Yun Meng had ordered the soldiers stationed at the city defense to hide in a safe place at the base of the city wall, and the horses were also led to the corners where the boulder could not be hit. The Philistines outside the city were overjoyed when they saw this scene, and shouted, "They can't hold on anymore and launch a strong attack!"

Two columns of giant warriors held huge shields to cover the front and the sky, and rushed towards the city gate with a huge ram, and in other directions, there were also warriors with giant shields carrying ladders to the low part of the city wall. Lu Sien gathered the priests to set up a magic array in front of the battle array, countless chanting voices came from the sky, and the light fell to exert all kinds of protection on the siege soldiers, and a series of wind blades and energy impacts cut the gaps in the magic array guarding the fortress.

The Philistines used the priests at the critical moment, allowing them to form a magic array to cover the warriors' charge, and the priests in the fortress should have been tired at this time. Whether it is breaking through the city gates or climbing the city walls, the combat power of the giant warriors should not be able to resist the soldiers defending the city.

Crossbowmen stand on high platforms, and if someone on the walls shows their heads to fight back, they will immediately be met with a salvo of crossbows, which is the most common tactic used by the Giants when attacking the castle. A lot of soldiers suddenly appeared on the walls of the fortress, swaying in helmets and leather armor, and the trained soldiers had already formed a subconscious habit, and the crossbow arrows were fired at the target in an instant.

The first volley was fast and accurate, and the giant warrior's heavy crossbow was so powerful that some of the arrows actually penetrated into the city walls. Almost all the soldiers on the city wall were hit by arrows, but they did not fall immediately, and the arrows rained down in the air, and some soldiers were hit by several arrows in succession. At this time, the chief priest Lu Sien shouted: "See it clearly and then release the arrows, those are dummies!"

Only then did the giant crossbowmen realize that someone had reached out of the pheasant with a wooden pole carrying a helmet and leather armor, but the giant crossbowman on the high platform had already shot the first round of arrows, and the heavy crossbow needed to be rewound. At that moment another soldier appeared on the wall, holding a heavy crossbow that had been wound and fired a volley from the gap in the pheasant moat. Their accuracy was still a little worse, and they were far less trained than the giant crossbowmen, but this round of sudden salvo also hit many giant warriors, and more than a dozen giant crossbowmen fell from the high platform.

The shouts of killing finally sounded, and the besieging soldiers also rushed up, holding shields and erecting a long ladder, and the giant crossbowmen no longer fired volleys, but aimed at the wall above the besieging soldiers to shoot arrows alternately, so that the defenders could not stop the giant soldiers from ascending the city. There was a sudden buzzing sound in the air, and dozens of fire snakes fell, turning into a sea of fire along the long ladder erected by the giant soldiers, which was a counterattack launched by the Divine Array.

The soldiers of the Giant Legion also rushed to the city gate, and the hammer struck the city gate with a loud bang, and the city gate did not move, but the entire nearby city wall trembled slightly. The Divine Array connects the impact of the city gate with the city wall, either breaking the formation or collapsing the entire city tower. On the towers of the castle there was a scorching oil that fell and ignited in the air, and fell on the shields of the giants and turned into a sea of fire.

Even if the giant warriors attacking the city gate were not doused with fire oil, the giant shield would be so hot that they could not hold it at all after a while, and they threw down their shields with a strange scream, and then they were hit by the stones that flew from the city. The giant crossbowmen shot arrows, and many of the soldiers who counterattacked in the city were also hit by arrows, some lying on the pheasant moat with arrows, and some falling down, and both sides were killed and wounded.

The Giant Legion first bombarded with flint for most of the day, consuming the protective power of the fortress's magic array, and once the two sides engaged in battle, it was extremely tragic. There was a sudden flash of light in the magic array surrounding the city wall, and the crossbow arrows shot by the giant crossbowmen seemed to be pulled by the viscous air, and the range was greatly reduced and they landed in the middle of the way, and the power of this magic array suddenly recovered!

Philistine turned around and glanced at Lu Sien, with a clear expression asking about the judgment of the main priest, how could the other party's divine array suddenly regain its power, doesn't it mean that it will be difficult to hold on after most of the day? Lu Sien's face was also a little ugly, and he whispered: "This is a dying struggle, they are almost unable to withstand it, we have already attacked the city!"

