Chapter 524: The Western Expedition (26) Coming and going

Siegmund gritted his teeth and cursed, in his field of vision, a group of giants numbering about fifty or so, holding huge stone balls, looking at this side, with a smile on the corner of their mouths, seeing Siegmund appear on the city wall, they immediately emitted a terrifying mocking sound.

They knew who Sigmund was, and they knew that yesterday's legendary magic that could destroy Upland was blocked by him with a long sword, but the giants believed that the long sword that could block the legendary magic could not be used to attack them.

They had that strength, confident that their own strength could break through the city called Upland, believing that even the human named Sigmund could only rush around under their attacks, and finally watch his city and his soldiers be reduced to pieces by the giant's stone throwing.

Siegmund was no stranger to these big creatures, and during his time at Barusenger, he would occasionally go deep into the mountains with his weapons to find giants to fight, hone their skills, and plunder their treasures as trophies.

It was because of the battles he had fought with them that Siegmund had always had a great headache with the giant forces of the Attila Army, especially after the other side had adopted the right tactics to deal with the war.

It's not just Siegmund who feels a headache for the giants, it's not just the Scandinavian humans, the creatures living in the northern continent, whether it's the so-called Ice Overlord White Bear Man, the Snow Mountain Overlord Mammoth Man, or the Three Evils of the North, will not want to see these giants at any time and anywhere.

Because most of the time, the giants don't pay attention to the thoughts of other creatures, they don't talk to other creatures, and when they meet, they like to kill each other as dinner for the day.

At this point, it makes no difference whether it is a human or a white bear, a mammoth, a gnoll, or a centaur, and is used as food by the giants.

When these Sigmund saw these giants, his conjecture was also fulfilled, and the attack just now was obviously caused by these giants, throwing stone projectiles at a distance to attack.

Throwing huge stones to attack the enemy has always been their forte, in the usual combat life, in order to compete with the dragons for territory and fight, the giants have been trained by the adults since childhood, and have practiced a precise stone-throwing skill, which allows them to accurately throw stones into the flying dragons in the sky, and change the battlefield from the sky where the dragons have the advantage to their home land.

However, when they joined the army of Atila, when they came to this battlefield to face this fortified city, they no longer had to deal with the dragons of their old enemies, but the humans the size of ants, who had just thrown their stone projectiles at the city walls, targeting catapults and ballistas that might threaten them.

Of course, even if the target is those small humans, they need to deal with it with a 100% attitude, because there are still Atila and several other knights watching and overseeing the army, and if the performance is too poor, the lunch meal and the future life treatment will be cut by the knights without hesitation.

Although there are various restrictions in the Attila army, those knights are more like giants than giants in all seriousness, but in other aspects, they are the best.

While the gnolls and centaurs were eating broth with little meat, the giants and dragons were still eating a feast of fresh food from hunting, and if they didn't have these treatments because of this, it would really be worth the loss.

Moreover, after watching the battle before, they also have a certain understanding of ballistas and catapults, and know that they believe that as long as these things are destroyed, the city will fall into their hands when the opponent's spellcaster is dragged and unable to separate, and what is needed is a matter of time, whether it takes a day or two to destroy the city wall, the equipment on the wall, and the warriors on it with stonethrowing.

Unlike the gnolls, who desperately wanted to capture the city, for the promise of famine, a fertile land to build an empire that belonged only to their homeland, the giants went to war more because they didn't want to be curtailed, but because of the excitement of the dragons and the desperate desire to show their worth in front of Attila.

At least they hoped that by taking the city, Atila and the knights would see that their giants were much more useful than the dragons in the war, and that Atila and the knights would be able to transfer some of the dragon's resources to them, and that they would be able to enjoy a higher level of treatment, preferably like the Beamon, and do whatever they wanted in the entire Atila army.

"Let our men target those giants, our ballistas and catapults can hit them, we can inflict damage on them. ”

Siegmund quickly gave the order to attack the giants to the heralds, and the extremely fast heralds took the shortest time to reach the ears of every warrior on the city wall.

Informed of Siegmund's order, the warriors, stunned by the giants' stone-throwing attacks, quickly activated their equipment, turned their ballistas and catapults, and adjusted their crosshairs to aim at the giants.

As is customary for the Scandinavians, it was always best to nip danger in the bud, hoping that they would move faster enough to kill the giants and prevent them from launching a second attack.

The spellcaster in the city was pinned down by the opponent's caster, and now Siegmund could not attack the giants at will, and the only ones who could damage it were the ballistas and catapults placed on the city walls, not only the giants knew this, but the Scandinavians themselves were also very clear.

However, it takes time to reload the ballista and adjust the angle and direction of the shot, especially since the Scandinavian warriors are not very skilled in handling these equipment, which takes even more time.

Without waiting for them to finish their operations, they aimed at the giants and launched the stone projectiles away, and the second wave of the giants' attack came again, and the huge stone projectiles with the sound of the howling wind broke through the air barrier and flew in the direction of the ballista and catapult arrangement.

