Chapter 200: Bloody Battle
Under the river fortress.
The half-werewolf soldiers were divided into six echelons, three echelons were the forwards, each with about five hundred people, two detachments pressed in the rear, the number was about six hundred, and the number of the Chinese army was the largest, about eight hundred, and the army was neat and formidable.
Two nearly five meters high, sturdy monsters stand on the left and right of the Chinese army, one is like a tailless triceratops, there is a horn on the nose, a horn on each eye, the three collision horns are silver-white, it looks extremely strong, the body is thick and strong, like a hill. The other giant lizard seemed to stand upright, covered with scales, thick limbs, and the tip of its tail did not shrink gradually, but condensed into a spike-like lump of flesh, and its mouth was open, revealing two rows of sharp teeth, and the smell of fish blew down the cold wind, making people feel sick.
Salvatore was dressed in battle armor and stood at the head of the city, and the six arrays of swords and armor under the city were bright and orderly. The half-werewolf wearing heavy leather armor stood in front, his hands were empty, his blades were all in his mouth, the archers were hidden in the array, and in the back row was a group of half-werewolves holding various weapons.
The wide area under the city was packed, and the half-werewolf's scarlet eyes overflowed with fanatical intent, and the atmosphere was so gloomy that it was breathless.
Salvatore's face was full of heaviness, he didn't expect that the military strength of the half-werewolves would be so strong!
Felix's eyes widened, his Adam's apple agitated, as if he couldn't believe that all this could be true, his hand on the wall pier was trembling slightly, and his eyes were full of fear!
Woo –
A strange and muffled horn sounded, and the assault began!
The two demon beasts walked out of the formation, and the three vanguards of the half-werewolves also started at the same time, the speed went from slow to fast, but after a few breaths, it merged into a purple-gray torrent, and with an unstoppable momentum, it was covered by the tall walls of the fortress.
The distance was rapidly shortened, and more than a thousand half-werewolf warriors were jumping forward quickly, and many half-werewolves had already jumped on the backs of the two demon beasts, squatting down, and ready to jump onto the city wall casually.
The half-wolf approached four hundred meters, and Tony's greatsword was raised, roaring and ordering: "Release the arrow!" ”
The bowstring at the head of the city sounded, and nearly two hundred longbowmen decisively shot the sharp arrows in their hands, and two waves of arrow rain attacked the two demon beasts coming from the left and right respectively, with the acceleration of the fall, the power of the arrows was slightly strengthened, and a lot of blood flowers were brought out on the two demon beasts, and dozens of half-werewolves fell down, and soon drowned in the rolling beast tide.
The tailless triceratops had no scale armor, and the rain of arrows had a great impact on it, and it roared in pain, increasing its speed to the fastest, and when the second wave of arrow rain on the city wall hit, it had already run to a distance of three hundred meters.
"Quick, concentrate your fire, don't let these two monsters crash into the city walls!" Tony's anxious roar rang out again.
The half-werewolf vanguard rushed three hundred meters, and their archers began to fire back, black arrows flying up the city, causing one after another to scream in the gaps between the walls.
The charging distance of four hundred meters seems to be a long time, but in fact, the half-werewolf can rush through in only twelve or thirteen seconds, during this time, each longbowman on the fortress side can only shoot six to seven arrows at most, most of these arrows fly towards the two demon beasts, the giant lizard is covered with scales and armor, and the damage received is very small, while the tailless triceratops is already full of arrows, dense, as if covered with barbs.
The half-werewolves hanging on the two demon beasts had already fallen nearly halfway, but immediately more half-werewolves jumped up, and in the face of the dense rain of arrows, they were not afraid at all, nor did they stop for half a minute, and there was only a desire for blood and killing in their eyes.
Bang –
With a deafening bang, the tailless triceratops finally completed its charge and crashed into the city wall first, and the human soldiers at the head of the city immediately felt the mountain shake, and their hands tightly grasped the wall pier to stabilize their bodies.
And before that, nearly a hundred and a half werewolves on the tailless triceratops jumped up one after another, jumping four or five meters high, some fell directly in the middle of a group of sword and shield soldiers, some were split in the air by the soldiers who reacted quickly, and some hung on the head of the wall pier, and the claws were nailed into the wall, and then turned over, you can go up to the city.
Fierce hand-to-hand combat begins.
"Left, block left!"
"Quick, get them down!"
"Don't rub it, throw all the stones at me!"
Salvatore was roaring loudly, and in the face of the half-werewolves who kept climbing the city wall, the three thousand human defenders seemed pitiful, but under the orderly command of him and Tony, these three thousand soldiers held the city wall to the death, and often the half-werewolves had just established themselves on the top of the city, and they were swarmed by several red-eyed sword and shield soldiers, and they were hacked to death.
Under the city wall, a tall half-werewolf with a beast bone necklace held a long knife in his hand, raised his head slightly, his cold eyes swept over the tragic battlefield, and quickly found a suitable landing point, quickly jumped to the left of the city gate, the long knife was in his mouth, and his body jumped up violently through the back of the giant lizard.
