Chapter Forty-Eight: Castle of Jerpo, City of Angels, Brilliant Night

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"Zizi Zizi ......"

With the sound of electricity surging like flowing water, between the two arrow towers, an astonishing long and thick steel cannon barrel aimed at the siege tower below, after absorbing enough energy, the original black cannon body appeared on the mottled and disorderly inscription symbols, accompanied by the flickering and cracking of the inlaid gems, a large amount of plasma-wrapped steel stone balls were sprayed out, and the guardian cannon of Fort Djerbo appeared with terrifying killing and destructive power to bring infinite shock to the world.

The cannonball didn't target anyone, but blasted one of Nord's eight siege towers to pieces, and the elite warriors and nobles standing on the siege tower bridge instantly fell downwards from a height of almost five stories.

Below Fort Derber is a deep moat built by Artiman, there is no such thing as piranhas, the only terrible thing is that it is deep and steep enough, and the Nord warriors wearing heavy armor fall into such a river, and sink directly to the bottom with a bang.

Since ancient times, fire and water have been merciless, and that deep pool is like a hidden beast that devours all life in an understatement.

Many Nord warriors took off their armor and jumped into the river in search of their lords in the rain of arrows, and the Vigian marksmen, who had been aiming down to shoot a large number of Nord archers, adjusted their targets again to target these warriors who had taken off their armor on the battlefield.

In the end, it was Zhu Peng who ordered to raise the arrow tower to seal the board, so that the archers could no longer shoot downward, and could only shoot parallel to the Nuohuang guards on the bridge of the siege tower at a closer distance.

Of course, this is not because Zhu Peng really abides by aristocratic etiquette on the battlefield, but because he is confident enough in the depth of the moat dug by the overseers of Artiman, even if there is no interference from the archers, the Nords will not drown a hundred and eighty people, and it will be difficult to find their fallen lord from the corpses at the bottom of the river.

Now Zhu Pengming is abiding by aristocratic etiquette on the battlefield, but in fact, he is making it difficult for Earl Falsever, the commander of the Nord coalition army, to ride a tiger, and he has to meaninglessly consume troops to retrieve the corpse of the Nord nobleman, because people died on the battlefield for him, and he wants to see people alive and corpses when he dies, which is the least explanation.

The roar of the giant cannon of Fort Djerbo almost killed and injured nearly 100 people in one blow, and it also consumed a lot of manpower to search for corpses in the moat, but it also aroused the beastly fighting spirit of more Nord warriors on the siege tower bridge.

Even with a total of 150 Vigian archers on both sides of the tower and the city, the mighty Nord infantry finally rushed to the top of the city.

Frontal to greet them at the seven Tower Bridge ports were elite fourth-class hoplites.

This infantry combat class, which tends to be extreme, comes from Leila's heavy infantry construction blueprints, which were originally a three-level enhanced defensive side troops, but after being sanctified by Zhu Peng's consumption of honor points, they have become a more extreme four-level strengthened fortress-style troops, somewhat similar to the infantry armor used by the Song people to resist the Hu cavalry charge, and the extremely heavy steel armor wraps the soldiers, making them almost lose the ability to move freely.

Because of the lack of action, various directions of use are limited, but it is used to defend the city, especially with the powerful killing efficiency of the Vigian Marksman Legion to defend the city, and the effect is almost equal to that of the fifth-level top or even sixth-level infantry troops.

Elite hoplites: Extremely almost deformed super-hoplites, wearing the highest limit of defensive armor composed of 1,825 armor leaves, with a total weight of 80 catties, such heavy infantry armed with spears and giant axes to form a phalanx, even in the face of heavy cavalry charges can stand still.

The weakness is that there is almost no mobility, and it is almost impossible to stand up again on their own strength after being pushed down, and the frontal resistance is stronger than that of the fifth-level infantry, but if the enemy maneuvers, they may not even be able to cope with the farmer with a dung fork.

Characteristics: Bastion mode, erect a heavy tower shield, after the shield is erected, the attack power is reduced by 50%, and the defense is increased by 50%.

