Section 224, Attack Shadow Fang Castle
Dante and Ash rode the black wind and stood on a slope. On the opposite side of the slope is the Castle of Shadowfang, where Arugao hides.
Dante finally led his demon army to take the initiative to attack this time! He brought with him two hundred little monster warriors, plus a thousand human mercenaries hired by Grande. This time, the mercenaries are not players, but NPCs.
According to the information obtained by Grande, there have been attacks by undead monsters in various parts of the Dongyang Continent and the Xiyue Continent, and the Alliance and the Horde are now busy defending their respective territories and have no time to worry about Gilnes's affairs. As for the griffon kingdom, there is no news for the time being. Dante plans to focus on conquering Gilneth first, and then go to see what's going on on the griffon kingdom.
It's six o'clock in the morning on June 10, and Dante is leading the well-prepared army of demon kings, using two wagons to pull two siege cannons bought from Grande, vowing to conquer Shadowfang Castle in one fell swoop.
In this battle, he takes Ash, Fenrir, Black Wind, Gollum, and Ariuzhe with the Wheel of Fortune using Ash, Fenrir, and Ariuzhe, with Black Wind guarding the two cannons and Gollum leading the soldiers. In this way, a group of more than 1,000 people drove to the gate of Shadow Fang Castle.
It's starting to get a little hot, but in the morning, it's still cool. Along the way, as Aliuzhe said, the Kingdom of Gilneth has been tossed into a lifeless empty shell by Arugao, and there are no normal troops at all to block the path of the Demon King's army!
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The cool morning breeze gently blew on Dante's face and made him feel comfortable. He was not in a hurry to move forward, but took out his monoculars and carefully observed Shadowfang Castle.
Shadowfang Castle is a huge fortress divided into two parts, front and back. The front part, mainly the military area and the living quarters, where the officers and soldiers of the fortress lived. The rest of the area is the prison and the unknown. The second half has a much larger area than the first half, and is the main target of the Demon King's army's attack.
"Master!" While Dante was concentrating on observing the Castle of Shadowfang, Ariuzhe ran back from not far away, knelt down in front of the Black Wind, and reported to him, "As far as I can see, there are cannons on the front wall of the Castle of Shadowfang, and there are five of them. It looks like we're attacking head-on, and it's a bit difficult. โ
After hearing his words, Dante put away his binoculars and said, "Arius, it depends on your performance. Your ability is to use Phantoms for ranged attacks, and this battle is up to you to the front! Tell us about your plan, how should we build this fortress? โ
"Yes! Master! Hearing the Great Demon King's order, Aliuzhe bowed to him and said, "When I went to scout just now, I had already subdued a few of my fellow werewolves. Now they are waiting for us below. I'll take them to the side and climb the wall later. Master, please use cannons in front of the castle to attract the attention of the Arugao troops, and there is no need to storm it, just attract it and cover us up to the wall. We're going to disrupt the wallhead team! Once we hold back the artillery troops at the top of the wall, you can blast open the castle gates with your cannons and rush in! โ
Dante nodded and said, "Sounds good." Just do as you say! Go now, then. I'm leading the team to attack the main entrance of the castle! โ
"Yes, master!" Ariuzhe bowed, stood up, and ran down the slope at great speed. Dante saw him with a few werewolves and walked around the side of Shadowfang Castle.
"The whole army is marching forward!" Dante gave orders to the Demon King's soldiers behind him. So, the Demon King Army began to advance towards the main gate of Shadow Fang Castle!
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"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"
According to the plan mentioned by Arius, Dante led his troops to feint the main entrance of the castle, using two cannons as siege suits, and constantly bombarded the moat in front of the castle and the bottom of the city wall. The guards standing at the head of the walls of Shadowfang Castle were werewolves, all of whom were controlled by Arugao's magic, and were busy fighting back with the cannons on the castle.
