Every minute from the beginning of the battle to the present, this section of the wall seems to be in danger of being breached.

This delicate balance has been maintained here from start to finish.

It was in this balance that the siege apparatus was completely destroyed, the archers were almost completely annihilated, and the elite knights lost half of them, and then it was not until those strange ballistae actually shot down the walls from the top down.

Within a few minutes, three rounds of dense crossbow arrows were fired at the besieging troops crowded under the city, killing and wounding countless people at one time.

At the foot of the city wall, nearly 10,000 crossbow arrows were densely planted on the ground, almost every one of them penetrated the corpses, and some corpses were even strung together.

The balance between offense and defense was immediately upset.

From General Klee to ordinary Thorn soldiers, everyone knew that the city could not be taken down.

"Withdraw the troops! Withdraw the troops on all fronts!"

General Klee shouted hysterically.

Before he gave the order, the front army was already showing signs of collapse.

......

Under the city wall, it took six or seven minutes for more than 1,000 archers and more than 8,000 infantry to retreat to a distance of two kilometers, and in this time, nearly 10,000 crossbow arrows were fired, leaving behind more than 2,000 corpses.

Seeing that his army of more than 30,000 people had lost more than half of it in less than half an hour, General Klee almost fainted on the spot.

At this moment, Gilfrey suddenly pointed in the direction of the retreat and exclaimed: "General!

Just behind the Thorn Army, five hundred black-armored knights were lining up, surrounding, rushing towards them.

The number of this cavalry is not large, but the momentum of the charge is extremely amazing, and the nearly 10,000 thorn troops that have just been collected actually show signs of riots under such a majesty.

General Klee ordered in a panic: "Cavalry battalion!

More than 2,000 knights of the Thorn Army immediately greeted them.

There is a huge disparity in the strength of the two cavalry, and the Thorn Cavalry has just suffered a crushing defeat, and its morale is weak.

The result was self-evident, the Knights of the Black Temple only stopped slightly, completely annihilated the cavalry, and continued to charge towards the army of thorns.

"Formation, formation!"

General Klee's orders had no effect, and the Thorn Army infantry collapsed and fled aimlessly.

The Knights of the Black Temple, spreading the encirclement and driving them in the direction of the city of Dorne, drove them in the direction of the city of Dorne, where the crossbow bolts on the walls were ready.

Instead of participating in the hunt, Enriquez rode his horse alone to General Klee.

"Are you the leader of this army?" Enriquez unscrupulously removed his helmet and tucked it under his right armpit, "Our boss, I want to meet you." ”

......

In the afternoon, it was still the combat hall of the Knight Academy.

Except for Dean Devis, who was recuperating from an injury, the people who had attended the pre-war meeting were all there, and the atmosphere was very different.

They had just experienced the greatest victory since the beginning of the war, and with more than 1,000 troops, they completely annihilated the 30,000 troops of the Thorn Army, which was a miracle.

Judging by today's record, it is only a matter of time before Coenas is brought back.

Compared to the others' excited looks, Donner seemed surprisingly calm.

"Donner, when are we going to call back to Cohenas?"

"Yes, we must hurry, we must hurry up before the enemy breaks through the city!"

After a resounding victory, Downer's position in this garrison was no longer disputed.

But only Donner himself knows that the real test has just come. Next, if there is any mistake in every detail, he will go from a hero who decides the battle to a liar that everyone scolds.

But it was the only chance he could see, and he could only gamble once.

"Wars are fought by men. Donner smiled and said, "Dean Kane, Captain Kaz, from today onwards, you and the Knights of the Black Temple will work together to recover the southern provinces and recruit troops by the way. Is that okay?"

"No problem! There are dozens of cities in the southeast of the empire, and there are only 10,000 thorn troops in total, and with the help of Commander Enriquez, we can sweep all the way through. Kane replied briskly.

"Okay, without further ado, you go and get ready at once, and then set off after the meeting. Captain Enriquez, can you leave a hundred of your men behind?"

"Boss, you have the final say!" replied Enriquez.

"Dean Kane, the army you have recruited along the way, first ask Commander Kaz to send me three thousand men, and then you will camp near the Gongta grassland, and once we are ready, we will immediately go north to join you. ”

"Good!"

"Within a month, we will regain the entire empire!" Donner said aloud as he stood up suddenly, looked around at the crowd.

The people in the congregation were full of emotion.

At night, the dwarf laboratory.

"Donner, what's the matter with you calling me over? We've got training in the evening. Sarah asked eagerly.

"Come on, eat something. Donner said as he led Sarah into the dining room.

Natia saw Donner come in with Sarah, and after saying hello, she shied away.

Donner brought a plate of fruit and a few slices of bread from the kitchen and placed it in front of Sarah.

"Oh, what's the matter, tell me quickly, I really have to go to training. Sarah grabbed a piece of bread and stuffed it in her mouth.

"What I'm going to tell you is important, very, very important. Donner looked directly at Sarah and said earnestly.

Sarah was suddenly startled, and for a moment, she forgot to swallow the bread in her mouth. She had never seen Donner so solemn.

"What's the matter?" she asked, mumbled.

"The ballista I designed was a failure. ”

Sarah seemed to hear a joke, and the crumbs of bread squirted out of her mouth, followed by a series of coughs.

"You called me here to tell this joke?"

Donner didn't smile, still looking at Sarah with a serious face.

Sarah finally retracted her smile and asked suspiciously, "What do you mean?"

"The ballista I designed can only shoot 200 meters, and the power is very weak. Downer continued.

"Well, those ......"

"Those ballistas are loaded with magic crossbows, ninth-level magic arrays, they don't need to be wound at all, they are driven by orange magic crystals. The only job I did was that they could shoot one arrow at a time, but I changed it to sixty-four. ”

"Rank 9 Magic Array!?Where did you get that?" said Sarah, shocked.

"Natia gave it. I got the blueprints, and we just made a lot of shells before Enriquez sent them the magic crossbow. Donner replied. When he returned to Dorne City, he knew that Cynthia would send him these magic crossbows, and Natia said that the Knights of the Black Temple would help Cynthia deliver these magic crossbows to Dorne City.

Sarah then remembered that before the arrival of the Knights of the Black Temple, Donner had indeed never demonstrated the power of the ballista.

"How could she give you this ......"

"That's not the point. The point is, there are only sixty magic crossbows in total, and each one can only shoot sixteen times. Donner said calmly.

"Can you only shoot sixteen times?" said Sara......h, whose face changed again.

"We shot eight rounds on the battlefield, and the one you used in training, I told you, shoots up to three times a day. ”

"And what about when we empty our guns?" asked Sarah.

"If you don't load the crossbow arrows, the magic crossbow will not be consumed, the sound you hear is only the sound of the winding spring being released, and the magic crossbow itself has almost no sound. Downer went on to explain.

"How many people know about this?"

"It's just me and Natia, and now I'm going to add you. ”

"So we can't make more ballistas, we just use fewer and fewer of them?"

"We'll keep making it, but it's just shells. ”

Sarah looked down in silence for a moment, then looked up and asked, "Is this a scam?"

"It's a show, do you remember what I said? We have to be realistic. ”