Chapter 105: Dehreem’s First Battle
Then the Diesel Company’s attack began.
And the tactics are very simple, just mobilize all the servant armies regardless, use everything you can get, fill the trenches, and pile up the slope of the city wall!
This was also the most common tactic used by this group of bandits who lived in the desert when they dealt with the border towns of the Lion Principality.
The border towns or border villages of the Lion Principality only have city walls of 5 meters, or walls of 3 to 4 meters.
As long as these bandit races collect a large amount of firewood or piles of debris, even the corpses of their own race, and raise them to a height of more than 2 meters in front of the enemy's city wall, they can rely on their barbaric nature to jump directly onto the city wall or fence. Fighting with the militia conscripted by the human race, he gained a significant advantage in melee combat.
Especially these spirit world creatures that have been hanging out on the edge of the desert all year round and bordering the border of the Principality of Lion, are already familiar with it.
Although he knew that he was being used as cannon fodder, he was full of complaints, and he was even more resentful towards the orc tribe.
But facing the power of those pig-headed men, these various servant races that were already at a disadvantage in the desert did not dare to have any objections at this time and could only bite the bullet and charge forward.
Put your hopes on the experience of dealing with the Lion Principality.
As long as they can kill the guys in front and raise the city wall high enough for them to climb up and fight hand-to-hand, they can let the human soldiers know how ferocious they are!
In close combat, these bandit races coming out of the desert have never been afraid of the human race!
"Go up! Rush to the bottom of the city wall! Fill up the trench! Put things on the city wall!"
So under the orders of Zhang Caidong and the captains of the temporary convoy, These spiritual creature followers howled one by one, picked up the tables, chairs, benches and soil wrapped in rags that they found around them, and rushed towards the west city gate.
There is nothing you can do if you don’t flush.
Beside the captains, there were more elite gnolls, hobgoblins, lizardmen, bugbears, etc., who were watching them eagerly.
Once he finds someone who is hesitant and does not dare to rush forward directly, he will bar his teeth and roar.
At the same time, the weapons in their hands began to be raised, as if they wanted to taste the delicious food.
After all, in the desert race, the corpses of the same race cannot be used as food.
Sometimes, the freshly-dead corpses of the same race, with their delicious blood and brains that have not lost their vitality, coupled with soft and nutritious internal organs, are still a delicacy that will make your mouth water just thinking about it!
Forced by this pressure, the servant army composed of these wasteland races could only charge forward.
After all, he rushed up, carrying various sundries, and threw them into the ditch and came back.
There is still a possibility of living.
If you don’t rush.
If you still dare to resist, let alone the leaders of these more elite wasteland races, even the pig-headed men who are more numerous and more powerful in the back will not let them go!
But on the city wall of the town of Dehrem, the Vecian archers, Rhodok skilled crossbowmen, and mercenary crossbowmen who were standing ready had no fear on their faces at this time, only calmness.
Including Shen Mu who was standing at the top of the city gate, with five Lake Rat Gang saboteurs beside him, holding up a heavy buckler to protect him.
"They are starting to prepare to attack." Beside Shen Mu, Bandak reminded in a deep voice.
"Yes." Shen Mu nodded.
Because they all saw, in the greenery of the community, the groups of servants started to lift up debris and prepare to come over, and each one howled as if to encourage them. Spread out formation.
This was obviously a charge, and the tables, chairs and benches held above their heads were thrown into the trench to fill it.
Compared to those demons who only know how to rush up in a mess and fill the trenches with the corpses of their own kind.
These desert bandit races under the command of Blue Star humans do have some tactics.
“Be prepared.” Shen Mu reminded.
"Pass it on! Get ready to fight!" Right next to him, the Lake Rat Gang saboteurs and the Lake Rat Gang senior thugs operating light ballistae were shouting loudly at both sides of the city wall. .
"Get ready for battle!" Then the crossbowmen on the walls on both sides of the city gate responded one after another.
One of them was carrying a heavy crossbow in one hand and running quickly behind the baffle of the city wall to check the distribution of these long-range shooters on the city wall.
