Enraged when the Philistines received the letter, he kicked the heavy table in front of him to the door of the hall and smashed it to pieces, holding Goliath's head in his hand and roaring in the air. The Philistines had long wanted to conquer the city of Salem in one fell swoop, but he was also waiting for the Giant Legion to be assembled, and now he had rested with three thousand Giant soldiers, most of the elite of the Giant Legion.

Under the guidance of the gods, he sent Goliath to intercept and kill the miners in Durk Town, partly because they were useful, and on the other hand, to test the defenses of Salem City, as well as its strength and reaction. Unexpectedly, this plan failed completely, and none of the hundred giant warriors sent returned back, but Aesop sent Goliath's head.

In a fit of rage, he had to fight without a fight, otherwise how could the Philistines have the prestige to command the legions and lead the city-state? He immediately ordered the army to be assembled, and three thousand giant warriors marched to the city-state of Salem in a murderous formation. In his hands was the most elite regular legion of the Assyrian kingdom, made up of all giant warriors, officially known as the Adador Legion.

Adador is the mythical son of Enriel and the god of storms in the Anunnaqi gods, but among the people, it is still customary to call this army the army of giants. The Philistines did not believe that the rabble of tribal savages and wanderers in the city of Salem could be his opponent, and the only one he had feared before was Amun, who had heard that the great general was very good at war. But at this moment, Amon has become a god on the altar, and he will not appear directly on the battlefield.

...... Philistine guessed right, Amon would not personally participate in this war unless he had to, and his current latent correction was at a critical juncture, and even the construction of the Garden of Eden was all handed over to Perrin Rose. His identity has changed, the way life exists has changed, and his mentality towards many problems has certainly changed.

He is a deity worshiped by the people of Salem, and as long as his idol is still standing in the temple, it always gives people confidence and hope, but if anything happens on the battlefield, it is a fatal blow to morale. He still clearly remembered that Horus showed the incarnation of a giant eagle in the clouds, but was slashed by Enqidu's sword, and what a shock that scene caused to the hearts of the Eju army, and the Red Cape defense line was almost unable to hold it.

The city of Salem has invested all its strength in this war, and if it is still defeated, Amon will not be able to turn the situation around on the battlefield alone, and he knows very well that he is not invincible. He is now a symbol of protection and blessing, and for the army, the strength of faith, high morale, and the combat effectiveness that erupts when forgetting life and death is unimaginable even for the soldiers themselves.

Although Amun was far away in the Garden of Eden, he could still know everything that happened on the battlefield through people's prayers and sacrifices, but he was cultivating and integrating everything he had learned in his soul without being disturbed or even deliberately looking at it. Little did he know that in distant Eju, Mary was looking up at the starry sky and silently calling the name of the goddess Isis. For the first time, this saint of pure faith wandered her mind during prayer, and when she called the goddess Isis, the shadow of Amun appeared in her mind.

Seth had told Maria that he would come back in three months and ask her what her decision had been, and two months had passed by the time the war had begun on the Duc Plains.

...... The Philistines led the army of giants to the city-state of Salem, and of course he knew that the city of Salem had built two fortresses fifty miles north of the city-state, and to attack the city of Salem, he had to first uproot these two battle fortresses. If the city of Salem wanted to open up a decisive battle, the best place to do so was in the open field between the two fortresses. The Philistines waited for the two armies to meet there, and in one fell swoop they routed the main force of the Salem legion.

However, they did not encounter the army of the city of Salem, and the road leading from the city of Salem to the northern mines was by far the widest road in the plain of Duk, along which the Philistines marched. He sat on his chariot and saw two fortresses in the distance, lonely on the high ground on either side of the road, about three miles apart, but there was not a single figure around, and there were no soldiers on the walls of the fortress.

Behind the fortress is a large grange that has been cultivated in the city of Salem for the past two years, and the ears of wheat in the fields have been urgently harvested, but the straw is still there. The sheep on the meadows on the hillside in the distance were also gone, and were driven back to the city by the shepherds. Surprisingly, the city of Salem did not set up a military formation here.

At this time, the scouts reported that the army of the city of Salem had already left the city, numbering about a thousand, and they set up a battle formation outside the city and waited, and did not come here to meet the enemy. The Philistines looked at the two fortresses and sneered: "I heard that the city-state was built by cavemen and savages, will they fight or not?" If I build these two fortresses, I will definitely set up an army here, echoing left and right, advancing and retreating!"

As the captain of the Legion of the Giants, the Philistines were not bad, but the situation in Salem was different. If George had led the An-La Legion of the year, even though the individual soldiers were not as effective as the Giant Legion, they would have lined up here, relying on the fortresses on the left and right flanks to fight a battle. But many of the people in the Salem army have not actually been on the battlefield, but many of the people sent by the city-states of Syria have fought in battle.

Therefore, George did not want to start a tough battle with the army at the beginning, if he lost the first battle, the morale of the whole army would fall from the highest point to the lowest point in an instant, and if he didn't get it, the morale of the army would collapse.

The Philistines frowned as they looked at the empty field. The general beside him asked, "Commander, what do you think, will we continue to march forward and fight under the city of Salem?"

