The crowd encouragement technique was silent, and without the witch doctors outside the southern wall noticing, an inexplicable wave swept across the city wall, quickly calming the emotions of the horned hoof warriors who had almost collapsed collectively.

The silent walls returned to normal in the next moment, and whispered conversations between the warriors began to appear occasionally;

The discussion was only about negative expressions like 'horrible', but it was better than the dead silence.

The high-level who were supervising the battle finally breathed a sigh of relief, they were extremely afraid before, for fear that the fanged barbarians would take the opportunity to launch a wave of charge, and then these soldiers who almost had no will to fight might directly surrender on their knees....

~~~

Aside from the ramparts, beneath the ramparts, the trolls are already assembling a new batch of catapults;

They recovered the small parts of steel and wood that had not been burned before, and took out the large keel materials that had been abundantly stocked, and the soldiers, under the guidance of their apprentices, set up more than thirty tall catapults in the middle of the position in half an hour.

Only at this moment, the distance between the catapults was consciously widened, and in front of them, a herd of moose was ready to pull the body for transfer.

Although this has an efficient impact on the calculation of emission elements, at least it will not be wiped out in one pot as before....

During this period, Giant Fang found that it seemed that he could not achieve victory in a short period of time by relying only on siege equipment, so although he was worried about "fear of casualties", he still sent three hundred heavily armed trolls to form a "vanguard" and approached the city wall with armor and shields.

So, the three hundred trolls set out from the array and leaned towards the city wall step by step;

Everything was going well at first, but the catapults of the Hornhoof tribe had been destroyed first, so they were not able to make a very effective stop at medium and long distances;

Only the 'weak' bows spilled from the walls, but they had little effect under the protection of the giant shield and heavy armor.

The three hundred trolls approached two hundred paces away, removing their heavy shields from front of them, preparing to launch a wave of attacks with their spears before moving forward.

But at that moment, the bottom of the wall suddenly opened a void, and a dull sound of crumbling came from it, and then heavy crossbow arrows were seen shooting at high speed towards the trolls.

'Winter, winter, winter! “

The crossbow struck the heavy steel and wood shield held by the warriors in one hand, and although it failed to break the shield directly, it also caused it to move sideways, causing dozens of large crossbows to burrow straight into the rear array.

A series of screams followed, and many warriors in the first three rows were pierced through the chest by the giant crossbow;

Among them, there were even more than a dozen unlucky trolls, who died immediately due to direct trauma to their hearts, and the remaining ones also fell to the ground with serious injuries at this time, losing their ability to fight for a certain period of time.

At this moment, under the ugly face of the giant fangs, there was a cheer from the city wall, which was the cheers of the hornhoe warriors, who were cheering for the first casualties caused by their own side in the siege battle.

The thought of 'all the army pressed' flashed through his mind, but Greattooth had already passed through his most ferocious and reckless period, so he restrained this tyrannical impulse in time.

Taking a deep breath, he commanded to the left and right,

"Command! Bring back the wounded! The remaining vanguards spread out their formations, grabbed the shields in their hands and advanced in a broken line, looking for opportunities to throw heavy spears halfway. ”

"Yes!"

The instructed flag officer began to summon the order, sending the order of the Great Fang to the ministries.

Soon a group of trolls with shields set out, carefully approaching the front line and transporting their corpses and the wounded back, the bodies of which were temporarily placed in the rear for storage, while the wounded began to be operated on by the apprentices.

At the front, the flag officers of the vanguards were also instructed and informed to the commanders of their respective ranks.

The remaining trolls scattered and walked toward the walls.

After they were prepared, the crossbow in the embrasion no longer had the same effect as the first wave, and although the heavy blows continued to sound, few results were obtained;

Only those trolls who failed to protect themselves with their shields in the middle of the curve will be broken through the relatively thin armor on their bodies, and then unluckily fall to the ground with serious injuries.

After getting closer and getting used to the bombardment of the heavy crossbows, the scattered trolls began to try to kill and injure the horned hoofs warriors on the 20-meter-high city wall with their spears;

Before setting out, the members of the vanguard regiment each carried twenty heavy throwing spears in advance, and at this time, they stopped and threw at the opportunity, using their ability as if they were talents, and accurately shot one horned hoof.

Although there were only more than 240 trolls left on the front line, they still suppressed the enemies on the city wall in a short period of time.

Just when they wanted to make persistent efforts to expand the results of the battle, an inexplicable change appeared at this time.....

All of a sudden, the trolls' spears became less accurate, and the usual confident blow became as if they were blind.

And this was only the first step of change, and then, the vanguard trolls felt a sudden weakness, as if their strength was nearly half less out of thin air.

In the rear formation, all the trolls have found that the spear throwing is inaccurate, this situation is obviously abnormal, spear throwing is the troll's ability to eat, how can it become like this at such a distance?

'This is the spell of the hornhoofed in effect', this is the realization of all the trolls, including the witch doctor.

Later, the more subtle 'weak' effect was also known by the witch doctors under the initiative of many flag officers of the vanguard.

"It's another large-scale spell.... How exactly do they do it? ”

The witch doctors were puzzled by this....

In the Tribe, almost most of the spells that work on the body are buffs, and often have a one-on-one directional effect;

Although a small number of psychic spells can be directly applied to a group of targets in a small area, their range of effect is also quite limited, and it is impossible to cover the hundreds of targets that have been scattered at the same time as the hornhoof.

"There's no way to figure it out for the time being, let the Giant Fang order them back, it will only increase the casualties.... We're thinking of other options. ”

At the suggestion of the witch doctors, the order to retreat was sent to the front, and the pioneers quickly returned with the wounded.

The morale of the trolls has not actually been frustrated, is it a war~ In the eyes of most trolls, it is similar to hunting, and occasional failure is not something unacceptable;

However, this was not the case with the Diagonal Hoof, and the panic and loss of confidence that had been suppressed by the group spell were revived, and the warriors' eyes were once again lit up with a heartfelt fighting spirit.

The Toulon hierarchy also breathed a sigh of relief, discovering that the powerful trolls were not really invincible, and although they were strong and terrible in some inexplicable directions, they seemed to have major flaws in some 'common sense'.

"Siege without ladders? Are they ready to climb up? ”

"The fanged spellcaster is also too incompetent, and he hasn't thought of a way to suppress the shaman priests on our side until now, haha, we seem to have been too worried before."

"Alas.... I knew I wouldn't have to give up so many fields outside the city... That's all food..."

"Shut up! We are also thinking about the lives of the people, and no one is allowed to mention this matter in the future! ”

"Hmm... The sheikh has a point, we are worried about the lives of the people. ”

The conversation between the clan chiefs and the high chieftain took place on the southern city walls, and it was roughly like this.

And the shamans of the hornhoof species are not actually able to release large-scale spells indefinitely, all of which have quite harsh release conditions, such as location, number of initiators, and other factors;

As a result, they never left the altar since the siege began.

