Chapter 542
The air column under the command of the elder Muk was in danger, and if it were not for the support of the other two columns, they might have been dragged to death by the betrayed flying units. The commander of the rebel army is very cunning, the large army hides in the range of their own archers, uses ground fire to deal with the sword of the king, and even rests and attacks in batches, although the battle is fierce, they maintain a considerable part of their physical strength, the old commander of Muk tried to defeat this rebel army several times, but he was never able to complete it, after the air, his physical strength dropped rapidly, and he had to disintegrate the formation by himself and disarm the six-sided plundering array.
Almost as soon as the battle formation was lifted, the rebel flying units suddenly rose into the air and pressed on the exhausted column led by the old Muk, and seeing that the destruction was imminent, they were finally rescued by the two two columns that rushed to disperse the rebels again.
"Why are you here? All here? β
The old commander Mu Ke was greeted with a scolding, and the two deputy commanders couldn't raise their heads, turned their heads to look at the city defense army marching in the distance, breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and said: "Go back quickly, I can still hold out for a while and protect the city defense army." β
"Lord Commander," the deputy commander drove away the one-horned Pegasus, and said: "General Li Kui ordered me to wait for the city to return to the city to correct, the night is approaching, everyone is already exhausted after a day of fighting, as for the air of the city defense army, General Li Kui asked for the support of the ballista in Loulan City, the ballista blessed by the Eagle Eye Technique can distinguish between the enemy and the enemy at night, if the rebel flying unit dares to rise into the air, it will only be a live target for the rebels, and we stay in the air, but it will hinder the friendly army." β
Old Commander Mook thought about it, the anger in his heart gradually subsided, his tense nerves relaxed, and he suddenly found that his whole body was weak, his head sank, and he almost fell off his horse.
The two deputy commanders hurriedly called, which woke up the old commander Mook, and their hearts were relaxed. It's just that as the eyes of the old commander of Muk fell on the flying unit hiding in the group of rebel archers again, he always felt that the other party was so obstructive, like a thorn in his heart.
"Let's go, go back to the city."
The old commander of Muk was extremely unwilling, waved his hand, collected his troops and returned to the city, for the sword of the king, competing with the rebels, no victory is defeat, after all, their reputation is enough to deter the entire thirty-six cities of the Western Regions. If this matter gets out, there will always be some damage to prestige, especially for an old traditional old man, which is a completely unacceptable result.
The headquarters of the city tower, the old general Huang Lan overlooked the whole scene through the holographic magic projection, and naturally had a full view of the abnormal movement of the king's sword, and hurriedly issued several urgent orders to the left and right staff officers, before hurriedly turning around and walking down the city tower to meet the king's sword falling from the sky.
"Old Commander, hard work!"
The old general Huang Lan is almost old, he has not closed his eyes for two days and one night, his eyes are bloodshot with old age, and the hand behind his back trembles from time to time, but his eyes are flashing, and anyone who sees him can't help but be in awe. This is an old man worthy of respect. At this time, this old man stood in front of the city tower and personally greeted an old man who had just retired from the battlefield.
The members of the Sword of Kings slowly fell, and they set out for three thousand six, and returned less than two thousand. The one-horned Pegasus landed, and the heavy weapons in the knight's hands fell to the ground one after another, with a sonorous sound, and even the people with them fell headlong and fell heavily to the ground, and many one-horned Pegasus fell to their knees one after another, trying their best to breathe. All of a sudden, the city fell down.
"How do you feel, Old Commander?"
The old general Huang Lan hurriedly stepped forward to grab the one-horned Pegasus who was panting, and looked at the man on horseback with concern.
Old Commander Muk was covered in blood, and there was an arrow with a broken shaft stuck in his body, which was inserted squarely on the protective glasses on his chest, which made people tremble when they saw him, fearing that he might fall at any time and die with a whimper.
"These bunnies don't work."
Old Commander Muk smiled and scolded angrily, and his heart ached for the current state of the Sword of Kings members, and he inevitably felt a little proud.
"The old commander is modest," the old general Huang Lan stepped forward to help, but was avoided by Mu Ke, withdrew his embarrassed hand, and said with a smile: "Among the three armies in Loulan City, only the sword of the king can use its own strength, and the rebels who oppressed the people and the overwhelming people did not dare to raise their heads, and directly gave up air supremacy." There is only the sword of the king, which has the power to advance and retreat. This is the best of the three armies. β
Old Commander Muk listened to it for a while, and even his weakness seemed to have become a lot smaller, drinking the water handed over to him, nodding slightly with a smile, he thought that he would be scolded by this old man for retreating privately, but he didn't expect this guy to be a sycophant, and so accurate.
The old general Huang Lan led the old commander Muk to the headquarters, and there were already people preparing food and a set of chairs beside him.
"Old commander, you eat something to recover first, take a rest, I want to know about the movements of the city defense army outside the city."
Although Huang Lu could see the entire battlefield, he wanted to know more about the subtle changes on the battlefield, as well as the casualties, and even the next plan, so he stopped Muke, who was about to retreat from the battlefield, and led him to the headquarters.
