92. Defense of Dink Village
"Bow and arrow ready!" Seeing that the charging centaur was already within range of the bow and arrow, Luna Maria gave a loud order.
Ordinary warriors are not as skilled in a certain system of warfare as the warriors, but they will learn all weapons, whether they are swords, guns, axes, bows, arrows, hammers, or shields. Each of the 100 warriors of the Rog Knights stationed in Dink Village wielded bows and arrows. In addition, more than 30 militiamen from Orion in Dink Village, more than 130 archers leaning on the wooden wall to block the centaurs rushing from one direction.
After Luna Maria gave the order, the archers prepared their bows and arrows and waited for the order from the upper peak to start attacking.
"Ready." Looking at the centaurs approaching closer and closer, Luna Maria raised her arms.
The centaurs brandished sticks and tomahawks in their hands, shouting and rushing towards the village. At a distance of 100 meters from the wooden wall, the centaur who was rushing to the front suddenly became short, and with a 'poof' fell into the pit that had been laid long ago, and then was impaled by the wooden spikes erected at the bottom of the pit. Many of the centaurs who fell into the trap died instantly, and the few centaurs who did not pierce the vital point struggled and wailed.
The centaurs behind them want to dodge when they see that the situation is not good, but under the high-speed running, how can it be so easy to dodge the traps that are close at their feet? Most of the centaurs who rushed to the front for a time fell into the traps, and some of the traps even fell into several centaurs one after another. Those who fell in the back were lucky, and the clansmen in front of them served as cushions for them, and there was no major problem except for a few who broke their legs and feet. It's just that the first to fall down will be unlucky, even if they are not stabbed to death by the spikes in the trap, the clansmen who fell down behind will smash them enough to choke them when they fall down.
After many centaurs had been trapped, the rest of the centaurs who were not rushing to the front finally reacted in time, and they all stopped and spread out on both sides of the trap. It's just that in this way, the momentum of the entire team naturally came to an abrupt end, and more importantly, a distance of 100 meters is the limit distance for the javelins thrown by the centaurs, but for the bows and arrows in the hands of human warriors, it is the best attack distance.
"Shoot!" When Luna Maria saw the enemy within range of her attack, she immediately gave the order to attack.
The archers immediately opened their bows and volleyed, and the arrows in their hands were fired mercilessly at the opposite group of centaurs. An overwhelming rain of arrows turned the dozen centaurs who rushed to the front into hedgehogs.
The centaurs shouted loudly, and the centaur warriors in iron armor or iron shields rushed to the front to fend off most of the arrows, while the rest of the centaur warriors raised their rudimentary planks that served as shields against the locust-like arrows above their heads. A group of centaurs advanced towards the village under a rain of arrows. The Centaurs' javelins and axes have a maximum attack range of 60 meters, and they can only counterattack the humans who are leaning on the wooden walls of the village after advancing to this distance.
At a distance of forty meters, from 100 to 60 meters, each of the more than 100 archers in the village shot at least three arrows, and the consumption of five or six hundred arrows and the complete exposure of the outer traps were exchanged for at least a hundred dead and wounded centaurs. Losing one-fifth of the enemy in one attack, the human side, which had the advantage in the city's defenses, undoubtedly had the upper hand in the initial battle.
However, after the centaurs rushed into a distance of 60 meters, they also launched a counterattack by their own means. The centaurs in iron armor and holding iron shields in high still rushed forward as shields, while the lightly armed centaurs who were slightly behind and charged with planks threw away their planks, pulled their short javelins from their backs or drew their throwing axes from their waists, charged their arms in the roar of rage, and then threw them at the wooden wall.
"Watch your defense! Raise your shield! Luna Maria exclaimed.
The defenders on the wooden wall had already prepared, except for a few dozen people who were better at archery and were still shooting at the centaurs, the rest of them put down their bows and arrows, turned around and picked up the shields that had been prepared long ago, and stepped forward, holding the shields on the city wall, and the shield stood diagonally sideways, as if the city wall had been raised a little higher.
Most of the javelin hatches thrown at the fortress were nailed to the wooden wall, while the rest struck the erected shield wall and ping-pong. The arm strength of the centaur is not small, and the javelin axe thrown is naturally full of strength, and the sergeants who resisted this round of throwing attacks were all numb by the shock force from the shield, and they could barely hold the shield.
The javelin hatchet striking the wooden wall was almost useless - of course, if getting stuck in the wooden wall wore down the durability of the wall, then the attack was worthwhile. The few javelin axes that pierced the shield wall killed and injured more than a dozen archers who were dodging in the rear, after all, it was only a shield wall composed of less than 100 people, although it only needed to defend against one wall, but it was still difficult to resist all the attacks within the attack range without splashing water.
The dead and wounded were quickly carried off the wall by their colleagues, while the rest did their best to prevent the centaurs from continuing to approach the wooden wall. Although the Centaurs did not have an advantage in siege warfare, it was against the tall masonry walls. Naturally, a village like this could not have a decent rock wall to defend against the centaurs, and could only be erected and fixed with thick logs as protection. For such a wooden wall, the centaurs still have some way to deal with it.
I saw several centaurs in the lead swing their axes or sledgehammers as they approached the wall, slashing and smashing towards the wall.
"Attention! Those are Warrior-level centaurs! They're going to smash the wall! Meiling exclaimed when she saw this.
'Name: Centaur (Warrior)''Category: Subhuman-Halfling'''Level: Tier 3''Attributes: Strength A, Resistance B, Constitution B, Agility A, Spirit N/A''Trait: Great Strength'
'Name: Centaur (Warrior)''Category: Subhuman-Halfling''Level: 2nd Rank'''Attributes: Strength A-, Resistance B, Constitution B, Agility A-, Spirit N/A''Characteristic: None'
Ordinary centaur warriors are very strong, and those centaur warriors are naturally superior. Under the attack, the wall that was hit trembled slightly, and at the same time, the sound of wood breaking could be faintly heard from the impact site. Obviously, the walls made of logs were difficult to withstand the impact of heavy objects, and after a few rounds they became crumbling. The centaur warriors in the rear rushed forward and threw ropes around the top of the damaged wall, pulling them backwards together. The slope of the wooden wall gradually increases, and the sound of the bottom breaking is gradually obvious.
With a flash of swords, the ropes that held the wooden fence of the fence were cut one after another, and the unprepared centaur warrior stumbled back several steps before he could stabilize his body. Looking up, I saw Shi Jinxin standing on the edge of the wall, the long sword in his hand flashing with a cold cold light. Shi Jinxin raised his sword and pointed at the centaurs under the wall, and said proudly: "Don't be delusional. With me Shi Jinxin here, you don't want to break through here! ”