The tower shield in the left hand, the pure steel combat axe in the right hand, counting the armor on the body, the whole body is more than 100 catties of equipment alone, obviously it is a fourth-level army, and the cost of weapons is almost more expensive than that of the fifth-level army, but they are most compatible with Zhu Peng's defensive side talent and expertise, especially after a chance encounter between Zhu Peng and the girl named Xiao Aili five days ago...... Successfully promoted to the Dan Dao Immortal Realm.

Peng Zhu / Rod Custer (BOSS Template)

Species: Human male

Identity: Viscount of the Kingdom of Vegia, Demon Slayer, Lord of Djerbo Castle

Tactical Level: 26

Strategic Level: Level 29

Exclusive Talents: Imperial Barriers, the average number of hero tactics and strategic levels is increased by 5% for each level of defense of self and the class you lead, and the defense priority of yourself and your class is increased, and there is a small chance that lethal damage will be turned into heavy damage, heavy damage will have a small chance to turn into medium damage, and medium damage will have a small chance to turn into light damage, and the morale of the class you lead will not be easy to drop.

Perk: Level 3 Leadership (Morale +30)

After the achievement of the Dan Dao Immortals, the human beings of the earth were reborn to break the upper limit of their physical and mental abilities, and in the world of Zenda, because it is not an extreme empty demon environment like the earth, some of the human beings here who are favored by luck have natural and special abilities.

Rod Custer was originally a hero template, but after Zhu Peng comprehended the responsibility of the lord, he was reborn to break his own ceiling, and directly transformed into a boss template, and his original defensive talent was transformed into a personal exclusive talent "Imperial Barrier".

Originally, it only increased the defense of himself and his subordinates by nearly 100%, but now with the equipment effect superimposed, it directly increases the physical defense of himself and his subordinates by nearly 150...... And slowly improve with the improvement of tactical and strategic levels.

This effect alone is very terrifying, at least in a group of five elite hoplites under Zhu Peng's command, with a tower shield at the head of the city, it is completely hard to fight.

The seven noble warriors who led the climb to the top of the city waved the big axe in their hands with a whirring sound, and slammed it on the heavy tower shield and exploded, but they couldn't repel these fourth-level soldiers in the "double fortress" superposition mode, and as sharp they couldn't successfully land on the city, and the Nuohuang guards who followed on the siege tower bridge behind could only shoot at the rain of arrows from the arrow towers and the city walls on both sides, and they had no power to fight back.

And this is not the most terrifying, the most terrifying thing is that the expensive guardian cannon is accompanied by the twisting of the gears, and once again begins to slowly adjust the muzzle.

When he just got acquainted with Arteman, before the first attack and defense battle of Fort Jerpo, Zhu Peng wanted to build a costly ballista turret in addition to the arrow towers on both sides, but he had to give up temporarily because of the cost of more than 10,000 dinars, and later Fort Jerbo developed more and more prosperously, and the more than 10,000 dinars became a joke, and Artiman, the first engineer on the mainland, became a retainer of the Custer family.

Under these conditions, the construction of ballistas and ballista towers can no longer be low-profile, but ultra-high-profile versions that Attiman has learned all his life.

From the ballista tower to the guardian cannon itself, all of them were supervised by this old man's painstaking efforts, and the initial investment alone was no less than 100,000 dinars, and the cost of use and maintenance after completion was also astronomical, enough to drag an ordinary aristocratic family into bankruptcy.

If it weren't for the huge trade income from monopolizing maritime transportation, plus Zhu Peng had robbed the nest car, then Leiland and Riwache, the two wealthy nobles, would not be able to afford this money-swallowing monster with the financial resources of Fort Jerpo, but when Fort Jerbo was built, its terrifying power that was close to killing 100 people with one shot really made people feel that it was worth the cost, although it was nothing in the eyes of Zhu Peng, who was a traverser, but its power had indeed stood at the peak of the current civilization system in Calradia.

Rumble!!

The steel stone ball wrapped in the electric current was rapidly shot out along the barrel covered with handmade spiral patterns, and suddenly another siege tower was directly penetrated, and the huge inertial force pushed the siege tower backwards, and countless Nuohuang guards were thrown into the sky in an instant, whether they fell into the strangely deep moat or fell to the ground, it seemed to be a result.

