"Chapter 388: Attack on Mantas"

"Woo woo woo ....."

The dull sound of bull's horns sounded in the distance, and the huge army two kilometers away immediately moved. Their army was huge, stretching for kilometers full of their skeletons and warriors, in line and slowly, and growing in speed.

"Bang Bang..."

The bronze bell was struck by the soldiers on the sentry, and a dozen bronze bells rang in turn, and the sound spread throughout the city. The patrolling troops immediately closed the city gates, and the soldiers from the outlying villages immediately climbed the stone wall, which was not too high, and during this time the kingdom doubled the height of this low wall, and the stone wall was close to 8 meters high to hold back a certain size of troops.

However, in the face of a formidable enemy with a large number of siege weapons, the soldiers guarding the walls did not hold out the walls, but only hoped that they would be able to hold out for an extra day or two so that the gates of Mantas would open and they and their families would be allowed to enter the city.

Moreover, the families of these officers are still in the city, and for the safety of their families, they must hold the city walls, even if they are killed in battle, they cannot retreat. Otherwise, their families will be driven out of the city, and they will be driven out of the city while the enemy forces are attacking it. The consequences can be imagined.

However, Salondrão's method did work, and even in the face of such a powerful enemy, no one dared to retreat, but defended hard.

Although the walls were low, there were several wide towers behind the walls, on which were placed the kind of magic trebuchets used by the Kuba legions. Inside the city walls, there is a whole row of chariots, similar in appearance to those of the original Kuba Legion, but with thicker armor and powerful long-range weapons on them. This is the kingdom's latest war weapon, that is, the upgraded Ebaron chariot, the kingdom's generals named him "Padak", a fire-breathing steel giant scorpion, and the Free Alliance has one.

Heavily armored, powerful firepower, and faster than its predecessors, the generals of the kingdom were full of praise. Since the rebellion of the Third Legion, there have been few vehicles available to the kingdom, and it is only today that the ranks have been reassembled.

The catapults on the city wall launched an attack from hundreds of meters away, and the special stones burning with flames fell into the advancing skeleton team, and the green flames rolled rapidly, engulfing and destroying dozens of skeletons around them.

However, the skeleton troops reacted immediately, and the skeleton knights at the back of the group let out an eerie roar, and the skeleton troops began to avoid the slower-flying stone projectiles, greatly reducing the battle damage.

And in the rear of the troops, the barbarians pushed the batteries of the cannons, pushing the artillery into range. Because it is a downhill terrain, the barbarians save a lot of effort, but they are also more exposed to enemy bows and arrows.

Most of the town's defenders had been improvised and had only dealt with small bandits, and their arms trembled when they attacked a huge army of more than 50,000 men.

Whether it was the seemingly infinite Skeleton Legion's deathless charge, or the angry thunderous roar of the barbarians, it made these township militias with limited training feel deep fear.

The magic trebuchet is very powerful, but the damage it does to such a large army is still very limited. A distance of five hundred meters may seem like a long distance, but it is only a matter of minutes for the opposing legion to rush through this distance.

This is not the first time that Mantas has been attacked, as many people remember the last time the Kuba Legion attacked the capital, and the city was threatened by northern invaders before the establishment of the fortress of Sakturi. But only this time, it makes people feel that there is a possibility of falling.

The opponent's army soon entered within two hundred meters, and at this time, the kingdom's crossbowmen also aimed at the target, whether they could shoot or not, as long as they roughly aimed and began to shoot, so although the dense rain of arrows had a lot of momentum, most of them did not cause damage.

The speed of the army slowed, and the skeletons raised their wooden shields to shield themselves from the rain of arrows. Although they don't hurt, a single bolt is enough to break their ribs, pierce their spine, and destabilize their skeleton.

The Magic Trebuchet's accuracy had risen considerably, but by this time the barbarians had also pushed the cannon into range. A cannon without magic bonuses can't hit as far as a strengthened magic guide catapult, but when it comes to power, it's naturally only strong and not weak.

Under the operation of the dwarf gunners, the heavy cannons opened fire one after another, and the shells fell on the city walls, smashing out one clear dent after another, bringing out a crack. The boar knights mixed with the army of skeletons also approached the low city wall, and after a scream, the wild boar began to roar, stretched out its hind legs, and jumped up about ten meters at once, and the length was more than thirty meters. At a distance of more than a hundred meters, it took less than three jumps to complete, and the jubilant boar knight vanguards also summoned their brothers to attack the city wall together.

Under the stunned eyes of the town militia, they swung their sledgehammers and smashed the militia who were still aiming into the air, and their brains mixed with blood flew far away. And they were as happy as playing baseball, and the rest of the dozen or so boar knights also shuttled through the city wall, wantonly destroying the city defense weapons and killing the soldiers, and the strongest on this city wall was only the middle level of the battle master, and he couldn't deal with so many boar knights at all.

Before the human battering ram like the giant arrived, the walls were already in chaos. Without enough troops, reinforcements, and no magical support, it is impossible to stop those strong warriors on their own.

The elite troops of the kingdom were basically indifferent, did not care about the life or death of these militiamen, and quietly "watched the show" on the sidelines.

The skeletons climbed the walls, the ladders were erected, and more warriors climbed the walls as easily as they climbed the stairs.

At this time, the magic array on the inside of the city wall was activated, and the flames shot out like a fountain of water, encompassing all the inside and outside of the city wall, whether it was a fragile skeleton soldier or a strong barbarian fighter, they could not weigh more than three seconds in the flames. Even a boar rider has to jump out of this range to avoid getting hurt.

And those Padak chariots also drove over, and the magic cannons on the carts shot out light purple rays, which were not pure arcane magic energy, unstable but very powerful. Those who are not burned by the flames or are slightly injured will be "cared for" by them.

His Majesty the King had already prepared gifts to deal with the rebels, just waiting for them to arrive, as it is now.