Chapter 137 Iron Legion
The news of the siege by the Hand of Death also reached the coalition tent. The military meeting that was in progress had to be stopped, and the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.
Minsk looked gloomy and glanced across the audience: "Things have changed, we can't wait any longer, just follow the previous plan - organize the army and attack!"
The human race is not the undead, the three It will take quite a while for Wan Dajun to complete the reorganization and set off.
Every legion began to be busy, and only Raven, the "Scout Captain", had some freedom. He did not have to join the entire army.
Scouts, of course, have to be outside at all times. How can they conduct reconnaissance in a military formation?
So Raven took the lead with his own soldiers and found a place with a wide view to observe the war.
The siege of the city has begun. The first ones to launch were the skeleton archers. Rains of bone arrows covered the sky for miles, and then they rained down in waves, so heavy that the defenders at the top of the city could not even lift them. beginning.
At the same time, the undead army is also advancing.
A large number of cannon fodder skeletons serve as pioneers, mixed with first-level skeletons and rotten corpses. Every once in a while, there will be a second-level plague colossus guarded by second-level bone cavalry.
There were only a few of the Terrorist Colossi that I encountered before, but now I looked up and saw that there were at least dozens of them participating in the siege. They were so tall that they were almost as tall as the city wall, and they were holding up a city gate-like statue in their hands. The giant shield of bones.
Leaven frowned slightly. Although the battle where Viscount Morgan died was a disastrous defeat for the coalition forces, the undead army at that time had basically no tactics at all. In addition to knowing how to wash the ground with arrows before the war, Just a swarm of swarms.
But now these undead armies participating in the siege show a hint of tactical planning.
The rain of bones and arrows keeps coming, and a large number of skeleton soldiers cover and advance in coordination with the colossus of the epidemic terror.
If the undead army had this kind of dispatching ability during the field battle, the losses of the coalition forces would be even greater.
"Did the war give them experience, or is the commander this time really different?"
Reality soon gave Raven the answer.
The sea of skeletons gradually approached the city wall, but the rain of arrows did not stop, covering their forwards as well.
The Skeleton Soldier itself is not vulnerable to arrow damage, nor will it cause morale problems due to the arrow rain coming from behind. It is indeed the best choice.
The defenders on the city wall were not just beaten. Over the past few months, they had developed a method of dealing with the undead.
Raven put up the awning with his hands, a hint of surprise on his face.
On the city wall, something similar to a carriage carriage appeared - a steel skin. I don't know if it has wheels, but it is enough to withstand the rain of bones and arrows. Then, clusters of firelight splashed out. , it was an arrow shot from a flame-enchanted crossbow, and its target was the plague-phobic colossus.
The firelight fell on the shield regardless of the cost, but it was difficult to achieve success. Some were bounced to the ground, and some were extinguished as soon as they landed on it.
Leaven looked astonished: "It's not flame enchantment, it's just an ordinary kerosene arrow!"
Obviously, several months of hard fighting have exhausted the enchanted crossbow arrows of the defenders in the city. reserves, and the flame-enchanted crossbow also has a service life, and it may have expired long ago.
But what the defenders did was not in vain. Even ordinary kerosene arrows, if there were more of them, would slowly ignite the shields.
Then a new carriage appeared. The shape was the same, but it was larger. The crossbow arrows shot from it were thicker than a bucket!
It's a bed crossbow.
The giant white bone shield like a city gate became fragile after being roasted by the fire, and was immediately smashed into pieces by the huge impact of the bed crossbow arrows.
Then the bed crossbow and crossbow aimed at the head of the plague colossus and started firing.
That huge body is an excellent target. Once the shield is broken, it won't take long for their heads to explode, allowing the green soul fire to fly everywhere.
“Why not use the magic crystal cannon?” Volaf asked.
"Bone dragon." Eric answered him: "The magic crystal cannon is aimed at the ground but not in the air. The magic crystal cannon on the city wall has probably been pulled out by the bone dragon long ago, leaving only the empty shell. . ”
As he spoke, the army of bones had already arrived at the city.
The moat has long been filled with countless bones, and a layer of bones several meters high has been laid under the city wall.
Although more than half of the plague colossi were wiped out, some still rushed to the edge of the city. They stepped on the piles of bones, put their hands on the city wall, lowered their heads to support it, and turned into a wide ladder!