Behind it, more than forty half-werewolf warriors followed.
The beast bone half-werewolf claws pierced into the wall, moving left and right to dodge, agile to avoid the heavy objects thrown by the city, quickly climbed up, several sword and shield soldiers found that something was wrong, the heavy objects all greeted it, it was hit by a boulder in the shoulder, the huge impact made its body tremble, but the claws were still fixed in the wall, there was blood flowing out of the neck, it grinned and roared, the ferocity was revealed, and the speed of climbing was accelerated.
Two seconds later, it stretched out its large hand and flipped the head of the city up, the sword flashing, blood spilling wildly, and several human soldiers were split in two.
The surrounding sword and shield soldiers saw it and rushed up.
The beast bone half-werewolf danced the long knife impenetrable, strictly guarded it, and held the source of the upper city behind him.
The human defenders couldn't do anything for a while, but after all, there were many people, and the beast bone half-wolf was covered with several wounds, and the pressure felt was getting bigger and bigger.
A half-werewolf warrior leaps onto the wall and assists the Bone Half-Werewolf in killing the enemy, and the Bone Half-Werewolf holds on, and as time goes on, one half-werewolf after another joins the fight.
Salvatore was keenly aware of the anomaly here, and without hesitation, he led hundreds of guards under his tent to kill him, and the pressure on the beast bone half-werewolf increased greatly, but he still swore to the death, and the two armies fought for this small territory, and the battle was already white-hot.
Salvatore was not good at fighting, so he could only command his subordinates to fight, and the beast bone half-werewolf became more and more courageous, and the long knife in his hand swung out like lightning, cutting the two sword and shield soldiers in front of him into four pieces, and the hot blood shot out.
"Ah......h
The beast bone half-werewolf howled loudly, like a bloodthirsty wolf, and his blood-covered face looked extremely hideous.
"Woo za, za za ho!"
The half-werewolf bared his teeth and roared, and the faces of the soldiers defending the city showed fear, and they did not dare to continue the attack.
"Soldiers, if we don't fight to the death today, we will all die here, for the sake of mankind, kill the enemy with me."
Salvatore roared angrily, and waved his blade to meet the beast bone half-werewolf, and the commander's lead immediately boosted morale, and the soldiers defending the city fought bravely to advance and retreat with their revered commander.
The battle situation here is stalemate, but there are already variables over there.
The defensive line on the right side of the wall began to collapse, and many of the wall piers were already occupied by the half-werewolves, and Tony was fighting with a fierce half-werewolf, and there was no time to think about it, and the officers took the initiative to stand up and direct the soldiers to continue to resist.
The battle for the head of the city was fierce, the corpses were increasing, the blood mixed with the pitch-black city walls, solidified into dark red ice, and the half-werewolves continued to climb the city, and the human defenders were already in danger.
At this moment, nearly a thousand human troops rushed up from under the city wall, these fresh forces that were full of strength were like tigers out of the forest, unstoppable, hundreds of half-werewolves who went up to the city wall after a bloody battle, they were already exhausted, and in the face of nearly a thousand soldiers who suddenly appeared, they could only retreat step by step, and soon retreated to the corner.
The morale of the human defenders was high, shouting neat slogans, like sharp knives breaking through bamboos, and the situation was reversed in an instant.
The beast bone half-werewolf with more than a dozen subordinates was still fighting hard, but because there were too many soldiers rushing out from the other side, it had gradually begun to be unable to resist.
On the hillside three kilometers in front of the fortress, Liu Zhi had already sneaked around with the expeditionary force, and after seeing this scene, his face showed surprise and appreciation, Salvatore is indeed a general, and he knows the truth of one drum, two and decline, and three and exhaustion, and he actually ambushed a strange soldier and caught the half-werewolf off guard.
However, the disadvantage can only be reversed for a short time, and the defeat still can't be changed, the half-werewolf has occupied most of the city wall, and the soldiers are constantly turning up, if the two demon beasts crash into the city wall, the half-werewolf's rear army is likely to be directly pressed, and the humans in the fortress will be slaughtered.
Yanagi knew that he couldn't wait any longer, and even if it wasn't the best fighter now, he would have to attack.
Raising his head at Long Zhenyi beside him, the latter understood, and gestured to the herald, and the high-pitched voice immediately sounded: "The whole army stands up!" ”
With a bang, more than a thousand soldiers brushed up, and a long silver line suddenly appeared on the hill.
"The leader has an order, the whole army advances, and annihilate the half-werewolves!"
The herald shouted again, and all the soldiers shouted three times in unison.
"Dragon!"
"Dragon!"
"Dragon!"
As soon as the shouts fell, the expeditionary force began to advance, the Yanlong battalion was in the center, the second battalion and the third battalion were separated on both sides, and the cavalry team scattered around the battlefield.
