Chapter 64: The Siege Begins
Aldolph's epic city wall, which Zhang Hao exchanged from the system building, is different from the city wall of other main cities, as a special building that can only be built in the capital, he is much wider than other high-level city walls, so in addition to the turret, even the city wall can place all kinds of artillery, the two full infantry are a little scattered on the city wall, in the case of ordinary city defense, the lowest-level parabolic mortar and hell storm are the most effective, other artillery can only block the city gate or be arranged in the city, but if it is arranged in the city, various buildings make the power of the cannon greatly reduced, and it is extremely easy to accidentally damage.
After a few days of early warning, the people of the small villages outside the city were brought into the city one after another, and at this moment there was not a single imperial civilian outside the city except for 20,000 enemy troops in the artillery range, and the enemy's hundreds of siege towers were neatly arranged at the front of the military array, and the dense army was lined up behind it, just waiting for an order to be ready to play for their lives.
At this moment, the defenders on the city wall seemed calm and calm, the various artillery beside them was the source of their self-confidence, even in the face of several times the enemy army, they were fearless, the teachings of Sigma echoed in their minds, and the glory of the empire rippled in their hearts. They have their own beliefs when they take off their uniforms, they are full of hope in the face of the future, and they are the most powerful force in the empire when they take up arms.
When the horn sounded outside the city like a wolf's howl, the enemy began to attack, under the cover of the huge siege tower, they marched slowly with neat steps, the enemy's large number of mortar troops are now the only thing that everyone in the city is worried about, ultra-long-range parabolic shooting, the lethality of the city defense troops is terrible, it seems that the enemy commander also knows that it is better to do effective damage if you want to break the city wall, after all, in terms of numbers, the city defense army is incomparable.
As the escort of His Majesty Karl, Aind stood on the city wall on behalf of Karl at this moment to supervise the battle, looking at the enemy who was slowly advancing towards Aldolph, Aind raised the special crossbow arrows that had been prepared long ago, and shot them out of the city, and a sharp crossbow with red smoke flew straight beyond the enemy army, but unfortunately, even the artillery could not reach the position, where could the crossbow arrows be shot, and then far away from the enemy army, it was inserted into the soft soil with red smoke.
Albrand and O'Doric looked at each other and laughed, "They're warning us!" Albrand explained aloud to the soldiers behind him, pointing to the smoking bolts. Warning with a crossbow bolt is a humiliation to you! If the army of 20,000 is frightened by this crossbow arrow, whether you live or die, you will be laughed at for the rest of your life, Master Boris once told me, wolves eat meat! Dogs eat! , we have made no secret of it along the way, but they will only hide behind the walls like women, how can such an army protect the country? How can you protect your family? I know a lot of people didn't come voluntarily, but think about it, guys, where was the Empire when you were fighting the Norscans? Where is the empire when it comes to fighting trolls? Except for endless exploitation, they will only sit back and enjoy the consequences, we are only separated from the Arctic badlands by a sea, but it has always been the barbarians who have come to plunder us, when have you ever heard of the remote badlands of the imperial army? The Roald family has been lost in power and money, and uses lies to confuse sentient beings, I don't know what kind of god Sigma is, and I have never heard of it, and we are here today to tell them that there is still a group of sober people in this world, and a group of people who are dying and struggling to survive! Capture Aldolph! Replace the Roald family! Let yourselves be your own masters and not passively accepted marionettes, for the sake of freedom! Albrand's words easily won everyone's agreement, there is always a reason for war, even bad weather can be the cause of a big war, both sides uphold their own beliefs, as mentioned before, no matter where, if you want to make those who adhere to their ideas give up, then there is only conquest, since this is the case, then there is nothing to say, war!
After both sides entered their respective artillery ranges, the battle kicked off with the deafening sound of artillery, the artillery on the city wall took the lead in the attack because it occupied the high point, and the target was hundreds of siege towers that "struggled forward", and Aldolph's city wall could not use so many siege towers in the long night, so at least more than half were used to cover up, not only to protect the soldiers, but also to protect the forty mortars hiding behind.
Soon the enemy's artillery began to counterattack, forty mortar cannons were lucky to be intact under the cover of the battered siege towers, with parabolic shells with strange noises, the entire city wall blossomed, a mortar cannon not only fired one shell at a time, it can be said that he was a low-level version of the hellstorm cannon, but the low-precision cannonballs completely used the number to make up for its lack of artillery on the city walls and in the city. The siege towers are very large, very heavy, very strong, but also very slow, so hundreds of siege towers are like moving city walls, approaching little by little, if one shot can blow up these siege towers, then they have no meaning to exist, even if there are ten groups of giant cannons on the city wall now in addition to the turrets, but there is no way to stop them from advancing, to hit the siege towers, then one less cannon to deal with the enemy's mortars, go to the mortars, the number is not enough and can not destroy the siege towers at one time, I have to say that this sudden nausea made the artillerymen on the city wall want to vomit, if it wasn't for the distance, the flame mage would have burned them all with a fire.
The enemy continued to advance, and as the enemy walked past the crossbow bolt fired by Aind, the city's artillery and the ranged troops on the city walls began to desperately output, because to cross the towering walls, mortars and hellstorm cannons had to be deployed into the city, so it was impossible to attack in the first place. With their addition, the loss of the enemy's siege tower increased instantly, because they all used explosive shells, especially Hell Storm, which fired more than a dozen rounds at a time at a very fast speed, causing tons of damage to the siege tower and the infantry behind, unlike mortars, which had to fly in the air for a while to arrive, but fortunately, there were enough enemies, and as long as the mortars were fired in the right direction, it would definitely be rewarding.
As time went on, the Empire gained the upper hand with its excellent marksmen and high-quality artillery, not only because of the high-quality artillery, but also thanks to the blessings of the various Emerald Mages on the edge of the city, and their powerful life spells, healing the wounded while casting magic shields on the soldiers and artillery defending the walls.