"I am Baron Gilles of the Nord Kingdom, I surrender, please give me the basic courtesy as a nobleman. "Baron Gilles was undoubtedly a fierce warrior, and he was the first of all the Nord nobles to force his way through the frontal city, but this also attracted the Gerber Castle cannon to adjust the barrel and give him a shot.

The siege tower was directly blasted through, and the siege tower bridge was naturally gone, and Baron Gilles, who was cut off from the back road, glanced back at the huge height difference, and then looked at the warriors who pressed up in front of him, he decisively threw down the axe in his hand and took the initiative to raise his hands, and at the same time took off his helmet, becoming the first Nord nobleman to surrender in this war.

The nobles have immunity on the battlefield, and no one can guarantee that they will never lose, so it is natural to show mercy to the nobles of the enemy country, and those who die directly on the battlefield do not count, if they do not die directly, usually the nobles will not be mistreated, and they can maintain considerable dignity.

Under the threat of the cannons of the guardians of Castle Djerper, the nobles on the bridges of the remaining six siege towers began to retreat, and each senseless siege brought a large number of casualties, but even the Count of Falsefer could not force these nobles to let them continue to suffer "meaningless" casualties.

In fact, the Guardian Cannon of Fort Jerbo can only withstand two firing in a short period of time, and then it must be overhauled before firing again, otherwise the barrel with internal distortion and deformation may hit the cannonball on Fort Djerbo's own city defense.

No matter how amazing and talented Arteman is, the steel material and industrial level are always a hard threshold that cannot be crossed, and since it is stuck here, it is an unsolvable problem in a short time.

"How many shells do we have?" Standing at the top of the city, Zhu Peng asked Artiman behind him.

"There are five more shots...... The giant shells polished by pure hand-crafted craftsmanship should not be expected to increase the number in this battle. ”

"It's enough, just these two cannons, I believe that the blow to their morale is already very serious. Shall we shoot directly at the Earl of Falsever?"

“...... Well, no, this distance can't be guaranteed, the guardian cannon was originally used to hit siege towers, not to hit people, the possibility of being dodged is too high, only kill some five or six level troops, I'm afraid it can't be worth the cost of cannonballs. Arteman measured his fingers behind Zhu Peng, shook his head and came to a conclusion. However, the Nord coalition did not know this, and their military formations consciously retreated a lot.

As a famous Nord general, Earl Falsefer has a strong command ability, and in the eyes of the spy wizard, he is at least a heroic template, with talent and leadership skills, and he leads the army to fight with great momentum.

The soldiers under his command can often exert their combat effectiveness beyond their combat effectiveness, even if they are not as talented as Zhu Peng's original defensive side, they are by no means too inferior. The first time he stormed the city, he lost his troops and killed a nobleman, captured a nobleman, and the guardian cannon of Djerbo Fort brought a huge shock to many people, but even in this case, the count of the Nord Kingdom still suppressed the dissent.

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After the first wave fought with the posture of a lion fighting a rabbit, but still hit his head and broke the bloodstream, the Earl of Falsefer quickly gathered the army to defend it, while the rear troops continued to cut down trees and continue to build siege towers, obviously even in the face of the terrifying power of the guardian cannon, the earl still did not intend to give up lightly.

After a short half-day truce, at midnight, the Nord coalition began a second wave of the offensive.

Count Falsefer turned over his last hole card, although the tactics were still the same as the first wave of tactics, but this time it was not only the Nord coalition that went into battle.

A huge beast with a rancid smell lifted the black cloth and stepped out of the logistical baggage, and the group of miscellaneous troops in the coalition army who had been mysterious were also regrouped, they were groups of rotting green-skinned monsters, dressed in rudimentary armor and armed with heavy weapons, evoking ominous meanings in the night, and the smell of death was spreading and permeating.

