Chapter 0297: Minas Tirith Battle (3)
The great battle here in Minas Tirith, the capital of Gondor, had just begun, and before the siege troops and the defending forces of the two sides had officially come into contact and engaged in bloody hand-to-hand combat, the long-range attack equipment of the two sides, and the catapults had already begun to compete with each other.
There are still more than half of the dozens of large winch torsion trebuchets of the orcs, which are being manipulated by huge trolls, and constantly twisting those power arms and serrated winch, until the torque reaches its maximum, and then another trolls carry the huge stones, and then they keep fighting back against the black iron ball cannonballs that roar out of the city or the large counterweight trebuchets thrown out of the large counterweight trebuchets of the Gondor defenders.
Neither side needed much aim, and the boulders or cannonballs thrown from Minas Tirith could always smash countless enemies or plow out bloody paths in the large army of orcs; Similarly, orc trolls have always managed to smash down a section of a wall or house, and eventually succeed in knocking out or burying some of the defenders and inhabitants......
In this long-distance stone-throwing battle between the two sides, in general, it was the Gondor side that defended the city that had a big advantage!
Because, just those large defensive equipment in high places, those fixed counterweight catapults, their attack distance and accuracy are far better than the winch torsion cars of the orcs, which is why the Wyvern Knights are sparing no effort to attack those large and small counterweight catapults.
Of course, the artillery units of the United Kingdom of Alicia at the top of Minas Tirith were also among their top targets!
Now, in addition to the other five Ringlings still flying around and wreaking havoc in the city below, there are three Ringwraiths Dragon Knights, circling upward.
"Line up! All check the weapons! β
At this time, as soon as Alicia's group of fifty musketeers arrived near a large counterweight catapult and had just lined up in formation, they saw:
In the distance, a few hundred yards away from them, another hapless trebuchet was grabbed directly by the powerful hind claws of a Ringwyvern beast that flew down and grabbed the projector's arm, and then, the huge machine fell apart and was torn off half of the frame and grabbed into the air, and when it fell, it accurately killed and injured a large number of Gondor soldiers who were trying to shoot arrows at it below.
After destroying a trebuchet, the Ringwraith didn't grow tall or fly far, but turned its head to look at it fiercely.
Then, under the control of the Ring Spirit again, the terrifying monster beast turned around in mid-air in a dexterous posture with just a flick of its wings, and began to fly towards the counterweight trebuchet on their side, guarded by fifty musketeers......
Clearly, it and its owner want to destroy the war machine that is still firing monoliths at the orc legions outside the city, and to give the recalcitrant defenders of Gondor a good look!
"Guns on the shoulders, raise the muzzles of your guns! Aim for that wyvern! β
Under the orders of this Alician Kingdom squad officer, under the puzzled gaze of the other Gondor soldiers in plate armor, a full forty of them formed a neat four rows of loose formations, and raised their muzzles in unison, aiming at the Ring Spirit Wyvern Demon Beast that was gradually descending in altitude and began to glide at high speed.
"Hiss~quack~!"
Before it could arrive, the terrifying dragon-like demon beast repeated its old tricks, and once again let out that sharp and terrifying roar, causing the group of Gondor soldiers who were originally operating the counterweight trebuchet to cover their ears one after another, and they scattered in an instant......
A few of the brave Gondor soldiers who were about to shoot arrows, under the piercing screams, couldn't help but relax their bows and let the arrows fly out weakly, and then dropped their bows and arrows, covered their helmets and ran!
"I'm all aiming, ready to ......"
Compared to the Gondor soldiers who fled for their lives, Alicia's musketeers were much calmer, and although the screams still made them uncomfortable, they were still exposed to the sound of muskets and cannons on a daily basis, indicating that the noise of the monster was still within acceptable range.
Furthermore, human fear often stems from the unknown.
Whether it's a demon or a dragon, snake, or wolfdog, if you kill one of them with your own hands, when you encounter the same target again, that sense of fear will no longer exist!
And just now, in the royal garden at the top of Minas Tirith City, they had successfully and easily overturned a Ringing Spirit Wyvern Knight without losing any of them, and they were really not intimidated by this Ringing Dragon Knight flying towards them.
