Chapter 292: Black Clouds Crush the City

The remnants of the centaurs began to retreat, while Lufasi commanded the whole army to pursue in the rear.

To the northeast is the place where the centaurs arranged by Higg and Lufasi died. As soon as the remnants of the centaurs arrived, they found that it was a semi-enclosed valley, and the trees in the middle of the valley had been cut down bare. Except for the way in, the other three sides were extremely steep slopes, and although the centaurs could barely pass through, if the other side had ambushes on the hillside, they could be annihilated effortlessly with stones and bows and arrows. Since the other party has given way to break through for himself, he will inevitably set a trap here.

"Kill!" Of course, there are ambushes on the slopes of the hills on three sides, and they are the strongest attackers in the whole army - phantom shooters.

Five hundred phantom archers fired freely arrows in the empty valley, unhindered towards the centaur herd, and the dwarven warriors threw stones rumbling down the steep hillside, the desperate centaurs had to turn around and swoop out of the valley again.

It's easy to get in, but it's hard to get out. The centaurs rushing inward and the centaur armies rushing outward collided with each other, trampled on each other, and became a mess. The other five hundred phantom archers of Lufasi's dark disk were all ambushed on the big trees at the mouth of the valley earlier, and when the centaurs entered the valley and then retreated, almost all the big trees shot terrifying arrows, and these centaurs with no armor and very poor defense became lambs in the eyes of these five hundred phantom archers.

The pursuers led by Lu Fasi also rushed over and completely surrounded Taniguchi, and the phantom archers and crossbowmen shot arrows freely from the ground, and the battle became no suspense......

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No one cleaned the battlefield, no one counted how many enemies were annihilated, it was too dark, people were too tired, and there was no time.

Except for the death of more than 400 dwarf battle dwarves and more than 100 crossbowmen of Thomas, plus the death of more than 100 dwarf slaves and more than 300 pack horses of non-combatants, Lufasi had little to lose.

This was a perfect war of annihilation, and it was of great significance to the expeditionary force, which was shrouded in gloom and could not see the future.

But a battle basically consumes all the arrows that the shooters bring, although the crossbow bow is powerful, but the shooting accuracy is not high, and it consumes very arrows.

Lufasi ordered: "Three orders: First, all the wounded Thomas, all the wounded Thomas, make dry food, and distribute them to the whole army!" The food of all logistics troops is evenly distributed to everyone, all dwarf warriors, an additional jar of Baihua fairy wine per person, and an altar for two dwarven slaves!

Second, the commanders of all departments should quickly make statistics on their military exploits and pensions, and the blood money should be doubled, registered, and reported to the military department.

Third, rest in place, set off at noon tomorrow, and march quickly. From now on, no more tightening of military rations, until you are full! ”

The superiority of the whole army was thunderous, and it was a luxury for the officers and men who had been starving for more than ten days and marched rapidly for a long time.

"Lord Lufasi, the days are numbered?" Thomas said, "You divide all the materials like this, do you want my logistics army?" ”

"And what does the logistics army do?" Lu Faxi smiled, "Do you like to be a logistics commander?" The archers have no arrows left, how can they fight without distinguishing them? There are still a few tough battles ahead, if they don't have enough to eat, can they fight? ”

"There is no logistics army left?" Thomas said happily, "Great, I can finally return to the Chinese army!" ”

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Higg and Blue Fairy took the magician to heal the wounded warriors, but when they saw the corpses strewn and bleeding all over the ground, they vomited wildly, and even Jesse, who was helping by Blue Fairy's side, said with a pout: "Hmph, I also said that I am not the same kind of person as Charles, I think they are all the same!" ”

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Korqin was not a big city, there were no defenders, and seeing that Korincha's thousands of troops were besieging the city, they had to obediently hand over the city.

But Korincha knew very well that one hundred and twenty kilometers away from here was the city of Donauton, the base camp of the second army of the druids, and the beacon fire in the city of Korqin would make the city of Donuton react quickly, and after two days, the enemy's vanguard could reach the city of Korqin, and the order given by Higg to Korincha was to hold on for four days, but in fact, it was enough to hold it for two days.

The cities in the forest country and the druids are very different from Erathia, most of them build cities according to the terrain, do not destroy natural elements such as mountains, rivers, and even trees, although they also have walls, but they are not very high, and the outside of the walls are planted with low thorny vegetation, making maximum use of the power of nature to create obstacles. The north side of Horqin City is close to the mountain, and there are only three city walls on the east, west and south sides, most of which are only four meters high, but there are not many places suitable for erecting ladders to climb. It is also impossible for the enemy to sneak up the cliff from the north, and only a few sentries can be arranged there.

Corincha had no baggage and no heavy weapons, and his only advantage was the ultra-long range of more than 100 meters of the two thousand Phantom Marksmen, which, combined with his condescendingness, was almost equal to that of a ballista, but much more accurate than a ballista.

Corinth immediately sent his own dwarven craftsmen into the workshop, along with the dwarven craftsmen he had recruited, to make arrows in large quantities. At the same time, the gold coins deposited in the dwarven treasury were taken out and a large amount of grain was purchased.

The enemy's movements were swift, and on the evening of the third day, the vanguard of 10,000 men was the first to reach the outside of the city, and before dark, quickly launched a short siege of the city, intending to test the deployment of the city's forces.

The experienced Corincha also fought back only symbolically in the city. The enemy is testing themselves, and they are testing the enemy, but no one will really show their cards. After dropping dozens of corpses, they began to set up camp outside the city.