The Philistines immediately ordered the chariot with a high platform to move forward, and no matter how good the magic array was, it could not stop the shooting of so many powerful crossbows at close range. However, the crossbowman's position moved forward, and he came into range of the bows and arrows of the defenders, and the arrows and crossbows of both sides were fired in the air, and the city was constantly smashed down the long ladder with fire oil and boulders, and the wails and shouts rang out.

In the underground hall of the fortress, Yunmeng had already replaced Raphael's position, and the ten magicians who had assisted in the formation just now had all been rotated. Raphael was instructing the six generals in the city: "The first round of the offensive must be held, consume their flint and heavy crossbow arrows, these things are not easy to replenish, once the sharp spirit is lost, it will be easy to deal with the next, as long as this attack is repulsed, our soldiers will also have real confidence and learn how to fight." ”

The reason why the Philistines would gather siege engines and concentrate their forces on a fortress was that soon after he launched his army, he received a return from the scouts, and the army that had left the city of Salem to line up outside the city stayed outside the city for a while and then returned with the banner, and did not dare to rush to the front line to reinforce the fortress, so he was relieved to storm it.

In the Philistine's battle plan, it took half a day to capture this fortress, and the other fortress lost its echo, and the soldiers defending the city watched this fortress fall and fall into despair when they were alone in the plain, and they could take it by chance. These two forts will be the base from which to attack the city of Salem, and then the advance will be overwhelming.

But the situation was unexpected, from the morning to dusk, paying the price of nearly a hundred casualties, this fortress was still not breached, and the magic array guarding the fortress was still running, and the power was adjusted with the intensity of the siege, and while defending, it launched a counterattack coldly.

When the fire dragon in the air fell down the long ladder of the siege city, Lu Sien also commanded the priests in the giant army to launch a magic array, and the ice mist rolled up and blew away the fire dragon, the scene was both tragic and dazzling. Lu Sien felt very frightened, the fortress's guardian array had been running uncertainly for most of the day, wasn't the great magician who presided over the great array tired? He commanded the priests to set up a formation to assist in the siege of the city, and he had already felt a little tired of fighting until now.

At the critical moment, we must not frustrate our spirit, otherwise we will waste our efforts. Lu Sien avoided the most heavily defended city gate, and a stream of light fell on the giant warriors who rushed to the top of the city on the long ladder. The arrows and stones shot by the soldiers defending the city were blocked by the giant shield, and the magic array defending the city was also broken through several gaps by Lu Sien's magic skills, and there were already soldiers who were about to climb the city wall.

The drums of the command sounded in the fortress, and the figures of the armored guards appeared on the city wall that was about to be captured, and the skilled giant crossbowmen immediately cooperated with the siege soldiers to fire a volley towards this section of the city wall, and many of the defending soldiers were hit by arrows, and some giant warriors had already jumped on the city wall wielding machetes. As long as these people have a firm foothold on the city walls, the giant warriors behind will continue to rush up.

At the critical moment, a strange roar was heard, and a huge tail with golden points of light suddenly rolled up from the air and swept down the city fiercely, knocking over the three long ladders erected on the city wall one after another. The defenders rushed over and surrounded the five or six giant warriors who had climbed the walls, taking the opportunity to slash and slash them.

The soldiers of the Giant Legion who were fighting outside the city were stunned for a moment, there were terrifying monsters in the fortress! Could it be that the magician who presided over the great array was still proficient in summoning divine arts? Lu Sien raised his staff in shock, and the surrounding priests chanted in unison, and the smoke and dust and flames in the air quickly condensed, and a giant snake with teeth and claws appeared, emitting smoke and flames and rushing towards the city. In any case, you must break through the gap and use this giant snake transformed into magic to fight monsters.

But after the long tail swept away, there was no sound of the monster, and the giant crossbowman outside the city only felt a flower in front of him, and saw a beautiful girl suddenly jump on the pheasant. The girl was petite, dressed in a fiery red robe, and looked so bright on the battlefield that the crossbowmen even forgot to shoot arrows at her for a moment.