As soon as Mu Ke reached out to take the food, when he heard the military situation, he immediately withdrew it, turned around and said: "Old general, the power of the King's Sword is indeed exhausted, so I went back to the city to make corrections." General Li Kui asked for a ballista to shelter the sky. I heard that General Li Bing was killed, and more than half of the 6,000 city defense troops who went out of the city to rescue were killed or wounded, but they were all good, and the rebels did not take advantage of them. β
The old general Huang Shu nodded again and again, but his face gradually sank, according to the information he had, it was extremely difficult for the troops who went out of the city to return to the city. The city cave has not been opened until this time, they dare not open it, once they lose the city wall, they will definitely lose, so they cannot be opened. However, the Ice Dragon Snake Realm Spirit obviously couldn't easily cross the hundred-meter city wall, and what was even more worrying was what was going on.
"Old Commander Muk," Huang Lan opened the holographic projection with red eyes, and said, "Look, here, here, I'm afraid I can't withstand the impact of the rebels." β
The projection shows several sections of the city wall, which are covered with huge cracks that can drill into two people wide, if the rebels use this as a breakthrough and violently attack the city wall, I am afraid that the hundred-meter-high wall will also collapse, and Loulan City will no longer be able to keep it, at this time, he is worried about how the ice dragon and snake realm spirit will return to the city, and more will fall on these dangerous city walls.
"Hurry up and fix it, what about the earth magician? Let them join in the rush repair, and they can repair a little bit. β
The old commander of Muk had no appetite at all, and he was eager to personally go into battle to supervise and repair the city wall.
Huang Lan was silent, the wound of the city wall was on the foundation, and the crack on the city wall became smaller, and if you want to repair it, you must go down the city wall, how can it be repaired in a while? Destruction is always faster than construction. The walls of Loulan City are extremely high in resistance to demons, and the ordinary filling method of earth magicians does not work at all.
"Old commander, you go down to rest first, if the city defense army under the city wall is not destroyed tonight, it will definitely be able to reach the foot of the city wall, and then the old commander will need to work together with the sword of the king to hang them on the city wall, as long as we can keep a legendary rank, the end of the rebels will come sooner or later, even if we are defeated this time, there is a chance to turn the tables."
"Good. You command me to rest assured. Give us six hours, and the Sword of Kings will return to the battlefield. β
Seeing Mu Ke leave, Huang Lan sighed slightly, no matter whether this battle is successful or not, Loulan City will be dealt a fatal blow, according to the current situation, the casualties caused by the war have almost made this city full of widows, old and young.
"Report, the enemy cavalry surged and began to assemble."
Huang Lan suddenly looked at the projection of the whole system, was startled, and hurriedly issued an order.
"Order: All large magic crystal cannons are ready to go, calculate the location of the shells, and the rebel cavalry will not easily change direction when they launch a charge, and shoot towards the predetermined area coverage."
The city wall was busy, and the large magic crystal cannons flickered one after another, and the deep cannon muzzles glared at the sky, pointing at the rebel cavalry surging under the tower.
Under the city tower, among the military columns, Li Kui's face was the color of pig liver, purple sauce and purple sauce.
"Command, shrink formation, stop advancing."
"Herald, round formation, defend against the enemy."
The herald shouted orders, and the marching procession slowly stopped, barely forming an oval. Outside were sword and shield soldiers, followed by spearmen and soldiers, and in a hurry they came out, and almost none of the ranged units could relieve the cavalry impact. Therefore, the sword and shield soldiers will inevitably be attacked by the enemy cavalry with all their might. The probability of blocking is almost zero.
The rebel cavalry suddenly assembled more importantly, the cracks under their feet began to shrink, and the sunset was dusk, which was also the only chance to charge, and it was dark after nightfall, if they were not afraid of hurting their own people, they could gallop on the battlefield. Therefore, in terms of time, the rebel cavalry only had one chance to charge, and one by one they were full of energy, eager to charge.
"General," the adjutant general said a little pessimistic, "they are guarding against our artillery fire, and they are divided into eight directions to charge at the same time, even if the large magic crystal cannon can intercept three or four remaining rebel cavalry, they can still break us." β
The number of rebel cavalry is still more than double that of the city defense army at this time, so listening to the sound of horses' hooves, Li Kui is also extremely big-headed, his eyes are on fire, but there is nothing he can do.
"Afraid of a ball, people are dead, are you afraid that the rebels will resurrect you and kill you again." Li Kui was a little annoyed by the weakness of the deputy general, and said: "Lose your life, you can't lose the name of the city defense army, raise your head and hold your chest, and you have to die like you." β
The words are not coarse, and the surrounding city defense troops nodded one after another, yes, death is death, and you can't embarrass the city defense army.
The blood-colored dusk gradually sank into the western mountains, and in the afterglow, the rebel cavalry thundered, their iron hooves struck the ground, screaming and roaring, brandishing their spears and broadswords, and launching a final charge.
"Circle Formation!"
Almost at the moment when Li Kui set up a circle formation and stopped advancing, the entire command headquarters fell into a race against time.
