Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Action Begins 2

"Woo~Woo~~" With a low horn sounding, the troops organized their formations and slowly walked towards the mountain pass in the distance.

The Pigmore Pass is made up of two towering peaks, and the mountains on either side of the peaks are equally towering, winding towards both sides. At the pass is a tall fortress in the middle of the pass, completely blocking the entire road. Roland knew from yesterday's sand table that the main difficulty of this battle was this tall mountain range in front of everyone, except for the three mountain passes connected to the outside world, none of the rest of the place was suitable for the march of large troops, and the tall peaks except for a very few elites, other personnel did not have the ability to climb over him, and in addition to passing through this mountain pass to enter its rear, it was only through the other two mountain passes, that is, the other two battlefields, and the other two mountain passes also had a fortress each, so the central battalion could only reach the Blackpoole Mountain behind by capturing this fortress。

The fort at the pass was not built for a long time, only a few decades, which is almost the same as the time when the bandits fled into the Blair Mountains, which shows that there are also truly talented people among the bandits. This is a plan that requires great strategic vision, and the reason why the entire army has not been able to advance another half a step during this period of time is also due to the existence of these three fortresses. Just like the fortress in front of him, it was not completed all at once, there are obvious traces of different times built on it, some places have just been repaired recently, on the fortress catapults, arrow towers, watchtowers, etc., there is also a moat flowing slowly. In the right front of the fortress is a small lake nestled between the mountains, making the already narrow attack path even narrower. It is no wonder that these fortresses have not been captured, not because they cannot be captured, but because the cost of taking them down is too great. The fortress on the opposite side had already completed all the preparations at this time, and was ready to fight, and the fortress was full of bandits' flags, and it can be seen from this that the fortress at this time was not defended alone.

"Hmph, let them enjoy our new weapon. The herald, ordered the catapult troops to begin the attack. The Prince of Ceylon looked at the fortress in front of him and said lightly, with a strong hatred. And Roland and the others also kept an eye on the location of the catapult troops, of course, Trossa was missing from the crowd, and when they finally set off, they still let him stay in the camp, no matter how resentful his eyes were.

With the order of the Prince of Ceylon, the three giant beasts that were originally at the back of the team slowly moved to the appropriate place to attack, and the enemies on the fortress were also full of stunned expressions when they saw the three behemoths. With the order of the magistrate, three boulders roared towards the fortress, although the first shot did not cause any substantial damage to the fortress, but the huge roar of the boulder landing still deeply challenged the nerves of both the enemy and the enemy. Although the enemy on the fortress also immediately gave a strong counterattack by throwing stones, but all the troops were outside its range, so there was nothing but the dust flying around. After a few shots, the catapult troops finally adjusted the elements of shooting, and began to exert the potential combat power of the three giant beasts, only to see one of the three boulders hit the front wall of the fortress fiercely, and the several nearby arrow towers that were originally standing on the fortress wall shook a few times, while the other flew to a watchtower, only to see that there was no pause, the watchtower disappeared in front of everyone's eyes, and the last one shot quickly to the fortress wall, only to see the boulder instantly become a smooth road. Under the attack of the giant catapult, the other small catapults slowly advanced towards their own range, and were also subjected to the stubborn counterattack of the defenders on the fortress in the middle, but in the end, under the cleaning of the giant catapult, the power of the counterattack gradually weakened, and when the small catapult reached the designated attack position, the giant catapult stopped his attack, and for the defenders of the fortress, it was only at this moment that a real storm was ushered in.

Although the road for the attack was narrow, and only three small catapults could be allowed to walk side by side, under the cover of the giant catapults, the catapult troops advanced to a place 200 meters away from the fortress before stopping, and organized a four-story catapult echelon.

"Stop the stone-throwing attacks. The sword and shield battalions and the arrow battalion took cover, and the light infantry battalion attacked. "After nearly an hour and a half of stone-throwing attacks, the Prince of Ceylon gave the order. At this time, the enemy fortresses, arrow towers, catapults, watchtowers, etc., have been razed to the ground, except that the tall walls are still firmly blocked in the road, and no longer have that oppressive feeling. Under the leadership of the commanders of each team, the army slowly advanced towards the fortress in front. The enemy who remained in the fortress slowly recovered from the attack of the catapult after seeing the attack of the large army and began their counterattack, but after losing the effective defensive tools such as the catapult and the arrow tower, the enemy could only rely on the few remaining archers and the stones stored on the fortress, and the other defensive equipment had already disappeared without a trace with the flying stones. But this kind of defense is not without effect, I saw that the light infantry who were advancing rapidly in front did not have anyone who was hit by an arrow and fell, and the sword and shield battalion could only protect the arrow battalion behind him. And as the Sword and Shield Battalion continued to advance, the Divine Arrow Battalion also slowly entered their attack position, and the occasional flying arrows were blocked by the soldiers of the Sword and Shield Battalion in front. With the addition of the Divine Arrow Battalion, the defenders on the fortress were once again baptized by a rain of arrows.

