Chapter 461, Breaking the First Line of Defense, Shocking Troops
"The Four Alliance forces are deployed on this section of the eastern city wall."
"The Dragonbone Golem is in the center."
"The original Blood Forest giant is arranged in the west."
"Three areas, the number of legions serving as human shields in the front is no less than three thousand."
"The main reason is that considering the narrow terrain, it is difficult for our large-scale troops to deploy."
"But in order to reserve space for subsequent replenishment of the legion."
"Between the three legions, a channel for rapid retreat and replenishment needs to be left."
"And behind the three armored armies attacking the city, small murlocs were deployed respectively."
"We currently have as many as 300,000 little fishmen."
"Deploy one hundred thousand to each area."
"The fishmen are smaller in size and can be deployed in larger numbers to form a dense fire attack."
"Also, small fishmen can be placed on giants."
"When the giants come to the city, attack from the shoulders of the giants."
Inside the siege camp.
Christian quickly marked the offensive troop layout on the map.
And wait for her to say.
Vivian asked from the side.
"What about the mage?"
"Our mage army will not participate in the attack?"
Christian shook his head.
"Of course not."
"The mage army will be used to suppress the counterattack at the top of the city."
"The Flame Mage uses the legion skill Bolide, and its attack range is quite far."
"This time the lord has deployed 10,000 flame magicians. I plan to use them to cast bolide to suppress the counterattack at the top of the city."
"Divide the ten thousand flame mages into different batches and attack the defenders at the top of the city in batches."
"As long as the defenders at the top of the city are suppressed, the siege army under the city wall will take the opportunity to board the city."
"This can greatly reduce the casualties of our soldiers being blocked outside the city wall."
"As for wind mages, their attack range is relatively short."
"Participating in the attack will easily be counterattacked by the construct archers on the city wall."
"So we will not participate in this battle for the time being. As a reserve army, we will wait for the general attack before launching an attack."
"There is also the Flying Corps."
"Assis and Fiona."
"The number of dragonhawk knights is small and cannot be lost in siege battles."
"I need you to roam around and monitor the northern defense line."
"At the same time, look for opportunities to break into the city and kill the magic crystal cannon army hidden in the city."
"But remember, you need to wait until the Magic Crystal Cannon Legion has no guards before taking action."
"If there are magic crystal gun infantry regiments and thorn flower magic pattern knights stationed around them."
"If you risk a surprise attack at this time, you can easily be ambushed and your entire army will be annihilated."
Fiona bowed slightly.
"As commanded."
Then she looked at Asis.
"The main task of the Griffin Knight in the early stage is to guard against the Griffins in the city."
"Especially be careful when they send gryphon knights to suddenly rush towards our mage army."
"The Flame Mage cannot be interrupted when releasing legion spells."
"Once interrupted, there will be a backlash from the magic."
"So!"
"Assis, you must arrange all the gryphon knights on the sides of the three siege legions."
"To cover them from being counterattacked by the air corps in the city."
"At the same time, once the army can rush to the city."
"You have to lead the Griffin Knights to keep pace."
"Towards the depth of the northern defense line."
"Look for opportunities to cut off the infantry supporting the city wall."
"This will cover our occupation of the city wall."
Asis nodded and then asked again.
"Christian, if I can find the location of the Magic Crystal Cannon Corps, can I choose to conduct a tentative attack?"
"Reconnaissance for Fiona's Dragonhawk Knights for possible ambush."
"If not, we will eliminate the Magic Crystal Cannon Legion in one fell swoop."
"I think that in the next siege, the magic crystal cannon army will be the greatest threat."
Christian nodded.
"Okay."
"But don't go there yourself, just send the gryphon knight to test it."
Assis responded solemnly.
"As commanded."
Finally Christian turned his attention to the hero beside him.
"Because the shield was broken, all of us except Lilith's forbidden spell has been restored."
"The rest of the people have not fully recovered their strength."
"So this siege, it is forbidden to enter the city before receiving my order for a general attack."
"Our life comes from your lord. If he doesn't let us die, we must live."
The heroes present nodded.
Afterwards, Christian glanced at everyone.
"Now that the combat mission is clear."
"Vivian, you are the frontline commander of the siege."
"Send the order."
"The siege begins!!!"
"Yes!"
Outside the northern defense line.
As Christian ordered.
The siege army, which had long been unable to hold back, began to slowly advance towards the city wall of the northern defense line.
This time.
The defenders in the city looked at the legion advancing towards them under the city wall.
There was a solemn look on all the faces.
"Prepare a counterattack!"
"Construct the Archer."
"Armor-piercing arrow."
