Chapter 217: Attack and Defense of Seke City (2)

When the vanguard of the alliance army passed through the gates of Seker City, a large number of skeleton warriors poured out from all different corners as far as the eye could see, and the phalanx infantry who had been prepared immediately received the order of the commander, and the spears that had been erected high were put down in unison, forming a tight gun array.

Ordinary skeleton warriors are simply not as powerful as the elite human warriors who have undergone rigorous training, not to mention the sea of spears that the human warriors are waiting for, and the razor-sharp blades that reflect the sunlight are enough to shred any enemy that comes their way. If there are no special means, not to mention these skeleton undead who can be knocked down with one blow, even orcs whose individual combat power far exceeds that of humans, they will never think of crossing such an infantry phalanx without having an absolute advantage in strength.

With the protection of these spear warriors, Barbara's magic legion that entered the city also had time to cast spells, and under Barbara's orders, these magic apprentices from Cassano began to quickly recite magic spells, and they conscientiously completed their tasks according to their respective duties. Soon, thirty fireballs flew into the air, all of which flew towards Barbara's target, followed by a loud explosion and a thick fog that rushed into the sky, and when everything was gone, a large number of civilian houses blocking the front of the Alliance army on the left side were reduced to ruins, and many of the undead warriors hidden in them were also reduced to nothing.

Barbara's intention was simple, she wanted to make as much space as possible in the Gate area that she had already occupied, so that more follow-up troops could be stationed here, and then attack various areas of Seker City through it. Unlike the civil war between humans, the alliance army is now facing the inhuman undead who only know how to kill, and it is impossible to break the enemy's fighting spirit by occupying the council chamber and other means, and the only way is to completely destroy these evil creatures.

After encountering the continuous magic attacks of the humans, the undead warriors guarding the vicinity of the city gate area suffered great losses, and a large number of buildings in this area were also swept away, turning into large areas of ruins, and there were no more undead warriors to hide in them, and a little cleaning up here could be useful to the Alliance's follow-up troops, this result made Sidney, the infantry commander of the Jonas Legion, very happy.

As the infantry commander of the Third Legion, the most effective in the imperial capital, Sidney and his comrade, Brento, the cavalry commander of the Jonas Legion, have been secretly competing for the vacant position of deputy commander, which was originally left to Ryan by Jonas, but it is obvious that the overlord of Cassano, who is a legendary mage, can still deign to be this small deputy commander? It's just that due to the mobility advantage of the cavalry, Brento's performance in a series of battles such as the expedition to Mirror Lake completely suppressed Sidney, so this time Sidney held back his strength to perform well, and it was best to use the opportunity to conquer Seker City to lay the foundation for his promotion in one fell swoop.

After occupying the city gate area, Sidney did not rush towards the rest of Seker City, but waited until the follow-up troops arrived one after another and completely controlled the area, and then at Barbara's suggestion, he divided the troops at hand into 1,000 men and a squadron to attack together. This is Barbara's experience from the Battle of Mochizuki Castle, because the streets inside the city are vertical and horizontal, and the buildings are even more complex, it is impossible to put in a large force to fight like in the field, so such a scale of 1,000 people is the most suitable for this kind of urban street fighting.

Among the 1,000 men, 600 pikemen will form the strongest line of defense to protect their comrades, while 50 archers and 50 magic apprentices will help them provide long-range support, 20 priests will save lives, and the remaining 280 warriors armed with hammers will fight head-on. Sixteen of these thousand-strong teams will soon enter the various areas of Seker City, and they will clear out all enemies they encounter along the way, and in the event of massive resistance, the magic apprentices will send fireball signals into the sky in order to gain the support of their nearby comrades as soon as possible.

The speed of the alliance army is fast, of course, this is because the human warriors fought bravely, but there is also the relationship that the resistance of the undead legion is not fierce, but it makes sense to think about it, the entire Seke City is very huge, and if you want to have the fiercest street fighting, you must have enough troops, but the main force of the undead army is not here, and it is the Lich Lord Nicholas who is left to guard the city to use the "Undead Scourge" The undead transformed by the forbidden spell, most of these undead warriors were ordinary citizens of Seke City before their deaths, and after becoming skeletons, they just had another life form and did not increase much combat power.

"Close, close!" Commander Sidney ordered loudly, and in front of his squad, thousands of skeleton warriors of all kinds suddenly appeared, their bodies smelling rancid, and they staggered towards Sidney.