Try to make the arrangement of the remote output that is destined to explode on the city wall more reasonable.
I also hope to be more effective against the enemy's offensive formation.
As a former officer of the Rhodok Kingdom, Bandak has good experience on how to arrange output positions, how to form crossfire, and how to make it more convenient for his own people to shoot on the city wall.
This is also the reason why Shen Mu will safely hand over all the arrangements on the city wall to Bandak.
Bandak is a professional expert in city defense!
But now, in front of Shen Mu, new content has appeared in the dialog box from the system.
Represents the beginning of the battle.
【Ding! The temporary mission system detects the occurrence of the event, so a temporary mission is issued - guard the town. 】
[Task name: Guard the town. 】
[Mission introduction: When Dehrim grows into a town, enemies who covet your wealth will come to attack. Now the enemy has arrived, with their terrible armies, intent on destroying your town, plundering your wealth, and killing you and your soldiers. This is absolutely not allowed. 】
[Mission stage requirements: Defend the attack of the servant army. 】
[Mission stage reward: 5,000 dinars. 】
[Tips: This task is a multi-stage temporary task. You can get corresponding rewards by completing the corresponding task stages. 】
At this time, looking at the reward that appeared on the dialog box in front of him, Shen Mu couldn't hold back his lips at all.
“A reward of dinars.” Shen Mu chuckled: “This is what I need.”
It’s still a full 5,000 dinars!
No one knows how much Shen Mu needs dinars now, the unified monetary currency in the entire world, to help him complete the promotion of his soldiers as quickly as possible.
You know, whether it is Swadian light infantry, Rhodok skilled crossbowmen, or Vecian recruits.
But they all require a lot of dinars to complete the upgrade!
If you get these 5,000 dinars.
So for Shen Mu...
It is definitely a huge improvement!
Seeing more and more spirit world servant races in front of him, starting to rush out of the green belt and rushing towards this side, Shen Mu waved forward and issued an order in a calm tone: "Free fire .”
Then this order was conveyed to the entire city wall, including Bandak's ears.
"Free fire for all!"
Then on the city wall in the town area, Bandak pulled the trigger and at the same time called for the crossbowmen and archers around him to start shooting freely.
Looking at the scattered groups of spirit world creatures rushing over with various sundries held high, they understood.
Now, the killing begins!
"Fire the arrows! Fire the arrows!"
On the city wall, whether it was Rhodok's skilled crossbowmen, hired crossbowmen, or the Vecian archers, they all began to pull the trigger amidst the captain's shouts. He pulled the trigger and released the bowstring.
The buzzing sound of countless bowstrings or crossbow strings suddenly appeared on the city wall.
Then there was the shrill scream caused by the arrows and crossbow bolts breaking through the air!
‘Swish, swish, swish! ’
At this moment, arrows rained down like rain!
The output of 100 Wikia archers, 50 Rhodok skilled crossbowmen, 50 mercenary crossbowmen, and a total of 200 long-range archers burst out in an instant, directly destroying the greenery of another residential area. The servants who rushed out from the belt were shot like gourds, falling down, and dying in mourning!
As long as it is within the 200-meter shooting range, it can only resist the output of these shooters.
Resist those deadly arrows and crossbow bolts.
Even these servants spread out as much as possible and ran forward, carrying tables, chairs, benches, or door panels on their heads. They were still hit by the rain of arrows that passed by. In various parts of the body, more and more guys staggered and fell.
What's more, within the range of running forward, from above the city gate, the light ballistae has been set up there.
There are also siege ballistas mounted on the square tower in the northern town area next to the castle area.
Under the control of the senior thugs of the Lake Rat Gang, the spears were blasted out with terrifying power and speed through this powerful ballista device, turning them into deadly missiles. The Death Spear.
Then, any spiritual creature that dares to appear within the range of the spear will be nailed to the ground!
If, after enduring the damage from feather arrows and crossbow bolts, you can still barely continue to struggle, hold on, and continue to step forward, so that you can throw the tables, chairs, and benches in your hands into the trench, and then After completing the mission, you can go back to recuperate. With the strong vitality of the desert race, one life can be saved.
