Chapter 365: The Battle of Mihe City (2-in-1)
The fighting style of the defenders of Mihe City can be described as tenacious. Under the leadership of the officers www.biquge.info no matter how fierce the battle at the head of the city was, no matter how suppressed it was, the soldiers still rushed to the combat post one after another.
The crew members of the battery were wiped out by the siege artillery over and over again, and wave after wave of soldiers rushed up to take over the artillery and continue the battle until all the batteries were destroyed; The same is true for the archers, even if they suffer heavy losses in the battle with the elves, when the soldiers lined up on the walls, the formation is still so complete. Soldiers were constantly killed by arrows, or even fell from the head of the city and fell into meatloaf, but for every loss of a person on the firing line, a new soldier was immediately added to the front.
But that still didn't stop Dane's legions from approaching the walls.
As He Katim thought in his heart, he really didn't know how else he could fight this battle.
It stands to reason that he has already prepared to guard against it. The walls were reinforced, the soldiers practiced the tactics of defending the city, the archers were well prepared with arrows, and artillery was mobilized as much as possible from the rear to install forts. When he knew that Dane was marching into the army, he also specially mobilized the morale of the soldiers in the city, encouraging all the soldiers to be mentally prepared to defend the city.
It stands to reason that all the preparations before the war have been done almost to the best. At least, he didn't know what more he could do.
He had never hoped that he would be able to defeat Dane in Mihe City, even if the two sides were actually about the same in strength, or even more advantageous. But in some of the past battles, he was impressed by Dane's impressive record and the well-trained and terrifyingly strong forces under his command. But he felt that even if he couldn't defeat Dane in Mihe City, with his attitude of completely defending himself, not leaving the slightest flaw in Dane's arrangement, and completely shrinking his defense, how could he block it for a while, right?
But looking at the current posture, if the previous artillery bombardment is not counted, it seems that Dane has launched a full-scale siege for the first time, and he seems to be unable to defend the city gate and city wall?
It's scary!
There was a moment of distraction, and it was during this time that Dane's army had advanced under the city.
The first to go into battle were several rows of siege ladders.
These so-called siege ladders are not simply an extended version of the ladder. To siege a city with that kind of thing is to murder the lives of soldiers. Perhaps, if the cannon fodder troops are pulled, Dane may have people carry long ladders to go up, but his elite troops will not be so hasty.
These siege ladders, in fact, are still relatively sophisticated. Underneath the ladder is a square platform with wheels and stakes. The four wheels made it easier for the soldiers to carry the ladder forward, and the stakes were nailed to the ground by the soldiers with hammers after approaching the city wall, so as not to be knocked down by the enemy with a long hook or something while the soldiers climbed on the ladder.
At the same time, the ladder itself is quite a sturdy structure. When the ladder is raised and carried next to the city wall, it is more like a combination of ladder and staircase, and the soldiers who cling to it, if they really don't have to hold it with their hands, it is not impossible, although it will be a little unstable, but at least their hands can be freed.
At this moment, the soldiers besieging the city are doing just that.
On several ladders, the warriors who walked in the front were all white wolf guards. These heavily armoured soldiers, although slow to move and not climb quickly on ladders, were well-armed and had heavy shields on their heads, which allowed them to withstand many blows from above the walls. And the White Wolf Guards were followed by a handful of pure swordsmen, warriors who carried their swords upside down in one hand and held on ladders with the other, and if they rushed to the top of the city, it would be a terrible nightmare for the enemy.
It's just that this wave of offensive was still defended in the end.
The troops defending the city were well prepared, and when only a few ladders were the first to be mounted on the walls, rolling stones and sassal logs were thrown down, causing the soldiers who stormed the walls to suffer considerable casualties. I rushed several times, but I didn't rush to the head of the city.
However, when more ladders entered the attack position, and even the siege towers behind them had rushed up, the situation changed.
The morale of Dane's legion was high, and even if there were certain setbacks, they did not stop attacking. The soldiers who kept rushing up continued to attack along the ladder. And when the number of ladders attached to the city wall increases, it is not easy to maintain the pressure on each ladder.
Finally, a few soldiers rushed to the city walls!
The defensive measures of the defenders of Mihe City are still quite in place. They have long had such psychological expectations. When Dane's soldiers rushed up the wall, they were immediately surrounded by several soldiers. In a desperate fight, Dane's warriors, who rushed to the city, were killed on the spot.
But that's still a drop in the bucket.
Gaps were constantly being made in the walls, and soldiers were pouring into the city. The rangers in the siege towers in the rear also aimed their arrows at the enemy who were hindering their soldiers from entering the city.
On the city wall, there was a very tragic battle. The pressure on the defenders increased, and their resistance became more and more stubborn.
However, everything is only the beginning, and the climax of the attack comes from the entry of the other two big killers!
The three crashing cars had already reached the city gate, and the majestic warriors, swinging their battering rams, began to smash into the city gate with great force. And because the battle on the city wall was too fierce, it was difficult for the defenders of Mihe City to draw too much strength to deal with these crashing cars in a moment.
In addition, the three siege towers that did not carry the ranger archers and only rushed forward with empty loads also arrived under the city walls!
Beneath these three siege towers, there are quite a few soldiers on standby. As the siege tower approached the walls, they entered the tower and began to climb upward.
A moment later, the gates at the upper end of the siege towers, which were connected to the part of the city wall, were opened. The wooden hanging door was lowered and placed right on top of the wall, and a large number of soldiers rushed out of the tower and slaughtered the enemy.
