This scene of blood and flesh turning into a river in an instant made the hearts of everyone at the top of Maple Leaf Danlin City even heavier.
The soldiers of the Almohad Empire stepped on the corpses of their companions with neat steps and continued to advance.
The bright red blood and white snow were mixed together, and then stepped on by the pairs of heavy military boots, they immediately turned into soft, black mud.
Immediately, it was frozen by the cold air and turned into an extremely solid hard ground.
After another round of ballista bombardment, the mages and archers also began to attack under orders.
Fireballs, ice bolts and arrows flew over the heads of the Maple Leaf Danlin soldiers, falling like raindrops into the Almohad soldiers.
Group after group of soldiers were hit and fell.
Either they died directly, or they held their bleeding wounds and wailed, begging for help from their companions. And more soldiers stepped over their corpses, holding their shields high, shouting and charging into the barrage of death.
Lorraine stood upright on top of the city, folding her arms, pursed her lips, and watched all this expressionlessly. She cursed in her heart, how mentally retarded a commander must be to let the soldiers do what he did.
They braved the wind and snow to launch a forceful attack? Aren't they afraid that they would turn around and be shot in the dark by resentful soldiers?
At this time, I heard a crashing sound.
Immediately afterwards, cheers rang out.
Relying on their superior numbers, the soldiers of the Imperial Army finally approached the city wall and put up the ladder.
Lorraine looked back and saw soldiers lined up behind the city wall, ready for hand-to-hand combat. Each of them clenched the weapons in their hands, swallowed nervously, and looked at the approaching enemy.
In the Almohad camp, some generals lowered their heads, unable to bear to see their soldiers suffer heavy casualties under Maple Leaf Danlin's powerful firepower.
Old Despey kept pacing nervously, shouting from time to time: "Let them speed up and get on the wall and we will win."
The generals around him all looked at Old Despey with resentful eyes. Even his most trustworthy scoundrels did not dare to flatter him anymore and say nonsense like "the general is wise".
Because these professionals all understand that under the rudimentary siege equipment, there is a lack of key suppression troops.
Their numerical advantage in this aspect cannot be used at all. Even if they get close to the city wall, it is difficult to gain a foothold, and they can only be massacred by the defenders of Maple Leaf Danlin.
This was simply a naked massacre. Even if we finally won with this ant-killing-the-elephant style of fighting, there was no glory. We would not have the face to see our colleagues in the future.
At this time, a burst of cheers was heard from the distance.
Old Despi was shocked and looked forward, only to see that the imperial soldiers had put the ladder up on the city wall, and they were crowding up to climb up the ladder.
Old Despey was immediately overjoyed. He raised his fist high above his head, then waved it hard and shouted: "Okay, let's go up. Victory is in sight, gentlemen."
At this moment, the soldiers on the top of the city were seen throwing down the wooden piles embedded with iron nails under command.
The wooden stakes hung by iron chains swept across a large area of the city wall like a pendulum. The ladder that was hit broke directly. The soldiers climbing on the ladder screamed and fell from the air.
The officers on the city shouted at the top of their lungs: "Free fire~!"
The crossbow gunners turned their muzzles and pointed them to the side and forward, and opened fire at the dense crowd of soldiers who were crowding under the city in preparation for ascending the city, causing huge damage in an instant.
The soldiers under the city wall stepped back, trying to avoid the ballistae, and immediately crowded together with the soldiers coming from behind. The crossbow arrows followed them, covering the dense crowd again.
The Almohad's attack was strangely delayed. The soldiers at the back were unwilling to crowd forward and become the targets of ballistae and mages. The soldiers at the front were not enough in number to scale the city wall.
Looking at the Almohads in front of him, Lorraine whispered to himself: "The method of attacking the city is a last resort. It takes three months to repair the oars and equipment, and it takes another three months to build the distance from the ridge."
.If the ants are overwhelmed by their anger and kill a third of the soldiers, but the city cannot be taken out, this attack will be a disaster."
The herald beside me asked: "What did you say, my lord?"
Lorraine shook her head and said, "Nothing."
At this time, an officer arrived and reported to Lorraine: "Sir, the city is running out of crossbows. We lack manpower to transport them from the warehouse."
Lorraine thought for a while and said: "Reduce the rate of fire and tell the soldiers to ensure maximum damage. In addition, reserve three rounds of crossbow arrows for each ballista. Tell the mage to save mana. I don't have the manpower here."
The officer had a look of astonishment in his eyes, but when he saw Lorraine's cold gaze, he finally agreed and turned around.
After a while, the Almohad Empire was keenly aware of this situation. A general exclaimed: "The attack of their ballistae has been reduced!"
Old Despey said with great joy: "Great, step up the attack, press them all up, and let the supervising team catch them up. In addition, send an order to the whole army to climb the city wall, and I will reward you with a thousand gold coins."
Almohad's bugle sounded again, and the supervisory team also rushed to the front line, using whips and sword backs to drive the soldiers behind. At the same time, the soldiers behind also shouted: "Climb the city wall, and you will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins.