"Although the limited vision in the dark does have a great impact on the archers, it also has a great impact on the warriors attacking the city, right?Count Falsefer is a military commander of great prestige, how could he be so unwise?" Artiman accompanied Zhu Peng, who was dressed in armor, to the head of the city with sleepy eyes, and he had to personally overhaul the cannon during the day, and he had just laid down for a short time, and then encountered the unreasonable midnight siege of the Nord coalition army.

"Because in the night, the combat power of those monsters below can be exerted to the extreme......"

A body of martial arts has almost recovered to the peak, even the dark night can not cover Zhu Peng's eyes, the zombies below are turned into Beamon, zombies are turned into trolls, zombies are turned into orc slaughterers, they are as meat shields and sharp edges are surging over like a tide. The strongest and most massive of them stood beside the catapults, flying up under the control of the Nord warriors, flying over the walls of the city like meteors and smashing into the city of Jerbo Castle.

Normal human warriors use this method of entering the city is about equivalent to finding their own death, under normal circumstances, even if it is a top-level orc class such as Beamon and Cyclops, I am afraid that they will be injured a lot if they are directly hit by a catapult, but the existence of zombies is different, Zhu Peng knows with his knees that their vitality and defense must have been greatly improved.

John ...... Mamacha, you two will lead the cavalry and griffin troops back to the inner city to clear out those zombie monsters, and John will bring Cerberus with you, they will make it easier for you to find your target. As soon as Zhu Peng gave the order, a one-eyed troll with a crimson body smashed right on the city, its fat and huge body spread outward with terrifying thorns, and its skin showed a dark red as if soaked in human blood. Standing on top of the city, the fierce troll grabbed an elite hoplite with one hand, threw it lightly, and then flew out with a single blow, leaving only a circle of blood mist in the air.

Nabal, the commander of the infantry who was maneuvering around the city, rushed up with the elite swordsmen behind him, but the crimson troll's single eye actually shot out a laser-like blazing light, and for the first time he faced this kind of opponent, even if he was as brave as Nabal, his arm was slashed by the blazing light, and the wound was scorched in severe pain, but no blood flowed out.

At the same time, the infantry under the city began to charge the city again, this time I don't know if the nobles were not driven, or the Count of Falseif had begun to dislike them, in short, there was no nobles to lead the second wave of the city, which also meant that the Count of Falsefer, who had the leadership skills to maintain morale, would not stop attacking the city because of casualties, this time I am afraid that it will not die.

Two siege towers were smashed to pieces, and the Nord coalition forces relied on their strong logistics to build two more, and together with the six planes in the daytime, they stormed the city at any cost.

However, the Nord warriors were still treated preferentially after all, they charged from the six siege tower bridges in the middle, and the siege tower bridges on the edge of the left and right sides were charged by the zombie orcs, so that the Nord warriors did not have to face a hundred sixth-level elite archers on both sides of the arrow tower, in terms of human favor and morale, it was understandable for the Earl of Falsefer to do this, after all, the necromantic zombies did not care about morale, let alone whether it was fair or not.

And the human Nord warriors feel that they are being taken care of and are more willing to die for their generals, but what Count Falseif doesn't know is that the sanctified troops are one level higher than the negative energy life damage, and if they are ordinary orcs, the zombieized orcs face the elite archers of Fort Jerbo, and they all face the sixth- or seventh-level long-range archers.

After killing and injuring several warriors, the zombie-transformed ninth-level one-eyed troll was probably not enough, and was knocked off the wall by Nabal's shoulder with the cooperation of other warriors, and fell into the moat with his head up.

However, at this time, the siege tower Nord infantry in the center had already been killed, and Nabal, who was not lightly injured, rose up and led the soldiers behind him to block it, and at the same time, the giant cannon of Fort Derber also "bombarded" two cannons in succession, shattering the two siege towers.

(The last spy wizard of the necromantic department is indeed hiding in the Nord Kingdom, and he has corrupted the aristocracy of the entire Nord Kingdom...... Unplug me completely at all costs. At this time, several Behemoths swam across the moat and climbed along the walls to attack the castle of Jerbo.

