As time passed, all the soldiers guarding the walls were attracted by the slow advance. The trebuchets in the vice-city broke the silence of the defenders with a sky-piercing roar.

A collective attack of dozens of defensive trebuchets ensued, and a number of large ballistas aimed at approaching siege towers and hoplites, waiting to come within range before giving them a head-on attack!

Those huge stones flew over the city walls, flew through the sky, and then crashed straight into those large siege towers! I saw a huge siege tower being smashed fiercely, and instantly pierced through a large hole in it, and countless wooden bars splashed in mid-air, and more than a dozen East Oguna Imperial soldiers standing in the siege tower were immediately knocked into the air, flew out of the tower and fell, and the screams followed. But the siege towers, which had been attacked by the stones, did not stop advancing, and the hoplites who were covering the siege towers below also took up their thick shields to block the people or wooden bars that fell from mid-air, and increased their advance towards the walls of Doret City.

For some time afterward, the sound of boulders being thrown and smashing enemies was heard, and the screams of despair from the humans were added to the mix, as if to a rhythmic music. After four accurate trebuchet hits, the upper body of the huge siege tower was already missing, except for the base of the tower, and a few soldiers who were still standing on the "waist" of the siege tower immediately became the target of the crossbowman with the longest range, killing them instantly.

The hoplites of the East Oguna Empire had already abandoned their initial creeping pace, and they held their thick shields in their hands and held them high above their heads, fending off the bows and crossbows that were pouring like a downpour, and they ran quickly towards the edge of the wall. Moreover, Fidel also noticed that the infantry began to pass some siege ladders more than ten meters long from the back, and it seemed that these infantry and ladders would be one step ahead of the siege towers.

The potholes that Ludwig suggested digging also played a significant role, and one siege tower was instantly sunk into one side of the iron wheel because it did not notice the unevenness of the ground. The entire siege tower immediately fell to one side, but fortunately it did not fall too much, so that the tower would not "fall" to one side, otherwise a large number of infantry would have been stoned to death. It's just that the tower is also damaged and can't move forward.

As the invading army moved faster, the defenders' ranged units immediately opened fire, raining countless arrows on the swarming enemy. Even the Potato Mercenary Regiment's archers picked up their bows and crossbows, aiming at the enemy who was about to enter the range. In the tall arrow towers, all the positions behind the arrow holes were full, and countless soldiers hid in them, shooting arrows at the enemy. But the enemy ballista carts and trebuchets that approached slowly also found their targets and attacked the tallest of the towers. Several stone cannonballs with excellent accuracy hit an arrow tower, and the arrow tower fell instantly, and hundreds of soldiers inside immediately died along with the arrow tower.

Medium-sized mobile arrow towers hiding behind siege towers are also approaching, and these unnoticed towers are full of marksmen, all of whom are targeting defender archers and crossbowmen on the ramparts. Even the mercenaries of the superior mercenary group were attacked by these crossbowmen standing on the mobile arrow towers, and a large line of mercenaries fell. Feder immediately ordered all mercenaries who did not have ranged weapons to hide behind the battlements and not show their heads easily, while the archers waited for an opportunity to return fire, but also tried to find cover first and not shoot at a large number of enemies.

The frantic ranged attacks made Fider dare not easily get up from the battlements, and the soldiers with swords could only wait patiently until the enemy appeared in front of them during this moment of approach.

Ayana, who was armed with a short wooden bow, didn't stand up either, she didn't seem to plan to strike now. On the contrary, the crossbowman mercenaries of the Mulihua Mercenary Regiment aimed at the enemies on the approaching mobile arrow towers, shooting one at a time, destroying all the enemies exposed on the mobile arrow towers, and those who were hiding behind the cover also suffered many casualties.

Feder saw that the slender Commander Jasmine was also holding a heavy crossbow, and she was only responsible for aiming and shooting, while the two of her men were responsible for loading the sword-long crossbow arrows. The two men were in charge of pulling the strings, and Jasmine, with her slender arms, was able to handle it with ease.

"Captain Fidd, what are we going to do?!" Squad Leader Leonard asked loudly as he leaned over to Fielder's side.

"We're going here, not going anywhere!" Fed replied loudly, and several crossbow arrows flew over the wall above Fed's head, knocking down one of the mercenaries who was looking up, and the body fell under the wall at once, without even shouting.