But he was hit by a spear fired from a crossbow.
Whether it is a light ballista or a spear fired from a siege ballista.
Then there is only one outcome -
The spear that drew an arc was penetrated diagonally through the chest or abdominal cavity, smashing all the internal organs inside, and then... The terrifying force of the blast caused the entire body to be nailed to the ground.
It was as if someone had artificially penetrated the body with a short spear, and it was stuck on the ground like a specimen, becoming a hanging sign to intimidate others!
Even sometimes, the bombardment of light ballistae and siege ballistae did not work.
The terrifying spear missed its target.
But even if it hits the ground, it looks like a big nail nailed to the ground, and combined with the rain of arrows falling like a heavy rain around it, it still gives the servant race who are still charging forward, It brought a shock to the soul.
The fear in their hearts made them slow down as they charged forward with the sundries in their hands.
They hesitated!
"In other words, they are scared." Shen Mu spoke slowly at this time, without much excitement in his tone.
Just looking calmly at the wall next to him, another wave of crossbow arrows flew out.
Another feathered arrow whizzed past.
Let more and more spirit world creatures run slowly because of hesitation, and become more targets. They are constantly hit by feather arrows and crossbow bolts and fall down.
Shen Mu's eyes gradually became sharp.
“Keep firing arrows!”
“Don’t let those enemies get close to the trench!”
Beside Shen Mu, Bandak operated the heavy crossbow in his hand. Aiming at the jackal who was charging at the front with a desk on his head, he pulled the trigger and fired the steel crossbow bolt directly into its chest accurately.
The jackal was filled with disbelief. He subconsciously ran for two steps, then fell down with a clang, twitching and making no sound.
Bandak turned to the skilled Rodok crossbowmen of the same race and shouted loudly: "Pay attention to accurate shooting!"
"Understood!"
Whether it was Rodok's skilled crossbowmen, The same hired crossbowmen were all responding loudly at this time.
As crossbowmen, they understood what Bandak meant.
So they all changed from the previous tactics of quickly cocking the crossbow, then roughly aiming at the enemy and pulling the trigger, and then regardless of whether it hit or missed, they would cock and cock the crossbow again in pursuit of shooting speed.
Instead, he began to take advantage of the crossbowman's ability to accurately aim and straight trajectory, and accurately shot the enemies that were getting closer and closer.
Compared with the rate of fire, they are indeed not as good as the Vecian archers around them.
The continuous shooting of arrows, one after another, erupted in a short period of time like an unstoppable rain of long-range firepower.
But when I started to snipe the enemies who were getting closer and closer one by one, they were all close to within 50 meters.
On the contrary, it is the professional theater of these crossbowmen!
Suddenly, there were more than 300 servants composed of these servant races who rushed out from the green belt of other communities 500 meters away. They were suppressed from a range of 200 meters to 50 meters. within the range.
Being shot all the way by those 200 long-range shooters and 2 ballistae.
A mass of corpses fell down.
In the last 30 meters of the area, due to the precise shooting of Rodok's skilled crossbowmen and mercenary crossbowmen, including the more powerful direct fire of the light crossbow, the remaining 200 or so were directly defeated. The servant race's morale collapsed, they dropped what they were holding and ran away.
Regardlessly, he exposed his back to these Vecian archers, and was caught up with feather arrows.
Then more bodies were left behind.
The casualties are getting faster!
"Sir, we have repulsed the enemy's first wave of attacks!" Manid was wearing chainmail and a warrior helmet, holding the crossbow that Shen Mu had won in a lottery. , walked over quickly.
There was an excited smile on the face of the warrior under his helmet.
Obviously, the first wave of attacks by the diesel company's servant race outside was repelled, which made him extremely excited when he personally participated in the battle on the city wall.
Although he is good at business, he also has unique insights into how to develop the town's economy.
But this does not mean that Manid is afraid of war and dare not directly enter the front line of the battlefield.
After all, for anyone who comes out of the continent of Calradia.
Eating, drinking, going to the hotel to talk in bed with the waitresses, fighting with robbers, bandits, rebels, and even being hired by the lord to fight his enemies are all commonplace.
