Chapter 418: Unification War (3) Piranha's

With a successful speech, Wiglav awakened the ambition of the Yeats, allowing them to successfully emerge from the shadow of their previous defeat and the death of Beowulf, throw away their glasses, put down their decadence, take up arms, and begin to prepare for battle.

Of course, even if the heart was already cheered up, the Yeats' drunken bodies, empty weapons warehouses, rusty blades, and moldy armor put them in a very disadvantageous position.

If there is a war at this time, let them fight, how much strength they can exert and how much trouble they can cause to Siegel, the conservative estimate is not very optimistic.

Their opponents were the Goths and their legions of minions, the same Scandinavians, the same Berserkers, druids and shamans, and for some reason even the dwarves were involved and joined Siegel's army, and the Gothic army, which had the equipment and iron weapons of the dwarves, was not so easy to deal with.

The Yaats, who had gone through the Second Scandinavian Defense, would not want to look at those strange things made of simple materials, which looked strange but were completely comparable to the power of high-level magic, and in that battle, the Attira army had used countless blood to prove how stupid it was to underestimate these dwarves.

What was a headache for Wiglaf was that even if he knew that the other party had the equipment of the dwarves, those called ballistae casters, he could not choose to defend the city, and if he chose to fight in the field and abandon the city walls as a rear, his army would most likely become the prey of centaur hunting.

He didn't think that with the two legs of the Yaat, he could outrun the centaurs of civilization with speed in a place like the plains and forests, and use his flesh and blood to resist the arrows and spears of the centaurs.

The previous defeat to the Gnoll had already taught him the lessons and lessons he had learned, and he knew that the defeat in that battle was not due to his own strength being inferior to the Gnoll, nor because of the equipment gap between the two sides, but because of his arrogant disdain for the use of armor and tactics.

The last battle was because at the beginning because he despised the other party and didn't show his real strength, but in the end, the opponent used wolf pack tactics to consume a lot of physical strength, and the opponent used this method to take away the victory.

So this time, even if he knew that the other party had a siege weapon such as a dwarven weapon, it would be very unwise to defend the city, and Wiglaf had to choose this way to engage the battle.

The rapidly mobilized Yayat began to prepare for battle, gathering all the scattered people in the capital, cutting down and destroying as many trees and stones as possible around the city.

Fighters begin to undergo restorative training, and in a short time they must re-recall the fighting techniques that have been etched in their bodies and souls, and readjust to the hard and brutal battles.

Women and the elderly, on the other hand, made axes from felled wood and stone, and like most Scandinavians, the Yeats were conceptually unfamiliar with the use of bows and arrows, so axes were their only long-range means of attack.

In addition, Wiglaf had the walls reinforced, carving runes of rune with dragon's blood on the top of the gates, and piling up stones behind the gates to prevent the Goths from smashing them open with instruments.

The walls were also repaired, and the few shamans in the city used magic to turn mud into stone to fill the gaps in the walls, and also piled some stones on top of them as rolling stones to defend the city.

In the end, he also contacted the goblin who had sold them a lot of fine wine, and used the trust and friendship he had accumulated to exchange the goblin's possession for a large number of weapons and equipment such as furs and medicinal herbs at a slightly lower price.

Because Wiglaf already felt that this battle with the Goths was a very difficult battle, even if they won this time by virtue of their geographical advantage, it would only be a temporary truce, and the battle between the Goths and Jeat would inevitably last for a long time.

Unlike Barusinge, the Yaats not only have great fighting power, they also have the materials and territory that can support them in battle for a long time, plus they are not much inferior to the Goths in terms of population, if they are only defensive, Wiglaf believes that the Goths will not have a way to deal with them in a short time.

Siegel didn't know that in the Norwegian woods, there was already a group of druids planning to add a little trouble to his ambitions, and that for his own reasons, Kemi's frost giants were completely defeated, and he had to flee to the more desolate and barren Cora further north.

He believed that the last obstacle in front of him was the Yeats led by Wiglaf, and in his understanding, Yeats were no longer the Jeats who had suppressed the whole of Scandinavia under the leadership of Beowulf.

A sheep led by a lion is a group of lions that can overcome a group of lions led by a sheep

I don't know who said this, although the Goths under his command were not a flock of sheep, but the Yeats who had lost Beowulf had become a flock of sheep.

That's right, in the previous attack on the Yeats' territory of Saadmanland, his army broke through the walls and rushed into the city, and in the final street battle, the other party did not behave like the Yeats he had met before, as if they hadn't met for a while, and they had forgotten how to fight and how to use their weapons.

But Siegel soon put away his arrogance, and the news from the centaur scout told him that the battle would not be as easy as before, and that he would be greeted by a city that was ready for defense and armed to the teeth.

He asked his druids to use magic to allow him to observe the walls of Upland up close, and tried to attack them with dwarven ballistas, but the final result was not very ideal, and the previous attack that was able to directly smash the walls of Sudmanland was only able to leave a few white marks on the walls of Upland.

What's worse is that he needs to face an open environment where the opponent has completed the clear wall, without stones and trees, the dwarf's equipment will not be able to carry out normal attacks, and the food that is difficult to hunt also makes the food in his hands very tight.