That's because each of them knows that no matter how powerful the enemy is, they can be hurt and killed by the weapons in their hands, so they only need to be accurate now, and if they don't get rushed by the enemy, it will be enough.
"Fire !!"
Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!
As the Ringing Spirit Wyvern Knight gradually approached, under the shouts of this team officer, after a series of gunshots, a full forty scorching cone-shaped projectiles erupted from the muzzles of those Minny rifles, and shot straight towards the huge body of the Wyvern Demon Beast under the crotch of the Ringwring Knight who swooped over!
"Ga ......"
In an instant, the Flying Dragon Demon Beast, which was originally screaming happily, suddenly stopped its hissing sound!
Then, at the same time that its huge wings were instantly struck out of more than a dozen large holes that leaked wind, its huge and sturdy body also instantly appeared several hideous wounds that were burst out of black poisonous blood!
Then, as if it had lost the strength to glide, it directly relied on its inertia and fell down to the front and bottom......
Boom!!!
In the chaos of a loud collision and the flying of giant trees, when the falling monster killed and injured many of the Gondor soldiers, the Alician officer who commanded the musketeers to shoot was embarrassed to find that the monster and the Ring Knight on its back had finally succeeded in destroying the trebuchet......
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"That knight isn't dead yet?!"
When more and more Gondor soldiers were holding short swords and shields, or holding spears with both hands, and surrounded the wyvern demon beast who was seriously injured but was still screaming and struggling to mend the sword, they were shocked to see that under the wyvern, a ringspirit with a mace in hand and a black robe crawled out of it.
The other party just fell from such a high place, and he hasn't even been killed yet?
"Everybody! Kill him! β
"Kill, !!"
As one of the Gondor generals gave the order at the first time, a group of Gondor legion infantry armed with shields and spears shouted slogans to kill the enemy, intending to bully more and beat the water dogs, so they waved their shields and weapons and rushed forward.
"Huh! Stupid humans, I will not spare you! β
A hoarse voice sounded, and then, as the Ringwrath Knight violently swung his mace, the first few Gondor soldiers who rushed forward with shields in their left hands and before they could swing their short swords in their right hands and slash at each other were smashed to their shields by the opponent's hideous sledgehammer, and screamed and were instantly knocked out of the air, and after falling heavily into the street one level below Minas Tirith, they did not move......
Of course, the Black Knight's attack is far from over!
Then, the Ring Spirit roared angrily, and rushed directly into the phalanx of dozens of Gondor pikemen and sword and shield infantry, regardless of the spear tip and blade that the other party slashed at him, it was a series of hammer slamming and sweeping movements, and he crashed into it in a daze!
In less than ten breaths of the wails of shields and soldiers, swords and spears breaking, the group of Gondor soldiers either fell to the ground with their heads broken and bleeding, or they didn't know where they had been smashed......
"Hehehe......"
"Stupid humans, enjoy the last fear! Your Last ...... It's here! β
Here, the combat effectiveness of the Ringing Spirit Knight has been fully demonstrated in this short period of time.
In the face of ordinary Gondor soldiers, and the kind of standard ordinary steel weapons in their hands, this Ring Spirit, he will not be harmed at all!
As a result, he could dash and attack the Gondor defenders with impunity, and the daggers or spears that stabbed him would not affect him too much, except for creating holes or dents.
"How is that possible?"
"He, what kind of monster the hell is he?!"
"Don't push me! Heβhe can't be killed! β
In the blink of an eye, they lost at least thirty or fifty elite legionnaires?
This situation beyond imagination caused the surrounding Gondor soldiers and the general who had just given the order to start retreating non-stop, and their faces were pale one by one, as if they had seen the undead, and they were constantly retreating.
Now, no one wants to rush forward to face that kind of black-robed monster that can't be beaten and killed, and is infinitely powerful!
"Where's the Demon Breaker Squad?!"
Seeing that the Gondor soldiers who had rushed forward had all been defeated, and no one dared to go up casually to attack and block their guns, the officer of Alicia issued another order, and the other ten musketeers, who had been behind the forty men and had not fired, quickly rushed forward from the rear, and pointed their rifles at the arrogant ringwraith less than twenty paces away.
