Chapter 347. Inside the deserted castle
If the mages of this world represent high-end combat power, then the artillery owned by Levi represents the high-end lethal weapons in his troops, and even the comparison between the two, but in terms of the power, range and mass manufacturing of artillery, in terms of cost performance, it can make these high-end combat power from the other world that can really become mages for decades become embarrassing chicken ribs. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Just like now, that group of skeleton mages stood in the tower of the castle, using their magic to summon spear-shaped ice crystals, this kind of ice-attribute magic killed Levi's troops, although a dozen skeleton mages directly caused hundreds of casualties to Barbary pirates, but this still has to be attributed to the fact that Levi's troops are in the siege side, and there is not much terrain to dodge, so they can only bite the bullet and use their lives to meet the magic of those skeleton mages.
And the drawbacks of those magics have also been exposed, standing in the tower from top to bottom to shoot spear-shaped ice crystals, the range is only more than three hundred meters away, and ordinary heavy ballistas and bed crossbows, there is not much difference at all, the only advantage may be that they are released by a single person, and they are quite easy to move, that's all.
If similar cheapness is considered, wouldn't the 3-pounder cavalry cannon that Levi can have in the future be faster, more powerful, and more accurate than theirs?!
But now, what these skeleton mages had to face was obviously not the 3-pounder cavalry cannon that had not yet appeared in Levy's recruitment sequence, but the old artillery, so heavy that once the horse was lost, it could only be fixed in place, this kind of bulky, inmobile, and slightly less accurate old artillery.
"Force, everyone give me force!"
Green was directing the Barbary pirates in front, and on the shoulders of these pirates, each of them was tugging a thick hemp rope, and this hemp rope was attached to the two 24-pounder light cannons in the rear, and with the combined force of nearly three hundred people, it was like a tug-of-war, barely moving slowly upward in the ruins of the messy city wall.
On both sides of the guns, there are heavy wooden wheels, made of fine wood, and inlaid with a large number of iron sheets and nails, which adds to the strength and durability of the wooden wheels, especially in the complex environment of urban ruins, even if the angular stones are crushed, the wheels can still be kept intact.
Many people pulled and pushed these two cannons vigorously, the weight that ordinary people could hardly push, in front of the combined force of more than 200 people, but also easily like a children's car, with the increase of strength, but also little by little on the ruins of the city wall, and slowly to the ruins, officially into the castle, and the black hole of the gun, impressively aimed at the tower where the main body of the castle is located.
"Lord Green, it's up to you next."
Wilmot's face was a lot more relaxed, but looking at the two cannons, his eyes were also a little eager, because when he turned his head to look at the main body of the castle, the black hole in the tower, he gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Those damn skeleton mages have never tried our artillery, what is the power." ”
"It's easy, isn't it?" Green's face was still solemn, looking at the tower of the castle in front of him, the skeleton mage wearing a tattered black hood and holding a bone staff appeared again, and there was a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth: "They don't want to know what kind of weapon the cannon is." ”
But Green's hand had already been raised, he turned his head to look at the artillerymen next to him, and ordered in a deep voice: "Quickly carry the cannonballs, gunpowder packs, braziers, all personnel are on standby to prepare, adjust the muzzles, and target the castle tower mage!" ”
"Understood!"
The uniform response has appeared, and the artillerymen who have been pushed up and breathed a few breaths quickly also stood up quickly, and after Green gave the order, they turned around and quickly rushed out of the city wall, they still have a lot to do, at least on the artillery position before the city wall, many things are still there.
Gunpowder packets in wooden barrels, solid cannonballs in wooden frames, braziers and charcoal, iron tongs, animal oil for scrubbing the chambers, and long-handled brushes made of fur and linen were all essential accessories for artillery.
The artillerymen moved quickly, because even they could see the friendly forces on the sides and in front, still waiting for their artillery to support.
Especially those Barbary pirates at the front, more than three hundred people formed an array, and the scimitars in their hands were slashing each other with seven or eight hundred bronze-level skeleton warriors, almost every second the skeleton shelves spread out and fell, and every second there were Barbary pirates who were injured and fell because of those sharp bone knives.
Not far from these cannons, the sound of fierce fighting was almost audible, and scattered bronze-level skeleton archers still used their bone bows to shoot at the crowded area, although the casualties caused were small, but there were always a few unlucky Barbary pirates, or Spanish spearmen, who fell miserably because they were hit in the head or chest.
