Section 220 The Flower of Evil (3)
The unsuccessful sneak attack on both sides made the battle even more incandescent for the rest of the battle, and Sid not only kept the mages in the legion on the line, but also prepared to go into battle at any time.
The mages in Sid's Legion were given potions by the Legion to help restore the speed of mana, which gave the Imperial Army an advantage in large-scale spell attacks, and was the reason why the soldiers in the Legion could continue to attack the city despite the fierce suppression of the defenders' muskets.
But even then, the losses of ordinary soldiers of the Imperial Army were growing greater.
In the Kaos plane, the value of muskets in war has long been proven, and even the more courageous orcs have suffered great losses, and under intensive fire, only those of high rank can be sure that they will be safe.
In the battle of Bofeng City, the reason why the power of the musket was not so great, the militia of Bofeng City had muskets in hand and had to fight hard in the city, because they had undergone too little training, and lacked the targeted training of the fire attack type, and this was a necessary means for the musket holder to kill and injure the high-level powerhouses, but Rao was so, there was an advantage in defending the city, even if the gun was not accurate, and the lack of conscious guided fire attack, it still caused great damage to the ordinary soldiers under Sid.
Especially with the beginning of the battle, the militia who can survive on the battlefield, their shooting skills are improving rapidly, and the effect of fighting on the battlefield for a day is more useful than their previous training for three or four days.
In this way, the offensive and defensive sides formed a strange situation.
The Sid Legion had the advantage of attacking with spells outside the range of muskets with their mages, but the militia in Bofeng City, after several days of bloody fighting, also learned with a lot of lives how to dodge or reduce the damage caused by the spells under the protection of the city defenses as much as possible, and at the same time kill and injure the enemies who took the opportunity to attack the city as much as possible during the spell intervals.
Blood Griffin's Pruss is powerless against the mage, and his magic has helped the defenders with the Shadow Canopy before, but has maintained the effect of a sixth-order spell, and the range has to be expanded. Later, he ran out of potions that could help restore his mana, and the magic mastered by people like Koki and Nafia was more suitable for individual or squad combat, although they also killed and wounded many enemies, and played a big role in cooperating with the militia to repel the besieging enemy, but it was also not enough to counter the enemy's long-range large-scale attacks.
As for what goes beyond head-to-head combat, both sides have already tried and failed. All of them have aroused the vigilance of the other party, and if you want to take similar actions again, the effect is not necessarily good.
The duration of this round of fighting did not last as the previous two rounds stopped at night, and Sid personally supervised the army, attacking day and night.
Under the frantic attack of the Imperial Army, the militia of Bofeng City carried a strange thing onto the tower, and black iron bullets bombarded the enemy camp from the tower.
It was the cannon that Solomon provided for them, and in the development of the Kaosian magic, the machine did not occupy a leading position. Rather, it is seen as a complement to the magic effect. That is, when mages create a new thing, they are always accustomed to using magic as much as possible to achieve the initial purpose, or a mixture of magic and machinery to achieve the effect. Achieve the goal of cheap price.
Therefore, the development of mechanical civilization cannot be as rapid as Solomon's previous life, after all, this is a world with extraordinary abilities.
Nevertheless. The cannon was created by the dwarves and the Terran craftsmen who were coming from behind, and they are constantly being improved.
These cannons brought to Bofeng City are one of them, in terms of lethality, a single musket cannot threaten the high-ranking people, but the cannon is not, if it is hit head-on. The power of each cannonball is not under the fire of the musket, and the power is directly comparable to a seventh-order single magic. If it is used against ordinary people or low-level creatures, of course, the lethality is greater, and although it is still only a solid cannonball, it has a small multiple attack effect on the trajectory of the tumbling impact.
The help of several cannons strengthened the strength of Bofeng City's defensive counterattack. Inflict new wounds on the enemy.
Even a cannonball almost hit Sid, flying right towards him.
Sid was also very heroic at that time, and even did not dodge, directly intercepted the incoming cannonball with super strength, and then returned the cannonball like a kick in the surprised eyes of his own troops and the enemy.
