The desolate sound of the horn echoed in the air, and the United Kingdom side was even more elevated in comparison, which was probably inextricably related to the material used in the horn.

Contrary to common sense, the United Kingdom, as the defender, began to attack the attackers, and the ballistas placed on the city walls were adjusted early in the morning, and they continued to reload and fire.

Once again, these ballistas have been refined by the dwarves, and although they did not appear on the battlefield this time, the things they left behind in the United Kingdom are extremely valuable treasures.

Trained humans are no less capable of manipulating these ballistas than the ballista makers, the dwarves, and these loyal warriors of Gorm are willing to fight until the very end of their cause for Gorm's cause, even if their actions leave a tragic future for future generations.

The stone balls projected by the ballistas did cause a lot of trouble to the attacking Baltic Empire's army, and those stone balls that kept rolling only needed a dozen seconds to create a path of flesh and blood in the crowd.

The people who were moving forward tried not to look down at their feet as much as possible, and the feeling coming from the soles of their shoes, the greasy and wet feeling, made them reluctant to delve into the dirt or flesh under their feet.

And that's not all, the people who didn't die were holding their wounded bodies, wailing out of their minds, and then being kicked down and trampled by those who charged behind without hesitation.

No one wants to die, especially now, when we are about to win.

This is the last battle in Scandinavia, and the last battle for the entire Northlands, and when this battle is over and the Baltic Empire is victorious, the monster that rules the entire Northland will truly take shape.

It is indeed a good choice to fight slowly and protractedly, but it is even more important to seize the time, occupy the city, complete the whole strategy, and win as soon as possible.

At the forefront of the charge are the dwarves, who will need to show their sincerity and loyalty in this war as the price of breaking away from the United Kingdom and joining the Baltic Empire at a critical time.

This sincerity and loyalty needs to be manifested with blood and lives, and if there is not enough sacrifice, not enough giving, then they will also need to face the reckoning from the Baltic Empire after this battle.

Because no one will believe that it is true.

On the other hand, if they can perform well in this war, if they can show the rulers of the Baltic Empire their value, and can exchange the results for political benefits, then in the end they can also sit at the victory table and divide the spoils.

Don't think that dwarves are all straight, don't think that they are all upright people who don't know what politics is, that the race that can survive in this world for so long and build a country has never been as simple as it seems.

The dwarves carried their tower shields and moved slowly, they walked very steadily with every step, even those rolling stone balls could not stop their progress, every time they saw the stone balls coming, the dwarves would gather, insert the tower shields into the ground, form a special shape, and unload the power of the stone balls to roll.

The sound of neat footsteps made the people around them look sideways, if such an army is a friendly army, it is undoubtedly very reassuring, and they even feel that in front of such a steel army, nothing can be resisted, nothing can not be broken.

The dwarves stopped in front of the moat, and the heavy armor of the dwarves, while protecting them, also made their bodies heavy, if they flowed into the river, they would definitely turn into iron cans and sink to the bottom of the river.

Dwarves don't have gills that can breathe freely in the water like fish, and if they don't breathe air for a long time, they will still die.

At this moment, the gnolls, who were charging from the rear, also came to the dwarves, all carrying bags full of sand and dirt, and after dropping the bags off the moat, turned away from the battlefield.

There was not much sand in each bag, but it managed to fill a small section of the moat, allowing the dwarven army to continue their advance, although they had no way to defend themselves against enemy attacks during the river crossing, leaving behind a lot of corpses and wounded that could not be saved.

The gnolls dropped those small sandbags and retreated to the battlefield where they did not continue to intervene, and at this time the whole battlefield presented a strange situation, and the Baltic Empire that launched the attack, only the dwarves were attacking.

This did reduce the pressure on the British side of the defense, but it also made them nervous, and the nervousness brought with it the panic that their hands were speeding up, and they were not aware of it.

The dwarves soon came to the bottom of the wall, they did not have a ladder to climb, and it seemed that they had only come to the wall by virtue of their bravery and morale, without thinking about the rest.

The men on the ramparts were throwing logs downwards with rolling logs, mixed with sharpened water chestnut stones, and this was the few means they could inflict damage on the dwarves.

You may not be able to get the equipment that dwarves wear, but you can use your strength to break your muscles and bones, as well as your fragile organs.

With his hands on his chest, Siegrud watched as the dwarves struggled to hold on to the bottom of the walls, without saying a word.

The generals next to him also did not speak, this was a petition for the dwarves to submit, they were not fit to meddle in any way, and they were happy to see these dwarves fail.

As long as the dwarves fail, the military power of the dwarven kingdom will be severely damaged, and politically, the dwarves will completely lose the possibility of resistance, and they will have no way to find an excuse to refuse and pass the buck to the demands and orders from Jutland.

This is conducive to the rule of the empire after the war, and at the same time, when it comes to dividing the spoils, the less power means that others can take more.

The dwarves carried their shields over their heads, forming a tight phalanx, making it impossible to catch the dwarves' movements through their eyes, what they were doing and what their plans were.

The attacks from above the walls were becoming fierce, and although the shields were still so hard, the dwarves below the shields had no way to stop the attacks from above, and their bodies were not really as stiff as steel.

This lasted for about five minutes, and fewer and fewer people were able to stand, and the dwarves who were building the defenses were shrinking inward.