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The Almohads' offensive suddenly intensified. More and more ladders were put up on the city walls, and the rolling logs dropped could only destroy some of them.
Looking from the air, the soldiers of the empire were like ants clinging to sugar cubes, covering the walls of the maple leaf forest.
The soldiers on the city formed a group of several people, holding long fork poles, forked the ladder, and then shouted the slogan and pushed the ladder forward with force.
But Almohad soldiers gradually climbed up the city, and the defenders stabbed or hacked them down.
On a row of ladders lined up side by side, Almohad soldiers rushed up one after another, finally repelling the defenders, and stood completely on the city wall. Soldiers continued to surge up from behind. They saw a group standing on the city, and the soldiers below the city.
The Almohads also cheered.
At this time, a group of well-equipped Maple Leaf Danlin soldiers arrived. They were all senior students from the Samurai Academy, with superb martial arts skills and good coordination.
Seeing that the situation was critical, he didn't say much at the moment. He took off the crossbow, raised his hand and let go with an arrow.
Dozens of crossbow arrows were shot out together, like raindrops.
The imperial soldiers did not expect that these guys were so insidious, without any sense of chivalry, and were unable to defend themselves. In addition, at such a close distance, the crossbow arrows exerted their powerful penetrating power.
Like mowing grass, a large area was shot down instantly.
Then, the students raised the explosive crystals they carried with them and smashed them at the few remaining imperial soldiers on the opposite side.
The opponent immediately exploded and another group of people fell on their backs.
This is the benefit accumulated by the academy over the years. They do not lack these expensive weapons at all.
When these students saw that few of the enemies on the top of the city were still standing, these ruffians took out their swords and pounced on them.
With just a few blows, the enemy was driven back from the top of the city.
They had just pushed the ladder down, and before they had time to cheer, they saw several more ladders coming up.
Immediately afterwards, the head with the battle helmet on it, like a gopher that couldn't be beaten, popped up from under the battlements again.
Immediately he fell into a hard fight again.
In the command post in the center of the city, Lorraine had received reports of the critical battle situation several times. He even watched helplessly as the guards on the top of the city fought hand-to-hand with the Imperial Army, but he still held the troops in his hands motionless.
He knew very well that the last reserve force he had in hand would be difficult to withdraw once it was spread out.
Although I know that what I am doing is not wrong, the huge pressure I have to endure is not something that ordinary people can bear.
Every time the enemy ascends to the city, they will think about what if they can't withstand it any longer and they capture the city. But if I keep this little force in my hand and don't use it, what a regret it will be. And I will
Will become the sinner of Maple Leaf Danlin.
I am afraid that I will regret it when I wake up in the middle of the night, even until my death, thinking about this battle, and thinking that if I had used that little force to defeat the enemy, I might have withstood the opponent's attack.
Seeing that the defenders on the top of the city were getting more and more tired, the density and intensity of the bows and arrows fired had also been greatly weakened. Even the ballistae on the top of the city were firing from time to time due to lack of ammunition.
Last shot.
The defenders on the top of the city were like a sickly and exhausted giant. Every time they swung a punch, they hit the opponent, but the opponent did not suffer any damage. On the contrary, he was left panting from exhaustion.
But despite this, despite their desperate resistance, the Imperial Legion was still unable to set foot on the city.
Those poor children braved the wind and snow, trudged through the icy mud and artillery fire, and then braved the biting cold wind, holding the sword with their almost frozen hands, while the officials yelled and fisted.
In the middle of beating and kicking, he rushed to the top of the city with all his strength.
The white snow and blood under the city head were mixed together, and then stepped on by military boots, turning into a purple-red mud. Even the dead bodies on that place were drowned, and only a piece of armor of a hand was exposed.
It was extremely miserable up there
The battle almost came to a standstill.
Time passed by minute by minute, and it was noon.
Then another loud horn sound was heard in the distance. Old Despey couldn't hold it any longer, and finally issued a mobilization order, driving all his troops to attack the city.
Lorraine saw that the other party was staying behind and the troops were already moving, so he let out a long breath, and finally he was able to survive.
The exhausted soldiers under the city wall also let out a long sigh, and finally a scapegoat came up. They no longer had to be held up by swords to climb the city wall that seemed very close but was extremely far away.
They were dragging their feet more and more. Some of those who climbed up the ladder pretended to have slippery hands, then screamed and slipped down from the top. Those who lifted the ladder also screamed and lifted it gently and slowly, without exerting any effort.
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Lorraine saw that the legion coming from behind had entered his safe range, and slowly raised his right hand.
Dozens of mages immediately took to the air with their backpacks in hand.
They flew over the city wall and came outside. When they saw the orderly army of the Empire that came up first, they immediately opened their backpacks and flipped the mouth downwards. They scattered them and flew from front to back.
Countless red crystals immediately poured down.
Countless bright fireworks exploded on the ground.
Immediately afterwards, thick smoke billowed up and enveloped the legion.
The magicians finished dumping the crystals in their backpacks, and when they saw that they had completed their tasks, they did not stop. They whistled and turned back.