The cannonball was kicked in the air, and then flew back at a speed no less than what it had flown out before, and it shook into the walls of Bofeng City.
Rao was the strength of Bofeng City, which had tried every possible way to strengthen the city wall before the battle, but was still cracked by the cannonballs that flew back, and the nearest militia fell and were besieged and captured by the swarming enemy.
So Sid also relied on capturing these rebels alive and obtained their sharp weapons.
And through torture to extract confessions, he soon learned that Bofeng City had the support of aliens.
This made him shocked, and while writing information overnight, he ordered the captured musket to be quickly transmitted back to the center of the Apuro Empire, informing Bofeng City that there were also black hands of aliens here, and that the aliens here belonged to another group.
This is definitely an amazing news, and it must be transmitted back as soon as possible, if he can successfully capture the city in the future war, it is naturally the best, if he can't do it, with this piece of news sent back, he can also push it to the support of foreign races in the future and reduce his responsibility.
With this arrangement, Sid continued the fight and let go.
This time, he personally went into battle, first ordered the legion mage to destroy those cannons with high-level spells, and then personally led the team to climb the city tower under the suppression of long-range spells.
In the end, although Kehorin was wounded at Sid's hands, Max also used his secret skills to attack Sid, forcing him to jump off the city and retreat to his own position.
The assault ended with the two generals battling each other and each wounded, and it can be said that Sid personally led his team to the top of the city with the help of the mages was the most dangerous and fierce moment since the beginning of the battle.
However, the result of the battle between the main generals and the advantages brought by the mage still could not hide the loss of the legion on ordinary soldiers, especially after the militia of Bofeng City gradually improved their shooting skills and began to cooperate spontaneously. The toll is getting bigger and bigger.
After this round was repulsed, the casualties of the Imperial army in the front and rear sieges had reached nearly forty percent, so that Sid could no longer carry out large-scale frontal attacks, but on the one hand asked for reinforcements from the center of the Apuro Empire, and on the other hand, with the power granted by the empire before the army, the garrisons of nearby cities were requisitioned, although those garrisons were inferior in combat power to the garrisons of the original Bofeng City. But at least it can replenish the combat power, and by the way, strengthen the momentum and intimidate the enemies in the city. (Because Bofeng City is the territory of other countries that has been annexed, and there have been strongmen like Noriega, the garrison is specially matched, and even the consul is at the governor level, which can command several nearby cities in an emergency, so the garrison of Bofeng City is actually composed of people drawn from several major armies of the empire, and the quality of the soldiers is not inferior to Sid's soldiers.) ๏ผ
Sid's offensive bogged down in this predicament. But Bofeng City is actually in crisis.
This crisis is the problem of ammunition, in this fierce battle, although the musket is also damaged, it is barely enough, but the intensity of the battle, especially the clumsy shooting skills of the Bofeng City militia in the early stage, has led to the extremely huge consumption of ammunition.
When Sid personally led the team to attack the city, of course, on the one hand, it was because the strong man of the other party personally attacked. It can only be done with a leader who is almost unafraid of the power of muskets, and with the advantage of mages, but another unknown reason is that Bofeng City does not have enough ammunition.
And when Keholin asked the concession for a supplement as a matter of course. But it was rejected by Solomon at this most critical time, and the reason was of course very strong, because Kehorin had already rejected another path before, and the previous deal between the two sides was only worth those supports.
If more support is to be received, both parties must add new conditions or change the previous agreement.
Such a short period of time. Moreover, the war was going on, especially when Sid appeared in the city, and of course Khorin did not have time to bargain with Solomon, so he had to take action himself, but fortunately Math secretly succeeded. Otherwise, the result is really unpredictable.
But Kehorin has realized the crisis, the militia of Bofeng City is far inferior to the Imperial Army, all rely on the new weapons provided by the aliens, plus the defense of the city has only repelled the enemy many times, the next battle, if it cannot be supported, the situation may not be reversed -
Brandy and several of the team members saw the latest battle situation through the eyes of observation, and at this time there was another person by her side, Torily, who was known as the Saint.