But the most lethal thing is that at the tower, there have been more than a dozen skeleton mages that have occasionally appeared, because with each of their appearance, more than a dozen spear-like ice crystals flickered, there were at least more than 30 casualties, and just now, the bursting ice crystal fragments were even inserted into the abdomen of an artilleryman, making this artilleryman tremble all over, looking at the appearance of the frost that had been exhaled from his mouth, he also knew that he would not live sooner or later.
"Reloaded! Ready to launch! ”
The artillerymen quickly reloaded, and the arquebuses had been put into the fire door, especially the black hole of the cannon hole, which was already aimed at the top of the castle tower, and it was there that the artillerymen were almost gnashing their teeth, and they also hoped that the damned necromancers would be reduced to a bunch of useless bones.
"Open fire." Green's face did not change in the slightest, and his voice was still low, but when his order was given, the iron tongs that the artillerymen had already prepared also directly ignited the arquebus.
The sound of Zizi appeared quickly, in the muzzle of the black hole, the cannonball and the gunpowder bag waited almost quietly, the fire rope of the fire door had been burned out, and the gunpowder bag in the medicine room had been completely compacted, but with the entry of the fire rope, the spark ignited the gunpowder, a little bright, and instantly evolved into a big explosion that seemed to be the place of creation.
"Boom-" "Boom-"
A huge sound suddenly appeared, two blazing flames erupted, and the terrifying power had appeared in the void, and the heavy solid cannonballs tore through the air, but the distance of two or three hundred meters was also fleeting, and the destination had been reached, and it was the tower built on the main body of the castle, where the skeleton mage was located!
The stones shattered in an instant, and the original old and quaint appearance had also turned into a shattered area, and the two skeleton mages in front didn't even have time to dodge, or they didn't have the intention of dodging at all, they were whistling in by the solid cannonballs, smashing the skull into powder, and then slamming into the tower, destroying the buildings inside, and even the flying stones, pushing a skeleton mage out of the window.
Then it fell heavily on the ground more than twenty meters away, and the entire skeleton frame was shattered, and it was plundered by the dark blue soul fire in the skull. These skeletons are obviously slender, and they belong to skeleton mages who are white bone skeletons, but they are not as strong as bronze skeleton warriors, and falling down is enough to make them deadly!
"It worked!"
Wilmot's voice sounded, he looked at the bronze class skeleton warriors on both sides, and the cavalry sword in his hand had been drawn out of the scabbard, and roared: "Everyone, kill these damn evil skeletons for me!" ”
With his words, the towers on the castle have collapsed and dropped a large number of stones, and the original tower windows have long been flooded by a large number of stones, as for the skeleton mages inside, they don't know how to do it at all, but now it is definitely an opportunity, the undead skeletons who have lost a large number of long-range troops, and now there is only a group of bronze-level skeleton warriors left!
And even these bronze-level skeleton warriors, if they want to resist the Barbary pirates who still have more than 3,300 people, it is impossible at all, because just look at those pirates whose morale is greatly boosted and they are pushing forward like a tide, you know that the defense line temporarily formed by these skeleton warriors is about to collapse completely!
"Long live the Spanish Empire!"
The Barbary pirates shouted slogans frantically, and everyone was crazy, as if they were fighting for something, and rushed forward, a large number of bronze skeletons under their feet had been scattered all over the ground, and they were trampled to bones, but looking at the main body of the castle gate in front of them, the group of pirates rushed a little faster.
In front of him was the thick gate of the main body of the castle, and the Barbary pirate at the front kicked it hard, and a slight heavy sound echoed, while the others slammed into it, and this heavy bronze gate had slowly opened a gap.
Countless dust fell, and there were more than a dozen bronze-level skeleton warriors inside, which were easily killed by these Barbary pirates, but everyone poured into the main body of the castle, and quickly dispersed, little by little, to search for any possible enemies, only to find that it was almost empty.
"What's going on?"
Wilmot's brows furrowed, he looked at the decayed wooden tables and wooden benches in the castle hall, and subconsciously walked towards a stone bench in the center, looking at the clearly visible traces on it, he could guess that someone had ever sat down here, and even for a long time, it hindered the fall of dust, and formed a trace of sitting.