If he could not conquer Upplan in two weeks, plundering the supplies and food that the Yeats had been hoarding for many years, his operation would have been in vain, for his army was neither undead nor constructed, and they would have died without food to replenish them.

"Is there any good way to do this? for this turtle shell. ”

The walls and gates were already engraved with rune runes, and it was difficult to destroy such a defense with weapons, so Siegel put his hope on magic.

Siegel asks his druids and shaman chiefs about the advice of two of his brightest men to see if they can make some constructive suggestions about this war.

"It's difficult, such a strong wall is completely integrated with the land, and even [Seismic] can't break the connection between the two. ”

The leader of the druids shook his head, most of the magic they mastered was not suitable for such a siege, and their magic was greatly weakened in such a land without trees.

"Maybe you can try [Meteorite], this capital of the Yeats doesn't have a magical barrier, and there is no such thing as a magic tower built in it. ”

The shamans on the other side of the river have a different opinion, compared to the druids, the magic mastered by the shamans has more powerful destructive power, for such a typical Scandinavian city, [meteorite] is the best choice.

"Good, then try it. ”

Siegel looked up at Upland City, observed it for a while, and confirmed the truth of what the shaman said, there was indeed no such thing as a magic tower in the city opposite, and there was no magic barrier in the sky above the city.

The army behind them began to press forward slowly, and boulders were fired from the ballistas, either hitting the walls to no avail, or flying directly into the city, smashing the buildings inside.

In Upland, all those who were able to fight had gone to the city walls, and the old and children who had no fighting power were placed in underground shelters, where there was enough food to support them for a long time.

"Don't be in a hurry, we brought back all the stones outside, they don't have much ammunition. ”

Wiglaf spoke loudly to his army, and his words were quickly confirmed, and the ballistas, which could not be replenished on the spot, had to stop after only three rounds of attack, followed by the ordinary army under Siegel.

Those human warriors in leather armor and weapons in their hands are the ones among the Goths who cannot become berserkers, and don't underestimate them because they are not berserkers, as a race that can survive in this land, each of them has the ability to survive in the forest on their own.

In terms of combat effectiveness, they are no different from berserkers except that they cannot be berserkered, and their fighting skills, physical strength, and will to fight are not inferior to berserkers at all.

They held wooden shields made of oak trees that could fend off the jackals' slings and elven bows head-on, but they were of little use against the Yaat's axes.

Alice and Drake teamed up to impose an embargo on weapons and food for the Goths, leaving them completely behind the Yaats in terms of equipment, and the few weapons obtained from the dwarves were equipped to the more combat-ready berserkers.

The atmosphere of the battlefield began to become manic, the smell of blood began to fill the air, and the screams of the enemy who were dying made the Yeats begin to regain the memory of the brutal war.

But soon they had to stop throwing their axes, and the centaur archers under Siegel had come into their sight, and the full bowstrings were aimed at them, and the arrows that were thrown fell from the sky into their crowd.

Riding the centaurs to complete the suppression of the city walls, the Goths' troops soon came to the front of the moat, and without the slightest hesitation, they jumped into the icy water and swam towards the side of the city walls.

But the faces of the warriors who jumped into the river suddenly changed, and they sank into the river without a sound, and after a few seconds, several white bones with bloodshot teeth on them surfaced.

"It's a piranha, and there's a piranha in the river!"

When the warriors behind saw this, they shouted loudly, trying to break free from the river, and the rich hunting experience in the forest let them know that it was definitely not a wise choice to fight with piranhas in such a river.

"Shaman, where is our shaman, hurry up and use magic to freeze the river. ”

The goths had all escaped from the moat, some of them still biting the struggling piranhas, slapping hard, while others were holding shields above their heads, turning back and shouting at the shaman behind them.

The shamans are preparing the [Meteorite Technique], how can they have time to pay attention to them, not to mention that in terms of status, the shamans are spellcasters, but these people who are not even berserkers can command them.

So they were greeted not by the help of the shamans, but by the blades of the warlords of the berserkers, whose sharp weapons did not hesitate to attack them as long as they stopped their movements, cutting off their heads with axes.

With no choice and no choice, the Gothic warriors had no choice but to move on, knowing what a ruthless man their king was, and if they could not complete the task he had given them, they would not be able to escape harsh punishment.

The warriors re-launched the charge, and they did not care about the attack from the opposite wall, and directly gave up the wooden shield in their hands into the water, and the wooden shield floated directly on the water due to the material, forming a pontoon bridge that was not very beautiful and not strong.

The moat sparkled, and countless piranhas, attracted by the smell of blood, emerged from their gloomy nests, expecting to enjoy a big meal today, a long-lost delicacy.

From time to time, a warrior who has been killed by an axe falls into the moat, or an unlucky man who stomps into the air, and the screams cannot be heard in the water, and the crazy schools of fish seem to be as terrifying as the river is rioting.

Hundreds of Goths were known as the delicacies of the fish in the moat, but the remaining five hundred Goths also managed to reach the walls of Upland, where the Yaats could no longer attack with axes due to the angle, unless they poked their heads out from behind the walls.

But if they do, the centaurs will unceremoniously shoot arrows into their throats and take their lives, and the piranhas in the moat below will not be able to tell who is a Jeat and who is a Goth, and once they reach their territory, it will only be their food.