Chapter 19: Stalemate
Awakened by the roar of the magic cannon, Lu Ming put on his armor and hurried to the city wall, only to see Raman Rath and Touris commanding the magicians to launch a non-stop artillery bombardment of the elven army. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
It's just that what worries him a little is that although the magic cannon is powerful enough to crush a part of the elven army, a long-term bombardment is likely to overload the magic cannon, resulting in a temporary failure.
Although the failure may not last long, if it happens, it will cause a certain blow to the morale of your soldiers.
So as soon as he came here, Lu Ming began to command the archers to start attacking, telling the soldiers not to blindly rely on the fire of the magic cannon, otherwise once the runes on the magic cannon were overloaded and the magic cannon temporarily failed, they would not be able to prevent the attack of the elves.
However, while directing the archers to forcibly resist the shelling of the magic cannon and kill the elves towards the fortress, Lu Ming was very surprised to find that in the elven army, there were some ghostly cursers who used the protection of this Pokemon skill to provide a protective barrier for those elven soldiers to resist the bombardment of the magic cannon.
Lu Ming was very surprised by this, because he had never seen a Phantom Cursed Protector protect a person or elf who was not a Nether Force. It would be nice if they didn't eat those elves, but now they're protecting them, could it be that these ghostly cursers have all turned sex?
But soon, Lu Ming saw that those ghostly cursers were all chained up, obviously enslaved by the elves, and the elves seemed to have found a way to resist their cursed death clouds, so that they could pass through the cursed death clouds at will, without being affected by the cursed death clouds at all.
"Damn, what the hell are these elves up to?" Looking at those ghostly cursers who used the protection of the elven soldiers from time to time to block the shelling of the magic cannon, Lu Ming muttered to himself very unhappily.
At this time, Loslick, who was also awakened by the sound of shelling, also rushed to this side.
"What's going on now?" As soon as he came here, Lo Slick asked Lu Ming.
"With our magic cannon here, it's hard for Alpha's army to get close to this side. But as you can see, the Darkly Cursed are using their protective skills to protect the elven soldiers, making it difficult for our shelling to kill a certain elf. As a result, now we will not be able to break through the first layer of the wall by them, and we will not be able to repel them! Pointing to Alpha's army that was desperately rushing over, Lu Ming said very unhappily.
"And, the most important thing now is that only two-thirds of their army has been dispatched, and the remaining tens of thousands of elves, where they have gone now, we don't know!" Seeing that Lothric was also here, Edsol walked over, and continued Lu Ming's words.
Hearing this, Lothric couldn't help frowning, and said with some uneasiness: "Are they going to use these elves to drag us down, and they themselves will pass through the Morgan Forest and go straight to the interior of Erepos?" But there are so many wurms in the forest, and there are even legends that there are several ancient dragons living in the depths of the forest, and those elves alone may not be able to pass through Morgan's forest. Even if they can pass through, the elves who can survive may not even have three digits. The benefits of such an approach are pitifully small for the elves. So, where exactly did those soldiers go? Could it be that they still have some conspiracy? ”
"I think they don't necessarily want to play some strange tricks, but because of something, they have to leave some soldiers on the side of the town to meet the soldiers who are now besieging the city!" After Lu Ming casually shot a ghostly curser, he turned his head and said to Lothric.
"You're saying that their commander is still cautious about thinking that we have prepared a trap because of our countermeasures?" Edsol looked at Lu Ming in disbelief and asked.
"Otherwise, why do you think they don't dare to attack us with all their might? Aren't you afraid of traps? Lu Ming glanced at Edthor like a fool, and then turned to Lothric and said, "If I'm not mistaken, the remaining troops of the Elven Clan will arrive here in a few hours and start attacking the city with all their might!" ”
As soon as he heard this, Lothric glanced back at the second wall, which was fifty meters away from the first.
