Chapter Ninety-Five: The Tree Army
......More than a dozen sergeants pulled the boom and placed the huge round stone ball on the trebuchet.
There was a creaking sound, and the sergeants drove the horses to tighten the noose.
Now the city tower on this side of the south city wall is guarding the Ninth Army Corps, which has been following Huangfu Lesheng for a long time to fight in the east and west, and these grassroots officers and non-commissioned officers are considered elite. In a short time, hundreds of trebuchets were ready, waiting for Wuyangping's military order.
Iron trebuchets were also only capable of being made by the Qinling Empire and the two major empires of the Western Continent, which was the biggest difference between agricultural civilization and nomadic civilization. Although the production of steel is not high, it is enough to meet military needs.
For example, the orc and orc kingdoms in the north have no ability to make steel military equipment because they do not have the corresponding craftsmen and technologies. Most of the swords, guns, swords, and halberds in their hands were looted from the Terran side, or smuggled by Terran merchants.
There is no need to negotiate at all, and the major Terran countries have unanimously imposed an embargo on weapons and steel against orcs and half-orcs.
Since it is looting and smuggling, the number is certainly not much, and with the passage of time, the lack of maintenance and scrapping rate of these weapons is very high. In today's orc and half-orc countries, unless they are the elite of the regular army, other troops cannot guarantee the need for weapons at all, and they are all homemade wooden or stone weapons. High-end weapons such as trebuchets are not even more luxurious for them.
Fortunately, otherwise, with the strong physique and strong ethnic advantages of orcs and half-orcs, the human race would have no advantage in front of them at all. On the various continents on this planet, it is impossible to say who is in charge!
Of course, this is only about orcs and half-orcs. The elves facing at present have to talk about it separately, this elven empire is definitely ahead of the human empire in terms of weapons and equipment technology. Regardless of the kind of magic crystal cannon they have in their hands, it is the longbow of the human race and many defensive facilities, most of which were invented by elves thousands of years ago. And the Terran Empire has only improved and innovated on the basis of others for thousands of years. When it comes to real innovation and technological revolution, there are really not many!
The creator seems to be really fair, the orcs are strong, but they don't have a wise mind, and the elves are weaker than the human body, so the mind is more brilliant than the human race.
Wu Yangping's eyes had been firmly fixed on the outside of the city, and the elves were defending with hoplites holding large shields in front, and archers were slowly marching towards the city wall in a formation behind. A large number of light infantry hidden behind them, carrying ladders on their shoulders, followed the front army in small steps.
This is the rhythm of taking the city in one go!
The commander of the elf on the opposite side is a bold guy, such a way of playing, but it is rare, especially when they still have an advantage in military strength, it is surprising that they are so desperate!
"General, the Shenji Battalion can't stand it!" At this time, an officer hurriedly ran up to the city tower and reported to Wang Baobao.
As soon as the latter pointed his hand, the officer saw the tiger talisman in Wu Yangping's hand. The commanders in the army all used tiger talismans as tokens, and the officer instantly knew that Wu Yangping had temporarily taken over as the commander, so he hurriedly saluted him and waited for Wu Yangping's military order.
Wu Yangping had long known in his heart that with the two legions of the Divine Machine Battalion, they would not be able to withstand the elves' magic legion at all.
"The hoplites hold the shields!The tortoiseshell formation!The light infantry, archers, and the Shenji battalion go down to the city!" he directly ordered, what should come will come after all, and it can only reduce the losses.
"Obey!" the officer immediately went downstairs to convey.
Under this order, thousands of hoplites stepped forward with large shields in their hands, squatted down in the front row, and pressed the large shields tightly against the battlements, and the companions behind them pressed the large shields against the shields of the sergeants in front. Soon a huge curved shield wall was laid out on the tower, and the light infantry and archers had already descended the city, hiding their bodies next to the wall. It was only at this time that the Holy Dao monks of the Divine Machine Battalion, who had lost their strength, staggered down to rest in the city with the support of their attendants.
The overwhelming magic arrows suddenly struck the shield wall, and the huge impact caused the shield wall to shake violently. If it weren't for the hoplites behind him sinking down, shoulder to shoulder, back to back, I'm afraid this round of blows would have collapsed the shield array.
However, even so, it won't last long!
"Huh!?" In a moment, the elven infantry had already entered the effective attack range of the trebuchet, and the hoplites in the front row began to speed up.
"Trebuchet!attack!" Wu Yangping shouted loudly.
Behind him, the herald waved his command flag in his hand, and the sergeant next to the trebuchet, who was already ready, slashed hard at the connecting rope with a battle axe in hand.
"Huhuhu...... hundreds of huge stone balls suddenly crossed the city wall and flew towards the elven phalanx.
Although he had long known that the Qinling army stationed in Pingman City would definitely be difficult to bite, he had not seen it with his own eyes after all, so Yu Wu did not have such an intuitive feeling as he does now.
Hundreds of huge stone balls were thrown out of the city and smashed heavily into their own infantry formation, and then the specially made round stones and the ground that was specially leveled and tamped suddenly plowed hundreds of bloody paths in the front army camp.
These stone balls were like smashing on Yu Wu's heart, and in this way, he lost thousands of sergeants on his side, and if he came a few more times, the front army was estimated to collapse.
"Command! Stop the magic attack! Use the Treant!" Although Hamai wanted to rely on the ant attachment to attack the city, she definitely didn't want to lose too much. The magic arrow attack just now had little effect, so it might as well let the magic legion summon the tree man to participate in the battle, and use the tree man's huge and solid body to directly attack the city wall, maybe the effect would be better.