Although the girl was beautiful, the thing she was holding in her hand was terrifying, Qianqianyu's hand was raised above her head, holding a stone ball with a diameter larger than half of her body, and it was wrapped with half-extinguished hemp, which was the flint that the giant army had just shot into the city with a catapult. As soon as the girl appeared, she picked up the big stone ball and smashed it at Lu Sien!

With a sharp whistle, the stone ball rekindled the fire with the violent friction of the air, and if it hit it this time, Lu Sien, the great magician, would have to turn into flying flesh and blood on the spot. It was too sudden, Lu Sien was commanding the magic array to assist the soldiers in attacking the city, it was too late to dodge, and he hurriedly picked up the staff, and the giant snake that had just condensed in the air met the boulder, the giant snake was smashed and scattered, but the flying stone fell into the magic array.

Such a large stone rolled over, and it was no problem to smash two or three priests to death, but at this time, a loud roar was heard, and a dazzling light flew obliquely, smashing and exploding the huge stone ball. It turned out to be the Philistine, the leader of the Giant Legion, who suddenly took off on the chariot and jumped in front of the formation of the priest with a giant sword. The Philistines himself was also an eighth-level great warrior, and due to the talent of the plateau giants, his strength was amazing.

Yun Meng saw that the Philistines had made a move, and shouted on the city tower: "Stupid and stupid big man, if you have a kind, you will go to the city to fight me!"

Lu Sien hurriedly shouted behind him: "Legion Commander, you are the commander of the whole army, you must not go to the city in person!" He was afraid that the Philistines would really rush to the city wall, in case the commander was trapped in the fortress and the soldiers could not attack it, the army's morale would be in chaos. Unexpectedly, there were not only great magicians in the city, but the girl was obviously a great warrior, and looking at the throw she threw with her bare hands, she also had the power to fight with the Philistines.

No matter how powerful the Philistine is, he is not an invincible warrior like Enqidu after all, not to mention that he is the commander of the whole army, even if he can rush to the city wall alone, he can't do such a reckless act, he waved his giant sword in front of the formation and shouted: "Girl, if you have a kind of you, you will go out of the city for a decisive battle!"

The crossbowmen finally released their arrows, dozens of heavy crossbow strings rang out, and giant arrows shot towards Yunmeng with the sound of breaking through the sky. Yun Meng suddenly took out a long-handled mace from behind the city wall, and with a volley in the air, he smashed the crossbow arrows in all directions with a gust of wind. The mace was twice as long as her stature, and its massive hammer head was covered with spikes, and it was so terrifying that it made the giant warriors on the other side look stupid.

Yun Meng shot down the arrow, pointed at Philistine with a mace, and said, "Are you as stupid as you are this girl......? Aren't you besieging the city, then come in by yourself!" The Philistines stared at the giant sword for a long time, and at this moment the scouts sent to the front galloped back, and the army of Salem was dispatched again.

...... At dusk, the fierce attack of the Giant Legion finally came to an end, and the fighting subsided, and the fortress withstood the first round of onslaught, and the defenders of the city paid the price of nearly a hundred casualties. Five hundred soldiers had such a large proportion of casualties, and if it had been in an open field, the battle formation would have been broken long ago, but fortunately, it was a stubborn defense of the fortress.

Except for some of the people sent by the city-states of Syria, these soldiers had never experienced war, and everyone was nervous when the siege battle had just begun, and the tension reached a certain point, and people were either numb or collapsed. After successfully withstanding the fierce attack of the giant army, everyone has real confidence, not unreasonable fanatical confidence, it turns out that they can also fight!

In the underground hall in the center of the castle, Raphael rests. Both castles have a divine stone in the magic array that can display each other's images, and Raphael is talking to Link in the other castle. Link asked, "What about the casualties?"

