Chapter 606: The Battle for the Bridge of Humans and Gods
Each tower chariot is equipped with a heavy ballista at the front and tail, and the ballista turret can rotate 360 degrees without any attack blind spots, and their equipment makes the chariot of the lou chariot worthy of its name.
The crossbow arrows shot by these heavy ballistas, all of which are as thick as an adult's arm, up to three meters and a half, are out-and-out giants, and after shooting on the stone city wall, they are not bounced off or collapsed, but easily nailed into more than ten centimeters, and some people are waist-thick trees, and they penetrate directly after being shot.
This is true of dead things, let alone flesh and blood.
Those heavily armored cavalry, after breaking the magic shield, can still wear people and horses in a row, and the infantry in groups, if they are in a good position, it is not difficult to come to a string of human flesh gourds.
Even the huge wave rolled up by the lizard queen could not prevent the piercing of this heavy ballista crossbow arrow, and hundreds of blood flowers bloomed in the huge wave, and soon the entire wave was soaked in blood red, and hundreds of corpses floated up, carried by the huge wave and continued to move forward.
Most of these corpses are not lizardmen, but dwarf humanoids with green skin and huge frog heads, which are another of the more common intelligent monsters in the swamp, the Frogmen, who are nicknamed swamp goblins by some people, because their racial personality has many similarities with goblins, such as hunger, thirst, evil to the bone, sadomasochism, and they like to suppress enemies with overwhelming numbers, bullying the weak and fearing the hard.
This is closely related to their super ability to give birth, just like frogs, they are born through eggs, and they are a lot of them in their lifetime, but their tadpoles are far much larger than ordinary frogs, insects, small fish and shrimp, grass roots, etc., they can eat anything, and the swamp is their paradise for breeding.
Every swamp, at night, is bound to be enveloped by the great croaking of frogs, which they emit.
But they are very rare when they are masters of the swamp, and most of them are vassals and servants of other amphibious intelligent creatures, which is determined by their low intelligence, which they are half a pound and eight taels with goblins and kobolds, and the average intelligence of the race is seven or eight points, not stupid but also by no means intelligent.
They also existed as a race of cannon fodder servants in the Lizard King court of Thun Swamp, and naturally charged at the front line, becoming victims of the first large-scale attack of the heavy ballistae of the conqueror's army.
"Everyone looked for cover nearby, stood firm and prepared for the flood." The middle and upper echelons of the Conqueror's army commanded loudly at the same time.
They didn't need to be ordered at all, and in the face of the raging flood, everyone instinctively did so.
Under the inertia of the terrain and the conscious manipulation of magic, this flood was almost to an extreme, and the ballista on the floor chariot only had time to exert its power once, and the flood was already close at hand, slamming heavily on the bridge of people and gods.
The lizard queen stirred up an extraordinary flood, the conquistador's army migrating from top to bottom and thirsting for victory, and the bridge of the gods and gods built together with the god of the road, Shan Dakor, was also extraordinary, fully embedded with the surrounding terrain, and its length was not five hundred meters, but twice as wide as the river.
As mentioned before, the direction of the River of the Frontier Desolation is completely entrapped by the underground veins of the Cape of Storm Mountain Range and the Gray Observer, which means that this is the lowest point of the entire Goblin Border Desolation, and it is also one of the reasons why the Lizard Queen can easily stir up a flood of more than ten meters around her army, and the River of the Border Desolation belongs to a ravine that is more than ten meters deep into the ground or even dozens of meters underground.
The lengthened bridge deck directly lifted the bridge of the gods to both sides a lot, and it seemed that it was only level with the ground, but it was actually more than ten meters above the river level.
This will make the road smoother and easier to navigate, and it will also avoid flooding.
The only flaw is that it will increase the cost of building bridges, and this is the last thing that the bridge of man and god needs to consider.
Therefore, the bridge deck of the Bridge of Men and Gods is basically the same as the head of the giant wave stirred by the lizard queen.
Bang!
Quantitative change will cause qualitative change, to the yin to soft water, when gathered together, when the volume is large enough, the power exerted is also terrifying.
When the huge waves and flood peaks crash on the bridge of man and god, it can be called the earth shaking the mountains.
Not only is the bridge of man and god and the people on it shaking, but even the earth on both sides of the bridge of man and god is shaking, and even cracks have appeared, that kind of situation is like the bridge of man and god does not exist in isolation, but is closely connected with the earth on both sides, especially the direction of the conqueror army when it comes, the road of conquerors they have just opened up is like a huge invisible chain, firmly pulling the bridge of man and god, but on the other side, because there is no road, it is much thinner, Only the pioneer vanguard army that crossed the bridge first was like a big nail, firmly fixed there.
As a bridge of faith and faith, the bridge of man and god has become an excellent defensive weapon in the hands of the conqueror army, and their faith and belief will provide continuous blessings to the bridge of man and god, if you want to really destroy this bridge, you must first destroy the overall will of the conqueror army, and people in the face of life-threatening critical moments, even those ordinary people can burst out of the unimaginable desire to survive, and this is also a kind of faith and belief.
