Battle

Author: Arion's Dolphins

Battle

The defenses of the cities we broke through before were very average, and most of them didn't even have complete and reliable city walls, let alone regular troops and spellcasters.

After advancing to this position, Colo's army had basically reacted. They organized a good defense line in the provincial capital of Waterdeep City, preparing for a head-on confrontation with Nairn's regular army.

If they could penetrate Waterdeep, they would be able to approach the core of Colo and directly threaten the enemy's capital. Waterdeep's strategic location was critical.

In this case, the first round of tentative attacks by both sides began.

Waterdeep City is a city built on the mouth of a river. There is a lake not far away, and the city is named after it. There are not many regular troops defending Waterdeep City, and their quality is not very high. It is the level of a normal city defense army, but compared with

In contrast, they also have other means, such as the undead army.

There was a rotten humanoid creature pressed under Tang Zhao's claws. The creature was trying to bite Tang Zhao's scales with its mouth, but it had no effect. Instead, it was held down by Tang Zhao's claws, unable to move at all.

In his opinion, these zombies were similar to those from the previous life. Their combat effectiveness was very average, and it was difficult to win against regular human soldiers with weapons and equipment. However, their endurance seemed to be pretty good, and they could fight with numerical superiority.

[What does this thing rely on to provide energy? The mage function should have a limited range, and a low-level mage can't sustain much. Using the precious high-level mage magic power to maintain these cannon fodder, it feels like the gain is not worth the loss. 】

Lin En knew his enemies well: "Actually, most of the living dead are made up of low-level magic apprentices. Don't underestimate their number. It's easy to maintain an army. In addition, there are also many living dead."

Use blood cores to provide energy, such as the one under your feet, and you can try to cut open its chest to find out what you are interested in."

Tang Zhao swiped his claws lightly and disemboweled the living dead at his feet. He searched with the tips of his claws in disgust and found a blood core. The color was much lighter than what Tang Zhao had seen before.

"It is said that the people here made a deal with the devil in exchange for the technology to initially use the blood core. However, this technology is still very crude and the efficiency of utilizing the energy in the blood core is very low. The blood core of a third-order creature,

It's actually only enough to sustain one living dead for a week."

[What if low-level creatures can’t be used?]

Lin En nodded and admitted: "It is indeed unusable. The lower limit is level three, which results in a very small number of free living dead. Most of the time, there are still necromancer apprentices behind the scenes. A level one necromancer can

Controlling dozens or hundreds of living dead, the number that second- and third-level mages can control has skyrocketed, so if you want to maintain an army of living dead, you only need a small group of people."

[You said this creature has the ability to infect humans. How effective is it? 】

"Humans who are directly scratched or bitten may be infected, and in severe cases, they may die. The corpse will become a new material for the necromancers, which is very troublesome. This is one of the reasons why I asked the elves for help."

The virus is not untreatable and can be treated with medicine and magic. Elves are very good at these two aspects, so Linn wants to bring them in.

[I probably understand, what should I do next? Let the giant eagle throw me from the sky into the city to create chaos, and then you will wait for the opportunity? 】

"That's not necessary. It's too dangerous for you, and it's not efficient enough. I heard that you are very capable of digging holes, right?"

【clear.】

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The task assigned to Tang Zhao was actually not difficult, which was to dig holes. The minimum goal was to dig through the city wall so that Nairn's soldiers could enter the city. The highest goal was to dig down a section of the city wall, which depended on Tang Zhao's digging speed.

Tang Zhao was very familiar with this kind of task. He had accumulated a considerable amount of experience when he was in Karak Solma, and now it was no longer a problem.

When digging a hole, the ground will vibrate, and experienced defenders will assign specialists to monitor the vibrations. Not to mention that there are spellcasters in this world who can use spells to achieve their goals.

The soil here is very good for digging. At the same time, the city wall of Waterdeep City is different from the one in Karak Solmar. Because it is built on the plain, the defensive area is large, and no one can usually threaten this place, so the city wall

The building is not very generous, only three meters high, and the height is about six or seven meters. It is not difficult to dig it down.

In order to interfere with the enemy's detection and buy time for Tang Zhao, the Nien people also organized an attack, using the sound and vibration caused by the attack to disturb the defenders.

In the evening, the attack officially began.