The friction between the high-speed movement of the stone bullet and the air caused the surface of the stone bullet to burn with red and blue flames, and if it was hit, it needed to withstand not only the impact damage caused by kinetic energy, but also the violent high-temperature burning, just like what Siegmund had seen before, the momentum was violent.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, don't stand stupid. ”

"Don't run, don't run, lie down, lie down, lie down quickly, lie down with your head in your hands. ”

Two different shouts echoed across the walls, the former being recruits with little battlefield experience, and most of them would just choose to dodge in a panic when encountering such an attack, which didn't seem to have any effect, and only made the situation worse.

The latter screamed and lay down on the old soldiers, who lay down on the wall with their shields over their bodies and their brains with both hands, which increased their chances of survival, at least the jackals' stones, centaur arrows, and javelins could not kill them.

Unfortunately, such an action, whether it is dodging or lying down, does not play a role in the face of a giant throwing attack that can be broken along with the city wall, and under that terrible impact, the warrior who stands on the city wall and is within the attack range will either become meat sauce, or in the powerful impact, his bones and muscles will be torn apart, and he will be reduced to a sky of flesh and blood.

The magically reinforced walls had been hit by such an attack, and as it stands, it wouldn't take long for the giants to enlarge the gap, completely crushing a wall and opening the way for their gnolls and centaurs to advance.

At that time, the rampaging jackals can completely ignore the threat of the Scandinavians standing on the city walls, and directly engage in the final white-edged street fighting, firmly holding the initiative of the war in their hands.

The Scandinavians were very worried about this, so after the stone throwing was over, except for those warriors who were still adjusting their ballistas and catapults, the rest of the battle picked up some tools and materials used to repair the city walls, and quickly repaired the walls, even if such an act was not much different from a drop in the bucket in such an environment.

The information of the Attila army is no secret on this side of the northern continent, and the Scandinavians have fought with them twice, so they know more about their methods, and know what kind of means the other side uses, and what means are the most effective to deal with.

Therefore, on the city wall, in addition to reinforcing the city wall, they also used magic to protect the city wall, and also prepared some materials for repairing the city wall, so that when the Atila army sent out mammoths and giants to destroy the city wall, they could slow down the damage to the city wall and buy more time.

However, on this point, the Scandinavians guessed wrong, the giants did not think of smashing the city wall directly with stones, and the night run thought of collapsing the city wall to create an end to the war for the gnolls, their goal has always been very clear, that is, those who can hurt them, can attack their ballistas and catapults.

The life or death of the gnolls and centaurs, the breaking of a wall that would allow them to easily enter the city, never came to the minds of the giants, nor did they think about it.

Although they are all warrior units belonging to the Attila Army, there is a huge gap in size, status, and combat effectiveness between the two, and for the giants, the jackals and centaurs are ordinary slaves, a tool and consumable that can be used to consume and achieve their goals.

They are not the ones who will spend their energy for tools and consumables, nor will they consider the interests and ideas of the gnolls, if they can help them in battle, but if they hinder their progress, the giants will not hesitate to kick them away.

But lately, it has been impossible to call the gnolls as tools, and that nasty gnolls Hogg has been taken seriously by Atira, and even the giants can't go against Attila's will in this regard and provoke the other party.

"Isn't it okay yet? Isn't it possible to fight back yet?"

"I don't care what you're doing now, give me those ballistas and catapults, only then can we stop the attack, and only then can we live. ”

"Move a little faster, in order to survive, think about the relatives at home who are still waiting for you. ”

Siegmund loudly boosted the morale of the warriors around him, and if he did not stop the giants' offensive and let them throw stones so unscrupulously, then when the catapults and ballistae on the walls were destroyed, the Scandinavians would lose their intimidation against creatures such as giants, mammoths, and dragons.

It is useless to rely on Siegmund alone, no matter how strong his strength is, how powerful the sword gives him, it is still very unrealistic to turn the situation around the situation on such a battlefield and fight against the Atila army.

Especially the current spellcaster troops, which are still competing with the enemy's spellcaster troops, maintain a balance, and do not intervene in the battlefield of the regular army, even more so.

The Scandinavian warriors who operated the catapults and ballistas were already operating the instruments in their hands as fast as they could, and in such a tense battlefield, operating such complex things and ensuring a certain level of accuracy made their foreheads covered with sweat.

They were so preoccupied with the wood in front of them that they did not dare to turn their heads to look at their surroundings, fearing that if they saw the sight of the giants around them, their hands would tremble, and their hearts would be afraid, and they would affect the operation of ballistas and catapults.

Luckily, the fighters selected by Siegmund to manipulate the equipment had some combat experience, and now that the Grim Reaper's scythe was on his neck in such a tense environment, there was still no mistake among them.

Weng Weng Weng

Angled ballistas and catapults began to fire, and a large number of stone projectiles flew towards the Attila army, where the giants were, and fell towards the earth like a rain of meteors streaking across the sky.

Just looking at such a scene makes you feel like you are in the summer night sky, conquered by the beauty that you know brings with you death, carnage, blood and despair.