Therefore, under the lapping of the huge waves and flood peaks, the bridge of man and god not only showed no signs of collapse and damage, but on the contrary became thicker and stronger.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
After the most terrifying first wave of the giant wave flood peak, it was not completely finished, followed by a dense crashing sound.
In this huge wave of the peak, a large number of logs, aquatic plants and other floating objects were carried along the way, which naturally became the most natural siege equipment, continuously hitting the bridge wall of the Bridge of Men and Gods.
At this moment, all the people are grateful to the helping hand Sandakor, thanks to his foresight, the bridge of man and god is designed so uniquely, if there is no heavy bridge wall protection, this wave alone can cause terrible damage to the army of conquerors, even their building chariots can not withstand the impact of this flood of coercion, let alone ordinary people, they will be carried away by the flood from the bridge deck, once they fall into the flood, what kind of tragic scene will be waiting for them, do not ask, even if they are not drowned alive, It will also be harvested by the army of amphibious monsters in the flood, and it may become food for their mouths.
But only a few people know that it is not the god of the road that they should be grateful for, but the foresight of Gavin, the supreme commander of the conqueror's army, who is the lead designer of the bridge, and the helping hand is only the actual builder.
In these impacts, from time to time, mixed with some flesh and blood, it is those monster soldiers who are carried by the flood and have no time to change lanes, even if they are not slapped into meat cakes on the spot, at least their bones are broken and their heads are broken and bleeding, if these unlucky ghosts hit the bridge pillars below, the chance of survival is even smaller, and it is not uncommon to be directly cut in half.
More monster soldiers took advantage of the momentum of the flood peak, and jumped up directly from the water at the moment before colliding with the bridge of human gods, and crossed the bridge wall and appeared directly on the bridge deck.
They were dressed in rudimentary animal skin armor, not so much clothing and armor as a skin with a hole in the middle, and then tied to their waists with a rough rope of aquatic plants, and held in their hands short spears in the shape of throwing spears, the tips of which were not many of metal, and most of them were sharpened stones.
As cannon fodder, it is really rare to be as miserable as these frogmen, Feilun is relatively rich in products, since wherever there are mountains, there are usually all kinds of metal mines, especially iron ore is the most common, plus commerce is relatively developed, many goblins can have one or two inferior iron weapons in their hands, and no one will use stone weapons.
These frogmen of the Lizard King Court are so virtuous, in addition to the relationship with their living environment, their own management philosophy is definitely very problematic.
In addition to these frogmen, there are also a small number of black-scaled lizardmen, their faces resemble skeletons, the scales on their heads are fully open, and they shake with a roar, and at the same time, the congestion dyes them blood-red, indicating the high anger and nervousness of their owners, and these scales also have the effect of conveying personal feelings to these lizardmen.
Their clothing was even more rudimentary, only the battle harness and the battle belt, on which were inserted six or seven throwing spears, these throwing spears were thick and long, in their hands were throwing spears, in the hands of ordinary people, they were like spears, and they were equipped with iron spear heads, but they were very rough in terms of workmanship and materials, and at a glance they were not from humans or dwarves, but from those monsters, most likely goblins.
But no one dared to underestimate their power, because their bearers were tall and large, covered in exaggerated muscles, and even an ordinary wooden stick could exert great lethality in their hands.
If they can find the enemy, these preemptives waited until they jumped onto the bridge of the gods and gods to find that the staggered chariots had been turned into a huge labyrinth, and the armed immigrants of the conqueror's army were huddled behind the chariots, and before they could fully land, the dense arrows had already shot at them.
After the two people landed, they did not stay in place, but with the force of the downward impulse, they directly bounced up, and with a pop, they directly crossed the four-and-a-half-meter-high and three-meter-wide property market chariot, and fell towards the place where the armed immigrants were most concentrated.
The hind legs of these frogmen are seven or eight percent similar to those of frogs, extremely thick, and the muscles on them are the most developed in the whole body, and their jumping ability is similar to that of the half-giant Goliath, which is closely related to their unique living environment and their innate unique structure.
"Get out of the way!" From all directions, several Orthodox figures rushed towards the frogmen who had broken through the first line of defense.
They were led by the front-line commander of the 100-strong armed emigrant brigade to lead the young and strong escort in the team, in order to deal with this kind of enemy breakthrough, and those armed emigrants retreated like a tide, panicked, and the direction of their retreat was those building chariots, leaning their backs to the past, and at the same time replacing the crossbow in their hands with a spear, just by virtue of their archery skills, in this kind of melee where people and enemies are intertwined, they do not dare to shoot arrows easily, it is easy to shoot by mistake.
The Tassel Kingdom has been war-torn in the past half century, and militia training is very popular, and the first thing many children learn to pick up is often not the knife and fork used for eating, but the wooden sword used for training, which is a necessary means for their self-protection and survival.