A creature with a body structure similar to that of a cow but as huge as an African elephant arrived on the battlefield dragging ballistae and catapults. There were even a few cannons bought from the dwarf kingdom mixed in, plus the endless magic of the casters.

Various long-range attacks were focused on a section of the city wall. At the same time, a small number of human warriors were conducting feint attacks on both sides of the city.

In the sky, Nirn's horse vultures and the elves' giant eagles attacked together. The Koro people used their giant bats and manticores to fight back, but they were undoubtedly at a disadvantage in terms of numbers and failed to maintain air superiority. A large number of stones

Magic even fell from the sky and hit various key locations in the city.

This posture gave people the feeling of a general attack. The Colo people also fell into the trap and mobilized a large number of troops on Tang Zhao's side. Many mages were sent to deal with the enemies in the air. No one seemed to notice Tang Zhao's side.

situation.

The gaze shifted back to him. In fact, the Kolo people clearly put a lot of effort into building the city. There are huge rocks generated by magic below the city, and there are also complex detection magics that will sound an alarm if they are touched.

This defense is more than enough to deal with ordinary tunnel soldiers, but Tang Zhao's magic immune constitution can deal with detection magic, and his claws can quickly crush those stones.

The mages responsible for inspection and maintenance will definitely find something wrong when they touch the magic circle again, but since we are at war, they will definitely not find it tonight. This time is enough.

Smashing the rocks bit by bit, Tang Zhao came to the city wall and began to figure out how to attack the city wall.

The safest way would definitely be to completely hollow out the bottom of the city wall, but this would be too time-consuming and would test the digging ability, otherwise he would be easily buried alive, so he planned to use a simpler and more direct method.

Tang Zhao dug directly upward and quickly broke down the bricks and stones, preparing the city wall to collapse due to lack of support.

There will definitely be soldiers who notice it, but this city is not small. The time difference between the soldiers discovering it, informing their superiors, and finally the superiors sending powerful enough spellcasters to stabilize the situation will be long enough for Tang Zhao to take action.

Not all city walls will be made of marble and metal, and not all city walls will have a large number of dwarf rune stones stuffed inside. The walls of Blackwater City are not very strong, and a large piece of broken masonry can be brought down by swiping with your claws.

After paddling for a while, the inside was even made of rammed earth, which was a helpless move to save costs, making it easier to dig.

You could vaguely hear shouts from the ground. It must be that the soldiers on the ground have discovered that something is wrong, but it will take some time for the other party to react, so there is no need to worry.

Through his unremitting efforts, he basically hollowed out the lower part of this small section of the city wall from the inside, leaving only the bricks and stones that were relatively solid on the outside.

Not wanting to be buried alive by the city wall, Tang Zhao hurriedly ran back out of the tunnel from the tunnel and called the human troops hiding nearby to proceed to the next step.

Several dwarf cannons were pushed out of their hidden bunkers and aimed at the foundation of the city wall, and the human soldiers opened fire.

The accuracy of the artillery is not satisfactory, but the target like the city wall is too conspicuous, so it can hit it no matter what.

Amid the cheers of the Nirn soldiers, the city wall was blown down. Although no direct gap was formed, a climbable slope was formed, and the soldiers could climb the city wall from there.

[Send a message to your commander, he will know what to do.]

After saying these words, Tang Zhao returned to his maximum size and ran towards the collapse of the city wall.

The broken masonry was not a hindrance to him. With the help of his well-developed muscles, he could stand on two feet for a short time. The city wall was six or seven meters high. His claws were embedded in the city wall and he climbed over the city wall with a little effort.

Enter the city interior.

A large group of human soldiers looked at him in horror. Facing a giant predatory creature more than ten meters long in the dark night, most people would still be afraid.

[Drop your weapon and get out, or die.]

War is a matter of life and death. Tang Zhao had no mercy to say during the battle. After saying a word, he rushed into the group of soldiers. He didn't even use his claws and teeth. He could hit the human soldiers with his body and break all the bones.

While killing among the soldiers, he paid attention to the movements of the spell casters around him. Kolo is a country that is completely centered on mages. Everything revolves around the services of mages. This is also true in wars. These city defense troops are at best high-level cannon fodder.

Talk to the security team.

Keluo's reaction speed was not too slow. Within a few minutes, a low-level mage led a large group of living dead to surround Tang Zhao, trying to drown him with a human sea tactic.