Suddenly, the long-range attacks of the besieging and defending sides became the only image in this world. Countless throws, crossbows, and ballistas poured wildly, and the sound of machines and bowstrings numbed the mercenaries closest to the walls, some of them covering their ears, some of them closing their eyes and their mouths vibrating, not knowing whether they were praying to the Father to save them or to pray that the Holy Goddess would bless them.

This rain of arrows lasted for an unknown amount of time, and the two sides gradually eased up. Fidel stood up slightly, looked out of the city walls, and found that the invading troops of the East Oguna Empire had retreated, and the speed of the retreat was neither fast nor slow, and all the hoplites used thick shields as cover, and retreated in an orderly manner to the place where the attack was launched. The enemies on the moving turret were also shot and killed, but the turret was still able to rely on the iron wheel mechanism of the chassis to slowly retreat, and the soldiers inside the turret were not all dead.

The defenders, of course, did not miss this best opportunity, and they picked up their newly lowered crossbows and aimed at the retreating siege towers and mobile arrow towers, but their attacks had little effect. As the enemy's siege weapons were retreating, the defensive trebuchets in the sub-city also stopped attacking, reducing the consumption of stone ammo.

Fei De asked his subordinates to count the number of people, and the enemy's crossbow attack just now killed and wounded more than a dozen people in the potato mercenary group, while the mercenaries of the superior mercenary group and the black mercenary group died even more. None of Fidel's men understood why the other side was retreating, but even if they retreated now, they had already scrapped the two siege towers, one of which was still stuck in the pit, unable to move. Most of the mobile turrets were able to escape in one piece, as they were not targeted by trebuchets and ballistas.

Although the enemy in the east and south began to retreat, the battle in the west seemed to be raging. One of the siege towers had managed to break through the west side of the city without the side city wall, and approached the west wall of the side city to the south. In this area of Fidel, even if you stretch out your ears and look out, you can only see those soldiers on the west side of the city wall constantly defending, and it is estimated that the invading army of the East Oguna Empire is fighting fiercely with those mercenary groups.

Luca, however, rushed back with terrible news.

"Captain Feide, those mercenary regiments are fighting with the soldiers of the East Oguna Empire, with countless casualties!"

When Fidel and his subordinates heard the news, they were all surprised, how could those mercenaries who were planning to watch the fire from the other side fight with the enemy? At this time, the three regiment commanders Jasmine, Ahei, and Charlie also gathered and listened to Captain Luca's report on the situation over there.

"Some soldiers standing on the city wall have seen with their own eyes that the mercenary group that had already evacuated the camp has been watching in the open area to the north, and they have forgotten to burn the camp in order to evacuate the battlefield as soon as possible," Lukka gasped for breath, as if he had run a long way to get first-hand information to Fidel, "but suddenly a large group of light cavalry appeared from the northwest direction, and those light cavalry instantly joined the battle to defend the western wall. Unexpectedly, these light cavalry didn't fight for long, and immediately rushed in the direction of those mercenary groups that were originally watching the fire on the other side, causing many invading troops of the East Oguna Empire to chase these troops and rush to the north, melee with the unwitting mercenary groups!"

As you can imagine, the mercenary group, which had already relaxed its vigilance and was completely lax, was immediately slaughtered when it encountered well-trained hoplites. Some of the clever regimental commanders saw that the momentum was not right, and Morning Wine continued to flee north with his mercenaries, while more mercenaries were mixed up with the regular army that rushed over. Fei De didn't expect that the light cavalry units that were arranged in the Land of Amy's were actually arranged for this purpose, and it seems that even if those mercenary groups were neither loyal nor high in combat, the rulers of the Theoguna Empire had no intention of "giving up" their combat power.

When the other three regiment commanders heard the information brought back by Luca, they were all secretly glad in their hearts that they did not stay outside, and if those mercenary groups did not join the battle, maybe those light cavalry of the Theoguna Empire would point their spearheads at them. The Theoguna Empire left such a hand, so that all the mercenaries could not stay out of the matter and hide from a distance to watch the battle, it is estimated that at this time, the large group of light cavalry had already left the battlefield and retreated.

After the siege on the southeast side was lifted, the siege on the west side was basically lifted, and the defenders on the city wall focused all their attention on the west wall, and the invading army of the East Oguna Empire who were in a mess with the mercenaries were also killed by the crossbowmen on the city wall - of course, those mercenary groups were also killed.

Marcus and the others thought that if the Eastern Oguna Empire attacked the city walls, they would be in a hurry, so they had already eaten a lot of breakfast. Unexpectedly, the enemy retreated as soon as he touched the edge of the city wall, and when lunch was delivered, no one felt very hungry.