Seeing this, Luo Slick couldn't help but say, Lu Ming knew what he meant. Now only two-thirds of the elven army has already reached a tie with them, and if the remaining elven troops also join the attack, they will only be able to retreat to the second wall, and may even have to retreat to the third and fourth walls.
And by the time they retreated to the fourth wall, they could basically let all the soldiers leave here with them through the teleportation magic circle in the deepest part of the fortress, and start fighting with the elven forces within the principality.
But this basically declares that Erepos has lost the ability to counterattack, and fighting with the elven troops within the principality will cause very unpredictable losses to the principality, which is the last thing Lu Ming and the others want to see!
"Lothric, it looks like we didn't have enough magic cannons to make at night!" Glancing at the second city wall, Lu Ming smiled self-deprecatingly, and then said to Lothric.
"yes. Not enough! With his bow drawn, Lothric smiled and fired an arrow that crucified a ghostly cursed person to the ground.
Seeing this scene, Lu Ming couldn't help but smile, and then took out several golden arrows at once, nailing several ghostly cursed people to the ground at once......
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In the afternoon, three o'clock.
In a small town several kilometers from the Mordred Fortress, Taftière was waiting for news from the Mordred Fortress.
Because of her intrigue skills, she had little hope for the assault on Fort Mordred. The reason was that she felt that Lu Ming and the others had set a trap and were waiting for them to jump down, so she asked her husband, who led the troops to attack the Mordred Fortress, to leave behind almost 40,000 soldiers in order to deal with him who had suffered a loss.
However, while she was waiting for news from the front to prove herself right to the disgruntled soldiers who had been forced to stay, one of the soldiers returning from the front brought news that was not very good for her.
As soon as he saw the Duchess of Taftiel, the soldier fell to the ground on one knee and reported: "Lord Duke, the battle situation on the Earl's side is at a stalemate, I hope you can send troops to help!" ”
As soon as he heard this, Tafertiel's face changed several times.
Because it is impossible to form an impasse with advantages or disadvantages. A stalemate means that both sides are evenly matched, which means that neither side can defeat the other, and they will not be defeated by the other.
It wasn't the kind of situation she had in mind!
However, under the onslaught of nearly 100,000 troops, the strength of the army was only a little more than 80,000, and the fact that Fort Mordred, which was mostly a ragtag army, was able to hold it has proved that the defenders of Mordred are indeed prepared! It's just that the trap wasn't as terrible as Tarfertière thought.
After knowing that he had a high regard for Lu Ming and the others' traps, Tafertiel immediately ordered several of his personal guards: "Everyone go and gather the army, we are ready to go and support Count Bilal!" ”
"Yes! Lord Duke! Upon hearing the order of the Duchess of Tafertière, the guards immediately sprang into action and went to gather the army.
However, when all the elves had left, her expression suddenly became gloomy.
After sitting in her chair, the Duchess of Tafertière said angrily: "Suspicious plan! Good fun! Mankind! Beast-eared people! Fishman! ”
At this time, her adjutant walked in, saluted her respectfully, and then said: "Lord Duke, I think that the defenders of Mordred Fortress know that you are good at resourcefulness and will think twice when encountering things, so they will do something as strange as yesterday, so that you think about their purpose, so that you do not dare to attack the city, so as to delay time and wait for reinforcements from other principalities of the Mirakaiza Kingdom to arrive!" ”
"You're right, that's what those Mirakesa people are for. However, they were able to force Bilal's attack, which can be regarded as somewhat arranged. If you attack rashly yesterday, you are likely to suffer. And the reason why Bilal is okay today is also because he asked Lycutt Wendersland and Medivin Arms to assist him with the Cursed One! Although Tarfertière had already sensed that she had misjudged, as a female elven nobleman with a relatively high status in the elven race, her arrogance from the bottom of her heart made her unable to admit that she was inferior to her husband.