Her origins are a bit mysterious, as she uses divine magic.
Of course, as teammates, Brandy, Debbie, Shania, etc. still know a little about her past, she is a native of Northern Falmalik, and the name of the saint is not just a nickname, to be precise, it is from the country of the Pure Son of Northern Falmalik, and was once one of the saints of the Mother Earth Church.
Each generation of the Earth Mother Church will have three saints, one of whom will become a saint, and the saint will be the head of the next generation, and the other two saints who have not become saints will also become elders.
The reason why Torri became a mercenary was because she was calculated and accused of apostasy in the competition to become a saint, but she was still able to perform divine magic, which means that in fact, the Earth Mother Cea did not deprive her of her priesthood qualifications, but the Godmother Church did not recognize her status.
At this point, they both saw the battle, and Tori couldn't help but look at Brandy.
Brandi said slowly: "It seems that we really have to place a bet in Bofeng City and do something." โ
"We don't come forward in person, and it's not suitable to ask some mercenary groups that have often cooperated with us in the past, who should do it?" Debbie said with a headache.
"The Wolf Tooth Mercenary Regiment is the most suitable. Brandy said.
"Wolf Tooth Mercenary Regiment?" Shania exclaimed.
The Wolf Fang Mercenary Regiment and the Phantom Mercenary Regiment have fought, although their organizations are actually quite different.
The Phantom Mercenary Group is based on the elite squad as the core, with other mercenary organizations as the periphery, and other mercenary organizations are used as parts that can be loaded and unloaded at any time;
Therefore, the Phantom Mercenary Group has fought with the Wolf Tooth Mercenary Group more than once, and Brandy has made a move, of course, the victory belongs to the Phantom Mercenary Group and the cooperative mercenary organization, but the Wolf Tooth Mercenary Group has been defeated many times and can always exist, and it is still active, and the strength of this mercenary group cannot be underestimated.
As far as the senior ranks are concerned, if the Phantom Mercenary Group does not take action in person, then everyone else must be present to have a slight advantage, and if they lack one, they will be evenly matched.
"The Captain's words are right, the Wolf Tooth Mercenary Regiment is very suitable. Tori nodded. "They have this strength, and they have fought with us many times, many people, especially the Apuro Empire, will not suspect that we hired them, and the wolf tooth mercenary group, we should be careful, and then hire indirectly, try not to let them know that it is us, then it is very difficult for people to detect that it is the phantom mercenary group that is secretly making trouble. โ
"But, but will the Wolf Tooth Mercenary Group agree, even if they can not know that we are secretly hired, but at least it is impossible to hide them from the official mission. Shania said a little worriedly.
"They will. Debbie smiled: "Because it is the Xi clan who have been supporting the Wolf Tooth Mercenary Group behind their backs, if it weren't for such support, they would have been hit by us a few times, and they would have been unable to support it a long time ago." โ
Shania was relieved at this time, and she also understood why the Wolf Fang Mercenary Group would fight against herself and others many times.
Since the wolf tooth mercenary group is secretly supported by the Xi people, some of the strong people in it may be from the Xi people, and the relationship between the Xi people and the Apuro Empire is not good, because the Xi people have their own belief in the ancestral god of the sublimation of the Holy Spirit, and the Apuro Empire has cooperated very thoroughly with the Matthew Church, and the successful expansion of the empire is largely due to the support of the Matthew Church, but this support has also made the Apuro Empire seriously affected by the Matthew Church, and it is branded, whether it is for the survival of his tribe or for the sake of faith, Xi Tuan will not be in harmony with the Apuro Empireใ
It is difficult to say that the existence of the Wolf Tooth Mercenary Group is not the product of the Xi Clan's support, manipulation, and deliberate interference with some actions of the Apuro Empire, because if you look at it from this perspective, you will find that many of the official affairs accepted by the Wolf Tooth Mercenary Group in the past are related to the Empire, so it will clash with the Phantom Mercenary Group.
In this way, it is very likely that the Wolf Tooth Mercenary Group will accept the commission of officials who will indirectly help Bofeng City. (To be continued......)