Just because the legionnaires of Gondor can't do anything about him doesn't mean that the weapons of the United Kingdom of Alicia can't do anything about him! Now, the officer seems to have seen the prospect of his own promotion and raise! Leading her soldiers to destroy a wyvern and a powerful Ring Spirit will definitely be enough for her to be promoted to the third rank and enter the ranks of the Legion Centurions!
"Shoot! Shoot now! Beat him to death! β
Chiguoguo's exploits are right in front of his eyes, where is the reason to let go easily? What about the Ringwraith Knight's powerful ghostly powers? What if a wyvern can fly?
Now the times have changed, no matter how high the martial arts are, no matter how hideous the appearance is, no matter how great the strength is, they are all knocked down with one shot!
Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!
After a series of ten volleys of guns, under the shocked and puzzled gazes of the Gondor soldiers, the arrogant ring spirit, after being directly pierced by the demon-breaking bullets engraved with the Mithril Broken Pattern, quickly screamed and twisted and collapsed, transforming into a pile of broken iron......
When everything calmed down, all that remained of the ruins of the counterweight trebuchet was a wyvern beast that was still moaning and struggling to get up from a serious injury.
"How could there really be such an evil and terrifying creature in our Middle-earth?"
After seeing another ringwraith being destroyed, the officer of the musket team walked over with his reloaded Minnie rifle.
She first looked at the evil dragon demon beast lying on the ground, which had already shed a lot of poisonous blood but had not completely died for a while, and when she found that the other party still dared to open its hideous mouth and bared its teeth at herself, she snorted coldly and raised the muzzle of the rifle in her hand and aimed it at the head of the demon beast......
Syllable!!!
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By now, the orc-orcs' giant siege cart had finally approached the towering walls of Gondormenas Tirith, and had succeeded in slamming the iron gate at the top of the well, which was the protective and landing board, on the battlements of the wall!
Then, countless orc infantry, screaming one after another, rushed directly from the well to the city wall, and began to scuffle with the Gondor infantry and the unprepared archers!
They shouted all sorts of slogans to each other, and began to fight and scuffle frantically on the small walls, and in an instant, the scarlet blood of the humans and the black-brown blood of the orcs filled the white walls......
"Hurry up! Where do the archers leave right away! Shoot that pedal of the other side! β
"Gondor sword and shield infantry, as well as pikemen, come with me and drive them all off the walls!"
Seeing that the soldiers on both sides had finally begun to fight together, Faramir, who was directing the battle on the city wall, hurriedly called a group of elite Gondor shield infantry, and rushed towards the sections of the city wall that came into contact with the enemy!
Luckily, their trebuchets and the artillery units that Alicia had come to support had managed to crush most of the orcs' giant wells! Now, the other party thought that with only five surviving well carts, they wanted to break through the walls of their capital city of Gondor, it would be simply wishful thinking!
You know, the walls of the capital city of Minas Tirith are hundreds of yards high, and if they can't erect a ladder to attack the wall, they can't even take the city wall with these few wells!
"Hurry up, press them back! Be sure to stay here! β
Faramir, who took the lead, jumped over, and the long sword in his hand swept directly, emptying several orc soldiers around him in an instant, and the sword and shield soldiers behind him who rushed up immediately filled the vacant position and knocked the half-orcs back!
Several orcs were pushed directly outside the city wall by the combined efforts of the Gondor soldiers, and began to scream and fall......
"Bang hard! Pikemen! Fast! Attack from the rear and push them back! β
Because the half-orcs on the city wall only had five small gaps to rush up, and the Ring Spirit Wyvern Knights, who originally thought they could become strong reinforcements, did not dare to fly low anymore after receiving losses, so that those half-orcs who could only exert their combat effectiveness by relying on crowd tactics were quickly driven back to those wells by the taller, stronger, and more powerful Gondor's defenders from both sides of the city wall with shield arrays.
For a while, the two sides kept consuming each other on the small gaps made by the wells.
The orcs kept trying to jump from the treads of the well to the walls, but the soldiers of Gondor kept pressing them back with shields and spears, causing them to lose their forces in vain, and many of them were squeezed off the pedals and fell to the ground screaming.
