Chapter 20: The Blackstone Tower Controversy (Part II)

"Aim!"

When the horn sounded, groups of brass-bearded warriors began to storm the black iron fortress in the center of the Blackstone Tower.

The surrounding platforms were full of siege troops of the Iron Forge. Countless artillery, ballistas, and salvo at the Black Iron Fortress. The loud explosion was accompanied by a slight shaking of the ground, and the mountains seemed to let out a painful wail, and the scene was spectacular. Constant fire could be seen coming from the muzzles of the dwarven cannons, and then, like a meteor shower, the cannonballs smashed into the boulder fortress of the Black Iron Dwarves.

Ariston understood why Magni didn't let himself go to war. Under this constant heavy artillery fire, any melee attacks become insignificant. Moreover, the passage was not opened, and the melee fighters could not approach the fortress at all.

I saw that in the midst of the artillery attack, the Copperbeard Legion began to use siege ballistas to cooperate with the siege.

However, this time, it is no longer the cannonballs that pop out of the siege ballistas, but the siege chains!

A dozen heavy ballistas, under the cover of the dwarven artillery, fired thick barbed chains at the Black Iron Fortress. Like a human siege rope, tightly hooking the enemy's walls. However, in order to prevent the other party from cutting the rope, the Copperbeard Legion used iron chains instead of hemp ropes. In order to get enough ejection kinetic energy, they used siege ballistas!

So, the steel was unsheathed, and with a piercing whistling sound, the dwarven siege chains hooked the black iron fortress from all directions. In an instant, around the four huge iron chains that originally extended out of the Black Iron Fortress, there were more than a dozen slightly smaller iron chains. The battle situation is very unfavorable for the Black Iron Dwarves. At the same time that the Copperbeard Legion was besieging the fortress, the Black Iron Fortress also launched a counterattack.

The cannon roared, resounding throughout the Blackstone Fortress. Of course, the scale of the Blackstone Tower is very large, there is a Blackstone Abyss on the lower floor, and there is an upper layer of the Blackstone Tower, orcs and black iron dwarves have been fighting here for many years, and the entire Blackstone Tower can be said to be a small world, although this movement has attracted the attention of the Blackstone Orcs and the Black Iron Dwarves in the Blackstone Abyss, but it is still not enough to shake the entire Blackstone Tower, and the Fire Demon King Ragnaros may still be asleep on its magma bed.

A cannonball was fired from the Black Iron Fortress and exploded less than fifty meters from Ares' side. In an instant, more than a dozen soldiers of Ironforge were blown to pieces, and the impact of the bomb raised puffs of dust, mixed with blood and minced meat, and scattered all over the ground.

Accustomed to this kind of scene after years of fighting on the battlefield, Ares immediately ran over, however, it was too late, several Ironforge dwarves had already been separated and blown to pieces, in this case, no matter how powerful the Holy Light was, it would not be able to resurrect them. And the others, some of them had their thighs blown off, and some of their faces were blown up.

The scene was tragic.

Before he had time to ask, Ares crouched down and prayed, pouring the energy of the Holy Light into the injured dwarf's body. The light flashed, and the light flowed through the fingertips, like a holy spring, flowing over the wounded parts of the dwarven soldiers.

All around, there were splashes of rubble and blood, and light kept flashing in such a blood-stained place.

Several dwarven paladins were also involved in the temporary treatment of the battlefield, as were Ares.

But their numbers were small, and more dwarves, armed with muskets and war hammers, began to climb the siege chain and attack the Black Iron Fortress.

The battle song sounded behind him. Countless arrows and bullets were sent out from the black iron fortress.

The air was filled with the sound of arrows and bullets flying, the screams of dwarven warriors as they were wounded, and the sound of stones falling as they were shattered. From time to time, one or two of the Copperbeard Dwarves were wounded by the arrows of the Black Iron Dwarves, and they fell into the hot lava. And looking down from this distance, below the Black Iron Fortress, there is almost a bottomless pit, and only the dark red of the churning magma can be seen. After the Copperbeard Soldier fell from the chain, he let out a scream, and for a long time, he did not hear the sound of his body falling into the magma, only the infinitely stretched scream......

However, even such a treacherous environment did not stop the Copperbeard Dwarves from launching an attack on the fortress. Ares began to admire the perseverance of the dwarves, and in this environment, if he were a human, he would have had a nervous breakdown. But the dwarves have been dealing with stone magma for a long time, and are accustomed to this environment.

The entire Black Iron Fortress is surrounded by this scene at this moment. Countless siege chains hung in the air, like the slender legs of an evil spider. Amid the fire, the soldiers of the Brassbeard Legion approached the rock-solid black iron fortress in the center of the Blackstone Tower, until the first Brassbeard warrior climbed the steps outside the fortress. Melee siege begins.

The defense of the Black Iron Fortress has also shifted from scattered artillery fire from a long distance to shooting the Copperbeard Dwarves below the fortress.

They must first clear the Copperbeard Dwarves who have landed on the shore, and these brave Copperbeard warriors are their greatest threat.

The Black Iron Dwarves stood on the fortifications of the fortress, firing downwards.

However, at this time, an unexpected picture appeared. Bursts of gunfire were heard from a long distance, and the Black Iron Guards on the Black Iron Fortress fell from above the fortifications one by one, and without exception, they were hit in the deadly parts of the head and chest by metal bullets, and they were bloodied on the spot. However, it is not possible for a Copperbeard Dwarf on a chain to shoot while climbing the chain.

"It can't be!"

Black Iron Commander Colbert exclaimed.

However, he couldn't see it at all, and at a distance of five hundred yards from the Black Iron Fortress, a hundred dwarven snipers of the Iron Fort were crouching on their sniper points, sniping at the Black Iron Guards on the fortress. This kind of army, which was invented by Ares, is shining at this moment.

Even Magni nodded, appreciating and acknowledging the combat effectiveness and actual combat role of this new unit.

At such a distance, the Black Iron Dwarves couldn't hit their opponents at all, but the dwarven snipers of Ironforge could calmly pull the trigger and shoot the Black Iron Guards at the head of the city with precision.

Surrounded by copperbearded dwarves who constantly climbed the boulders of the fortress, the black iron dwarves could barely resist. As soon as their heads stick out of the battlements, they are smashed by bullets.

And artillery is not effective at such close ranges.

Only the Black Iron Dwarves hiding in the shooting holes of the fortress can barely shoot. However, such an effect becomes small.

Soon, more and more Copperbeard Dwarves climbed the cornerstones around the Black Iron Fortress.

"Ares, the harvest season has arrived. Let's fight together and kill all these traitors! ”

Standing on the outer platform, Magni roared, hammer in hand, and stepped on the bridge to the Black Iron Fortress.