The skeleton soldiers followed the ladder all the way up and rushed towards the city wall!
Deep in the city wall, heavy hammers hit the fingers of the colossi, some of which were still wrapped in fighting spirit. Bone fragments were scattered everywhere, but it was difficult to shake their bodies for a while.
The method was not limited to that. Barrels of kerosene were pushed up and poured on the Terror Colossus. The fire ignited and burned the skeleton soldiers who stepped on them.
But the skeleton soldiers did not feel pain. They rushed up to the city with burning fire, were pushed down, and then rushed up again and were pushed down again.
Even from such a long distance, Raven felt that he could faintly smell the stench of burning bones.
The colossus of the plague that climbed on the top of the city began to be disintegrated, but before the soldiers on the wall could take a breath, a new colossus of the disease had already risen from the ground and rushed towards the city wall.
Each Plague Colossus consumes hundreds of undead. Looking at this situation regardless of the cost, you know that the Hand of Death has made up its mind to break through Meng En City!
Woo——
The horn sounded, and Raven looked back. The Iron Legion had completed preparations and came out in full force.
As the vanguard, there was a steel brigade composed of five hundred steel warriors. Their uniform enchanted plate armor reflected the sun like a mirror. They held steel shields and long swords and began to advance with heavy steps!
Although there are only five hundred people, the calm momentum is comparable to thousands of troops, and it is like an unstoppable city wall that is slowly advancing.
Behind them were the five thousand troops of the Iron Legion, all in full armor. Even the crossbowmen were wearing bright armor. This is the elite guarding the borders of the empire. The overall cost is not less than millions of gold coins, and the war machine consumes hundreds of thousands of gold coins every year
——The Iron Legion!
Looking at the slowly advancing battle formation, Lei Wen's eyes showed a trace of longing: "Sooner or later, I will have such an army!"
The undead army that had been guarding against them immediately launched an attack!
The pace of the Steel Brigade is not fast, but their pace is very steady. The skeleton soldiers who come into contact with them are unable to make any decent resistance at all.
The tattered weapons in the hands of the skeleton soldiers can't break through the defense of the Steel Brigade, and the soldiers of the Steel Brigade can smash the skeletons to pieces as long as they take action!
With the Iron Brigade as the vanguard, the entire Iron Legion was like a wedge, driving hard into the undead army.
The remaining four legions also slowly completed their preparations. They expanded along the sides of the opening opened by the Iron Legion. On the one hand, they were expanding the results of the battle, and on the other hand, they were preventing the Iron Legion from being ripped off.
Now that the army has moved out, Raven, the "scout unit", of course cannot stop where he is. Instead, he rushes out and starts raking around the perimeter of the military formation. Occasionally, he will break up a group of skeleton soldiers and then go around. , It's called a fair and aboveboard way to fish, but no one can find anything wrong with it.
With just over thirty cavalry, we can’t expect them to kill through the undead army and reach Meng’en City, right?
The advancing speed of the Iron Legion aroused the vigilance of the Order of the Hand of Death. After a storm of bones, more than ten Terrorist Colossi rose from the ground and rushed towards the Iron Legion.
Rushing closer, five of them were lying on the ground at that time, gray-white soul flames began to condense in their mouths, obviously preparing to fire a few soul-burning fires.
This immediately aroused Raven's interest.
Minsk has obviously been communicating with Count Tyrone in some way. Even if he has not encountered it directly, he must be very familiar with the combat methods of the Terror Colossus, but he still chose to let the Steel Brigade advance in a dense formation. , there must be a way to deal with it!
Then this coping method appeared in front of Raven.
I saw the five hundred steel warriors exploding their fighting spirit almost simultaneously. Some of them stood up straight, and some were half-kneeling on the ground. Their shields were connected to each other. Under the strengthening of the steel fighting spirit, these shields were almost connected. Together, there is no gap.
It is simply a wall made of steel!
Deathly white soul-burning fire roared out, burning the steel wall. The color of the shield's surface changed several times, but it was not broken in the end.
And the Steel Brigade did not just defend. Just behind the team, hundreds of Steel Warriors took off the throwing spears from behind, filled them with fighting spirit, and threw them out!