"Quick! Shoot arrows from both sides! Attack the side of the pedal! β
Faramir was still commanding loudly, and now that everything was good, the orcs would not dare to break through their walls!
"Steady, don't mess around! They are no match for us! That's it, push hard and push them out! β
In terms of the current battlefield situation of the two sides, the defenders of Gondor who occupied the city walls had an even greater advantage!
When the orcs tried to hit the shield wall of the gondor's shield infantry, countless arrows also shot at the narrow pedal platform of the well, and countless orcs were shot into hedgehogs without even having a chance to dodge, like dumplings, and after falling below, at least one or two could be stoned to death?
"Good! That's it! Defeat them! β
"By the way, where are those oil tanks of ours? Hurry up! Throw it at me and burn it right away! β
Faramir, the son of the regent Dinethor, the general of Gondor, hurriedly shouted at the infantry who were still shooting arrows when he had succeeded in directing the defenders of the walls to drive the orcs back.
If he remembered correctly, there were quite a few oil cans on the city walls that could be thrown by hand for trumpets to set fires! Now, it's time to use them.
Looking at the current situation, although the orcs can't come up for the time being, it's better for them to quickly burn the remaining five giant well carts as soon as possible, otherwise, if those orcs rush up desperately, then their walls will be breached sooner or later!
After all, their defenders in Gondor were nowhere near as many orcs outside! Moreover, those militias who were temporarily recruited should not expect too much from their combat effectiveness.
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"Humph! Damn ......"
Among the orcs, the general, with a sarcoma-like scar on his face and a heavily twisted and deformed hand, was looking up angrily at the top of Minas Tirith, whistling down dozens of small black dots.
Soon, those black dots once again ploughed out blood marks in the large phalanx of their half-orc legions!
Every time, this kind of big black iron ball shot out by the opponent can always cause dozens or even hundreds of casualties to them, although the damage is not too great, but they can't fight back after being beaten in the ear, and the blow to their morale is really too great......
"Lord Angmar!"
After pondering for a while, the orc general who saw that his own attack was unfavorable, looked at his side in annoyance, and said the leader of the Rings who was descending to the ground and was directing and supervising the attack of the army with him.
"Can't you just let your Ringwraiths destroy the things that shoot iron balls? They're just so annoying! β
Now, after its statistics, it found that those black iron balls that were launched every once in a while had dealt a lot of damage to their orc army!
So far, among the thousands of soldiers they have suffered casualties, at least a small half of their hands have been stoned to death and bruised by the black iron balls that are falling at high speed!
Just now, even those tall and strong trolls had half of their bodies directly smashed by that terrible black iron ball! If this continues, it will be a great challenge for it to restrain its troops from continuing to attack! You know, when morale hits rock bottom, those orcs scatter in a hurry, it's not a joke!
"Shut up!"
The Witch King of Angmar turned his head fiercely, and looked at the orc general who was riding a wolf, and dared to accuse himself, until the other party, together with the wolf, retreated and cowered for a few steps, and then pointed angrily to the top of the gate of Minas Tirith and said:
"We've already tried to attack!"
"However, three of my men are now hanging there! They are humans, and they have magic weapons against us! β
The Witch King of Angmar was ashamed and angry at the mention of this, and he still thought that those that were burning with fire must be magic weapons!
In fact, at the very beginning, they were the first to discover the anomalous smoke and flame weapons that could shoot black iron balls at the top of Minas Tirith.
At that time, he, the Witch King of Angmar, immediately sent the Dawn Destroyer, whose strength was second only to himself, up, but where would he have thought that bastard would be killed by the enemy on the spot?!
So, when he called the other two companions again, and was about to go up to find those human troubles, they were surprised to find that those human beings actually had terrible weapons against them?
At that time, when the three of them had just dived down, the strange defenders above used their weapons to shoot some terrifying iron pellets at them! Frightened, he and another ring spirit saw that the opportunity was wrong, so they quickly pulled the reins of the flying dragon demon beast and turned their heads and ran!
The other one that had been shot down because it was a little slower had now been cut off and hung on the gate by the damned Gondor defenders, along with the Dawn Destroyer and the other unlucky guy who had been shot down by attacking the trebuchet......
"Then what do we do now?"
