Chapter 009: Defense
"Infantrymen, kill these barbarians and save our commander!"
Two hundred legionary infantrymen rushed down the hillside for five hundred meters with swords and shields in their hands. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
Every sword that is slashed down will bring up a piece of flesh and blood. Occupying a condescending geographical advantage, two hundred legion infantry slaughtered dozens of barbarian pursuers in an instant.
The two centurions exchanged glances, their eyes solemn, and they stood here looking down the hillside, as if a bloodthirsty monster was hidden in the thick mist.
Hearing the sound of the horn behind them, the two centurions briefly checked the injuries of the commander Jep, and immediately turned back and ran wildly in the direction of the stone wall, not daring to stop for a moment.
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In Zoro's strategic perspective, it was not yet possible to wait for the two centurians to return to the Stonewall.
In the thick fog, there was the sound of an attack horn.
From a strategic perspective, thousands of red dots have appeared, and they are all chasing after each other.
"It's coming so fast!" Zoro's eyelids couldn't help but jump.
If there was more time, Sauron would not have feared any enemy, but in just one day, before he could even stand on his heels, the enemy army followed.
The crisis under the stone walls, and the current very unfavorable situation, probably do not allow Sauron to be optimistic.
A single mistake by the general would have been fatal, but now there was no other choice but to face it.
"Trebuchet launch! βββ
With the falling sword in Sauron's hand, he only heard the trebuchet make two 'crunch' and 'crunch' sounds, and immediately threw two pebbles of hundreds of catties from behind the stone wall and disappeared into the white fog.
Such support, while a drop in the bucket, is better than nothing.
"Blood Bow Archer preparesβ"
The short sword in Sauron's hand was raised high again!
The two hundred-man teams sent out still retained a considerable distance from the barbarian pursuers, but they had to admit that the barbarians were obviously running faster.
To support the two centurians, all Zoro could do at the moment was wait for the enemy to come into effective killing range.
"The bows and arrows made by the barbarians are simply rubbish to the home." Compared with the composure of the blood bow archer, behind the stone wall, many mercenaries temporarily equipped with bows and arrows looked at the range of the bows and arrows in their hands, and complained angrily.
"500m, 450m, 400m, 300m, 250m, 200m......"
Two hundred-man teams, carrying several wounded, were running in front, and they were about to be approached by the barbarian pursuers.
And the short spears that were constantly thrown from the hands of the barbarians even pierced the neck of one of the legionary infantry in front of them with precision.
No matter what kind of anger is held in the chest, for 200 infantrymen, there is no turning back at this moment.
Once the speed of the feet is stopped, the entire two hundred-man team will definitely be dragged down by the barbarians until they are all killed.
Such sacrifices were meaningless for any of the legionary infantrymen.
Seeing the corpses of their comrades who kept falling to the ground, and the blood flowing all over the ground, many legion infantry couldn't help but be annoyed in their hearts, when did the Purple Golden Flower Legion fear in the face of the enemy?
Even centurions need to take care of the big picture, but not the infantry.
There is only one duty of the infantry, and that is to fight bravely!
The Purple Flower Legion has never been a bad breed, and any infantry is willing to sacrifice themselves to save their comrades.
The generosity of the brave infantry to die means contempt for death and suffering!
"What are you doing, come back!" Before the two centurions could finish, the sixteen legions of infantry consciously broke away from the ranks, turned around and rushed behind them.
"The Purple Golden Flower Legion is invincible!"
Listening to the battle cry of no hesitation and decisive battle behind him, the eyes of many legions and infantry in front of him were holding back tears of pride and heartache.
From this moment on, the souls of these sixteen legion infantry will forever be attached to the blade of the robe.
The Purple Flower Legion will definitely use the blood of the enemy to avenge them!
At the cost of sixteen infantrymen, slowing down the pursuers.
Five minutes later, the barbarians finally came into range of the bow and arrows.
Zoro decisively ordered, "Release the arrows!" β
Woo Woo ---
The Blood Bow Shooters release their bowstrings.
Behind the graceful and swift parabola was the sound of arrows piercing into the flesh, and in order not to injure their own people, the blood archers on the stone wall were carrying out precise individual blocks on the barbarians, which effectively restrained their pursuit of the two centurians.
Seeing that the two centurians who were short of twenty men had safely entered the stone wall, Zoro hurriedly walked down from the stone wall.