The Philistines shook their heads: "In that case, we will be attacked from the enemy, so we will take these two fortresses first and use them as our forward base." Don't attack at the same time for the time being, set up two columns on the avenue to prevent a counterattack from the direction of Salem and another fortress, and take one of the fortresses with all your might. ”

The Giants quickly dispersed, and set up defensive formations facing the east fortress and the city of Salem, and transferred all the equipment originally used to attack the city of Salem to the west side, preparing to capture another fortress. The sturdy giant soldiers measured the distance, set up catapults, lit torches, and groups of soldiers carried ladders with shields, and crossbowmen stood on high platforms on the chariots.

Strangely, there was no movement in the fortress, like an empty city, quietly waiting for all the siege preparations made by the giant legions. The general in charge of commanding the siege said to the Philistines: "According to the information, there are obviously hundreds of soldiers in this fortress, why can't there be a single person on the city wall?

Philistine said expressionlessly: "They want to be turtles with shrunken heads? That can't avoid the fate of being attacked, they can fight as much as they want!"

Attacking a fortress did not require a siege, and the Philistines did not worry that the soldiers in the fortress would not fight, but rather wanted them to rush out of the fortress to fight, so they only had to choose a side to storm, and as long as they captured the walls or opened the gates, it meant victory. Suddenly there was a whistling sound on the silent plain, and dozens of huge fireballs flew up and smashed towards the fortress.

It is a stone ball mined in the mountains with fuel wrapped around it, ignited and thrown out by a giant catapult, which can smash down brick walls and ignite houses in the city to cause fires. The catapults built by the Plateau Giants were especially huge, emitting heavy flying stones and a considerable range, making them powerful siege weapons.

There was no enemy in sight, there was no shouting of killing, dozens of flying stones roared away with flames, and it was difficult for even the strongest samurai to withstand the blow head-on, and the power of the first wave of attack was terrifying. However, when the huge flint flew above the city wall, the fortress seemed to turn into a phantom in a mirror, and the air rippled and the light and shadow shook for a while, as if it was wrapped in transparent water waves.

The flint seemed to shoot into the invisible water, and the flames extinguished and left only a faint green smoke, which slowed down rapidly, and fell to the ground before it could cross the city wall. The Philistines exclaimed in a low voice: "Divine Array! How many priests do they have? Can they form such a big array!"

Lu Sien, the chief priest of the Giant Legion, widened his eyes, and it took a long time before he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Lord Philistine, that is a magic circle that envelops the entire fortress, and it is not a temporary arrangement by the priest. Similar to the Great Fortress of Neveh, our royal capital, it is set up when the city is built and opened during battle, and it needs to be run by a magician. Looking at this scene, there must be a great magician to preside!"

The Philistines exclaimed, "Great magician, is there a great magician in both fortresses!

Lu Sien replied: "George, the chief priest of Salem City, was originally the high priest of the Temple of Aeguisis, who knows what other means he has, and what great magicians he has recruited to sell his life? This magic array is really not small, Salem City is quite rich and has the guidance of masters, building such a fortress, the investment of manpower, material and financial resources is not a small amount!"

The Philistines grimaced and said, "The city of Salem is indeed a good place, and as long as we conquer it, all the future harvest will be ours." ”

The catapult was still firing fireballs, and the sky on the side of the fortress rose with green smoke, and the air was like transparent water waves rippling, and cracks appeared one after another after being impacted by the fireballs, and then disappeared, and the fortress did not move at all, not even a piece of skin on the city wall was rubbed.

The chariots lined up on a high platform, and the giant on the high platform held a giant crossbow and aimed at the pheasant moat above the city wall, but after aiming at it for a long time, his eyes were dazzled and his hands were sore, and he did not see a single soldier defending the city come out, but he could not find a target to launch on the arrow.

The Philistine's brow furrowed deeper and deeper, and he asked the chief priest, "How should this battle be fought?"

Lu Sien muttered, "If we don't break this divine array, it will be difficult for our long-range attacks to hurt the people in the city." However, if the impact force of the large array is too large, it will damage the divine stones of the array, and they need to replenish it at any time, and it will be difficult to continue to a certain extent, which is a stupid way to attack. On the other hand, the Great Array must be activated by a Divine Magician, especially since such a formation must be presided over by a Great Divine Magician. It is impossible for a magician to use mana indefinitely, as long as the opponent is tired, the circle will stop, and then we will have the opportunity to attack the city wall. ”

Then the Philistines asked, "How long do you think they will last?"

Lu Sien thought for a while and replied: "Just this scene, if I preside over the big array in the city, I can support it for half a day at most." ”

Philistine: "So long!"

Lu Sien explained: "This requires the cooperation of the priest, and the damaged divine stone can be replenished in time, and I myself can hold out for so long under the current attack intensity." But this is just a useless struggle, they can't kill us, they just die sooner or later. ”

The Philistines were dissatisfied: "But after such a long period of consumption, it is not enough to bombard the city with flying stones, and it is also necessary to launch a strong attack in an army formation." ”

Lu Sien: "I suggest waiting, there will be casualties in the siege, and the casualties are as small as possible." Ordered the catapults not to scatter, and to concentrate in one direction, trying to penetrate the protection of the large array, and also damage the opponent's array divine stone. ”

The flints flew from the sky suddenly stopped, and then the giant soldiers were seen adjusting the position and direction of the catapults, and when the second round of attacks began, huge fireballs were concentrated towards a section of the city wall.

