Chapter 32: The Battle to Defend Phoenix
Lin Jue was puzzled: "Why are you only here now?"
Gloria pursed her lips and said, "When you guys were having a good time here, we ran to the ice floe and drew a teleportation array, so we're here now." It's okay to come early, but where do you want him to pass the siege tower?"
The siege towers disappeared one after another, the battle situation on the city wall gradually became clear, and the jungle elves who had lost their follow-up replenishment were gradually defeated, and were finally driven off the city wall by the soldiers.
However, this change did not make everyone feel easy, because a large number of jungle goblins still gathered under the city. Under the cover of siege towers and ladders, three ramming vehicles came to each city gate and attacked the city gate.
Behind the ramming car, a large number of jungle elves were armed with spears in their hands, ready to attack.
Bi Fang looked at the city wall planning map in front of him, which is now the battlefield command map, and groaned and put the flags representing the hundred-person detachment near the city gate.
"Order these troops to quickly go to the city gate to support. ”
The soldiers at the gates of the city, armed with muskets and short knives and spears, were ready to defend.
"Boom—"
The heavy crashing sound resounded one after another, and the entire city gate, even the city tower, trembled slightly.
The heavy log gate, under the impact of this sound, the gap between the log splices became larger and larger, and the entire city gate seemed to become fragmented at any time.
The commander in charge of defending the city gates, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. This commander was the officer who had just commanded the troops to snipe the first siege tower of the Jungle Elves.
He calmed his trembling hands, drew the saber at his waist, coughed slightly, and cleared his throat.
"Warriors, always remember your identity, you are the proud army of the Kingdom of Orlante, in the desert, we are the strongest, in the snow, we will not lose to anyone!"
"What's more, the other party is not human at all, do we need to be afraid?"
"Behind you, the people of Phoenix, the people of Orlante!"
"Please remember your mission! Defend Orlante, victory will eventually belong to us Orlante!"
"We, there is no way to retreat, fight against the water, fight to the death!"
The soldiers in front of the city gate held back the trembling of their bodies, quietly wiped the sweat from their palms, clenched the muskets in their hands, and aimed forward.
The commander raised his saber, which shook slightly from the trembling arm.
"Everyone, aim ahead!"
The Commander's voice was also a little trembling, but his voice was very loud, and the voice was heard everywhere, and the empty streets were silently responding to his voice, and the echoes that came were one after the other.
When the echo fell, the entire Phoenix City was unusually quiet, like a dead city, silent.
The sound of the battering ram hitting the city gate is still rumbling, one after another, and it is exciting.
Everyone held their breath, and all the soldiers, even Lin Jue and the others on the city tower, clenched their fists and calmly waited for the next moment.
"Bang-"
"Click-"
With the sound of wood breaking, the city gate made of logs finally spread out, and outside the city gate, the shouting of killing to the sky resounded in the sky for a moment.
At this moment, the commander's trembling arm finally swung down the raised saber heavily.
"Fire!"
"Bang-"
A neat gunshot rang out in the sky, and the jungle goblins who had just rushed into the city gate cave fell to the ground one after another, green blood splattered in all directions, and the quiet picture composed of gray and white suddenly surged with a murderous aura because of this touch of green.
After the first round of neat gunfire, there was a chaotic burst of gunfire, and the jungle elves running in front of them fell to the ground one by one.
While the first row of spear-wielding jungle elves fell, the second row of jungle elves stood still.
The soldiers continued to fire, and the jungle elves in the second row fell one by one in a pool of green blood.
These goblins did not have spears or other thrusting weapons in their hands, but they held in their hands black round iron balls.
There seemed to be some trigger button or mechanism on the iron ball, and they touched it, but a black-purple six-pointed star suddenly appeared on the entire iron ball, and in the middle of the six-pointed star, there were three tiny stars, which were shining.
If Lin Jue was near the city gate at the moment, he would definitely recognize this symbol on the iron ball, which was the uniform badge on the previous assassination of the dwarf hammer and the tulip killer.
The next moment, the jungle elves neatly threw the iron balls towards the place where the soldiers gathered.
The soldiers dodged the orbs and continued to shoot, letting them roll down at their feet.
But they didn't notice the iron ball under their feet, the six-pointed star that exuded black and purple, and suddenly the light soared.
"Boom—"
The iron balls actually exploded one after another, countless steel fragments shot out in all directions, and the first line of defense, which was the densest in the crowd, was instantly torn apart.
Dozens of soldiers fell to the ground, howling in pain.
But many more soldiers fell in a pool of red blood.
"Damn! Blossom bombs?" Lin Jue lay on the city wall and looked at the scene in front of him, and his heart instantly cooled.
The commander near the city gate escaped the catastrophe because of his timely reaction, and he looked at the corpse in this place with fear, and his heart was even more cold.
The soldiers in the rear stared blankly at the scene in front of them, and the impact of this bloody scene was too strong. A few less timid soldiers, trembling all over, unconsciously retreated.
At this time, the second round of iron ball attacks has come to the feet.
The commander was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly shouted, "You fools, come here and throw these iron balls back!"
He said as he rolled forward. He grabbed the iron ball from the ground and threw it at the city gate.
"What are you afraid of? Remember, there's no way back!"
The soldiers behind them reacted one after another, seeing their commander rushing forward without fear, perhaps because of the words of the commander behind them, which gave them a hint of encouragement, they overcame their psychological fear, rushed forward, suddenly grabbed the iron ball on the ground, and threw it back.
But it was too late at this moment, there was still a small half of the iron ball still under their feet, and a moment later, the explosion started again, and the soldiers fell again in a large area.
But this time, the jungle elves on the opposite side were not comfortable, under the counterattack of the human soldiers, they were densely packed in the city gate hole, and they suffered even greater losses, and in an instant, the entire gray city gate hole was completely infected with green blood.
Even though most of the attack was blocked, the soldiers who were fighting near the city gate, including Lin Jue and others on the city tower, exclaimed together.
Because the brave commander was shot through the body by shrapnel from the explosion.
At this moment, he was holding the sword in one hand, kneeling on one knee, the tip of the sword stuck into the ground, and he tightly covered the penetrated wound on his waist, as if trying to suppress the gushing blood.
But his efforts were fruitless, and the blood was still flowing out, and soon, at his feet, a pool of blood gathered.
On this side of the gate, there was a deathly silence.
"Soldiers, remember...... We...... There is no way back...... Defend ...... Phoenix, Backwater...... One...... Fight!"
From the commander's mouth, along with his words, blood gushed out.
But he still insisted, shouting loudly.
At this moment, he seemed to have exhausted all the strength of his body.
Finally, he couldn't hold on any longer, and his palm broke off the hilt of his sword, and he fell heavily in a pool of blood.