Soon there were not many dwarves left standing, and the generals and staff officers standing next to Sigurud all discussed, thinking about the next offensive.

According to the previous battle plan, it was the turn of those elves who should play after the dwarves, and the reason why the dwarves played first was the strong request of the dwarves, which was very consistent with the strong character of the dwarves, and not many people would doubt it.

"Don't be in a hurry, just wait and see. ”

Siegrud clapped his hands, interrupting the rest of the discussion, his eyes still fixed on the corpse-strewn foot of the wall, where various stones and logs were piled up.

Things may not be that simple, but Siegrud does not mean to share with others, to discuss with others, as a commander-in-chief, sometimes to reflect his own special, and mysterious.

"Forget it, let's try out our new gear. ”

Siegrud shook his head again and gave a new order.

Despite such a crucial war, the war merchants of the Baltic Empire were unwilling to let go of such an opportunity, and they put forward their own interests in the hope that the empire could satisfy them.

It is foreseeable that after the end of this war, the Baltic Empire will usher in a long period of peace, and there will be no enemy in the Northlands to be his opponent, and there will be no battles of this magnitude.

These war merchants are seizing the time to carry out the transformation, and their goal is how to develop individual equipment and how to improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Baltic Empire.

Because individual equipment is mostly used in small-scale conflicts and wars, especially when the enemy is still within the empire and is not willing to lose, it can play a very important role.

Since this battle is inevitable, and it is beneficial for everyone to win the Empire, what they need is to seize this opportunity to perform well in this war and win the market for the subsequent skirmishes.

Entering the battlefield were marched in neat formations, dressed in slightly different attire from the Imperial soldiers, and instead of holding weapons in their hands, they were pushing wooden carts, with bulls pulling in front of them.

Not far from the moat, the army stopped, and they took something strange from the wooden cart, which looked like bamboo cut in two, but made of steel.

A few lightly dressed people operated these strange things, and judging by their skillful movements, they had been trained for a long time before.

The United Kingdom attacked the army with ballistas, but because of the range, their stone balls did not hit any of them, wasting ammunition in vain.

This distance is not only for ballistas, but also for equipment including catapults, which cannot maintain the hit rate, and whether or not they can hit the target and ability has nothing to do with experience and technology, and it is purely a matter of luck.

What they are able to do, what they want to do

Not only the defending United Kingdom, but also the Baltic Empire was curious, and this army from war merchants managed to arouse the curiosity of the generals.

If they do well, they will not hesitate to make some requests at subsequent procurement meetings to help these military factories get orders from the military.

The armies of the Baltic Empire were not yet decaying, and many of the decisions they made were based on the military.

rumble

The light of the fire appeared on the strange devices, and then the smoke of gunpowder enveloped the people around them, and then there was the sound of explosions above the walls.

Smoke of the same color appeared on the city walls, and unprepared United Kingdom soldiers staggered in the explosion, stumps of all kinds flew in the air, and blood was splattered everywhere.

What is that

What happened

What did these explosions come from

Something struck them

All sorts of questions flooded their minds, mixed up and turned into fear, causing the surviving soldiers to panic

This is human nature, in the face of unknown things that can bring death, no matter who they are, they will panic, they will be afraid, and they will be overwhelmed.

"It's the caster, it's the caster!"

Gohm and the heralds around him were shouting loudly, trying to calm the soldiers around him in this way.

Magical shields of various colors appeared in the air, and the snowy mountain druids hidden among the soldiers stood up at this time, and they also couldn't understand what was happening.

However, this does not prevent them from using magic to solve problems, many times magic is not omnipotent, but most of the time, magic can solve most problems.

It was not only the enemy on the city wall who was surprised, but also the generals who were observing the battlefield not far away.

None of these soldiers were spellcasters, and they weren't using expensive magic scrolls, not previously known magic items.

However, such a combination that all seemed so ordinary, at this time, in this battlefield, it caused enough results to surprise them and make them refreshed.

"If the cost is not high, you can consider procurement. ”

"This kind of power is enough to solve the problem of insufficient spellcasters within our empire now. ”

"No, no, not just to solve this problem, we won't need to procure expensive magic scrolls in the future, and our spellcasters will not be a necessity for the army, they will have more time to spend in their magic towers, study their magic, and pursue their truth. ”

Several generals were eager, their positions were much farther than ordinary soldiers, and if this item could be popularized within the Empire, it would definitely bring more than just victory on the battlefield.

This thing will have an irreplaceable role in politics, which means that the army will have a good hope of being able to get rid of the influence of those spellcasters.

Although the army and the spellcaster appear to work for the Empire in the same way, in fact, they often disagree due to their different pursuits, and this disagreement often turns into conflict and bickering.

"Alright, be quiet. This battle is not over yet. ”

Siegrud interrupted the discussion of several generals with a loud voice.

No matter what kind of contradictions and discord exist between the army and the spellcaster, it is a matter under the table, and it cannot be put on the surface, and these topics and remarks are not suitable for discussion at this time and place.

Or when there is no victory, if it is spread out, everyone including him will be a little harsh, so that the complete victory will bring a few black spots.

Although Siegrud does not like politics and hates politics, as a child who inherited Sigourney's bloodline, he was born with a lot of talent in politics, although he consciously did not develop this part of his talent.

The generals' discussion stopped for a moment, and their eyes turned to the battlefield.