"Ten rounds."
"Goal."
"Giant!"
"Get ready."
On the city wall.
When the defenders saw the ground, the giant roared.
When it instantly became more than twenty meters high.
Immediately, commanders began to give orders.
And when the giant is about to reach the attack range.
Sudden.
In the sky, a pungent burning smell came.
The guards at the top of the city looked sideways.
Then he immediately discovered to his horror.
Above the sky.
Fireballs fell towards them one after another.
"It's magic."
"Dodge!"
"The whole army entered the Tibetan Soldier Cave to avoid magic attacks."
On the city wall of the northern defense line, there is a hidden soldier cave specially used to avoid magic.
But the constructed archers on the city wall all wore heavy constructs.
This thing requires a dozen attendants to put on, and the same goes for taking it off.
at this time.
How could he take it off so quickly and hide in the treasure cave?
Looking at the falling magic, these archers had no choice but to rely on their own dodge.
But this time they faced the bolide released by the Flame Mage.
Instead of ordinary bows and arrows and magic.
In addition to being larger in size, Bolide has higher magic damage.
What's even more terrifying is the splash damage.
Dense fireballs locked onto the city wall.
It hit with a "rumbling" sound.
Sparks flew on the ground.
These archers wearing constructs are relatively easy to move.
But under such an intensive attack.
All dodges are in vain.
Many construct archers avoided the first one, but were quickly killed by the second one.
Dodged the second one.
It was ignited by the splash of magical energy.
Even these were lucky to escape.
The bolide crashed down, forming a field of fire on the city wall.
These construct archers are grilled in the fire domain.
Death from dehydration of despair.
After a while.
On the northern defense line, not a single archer on the entire wall survived.
And take advantage of this opportunity.
The three forwards attacking the city under the city wall have already reached the city wall.
The three siege legions have different ways of attacking.
The original Blood Forest Giant enlarged its body, and then quickly climbed up the city wall in the posture of a stacked arhat.
At the same time, on the shoulders of the giant, stood a fishman holding a bone blade.
They climbed the walls fastest.
After a while, he had crossed the wall and appeared inside the city wall.
Because the defenders were either killed in battle or huddled in the treasure cave under the magical attack just now.
As a result, there was no counterattack at all.
And in the other two siege armies.
Dragonbone Golems cannot climb.
The little fishman here did not undertake the task of going up to the city. Instead, he came under the city wall and fired waves of water with the bone blade in his hand to attack the defenders still standing on the city wall.
Finally, there is the Four Alliance Alliance.
They entered the battle knowing that they were going to attack the city.
Therefore, in the regiment brought this time, special siege troops were specially deployed.
These legions carried large numbers of ladders for climbing.
Some ladders also have mechanical pulleys and are driven by magic.
Some of these are obtained from the mist world, and some are made by Blue Star professionals.
At the same time, there are also catapults, ballistas and other equipment that can attack the city head.
Most of them are developed and produced by Blue Star professionals.
These devices are relatively primitive.
It is better to use airships, specialized siege machines.
But those things are expensive and cumbersome to use.
The most important thing is that there is no place to buy it.
The number of finished goblin airships is small, and most of them are hidden for research.
There is only one siege machine.
Therefore, when Lord Blue Star attacked the city, he used relatively primitive tactics.
They also use various magically modified products from Blue Star’s ancient history.
But although the thing is primitive, the effect is good.
Especially after the defenders on the city wall were suppressed by magic.
The Four Alliance forces directly put the magic-driven ladder on the wall.
Then the soldiers attacking the city were like taking an elevator.
Then the equipment quickly climbed up the city wall.
But just as they were transporting the third group of people.
The counterattack by the defenders within the city walls began.
The infantrymen who came out of the treasure cave, holding thick spears, formed square formations and began to counterattack.
At this time, there were not many legions in the upper city.
When faced with spears of tens of meters, the siege infantry of the Four Alliance forces could not resist them at all.
The spear, which is directly driven by the machine, will stab him to death in two or three strokes.
The infantry in the upper city were quickly cleared.
But on the other side.
The original Blood Forest Giant in the upper city is not so easy to deal with.
In size, they have an advantage over Construct Infantry.
In addition to its thick skin and thick flesh, it also carries many small fishmen on its shoulders.
When these structured infantrymen came with long guns.
Just after two stabs, he was blocked by a hard shield.
Then the fishman on the shoulder launched a poisonous water wave attack.
Under the intensive attack of poisonous water waves.
The counterattack of the structured infantry encountered great difficulties.
Not only failed to kill the enemy, he also suffered huge casualties.
At this time, the defenders of the city wall were preparing to change their positions.
