Chapter 125: Dawn
"Don't panic! Hold the formation! ”
"We have family and friends behind us, and we must not let go of the undead!"
The undead poured in from all directions, the soldiers in the front row holding their shields, forming a solid barrier, like a reef to withstand the attack of the waves, and the spear-wielding soldiers took advantage of the gaps to knock down the skeletons and zombies that pounced on them.
The archers in the high places fired volleys again and again, clearing an open space from time to time, and although it was refilled in an instant, it gave the soldiers in the front row time to breathe.
At the rear of the array, a row of small catapults was pushed from the gloomy castle, and the siege equipment that Tullius had brought from Celeordir was used to deal with the undead.
"Ready!"
Hadava, who had escaped from the Dragon's Pass with the Dragonborn, stood in the phalanx, and under his command, soldiers with torches quickly set the wooden cages on the catapult on fire.
"Put!"
With the wave of Hawada's arm, more than a dozen fire balls whistled through the air and landed in the pile of the undead, the not very sturdy wooden cage had become extremely fragile after being ignited, and exploded at the touch of it, and the flammable materials soaked in fire oil in it directly scattered in all directions, attached to the bodies of the undead, and burned their bodies.
The Empire's battle mages waved their hands to form walls of fire on the ground, and when the undead passed through the flames, most of them were burned to powder.
Many houses were set on fire, and smoke billowed from them, but there was no need to worry about such losses at this time.
"Raise your shield!"
As the order sounded, a group of skeleton archers occupying the city walls were seen shooting arrows at the Imperial army under the command of the necromancer.
However, compared to the rain of arrows from the Imperial archers, the attacks from the skeleton archers were much sparser, and many of the arrows had just flown out before they fell, and they were even twenty or thirty meters away from the shield soldiers in the front row.
Even if it fell into the phalanx, it was blocked by the shield raised in time, and it did not bring much damage to the Imperial Army.
Some of the skeletal archers with tattered longbows continued their movements, and even the arrows in the rotten quiver on their backs fell to the ground, and the bow arm in their hands was broken, but repeated mechanically.
"If that's all there is to fear, we have nothing to fear."
In the Imperial camp, a commander looks up at the skeletons who are constantly jumping down from the walls and accidentally throwing themselves apart, such cannon fodder is almost impossible to hurt a well-trained Imperial soldier under an organized defense.
"They seem to be just trying to drain our energy." Hadava's face was a little weird, relying on Dugu City's military reserves, the Imperial Legion with a large number of logistical supplies was not afraid of such a war of attrition, it was some powerful undead.
This is also what Tulius fears, in his opinion, the woman who called herself Potmar before is likely to be the Wolfheart Queen of the Third Age, who has been reborn as a powerful lich at this time.
The fluctuations that erupted in the direction of the Blue Palace were even greater than the movement on the side of Dugu City, the roar of the dragon, the terrible thunder, the dazzling golden light, even from a distance, you could see that many places in that palace had become ruins.
Although he was worried about the situation over there, it was impossible for him to leave behind his subordinates on Dugu City's side, and he also had to guard against the powerful undead that might appear, Tulius could only hope that Zhang Lin and the Dragonborn would be able to give some strength.
Soon, Tulius' fears became a reality.
“Fus!”
A deafening roar sounded in the battlefield, and a crack was suddenly torn open in the originally solid defensive line, and the Imperial shield soldiers blocking the front were blown to pieces.
A group of ghouls appeared at the front of the formation, and these Gounod Spitters, who had mastered the first syllable of the unrelieved power, brought a lot of losses to the Imperial side as soon as they appeared.
Compared to cannon fodder skeleton soldiers, ghouls who are not fully corrupted are more than a cut in strength and defense, and their funerary equipment is not as badly damaged.
At this time, Tulius only wanted to scold the funeral habits of the Nords, if they had not been embalmed, these Grunds would have become dry bones, not ghouls more powerful than skeletons as they are now.
In thousands of years of history, in the tombs of Dugu City and the nearby ancient tombs, I don't know how many bones are buried, and these are the new forces of the undead.
Just as the Imperial soldiers on the front line were being suppressed by the ghouls who had joined the battlefield, some tall figures broke into the sight of Tulius.
In the midst of the roars, the ghouls were flapped into the air, or crushed into meatloaf by the thrashing that fell from the sky, and the ghouls' weapons slashed at their bodies and cut through their exposed fur.
"Trolls?"
Tulius quickly identified the large creatures, which were dangerous hunters in the wild.
However, at this time, it is impossible for wild trolls to come to the city, and these trolls are wearing armor that is obviously specially made for them.
The trigger of the large crossbow sounded, and flames exploded among the undead, and a brilliant white-gold aura spread through the crowd, crushing the undead who were besieging the Imperial soldiers.
Tulius finally remembered that the Dawnguard had the ability to tamestinate armed trolls, so it must be from the help of the vampire hunters right now.
Soon, a dark-skinned, bald Redguard appeared in front of Tourus, patted the head of the husky wardog that followed him, and strode over.
"General Tulius, I'm the head of the Dawn Guard, Islaun."
"Thank you for your help, your arrival is so timely!" Tullius was telling the truth, and the arrival of the Dawn Guard was just as their name suggested, allowing him to see the light of day, "I thought you would only deal with vampires. ”
"After we have this ability, destroying these undead is also what we Dawn Guards should do." Islam smiled, and then became serious again, "Why did so many undead suddenly appear in Dugu City?" ”
Hearing Islaon's question, Tulius smiled bitterly, "It's the Queen of Wolfheart, she's resurrected." ”
"Sure enough, we also interrogated the vampire who caught the news." Tulius' words confirmed the information Islaon had obtained, "Let's solve the problem at hand. ”
"Is there anything you can do?"
"Please watch."
As Isla's words fell, a sun suddenly rose in the middle of the battlefield.
Under the scorching sun's light, the nearby undead instantly turned into ashes.
Tulius squinted, and from the center of the "scorching sun", a flaming sword was suspended in it.
It was Meritia's Excalibur "Daybreak".