The five infantrymen, including the commander Jep, were all carried by shields.
Zoro lifted the torn armor of the commander Jep, his chest was blurred with blood, and the four blood holes kept spilling blood, judging from the wounds alone, it was like encountering the attack of some fierce beast, and even the intestines on the lower abdomen were exposed, and it seemed that it could not be healed.
At the very beginning of the war, a thousand commanders and less than twenty legions of infantry were killed. This filled Zoro's heart with a lot of anger.
Jep grabbed Zoro's arm and lifted his heavy eyelids upward, "General, there are always more formidable enemies lurking in the fog below the mountain. β¦β¦ It was a lot of monsters with big physiques, as swift and fierce as wolves,...... Be careful. β
Zoro took down every word Jep said, he put his feet together, patted his left chest, stretched out his right hand, palm down, and silently saw off the commander with the symbol of the eagle, a military salute originating from the dragon court woodland.
"Purple Gold Flower Legion, I can't rush it!"
Jeep used the last of his chest to shout.
At this point, the last bit of color in his dilated pupils was lost.
"Light the grass balls and release the rolling stones!"
"Archer, full scatter!"
Inside the stone walls, Sauron's angry roar could be heard.
Zoro raised the short sword in his hand, his eyes showing the fierce momentum of fighting to the death, "Legion infantrymen, we are far away from our families and compatriots!" But we will protect our comrades-in-arms and defend our property! You are the most valiant legionary infantrymen, the mainstay of the Purple Flower Legion! Today, we are going to see off our commanders with blood! Make sacrifices to the heads of your enemies! β
"Once, we defended the Dragon Court! We are the reliance of Longting!! Today, we guard the land under our feet, the land of the kingdom! β
"We will be the most elite legion in the Greenlands! We fight to the last man! We will live in the nightmare of the enemy! β
In the midst of Sauron's angry roar, the Flag Keeper planted the Roaring Dragon Banner on the stone wall, vowing to live and die with this stone wall!
Boom Boom
The huge fireballs rolling down from the hillside, as well as the polished heavy rolling stones, gave the barbarians great panic, and the attacking team of thousands of people was about to collapse in the blink of an eye.
But the sound of trumpets from the bottom of the mountain indicated that more barbarians were pressing down.
The sun rising high and emitting scorching heat, gradually evaporated the thick fog in front of them, and the barbarians all over the mountains were exposed to the noses of Zoro and the legionary infantry.
The mountain was steep, and the ramming carts used for siege warfare could not be pushed up at all, so the dense and countless barbarians just carried long ladders and launched the first wave of general attack.
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At the foot of Mount Black Peak.
Fei Luo, the leader of the Barbarian Black Striped Tribe, held a leather whip in his own hand and whipped the barbarian warriors who passed by him at will, moving a little slower.
He let out a deafening roar at the foot of the mountain, "Rush up, rush up and kill all the enemies, and take my nephew Hebra back!! β
"The enemy is laughing at us, they think they can stop us with a few archers with a piece of stone wall! But the people of the Black Tribal tribe are not a bad race. The Black Stripes are never afraid of death, and we are eager to fight! When we roar the war songs of our ancestors and step onto the battlefield, we are not afraid of death! β
"Jolwell! Niedler! My two brothers, if you still want to get this iron mine, press all your soldiers on it, and try to use my soldiers as cannon fodder, you two cowardly rats. β
The pigeons were released in both agreed negotiations.
This caused a wave of anger to suppress in Philo's chest, and he yelled at his two brothers in a rage, and then walked over to a tall orc. "Dear Lord Jeffries, thank you for agreeing to do me this favor, I hope that at the last moment, your three thousand claw warriors will be able to deliver the deadliest and most brutal blow to the enemy!"
The orc lord Geoffries glanced at Fello condescendingly, and then waved his claws, which was considered to be a grant to the other party's request. "Fellow, like you, I'm the first orc leader to cross the Gate of Shadows. The lord of my Talon tribe, the orcs and the barbarians are still enemies, and they should not be involved in the affairs of the barbarians. But when it is done, you know very well what you are going to pay me. β
"Dear Lord Jeffries, I swear by my ancestor's surname, and I will give you 50,000 plainland slaves."