"Look, we're only five well cars left, oh no! Now it's four......"
After glancing at the heads of the three Wyvern Demon Beasts on the top of the city gate cave and the twisted objects of the three pairs of tattered armor and black cloaks, the half-orc general was also resentful.
It's all because of these rings that have not achieved enough things and more than enough to fail, they have made the morale of the orcs almost drop to the bottom!
Above the city gate, the three bloody dragon heads and the armor of the rings were a naked insult and provocation to their powerful orc legion!
"Humph! Without further ado, go on the offensive! β
"Don't be afraid of losses, no matter what, climb the city walls, break the city gates, and be sure to attack them!"
Looking at the heads of the three wyverns hanging from the enemy's castle and the remains of the three rings, the Witch King of Angmar, as the leader, was of course a little embarrassed. Because of this, they don't dare to fly too low, or fly up to attack the defenders of the city.
Because, the other party has a weapon that can hurt and kill the ring spirit, the kind of iron rod that emits fire and smoke, and the ground is very powerful! Without knowing how many of those weapons the enemy had, they would no longer dare to easily fly over the city of Minas Tirith.
They are afraid of the kind of weapons that will glow......
As for the life or death of the orcs, he didn't care!
Anyway, their army of orcs is large, even if the 100,000 orcs here die, he can still pull out another 100,000 or more orcs from Mordor.
"But my lord, there are only five ...... left in our wells It's four, and those ordinary troops can't rush up at all! And the gate, it's so strong that we can't even break it! β
The battle continues, and the remaining four wells can only go up to the ordinary troops of the orcs or small trolls! On that small well pedal platform, there was no way to break through the shields and spear formations of those Gondor defenders!
It had already seen several small trolls being pushed off the walls by Gondor's defenders......
And look at the mountains of orc corpses in the city gate area, those defenders on the city gate, they can even calmly and condescendingly aim and shoot arrows or throw stones at the orc gate above the city gate, so far, at least thousands of orcs have died at the city gate alone!
"Humph! The small ram won't work, so we've got something else, push that 'Golon' up for me! β
The Witch King of Angmar smiled and glanced at the tall corpses at the city gate, and then calmly ordered.
Just now, the Goron behind them was also bombarded two or three times by the enemy's powerful iron ball weapon, but Goron was a giant steel ram poured in one piece, and he was not afraid of the enemy's bombardment or stone throwing, or even arson!
Because, Goron himself carries a flame!
He believed that their 'Golon' wolf head would be able to destroy the gates of Gondor, definitely!
It's unimaginably big!
When transporting it, it was carried by several unicorn beasts, the kind of one-horned rhinoceros that is a specialty of the southern plains of Mordor! At the same time, it has to be accompanied by a dozen large trolls and countless orcs to push it, otherwise, there is simply no existence that can have enough stamina to push it for a long time!
And now, it's time for it to get out of the way! Just break down the gates and they can take the city!
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"Wow...... What a big ramper......"
On the roof of the palace of Minas Tirith, Anne saw at a glance the giant monster made entirely of steel: it was actually a steel ram propelled by a large one-horned rhinoceros and some ogres? How much does that have to weigh?
"They're stupid, though!"
"Even Saruman can play with gunpowder, and they're stupid enough to bang on the door?!"
Watching dozens of shells fly towards the slamming chariot made entirely of steel, hitting several directly, only to sink a few craters and kill a large rhinoceros pulling the cart?
Seeing this, Anne herself didn't know what to say about the orcs.
They have the time and mind to make this thing, so wouldn't it be better to do something else?
Let's talk about the other party's Ring Spirit Wyvern Knight first!
In little Annie's opinion, if the dragon carried two gunpowder bombs on its back, flew over Minas Tirith as a bomber, ignited the bombs and dropped them to blow up and play, the defenders of Gondor would definitely not be able to withstand it, right?
If there is no gunpowder, it doesn't matter, she has another way!
It's better to decorate a canister of fire oil, light it on it, and throw it down, and lose the whole city, than to be stupid enough to try to attack the defenders with your voice and claws or a sword, right?
If there is a good ready-made bomber, they will not use it, but they will work hard to make a steel ram, what is it that is not a lack of heart?