285:Colossus strikes
In order to salvage the increasingly critical situation, Mendez hastily mobilized 10,000 heavily armed troops to surround the entrances and exits of the Anatonian military camp. Then another 4,000 elites were drawn to gather in front of the main gate, and in order to boost morale, he himself personally led the cavalry cluster to take the lead. A thousand heavily armored knights gathered together in a majestic manner, and charged forward with neat and heavy steps.
"Brothers! The key to victory or defeat is at this time! All those who resist, shoot and kill!!"
Mendez roared his weapons and rushed into the barracks, only to find that not only was there no defense outside the barracks, but even the inside was quiet, and the vast open space and hundreds of tents were empty! Only the corpses of some Eastern Roman warriors fell to the ground, and the shocking crimson blood flowed silently from under them.
"What's going on?!Where did the enemy go?!"
Faced with this strange scene, Mendez was nervous and asked repeatedly. However, the generals around him looked at each other, unable to determine what was going on. After a while, one of them hesitated and replied, "Could it be...... They are afraid that we will send troops to quell the rebellion, so they have already retreated in advance?"
"It's surrounded by cliffs, and it's not easy for the enemy to retreat. The barracks are so big, I guess they're just hiding, so let's search them first!"
Another person immediately objected: "What if this is another trap? We divide our troops to search in all directions, I am afraid that we will fall into the hands of the enemy!!"
The crowd was divided, and Mendez gritted his teeth. I was thinking about countermeasures in my head, but it was difficult to make a decision for a while. At that moment, a knight rushed from a distance. This scene has appeared several times today, and Mendez knew at a glance that it must be bad news again, and his heart was even more nervous, maybe something was going on in front of the fortress!
Sure enough, the knight rushed to the vicinity and shouted: "General, a giant puppet has appeared in the enemy formation, we can't resist it, the other party has already climbed to the fortress!"
"What! giant puppets?"
As soon as Mendes heard this, he remembered the enemy puppet that had defeated the local Eastern Roman garrison near the city of Troy. I couldn't help but say angrily: "Stupid!!There are so many heavy magic cannons on the fortress, don't you know how to concentrate your firepower to deal with it!"
The knight lowered his head in shame and said with a wry smile: "That puppet is relatively slow. At first, we didn't pay much attention to it, and focused on the black dragon in the sky, but when it got closer, we realized that the armor on the puppet was made of some unknown material. It's very hard. Ordinary magic cannons have no effect on it at all! Only then did we wake up and hurriedly concentrated all the magic cannons to bombard it, but the other party suddenly increased its speed at this time, rushing into the dead corner under the city wall, and our magic cannons only caused very slight damage to it!"
"You underachieveable bastards!"
Mendez roared again, but it was useless to scold at this time. He looked down and thought for a while, the enemy in the Anatonian military camp did not know where to hide, and it would be dangerous to divide his troops to search. It's too late. The situation ahead is clearly more urgent, and it is necessary to rush back to the rescue immediately. So in desperation. Although he knew that this was definitely another conspiracy of the enemy, he still had to decide to abandon the rear barracks, shrink his forces to Abydos, and hold the fortress with all his strength until Narcis sent troops to rescue him......
Not long ago, when Mendes led the main force of the fortress to leave, Jole saw it clearly in the air.
Seeing that the other party's reaction was exactly the same as Ji Lu's stroke, the black dragon sneered in his heart, and immediately raised his head to the sky and let out a long roar. The Eastern Romans did not understand the meaning of this howl, but the Trojan Guards, who were stationed on the periphery of the fortress, immediately understood what Jole meant. At this time, the little princess Oni was discussing the military situation with Chryses, the high priest of Apollo, Hectel, the prince of Troy, and others. After hearing the black dragon's code, everyone stopped discussing and looked at Ou Ni in unison.
Little Lori knew that it was her time to play again, and she couldn't help but blush with excitement, she hurriedly took out a small metal stick from her bag and sacrificed deeply, and after a few spells, summoned the Minos Guardian Colossus. With the help of Kronos, who was imprisoned in the Pearl of Gamege, Oni quickly entered the control room of the Colossus. With a rumbling sound, the Colossus of Minos strode towards the fortress ahead.
The fortress of Abydos is a sturdy, multi-dimensional defensive complex with three large main fortresses at its core, which are connected by numerous fortifications and numerous underground passages. The outer walls of the fortress are made of huge stones, built on a cliff, and the terrain is very dangerous, and it is also equipped with a large number of magic cannons, crossbows, trebuchets and other heavy weapons.
What's more, the central mage tower also released a powerful protective shield that firmly encloses the entire fortress core, enough to resist most magical attacks from the outside. It was for this reason that Mendes, the defender of the city, was confident in the frontal defense and decided to lead the main force to the rear to quell the rebellion. Unexpectedly, as soon as he left on his front foot, a giant puppet was sent out in the formation of the Trojan Guards on the opposite side.
The puppet is a common magic weapon on the battlefield, and although the one in front of you is quite large, it is not uncommon to be very slow. Therefore, at first, the Eastern Roman army focused on the black dragon in the sky, and only began to use sporadic attacks to try to stop its advance until the guardian colossus was already quite close.
"Boom!" The fierce explosion sounded on the guardian colossus, and when the smoke cleared, the Eastern Roman warriors were surprised to see that the other party was not injured at all, and even suddenly accelerated the speed of their advance! The Eastern Roman warriors were taken aback, and hurriedly concentrated their fire to bombard the colossus violently, but it was too late!
Oni steered the Guardian Colossus as it raced forward under the dense artillery fire, quickly running into the corner of the protective fire beneath the fortress. Minos Guardian Colossus was hit directly by the heavy magic cannon many times, and although there were some injuries, it did not affect the combat effectiveness, and Oni took the opportunity to climb up the stone cracks in the city wall......
(To be continued......)