The construct infantry is not good, so they are going to replace it with a two-handed magic pattern swordsman.
But just when these magic pattern swordsmen were preparing to support.
On the side of the army.
Assis, who was fighting with the gryphon knights inside the city wall, pointed towards the ground.
"Wind and Thunder Sword Guard."
"Take three hundred gryphon knights and stop them."
After receiving the order, the Fenglei Sword Guard quickly left the queue.
Land on the wall.
Blocking the path of the magic pattern swordsman.
Suddenly the road was cut off.
The magic pattern swordsman was furious and fought in a melee with these gryphon knights.
But this order from Assis made the defenders on the city wall unlucky.
The construct infantry, which lost its support, was quickly surrounded by the original Blood Forest giants who successively landed on the city.
Under the city wall, there was even Hogg and the Original Blood Forest Giant, who kept throwing the little murlocs up the city wall with great force.
These little fishmen were thrown into the structure infantry formation.
Although most of them fell to death.
But there is still a part that accurately entered the body of the construct.
The infantry inside had no time to react and were stabbed to death by the little murloc's bone blade.
Not long.
The defenders on the west wall were actually killed.
After there were no more defenders.
The number of little murlocs climbing the city wall is increasing.
Soon it reached tens of thousands.
They even began to jump off the city wall and attack the city gate and the city wall in depth.
But at this time, the defenders who should have fought hard to recapture the city wall.
Retreat suddenly.
A vacuum instantly appeared near the city wall.
Immediately afterwards, a place in the city lit up with a little light.
Several magic crystal cannons fired rapidly at this section of the city wall and Zhou Mirai.
The original blood forest giants, griffin knights, and little fishmen who climbed onto the city wall didn't even have time to react before they were blown into pieces by the magic crystal cannon.
This scene was seen by Vivian under the city wall.
She said to Christian, who was watching the game next to her.
"It's not troublesome to attack the city. What's troublesome is how to deal with the threat of the magic crystal cannon."
"Their threat is too great."
"Our soldiers who boarded the city can't stop the power of the magic crystal cannon."
"If you go up there, you will be blown up."
Christian nodded slightly.
Then he said.
"That's why we need to keep attacking."
"Know the location of their magic crystal cannon."
"The firing of the magic crystal cannon cannot be continuous."
"Our siege army was killed this time, so these magic crystal cannons will have to wait for recharging. The next attack will require additional magic crystal cannons."
"As long as our soldiers attack the city wall faster than the magic crystal cannon can recover, we can capture the city wall."
"Moreover."
"As long as the magic crystal cannon in the city can be kept firing."
"Then their location will be exposed."
"At that time, we only need to use the Dragon Eagle Knight to launch a surprise attack to destroy all these magic crystal cannons, and the northern defense line will be captured in an instant."
"So, Vivian, don't be afraid of dead people."
"There is no such thing as death in war."
"A soft-hearted general will only bring greater casualties."
"Send the order!"
"Continue to attack the city."
"Yes."
As Christian's order was issued again.
The defenders who had just driven the enemy off the city wall once again found that another enemy had rushed to the top of the wall.
This time.
They learned from previous experiences.
Started attacking with bolides above his head.
Use the construct infantry on the city wall first to fight back against the climbing soldiers.
Wait until the bolide is over.
The construct archers just started to go up to the city, and huge arrows fell like raindrops.
Shoot the soldiers who boarded the city into hedgehogs.
However, the fishmen's counterattack also caused casualties to them.
The two sides began to fight repeatedly on the city wall.
After the high-intensity siege lasted for more than three hours.
Under the city wall, there were already numerous corpses.
All the original Blood Forest giants have been consumed.
2/3 of the Four Alliance forces have been killed.
The Dragon Bone Golem was all broken into pieces.
but.
Only the number of small fishmen has not decreased.
Instead, it surged to as many as half a million.
Under the city wall.
Densely packed little fishmen climbed up the city wall and rushed towards the top of the wall.
The defenders on the city wall looked at the fish-man who was making strange noises.
The defender felt his scalp numb.
The key thing is that the defenders on the city wall have also lost more than 2/3.
The construct infantry has been completely wiped out.
The current counterattack relies entirely on the magic pattern two-handed sword infantry and wandering mages.
There are now less than three hundred construct archers.
They could no longer organize an effective arrow rain to fight back against these little fishmen.
The capture of the first city wall was already a fait accompli.
Even counterattack with magic crystal cannon can't change this fact.
final.
The commander of the Northern Defense Line ordered.
Give up the first line of defense.
The defenders of the first line of defense retreated to the second line. (End of chapter)