"Report, the large magic crystal cannon of the seventh to eleventh stone caves has moved three points to the left."
"Report, the large magic crystal cannons of the twelfth to eighteenth stone caves crossed the circular formation of the city defense army, and took aim in a ring in the fifth area in turn."
The general hurriedly calculated the landing point of the cannonballs and the route of the rebel cavalry's charge, and fine-tuned the large magic crystal cannon that had been aimed at to complete the urgent order issued by the old general Huang Lan just now, and formed an outer circle of death zone on the periphery of the circle to cover the shooting, and all the rebels close to the circle formation, whether cavalry or infantry, all flew away.
The rebels attacked in eight directions, and they destroyed all attacks in the death zone.
The large magic crystal cannon in Loulan City can be completed, but the time is too urgent, the cavalry of the rebels has already begun to speed up the charge, and the last order of the herald is sent to the last stone cave.
"General," downstairs in the city, the city defense army, the adjutant general couldn't help but glance at the silent city head, and reminded in a low voice: "There is no artillery fire until now, will you give up on usββββ"
Li Kui slapped this coward to death with a slap, but after his reminder, he finally found that the large magic crystal cannon that had been silent since the rebels began to assemble, was it really true? Impossible, how could the city defense army abandon the city defense army. But there was no reason, and he immediately scolded: "Shut your stinky mouth, and if you say another word, I will leave you on the front line." β
Although the voices of the two were small, but in the silence only the sound of rough breathing, the soldiers of the city defense army heard it and couldn't help but look up at the city, was it really abandoned?
Morale slipped quietly, and even the battle flags that had been waving were unconsciously sticking to the flagpole, revealing a trace of sadness.
Li Kui was anxious, but there was nothing he could do, the iron hooves were thundering, and the rebel cavalry was charging like lightning, and he could not be allowed to boost his morale, so he could only take the lead and stand at the front with two axes. Save what little morale you have left.
Squeaky ββββ
Above the tower, three red signal flares swayed into the air, arrived at the fixed point, exploded, and turned into three clouds of fire.
Loulan City fell into unprecedented silence in an instant, and the next second: Bangββββββ
The sound of shelling resounded throughout the city, and the cannon fire sprayed from the deep barrels illuminated the entire city, and the swaying cannonballs dragged long purple flames like meteorites falling across the sky.
The rebel cavalry was cheering, waving their blades, about to kill.
Boomββββββboomββββββ
The whole ground trembled, purple flames burned the earth, and the shockwave threw the horses and knights high into the air at once, but more knights were swallowed by the purple flames, and there were not even hairs left. Heaven and earth suddenly plunged into dazzling light, and the roar of the explosion was like a thunderbolt from the sky, raging the battlefield, proving to the world that the power of cannonballs is enough to destroy everything.
The explosion occurred outside the circle of the city defense army, but, obviously, even the artillery experts on the city wall could not predict the huge power of the overlapping shells, and the billowing smoke and dust carried a huge shock wave directly overturned the circle array, and the formation suddenly ceased to exist, and almost everyone lay on the ground and groaned. But the huge roar shook both ears and made them deaf, and they only cared about wailing, but their ears were full of roaring sounds.
Li Kui stood firmly in place, the heavy armor of the steel giant beast made him completely withstand the shock wave without falling, and the protection of the spirit armor prevented his ears from deafness. Listening to the wailing in his ears and the rolling warriors in his eyes, he was a little skeptical that the city guards on the city walls even wanted to kill them.
This cannon, it's a fucking rotten cannon.
After the rumble, the battlefield wailed, and the large magic crystal cannon fell into a cooldown, unable to provide artillery support to the rebels below the city for two minutes.
However, at this time, the city defense army below the castle tower needs more healing support than artillery destruction. Although the sight was clear, the soldiers had fallen, and the road was good, and it was in vain if they couldn't walk.
And at this point, several staff officers of the city tower headquarters were even more face-to-face, cold sweat broke out, and they almost blew their own people to pieces, I am afraid that they will be beaten by this group of soldiers blocking the road in the future. Hey, I haven't hit an overlapping cannon before, who knew the power would stack? Thankfully, it's just a blastwave. If the purple fire swept away, it is estimated that the old general Huang Lan would not be blushing, but rushed over and directly twisted off their heads and kicked them down the city tower.
"Notify all city defense ballistae and small and medium-sized magic crystal cannons, provide fire support at any time, and let the magicians be in place immediately to provide Eagle Eye for the city defense ballistas."
The old general Huang Lan made urgent arrangements, and several generals suddenly stood at their posts as if they had picked up half their lives.
"Heyββββ hey"
Li Kui picked up the deputy general who fell to his feet and foamed at his feet, swayed back and forth, and called loudly, finally bringing the deputy general back to life, his eyes were white, and he woke up.
"GeneralβGeneralβwhat did you sayββββ happenedβwhatββββ"
After stumbling for a long time, the deputy general barely finished speaking, and Li Kui directly threw him aside and let him want to go. Grab a random person from under your feet and shake it again.