On the enemy platform of the city wall, Xiaolongnu looked up at a few stone bullets flying overhead, and had no intention of intercepting them.

Song Qiqi was eager to try, but she didn't have long-range attack skills, and she didn't have powerful weapons, so she couldn't fight if she wanted to.

Scarlett quickly opened her bow and shot an arrow.

She already has the archery skills of the High Elves, and the iron folding bow in her hand has the special effect of "automatic calibration", even if she shoots when she opens the bow, she doesn't deliberately aim, and she accurately hits a stone bullet.

However, even an armor-piercing heavy arrow with an arrow weighing two taels only burst out a series of sparks when it was shot at a stone projectile. After that, the heavy arrow was powerlessly bounced away, and the stone bullet did not even change its flight trajectory, and still flew indifferently over the city wall and fell towards the city.

Scarlett ran to the side of the wall facing the city, staring at the stone bullets.

She was relieved only when she saw that the stone bullets that were obviously shot at the giant trebuchet in the city had all fallen into the air, and the stone bullet with the best result had only smashed through the roof of an empty house.

Returning to the little dragon girl, Scarlett said: "The allied trebuchets can hit the city, although the hit rate is not very good, it seems that it is difficult to hit our army's trebuchets, but what if they drop bombs, fire cans, etc.?" ”

"The fire and explosion prevention plans and measures have been prepared. While it is impossible to be foolproof, there will be casualties in war. Foolproof is impossible. Xiaolongnu said: "Of course, you can also destroy all the trebuchets of the coalition army." It's not an easy task, though. ”

In total, the coalition forces put in more than sixty large trebuchets, more than artillery.

The large trebuchet moved very slowly, and it took two hours from the time it left the camp to move the general to the distance of the castle. It took nearly half an hour before it began to fire slowly.

When the coalition trebuchets were moving slowly, the defenders in the city focused on the large coalition trebuchets with artillery and trebuchets, but also because of the hit rate and the firing efficiency of the giant trebuchet, in more than two hours, only more than a dozen large coalition trebuchets were destroyed.

Now on the coalition side, there are still about fifty large trebuchets that can be launched normally.

Compared to the giant trebuchets on the Imperial side in the Guancheng, the hit rate of the Coalition Army's trebuchets is extremely low - the giant trebuchets on the Imperial side are permanently installed in the Guancheng. Since the day of installation, a large number of test firings and calculations have been carried out, and the firing parameters within the firing range have been determined. At this moment, there is a mage with super computing power to help calculate the trajectory, and the hit rate is naturally super high.

And the trebuchets of the coalition forces could not have pre-determined firing parameters. It is also impossible for a valuable mage to brave the fire and throw stones to help calculate the trajectory in the field. The launch of the Coalition Trebuchet relied on the experience of the trebuchet unit. This hit rate is naturally a bit sad.

The fifty or so trebuchets just fired a salvo, and only a few stone projectiles crossed the city and entered the city. The rest of the stone bullets either hit the city wall and shattered, or they simply didn't even reach the city wall, and fell directly outside the city.

None of the stone bullets that entered the city hit the intended target, and no casualties were caused to the Imperial side.

However, with the continuous firing of the allied army's trebuchets and the continuous correction of the trajectory, the hit rate will inevitably gradually increase. By that time, a salvo of fire, maybe dozens of stone bullets fell into the city.

And dozens of stone bullets the size of a grinding disc come in, and the probability of hitting is very high. If it is not necessary, it will destroy some important materials and equipment, and cause casualties. Even if the coalition forces drop bombs and fire cans, the threat is even greater. Although it is not enough to defeat the Imperial defenders in Guancheng with trebuchets alone, it can also cause a lot of damage and casualties to the Imperial defenders.

It's unrealistic to want to intercept so many stone projectiles. With the strength of the little dragon girl, a stone bullet the size of a grinding disc like that can stop at most one at a time. And there are not many people as strong as her. There were only a few high-ranking officers in the mixed regiment.

The few high-ranking officers, even if they all participated in the interception of stone shells, could only stop a few at a time, and that would be completely meaningless.

The most fundamental way to remove the trebuchet threat is undoubtedly to destroy the trebuchet directly.

But with artillery and trebuchets alone, it might be possible to destroy those fifty or so large trebuchets for a whole day. In a short period of time, there is no need to count on it.

In fact, in the history of warfare throughout the ages, in all siege battles, regardless of whether the defending side has sophisticated long-range equipment, the best way to destroy the siege equipment of the siege party is always to send a powerful force out of the city to counterattack and burn the enemy's siege equipment.

Unless there is a high-precision ultra-long-range artillery like after the Second Industrial Revolution on Earth, it is not easy to destroy the enemy's siege equipment with weapons with low hit rate and low rate of fire such as trebuchets and breech guns.

Of course, Earth 2 has extraordinary powers, and in addition to sending troops out of the city to assault, there are also many ways to pose a threat to the enemy's siege equipment.

