Act XLIV. Battle of KeynzburgVI.
Erifels was looking at the plains south of Keyinzburg from the city walls, and on the slope in the distance, there was a flicker of light from Wendland's magic cannon, and then, with a sharp whistle, the heavy cannonball hit the magic barrier, causing ripples and finally bursting into a fireworks-like light. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
On the walls of Cainzburg, there were also several artillery guns firing, and the combination of old artillery and dusty shells fell on the heads of the Wendland infantry, which was not so pleasant.
However, this attack could not stop Wendland's advance, and after passing the optimal range of the artillery, Aster's shelling effect was drastically reduced, and the lack of depression angle prevented the impact point from falling directly above Wendland, making the fragmentation shells unable to effectively kill and injure the enemy.
Wendland seemed to have mastered this pattern, and they almost rushed through the hundreds of yards of fire, and although a single shell could kill at least a dozen people in the crowd, more Wendland soldiers broke through the blockade and moved closer to Fort Cainz.
All this, Elips saw in her eyes.
"We're going to need more to stop Wendran from advancing, and once we get to break through to the magic barrier, we're in big trouble."
Elefils said that Archmage Elwyn had taught him a classic example of siege.
In this era, a simple artillery attack cannot capture a city with a well-developed magic barrier in the shortest possible time, and the siege requires some special means.
One is for a powerful mage to directly dismantle the magic barrier in reverse, but the composition of the magic barrier is different in each castle, and even the most knowledgeable arcanist has to spend a long time reversely analyzing it, a method that was only used hundreds of years ago, when magic technology was not yet mature.
Another method is a device developed by alchemists and arcanists after the magic technology has matured. This magic device can quickly analyze the composition of the magic barrier, and at the same time release a special magic interference, which resonates with this magic barrier, at this time, the magic barrier will become quite weak, and it can be easily breached under heavy artillery fire.
However, the cost of this device is not cheap, in order to maximize the utilization, most of the time it is used by flexible cavalry, and at this moment, Wendland's infantry phalanx should also carry several such devices.
"I'm going to organize a few artillery pieces to attack the enemy in the near distance."
Viscount Wellington said that he already had a plan in mind, but he also knew that even if a few guns were freed up, it would only slow down the speed of Wendland's breach of the city slightly.
"Let Lord Fermi also suppress enemy forces within a hundred yards of the mana barrier."
Alifils nodded, she had previously ordered Viscount Fermi to lead the army led by Cainz to deploy on the east and west sides, and at this moment, the enemies on three sides were quite close to the protection of the magic fortress of Cainzburg.
"Yes."
Viscount Wellington nodded, turned and left.
"If only Viscount Wimbled, they would recover quickly."
At this moment, in the offensive and defensive battles, there is no room for personal strength, but it can be foreseen that in the white-knuckle battle after the Aster's ammunition is exhausted and the Wendland army climbs the city wall, the silver-level powerhouse can play a huge role.
The four viscounts of the Northern Ranger have not recovered, and now they are only in bronze at most, and Lord Fermi is not specialized in personal force, only the bronze peak, looking at the entire Asterl army, in terms of personal combat power, it is obviously inferior to Wendland.
Effils stroked the saber at her waist, Ashblade lying quietly in its scabbard, she wished she hadn't used it.
Soon, though, Erefels had to face such a situation.
There was a commotion downstairs, followed by shouts of killing, and before Elifils could figure out what was going on, she saw several soldiers in Wendland's uniforms climbing up the stairs to the wall.
"Protect Her Highness the Princess!"
Several soldiers around him immediately drew their swords to protect Erifils, forming a defensive formation.
"Where did you ...... from?"
Elefils soon understood that these Wendland soldiers in front of him must have received information from Geralhaide and entered the castle through several secret passages in Cainzburg, and their goal should be to open the gates everywhere, kill the guards and open the gates, and this one happened to meet Erifils.
"Princess?"
The Wendland soldiers were obviously also taken aback, they climbed the city wall in the dark, killed the soldiers next to the two artillery, and when they were looking for the city gate mechanism, they inexplicably climbed the city wall, but they didn't expect to directly bump into Her Royal Highness the princess of Aster.
However, they were trained elites, and they immediately calmed down, and the short swords in their hands struck straight to this side.
The bronze lower step seems to be Wendland's elite.
Seeing the other party's posture, Erefels immediately judged this, she did not hesitate, and directly drew her sword out of the sheath, and the edge of the ash edge also shone with a silvery white light in the deep night, looking imposing.
Frightened by Erifels' stance, the Wendland soldier's movements stagnated slightly, but after a moment they regained their original sharpness.
However, the blade of Ashblade had already arrived in front of their eyes.
Perhaps they didn't expect Her Royal Highness the princess of Astre to have such strength, Wendland's soldiers didn't react for a while, and before the first person at the head could defend, his head was cut off by the Ash Blade, and the blood spilled on the city wall, dyed dark black, and quickly froze in the cold wind.
"Surround it, there are not many people on the other side!"
Someone in Wendland shouted this, and ten Wendland's soldiers immediately stepped forward and tried to surround Ellifils and her five bodyguards.
The original soldiers of Astel on the city wall were fighting with the other Wendland soldiers, and the scene was so chaotic that even the firing of artillery stopped.
In the absence of Erifers, this handful of Wendland soldiers would have disrupted the defensive line here, creating a gap for Wendland's assault, and possibly even allowing the enemy to break through the city directly.
However, Elie Fils wasn't going to let Windland get away with it.
The sword flickered, and a bright and dazzling flame ignited from the blade, an primordial fire from the elemental realm, which made people feel instinctively frightened.
And Princess Elyfils did not hesitate, stepped forward, and with a sword, cut down another enemy soldier! (To be continued.) )