"Fireball support!" shouted Barbara beside Sidney, and the 50 magic apprentices chanted magic spells in unison, releasing the five fireballs. The fireball crossed the spear-wielding warriors and drew a red trail in the air, falling into the middle of the group of skeletons in the distance, and when the flames exploded, countless stumps and severed arms were rolled up.

"Listen to my orders, stab!" With Sidney's command, 600 spears poked out one after another, this nearly three-meter war gun could contact the enemy from a long distance, plus these warriors formed a gun formation, the gap between the spears and the spears was extremely small, and those skeleton warriors did not want to pass through this metal barrier.

"Listen to my orders, the gun array is separated from the left and right, leaving a passage for the Hammer Warriors to attack!" Sidney issued another series of orders, the gun array can certainly block the enemy's attacks, but it is not easy to completely kill these skeleton warriors who only have bones or a lot of rotten limbs, and at this time, those warriors with huge hammers need to crush these damn bones with force, only in this way will these undead undead creatures be truly destroyed.

Sidney had used a phalanx of 600 pikemen to act as a manpower fortress to protect his comrades, but now he had the pikemen organize a gap so that the skeletons would rush into the interior of the phalanx, and the Hammer warriors, who had been waiting for a long time, would turn them into bone meal on both sides of the deliberately cleared passage. This is certainly a bit troublesome, but it can rely on cooperation to minimize your own casualties, and it is true, Sidney and they have fought all the way to the present, and there are tens of thousands of skeleton warriors eliminated, but his thousand-man team has less than 10 wounded, of which only 2 are really seriously injured, and the others have survived after receiving timely treatment and expulsion from the priest.

"Haha, well done!" Sidney laughed smugly as he saw the more than a thousand undead slowly being slaughtered by his own team of thousands, while his own side was unscathed. His laughter didn't last long, though, for he suddenly felt the earth shake, followed by a wail from the collapsed ruins beside the road.

"Bang!" Countless rubble flew sideways, and a huge cloud of bloody undead creatures rushed out from under the rubble, its body was as wide as ten adult men encircled, and the surface of its skin was even more uneven, and the raised parts were all assembled from human heads. The assembled monster was tall, at least 5 meters, and it had a total of eight arms, each of which was several times thicker than a normal adult, and judging by the stitching marks on it, the arms were definitely stitched together with flesh and blood.

"Roar!" a strong rancid smell wafted along the howl, Sidney only felt that he was in a sewer that had not been washed for a hundred years, and the smell of decay and spoilage almost made him vomit the food he ate last night, but Sidney was one of the best commanders in the imperial capital after all, and he resisted the urge to vomit, and even beckoned his soldiers to come together as close as possible to resist the impact of this behemoth.

"Archers, with oil, with oil!"

After hearing the order of the commander Sidney, the 50 archers took out the feather arrows with linen wrapped around the arrows, the linen was soaked in fire oil for more than 3 days, and as long as it was ignited, it would burn non-stop, even if it rained, as long as the rain was not heavy, there was no way to stop it.

Soon, these fire arrows were ignited and launched, and the elite shooters from the imperial capital really hit every shot, and the 50 burning arrows suddenly turned the huge assembled monster into a hedgehog, and the temperature of those burning fire oil was extremely high, and soon the flesh and blood of the arrows in the assembled monster were burned, revealing the white bones inside, and there was a smell of scorching in the air.

The assembled monster roared and rushed towards the human phalanx, but although its body was huge, it did not mean that it was without flaws, and when the fire bolt that pierced its thigh completely burned the bones, the assembled monster that had lost its support suddenly fell heavily to the ground, causing the earth to tremble for a while. The fallen assembled monster struggled desperately a few times, but unfortunately it could not continue to stand up, and soon its entire body was reduced to a pile of charcoal under the burning of those fire arrows.

"Haha, die, bastard!" Sidney, the commander of the infantry, excitedly cursed, not only would this not cause everyone to be disgusted, but would make people feel that such an officer was more approachable, but Sidney quickly closed his mouth in embarrassment, because he remembered that there were still students of Lane standing beside him, as well as priests from the Church of Light, these people were high-ranking figures for the soldiers in the army, and if it weren't for this alliance crusade, they would not have been able to come into contact with these enviable beings so closely.

"It's okay, I want to scold it too, because it stinks. Barbara saw the embarrassment on Sidney's face, she smiled, and then threw out a fireball and smashed it into the pile of burning flesh, the fireball did not explode, but caused a more violent fire, and I don't know if it was because of the purification of the flames, the smell of burning in the air was also much lessened.