The proposal to attack from the Heishui River has not been mentioned, but it has been rejected at the very end, first of all, the Heishui River is nineteen kilometers wide, if the magic forts are built on both banks, it is enough to block the entire Heishui River, and the black-clothed Shura has already done this, more than ten magic batteries have been built along the Heishui River, in the face of these terrifying magic forts, how many small wooden boats of the Dark Demon Empire can break through the attack of the magic cannons? Secondly, the black-clothed Shura has a powerful naval army, although there are only more than 30 warships, but they are all special magic warships made by the Yanhuang clan, huge and powerful, there are hundreds of magic cannons on a battleship, and if there are more than a dozen warships attacking together, the Dark Demon Empire's little water army will be sent to death no matter how much it comes, because of these two reasons, the Dark Demon Empire has to choose to attack by land, and the waterway can only be abandoned, and at the same time, they have to build magic batteries in the lower reaches of the Heishui River to prevent the black-clothed Shura from going down the Heishui River to cut off the logistics supply channel, If the black-clothed Shura's sailors really control the Blackwater River, it will be a big trouble.

On October 4th, the vanguard of the Dark Demon Empire's army finally arrived fifty kilometers before the Black Ridge Fortress and set up camp, a large number of soldiers began to build various fortifications, digging trenches outside the camp, building high lookout posts on the edge of the camp, and also building some magic batteries, using a large amount of earth and stone to build the defensive wall of the camp, in short, everything is based on safety as the most important thing, and they also used a large amount of materials to build a strong barracks, they did not plan to just stay here for a few days, the leaders of the five armies all understood that there was no time for a few months to be afraid that it would be impossible to capture the Black Ridge Fortress, therefore, They plan to build their camp into a small fortress, at least, even if the black-clothed Shura's Heavenly Demon Self-Propelled Cannon can withstand the bombardment, so that they can attack and retreat, otherwise, if the Heavenly Demon Self-Propelled Cannon comes to bombard once in a few days, who can stand it?

In the face of the heavy pressure of the Dark Demon Empire, the black-clothed Shura also transferred most of the strength of his Shura Legion, and the entire Black Ridge Fortress has gathered more than 800,000 troops, which is almost half of the strength of the Shura Legion, it can be said that the Shura Legion that has been expanded to two million troops is still too small, and the two major provinces are now in short supply, however, the rear has begun to recruit troops, and a large number of soldiers are being recruited, but it is impossible to form a strong army without more than two months, of course, the black-clothed Shura does not think that the Black Ridge Fortress is something that the enemy can break。

The commander of the First Army of the Dark Demon Empire, Hadillac, the commander of the Second Army, Soltola, the commander of the Fourth Army, Kamra, the commander of the Fifth Army, Ormandis, the commander of the Eighth Army, Horet, and some high-ranking generals of each army are all concentrated in the main tent, and in front of them is a water curtain, on which is reflected a detailed map of the first half of the Black Ridge Fortress fifty kilometers away, which is the magic "Thousand Miles of Water Mirror" The effect is to reflect things a hundred kilometers away through the water magic elements in the air, which is an extremely practical magic, and it is the most commonly used magic in the military, of course, it cannot be used so well without the strength of a super god-level magician, and the range is not so large.

I saw the fortresses on the city wall, the area on each fortress was about 10,000 square meters, and there were sixteen giant crossbows that opened to the sky, as well as twenty giant crossbows that were obliquely downward, and five magic cannons, each of which had a garrison of five hundred people, and there were a total of twenty-five fortresses on the eight-kilometer-long city wall, and the total number of magic cannons on the fortress alone reached one hundred and twenty.

In addition to the giant crossbows and magic cannons on the fortress, there are many giant crossbows and magic cannons on the city wall, and there are a total of 2,000 giant crossbows and 300 magic cannons on the entire city wall. There are also magic cannons and giant crossbows of the same number on the second wall three thousand meters behind the first wall, of course, the giant crossbow on the second wall is not a threat, but the magic cannon can provide fire support for the first wall, that is, if they attack, they will face the attack of six hundred magic cannons, which is terrifying to think about.

On the city wall, in addition to the giant crossbow and magic cannon, there are some chariots, the giant crossbows on these chariots are open to the sky, although I have not seen this kind of chariot, but, everyone knows that these chariots are aimed at the air force, seeing those huge magic arrows, as well as the power of the giant crossbow, I believe that few air forces dare to fly to their top to die.

There are not many soldiers defending the city, and the total number of soldiers on the first wall should not exceed 10,000, but everyone knows that this war is not a matter of how many people there are, and in the face of such a strong fortress with strong defensive equipment, every general is cold in his heart.

The commander of the Fourth Army, Kamra, scolded: "This guy in black Shura is really rich, he can actually have so many magic cannons, this is too bullying." All the generals smiled bitterly, yes, this is no longer a war of people, but a war of money, you must know that the number of magic cannons in the five armies of the Dark Demon Empire is only 1,200 in the total of 17.5 million troops, and there are a total of eight city walls in the Black Ridge Fortress, and if there are 300 magic cannons on each wall, the number of magic cannons in the entire Black Ridge Fortress will reach as many as 2,400, which is purely to bully people with money.

