The rows of towering catapults appearing outside the city not only shocked the demons guarding the city, but also Eric and Emilia.
However, in addition to these catapults, there are actually two siege towers more than thirty meters high.
You must know that even Bristone's city wall has been reinforced and heightened, but the highest tower is only more than 20 meters tall.
The height of the battlements and walls is basically maintained at about 15-18 meters.
The height of these two siege towers allows our own shooters to shoot down the demons on the city wall.
However, even though there was a siege tower, Xu Lai did not activate it immediately.
Such a big thing can't fit in the warehouse, so it can only be divided into several sections and stuffed in, and then assembled by itself.
Building this thing is time-consuming and labor-intensive. It can be easily pushed to the front line and damaged. The third one will not be replaced in a short time.
Before the logistics troops arrived, the crossbowmen of the Qingfeng Legion first joined the siege battle with their catapults.
Behind them is a group of priests, responsible for treating the crossbowmen of the Qingfeng Legion.
As long as he is not directly hit by a catapult on the city wall and is directly destroyed, or is hit by a fragment and takes some splash damage, he can be healed immediately.
The demons on the city wall, after being hit by boulder fragments, had no choice but to endure it themselves.
After a few rounds, Bristone's counterattack weakened.
The demons controlling the catapults suffered heavy casualties and could not be replenished in time, and the number of catapults could not be matched. The more they fought, the fewer they were.
But the devil added the catapult, and the speed was still very fast.
Dozens of abyss demons carried a large catapult to replace the one damaged by Xu Lai.
A large number of winged demons flew directly onto the city wall holding ammunition of different sizes.
With the help of these flying troops, the speed of replacing catapults and replenishing ammunition is no slower than on the Xu Lai plain.
The siege battle lasted for a whole day, and Xu Lai rarely achieved any decent results.
Of course, after the final battle report comes out, the human side will definitely win.
The injured crossbowmen were treated when they were injured. Except for some who were really unlucky and their bodies were smashed into pulp, they could be resurrected even if they were sacrificed.
At last count, Xu Lai lost about 70 people throughout the day, most of whom were recruiting crossbowmen. Only less than 30 people were actually killed.
However, this is still the biggest loss Xu Lai has experienced in the battle.
In addition to the loss of personnel, more than 50 catapults were destroyed and more were injured, more than 60 of them.
Fortunately, the logistics force also arrived at night and brought a large number of craftsmen from Graycastle.
If repaired overnight, these 60-plus catapults can basically be repaired.
In addition to these more than 60 catapults, Xu Lai will continue to transport new catapults from the warehouse in the middle of the night.
With the cooperation of the entire city of Qingfeng City, the number of catapults that can be provided will never be small.
Although they are not all high-end catapults, the replenishment speed is at least much better than Bristone.
Bristone is a city controlled by demons after all. Even if there are some human craftsmen, the number will not be too many.
What's more, the treatment of these craftsmen is self-evident, and it is impossible to compare with those craftsmen in Qingfeng City who are stimulated by high prices.
In fact, by night, Bristone had already experienced supply difficulties.
After a night of repairs, I don’t know how many catapults they can build. I’m afraid they will have to be dismantled from other city walls tomorrow.
Furthermore, under the violent bombardment of catapults, the durability of Bristone's city walls also suffered considerable losses.
The enemy's craftsmen have to repair catapults and repair the city walls, but they dare not hold lamps for fear that Xu will continue to attack here, and the efficiency will definitely not be high.
Coupled with the daytime bombing, many demons were killed. It was conservatively estimated that there were thousands of demons. This could still be counted visually.
In fact, more demons will die, especially in order to ensure the hit rate, Barton also used fire demons and did not dare to use low-level demons.
Only to replenish ammunition and place ammunition, Patton used the horned devil with relatively high endurance and strength.
But even if there are only more than 10,000 fire demons, the death rate of horned demons is still very different from the death rate of humans.
The devil's side is still the dominant defensive side.
Barton and the others did not dare to announce such a battle report to the demon general below, for fear that it would spread and seriously affect their morale.
