As the army commander Li Mu waved his arm, swung his clenched sword forward and issued an attack command, the originally extremely depressing and condensed atmosphere on the battlefield suddenly became heated.
Seeing the commander issuing the attack order, the drummers standing on the high platform in the army immediately understood. They raised their thick arms and beat the drumsticks hard on the war drums sewn from the thick skin of giant wild monsters.
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Boom, boom, boom...
After receiving a violent blow, the sound of soaring war drums suddenly sounded. The soldiers who were originally on standby suddenly raised their spirits, holding their swords and shields in their respective positions, and focused their attention on the wall of the Ankara Temple not far away.
"The 5th Squadron of the 2nd Battalion of the 188th Corps, move forward!"
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As the rhythm of the drum gradually accelerated, the captains of the giant shield warrior squadrons at the front of the team began to shout loudly. Hundreds of squadrons and thousands of shield warriors lined up in array according to combat instructions, adjusted their team's position according to the lineup, and headed towards Ankara.
The temple moves slowly.
All the teams participating in this [Fall of Gods] plan are definitely elite troops with absolute combat strength and rich experience. They have obtained excellent records from the one-year war and are well-preserved.
Because of this, although the offensive scene of this battle was quite grand, the well-trained elite soldiers kept an orderly pace and moved forward slowly. The entire military line looked neat and majestic and extremely oppressive.
The defenders on the walls of the Ankara Temple also heard the thundering sound of war drums not far away. Bishop Philip, under the golden high priest suit, looked silent and looked at the Noxian soldiers who started to take action.
Show any expression.
The distance between the two sides gradually narrowed from the initial three kilometers to two kilometers. The Noxian line that originally showed a straight line began to turn into many scattered dots in the eyes of the defenders. Looking at these soldiers, they still
Maintaining a tight formation that was as standard as a textbook, all the defenders, including the temple members, were constantly sinking in their hearts.
Bishop Philip keenly felt the mentality of the defenders. He sighed slightly in his heart: The individual combat effectiveness of the defenders here is not low. If you pick one at random, you can easily defeat an entire squadron of soldiers in front. But in terms of war,
In terms of experience, I am afraid that if you randomly pick one of the soldiers on the opposite side, you can surpass the guardians of an entire direction.
Knowing that the morale of the soldiers could not continue to fall, Bishop Philip waved his staff slightly and issued an order in a loud voice: "Activate the defensive array."
Many people were shocked when they heard Bishop Philip's instructions.
The defensive array of the Ankara Temple can greatly enhance the defense of the temple wall against magic effects. This makes the magic with super destructive power only play a small role when attacking the city wall, which will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.
Defensive pressure.
Bishop Philip breathed a sigh of relief when he found that the guards' mentality became calmer.
At the same time, the Noxian military commander issued the next action order. He pointed his sword in a certain direction, and the sound of the war drums suddenly changed.
As the sound of "squeaking, squeaking" objects rubbing against each other was heard from all over the Noxian army, it was clear to all Noxian soldiers: the siege machinery was starting to move!
With such an elite Noxian force, facing ordinary villages or small copycat defense systems, they don't need any siege equipment at all, they can just use force to defeat them. However, in the face of the rumored to have super strong defensive strength,
It is not wise to attack the Ankara Temple at the expense of the lives of soldiers.
Siege engines are extremely effective against city walls, but they also have quite obvious flaws: their targets are huge and they move slowly.
Of course, the huge siege equipment is equipped with very solid armor and even has a special mechanical shield. The defense mechanism of the mechanical shield is somewhat similar to the life shield of Valoran warriors, which can withstand various blows to a certain extent.
, but the recovery ability is relatively low, and it must rely on scarce and expensive energy items to inject energy, and the replenishment speed is very slow.
Generally speaking, siege equipment is expensive to build. To deal with ordinary city walls, three or five siege equipment can open a hole for the troops. However, hundreds of machines were sent out at one time in this battle, which shows that the Noxus military headquarters has great influence on Ankara.
The importance attached to the temple and determination to conquer it.
As the siege equipment slowly started to catch up with the shield warriors in front, the Noxian army commander's next order had also been issued.
The crossbowmen follow!
Crossbowmen are a must-have unit for any large army. They can exert a very good attack effect when facing magicians who lack defense. Moreover, when attacking a fortress, a sufficient number of crossbowmen can attack the city wall.
Remote attackers pose a threat and reduce the pressure on the front.
Even though a large number of troops were mobilized, coach Li Mu still wanted to reduce some attack losses for the military headquarters.
There is another unit of shield warriors dispatched at the same time as the crossbowmen. Their main task is to provide a protective barrier for the crossbowmen, so that the former can use their own strength more effectively.
After all, the crossbowmen who have a lot of threats but are directly exposed in front of the fortress are still quite vulnerable, and will undoubtedly be the first target that the defenders consider attacking.
As Li Mu issued orders one after another, the Noxian army began to march towards the Ankara Temple in an orderly manner, and the distance between the two sides gradually decreased to less than one kilometer.
One kilometer is the distance at which the defenders standing on the city wall can clearly identify the opponent's number.
Seeing the Noxian army slowly approaching with strong pressure, and feeling the sound of footsteps coming from a thousand meters away from the front, the faces of many defenders who had never participated in a battle began to change.
Turned pale.
Although the war has not officially started and the Noxian army is only moving forward slowly, Bishop Philip knows that the opponent's coach Li Mu has begun to influence the mentality of the defenders through this extremely oppressive approach. Once this happens,
Once the influence accumulates to a certain extent, it is difficult to say how much strength the defenders can exert in battle.
Philip knew that the pressure brought by the huge army must be broken with high-profile means. He turned his eyes to the young man standing silently beside him and gave instructions in a low voice.