"Spear! Stab! "These melee fighters are only holding back these intrusive enemies, they are not fighting alone.
With an order, countless spears stabbed out from all directions.
These spears came not only from the armed immigrants who were pushed next to the chariots, but also from the chariots, which were not empty, but filled with fist-sized attack air, large enough to hold the spears piercing out of the middle.
Limited by the internal space of the chariot, these spears are not completely retracted, but more than half of them are exposed, and only some of them are in the car, so they look like hedgehogs, but the original spear tips are obliquely upwards to prevent accidental injury to friendly soldiers, and now they are all flattened or obliquely downwards.
In the face of siege from all directions, these crazy frogmen who burst in had no room to dodge at all, and in desperation, they could only use their extraordinary jumping ability again to prepare to jump out of the encirclement.
It's just that in this way, they directly turned themselves into live targets in the air, and those armed immigrant archers who originally had scruples pulled away the crossbow in their hands again and shot out the sharp arrows in their hands, and many crazy frogmen turned into blood hedgehogs on the spot, and fell down from the air heavily, even if they didn't die, there were spear arrays like forests waiting for them below, and they were directly poked into a sieve.
Seeing that the mad frogman in front of him ended so miserably, the mad frogman behind suddenly flinched and didn't dare to jump easily.
"Attack! Offensive! All offense! The black-scaled lizardmen, who were cowering behind to observe the situation, waved their spears in their hands, urging the frogmen to attack the conqueror's army again, and at the same time saw the right time to throw the spear in their hand, and every now and then a scream would come from the conqueror's army, and casualties began to appear in the conqueror's army.
Forcibly driven by their masters, these frogmen had to bite the tongue and continue to attack the chariots of the conqueror's army, the spears protruding from the chariots were still a nuisance, but they only had to face one side, and did not have to worry about attacks from all sides.
Wail! Wail! Wail! Wail! Wail!
More frogmen jumped over the bridge wall and onto the bridge, and soon formed a sizable army of frogmen, but the number of black-scaled lizardmen was not very large, and none of the large evil-toothed lizardmen and black dragon half-dragon lizardmen were seen.
Now it was only the cannon fodder regiments of the lizard army that rushed up, in order to entangle the army of conquerors and test their combat effectiveness, but also to entangle the heavy vehicle-mounted ballista of the Lou Chariot, for whom the lethality of this weapon was a bit too strong.
As soon as the flood wave passed, the water level began to drop rapidly, it was not a real flood after all, but the magical power stirred up by the lizard queen with the help of her own lizard army, reaching a huge wave more than ten meters high, that is, hundreds of meters wide, and the remaining water level was not even half of this wave.
This is its disadvantage, but also its strength, because it can change as the lizard queen wants.
The lizard queen once again launched the order of the former army and the rear army, after the flood wave flowed out for hundreds of meters, she braked the car stiffly, and went up against the current with great momentum, and slapped towards the bridge of people and gods again, but compared to the last time, whether it was the speed of the water flow or the height of the flood waves, it had dropped significantly, and it had not reached the level of the bridge deck of the bridge of the gods and people, even if it was magic, there was consumption, especially this fierce impact, Even the Lizard Queen can't control more water currents to gather around her.
"All ballistas, turn around, and make a saturation attack."
These vehicle-mounted heavy ballistae have blind angles for attack, and once they get too close to the building-type vehicles, there is nothing they can do, as is the case with these frogmen who jumped onto the bridge.
So simply ignore them and concentrate on attacking the main body of the lizardman army in the flood waves.
All of a sudden, the huge bow on the bridge of men and gods trembled endlessly.
Since the flood waves were swimming against the current, and they were in a state of decline and exhaustion, enough for these heavy ballistas to shoot one or two more rounds and turn them into real blood, the number of wild frogmen and black-scaled lizardmen floating up with white bellies exceeded hundreds.
"All minions, destroy the ballista first!" The lizard queen bared her head and roared angrily.
Even if those crazy frogmen die more, she doesn't feel distressed, but every time these black-scaled lizardmen are lost, she hurts, not only because the other party's body has her own blood, but also because they belong to an important part of their own power, whether it is to manipulate the water body, or to control the Thun swamp in the future or even further expand the results of the battle, these loyal black-scaled lizardmen are needed.
Croak! Croak!
The frogmen on the bridge who received the order were red in the eyes, and they were afraid of the lizard queen to the core, and they did not dare to question and disobey her orders in the slightest, because they knew the fate of the disobedient, compared to the fate of the ups and downs, death was a relief.
One by one, they launched another leaping attack and pounced on the heavy crossbow cart on top of the building-mounted chariot.
For ordinary people, it is a difficult task to climb the four-and-a-half-meter-high property market chariot, even with the help of ladders, but for the frogman, it is just a matter of running and jumping.
(End of chapter)