Chapter 99: Smoke and clouds

Seeing that the enemy only divided into a group carrying a ladder and pushing a catapult towards the city wall, most of the soldiers and mercenaries on the city wall showed a look of disdain on their faces - these people also came to attack Hamburg, not to mention Hamburg, even a small town can't be defeated, right?

Daqingshan did not rush to order, according to the understanding of the city of Hamburg, all the catapults in the city have been precisely adjusted, 120 catapults cover all the distance in front of the city wall 150 meters ~ 500 meters, and for any area, there are more than two catapults repeatedly covered.

There are only two or three thousand people in front of them, and at most 20 catapults can basically cover their location. Daqingshan still hopes to get closer and fight again, so as to ensure the maximum result of a stone-throwing operation.

Two thousand-man men with more than 30 catapults have just entered the distance of 300 meters, and they will never move forward, and if you are lucky in this position, small stones can go directly to the wall. More than 30 catapults were lined up, and more than 20 bear warriors took care of a car, pulled the main beam backwards, and put more than 40 catties of stones in it.

"Ready-go!"

Stones whistled in the night sky towards the city of Hamburg.

"Shield!" Four or five great swordsmen on the city wall raised a huge shield - this shield was specially designed to defend against catapults, almost all steel structure, with triangular brackets behind the shield, and manpower only played the role of movement, this kind of shield was specially used to defend against flying stones.

"Knock, knock......" The dull sound was connected. Except for a few stones that flew into the walls of the city with their heads sticking to their heads, others either smashed into the walls or landed on their shields.

Daqingshan looked around, there were almost no injured people, and nodded with satisfaction: "Prepare the catapult, 300 meters ahead, halve the amount of throwing, launch!"

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers who heard the order stomped off the pins with their feet, and the tight steel cables bounced off, and the whole basket of stones was thrown out of the city walls, under the city walls, and even from the cliffs behind the city, and the huge firing force shattered the wooden baskets in the air, and the stones were scattered in an instant. 20 catapults, each firing at least 10 40-pound stones, hundreds of stones crashing into each other in the air, letting out a groan of death.

"Hide!" the two thousand-strong men shouted an order in unison, and it was not a shame to run away before such a dense attack on Hamburg City.

The Phanos behaved differently, the skinny werewolves threw down their shields, their daggers turned around and landed on all fours, the human soldiers dodged to the catapults, the bear-men roared and brandished their maces and rushed towards the walls, while the orc soldiers huddled together and raised their heavy shields.

The stones whistled and fell almost at the same moment, booming ...... Bursts of white smoke and dust rose into the air, and the entire ground immediately shuddered!

Despite all the psychological preparations, this situation still shocked all the soldiers of Fanos, all the catapults in front of them disappeared after a moment of dust and smoke, not a single intact or half-intact remained, the stones continued to splash, bounce and fall after they landed, and the werewolves who were running frantically were hit by the stones that caught up one by one, and then their limbs flew sideways.

When the earth returned to calm from the trembling, there were hardly any people standing on the position of the two thousand people just now, and the miserable cries rang out.

The three-centimeter-thick steel shield was smashed and deformed, the one-centimeter-thick cast armor was torn to pieces, and the orcs wearing rope armor were stoned through their entire bodies...... In the dark of the night, accompanied by miserable cries, the city of Hamburg is like Ami hell......

In this short moment, 644, this number is really inauspicious, 644 Fanos soldiers were killed in Hamburg City after the first attack, and more than 800 people were injured at the same time, and more than 500 soldiers in the front position became rare survivors - thanks to Daqingshan wanting to save his life, he threw half of the stones, all the weights were light, and he should have covered 300 but covered a position 320 meters away. What the Fanos soldiers didn't know was that what seemed to be the effect of hundreds of catapults firing at the same time was actually just the masterpiece of 20 catapults, and more than several times the catapults didn't even move.