Beamon followed closely behind the Yanlong camp, Liu stood upright on its shoulder, the black bow had been erected, and beside him were Gu Xiaoying and Shu Yue, the former helping him hold the six-sided gun, and the latter holding four bags of quivers in his hands.
The half-werewolf army formation and the human defenders at the head of the city were all attracted by the abnormal movement here, the expeditionary force was like a silver torrent overflowing the hills, and the whole line began to trot, the beating armor leaves flashed countless dazzling points of light under the sunlight, and the officers' slogans soon reached the highest frequency, and the expeditionary force maintained a straight and complete front like a wall, rushing into the battlefield at a very fast speed.
The battlefield was silent for a moment, and then it was once again engaged in fierce fighting, and the half-werewolves responded in time, and the rear and the Chinese army turned in unison, and stood head-on with the approaching expeditionary force.
Seeing this scene, Salvatore was so excited that tears filled his eyes, if the Chinese army did not attack again, the fortress would be broken by the half-werewolves, and then thousands of ordinary people in the city would be reduced to fish on the anvil and meat under the knife, and could only be slaughtered by others.
He was no longer able to fight at this moment, his armor was stained with dark red blood, and there were as many as seven or eight wounds, although they were not fatal, but the excessive blood loss also made his face pale, although his body was on the verge of collapse, he still stood proudly at the head of the city, and loudly commanded the soldiers to continue fighting.
It will be the courage of the army, and the unyielding will of the commander infected the soldiers at the head of the city, and they regarded death as home, and in the face of waves of attacking half-werewolves, it seemed that they had forgotten their tiredness and pain, and only knew to crush and kill the enemies in front of them one by one.
The sounds of wailing, fighting, drumming, and trumpets all come together to create a maddening symphony of death.
The half-werewolf soldiers raised their weapons in the midst of the commander's howl, shouted the same loudly, and then turned into the vanguard and headed towards the expeditionary force, although they were extremely fast, but their steps were chaotic and loose, like a purple-gray wind sweeping in.
The two streams of people approached rapidly, and the archers in the half-werewolf formation began to shoot, stopping a few steps before running to shoot an arrow, with both accuracy and strength, and each shot four or five arrows in a moment.
The formation of the expeditionary force was not tight, it was divided into three rows, three meters between the front and rear, and two meters to the left and right, with excellent eyesight, it was not too difficult to dodge arrows, and even if it was shot, it was protected by armor and helmets, and the casualties were extremely small.
When the half-werewolf rain of arrows burst out, dozens of archers of the expeditionary force also buckled the bowstrings at the same time, and the hexagonal bows vibrated one after another, and dozens of arrows crossed a parabola in the air, falling down to the charging beasts, making a sound of hitting the leather armor, mixed with a terrible scream.
The arrows shuttled back and forth on the battle array, and people kept falling to the ground, and the hexagonal bow was far more powerful than the half-werewolf's longbow, although the half-werewolf shot many arrows, but it was basically ineffective against the armor of the expeditionary force, and it was suppressed quite embarrassed.
What's more, in the expeditionary force, there is also a proud figure holding a black bow, Liu Zhi has jumped off Beamon's shoulder and came to the front of the military formation, followed by six guards, every time he shoots an arrow, three or four half-werewolves will inevitably fall.
When they were two hundred meters apart, the expeditionary force stopped, and the formation began to shrink sharply, and one by one the six-sided crossbows were erected, and the arrows were aimed at the herd of beasts rushing forward.
One hundred and fifty meters, the half-werewolf who rushed to the front had already torn off the short spear behind his back and held it high on his shoulder, ready to throw it at any time. ”
As soon as the words fell, the sound of countless bowstrings vibrating sounded on the battle line of the expeditionary force, like a huge blade slashing, and the dense arrows violently "slashed" on the rushing beasts, and the half-werewolves at the front fell together, as if they were eliminated out of thin air.
The sound of the bowstring continued, and the short distance of one hundred and fifty meters paved a road to death, and the half-werewolves fell in waves and waves, they were not afraid, the Chinese army pressed decisively, and the commander shouted encouragement, and finally after the seventh wave of arrows was fired, the two torrents collided in one place.
With a loud bang, the flesh and blood scattered, shouting to kill the heavens, and the fierce hand-to-hand combat began instantly.
Liu Zhi had already tied the black bow to his back, held a six-sided gun in his hand, and rushed into the beast herd first, followed by six personal guards, and behind him were more than a hundred Yanlong Battalion soldiers.
The half-werewolf had already been killed or wounded in the process of charging under the blow of the salvo of crossbow arrows, and at this moment in the face of an expeditionary force of about the same number, it was simply unable to resist.
These humans were unlike anything they had ever seen before, well-trained, powerful, and swift in their reflexes, each one of which could rival their bravest and most ferocious warriors.
PS: Yesterday the second and third chapters, today I will strive for another four chapters.