Chapter 7: Onslaught
"Big brother, there are some things that I'm confused about. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Meng Fan looked at his brother Bogula in front of him and said, "What's wrong?" Bogula turned to look at his younger brother.
"Big brother, isn't there magic and fighting spirit on the Qinglan Continent, why didn't you see anyone using magic or fighting spirit in today's battle?" Meng Fan asked.
In the memory of Claude, the original owner of Meng Fan's body, the Qinglan Continent was a different world with magic and fighting energy, but in today's siege battle, Meng Fan did not see magic and fighting energy being used.
"That's because of the existence of the Sealing Stone. Bogula replied with a smile, "Sealing Magic Stone..." Some memories gradually floated in Meng Fan's mind, the Sealing Magic Stone is a kind of ore unique to the Qinglan Continent, and the Sealing Magic Stone has a very important property in addition to being hard and bulky, that is, it can imprison the flow of surrounding elements.
There are seven elements (wind, thunder, water, fire, earth, light, and darkness) on the Qinglan Continent, and these seven elements are the root of magic and fighting energy.
The Sealing Stone can imprison the flow of the elements, and the warriors and magicians cannot manipulate these elements, so they cannot release fighting energy and magic.
"Claude, there are sealing magic stones in the walls of Ziyang City, if there were no these sealing magic stones, then the city gate and the city wall would have been bombarded by the martial artists and magicians. Bogura said, pointing to the wall at his feet.
Nodding silently, no wonder I couldn't see the fighting spirit and magic on the battlefield today, it turned out that it was because of the magic stone placed in the city wall.
"Big brother, do you think we can hold on to Ziyang City under the attack of the Brettans?" Meng Fan asked, looking at his younger brother in front of him, Bogula was silent for a moment.
"Claude, when we learned that the Bretan army had invaded from the northeast of the kingdom, Tieliu City and Yushan City, which were located behind Ziyang City, jointly sent an army of 60,000 people to aid us, but it would take about seven days for this support army to reach Ziyang City, and we had to hold out for seven days under the attack of the Bretan people. Bogura said with one hand, holding down the gray bricks on the city walls.
"Big brother, we should still be able to hold it for seven days, the territory army in Ziyang City has suffered less than three thousand casualties today, even if the Bretan people storm the city wall for seven consecutive days, the thirty thousand territory troops in the city can hold on until the moment the reinforcements arrive..." Meng Fan roughly estimated the casualty ratio.
Bogura shook his head, "Claude, the Bretans haven't used siege equipment today. Bogura said with an anxious look, siege equipment refers to siege ladders, catapults, rushing carts and other large siege devices, in today's daytime battle, the Bretan army only used siege ladders, a kind of siege equipment, and catapults and other devices have not yet appeared.
Catapults and rams are large siege engines, which can be difficult to carry, and Bogura believes that the reason why the Bretans did not use these large siege engines in today's battle is that the troops in the Bretan army responsible for transporting the siege equipment have not yet followed the main force of the vanguard.
"I suspect that today's battle is just a test for us by the Bretan people, once the enemy uses siege equipment, then our defense will be more difficult, and the casualties will become greater..." Bogula said slowly, looking at his brother in front of him, Meng Fan turned his head, and the black and oppressive Brettan military camp under the city wall made Meng Fan feel a sense of fear in his heart.
On the second day, the Bretan army under Ziyang City did not attack the city walls, and the same was true on the third day, and this brief calm lasted until the early morning of the fourth day.
"Hula" rotated with the thick arm of the catapult, and the boulders flew towards the walls of Ziyang City, once hit by the flying stones, they would inevitably be smashed into meat sauce.
Bogula's prediction was confirmed, and on the fourth day after the main force of Bretan's army arrived under Ziyang City, dozens of large siege equipment were also transported under Ziyang City.
"Knock, knock, knock, knock" The gate of Ziyang City is suffering from the impact of the rushing car, the rushing car is a kind of siege force, consisting of a thick log as the main body, wrapped in iron sheets at one end of the log, and loading pulleys, dozens of Brettan soldiers pushed the car and kept hitting the gate of Ziyang City.
"Quick, send another team of men up to the city gates, and the Bretans must not be allowed to break through the city gates. One of the commanders guarding the gates shouted to the soldiers behind him.
Above the city wall, "Ding Ding Ding", the rain of arrows flew in the air like locusts, "Ah", with a scream, a Kyrgynian soldier on the city wall was shot in the left eye by an arrow, fell to the ground and rolled in pain a few times before moving.
Meng Fan, who was hiding behind the city wall, looked at the soldier who died not far away and swallowed with difficulty, "Hula" A boulder was thrown onto the city wall by a catapult, and the edge of the city wall was smashed by this boulder, dusty, and a broken stone bulleted to Parker's buttocks lying on the ground.
"Ouch," Parker clutched his sore buttocks, "Claude, let's get out of the way." Parker whispered to Meng Fan beside him with a sad face, Gilgias soldiers fell on the city wall every second, and the Bretan army that used siege equipment attacked extremely fiercely, under the cover of siege equipment, many Bretan soldiers climbed the city wall of Ziyang City, and there were soldiers on both sides fighting everywhere on the city wall.
Meng Fan climbed on the side of the city wall with both hands, and cautiously looked out of the city wall, arrows and stones were flying in the air, and outside Ziyang City, in addition to catapults and rushing cars, there were ten siege towers.
A siege tower is a mobile tower made of wooden planks, the height of the siege tower is roughly the same as the height of the city wall, and above the siege tower is a wooden platform on which dozens of Bretan archers stay and fire arrows at the Gilgidian defenders on the wall.
Originally, the walls of Ziyang City were nearly twenty meters high, and under normal circumstances, Bretan archers located under the walls would not be able to shoot arrows up the walls, but with the help of siege towers, these archers could easily shoot arrows at the defenders on the walls.
The Brettan archers standing on the siege tower kept firing arrows at the city wall, covering the Brettan soldiers who stepped on the siege ladder to climb the city wall, catapults and rushing carts were good to say, these ten siege towers were really a big disaster for the defenders of Ziyang City, the siege tower was only about 50 meters away from the city wall of Ziyang City, and the Brettan archers located in the siege tower posed a serious threat to the Gilgidian soldiers on the city wall.
You have to find a way to destroy these ten siege towers, Meng Fan kept thinking in his mind, the siege tower is 50 meters away from the city wall, how can he destroy the siege tower? It would be good if he could use magic, a few fire-based magic could easily burn these siege towers, but there were magic stones placed in the city wall, and magic could not be used near the city wall.
What should I do, "Huh" was thinking, a flying arrow flew over Meng Fan's hair, and sat down on the ground, Meng Fan touched his head in horror, fortunately, he was not injured, Meng Fan let out a long breath.
"Claude, let's stop here. Pakla, who was lying on the ground, pulled Ramonfan's sleeve, "The Bretans are about to take the wall..."
Plopped, a Kyrgidian soldier was hit by an arrow and fell in front of Meng Fan and Parker, "Help, save me..." The Kyrgyz soldier had an arrow feather stuck in his chest, but he did not die, and the soldier reached out to the two for help in pain.
"Parker, we're going to get him to the treatment site. Meng Fan got up from the ground and said, and the two of them carried the wounded soldier to the treatment point behind the city wall.
Arriving at the treatment point, Meng Fan and Parker handed over the wounded soldier to the doctor's care, "Quick, Claude, this way." Parker beckoned to Meng Fan, who knew the easiest way to escape from Purple Sun City.
"Parker, come with me somewhere. Meng Fan did not choose to escape from the city with Parker, but motioned for Parker to follow him to another place.