lao Tzu will personally send you off!"
"That's what you said, and we'll swear to prove it. ”
"If you swear as proof, you swear as proof, and I thought that you were afraid that you would not succeed. ”
"Since you have sworn as proof, you still don't let go? Are you still afraid that Lao Tzu will run away?"
"An oath is an oath as a proof, but letting go is another matter, what if you really run away?
"You're questioning my character?"
"No, this has nothing to do with character, it's just that there is nothing wrong with being careful, Lao Tzu doesn't want to become the laughing stock of the entire Eternal Night Legion, anyway, he has already sworn to prove it, you can settle down, it won't take long to live!"
"That's not good, now I'm a little skeptical of your integrity, can your oath really count? Can you really call the shots? I heard that the young Sean is the real general of your Eternal Night Legion, the one who has the final say!"
"Don't sow discord here, compared to Clayton's people, your level is still a little tender, the relationship between Lao Tzu and Sean is iron, other Lao Tzu can't be the master, this Lao Tzu can still be the master, Lao Tzu helped him subdue a champion knight, he will wake up laughing when he dreams!"
"You haven't tried yet, how can you be sure that you will win? Lao Tzu must be loyal to him? I think it is more likely that you will send me away!"
"Hey...... If you say that you are fighting alone, Lao Tzu may be afraid of you, but against the army, Lao Tzu is really worthy of you. ”
"I hope that by the time you go into battle, you will still be so confident!"
Andes Tiger Tagore sneered, he knew that the chances of being able to escape today were slim, so he would just try to survive first.
The so-called oath as proof is just that he asked for an immortal talisman.
At least he has revealed the possibility of surrendering, and the other party will not be able to cut him down as soon as he gets started.
No one can resist the temptation of a champion knight to pledge his allegiance, and Tagore is absolutely confident in this.
Who said that rough people don't calculate, in order to survive, Tagore's little abacus also crackled, and prepared a way back for himself.
However, he also knew in his heart that the so-called oath as proof was also unilateral - even if he really won McGee, it would be difficult to be free.
It's all in the minds of those in power.
Who let them fall into the trap from the beginning and become prisoners!
As for McGee, the skull-crusher, of course, also has his own calculations, not to mention, at least Tagore's will to resist has been exhausted, at least there will be no thoughts of dying with him.
Earlier, he rushed out with a fever in his head, because he wanted to make meritorious service and take a big fish, not to seek death.
With the credit of Tagore, the first fierce general of the Walled City Alliance, coupled with the opportunity to subdue him, he was less talked about by Sean afterwards.
The beheading operation of the Walled City Alliance is in the calculations of the Eternal Night Legion everywhere, no, to be more precise, it was planned by Sean and the Hawkeye Secret Service using counter-espionage means, and the Walled City Alliance was just led by their noses and stepped into this huge trap step by step.
Originally, the Eternal Night Legion wanted to catch a wave of elites of the Walled City Alliance, but where did they think that the city lords of the Walled City Alliance, with their heads hot, actually went out in person and fell into the trap of the Eternal Night Legion.
I wanted to fish for a shark, but I caught a big whale.
Fortunately, Sean has always liked to be steady, and the fishing rope was strong enough to not let the big whale break free or bite back.
But among the many traps, there is absolutely no one who rushes out single-handedly from McGee, the skullcrusher, and according to Sean's character, it is impossible to make such a dangerous arrangement.
Seeing that Tagore's reaction was too astute, the two of McGee, the pure skull-crusher, jumped out of their encirclement before they could fully mobilize it, and rushed out single-handedly with a twitch of their brains.
Fortunately, the overall layout of the Eternal Night Army was not destroyed, and Sean, who was sitting in the back, made a certain degree of adjustment in time.
As for the previous Flame Barrier, it was not specifically for McGee the Skullcrusher, but for the protection of the Walled Fort.
McGee the Skullcrusher knew this, and in the process of entanglement with Tagore, he consciously walked to the nearest fort to protect himself.
In the end, even those who kept shouting not to enter the Eternal Night Legion and took the initiative to open the walled fort finally retreated, because the Eternal Night Legion obviously forced them to go this way.
The interlocking traps, one ring after another, whether they are advancing or retreating, are all a dead word, but the walled fort has become a trapdoor.
Even if you know that this is a dead end, between early death and late death, even a fool will choose the latter.
When they stepped into the fort, everyone let out a groan of despair, and even lost the courage to resist at the last time.
Not only are the stairs of the fortress full of Andes longbow archers, but also because the people standing opposite are exuding a torch-like vitality, as long as they have a little eyesight, they can be recognized, and they are all champion knights.
Damn it!
Isn't it said that the top combat forces of the Eternal Night Legion are scarce?
How did so many champion knights suddenly pop up?
Could it be that the champion knight has turned into a turnip and cabbage, and the streets are all over the place?
If they had known that the Legion of the Eternal Night had so many champion knights, even if they were given ten dares, they would not have dared to organize the so-called decapitation operation.
Qianglang!
A crisp sound of weapons landing on the ground opened a precedent, and the people in the field threw away their weapons far away, squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, and made standard surrender movements.
"Gentlemen, you have made the wisest choice, please step forward in an orderly manner, do not make any drastic moves, the sword does not have eyes, rest assured, the Legion of the Eternal Night has no rules for killing prisoners, and I do not want to break this rule on you. ”
A young voice came from behind the champion knights.
Only then did everyone realize that there was a young man standing behind these champion knights, only half of his head was exposed, just because the aura of those champion knights was too big, which weakened his presence a lot.
"Shaun, Don, Augustine!"
With a shout of gnashing teeth, after revealing the identity of this young man, the people of the Walled City Alliance immediately raised their attention to this young man.
This inconspicuous young man is the target they are going to behead tonight.
It's a pity that the plan is too far away from reality, they didn't even see each other's faces, they were made to lose their troops and be embarrassed, and when the other party really appeared in front of them, although they were close at hand, they were far away from the world, and the few champion knights in front of him were the chasm that they couldn't cross.