Even Manid has personally participated in several battles on the continent of Calradia.
Whether he was hired by villagers to defend against bandits or served as a guard in caravans leading to various cities, Manid accumulated some combat experience.
Includes killing experience!
"Sir, I feel very good!" Manid said while holding the crossbow in his hand.
"That's good." Shen Mu nodded. He didn't want to pour cold water on Manid's current excitement, but said calmly: "Please pay attention to your own safety. If the enemy attacks the city wall, Then I allow you to evacuate on your own and shoot at a distance to avoid close combat."
"I understand." Manid raised the crossbow in his hand and patted the remaining half of it on his waist. with a steel crossbow arrow, and said seriously: "When the time comes, I will shoot more enemies!"
"Yeah." Shen Mu suddenly thought of something at this time and turned to look at the still peaceful east gate of the town.
Contemplate for a moment.
Still said to Manid: "Now you withdraw from the city wall first, and arrange for the Swadia light infantry to take action, and move all the light ballistae and siege ballistae on the east side to the west side. The city gate and the big tower were re-erected.”
“Understood, I’ll make arrangements right away.” Manid nodded without hesitation and turned around to make arrangements.
Soon, after the exploratory attack by the group of servant races was repulsed, the new recruits of Vecia, who had nothing to do, took action.
Not only did they move the light ballistae on the east side city wall gate and the siege ballistae on the east side city wall square tower to the corresponding positions on the west side city gate and square tower, but they also picked up bundles of Come with the spears, feather arrows, and crossbow bolts.
The consumption of those Vecian archers, mercenary crossbowmen, and Rhodok skilled crossbowmen was replenished.
Especially the Vecian archers, as rapid-fire long-range archers, only have 28 cone-headed arrows in a bag.
In a field battle, perhaps due to various reasons, the number of 28 arrows is still sufficient.
But in a city defense battle, especially when standing in a safe shooting position and starting to deal damage to the enemy as much as you want, the number of these 28 cone-head arrows can be consumed in almost a few minutes. .
Even if you are serious about continuous shooting and try to reduce the frequency of arrow shooting, 28 cone-headed arrows are not enough to consume 5 minutes.
Thanks to the real world now, after all the arrows in your quiver are shot, there will be reserves in the armory to replenish them at any time.
As long as the physical strength and arm strength of these Vecian archers can keep up.
Then you can shoot arrows continuously.
So, the supply of cone-headed arrows represents the output standard of these 100 Vecian archers.
And now, along with the bundles of cone-headed arrows, the new recruits of Wikidia were placed at the feet of the Wikiya archers, leaning against the baffle so that they could bend down and take out new tapered-headed arrows at any time. , just draw the bow and shoot.
These Vecian archers are quite satisfied.
They were still moving their shoulders, taking advantage of the breaks in fighting to relax the muscles that had been overused just now.
Looking into the distance, in the dense green belt of the community, there are spiritual creatures who are still preparing to assemble, raising tables, chairs, benches, and even ladders in their hands, preparing to start a new round of charge, with the corners of their mouths showing smiled.
Be able to stand on the city wall and shoot these enemies who have no armor at all.
It's like an after-dinner entertainment activity, where you can shoot live targets at will!
"Sure enough, as long as it is a city defense battle, having a certain number of archers and crossbowmen will be an absolute advantage for the side defending the city."
Shen Mu Seeing these Vekian archers looking so relaxed, a smile appeared on their lips.
And at this time, he also looked at the Vecian recruits who were still running back and forth on the city wall, replenishing arrows for these crossbowmen.
There are a total of 200 Wikiya recruits.
"It seems that the diesel company's tactical arrangement is to let these spiritual servant tribes take the lead in attacking and pave the way for the pig-headed men behind."
Shen Mu raised his head and looked at the top floor of the community in the distance. The fat figure seen.
The corner of his mouth curled down slightly, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes:
"The guys from the Diesel Company may not have thought that sending out low-quality servant troops would be too much for the cavalry and slashers. The consumption of these soldiers under the rules is not a waste...but the key to helping me make a qualitative change!"
(End of this chapter)