On the surface, Philo promised everything, but in fact, it didn't think so, "Hmph, wait and see, I'll kill all of you orcs." β
In less than two days, Philo had gathered a large army of tribes, and the total army of orcs was less than 40,000, which showed that he had paid the ransom for nothing, but it was a great shame that he did not see his nephew.
In fact, it is no wonder that in the barbarian tradition, the most unbearable thing is to be deceived, so that you will get the title of an idiot and be laughed at as a fool by the other barbarian leaders.
Fools don't deserve to be lords, and unless you use your blood to regain your dignity, even the lowest barbarians will look down on you.
At this moment, if Sauron knew that the orcs still had such a painful tribal tradition, I don't know how he would feel.
The barbarians continued to pour up the hill until noon, and the war was still in full swing.
The gray waves drifted and scattered, making noise in the narrowest places near the hillside, rolling up layer by layer. The archers were still firing their arrows, counting the half-finished arrowheads and cut branches, and from behind the undulating slopes of sand, there was a huge fire, a continuous stream of rolling stones, and fireballs rolling down the hillside.
Huge rolling stones shake the heavens and the earth, reaping the life of ants!
Woowoowoooo......oo Woowoowoooo......oo
The trumpets of the barbarians were still urging behind, and the battlefield was occasionally filled with the terrible howls of individual barbarians being hit by arrows, and the gray flow of people in units of a thousand kept moving forward in the rumbling sound that shook the heavens and the earth, getting closer and closer, and filled the bottom of the stone wall.
The hillside was strewn with the corpses of the barbarians, and the hands of the Blood Bow Archers of the Purple Gold Flower Legion were strangled with blood by the bowstrings, and at this moment, the war was at its fiercest.
The 30,000-strong army of the barbarian tribe of the Black Stripes covered the entire hillside.
"Hmph, the space under the stone wall is limited, and it can only accommodate a thousand people at a time."
Sauron didn't have to look at the crowds in the distance, he calmly commanded the battle, and waited for the enemy to approach before giving the order to throw his spear.
When the short spear is gone, there are still stones, and the last thing that the Black Wind Iron Mine lacks is stones. Beneath the rugged stone walls, all lay the corpses of stone-crushed corpses.
In the words of Zoro, "The barbarians' siege ladders are simply scum!" The length is not enough to have wood!? β
The terrain of the Black Wind Iron Mine is dangerous, the height of the stone wall is nearly twenty meters, and most of the wooden ladders of the barbarians are more than ten meters, and only a few can reach the height, and it does not work at all.
Although the number of two trebuchets is small, they can throw 50 kilograms of stones at close range to 20 meters outside the stone wall, without any pressure. After a long time, it turned out to be the most powerful weapon of destruction.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
On the other side of the wooden door, there was a rhythmic crashing sound.
The ramming cart couldn't push it up the hillside, but the barbarians used a sharpened log, and it had been ramming the wooden door since it was half gone.
The power of the log is not as powerful as that of the crash car, but the texture of the wooden door is not much better. Compared to the defense of the stone wall, Sauron was more worried about the wooden door.
"My lord, the wooden door is about to be smashed, and the gate guards are ready to fight to the death!"
Hearing the report of the guard officer Leon, Zoro frowned directly. The gate must not be stormed.
"Order them, stop me. If you can't stop it, you will move the rocks and seal the door for me. Listen, not a single enemy is allowed to let me in! β
"Yes, my lord!"
The guard officer Leon was directly ordered to leave in a hurry.
At present, the advantage of the Purple Golden Flower Legion is that it is dangerous to defend, it can condescendingly kill and damage the enemy, and once it is broken through the gate, the enemy will pour in like a swarm. Compared with the consumption of the barbarians, Sauron can't afford to consume. You must know that even if you add the Black Peak Legion that has just been established, there are only about 4,000 people at present.
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Whew, whew-
A barbarian gasped and climbed up the siege ladder, dodging the cold arrows and the short spears very skillfully.
When the brave barbarian finally climbed the stone wall, he was greeted by a sharp sword!
Sauron swung his sword and stabbed through the barbarian's face, the tip of his sword peeking through the back of his head.
Then he flew up and kicked the barbarian directly in the head, kicking him off the stone wall. Zoro's leather armor was splattered with the blood of the other party's brains.
And this barbarian, in the end, paid the price with his life for his heroic performance! (To be continued.) )