Of course, in the magical world, even if it is not announced, the morale of the impact will still be affected.
Since the first day of defending the city, when a Hellboy general was killed and hundreds of demons were killed, demon morale has dropped below 80.
Looking at humans, although dozens of people died, when their pensions were announced, their morale rose instead of falling, and was still at full value.
That night, Patton could no longer bear it and chose to take the initiative to report to Kerrigan.
At this time, Kerrigan had already captured the Royal Palace of Lionheart City and dug three feet into the ground to dig out the heart of the Castle of Lionheart City.
What he didn't expect was that the Castle Heart of Lionheart City was completely unable to control Holy Angel City.
The Holy Angel City was built brick by brick, brick by brick, manually without any help from the heart of the castle.
Bristone is now besieged. Although the other three walls have not been attacked, they are still besieged by cavalry and horse archers.
So Kerrigan cannot use the Gate of Time and Space to return directly, and Lionheart City, as a human city, does not have the castle gate of the hell city.
Now, he can either wait to convert Lionheart City into Hell City, and then teleport back through the castle gate.
Xu Lai was only attacking the city from a distance, and the troops had not officially approached yet, so strategic spells could not be used at all, and the gate of the abyss naturally could not be blocked.
Otherwise, Kerrigan would have no choice but to personally lead his troops back for reinforcements.
However, even if he abandoned the slow troops in the legion and only brought troops such as the big devil, it would still take at least a day and a night to arrive.
But once he leads the demon army to attack, there will be no superheroes in Lionheart City who can take over, and there will be no army strong enough to withstand the angel army.
Although the main force of Lionheart City had been defeated by him, many of them still fled into Holy Angel City.
In addition, his troops also suffered a lot of losses in order to defeat the human cavalry.
If he leaves with the demon, Lionheart City is a human city, and there are a large number of mercenaries in the city who are capable of fighting.
With the internal and external cooperation, it is estimated that it will not take long to retake Lion Heart City.
This is equivalent to giving up all the hundreds of thousands of demonic troops of the Burning Legion, and also losing a newly captured human capital.
How could Kerrigan be willing to do this.
So he gave Barton a death order, saying that he could ignore Tren's death, but Barton would have to defend him for at least a week.
Without completely destroying the City of Holy Angels, Kerrigan really couldn't leave like this.
Because if you bring those slow troops, it will take at least three or four days to return to Bristone.
One week is the lowest bottom line for Kerrigan.
If he couldn't keep it for even a week, he vowed to make all the devils in Bristone immortal. It took him two months to capture Lionheart City. If his base camp hadn't even arrived in a week, it would have been breached by humans.
Only imprisoning the souls of those people and torturing them day and night, Kerrigan felt that he was too merciful.
In fact, he was not sure that he would be able to rescue Bridgestone within a week.
But being able to hold on for a week at least gave him a chance to rescue.
Instead of asking for rescue from Kerrigan, he got a death order.
Barton could feel that Kerrigan was suppressing his anger. Even after he learned that Tren had died in the battle, he did not ask any questions.
Barton prepared a bunch of witnesses, but Kerrigan didn't even ask.
But because of this, Barton knew that once Bristone made a mistake, his end would never be good.
After thinking about it, Barton ordered someone to temporarily close the gate of the abyss.
When the gate of the abyss is open, at least hundreds of thousands of demons are born and recruited in countless cities in hell in a month.
Had it not been for such a huge support, Kerrigan would not have been able to break through Lionheart City despite successive defeats and the need for a large number of subordinates to defend.
Barton's order to close the Gate of the Abyss means giving up the support of this force.
The reason why he gave up was because Hell Town could only recruit once in a month, and large amounts of support would need to be separated by at most one month.
Closing the Gate of the Abyss not only shuts down all support, it is also equivalent to cutting off everyone's escape route, especially Mendis.
The remaining demons escaped into hell again even if they passed through the gate of the abyss.
But as long as Kerrigan is still the Lord of Hell, he can deal with these escapees when he returns to hell, or even without waiting for him to return to hell.
