Volume 1 The Fall of the Monarchy Chapter 108 Deterrence
The first to be bombarded by the boulders were the gnoll army at the front of the line, who fled around the line with their heads in their hands, hoping to find a safe place to escape the catastrophe that fell from the sky.
Although Toruń did not expect the Empire's trebuchet to work, he was still calm. He commanded his men to retreat slightly, out of range of the trebuchet.
However, there were still unfortunate minotaur warriors who were hit by the burning boulder, and the blood and flesh of these minotaurs flew all over the place.
The thorny drake under the minotaur seat did not escape the sanctions of the boulder, and the boulder pierced through the minotaur and hit the back of the thorny drakemon hard, and the thorny drake that was hit fell to the ground with a scream, and its heavy body smashed on the ground and immediately shook a cloud of dust.
After all, the Empire's stone reserves were limited, and after a quarter of an hour, the Empire's trebuchets stopped working because they ran out of stone.
The plain in front of the camp was filled with smoke and dust due to the continuous bombardment of boulders, and the monster's army was shrouded in smoke and dust, and the soldiers of the empire could not see the situation on the battlefield at this moment.
The cold wind in the snowfield is raging, and the smoke and dust on the plains are blown away by the wind. The Empire's trebuchet lived up to the empress's expectations and exerted amazing power.
There were countless corpses of abyssal soldiers lying on the plain, and the scene of rivers of blood made many veterans who had experienced the battle vomit, and some brave soldiers poked their heads out and counted the number, and estimated that this attack killed and wounded thousands of enemy soldiers at the least!
The morale of the Imperial Legion has been boosted, the Empire has suffered various defeats since the start of the war, and this time it has finally eliminated a large number of enemies, which is a rare victory!
On the side of the Abyss Army, because Toren immediately ordered the army to retreat, the powerful Minotaur warriors and the thorny drakemons they rode did not suffer too many losses.
On the other hand, Bobby's army of gnolls was bombarded by trebuchets, and almost thousands of gnolls died on the plain without any effect. Although Bobby doesn't look down on the combat power of the jackals, he is also quite heartbroken, after all, these jackals can be used as a cover for the army, and he can't afford such a large amount of consumption!
Poppy couldn't help but be a little scared when he recalled the terrifying scene of the earth shaking the mountains just now, if it weren't for his short stature and the spirit of the pony he was riding, otherwise his goblin nobleman would have folded here!
Bobbi wiped the cold sweat from his head, thought of the culprit who had put him in danger, and galloped to Toruń's side on his foal.
Poppy looked up and questioned Toruń, "Big man, how did you command the army, if it weren't for my fate, you would have to find my corpse in this slaughterhouse! If you want to fight, then you can fight it alone!"
Toruń turned his head to look at Bobby nearby, and his terrifying eyes startled Bobby, because Bobby saw the killing intent in Toruń's eyes for a moment.
Although this killing intent was fleeting, out of the cowardly instinct of the goblin, he also keenly captured these details.
Torren closed his eyes and said to Bobbi in a serious tone, "If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, you can go back to the city now, but you must hand over the command of the gnoll army to me." Now that the trebuchets in the Empire can no longer be put into use, this is also a fighter that we can grasp, and now that these unexpected elements are all gone, I can inflict heavy damage on these hateful humans!"
Poppy was frightened by him and no longer called for the withdrawal of his army, but he did not want to hand over the command of his army, and in desperation, he returned to the newly restored order of the Gnoll army.
It also makes sense that gnolls are able to survive in harsh wilderness environments, and they are naturally resilient.
Although they often escaped during the battle, order was finally restored to the army under the scolding of the Gnoll Chieftain, and the remaining Gnoll soldiers formed a scattered line, waiting for the leader Poppy to give orders.
Having regrouped his army, Toruń again ordered the army to begin advancing. This time, the Abyssal Army was free from the threat of the Imperial's trebuchets, and their ferocious nature was revived at the sound of the trumpets of the charge. The soldiers howled and raced towards the Imperial camp.
"Aim, fire!"
Under the command of the Imperial Lords, the archers waiting on the fence aimed at the rapidly approaching enemy and released their bowstrings at a command. A rain of black-pressed arrows streaked across the sky, falling towards the running Abyss soldiers under the attraction of gravity.
To everyone's surprise, this salvo did not cause much damage to the enemy, and even if the monsters raised their shields to defend against the arrows, it was common sense that many enemies would still be shot.
For some reason, when the arrow was about to hit the enemy, it seemed to lose its strength in an instant, and it fell softly on their bodies and shields, and it did not cause any damage at all.
At this point, the bow and arrow are useless, which means that the empire has lost a way to stop the enemy from attacking.
The Abyssal Army roared incessantly, closing the distance to the Imperial camp.