"Cover fire three times, followed by free fire!" ordered the commander of the Arrow Battalion after entering the position. With the effective support of three waves of arrows, the light infantry in front took this opportunity to erect a bamboo bridge to pass through the moat in front, and more quickly set up a ladder to start the attack. The ladder erected by the light infantry is not a simple ladder, there is a pair of barbs in the front section of the ladder, and after the city wall is erected, the shopping guide at the front end is deeply buckled on the outer edge of the city wall, making it difficult for the enemy to immediately open the ladder. And whenever an enemy tries to open the ladder, there will always be a deep greeting from the soldiers of the Divine Arrow Battalion. When a local light infantry soldier stepped on the enemy fortress, it was like a stone on the surface of a calm lake, and in a few moments the enemy's walls were covered with besieging soldiers. From time to time, you can see soldiers being killed on the ground or knocked down the walls. The bandits in the mountains are now mostly experienced in combat, and although they have suffered heavy losses from the repeated ranged attacks of the warriors below, the remaining enemies still inflict great damage on the light infantry, and it has been difficult for the light infantry to go any further since they reached the city wall.

"Roland, take your team with me to the city wall. Looking at the battlefield in the distance, the Prince of Ceylon said to Roland, and before Roland could react, the Prince of Ceylon had rushed towards the battlefield with his escort.

"Whispering team, follow me!" Roland said without thinking about it, and only Yan Ofeliel was full of unbearable expression at the battlefield in the distance. When Roland and the others were advancing, the other elite troops had already marched towards the city wall, and the sword and shield battalion closest to the fortress had already gone up to the city wall, organizing an effective formation to stabilize the originally shaky battle line. After that, the warriors of the Divine Arrow Battalion and the Spear Battalion continued to pour onto the city walls, perfecting the formation, and advancing step by step. When Roland actually stood on top of the city wall, he realized how easy and difficult to defend this fortress was. In addition to the city wall in front of you, there are two connected city walls in the back, and there are more facilities such as urn city and hidden soldier cave inside the fortress, and of course, the main defense facilities of the entire fortress have been completely destroyed. Except for the caves, which are not very vulnerable to attack, it is no wonder that the enemy still has such a large combat power after withstanding such a long attack. Among the remaining bandits, there is no lack of orange halos, and there are a large number of red halos, which is another reason why it is difficult for light infantry to survive, but with the arrival of the elite troops and the Prince of Ceylon, the tide of battle immediately changed, and Roland also saw his father's true combat power for the first time. Qing halo descended, and the Prince of Ceylon was like a sharp sword, quickly cutting through the enemy's originally strong defensive line, while the guards and whispering teams that followed Prince Xinlan were like the promoters of the sword, constantly increasing the scope of damage. Not long after they joined the battle at Roland, the enemy began to crush. Not to mention the Prince of Ceylon at the front, it was an invincible existence here, that is, the repeated attacks of Roland and others and various elite troops later, so that the original few remnants of the enemy became more and more unable to organize effective resistance, and whenever someone organized resistance, the Prince of Ceylon would instantly kill the commander, and eliminate the resistance that had just risen in the initial stage. When the drawbridge at the main gate was lowered, the cavalry battalions that had been behind began to roar, and finally all the bandits disappeared into the fortress, except for a few bandits who escaped.

When everyone was fighting hard, only Yan O'Felil looked at everything on the city wall and was silent, looking at the screams and fighting voices all over the place, as well as the two sides who fell to the ground, an inexplicable unbearability appeared on Yan O'Felil's face, although the hatred for the bandits had not weakened, but when he saw the figures that fell to the ground one by one, he found that everyone was the same in the end, and there would be a nostalgia in his eyes. When she slowly treated the wounded soldier's wounds, a feeling of pity slowly appeared in Yan O'Feliel's eyes, as the feelings deepened, Yan O'Felil's blush was dyed a little bit of orange, and finally slowly replaced all the orange, in which she unconsciously reached the level of orange halo, looking at Yan O'Feliel's promotion, the other members of the whispering team who did not reach the orange halo could only report all kinds of helplessness。 "It's time to work harder. This is the common idea of everyone.

After clearing all the enemies in the fortress, in addition to leaving the necessary personnel to clean up the battlefield, the Prince of Ceylon led the army without hesitation towards Blackpool, although there were some enemy harassments from time to time on the way, but the bandits at this time no longer had the strength they had before, so the slight harassment did not affect the march of the army so much, before nightfall, the army arrived at the destination- Blackpool, looking at the peaks that had almost been immersed in the night, Roland and the others knew that the moment of decisive battle was approaching.