When the smoke cleared, everyone was trembling with fear.
The ground was in a mess. Countless corpses fell miserably to the ground. Screams and wails rang out and reached everyone's ears.
Their entire legion simply disappeared in this carpet bombing.
The battlefield fell silent for a moment, as if time had stood still.
Immediately afterwards, a second team of magicians appeared in the sky, causing a huge chaos immediately.
The follow-up legions who were marching in a goose-step manner with great majesty saw the magicians and didn't know whether to advance or retreat for a moment, so they stopped one after another.
While they were hesitating, they saw the guys in the sky with evil smiles on their faces and opened their backpacks again. These warriors immediately turned around and ran away with their heads in their hands.
It turned out that the road behind was blocked by other legions, and it was impossible to go back for a while. But this did not trouble these brave soldiers at all. They shouted and then scattered. They just wanted to avoid the ones above their heads.
Magicians.
Especially when they discovered that those hateful mages were laying eggs wherever there were many people, they ran more and more scattered.
So much so that later on, when a magician appeared in the sky, everyone turned around and ran away without even saying hello.
They were like pebbles thrown into water, causing ripples of chaos in the originally neat square formation.
But it's just a ripple.
These professional soldiers are not the kind of militia that disperses at a moment's notice. At this time, they showed their equally high-quality fighting qualities.
Before the magicians appeared in groups overhead, they still maintained a complete battle formation. Some legions even organized archers to shoot arrows into the air to drive away the magicians who were about to fly overhead.
The magicians were flying up and down in the air, dodging the opponent's arrows, and then trying to fly as close as possible so that they could throw the explosive crystal on their heads.
On both sides, you attack and I defend, and the fight is endless.
At this time, the morale of the soldiers under the city wall was already low. Now they saw that reinforcements could not arrive, and the number of people on their side was getting smaller and smaller under the slow bombardment of the ballistae at the top of the city.
It is extremely testing their mental bottom line, which has become more and more fragile.
And at this time, I saw fireballs starting to be thrown down from the top of the city. Although the fireballs were not big and had no lethality, each one of them was sending out choking thick smoke. The most terrifying thing
The thing is, the smoke is all a strange yellow color.
They were in a state of wonder.
I don’t know who shouted, “Poison~! That smoke is poisonous~!”
Hearing that voice, it was like piercing the window paper in their hearts, and hundreds of thousands of voices immediately shouted together.
"Poison smoke, that's poison smoke~!"
"So despicable~!"
"..."
"Let's run away~!"
Then everyone shouted and ran away one after another.
The defenders at the top of the city took Lorraine's order, turned the muzzle of their guns, aimed at the buttocks of these imperial troops, and began to fire violently, knocking out the last ones among them who were escaping.
After the imperial soldiers discovered this situation, they fled faster. Not only to escape the thick smoke, but more importantly, they had to escape faster than their companions, otherwise, the deathly fire would come to them.
on the head.
The chaos gradually expanded.
Lorraine stood on the top of the city, waiting for this moment. Without hesitation, he sent out all the mages on hand.
The mages formed a large concave formation in the air, trapping the soldiers running around on the ground. As soon as someone tried to escape from the range, there would immediately be a burst of bombardment. On the contrary,
As long as they run in their own direction, just throw one or two crystals behind them to make them run faster.
Under the command of Lorraine at the top of the city, they drove them behind the defeated imperial troops like a herd of sheep. They drove them towards their own military formation.
The broken soldiers ran in a chaotic manner, and at once they dispersed three legions that had no time to react. They threatened the soldiers and fled with them.
Some legions also reacted and wanted to stop and stabilize their positions, but at this time, the defeated soldiers were already panicking like a mudslide rushing down. In an instant, they were drowned without even a wave of spray.
He got up and disappeared into the crowd of people.
In this chaos, everyone is helpless. Even if they want to stop, they are pushed by the people around them and cannot stop. Otherwise, they will be pushed down by others and then trampled into a pulp.
Lorraine looked at their chaotic scene and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Look at how many of them there are. If I had a cavalry of 3,000 people at this time, it would be hard to see these Almohad Empire soldiers again.
The sun was shining brightly the next day.
In order to run faster, these soldiers dropped their swords, guns, shields, and armor and flags. Then they stepped over the corpses of their comrades, and were driven away by the magicians, panting, and fled towards the camp.
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Just when the magicians were driving the imperial soldiers, charging towards the last few legions that still maintained their structure, victory was in sight.
At this time, these victors discovered that in the distance, dozens of black spots slowly rose from the direction of the Imperial Army camp.
Those are the few magicians left in the Almohad Empire Legion.
Old Despey was not without merit. After his trebuchet unit was blown up by the magicians sent by Lorraine, he learned a trick from him and prevented all the magicians from mixing with the troops.
It is drawn out to form a separate unit for use.
Since there were not many mages left, Old Despey didn't mobilize them until now.
The leading mage looked at his counterpart opposite with cold eyes, the red robe of the archmage fluttering in the wind.