In another fortress in the distance, Link stood behind a window at the top of the fortress, watching from a distance as the giant legion concentrated on attacking the fortress where Raphael and Yunmeng were stationed, and said with a wry smile: "They really know how to choose a place, fight there first, probably unexpectedly, there are two great magicians in a small fortress?...... Well, there's really a way to concentrate on bombarding the city in one place. ”

At his side stood a general, formerly one of Amun's personal guards, named Huanani, who was now a general in the Salem legion. General Warani asked worriedly, "How long can Lord Raphael and Lord Yunmeng support?"

Link: "Raphael, I don't know, but Yunmeng's physical strength is amazing, it's no problem to support one person for three days, if Rafael takes turns to preside over the big formation, of course this scene can support more than seven days." George's order, if the Legion of Giants attacked the fortress and did everything to hold them back for seven days, I thought it would be fine. ”

Varani continued, "Those two adults are naturally fine, but the Giant Legion will not always attack with flints, in that case, no amount of siege flint will be enough. I'm afraid that the number of divine stones stored in the fortress is limited, and the other magicians won't last that long. ”

Link sneered: "If that fool from the Philistines used up all the flints and heavy crossbow arrows in order to attack a fortress, then he doesn't have to attack Salem City anymore, and it's best to consume all the siege materials here, Salem City is not guarded by a magic array, and that's what Commander George intended." As for the magicians I've trained in the past two years, I'm afraid it's really a bit unbearable, and the time has come to test them. ”

Link has also spent the past two years training magicians in the tribe, examining trusted people and making them vow to have firm faith in the god Amun. It's really hard to awaken the power of two sides of the same body, don't look at the more than sixty miners in Duke Town, there are twelve judges, but Link has only trained dozens of magicians among thousands of people. These magicians have awakened the power of divine magic, but few have mastered the power of two sides of the same body.

The dozens of magicians in Salem City were divided into two groups by George, and they were all sent to two fortresses to assist the great magicians in running the Great Array to protect the fortress.

In the underground hall of the central building of the fortress that was being attacked, Raphael was sitting upright with a staff in his hand, and the divine stone on the staff emitted bursts of light, showing the attack on the protective array. He was surrounded by ten magicians, half of whom were cavemen, armed with staff to help Raphael run the array.

When the giant legion outside the city adjusted its attack and all the flying stones were concentrated in one direction, Raphael heard a faint cracking sound in his ears, and hurriedly ordered the magicians resting in the fortress to replace the damaged sacred stones under the city walls to keep the power of the large array undiminished.

The city is lively outside, but the fortress is still quiet, like the landscape in the mirror, never moving in the trance of light and shadow. The besieged commander was a little breathless, ran to the Philistine's car and said: "The flying stones we have prepared are going to blast away the city of Salem, and it is not possible to consume them like this, is it not an order to storm them? The soldiers in charge of the catapults are also tired. ”

The Philistines replied quietly: "The substitution will continue to attack, the first wave of soldiers will retreat and rest, and if the attack cannot be stopped, they should be unable to hold on." As soon as the defense of the Divine Array weakened, it immediately launched a strong attack, not giving the enemy a chance to breathe, and notified the crossbowmen to prepare for battle, and all those who exposed the city walls shot down. ”

The Plateau Giants are good at hunting with heavy crossbows, and the Giant Legion trained in the battle array is naturally more proficient, and the crossbows of the Giant Warriors are powerful and have a long range, and they have always been a terrifying weapon on the battlefield, and they can shoot the enemy beyond the range of the bow and crossbow of ordinary samurai, and the Giant Crossbowmen have been waiting for a long time to stand on the high platform.

In the fortress, Yun Meng walked into the underground hall, she wore a set of red robes in addition to the dark gold close-fitting soft armor today, which looked particularly bright and eye-catching, and persuaded Raphael softly: "You are tired, change me." ”

Raphael shook his head slightly: "I can still hold on, the magicians are half of the time to rest, just take a rotation at this time." He ordered the surrounding magicians to replace the five.

Yun Meng persuaded again: "The legion commander has explained, don't exhaust your strength at once, even if you can support it, you should rest at the right time, so that you can hold on longer." ”

Raphael smiled: "I'm not so delicate, I'm stronger than you think." It's just that this divine array can't blindly resist, and the power of protection must be appropriately weakened, otherwise the number of divine stones damaged is too much, and it will really not be able to support it. ”

After speaking, the light emitted by the staff in his hand dimmed, and the divine stone on the top was obviously not as dazzling as it was just now. The scene outside the fortress changed, and the flints flying high in the air passed through the magic array, and the flames were extinguished but the speed was not slowed down too much, and they all fell over the high walls and into the fortress. There was the sound of something being smashed and collapsing in the fortress, and the neighing of frightened horses.

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(To be continued)