This kind of climbing the city is safer than a ladder, and the troops are more abundant!
The defenders of Mihe City are starting to come under tremendous pressure!
Grekatim, who was still quite conscious, sent a large number of soldiers to guard the position of the siege tower. At the location of the three siege towers, a large number of soldiers were crowded on the narrow city head, and the weapons were almost unwielded, and the most primitive blood and courage filled the city, and the war entered the most tragic state.
It was still Dane's troops who had the upper hand.
His soldiers, in terms of the quality of the soldiers, are stunned to be a lot stronger than the other party! Moreover, the white wolf guards who rushed forward, the heavy armor was the most difficult thing for the enemy to deal with in hand-to-hand combat.
The siege tower, which was closest to the city walls, was the first to win after a hard battle! They managed to rush up almost half a squadron of fighters, and at the cost of some casualties, completely occupied a small section of the wall. Then, a large number of soldiers began to pour upwards from the siege tower, and one by one sword dancers in light armor climbed the wall, brandished their twin swords, and began to slash towards the other two sections of the wall.
In addition, several siege towers, which were constantly firing arrows in the rear, were once again divided into three and began to advance. Originally, the ranger troops on it all went down, just to make way for the melee troops, so that they could use the tower as a big killing weapon to further invest more troops on the city wall.
And these rangers, who left their shooting posts, did not stop attacking. Although they lost their advantageous firing position, their superb marksmanship was still able to suppress the enemy at the head of the city to a large extent. At the same time, the crossbowmen who followed the rangers, although they were inferior in range and accuracy, but after the enemy's ability to suppress the besieging side was greatly reduced, they could also get close to the city, raise their repeaters, and pour crossbow arrows towards the city at a fairly fast rate.
The walls of Mihe City are already in danger!
In this battle, Dane didn't take any strange tricks at all. The army pressed in, completed the manufacture of siege equipment, and then exerted crazy pressure on the city head with superior firepower, superior long-range shooting ability, and superior troop quality. And under such a strong attack, Mihe City, which has a similar strength to the besieging party, has a faint meaning of not being able to hold on in the first full-scale attack of Dane.
This sign of perseverance is quite obvious in the eyes of the overseer of the war.
He's a warlock, yes, but he's not the kind of spellcaster who spends his days in the lab and is obsessed with research. On the contrary, he is a warmancer who has grown up in the flames of war!
This is the time to make a decision!
He beckoned to his side with a grim face, and under the protection of the two squads of Dark Spirit Warriors, the warmancer stepped into the battlefield!
Under the swing of the staff, a large area of the city was shrouded in dark dark power, which was obviously a precursor to the release of high-level spells!
Two minutes later, a huge black shadow fell from the sky! It was a black and purple cloud!
This strange cloud was just above the most fruitful siege tower. A moment later, a large amount of liquid spilled down from the black-purple cloud like a splash. These same dark liquids, after being stained with the human body, will produce a very terrifying corrosive effect like the most violent sulfuric acid. This kind of corrosion, let alone the flesh, even steel can't hold on!
A large number of Dain's soldiers who climbed to the top of the city screamed and died under the power of the spell, and some of the defenders who fought with them in close quarters did not avoid being killed by the Shadow Corrosion spell.
But these soldiers weren't really the most important target for Hekatim, he was targeting the siege tower!
Of course, the wooden siege towers could not last long under high-level spells that could be corroded by steel. Under the eyes of everyone on the entire battlefield, a wooden tower more than ten meters high was melted into slag in the next ten minutes.
Everyone saw it, including Dane, of course.
For the destruction of one of his siege towers and the complete reimbursement of the soldiers of almost a squadron outside, he was distressed in his heart, but also a little happy: "I finally caught you!" ”
Dane's intelligence system is not bad, of course he knows who the defender of Mihe City is! As a fourteenth-level warmancer, he must be the one that Dane needs to deal with the most when conquering this city. Not to mention his status as the supreme general of the defenders of Mihe City, just to say that he can play a role in a war as a high-level spellcaster, which Dane must not ignore.
Dane had experienced first-hand the power of magic in warfare, and he could not have been unguarded against it.
"We're on!" He whispered to Joel next to him.
"Okay." High Mage Joel nodded, wielding his staff. A moment later, an arbitrary door opened in front of the two of them.
Any Door is a high-level spell that opens a small portal linking two locations at a medium distance. It's just that Joel has been preparing for a long time, and this arbitrary door that is released is an enhanced version!
This arbitrary door is obviously two sizes larger than the ordinary arbitrary door!
Dane was the first to step in, then Joel followed, and then two teams of elves in gorgeous silver armor also walked in with swords.
This team, as well as Dane himself, is the force he is prepared to use to complete the decapitation tactic!
At the head of the city, as a high-level spellcaster, it was impossible for him not to feel the fluctuations of any door, especially this arbitrary door, which was only fifteen meters away from him.
The fourteenth-level Grand Karcist, of course, has the ability to counter any door. If it was normal, the moment this door opened, he would be able to use the annihilation spell to close the door directly. It's just that he has just completed a powerful war spell, guided for more than ten minutes, killed more than a squadron of soldiers, and also destroyed a siege tower, he still feels a little strained at the moment, and the return of magic in his body is somewhat affected.
Not to mention, the griffons in the sky who were originally fighting with the Batriders suddenly swooped down violently at this moment!
At this moment, He Katim felt a very strong killing intent!
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The two-in-one chapter has been updated today. This month, I won't stop changing! (To be continued.) )