Therefore, most demons still dare not escape even if the gate of the abyss is open.
There is only one exception here, and that is Mendis who can find the blessing of the Abyss Demon God.
Hell is too huge, as long as there are demon-level beings willing to provide blessings.
Even if this demon couldn't defeat Kerrigan's true form, it was really easy for Kerrigan to not find Mendis.
Furthermore, as long as there is the Gate of the Abyss, the other demons will be lucky and will not risk their lives.
What Barton has to do is to cut off all thoughts of the devil.
After all, a big man like Kerrigan may not have the time to care whether those unknown demons have escaped or not.
But the person he designated, Barton himself, had no chance of escape or resistance.
Barton ordered the gate of the abyss to be closed. Within five minutes, Mendis hurried over and asked:
"Barton, why did you close the gate of the abyss?"
The devil originally also They are not a kind race, and the eager Mendis have become dependent on maintaining superficial peace.
Barton had already anticipated this scene before ordering the door to the abyss to be closed.
I saw him replying unhurriedly: "Your Excellency Mendis, if I remember correctly, I am the Lord of Bristone.
I have the final say on all buildings and defenses in Bristone.
Whether the gate of the abyss is closed, I think I don’t need your consent first. "
Mendis hesitated and said: "During the day, I have tried my best to cooperate. Do you have to push me to a dead end? "
If Bristone is breached, it seems that Mendis can fly to other demon cities.
But Mendis knew very well that Kerrigan at that time would never Will let him go.
As long as the city is destroyed, his only chance of survival is to pass through the gate of the abyss and hide in hell.
Obviously, his idea and escape route had long been anticipated by Barton.
"Lord Mendis, what are you talking about?
The number of demons in the city is several times that of humans. Even if it's ten to one, we will replace it. Get up.
But Your Majesty said that I am pushing you to a dead end. It seems that you have concluded that humans will definitely break through Bristone?”
Although Mendis did think so, he really couldn't say that.
"Barton, don't forget, His Majesty Cregan appointed me to take charge of all the troops in the rear, and you are also under my control!
I now order you to open the gate of the abyss immediately."< br>
The fire suddenly jumped on Barton's head, which was completely composed of flames.
"Really? Mr. Mendis, please produce His Majesty Cregan's warrant.
If you can't produce it, I will sue you for falsely passing orders, and I will report it to His Majesty Cregan. "
Mendis choked, but was completely speechless.
The authorization given to him by Kerrigan was only for the troops of Ferres and others. He wanted to mobilize Bliss There is no such possibility for Tong or the Gray Valley army.
After a long time, Mendis said as if pleading: "General Patton, keep the Gate of the Abyss, we can still get support from Hell at any time. .
Besides, even if His Majesty Cregan comes to support us, passing through the Gate of the Abyss is the fastest way. ”
Barton smiled coldly and said: "His Majesty Kerrigan has just conveyed an order to me. He ordered us to guard for more than a week no matter what.
For more than a second in a week, he will not even let the city be broken. Blame us.
For one second less in a week, he will drain each of our souls and put them into the abyss for a thousand years.
Lord Mendis, from now on, The warehouse will be completely open to you.
All mana potions and recovery items stored in it will be available to you and your lords.
I have only one request: to hold Bristone, if only for a week.
I promise you, once the week is up, I will definitely reopen the door to the abyss. "
Looking deeply at Patton, Mendis snorted:
"General Patton, I have always underestimated you before. At the critical moment, you are more ruthless than anyone else.
I should have been vigilant as early as when Tren died. ”
Just kidding, if he had known that Barton would close the Gate of the Abyss, Mendis would have returned to Hell through the Gate of the Abyss.
But he had no luck and was reluctant to part with this colorful main world.
"It's not too late for you to be vigilant, but if you are still unwilling to do anything..."
Barton paused deliberately, then continued:
"Believe me , I will definitely drag you into the water before I am tortured.”
Mendis never doubted this.
"I need it now. Please bring all the mana potions in the warehouse. I will summon the abyss lords to cast spells now." (End of Chapter)