However, when the lieutenant heard that Taftiel had sent Richardt Wendersland and Mediven Arms to assist Helardton Bilal, he could not help but be shocked and asked, "Lord Duke, don't you know?" Those two secluded lackeys are both ghostly and untrustworthy! Didn't you send them to assist Lord Bilal in attacking the fortress of Mordred, and that would send him to the jaws of the tiger!? ”
Hearing this, Tafertiel smiled indifferently and said, "That guy is dead and dead, and he can only blame himself for not guarding against Lycutt Wendersland and Medivin Ames!" ”
Hearing such ruthless words, the adjutant was slightly silent for a moment, and then said, "I know. ”
With that, she left the room where Tafertiel was and went to gather the army.
And the Duchess of Taftière also began to hang her sword at her waist, put on her hat, and prepared to wait for the army to be assembled, and then go to the Mordred fortress with those soldiers, ready to take the Mordred fortress in one fell swoop.
But she didn't notice that her lieutenant gave her a vicious look before leaving, as if she had some deep hatred for her!
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While the Duchess of Taftiel's guards were there to gather the soldiers, her lieutenant came to a secret room and found an elf.
He was none other than the husband of the Duchess of Taftière, Hailarton Bilal.
He was supposed to command the army to attack Mordred, but because he was worried about Lycutt and Medivan, he chose to let his stand-in command the army, and he himself hid in this secret room that he had discovered, waiting for news.
Seeing that his wife's adjutant was looking for him, he immediately walked over and asked, "Is the situation at the front line just a suspicious tactic as I said?" ”
"Yes, what the Mirakesa did yesterday was indeed a suspicious tactic. However, they also have something in store to put your army in a dilemma. He picked up a glass of water on the table and took a sip before the adjutant said.
Hearing this, Hyalardton stepped forward, put his arms around his wife's adjutant, and asked, "That guy is now preparing to take the army to support the front line, right?" ”
"Yes. Now she asked her guards and me to gather the soldiers and prepare to leave for support at the front. The adjutant did not resist, but let Hyalardon put his arms around him. However, she soon said with some worry: "That guy doesn't care about you at all, and our cronies are also trembling around her, so I'm afraid that if she loses the battle at Fort Mordred, she will take out anger on us!" ”
Suddenly, the adjutant turned around, looked at Hylarton, and proposed: "Let's run!" Go to some small country and live in seclusion, and stop fighting with the nobles, okay? ”
Hyalddon didn't even hesitate, and immediately nodded, "Yes!" When she leaves with the army, we'll go! ”
Twenty minutes later, Tarfertière left the town with his army and hurried to the Fortress of Mordred, where he prepared to rendezvous with 'Highardton' and take the fortress with all his might.
But by the time they arrived here, it was already approaching evening, and both the army of 'Highardton' and the defenders of Mordred Fortress such as Lu Ming had been fighting for a long time, and their physical strength was already a little exhausted.
However, Tafertiel, who had just arrived here, did not care whether his soldiers were tired or not, and ordered that as long as they were soldiers, they would continue to attack the city and not be allowed to rest.
Fortunately, she brought tens of thousands of soldiers, enough to capture the first wall, otherwise the soldiers would probably mutiny.
Of course, she is also a general who has fought all her life, and it is impossible not to know whether her orders will cause a mutiny. That's why she wanted to forcibly attack the city, also because the other party's soldiers were also tired of this! Take advantage of its fatigue and attack its vital points! That's what the Duchess of Tavertière had in mind!
Although the soldiers did not understand this order, since they were able to capture this fortress, it didn't matter if they were exhausted to death!
But neither they nor Taftiel knew that Lycart and Medivan, who had always been on the lookout for it by Highardton, were plotting their own plots, and the moment they captured the fortress, they would surprise Duchess Tafertiel and the elven soldiers, letting them know that Secluded was not something to be messed with.
But before that, the fortress must be taken.
However, Lu Ming and the others would never give them this opportunity, because once the fortress was captured, their territory would become precarious, and their family members might also die under the butcher's knife of the elven clan.
So they will hold on to Mordred until reinforcements arrive!