But where there is a spear, there must be a shield. The defenders have the supernatural power to destroy the besieging team's equipment from a distance, and the besieging side also has the means to intercept the defenders' supernatural strength.

Just like ten minutes ago, the five giant trebuchets in the Guancheng fired a salvo, projecting a large stone projectile with a diameter of one meter made by Su Su, and two of them were stone bullets, which could obviously accurately hit the two trebuchets - the giant trebuchet in the Guancheng was itself a low-level spiritual weapon-level heavy weapon, and the stone bullet was also made by Su Su with a plastic stone spiritual weapon, and there was a mage to help calculate the trajectory, of course, it can also be regarded as extraordinary strength.

In a world without extraordinary power, how can there be a trebuchet that can project a large stone projectile with a diameter of one meter? Even if there is such a trebuchet, how can it be so accurate? Hit two out of five?

However, the two large stone projectiles, which were obviously capable of hitting two large trebuchets, were intercepted just as they were about to hit.

At that time, two dazzling golden beams of light suddenly flew out from the central camp of the Holy Light Alliance, and lightningly traveled a distance of nearly four kilometers and shot the two stone bullets. The two big stone bullets hit the two golden beams of light, and they burst in the air and exploded into stone dust.

According to the little dragon girl, those two golden beams of light were the unique magic of the Holy Samurai of the Radiant Holy Sect, the Radiant Thorn.

This magic is extremely powerful, even if it is an ordinary gold-level powerhouse, if it is really hit, a life will be gone.

However, although the Radiant Thorn was fast and had a long range, because the movement was too loud when it was attacked, the dazzling golden beam could be seen by even the blind. It can only shoot directly, can't turn around, and can't track the target, and if it is used to deal with the strong, the effect is not ideal.

Not to mention gold-level powerhouses, even if they are silver-level, as long as the agility attribute does not have too many shortcomings, they can generally flash over.

Therefore, the spell of the Thorn of Radiance is very powerful, but it is useless to miss it.

This magic is actually only suitable for attacking fortifications. Use it to fight sturdy stationary targets, or to take on monsters that are particularly large. If you want to fight a strong human being, it is unless the strong person is limited in its range of activities, or is being besieged.

But the paladins have their own principles. The Holy Warrior of the Lord of Radiance is even more principled. Don't sneak attack, don't use poison, don't kill enemies who have lost their ability to resist...... And so on, these are the principles that the holy warriors of the Lord of Light must adhere to.

Even when the enemy is in distress, the Holy Warriors of the Lord of Light are obligated to lend a helping hand if they encounter them.

Therefore, it is almost impossible for the Holy Warriors to carry out a sneak attack. It is the holy warrior of the Lord of Radiance, who has repeatedly become the farmer in the story of "The Farmer and the Serpent".

Unless the target is a devil, a demon, or someone who is more hostile to the good gods than these two - such as Su Su, the two groups of otherworldly powerhouses who hunt her down have the existence of holy warriors. And if there is a chance, the holy warrior will not care about a sneak attack on Su Su at all.

No way, who made Su Su a more terrible enemy than the devil and demons in the eyes of the Alliance of Gods? To deal with her, the good gods can form an alliance with the evil gods, and the paladins can temporarily join forces with the necromancer.

In the plane of knowing Su Su's terrifying reputation, jointly dealing with the Demon King of Destruction is the righteousness that overwhelms the qiē and overrides the contradictions of the Yi qiē camp.

On Earth Two, to be fair, the Lord of Radiance is very good in terms of doctrine and philosophy. The clergy such as the holy warriors, priests, and battle priests under his command are also worthy of people's respect for their personal conduct and integrity.

The Radiant Holy Religion can develop from a small sect originating from the people at the bottom, in the Western world, where the aristocratic tradition is deeply rooted, to today's status, unifying the Western faith community, sweeping away all the gods, and even the king must be crowned by the Pope before it can be considered legitimate.

In the Radiant Holy Sect, of course, there is also the phenomenon of zài corruption/corruption, and there are also people with despicable conduct. However, such corrupt and despicable elements are generally concentrated in the administrative staff. There are few paladins, priests, and battle priests—who lose their charisma if they do something contrary to the path of radiance. And without the charism, the paladins, priests, and battle priests would be useless.

As for the executives, the requirements are less stringent. Although the Lord of Radiance is a stern god, he is also flexible. The Lord of Radiance, who ascended from mortals to God step by step, still has a relatively good understanding of human nature.

In addition, due to their secular nature, the requirements of the Guardian Knights are not as strict as those of the Holy Warriors, Priests, and Battle Priests.

Strictly speaking, except for the Blood Angel Knights of the Holy War Blood Angel Knights, the knights of the other nine major cathar knights are actually just secular people who believe in the Lord of Radiance, and all of them have noble status. After a certain number of years of service, you can also choose to retire. Not a lifelong career like a paladin, a priest, or a priest.