Raphael replied: "With the support of the magic array and the fortress, there are still nearly 100 casualties, and the battle to defend the city is almost the same as the casualties of the besieging side, and the combat effectiveness of the giant legion is indeed strong." ”

Link: "Commander George said that the fighting power of the army is made, and this was the case with the Allah Legion back then. The army of giants is coming in a rage, and the first wave of attack is the fiercest, and if you resist it, you will win. ”

Raphael: "This kind of siege is too expensive, and the giant legion can't spend it indefinitely, but I don't know how many more rounds of such onslaught they can do?" Even if the warriors can hold on, the impact of the Divine Array is too great, and half of the spare Divine Stones I have stored here have been consumed today." ”

Link: "I've been watching the battlefield, their city-bombing flint and heavy crossbow arrows are very expensive, these things are not something that can be replenished at will in the short term, and seven of the fifty catapults were damaged when they were used, I didn't expect your bone to be so hard to gnaw." Having paid such a big price, they should launch a more intense onslaught, and you have to prepare for another fierce battle. If I can't hold it, I'll send reinforcements immediately. ”

Raphael shook his head and said: "No matter what, I will still withstand the next round of attacks, George has an order, you can't act rashly in the first two rounds of attacks, unless the magic array is broken, let Yunmeng take us to break through to your side." Before breaking through, you need to open a large array and send troops out of the city to feint to respond, and I think it is time for the Salem side to act according to the plan now. ”

...... By dusk, the attack had to stop, and it was time for the legions of giants to rest. The warriors took turns to launch three waves of attacks, but did not take the fortress, and the military formations on guard stood for a day. After dark, it is not suitable to start a large army battle, and the crossbowmen who shoot arrows cannot see the target clearly, so they need to camp the whole army to eat and rest, and send scouts to guard on all sides.

The location of the two forts was not awkward, and the Philistines wanted to retreat a little further to the city of Enriel, and the army had to spend the night on the road. He had planned to retreat three miles back and camp and organize a strong attack tomorrow, but the quartermaster reported the consumption of the day's battle, and in addition to nearly a hundred casualties, the siege flints and heavy crossbow arrows carried with the army were actually consumed by one-third.

The catapult throws stones, which can theoretically be thrown out of a similar size as long as the weight does not exceed the limit. However, well-trained soldiers can use stone balls of specific specifications and shapes to achieve the longest range and the most accurate hit rate, and the flints are specially mined and processed. Of course, heavy crossbow arrows also need to be made by special craftsmen, and there are many processes, which are important strategic materials.

It is impossible to carry too many flints and heavy arrows in the military formation, which are rationed according to the needs of the operation, and the materials in the continuous operation need to be continuously transported to the front line by the logistics and military quartermasters. The Philistines originally planned to break through the walls of the city of Salem, but the capture of the fortress was just a blow to the situation, but they did not expect to succeed today. Seeing this frame, the flint and heavy arrows carried by the legion were exhausted when they captured these two fortresses, and he hastened to order the logistics team to be urgently transferred from the city of Enriel.

The logistician men were encamped, but most of the soldiers in the legion were not allowed to rest, and after the siege battle array retreated, the remaining 2,000 soldiers set up a military formation on the avenue, and there was a solemn atmosphere in the dusk.

According to the reports of the scouts, more than 1,000 men of the Salem regiment were arrayed outside the city in the morning, but soon after they returned to the city. In the afternoon, more than a thousand more than a thousand people went out of the city, lined up and pushed towards the position of the two fortresses, and many soldiers carried torches that had not yet been lit, apparently trying to take advantage of the evening to reinforce them.

In the night battle, I was most afraid that the men and horses would trample in the chaos and could not distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, so the Philistines strictly reorganized the army and ordered that the tightest shock formation must be maintained and not chaotic, and only waited for the decisive battle. If the main force of the Salem Legion can be defeated, the two lonely fortresses will sooner or later collapse themselves.

The Philistines stood on top of the chariot, holding a heavy sword in his hand, and the temperature was getting cooler as night fell, and the evening breeze blew through the armor, and the soldiers felt a chill. It was fifty miles from the city of Salem to the fortress, not far or near, and the Salem legions were supposed to arrive at midnight, and the giants were ready to work, and the Philistines had ordered their men to prepare their torches. In the history of warfare in the Tianshu Continent, there has almost never been a duel between the large armies at night, could it be that the commander of the other party does not know how to fight at all?

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(To be continued)