"Don't panic, everyone, Gollum leads the crossbow archers to pay attention to shรจ strikes! Knock out the werewolves who fired their guns! Dante calmly commanded the Demon King's army to make a feint. For a while, the shells whistled towards each other, and outside the castle, the fireballs and smoke and dust that were blown up by the shells were really everywhere, and the sound of the shelling was deafening!
The plan seems to be going well. While directing the attack, Dante released a magic raven to observe the movements of Ariuzhe and his party from the side of the castle. Several of their werewolves were really brave and strategic, on the side of the city wall, using the sharp claws of their werewolves, they steadied themselves on the city wall, and slowly climbed up.
The onslaught of the Demon King's army played a good role in covering! Seeing that Aliuzhe and the others are about to climb the top of the city wall!
After a while, Aliuzhe and his werewolf warriors successfully climbed the wall on the flank of Shadowfang Castle. There was a sudden chaos on the wall, and Aliuzhe, as a werewolf with the mark of the Demon King, was far stronger than the werewolf troops of Arugao! He slaughtered and smashed indiscriminately, and soon beat the guards on the wall into a daze, and routed towards the castle!
"Ariuzhe has gone up!" Ash's eyes were sharp, and he first noticed that the guards on the city wall were fighting Aliuzhe, who was killing him from behind, and hurriedly pointed to Dante and said, "Let's take them quickly!" โ
"Gollum, blast the castle entrance open with a cannon!" "Yes, master!"
Gollum heard the order from the Great Demon King, and hurriedly beckoned the gunners to adjust the angle of the cannon and began to fire at the front of the castle!
"Boom Boom" "Boom" "Bang"
Shadowfang Castle is surrounded by a moat, and there is a moat bridge in front of the main entrance. During the battle, the Demon King Army first had to use cannons to smash the suspended moat bridge first, and then bombard the main gate that was blocked behind.
No matter how strong the gate and moat bridge are, they can't withstand the continuous bombardment of two cannons! After forcibly blasting the moat bridge into several large pieces, the Demon King Army stepped up and opened fire on the main gate. Ariuzhe and several of his werewolf men fought more and more on the wall, snatching a few crossbow arrows and constantly striking at the guards inside the city gate, disturbing them.
After being hit by a few shells, the castle gate collapsed, crushing several werewolf guards who were inside the gate! After a puff of smoke cleared, the gates of Shadowfang Castle were opened, and the time for the attack came!
"Gollum, take someone to build a bridge with spare planks!" "Yes, master!"
Dante had already prepared for it, and built a very long and sturdy plank, and sent people to work overtime to install iron bars on the plank to reinforce it. This iron bar is used to cross the moat! At the same time, Grandet provided an engineering vehicle on which the planks could be placed and transported forward, thus crossing the moat and erecting the planks over!
Gollum himself pilots the engineering vehicles to build the bridge, and Dante leads the little monster crossbowmen to attack the werewolf guards on the city walls to cover the engineering vehicles. The human mercenaries are clustered around the engineering vehicles, ready to fight! And Aliuzhe and his werewolf subordinates tried to contain the enemy army at the top of the wall and responded to the siege.
The battle went well, and although there were minor casualties, Dante noticed that Arugao's forces did not seem to be able to fight. These werewolf guards, who only rely on magic to maintain their thinking activities, seem to be very strong in normal times, but once they enter the battle, they can't fight against the big demon king with normal logical thinking!
Arugao's army, in front of the Demon King's army, is just a plate of loose sand!
"Boom"
Finally, thanks to the efforts of the people, the plank bridge successfully crossed the moat and reached the gate of the castle.
"Warriors of the Demon King's Army!" Dante took Ash and rode the black wind, stood in front of the moat, drew the sword of the demon king, pointed to the gate of the castle, and said loudly to his subordinates, "Today, we will fight the first battle to dominate the world!" Everyone rush in with me! Kill the Arugao and you'll be rewarded! โ
"Oh!"
When everyone heard the words of the Great Demon King, they shouted loudly in response! (To be continued.) )