~~~~~

Outside the city, seven witch doctors came to the 'weak' warriors and began to use probes to try to figure out the cause of this 'weakness'.

"A part of the cell went into semi-dormant state .... This is the most direct cause of powerlessness. ”

"The activity of the brain is also suppressed, so there are negative reactions to energy, such as feeling sleepy..."

"The impact is not permanent and is now starting to recover, look at the curve... After about ten minutes, it will be back to normal. ”

......

"Didn't the Travelers report that 'pain' could effectively alleviate the effect of that 'control technique', and how is this technique? Can it be avoided by self-harm? ”

"I have a 'eucalyptus example' on my side, which should illustrate this problem, a warrior who has been hit by a heavy crossbow, but is still within the effect of the hornhoof's spell; The pain did bring his brain out of its 'inactive' state, but the 'muscle cells were semi-dormant' and persisted.... This has even affected some of his self-healing abilities, which could lead to the loss of more life force if left unchecked. ”

"Then hurry up!"

"Of course it's already being done, and you're too, heal these kind of warriors who are doubly affected first."

"Understood."

"Understood."

"Doing it."

The witch doctors were not together at this time, they were scattered next to the wounded who had retreated from the front line, treating and observing each other;

As such, these conversations are delivered directly to their respective ears through the 'Witch Doctor's version of the Wind Talker' Spell.

Thanks to their efforts, the negative state of these trolls was dispelled, their self-healing power was restored, and they soon regained their vitality.

The rest of the trolls, who had not been severely injured physically, had not been dispelled by the witch doctor himself, but as previously judged, they returned to normal after about ten minutes.

Ten light points is a number that cannot be underestimated, and there are already many things that can be done during this time in battle, plus the self-healing power will also be partially affected, so it is destined that this is not a thing that can be ignored.

Therefore, how to break the situation has become the most critical issue at present.