There are not many tenth-level top troops in the hands of the Silver Moon Orcs, this is still the impure bloodline of the Beamon Orcs in the Silver Moon World, according to the wizard historical materials that Zhu Peng studied, there are ancient Beamon Behemoths in the Heavenly Plane, and the Golden Bimon Behemoths...... Those legendary lives that are not inferior to pure-blooded dragons, but their IQ cannot be compared with the dragons, and the bloodline is easy to degenerate, and in general, they are not as good as the dragons, but a race that has become a legend only by virtue of its natural physique also highlights the innate horror of this kind of giant beast?

“...... Seven of you on it, if they really climb up to the top of the city, even I will have a headache. ”

With Zhu Peng's order, seven mysterious figures in cloaks walked out of the shadows and darkness, they jumped down from the top of the castle, and flew towards the five climbing zombies Beamon with open arms.

The fierce wind blew the cloak upside down, revealing seven warriors covered in delicate armor, their white wings spread out behind their backs, and blue gorgeous fire burned above the cross-sword in their hands, the archangel, the strongest of the ten ranks.

Archangel: Dancing with white wings, using the holy sword burning with blue flames to bring hope of victory to mankind, with strong offensive and defensive blood and speed, he is the strongest of the ten-level troops.

Trait 1: Boost morale, where angels wave their wings, when righteous humanity is victorious, they can boost the morale of their own warriors just by appearing.

Trait 2: Great healing, which heals and restores the health of fighters within a certain range, greatly relieving their fatigue.

Trait 3: Negative Energy Repulsion, dealing an additional 50% damage to lower planes or negative energy lifeforms, noble angels can never be resurrected or harnessed by necromancy.

The tenth-level troops of the Terrans, just their appearance, symbolizes the rout of the Nord coalition army, boosting morale is not just to improve the morale of the party, in the Terran camp I have you or not, it almost means that I occupy the moral high ground and you are the evil who is being crusaded.

In particular, the hidden killer weapon of the Nord coalition is actually the zombie orc unit, although it is indeed very strong, but the judgment of morale stability -20 is not something that any commander can bear.

It is no wonder that with Count Falsephus as the commander of the coalition army, without his leadership skills, the morale of most of the Nord nobles' private army troops is less than eighty, I am afraid that as soon as the zombie orcs join in, the morale will collapse, and the two thousand coalition troops will not be able to pull Vigia, so most of them will have to flee.

The five zombies climbing on the city wall are very strong than Momon, very strong Yes, if it is on the frontal battlefield, they are simply unstoppable, even if the archangel and these giant beasts are single-handed, they do not dare to say that they will win, and at this moment they are hanging on the city wall, and they are restrained to death by the third characteristic of the archangel as a zombie life, and finally these five giant beasts have almost no room to fight back and were split into pieces by the cross sword burning with blue flames, and smashed into the moat.

Seven angels scattered across the seven nodes of Jerber Castle, a pale green halo spreading around them, and all the warriors were as excited as if they had been stimulated, except for the Hell Priest, the Dreadknights, and the large hordes of Cerberus who felt uncomfortable.

This is the first time in hundreds of thousands of years that angelic life has appeared on the continent of Calradia, and it was not until this moment that Zhu Peng deeply realized why the archangel was called the strongest class of the tenth level.

The combat power they possess is probably still secondary, the Beamon Behemoth in its complete state, the ghost dragon of the necromantic system, the ancient green dragon in the forest, and especially the abyss archdemon in the lower plane, the individual combat power will never be inferior to these white-winged angels...... But the influence of angelic life on the human race is too strong, as soon as they appeared, the entire Jeerbo Fort came to life in the night, the whole city cheered, and countless people shouted with joy.

Even a pirate leader like Nabal, who was destined to go to hell after death, even a horse thief like Mamacha, and even a guy like James who dissected the corpse and regarded the truth as everything, all burst into tears at this moment, full of piety.

This night was destined to be the night of the angels in Djerborburg, and even Rod Custer was overshadowed by the angel's radiance.

Zhu Peng couldn't help but retreat slightly into the darkness, he looked up at the seven angels in the sky, and in the depths of his eyes, there was a strong dark red spreading.