An offensive and defensive battle of this magnitude can only be described in these four words for Hamburg City. If you want to conquer Hamburg, you probably need to come up with all the methods that the entire human race can come up with, so that people can have a reverie that can be overcome.

Dahaino subconsciously licked his dry lips with his tongue, Hamburg City is really a place for people to give full play to their imagination, at this time, the old officer's mind only fluttered with a sentence in the military circles: "Hamburg, where 1,000 people can withstand 100,000 people." ”

30,000 people...... Wanting to conquer the hamburg, the old soldier showed a wry smile on his face, and the old people in the base camp really knew how to come up with a problem.

Mora Beast ran over from the front army, and just now a shower of stone rain fell, not only the two thousand-man teams that rushed forward were almost completely wiped out, dozens of stones bounced off the ground and directly broke through his guards, and several half-orc soldiers fell in front of him. As an officer, he is most afraid of fighting this kind of battle without any chance of returning the war, and no matter how good a soldier is, he will soon lose his morale if he is beaten.

"Marshal, why don't you use a ballista?" Mora Beast asked what most of the officers wanted to ask, the ballista could shoot at a distance of 500 meters, it could suppress the entire city of Hamburg, and use the opportunity of the ballista to launch and push most of the army forward, then it could directly attack the city.

"Wait. Dahaino didn't explain. In fact, there is nothing to explain, where do the Fanos soldiers know the difficulty of making crossbow arrows, it must be forged in a professional blacksmith shop rather than cast, this forging method is generally only circulated among dwarven blacksmiths, and dwarves cannot guarantee that every forging will be successful, even if they have money, they can't buy it. Once you've shot a crossbow without taking a city, the ballista is no different from waste. Good steel must be used on the cutting edge.

"What then? Even if all the soldiers were to fight here, it would be impossible to consume the enemy's stones. There was already a hint of frustration in the eyes of the werewolf legion leader, and the stone rain falling from the sky would indeed make most people have such thoughts: "Your Excellency Marshal, if we drive the local residents to attack the city, this method will be effective." ”

Dahaino glanced at Mora Beast coldly, Merlin had used this method when he was in the Ice Breaking Harbor, and afterwards, Dahaino reprimanded Merlin fiercely. Regardless of the conscience of a soldier, as an occupying force, there is probably no more brutal way to show it, and even the enemies from Alcatraz know to use gentle methods. Repeating this, presumably, without the defeat of the enemy soldiers, it is enough for the ordinary people everywhere* to plunge the occupying army into a situation from which they will never recover. This is the last hand of last resort, and if you don't use it, you die, use ...... It's not far from death.

"There's no rush on this matter, just wait. You're ready to organize a new assault and push the rush out. ”

β€œ...... Be. Moramon was silent for a moment before reluctantly replying. Maybe it's really useful to punch a car? In terms of sturdiness, it's still far better than a catapult.

As soon as Mora Beast retreated, two werewolves ran over with black powder sticking to their heads: "Your Excellency Marshal, Captain Merlin has led us to discover the mine, waiting for your order to light the fire." ”

Oh, Dahaino had a smile on his face, he didn't expect to find it so soon. In fact, it is impossible not to be happy, the city of Hamburg is engaged in mining work every day in the tens of thousands, several large pit mouths are more than 5 meters in diameter, and there are even small human-powered minecart tracks near the mines, which can be found soon if you pay a little attention.

"Well, light the fire immediately, don't stop. ”

"Inform Merlin that in 30 minutes he will lead his troops to begin the siege of the city! Dahaino immediately sent a herald.

Daqingshan stood at the head of the city, the sky was already white in the distance, and behind him, the soldiers and mercenaries were busy filling the stones - this was an easy task, all the stones in the arsenal were neatly stacked, and they were all loaded into baskets and numbered, and all that was needed now was to move them over. Just now, Princess Lingbao couldn't sleep, so she had to go up to the city wall to watch the battle, but as a result, the elf's unique eyesight made the little girl pale, leaving the two elders behind, shouting "I'm going to have nightmares" while running away, thinking that I was going to find Lin Yushang.