And counting on how noble, kind, and benevolent the aristocracy is, just as expecting the capitalists to have a conscience, is all a dream.

Of course, no matter how noble the ideas of the Lord of Light may be, no matter how noble the clergy of his Church may be, his lofty ideals of trying to unify the faith of the world in order to achieve world peace are not destined to be accepted by all.

In particular, the forcible promotion of faith in the form of aggression will provoke fierce resistance from many people.

An ancient civilization like the Eastern Empire, which has its own long-standing cultural tradition and pursues ancestor worship, is even more unlikely to accept the Glorious Holy Religion.

Therefore, no matter how principled and noble the holy warriors are, they must participate in this war of aggression. And like the executioner, wash the sword in blood on the battlefield. At most, the most, the principle of its fighting, can be respected.

……

When the little dragon girl and others in the city were worried about how to deal with the trebuchet, under the city wall, in the forward base of the Holy Light Alliance, which was cleverly built with a shield car, Laprov was also using his brains, thinking about how to find a way to attack the city.

He didn't expect to take the city in one fell swoop, but only hoped to establish a firm foothold at the head of the city before the big man arrived. If he succeeds, he will be able to show his face in front of the big man. Therefore, it is not impossible to be valued by big shots, and it is not impossible to rise to the top.

By this time, the forward base was larger than it had been when it was first built.

The four wooden walls, which were spliced together by hundreds of shield carts, had been filled with earth and stone, forming four thick earth walls.

The top of the wall has also been gradually heightened by the materials brought in by Guò, and now the front wall is more than three meters high.

Even the long-range firepower of the Imperial Army on the Seki Castle is still constantly striking at the forward base. Even at a distance of more than 200 meters, it is within the coverage of all long-range firepower on the gate, lead bullets, bows, crossbows, and shotguns...... and other long-range firepower, like a raging storm, continued to pour down towards the forward base, and the coalition personnel in the forward base still suffered few casualties.

Protected by a heightened and thickened wall, even if the Holy Light Alliance Army walked upright behind the first wall, as long as they were careful not to stay too far away from the wall, they would not be hit by direct fire from muskets, bed crossbows, artillery, etc. As for the bow and arrow that can be slinged, the hit rate is enough to hang, and it can only be blamed on bad luck if it is really shot.

Behind the four walls, deep trenches have been dug respectively. People in the trenches, there is the double protection of the trench and the wall, so they will be killed, that is basically really deserved.

There were communication trenches between the four trenches, which would be joined to each other. Inside the trench, a large number of hiding holes were also dug. At present, in addition to the thousands of troops of the forward corps, more than 5,000 troops have been stationed in the entire forward base.

In addition to the soldiers, the number of soldiers stationed in the forward base has approached 8,000.

There were 8,000 soldiers, and in Laprov's opinion, the troops were already strong enough to fight a good fight.

At this time, his own trebuchets also began to speak, and a few stone shells were even thrown into the fortress, and the Imperial army, which had been under the protection of the city walls and was safe and sound, also began to be under real threat at this time, and Laprov felt that the time was almost up.

In a cave, he gathered his officers. Let a group of officers organize musketeers and crossbowmen to prepare for a confrontation with the Imperial army in the city. He also ordered a group of officers to gather their forces and prepare to rush forward one time to test the true combat strength of the imperial army in the city.

Long-range strikes of artillery, crossbows, and muskets like this one don't say anything at all. The true combat power of the Imperial Army has not really been shown until now.

After Laprov gave the order, an officer made an opinion: "But Your Excellency, the city trucks, arrow towers and other heavy siege equipment have not yet been delivered. We only have rudimentary ladders. ”

"Ladders are rudimentary, but they're light."

"Actually, I don't think that heavy equipment such as turrets and climbing vehicles will have a chance to reach the distance where they can exert their power," Laprov said. They were so cumbersome that they were already moving slowly on flat ground, not to mention the long hillside beneath the castle? The Imperial Army will not give the heavy equipment a chance to move under the walls.

"Look at the firepower of the Imperial Army, the shells are like rain. And those frighteningly large stone bullets. Now those siege engines are far away, and they can still be safe. But once you advance down the hillside, you will inevitably be destroyed by fire. So the only thing that can play a role is the lightweight ladder. ”

"Well, you're right, General." The officer, who gave the advice, admitted that Laprov had made more sense, and said no more, and went down to prepare the siege troops as he had commanded.

It didn't take long for the 2,000 crossbowmen and 1,000 musketeers in the vanguard legion to open fire on the Imperial army at the head of the city under the cover of the four walls. There are even hundreds of small cannons, erected on the wall, firing small cannonballs at the head of the city.

For a while, the sky above the advance base of the Holy Light Alliance Army was filled with gunsmoke, and raindrops of lead, locust-like crossbows, and arrows roared towards the city.