In the war, no army has ever given up long-range attack weapons, on the contrary, the long-range attack weapons will only pay more and more attention, the best is that I can beat you and you can't hit me, therefore, there are also some developments in long-range attack weapons on the western continent, the most important are three, magic cannons, giant ballestas and catapults. As for bows and arrows, it goes without saying.

Catapults, can throw boulders into the distance, smashing people is absolutely no problem, of course, the biggest role of catapults is still in the siege of the city, pieces of boulders smashed down, no matter how strong the city wall is not withstanding, it can be said that catapults are the main siege weapons.

The Giant Crossbow, a weapon designed primarily for people, is extremely powerful, and even more powerful if magic arrows are used, and has a long range, making it the most commonly used long-range attack weapon in an army.

The magic cannon is the most powerful and long-range attack weapon, but unfortunately, it is too expensive for ordinary countries to use. The cost of the magic cannon is not only the price of the cannon itself, a magic cannon does not count any magic cores and other things, the cost of each one is about one million gold coins, those materials are expensive to death, and the output is not enough, only a powerful alchemist can refine it, which leads to the fact that there are few materials for the magic cannon, and the price is expensive. The price of the magic cannon is not only the price of manufacturing, but also the cannonball, the cannonball fired by the best magic cannon is equivalent to the entire energy of a saint-level magic core, and the price of a saint-level magic core is 300,000 gold coins, that is to say, every time a cannon is shot, it is 300,000 gold coins, which country can afford this price? If you don't use a saint-level magic core, the cannonball composed of other low-level magic cores is not much different in power, and the price may be reduced to 250,000 gold coins per cannonball, but even the price of 250,000 gold coins is helpless, a thousand magic cannons, a salvo will consume 250 million gold coins, such a terrible consumption is unbearable for an empire. Therefore, the general empire is equipped with gold-level magic cannons, and the shells of this magic cannon are reduced to 10,000 gold coins per shot, which can be reluctantly accepted, but it is still too expensive to use, therefore, although the magic cannon is good, there are not many countries that have a large amount of equipment, and the war is money.

Magic cannons are divided into three levels: gold, saint and god, the so-called classification is the classification of cannonballs, of course, the casting price of each level of magic cannons is still very different, and their power is not the same. Gold-level, if you hit directly, you can kill a saint-level master. Holy level, direct hit can kill god-level masters, and god-level, direct hits can kill god-level peak masters, this is their power, of course, the greater the power, the greater the range of lethality when the cannonball explodes, so the power of a god-level magic cannon is more than ten times the power of a saint-level magic cannon. As for the Heavenly Demon self-propelled cannon, it can be classified as a super god-level magic cannon, and its power is no longer on the same level as that of ordinary magic cannons, and the Western Continent is unable to cast a magic cannon with super-god-level power because of problems such as technical art, which is also the power of technical art.

When the people of the Dark Demon Empire saw the magic cannons of the Black Ridge Fortress, judging from the appearance of those magic cannons and other things, these should be god-level magic cannons, and their complexions were of course even more ugly, among the 1,200 magic cannons that the Dark Demon Empire also had, only 200 were god-level, and the others were all saint-level, did this still have to be fought? You must know that the range of magic cannons is directly proportional to their power, the range of gold-level magic cannons is seven kilometers, the saint-level ones are eight kilometers, and the god-level magic cannons are ten kilometers, and the heavenly demon self-propelled cannons are thirty kilometers, which cannot be compared at all.

It is precisely because of Zhilu Dao that the problem arises, the magic cannon on his side is out of reach, and the soldiers are used to charge, Khan, in the face of the bombardment of three hundred god-level magic cannons, how many people can be sent to death? Moreover, when the soldiers rush close to five kilometers, the three hundred magic cannons on the second city wall will also join the defense, and then six hundred magic cannons will attack together, who will dare to send them to death? There are countless giant crossbows, think about it, it is not impossible to use people to attack, but how many people will die? Everyone's hearts are bottomless, if you really want to attack so head-on, then I'm afraid that it may not be enough to send 10 million to death, all the generals are leading soldiers, and they all know that they cherish their soldiers, although it is said that there are no immortals in the war, but the battle is not fought like this, and the victory that is piled up with the lives of soldiers is not called victory.

The commander of the First Army, Hadilak, was not completely healed, he coughed and said: "The black-clothed Shura is very thoughtful, if we attack head-on, the casualties will be very heavy, this is unacceptable, everyone has any good way to mention it, I am afraid that this battle will be very difficult to fight." ”

Sotola, the commander of the Second Army, said: "If we attack head-on, we will only send us to death, and I think there are only two ways to capture the Black Ridge Fortress, one is to attack the mountains on both sides and obtain the commanding heights." One is to use the air force to attack, although those magic cannons are strong, but they can't hit the air. Before he finished speaking, several air force generals were already pale, and one of the air force generals shouted: "Your Excellency, commander, didn't you tell us to send us to death?"