Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Fall of Tower Hill (I)
With a loud roar from the werewolf squadron leader, the entire werewolf squadron went crazy again, and everyone brandished the weapons in their hands to launch a fierce attack on the minotaur. They all knew that if they couldn't break through the Minotaurs' defenses, they would really lose.
Unfortunately, their efforts did not help.
In the counterattack of the minotaur, the swords in the hands of the werewolf soldiers finally could not withstand such a high-intensity battle, and they were broken in two. Even so, they didn't give up. Throwing away the broken swords in their hands, they pounced on the minotaur with their bare hands, hoping to snatch their opponent's weapon.
But the Minotaur wouldn't give them another chance, and the huge tower shield pressed down on them like a mountain. When ** hits the steel, the result of this competition is already doomed. The gap in equipment cannot be bridged by courage, and although the werewolf soldiers performed bravely, they ultimately failed.
The battle was over, and a squadron of werewolf soldiers had passed out, all of them knocked unconscious by their opponents with tower shields. The minotaur soldiers erupted in enthusiastic cheers, and they had won! Won the strongest werewolf soldier in the legion! It was unthinkable before.
The division commanders and brigade commanders, including Sato Yasuto himself, who were standing on the parade platform, did not expect that the power of this batch of equipment was so powerful that the Minotaur soldiers had already defeated all the werewolf soldiers they had never defeated before they had used all their strength. If they had made up for it, the werewolf soldiers would have been wiped out, and not a single one of them would have been wounded.
Coughing and waking up his men who were still in shock, Sato said, "Have you seen it? This is the power of the new equipment, if you want to have it, you have to do your best." I announce that Akagi will succeed Matsui as commander of the 11th Division, and the deputy commander of the 37th Brigade will take Akagi's place. Matsui, you can pack your things and go home. ”
Hearing Sato's order to remove him, Matsui snorted coldly and left the school without looking back.
After Matsui left, Sato ordered: "These 30,000 sets of equipment will be distributed to the 34th, 37th, and 40th brigades, and if you don't perform well enough in battle, I will take them back and let the right fighters use them." Do you get it?"
"Yes!" the eleven subordinates replied in unison.
"Alright, let's go back and prepare. Three days later, attack the fortress of Tower Hill, and let me see what you three brigades can achieve with new equipment. ”
Three days later, without informing the 12th Legion, which was also at Nara Castle, Sato quietly left Nara Castle with the 21st Legion. By the time the Twelfth Army got the news, Sato had already led his troops to the city of Tower Hill Fortress. The Twelfth Legion Legion Nagashima had no intention of going for reinforcements, but just sent scouts to inquire about the news at any time. He wanted to see how those soldiers under Sato could attack the human Tower Hill Fortress.
Under the tower hill fortress, Sato stood in front of the beast army in military uniform, and the 37th Brigade of the Minotaur behind him was already slowly advancing towards the tower hill fortress. A brigade of pig-faced soldiers pushed ballistas and catapults, carrying bows and arrows, to prepare for the siege five hundred meters from the fortress, while the archers continued to three hundred and fifty meters.
The human soldiers defending the city had already discovered this beast army and were ready to defend. However, they were not too worried, as they had already recognized this army from the banner of the orc army as the 21st Legion stationed at Nara Castle. The battle for a long time made them know that this orc legion had a big gap in terms of combat effectiveness and equipment compared to the other orc legion stationed in Nara Castle. Therefore, seeing that only this one legion was coming, the military chief of Tower Hill Fortress just made a simple arrangement and returned to his mansion.
The Minotaur soldiers of the 37th Brigade had already arrived at the city of Tower Hill Fortress, and a squadron of soldiers struck the gate of Tower Hill Fortress with battering rams, and the rest of the men set up ladders and began to climb up the tower. The pig-faced man's crossbow arrows also shot at the tower, supporting the 37th Brigade besieging the city.
The commander of the Akagi Division, who had just been promoted, took the lead and rushed to the front of the line, climbing up the ladder. The arrows shot by the human warriors rained down on him. But with his new equipment, he wasn't afraid of such an attack at all. The arrow could not penetrate the tower shield he held above his head, and the rolling wood stone landed on the tower shield and was bounced out. A faint yellow light appeared on the tower shield, which was the magic array engraved on the tower shield at work, enhancing the tower shield's defense.
All the siege soldiers were almost like Akagi, climbing up with their tower shields on their heads, and the faint yellow light also appeared on each tower shield. Due to the close proximity of many Minotaur soldiers, the magic array on the tower shield interacted with each other, and the defense power was further improved.
The human warriors on the castle tower were still organizing their defenses in order, and some of the warriors and the pig-faced soldiers under the fortress opened fire to prevent their fire support. Some of the warriors threw rolling stones down the ladder to attack the enemies on the ladder. More shield warriors and greatsword warriors hid in the caves of the towers, ready to fight back against the enemies who rushed to the top of the castle. In the cave of the city gate, about hundreds of human warriors used various tools and items to resist the city gate to prevent the battering ram from breaking through the city gate.
Led by Akagi, the Minotaur soldiers soon rushed to the head of the Tashan Fortress, and the human warriors hiding in the fortress poured out of the caves, ready to take advantage of their unstable foothold to drive them off the fortress again.
