Chapter 152: Hold the Wall
The only thing to be thankful for is that the barbarian troops under this section of the city wall do not have any large siege equipment, and An Xu and they only need to defeat the barbarian soldiers who keep climbing the city wall.
But the city wall dozens of meters wide is really too difficult to defend, and the enemy not only has long ladders, but also climbing claws and other tools, and if you are not careful, you will be rushed up by them, and once you enter the city wall, you can cause a huge riot.
This is not the most critical, what makes An Xu a headache is that there are very powerful long-range shooters hidden in the barbarian troops under the city wall, and the arrows shot by these shooters have strong penetrating power, and can even break through the heavy armor on An Xu's body.
What is annoying is that even if An Xu finds these powerful barbarian shooters, there is no way to take them, this is a defensive battle, An Xu is destined to stay on the city wall, lose the cover of the city wall, and will be overwhelmed by the barbarian army in an instant.
Doudou and they could fight back, but at this time, everyone didn't have time to deal with the barbarian soldiers who kept coming up, so how could they have time to target those barbarian shooters.
Without paying attention, a sharp arrow hit An Xu's shoulder, and the sharp arrow made of rare materials easily pierced the shoulder armor and pierced into An Xu's muscles, but fortunately it didn't hurt the bones, but it was no big deal.
He frowned, cut the rope on the hook in front of him with a sword, and glanced back, didn't he say that there was another mercenary team to support, why hadn't it arrived yet?
If this continues, they won't be able to support it for long.
"Boom-", there was a whistling in the sky, and I don't know where a huge incendiary bomb flew from, which happened to fall on the city wall where An Xu was, rolling up a ball of flames at the head of the city, and a soldier was swept up, and his back burned violently, and he was pressed to the ground by An Xu, and then pulled it hard, and tore off the clothes behind him.
The other soldier was unlucky, knocked out by the force of the impact, fell off the wall, and disappeared in an instant.
At this time, another mercenary team finally arrived, this is also a three-star team, the strength of the ordinary members is so-so, only one star to two stars, but the victory is that there are many people, there are about thirty, as soon as they came, they immediately relieved the pressure on the city wall.
The captain of this team was a bald middle-aged man, with a particularly burly figure, almost two meters tall, not far from those barbarians, he and An Xu glanced at each other, nodded and said hello, and then each commanded the team to start resisting the attack of the barbarian army.
At this time, there is no time to greet at all!
With the increase in manpower, Doudou and Ivan were finally able to pull out their hands to find those barbarian high-level shooters, but the other party's firepower was too fierce, and the two of them couldn't suppress it at all, but were covered by dense firepower, and they didn't dare to poke their heads out for a while.
"Noor, what are you doing, hurry up and help, we can't stand it!" Only then did Doudou realize that Noel was gone, and after looking around, he saw him squatting in the corner and busy.
At his feet, lay a huge thunderbolt tube, more than three times the size of the regular model.
"Oh my God, with such a big load, do you want to collapse the walls together?" A hellish look appeared on Doudou's face.
There was a hint of madness in Knor's eyes, and he said to himself: "This time, I threw all the materials into it, it should have some effect, right?" ”
An Xu also noticed Noor's movements, and held the sword and admonished, "Don't rush to use it yet!" ”
Although it is anxious at the moment, but it is not yet the last resort, the power of the Thunderbolt Pipe An Xu has seen it with his own eyes, but now it is a battle to defend the city, facing tens of thousands of troops, killing dozens at once, what about hundreds of barbarian soldiers, it still can't change the overall situation, maybe the barbarians will replenish the manpower in this direction.
Their purpose is to hold out until the barbarians retreat, so this thunderbolt must be used at a critical time to cause unexpected results.
The burly bald captain was still shouting: "Don't waste your strength, just use the most effortless way to get them down, that is, what about you, you can kill a few more if you are desperate now, but can you kill all the barbarians?" I don't often tell you that you have to use your brain! ”
This idea coincides with An Xu, but the burly and sturdy body, saying the words that need to use the brain, no matter how you look at it, there is a sense of disobedience.
"His uncle, what kind of medicine did these barbarians take today, they all feel like crazy, did someone stab the hornet's nest?" The bald captain touched his head and muttered.
An Xu glanced at the barbarian soldiers below who were still rushing upwards desperately, and thought to himself, maybe this bald captain was really right, these barbarians were indeed stimulated, and the culprits were their mercenary team.
Originally, a large number of barbarian squads were dispatched, seeing that the fortress had been isolated, as long as their supplies were cut off, and then the small strongholds around were slowly uprooted, the fortress could be completely besieged in the middle at that time, but they didn't expect the mercenary team that suddenly appeared to disrupt their plans, and a large number of barbarian squads were cleaned up in just a few days.
Not only that, but a supply station hidden in front was also discovered, not to mention the loss of a large amount of supplies, many barbarian squads could not get supplies and walked with difficulty, followed by a once-in-a-century snowstorm, a large number of barbarian soldiers were trapped in the mountains, I don't know how many froze to death.
The barbarian personality is very irritable, and it makes sense that they can't help but launch a general attack when they are stimulated by this, maybe with this anger, they will break through the fortress in one fell swoop?
In fact, the barbarians did launch a ferocious offensive, and several walls of the fortress were currently in danger.
Anxu was still active on the walls, and whenever there were barbarians who climbed the walls, he would charge and move over, and then knock them off the walls.
Even he couldn't remember how many times he had repeated it.
His figure quickly attracted the attention of the barbarian troops below, and many long-range shooters aimed at him, and for a while the arrows rained down, An Xu had no choice but to open the flanks of his shield, forming an eggshell held above his head, squatting on the ground and not daring to move.
There was a continuous impact sound overhead, An Xu observed the divine machine shield, after all, it was a treasure-level equipment, and it was hit by such intensive firepower, and the shield was not significantly damaged, if it was an ordinary shield, I am afraid it would have been shot through a long time ago.
Those long-range shooters were still aiming at him, and An Xu was happy to be idle, and it would be worth it if he was used alone to attract most of the ranged attacks.
"Little brother, your shield is very powerful, it's a hard commodity, right?" The bald captain was not far away and envied that this kind of big shield was very much to his taste.
Hard goods is a term for mercenaries, which means treasure-level items.
An Xu didn't admit it, nor did he deny it, now he barely has some strength, and he doesn't have to hide it so strictly, the captain of a three-star team has a treasure-level equipment, and it is not a particularly unusual thing to pass it on.
Envy, right? Not only is this shield a treasure-level piece of equipment, but even the sword in my hand is too! An Xu thought darkly, and peeked through the gap in the city wall, and those barbarian archers saw An Xu cowering behind his shield, and had already begun to shift their targets.
At this moment, An Xu saw a small group of barbarian soldiers push out a strange machine, with huge wheels on both sides, and a thick black tube in the middle, a bit like a ballista, which made him feel an ominous premonition.
"Ivan, can you kill those guys?" An Xu shouted in that direction.
Ivan looked at it, then shook his head: "No, it's too far, and I can't hit so many targets at once!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the siege machine made a strange sound, shooting out long black strips from the pipe, and the speed was extremely strange.
An Xu was about to dodge, but found that the target of the long strips was not them at all, but the surface of the city wall, and these long strips shot into the city wall, and in one day they pierced into it, leaving small footholds on the smooth wall.
Immediately afterwards, dozens of figures emerged from the ranks of the barbarians, jumped onto the lowest strip, and then sprang up the humble staircase, reaching halfway up the city wall in the blink of an eye.
An Xu's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly reminded loudly: "Be careful, the other party's master has moved!" ”