345: Battle of Black Dragon
Soon, the HRE army had finished arraying, and Betty, who was standing on a high post behind the formation, raised the scepter in her hand with a gloomy face, and then shouted: "Attack!!"
Battle flags were waved, war drums were beating, and the mournful sound of trumpets resounded throughout the battlefield. The HRE striker general, Grauce, armed with a long sword, galloped left and right in front of the formation, shouting loudly to boost morale.
"Brothers, come with me and kill!!"
With the roar of the forward general, the war drums and horns sounded more fiercely, and the Shinra warriors in heavy armor began to move forward with neat and heavy steps, and the earth seemed to shake! Where had the militiamen standing on the fence of Black Dragon Town seen such a murderous posture? Their faces suddenly turned white, their hands trembled, and their eyes were full of fear.
Moments later, the ranged units of the HRE army were already within the range of lethality, and arrows and magic bullets rained down on the fence. Several veterans of Black Dragon Town who led the team knew that it was powerful, and hurriedly shouted loudly: "Hurry up and squat down and hide behind the fence!!"
However, the temporarily recruited militiamen had no experience, and after listening to the reminders of the veterans, they were still very slow to react in a daze, and as a result, the arrows rained down and were immediately shot over in large areas! Countless militiamen fell from the fence screaming after being hit by the arrows, and the rest woke up in a panic and lay on the ground in a mess and shivered, and there was great confusion on the fence for a while! The veterans who led the team could not help but be furious, and they pulled up the militiamen who were pretending to be dead on the ground with kicks and kicks, and forced them to manipulate the city defense weapons installed on the fence to launch a counterattack.
In order to deal with the enemy's attack, a large number of long-range equipment such as heavy crossbows and trebuchets have long been installed on the fence of Black Dragon Town. These weapons are not small and have a longer range than the enemy. However, their militia was unfamiliar with the operation and difficult to aim, and they could only wait for the enemy to approach before daring to shoot. Unexpectedly, they were still overly nervous, and the accuracy of the arrows they shot was very disappointing, either shooting high into the sky, or shooting to the left and right. The casualties inflicted on the enemy were negligible, and on the contrary, he was shot by a large number of enemy long-range units. The battle soon became one-sided, with the Black Dragon militia suffering heavy casualties and terrified powerlessness.
The former commander of the army, General Glauke, saw this. It was just overjoyed. Marshal Betty's words were indeed correct, the main force of the enemy army was far away in the port of Mia, and the garrison here were some temporary militia that was about to collapse at the touch of a button! He hurriedly urged the siege troops to speed up, and soon the first ladders reached the bottom of the fence, and a roar rang out. Ten ladders with iron claws at the top of the city slammed heavily against the fence. The iron claw slammed into the wood with a thud and bit hard. The heavily armored warriors below quickly climbed upwards with their swords and shields in one hand.
The militia of Black Dragon Town above had to brave the rain of arrows to throw the prepared stones, heavy wood, boiling oil, etc. downward, although there were also many casualties among the Shinra warriors, but the militia were suppressed by the enemy's long-range weapons, and it was difficult to stop the opponent from landing on the city. At the same time, the hundred-man team with the giant tree in its arms had already rushed to the west gate, and although the militia found out about the situation, they were powerless to stop it. The HRE warriors roared, and the cone slammed into the gate with an astonishing sound. The sharpened tip of the giant tree slammed against the iron door, and a loud 'bang!' was heard. The steel city gate, which was half a meter thick, was completely dented into it, and it seemed that it could no longer be resisted!
Victory was in sight, and the HRE warriors cheered in unison, and Grauc swung his sword and roared, "Brothers, slam open the gates!
"Kill!!"
However, just when Grauce thought that he was sure of victory, a dragon groan suddenly resounded through the sky. Immediately after, a huge black figure rushed out from within the Black Dragon Town and came above the heads of the HRE warriors!
It's a black dragon!
The battlefield seemed to be quiet for a while, and the warriors looked up at the terrifying trolls in the sky, the heavy scale armor shining in the early morning sun, the evil spikes all over the body, and the sharp and thick claws like heavy dragon spears, all of which made people feel frightened!
Grauce was also shocked, shouldn't the other party's black dragon still be in the rear, how could it appear here, could it be that the enemy had expected them to come back and sneak attack Black Dragon Town? But now the situation is too late to think about it, he hurriedly roared and reminded: "It's the other party's black dragon! Be careful that it breathes fire, get out of the way!!"
Unfortunately, it was too late, and after Ellens flew to the battlefield, he immediately opened his mouth and spewed out a large cloud of dragon flame at the group of men and horses holding the giant tree that had crashed into the city, and the flames instantly swallowed up the hundred-man heavy armor team! Dozens of fire men shouted and rushed out from the flames, and the shrill screams were simply chilling, and they fell to the ground with a bang after running a few steps, and they couldn't move their eyes. To make matters worse, the giant wooden cone was burned to ashes, and it would take a lot of effort to destroy the heavy iron gates.
Grauce's eyes were red with hatred, and he certainly wouldn't back down because the other party was a dragon, so he immediately reacted in the surprise of the dragon's sudden kill, and was ready to summon the knights and magicians around him to launch a counterattack. Unexpectedly, the black dragon didn't stop at all, and flew directly over their heads, rushing straight to the position where the handsome flag was behind the formation!
The Shinra general was even more shocked at this moment, that was where Betty was, although the marshal himself was very strong, and there were many strong guards around him, but if he was accidentally injured by the black dragon, it would be terrible! Thinking of this, Grau was so angry that he no longer had the heart to take care of the siege, and hurriedly gathered the elites around him to support Betty. But after running a few steps, he saw that the rear order flag was constantly turning, and according to the meaning of the flag, he was told not to come to support the battle behind the formation, and to continue to attack the city with all his might.
Grauce had no choice but to turn back with trepidation, and the command post army continued to desperately attack Black Dragon Town. At this moment, he only hoped that the marshal's side could block the black dragon's fierce attack, and he would do his best to break through the enemy city and destroy the enemy's materials, and then lead the elite to turn back and fight the hateful black dragon with Betty!
(To be continued......)