After a night, early in the morning, the dwarves of the enemy army outside the city began to cut down the giant trees around them to make siege engines, and the main forces of the enemy army arrived one after another. Outside the city, there was an army of 50,000 or 60,000 people, surrounding the entire Horqin City.

A tense atmosphere of black clouds crushing the city and wanting to destroy it, and the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, covering the entire Horqin City.

The enemy seemed to have understood the disposition of the forces in the city, and after a short rest, he began to launch the first round of attacks on the city gates before his baggage was fully armoured. The disparity in strength made the enemy rampant, and in their opinion, even if it was a wheel war, it would drag the enemy down.

With the deadwood warriors as the main force of the siege, the battle dwarves formed a shield phalanx, protected the elven archers in the middle, cut down the thorn bushes with axes, and slowly advanced forward in the open way.

The Deadwood Warriors, on the other hand, treat the thorns as if they were nothing, and rely on winding to remove them.

The enemy's elven archers attacked from the back, and the effective range would not reach sixty meters, and Corincha certainly would not let the elven archers under the protection of these dwarven warrior phalanxes pose a threat to himself, and when the enemy advanced to a position of sixty meters, he ordered the phantom archers to start a counterattack.

A distance of sixty or seventy meters is the best shooting distance for a phantom shooter, and the accuracy of shooting and the power of the arrow are a perfect combination at this distance.

The Phantom Shooter's target is the Deadwood Warriors, but the Dwarven Phalanx. The Deadwood Warrior's super defense, even if it is a phantom shooter, it takes three or four arrows to shoot it completely to kill, and in the case of such a tense arrow, there is no need for Corincha to do so for the time being.

The first row of dwarven phalanxes walking behind the Deadwood Warriors raised their wooden shields to block the rain of arrows falling from the sky, but the pace under their feet did not stop, and continued to advance in unison.

The wooden shield of the dwarven warrior was actually pierced by an arrow and pierced into his body armor, but it was blocked by the armor and lost power. But the impact was so strong that all the dwarves who were shot fell to the ground. Not all dwarven warriors are so lucky, and dwarves who are shot in arms, heads and faces without armor protection are either killed or wounded.

There were so many enemies that the dwarven phalanx did not stop moving, and those who fell and were not injured immediately got up, and those who were wounded or killed were immediately filled by the dwarves in the rear and drove more cautiously towards the city wall.

The Phantom Archer's first round of shots was just to test the lethality of his arrows and the opponent's defensive ability, as well as the distribution of formations, which was now at a glance.

Two thousand phantom archers, leaving only four hundred as a reserve army, the others are all on the city tower, divided into groups of two, taking turns to shoot, the first person and the second person shoot at the same target, when the first shooter shoots the dwarf with the shield to the ground, the elven archer with weak defense ability and bending forward is exposed, the second arrow has followed, a scream, more than a hundred elf archers in the first attack of hundreds of pairs of phantom shooter combinations, reimbursed.

The phantom archers on the city did not stop, and before the enemy could react, the rain of arrows roared again......

The brave deadwood warriors, carrying the ladder, advanced step by step under the city wall, and came to the city wall of Horqin, which was more than four meters high, and erected the ladder without any obstruction. Without the cooperation of the elven archers, and without the heavy firepower of catapults and ballistas, the dwarven warriors defending the city on the city walls can condescend and deal with these stubborn deadwood warriors without any scruples.

The Deadwood Warrior's defenses were strong, but they were too slow, and boulders were thrown down from the walls and smashed heavily on the Deadwood Warrior's body and head, smashing the Deadwood Warrior down the ladder and slamming it to the ground. The Deadwood Warrior, who struggled slightly, stood up again and persistently climbed the ladder again.

The most troublesome thing is the siege vehicle, three siege vehicles, each car with eight buffaloes in full armor pulled in front, and more than 20 dwarven warriors pushed behind, regardless of the main and secondary, respectively, towards the east, west, and south gates slowly marched. Behind the siege vehicles were Centaur warriors who were ready to charge into the city.

The defenders who were fighting the dwarven phalanx, elven archers, and deadwood warriors seemed to ignore the presence of siege engines and let them drive towards the city gates.

Boom, boom, the siege vehicles began to pound the city gates, making a loud roar, and the earth seemed to be about to crack, and the nearby city walls were also shaken. Only then did the four hundred phantom archers who were in reserve appear at the city walls near the city gates, and shoot their bows and arrows at the dwarves and buffaloes who were preoccupied with attacking the city gates.

The gate made of iron and wood was quickly knocked open, but the dwarves besieging the city were surprised to find that behind the gate, huge stone walls had been piled up, blocking the gate so hard that no matter how the siege vehicles hit, they did not move at all.

The armor worn by the buffalo has no problem with the average elven archer, but the phantom archer can easily shoot through this layer of armor and injure the buffalo.

The sudden appearance of phantom archers above the city gate caught the dwarven warriors who thought they had been forgotten and were attacking the city gate with all their might, and they fell to the ground one after another. And the twenty or so buffaloes were shot through the armor by arrows, and they were in great pain, and they broke free from the reins with all their strength and strung around. Some rushed along the city walls, scattering the ladders, and some rushed towards the dwarven phalanx, completely disrupting the already chaotic dwarven phalanx, and the elven archers were completely exposed to the phantom archers' sight. A few more buffaloes charged at the centaur phalanx in the rear, knocking many of the centaurs to the ground and avoiding them.

In more than half an hour, a siege battle that was not too fierce ended in the complete victory of the defenders, and the druid camp retreated with more than 2,000 corpses.