Silver-gray arcs drew across the sky, and then landed on the giant statues of the plague.
The heavy throwing spears were wrapped in steel fighting spirit and hit with great impact. Even though it was difficult to break through one of them, when there were more of them, they still smashed the bones of those fearful epidemic colossi, and the green ones were broken. The fire of the soul is floating!
The Pandemic Colossus, which had no preparations for the soul-burning fire and charged madly, was even more miserable. It was almost smashed to pieces by spears!
This is the terrifying combat power that explodes after the extraordinary assembly!
The Bone Dragon in the sky wanted to pounce down and deal with these steel brigades, but after seeing this scene, it immediately began to pull up and turned to the other side of the battlefield.
Although it is much stronger than the Epidemic Colossus, it does not want to use its body to resist the spears thrown one after another.
But I don’t want to bite the hard nut of the Steel Brigade. The other four legions have suffered. Whenever it pounces down, without even breathing, the faint dragon power it carries is enough to frighten most soldiers. Absolutely, there were quite a few people who were frightened and incontinent on the spot.
And once the dragon's breath is breathed out, it is even more fatal. Except for a few fourth-level legion commanders, no one can resist it.
Coupled with the fear of the epidemic colossus appearing everywhere on the battlefield, the formations of the four temporary legions, which were not highly trained and coordinated, began to become chaotic, and the orderly advancement turned into a melee.
In this way, Raven's pressure was relieved. The more chaotic the battlefield, the fewer people could notice him. He also had the opportunity to jump out and analyze the war from the perspective of a bystander.
Such a decisive battle between large armies is rare, and Raven eagerly absorbed the experience and lessons.
Gradually, he began to find that there seemed to be problems with the command of each legion commander. For example, in the fourth legion, one brigade broke out too deep and was completely surrounded by skeletons. If it was Raven If you direct it yourself, you will definitely make both sides push forward harder. This will not only relieve the crisis of this brigade, but also expand the results of the battle.
But Viscount John chose to lead his team in person, which rescued the brigade, but also caused the overall formation to become more chaotic.
"Am I more discerning than Viscount John?" Raven asked himself this question, but immediately shook his head.
I know my level well. Although I have some theoretical knowledge, I have never actually commanded a large corps in combat. At best, it is just arm talk, and at worst, it is "not going to do it, just beep".
Then he discovered that not only the fourth legion, but also the other three legions had many problems with their decision-making.
"I understand." Raven's eyes became clear.
He is now looking at the entire war from the perspective of a bystander. Of course he can see it clearly and understandly, but people in the war may not have such a perspective, and it is even more difficult to control the overall situation in the chaos. .
On the other hand, the optimal solution that Raven believed was not necessarily the best. For example, on Viscount John's side, although his diagonal insertion destroyed the formation, it also boosted the morale of the Fourth Army to a certain extent.
This also made Lei Wen secretly alert, don't think too highly of yourself, and don't take marching operations so easily.
As the melee unfolded, the battle intensified. With the Steel Brigade as the vanguard, the coalition forces slowly but surely advanced towards Meng En.
The Order of the Hand of Death also saw the determination here, and the siege became more and more fierce!
One after another magic began to appear on the city top. This was when the necromancers in the undead army began to show their power. At the same time, more and more skeleton soldiers rushed to the city regardless of the cost, even if they were buried in vain. There is no stopping even in the raging fire!
As more and more undead people went to die, the pile of dead bones became higher and higher.
The Hand of Death wants to use the bones of the undead to pave a wide road leading to the city wall!
In an instant, everyone who observed this move, whether inside or outside the city, understood the tactical intentions of the undead army, but few were able to stop it!
If there are still third-level and fourth-level extraordinary beings on the city, they may be able to quickly disintegrate them, but these powers have long been exhausted in the long years of defending the city, and the more they fight, the less they can use.
Nowadays, the only real strong person in the entire Men'en City is Tyrone Shiva Slater, who possesses fifth-level rotten fighting energy.
He cannot appear on the city wall, or even be exposed to the sight of the Hand of Death. Once something happens to him, the entire Men'en City and the entire war will be completely defeated!
Seeing that Munn City might be broken at any time, Minsk began to become a little anxious and immediately ordered to speed up the pace of the Steel Brigade's advance.
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(End of this chapter)