As everyone knows, her military order relieved Wuyangping, who was already worried in his heart. The defenders of the Qinling Mountains are not afraid of fighting to the death, but they can be beaten in vain, and a magic attack that cannot be fought back will definitely greatly damage morale.
Seeing that the magic attack stopped, Wu Yangping took a long breath and said to Wang Baobao with a smile: "Fortunately, this magic attack has finally survived! Now it's time to fight to the death, and let the elves know that the strength of our Qinling soldiers is by no means something they can be underestimated!"
"Please General Wuyang arranged, no need to ask me!" Wang Baobao saw Wuyangping's arrangement with his own eyes, so that his own losses were very small, and he admired it in his heart. Thinking about it from another perspective, if it was his own arrangement, I am afraid that this round of magic attacks, a division and regiment would be disabled!
"Hmm!" Wuyang Ping saw that he really didn't mean anything else, put down the big stone in his heart, nodded and began to arrange archers and light infantry to enter the city.
The trebuchets in the city threw boulders again, causing huge losses to the elven phalanx.
At this time, the magicians of the Magic Legion had already begun to summon the Treants.
Thousands of magicians threw down the tree species they were carrying, and then began to chant incantations in their mouths.
These abandoned trees began to grow at a rate visible to the naked eye, and soon became towering trees. As the last word of the incantation fell, a human face suddenly formed on the giant trees, and then they opened their eyes and let out a loud roar.
"Hey!
The giant tree that opened its eyes pulled its feet out of the ground with a roar, and the sound of heavy footsteps sounded.
Thousands of giant trees turned into tree people, under the orders of the magician, began to march slowly towards the barbarian city. At this moment, the sound of falling to the ground was heard in the magic legion. The magic arrow attack just now was not too stressful for the magicians. However, this treeman summoning technique was extremely depleting of mana, and their weak bodies could not bear it at all. After finally summoning it, the exhausted magicians fell to the ground.
As the treants marched along, the elves gave way and followed closely behind the treants and charged towards the walls.
The Tree Man is the biggest weapon of the elves to attack the city, they never make siege towers and siege vehicles, and they dare to attack the city just by carrying a ladder, and this confidence lies in the tree man. These Treants are slow but powerful, and are more powerful than the Orcs' Beamon, Komodo, and Mammoth. However, there is one thing to be aware of, after all, they are tree people, and what they are most afraid of is fire attack.
In fact, the best environment for the Treants to attack is on a rainy day, and in that case, they are invincible beings on the battlefield.
Since Yu Wu wanted the tree people to attack, he naturally arranged an auxiliary army a long time ago, prepared a large number of water tools, and watered these tree people thoroughly, and then each tree man followed by a large number of water wheels.
"Don't worry about magic attacks anymore! These treants knew by looking at their size that they were quite mana-consuming, and the elven magic legion must no longer be capable of large-scale attacks. Knowing that Wang Baobao was actually learning the method of battle formation, Wuyangping didn't hide his selfishness, and directly told him his cognition.
Then he turned around and ordered, and said, "The golden soup and fire oil at the head of the city are ready, and the elves will drink a pot of them in a while!
The Treants slowly approached the city, getting closer and closer.
We can't wait any longer, we must launch it quickly! Wu Yangping waved his big hand, and the order flag of the herald behind him suddenly waved.
"Whoosh!"
The lit oil barrel flew towards the city with a huge flame, and as soon as it hit the ground, a fire burst into flames.
"Uh-huh......" Several unlucky tree men were hit by fire oil bullets and instantly turned into huge fire men. Even Wuyangping was stunned by this scene, this is too lucky!
The trebuchet projectile is an area strike, and it is impossible to hit it accurately, so in this case, it is really lucky.
The elves behind the treants hurriedly pushed onto the waterwheel and sprayed water desperately at them. It's a pity that this fire oil is actually oil, it is the surface oil discovered by the Qinling Empire in the past few hundred years, and the elves don't know the properties of fire oil at all. Such a pouring of water is like adding fuel to the fire, making the fire on their bodies bigger and bigger.
In a few moments, the treemen were charred and fell to the ground.
Thousands of tree people, these were directly hit by nothing more than a drop in the bucket, and they didn't affect the overall situation at all. The other treants avoided the fire and continued to move on, all while letting out angry roars from their mouths.
"Woo woo woo ......"
The mournful sound of the horn sounded, and the light infantry of the elves' follow-up heard the sound of the horn, and immediately raised the ladder and rushed towards the Pingman City quickly.
As long as the Treemen break through the walls, their ascent to the city will be easy. And the huge body of the tree man, which is taller than the city wall, can effortlessly press the Qinling people on the city wall and beat them!
"Ballista! Release!" Under the cover of the treants, the fire of the catapults was concentrated near them, and the elven infantry was already getting closer and closer to the city walls.
Thousands of crossbow arrows whizzed towards the city, nailing the elven hoplites to the ground in a row, their delicate but fragile heavy armor and shields unable to stop the impact of the huge crossbow arrows, and they were gently torn apart like paper shells.
The corners of Wuyangping's mouth pulled up a sneer, even the thin-skinned iron armor of the elves can also be called heavy armor!? The elves are really a flashy race, they actually carved out and carved ornaments on the heavy armor, this is really a move to find death!
"Archers change heavy arrows, ready to shoot!"