Under the fortress, Sato ordered the pig-faced archers to start shooting extendedly, attacking the human warriors on the walls over the battlements.
As soon as Akagi climbed the city wall, several human warriors immediately surrounded him. Akagi roared and slammed the tower shield in front of him, blocking the heavy swords stabbed by the two greatsword warriors. Then the sword in his right hand swung out, slashing the right arm of a greatsword warrior holding the sword, and cutting off the entire arm of the greatsword warrior.
The other two shield warriors slammed into Akagi's diagonal front with their heavy tower shields in both hands as the giant sword warrior's heavy sword stabbed out.
After slashing a greatsword warrior, Akagi no longer had time to resist the impact of the shield warrior. In desperation, Akagi turned the tower shield slightly to the left, moved his body slightly to the right half a step, and his weight fell on his right foot, which penetrated his right shoulder. When the human shield warrior on the left collides with Akagi's tower shield, the Akagi tower shield pulls and unloads the opponent's impact force to the side, while slamming his shoulder into the human shield warrior on the right.
With a sound of "ping", Akagi and the tower shield in the hands of the human shield warrior collided fiercely. The Minotaur's body was already very strong, and Akagi was ready, so although the collision made Akagi's entire arm numb, it was not injured. With his formidable strength, Akagi didn't take half a step back, and the idea of letting the two human shield warriors knock him off the castle tower was frustrated.
Withstanding the flanking attack of the two shield warriors gave Akagi time to breathe, and also allowed the minotaur soldiers who followed behind him to calmly climb the tower. With one more Minotaur soldier, the situation here is reversed in an instant. The strength of the human shield warrior at close range could not be compared to that of the minotaur soldier of the orcs, so the minotaur soldier behind Akagi only pushed the human shield warrior on Akagi's left side back several steps with a slight push. Although the human shield warrior on the right side bumped into Akagi, he didn't get any bargains, and his numb hands made him lose the ability to fight again in a short time, and hurriedly retreated.
Without the protection of the shield warriors, the two greatsword warriors simply could not compete with the minotaur soldiers. The uninjured greatsword warrior took advantage of Akagi's full defense, picked up his companion and retreated.
There was a gap in the human warriors here, and immediately more minotaur soldiers climbed up. Not only this one, but many parts of the city wall were breached by minotaur soldiers. In this way, the defensive pressure of humanity becomes even greater. Human warriors continued to rush out of the cave, braving the rain of arrows to meet the minotaur soldiers who were attacking the fortress walls.
The walls of the city suddenly fell into a scuffle, and thousands of minotaur soldiers shattered the human warriors' defenses, and the humans had to devote more troops to desperately resist. Fortunately, the tendonous minds of the minotaur soldiers did not change, and in the face of more and more human warriors, they still faced head-on, and they soon fell into a situation of fighting on their own. This is also the response method that human warriors have come up with using the characteristics of the minotaur soldiers' surnames.
Use one or two warriors to tease the minotaur soldiers in front and gradually disperse them, and then use the advantage of strength to divide and surround them. Keep draining their stamina until the minotaur soldiers' stamina is almost exhausted, and then rush up and wipe them out.
The increase in human warriors has turned them from two or three against one minotaur soldier at the beginning, to seven or eight men besieging one. And humans are not as dull as the Minotaurs, they will use all means to destroy the enemy. After two hours of arduous fighting and paying the price of seven or eight thousand casualties, mankind gradually gained the initiative.
The Minotaur soldiers, who were the first to climb the city wall, have not rested until now, and they are fighting separately, without supporting each other. If it weren't for the armor they wore that could speed up the recovery of physical strength, they would not have been able to support it. Even so, many minotaur soldiers also became sluggish due to the overdraft of their physical strength, and were seized by human warriors, swarming and hacking to death.
The increase in casualties and the violent consumption of physical strength made the Minotaur soldiers slowly squeezed back to the city wall by the human warriors, and there was no buffer space, and it was difficult for the follow-up troops to climb the city wall again.
Sato, who was supervising the battle under the Tower Hill Fortress, could only shake his head helplessly when he saw this scene, originally thinking that they could hold on for a while longer, but who knew that they would not be able to hold out after only two hours. had to order the heralds, and Mingjin withdrew the troops.
The hurried sound of "Dangdang" sounded, and Akagi glanced at his own camp unwillingly, and greeted helplessly: "Withdraw!" After speaking, he stood in front of all the Minotaur soldiers and covered them to withdraw from the Tashan Fortress.
Coming to Captain Sato, Akagi said excitedly: "My lord, we are almost there, why don't you let us hold on a little longer? Perhaps, we will be able to defeat those humans soon!"
Glaring at Akagi fiercely, Sato scolded angrily: "Use your brains more, don't just know how to fight hard." Those humans can't stop your attack at all, why are you defeated? That's because you can only rush, you don't know how to fight together, the warriors are all fighting on their own, there is no connection with each other, once you are flanked by the enemy, you will be defeated if you have great ability. Battles require cooperation, and you can't win by one person. How many times have I told you these words, why can't I remember them when I get to the battlefield?"
"Oh, I'll be sure to keep in mind the Legion's instructions next time. Akagi replied.
"Alright, you can take your brothers down to rest first, and go prepare for the battle that follows. Sato commanded.