The two elders narrowed their eyes and told Daqingshan about the enemy's movements, it seems that the enemy is still ready to continue the attack and rush the car? Daqingshan has heard of this kind of siege equipment, but he has not really seen it, and he doesn't know what kind of effect this kind of thing has, but under so many catapults, these soldiers from other continents can only pray for themselves. Daqingshan is somewhat helpless, and such a victory with less also requires a strong enough nervous system for the winner.

In the distance, a piece of black pressure came up, and the gurgling sound could be clearly heard on the city wall, and nearly a hundred rushing cars were all pushed out. Mora Beast is also an officer with the virtue of loving soldiers like children, anyway, these instruments are simple to make, and the materials are extremely rich, exchanging equipment for soldiers' lives, which is an inevitable choice for an excellent officer.

"Aim at the cart and throw the stone once with a catapult. Da Qingshan whispered to the herald beside him.

More than 30 stones flew out of the city wall in an instant, listening to the sound of ghosts crying wolf howls in the sky, and the orc soldiers under the car had a tingling scalp on their scalps, booming ...... The stones fell suddenly, and more than a dozen rushing vehicles were hit at the same time, and after an instant, the Fanos soldiers under the rushing vehicles let out bursts of cheers. Except for one of the crashers whose axles were shattered by a huge force, and another that was hit by a rock in the rear and caused the body to overturn, the other crashes successfully withstood the blow.

Da Qingshan also showed an imperceptible smile on his face. Dahaino, Merlin...... These people who have made the little mercenary group suffer a lot, this time, it seems that they are also in a catastrophe.

At this moment, two dwarves ran up from under the city wall, and their faces showed anxious looks: "What about His Highness Horns?"

"Horns has gone to the ceremony of the new king of the mountain dwarves, I am Daqingshan, what is the matter?"

"Oh, your Excellency, an intruder has been found in the mines, and...... It seems that there is a fire somewhere in the mine. The black soot on the dwarf's face was scratched by sweat: "Hmm...... Maybe it was the spontaneous combustion of the stone coal. ”

The enemy attacked from the mines? How could this be? Didn't Dahaino have any information about Hamburg City in his hands? No, after the fall of the imperial capital, the Imperial Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War had detailed information about Hamburg City, and these things were not destroyed at that time, and they would definitely fall into the hands of Reynolds, unless there was a gap between Reynolds and Dahaino......

The mines beneath Hamburg, run by dwarves and gnomes for thousands of years, have become a labyrinth of immense proportions, and even dwarves and gnomes do not dare to step out of their scope of work at will - they may get lost in the mines. As the most dangerous city in the world, several city guards have also worked hard for the mines. At intervals, there was a huge fence made of pure steel, all of which were locked and guarded by dwarves during the war period, and the most important traffic arteries were equipped with iron roller balls with a diameter of two meters, all of which were straight and 10Β°The only two mine entrances to Hamburg are 40 meters high and 6 meters in diameter, and can only be climbed and descended by a fence. Such a three-tiered defense facility has a triple guarantee for the safety of the mine.

How could the enemy possibly choose this as a point of attack?

Is it ......possible that the enemy wants to set fire to the city of Hamburg? A thought suddenly flashed in Daqingshan's mind, and the face of the person who was as steady as Daqingshan couldn't help but show anxiety: "Quick! Quickly notify all the dwarves in the mine to withdraw to the surface." Hurry!"

At this moment, puffs of smoke were already rising from the two huge mines! Under the effect of the valley wind, the thick smoke soon filled the entire city of Hamburg, and the coughing sound continued to sound.

Under the city, the Phanos legions, which had received the signal to attack, were all activated, and the Phanos soldiers had already seen the chaos on the walls of Hamburg City, and the excited orcs rushed towards Hamburg City with a shout without the urging of the commander......