Chapter 66: The Shelling Mage
Count Olgas and his men saw that many small men covered in fire had escaped from the stronghold. However, most of them could not extinguish the flames on their bodies, and soon fell to the ground and burned into charred corpses. There were many more who, without even a chance to escape, were engulfed in fire in the town, or suffocated to death due to lack of oxygen. According to Olgas's count, less than a third of the people who can escape, and most of them are athletic.
He didn't even see the commander of the opposing camp, even if a fighting warrior was in such an environment, it was normal for him to faint from the explosion or not be able to breathe, and the strong might be engulfed in the fire if they were not careful.
"I wonder if Your Excellency Olgas is still satisfied with the power of our cannon?" Xiao Chen asked.
"I saw a lot more shells in that frame than here. I guess you used a lot more artillery than you do today?" Olgas said.
Xiao Chen said: "There are about a hundred or more doors, some are bigger than these two, and some are smaller. ”
"More than a hundred?" A few officers behind a few counts couldn't help but shout, "Isn't that Suero already burned to the ground?"
Xiao Chen said: "Suero is the city we want to receive, so naturally we can't use this kind of fire element bullet, but use an ordinary bullet that won't burn like this." But the Imperial camp on the other side is different. ”
The two pneumatic cannons each shoot a base number of fire elemental shells. Huang Zheng replaced both artillery crews with ordinary shells and aimed at the road leading to the outpost camp in the rear.
Seeing the slight movement of the muzzle of the cannon, the earl immediately understood what they meant, "You want to send reinforcements?"
Xiao Chen said: "Let's see if the imperial people give us a chance." ”
The smoky camp naturally attracted the attention of the large battalion in the rear, and first a few scouts on horseback ran around, walked around outside, and then pulled a few soldiers who fled and cried to ask about the situation, and then hurried back to report.
During this time, a succession of people came from the camp behind, but they could only watch from the outside of the burned city, but they could not do anything.
After about an hour, a large group of people and horses guarded a general-like person and seven or eight mages, and came over. The men pointed at Kuroki Pass, as if discussing what was burning the camp like this.
"That person's status should not be low. At least a general who commands thousands of people. Xiao Chen said.
"See that Wyvern flag? It should be from the Davis family. They have the blood of a bipedal wyvern. Olgas said.
"It looks like a big fish. Prepare for shelling. Huang Zheng ordered.
However, before the shells could be fired, a shield appeared on the other side and enveloped the team. Two shells landed on their heads and exploded outside the shield, the flames of the shells causing some confusion below, but not hurting anyone.
"These people are very responsive. Huang Zheng said.
"Suero's black guards still ran a few, and I guess they have already crossed the mountain and gone to the camp to report the situation. The other party is not ignorant of us. It's just that they didn't expect that a cannon would be put into Heimu Pass so soon. Xiao Chen lay on the battlements and cast a lens magic invented by Mao Kai, this magic uses magic to form concave and convex lenses, which can be freely composed of telescopes or microscopes, and the combination of him at this time is naturally telescope mode, he observed for a while and said, "This is a double shield of magic and position, try it with a broken shield bullet." ”
The enemy's generals were very decisive, and after discovering that this position could only be beaten passively, they immediately ordered a retreat, and the team immediately turned to the distance, but their mages maintained their shields and proceeded slowly, which gave the artillery a chance.
Two shield-breaking bullets hit one after another, the first shot hit the shield, the shield exerted by the individual is far from being compared with the city defense enchantment, the shield-breaking bullet directly punctured the shield like a bubble, although most of the power of the explosion was blocked by the shield, but there were still a considerable number of fragments splashed into it, knocking down and injuring several people. The second shell fell directly into the middle of the group, and although the power of the shield-breaking shell was slightly inferior to that of ordinary shells, the lethality of the shell in the crowd should not be underestimated. The explosion point of the cannonball was in the middle of the team, and it directly blew more than a dozen people, including several mages, to the ground.
Most of the soldiers were frightened by the artillery bombardment. Some people ran outside, some people went inside to save people, and some people were so frightened that they didn't move, and the originally neat team suddenly dispersed. The noble general shouted loudly for a long time, and he couldn't put the whole team in order. He had to command a few guards to protect the remaining three mages and hurriedly evacuated.
Huang Zheng did not let the artillery chase after the other people who were running, but continued to let the shells attack the original position, until the follow-up shells turned the place over, blowing up the fallen mages and dozens of soldiers around them to death.
"Okay! I killed four or five mages at once. Stuart's old ghost is probably distressed to death. Olgas slapped the battlements hard, in the past, the mages were the object of heavy protection, and they had many means to protect themselves and escape, so even if they defeated the opponent's team, it was difficult to hurt the mages in it. But today the Chinese have easily done this with two guns. Those artillerymen, just doing what some academics do: calculate, test. Then hundreds of people died helplessly in the distance, a force that shocked and excited him.
By this time, the sky had already darkened, and the burning fortress outside the gate was especially striking in the dark night. Xiao Chen said: "Your Excellency, at this time tomorrow, there will be a charred ruin left on that top for a while. I wonder if our performance today is still in the eyes of you and the people around you?"
"Of course, I now sincerely thank you for coming here, showing the strength of the Chinese and also teaching the imperial people a profound lesson. It is now clear to me where your confidence to build a strong nation comes from. I think we'll need to talk to you about the rest of the story. "I've prepared a dinner party, and I hope to have a good chat with you." ”
Xiao Chen and Huang Zheng glanced at each other, then nodded and said, "Okay! But I'm going to ship these two pneumatic doors out first." ”
"There's no need, is it?" said Gariot, "it's getting dark, and it's inconvenient for you to go out of the city now." I will provide a warehouse where you can arrange for the warriors to guard it, and if necessary, I can arrange for my people to assist you. ”
"Naturally, I'll stay, but there's no need for my companions to be here. ”
"I happen to have some questions about the pneumatic cannon to ask these people who operate the cannon, don't you trust me so much?"