At the same time, many mage apprentices who practiced magic in other directions used magic to attack him from a distance, but in the face of strong immunity, it was just a drizzle, and Tang Zhao had no feeling for their magic.

The living dead did cause him trouble, because this kind of thing would not die even if its bones were broken. As long as the control core in the body was not dug out, it could still maintain the control state.

The power was not strong, not enough to kill an elephant, but it was still very annoying. Tang Zhao believed that if he was delayed, he would be surrounded by others who would seize the opportunity, and it would be difficult to deal with it.

He spit out venom one after another at the living dead in front of him, and used his tail to fling away several living dead. While creating a small vacuum zone, Tang Zhao seized the opportunity, used brute force to force his way through the surrounding living dead, and rushed forward.

Go to the caster's position in the distance.

The living dead were not fast, they were just as fast as ordinary people trotting, and could not catch up with Tang Zhao. When the spellcasters discovered that something was wrong, it was too late, and they had no time to run. They could only watch Tang Zhao approach them.

Tang Zhao jumped into the mage, threw out a circle of thorns, and made up for a few fish that slipped through the net. This small group of spell casters were successfully eliminated, and the living dead soon lost their vitality.

Paralyzed to the ground and transformed into a corpse again.

At this time, the city's defenders basically lost their morale and retreated without a fight. Faced with an unfamiliar and complex environment, Tang Zhao had no interest in pursuing the enemy and turned to observe the situation of Nien's army.

The reserve team that had been prepared long ago had already climbed over the city wall and began to gradually occupy the city.

Their goal is to occupy any gate, coordinate external troops, and let them enter the city. The air force will cooperate with their actions to a certain extent.

After a brief exchange, Tang Zhao decided to attack the feinted gate together with the human commander.

This can consume the enemy's vitality as much as possible. Anyway, there are only so many spellcasters in total, one will die and one will be lost. If they are dragged into the city and enter street fighting, it will be very complicated to deal with, and the losses will not be small.

After the plan was confirmed, Tang Zhao and others began to attack. Tang Zhao would open the way in front. When encountering the human city defense army, they would directly disperse. When encountering the team of spell casters, they would find a way to behead them.

The biggest problem in Waterdeep City is the lack of high-level combat effectiveness. They have enough cannon fodder and a large number of spellcasters who can be used as mainstays, but the number of high-level mages cannot match that of Tang Zhao.

After all, this was a raid, and the high-level forces from several provinces were gathered here in Nirn, forming a local advantage.

Now that all their high-level combat capabilities have been assigned to the main battlefield, they can't spare their reserves to block Tang Zhao and the others. The consequences are very serious. Faced with the beheading tactic, they have no countermeasures and will not be discovered.

If you do, you may be killed directly.

Tang Zhao and the others soon received air support - lighting magic marked the enemy from the sky, allowing them to spot the enemy from a distance, and at the same time, they could also know the location of the opponent's caster, making it easier to behead them.

The speed of information acquisition in ancient battlefields was basically cheating. They maintained high-speed breakthroughs all the way. Tang Zhao and others came to the city gate and encountered their first difficult enemy here.

It was a fifth-level warrior, wearing heavy plate armor and holding an exaggeratedly large sword in his hand. The two-handed sword of the ancients on earth was very heavy at ten kilograms. Tang Zhao felt that the opponent's weapon might weigh hundreds of kilograms.

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He quickly ordered his soldiers to retreat and be careful. Tang Zhao looked at him solemnly.

[This is a country of spellcasters. Soldiers are outsiders here after all. Now that this city has been captured, you still have the right to sit down and talk. Can you consider it? 】

The soldier said coldly: "Monsters don't need to worry about my affairs, you just need to die."

Tang Zhao didn't waste any time, and accelerated suddenly, preparing to fight head-on with the opponent. After killing him, the door would be unobstructed, and no one could stop Tang Zhao anymore.

Despite holding such a heavy weapon, the warrior's speed was still exaggerated. He could easily dodge Tang Zhao's sprint, and then slashed hard with his backhand.

The knife struck Tang Zhao's scales, cutting long cracks. Tang Zhao felt as if he had been hit by a hammer, and it was very painful.

He opened his mouth and tried to bite the opponent, but was dodged nimbly. Tang Zhao spat out another ball of venom, which caught the opponent off guard and injured him.
Chapter completed!