Chapter XXXVII
The wounded militia on the city wall was quickly carried down by the logistics team on standby, and Niu vigorously shouted to the militiamen operating the catapults: "Change the big round stones, and knock out the group of SB's stone throwers first." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
The slings of the two sides began to shoot at each other, and the private army fought more accurately under the command of the veteran, while the Borg militia at the head of the city occupied the advantage of height and speed.
Viscount Winston sent his team of archers in one go, and suddenly the rain of arrows covered the entire city, pressing the orcs on the city wall so that they couldn't raise their heads.
High Priest Cui, who was protected by two knights of the War Temple with shields, shouted vigorously to the cow, who was also wearing a shield: "It can't go on like this, is there any way to destroy their archers." ”
Lao Niu smiled bitterly, the war still relies on hard power, and there are more than 100 sheep-headed archers under his command, and if he takes it out to fight for consumption, he is afraid that he will die in less than two rounds.
Thanks to the huge production capacity of the steel base, Lao Niu has enough big shields, and the militiamen squatted in the corners of the women's wall with shields, but the casualties were not large, only the catapults on the city wall were protected by a few shields, and fired back at the private army's catapults.
From time to time, arrows shot in through the gaps in the shields, killing and wounding the rabbits and ratmen who controlled the catapults, perhaps knowing that there was no way back, the rabbits and the ratmen, two races that have always been known for their timidity, kept filling the catapult's operating position with the courage that moved the old bulls.
With the passage of time, the catapults at the head of the city became more and more accurate, faster and faster, and finally destroyed all the trebuchets of the Douglas family's private army, and there were still three intact catapults left, just a city defense squadron of more than 1,000 people on the original city wall, and now only more than 300 people can stand firmly.
Without the old cow's order, the rabbits replaced the gravel and smashed it at the unprotected archers under the city, and the archers who shot Zhenghuan immediately fell a large piece.
However, in this short period of time, the river reclamation troops who ran to the leg cramps have filled the moat with more than a dozen channels that can be attacked, in order to speed up the speed they even threw the corpses of the dead soldiers into the moat, the archers who shot more than 20 arrows in a row began to weaken their hands, and when they heard the order from the rear, the tide began to retreat, and only a little more than 900 strong crossbowmen were still suppressing the city, but the speed was much slower than the beginning.
Viscount Winston nodded with satisfaction, although the casualties were large, they were still acceptable.
He turned his gaze to the archmage Latusius next to him, and said solemnly, "Your Excellency Latusius, the city gate will be handed over to you. ”
The fire archmage nodded reservedly, and without saying a word, he led three mages and a group of apprentices out of front of the formation, and the incantation chanted by the earth mage's mouth, an earthen platform with a size of more than ten square meters rose from the ground, rising five meters high before stopping.
Then Latusius took the mage and apprentice along the made steps, all climbed up to the platform, and as soon as he stood firm, hundreds of pieces of broken stone smashed over, drank the precious magic recovery potion, and the wind mage, whose magic power had recovered a little, used the wind spell wind spell that had been prepared a long time ago, and blew all the broken stones that were smashed aside.
Latusius first put on two protective spells, mage shield and fire armor, and then condensed a large fireball in his hand as he chanted, and then shot at the chain of the drawbridge outside the city gate.
After a burst of flames exploded, one of the thick iron chains on the left and right that played the role of pulling up the drawbridge was blown off, followed by another fireball, and the other was also broken, and the drawbridge slammed into the ground with a loud sound, and the city gate of the Borg Collar was exposed in front of the private army.
"This group of mages is a heavy artillery group, and he must be killed. Niu Dali couldn't hide anymore, he stood up and was ready to rush down at the risk of death and kill these mages, but whether he could succeed or not, he didn't know in his own heart.
As soon as he was about to leave, he was stopped by the high priest of Tracy, and the face of the high priest of Tracy was sacred: "Child, the barren orc empire still has magical power, as long as there is a place where the priest of the Temple of War is, the mage of the human race will not be rampant." ”
With all the priests in their hands, Tracy and his party stood up, and the Templar Knights were full of fighting energy, blocking or distracting the powerful crossbows that came at them one by one.
High Priest Tracy solemnly pulled out the delicate ivory totem from his waist, and a flaming blow hit the fireball that Latusius shot towards the city gate, and both of them dissipated.
For the limited magical power of the Orc Empire, the Roland Empire has long had detailed information, even if both sides did not speak, they both knew who each other's opponents were.
Fireballs, Flames, Lightning Chains, Wind Blades...... A fierce exchange of magic ensued between the walls and platforms.
Viscount Winston was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this small knight's territory to be so strongly supported by the God of War Temple, the priests of the God of War Temple in Kona Province are probably all here, thinking about the importance of the steel produced in this territory to the orcs, it still makes sense, just add some priests to guard this small city?
The Viscount gave the order, and the remaining 4,000 men of the infantry regiment carried ladders and swooped down the walls like ants along the filled passages, and several ugly but sturdy rushing carts slowly moved towards the city gates.
Dozens of ladders fell on the city wall, and the two iron hooks at the top of the ladder hooked the wall battlements, and under the leadership of the grassroots officers of the infantry regiment, the infantry worked hard to climb up.
A terrible whistle sounded again on the city wall, and countless figures appeared on the battlements at once, huge stones and long logs fell down the ladder, and the infantry who were hit often fell down the ladder with several people behind them.
The infantry who fell to the ground were better, and those who fell into the water disappeared without a trace of blood coming out of the water.
"What's strange in this water?" Viscount Winston muttered to himself behind the battle, and then the crossbowman, whose arm was already a little numb, sped up the speed of reloading under the reprimand of the officers.
The orcs on the battlements were shot from time to time, and then fell from the walls one by one, and the frequency of boulders and logs falling down was suppressed a little more slowly.
"Special ammunition is waiting. A loud voice rang out at the head of the city, and even Viscount Winston, who was far away, could hear it clearly.
Then the thick liquid of the large basin poured down from the battlement, and the soldiers who came into contact with it, no matter how thick the armor they were wearing, all fell from the ladder with a scream.
Lord Viscount was full of questions, "Is it an expensive magic preparation?"
The stench that drifted from the wind made him understand that this was just the boiled excrement of the orcs, and before he could admire the imagination of the group of dirt buns, countless small bags of cloth smashed down, and the nervous infantry hurriedly waved their weapons to break the cloth bags.
Suddenly, a large area of white ash shrouded the crowd under the city, and a large number of infantry covered their mouths, noses and eyes and screamed, and the viscount reacted immediately, this is lime powder.
But isn't lime powder a trick used only by the gangsters in the city?