More and more living corpses, mainly skeletons, rushed to the front of the position. The militiamen looked at the terrifying skeletons close at hand, screamed in horror, and at the same time put their spears over the fence or stabbed the enemy through the gaps.
Part of the militiamen began to fill sandbags as quickly as possible and pile up earthen mounds and slopes on higher ground in the vehicle formation. According to Griffith's arrangement, they would move the bed crossbows up.
This work will take some time. Until then, the militiamen must hold their ground.
Griffith looked around. The ragtag group he led relied on the river on one side and resisted the attack of the living corpses on an irregular rectangular defense line.
Although he was born in a regular cavalry and was educated in formal military theory, how to command weak and timid militiamen in combat was also part of his learning. The senior courses at Homon Watts would even train them on how to train and fight behind enemy lines.
Organize a rebel army.
Griffith knew very well that the militiamen were unreliable. Regardless of how loud they shouted, they would easily flee in a real fight, and no matter how much reward they were given, it would be useless. However, there were some ways to get the militiamen who were farmers and ordinary citizens to
play a role.
The simplest way is to stick to the city walls and fortresses. As long as the defenders with poor combat effectiveness have strong fortifications to rely on, they can still fight powerful enemies and even perform miracles. When defending a city, anything can happen. If the attackers do not destroy it,
The means of fortification are likely to consume all the manpower during the attack; the defenders will also gain confidence and persist in fighting because they are in a solid defense.
Griffiths is familiar with the construction of fortifications. Civil engineering is a glorious tradition of the Byerland army.
Even the Eastern Legion, composed of elite soldiers and experienced legionnaires like him, when attacking the orcs, first built solid walls and positions at an extremely fast speed to oppress the orcs' fortress or camp front, and then in the first line
Build another wall behind the wall to protect the first wall.
Even an orc army with extraordinary warriors, warlocks, giant beasts, and wolf cavalry will suffer a lot once the position is established, as long as they don't defeat Byeran's army at the beginning.
Once the initial fortifications were completed, Beyeland's regular army began to extend the encirclement line and try to encircle the enemy. If the enemy did not run away, they would cut off their supplies and hit them with trebuchets every day.
Even a demigod can be suffocated in the encirclement of Baieran's army.
The most dangerous battles often occur during the period from the beginning of the defense line construction to the completion of the defense line. Enemies aware of the threat will definitely attack with all their strength, and Beyelan's army will also use all its strength to drive the enemy back.
This was the case in Griffith's final battle in the east. The Legion was just doing its daily work of building a defense line towards the orcs' fortress, and suddenly both sides gathered all their main forces to fight in darkness.
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The car formation in front of them is the city walls and barriers that Griffith built for the militiamen. The Deathrattle Order was obviously poorly prepared and failed to stop Griffith's troops halfway in time. They were not well organized when they launched the attack.
On the other hand, Griffith also made a lot of preparations. He prepared a carriage, cloth bags and wood in advance, and built a position immediately after arriving at his destination.
These citizens, who had become frightened as soon as they left the defense line in the lower city, stood on the carriages of the carriages, hid behind the wooden fence, and stabbed the living corpses that rushed towards them through the gaps with their spears.
The entire position is like a lying motionless hedgehog.
Although the living corpses are ferocious and terrifying, they cannot tear down the wooden fence in a short time. The militiamen, led by their respective squad leaders, roared and poked with their spears, and then used axes to chop the living corpses that climbed up the wooden fence, or used hammers to knock them down.
Crush them.
After fighting like this for a while, no one in the militia was killed. Instead, a large number of living corpses without the commander fell outside the position.
"Not bad," Amber patted Griffith on the shoulder and praised him, "Everyone did a good job."
“There are also many shortcomings.” Griffith said modestly.
Although the vehicle formation greatly increases the defensive power, once it is established, the troops will not be able to perform any tactical actions.
Griffith originally thought that the city defense army he commanded during the Battle of Boulogne-Plachin was bad enough. But now he thinks that the city defense army could at least follow his flags and orders to rotate and maneuver, and even attacked the rebels in a roundabout way.
The way back.
The militiamen can't do this. If Griffith dares to lead them to turn and change formations, the militiamen will definitely be in chaos on the spot.
In Verona, he dared to use the city defense army's circular formation to defend, and also planned to launch an attack on the enemy's commander. Today, he must use carriages to surround his army, completely giving up the ability to maneuver and counterattack on the battlefield, and concentrate on how to
Ensure that soldiers can stay on the battlefield - Griffith's focus is entirely on how to prevent the militia from dispersing. The morale of his troops is much more desperate than in Verona.
The defense line surrounds everyone in the middle. No matter which direction the monster attacks, after setting up the fence, everyone can raise their weapons toward the outside and guard the fence in front of them. It is so easy!
“Stick to your post!” Griffiths patrolled around the defense line and said to the militiamen who were building earth mounds, “Hurry up.”
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The living zombies began to tear at the wood that was blocking them. The two sides fought in chaos and shouting. Due to the blockage of the fence, the two sides were never able to engage in close combat. The accuracy and speed of the attack were often affected by the existence of obstacles. During the long attack process,
, many wooden fences were destroyed, some militiamen were dragged out and killed, and some were rescued by their companions in time.
Others hurriedly used axes and hammers to smash the skulls that had gotten in, and then plugged new wood into the gap. Another person came in and continued to poke the heads of the monsters outside the fence with spears.
While the pikemen were attacking, the archers were not idle either.
They use lit arrows to shoot monsters a few meters away, or simply use lit torches to burn them.
Rotten skeletons are not easy to ignite, but occasionally some will be poured with fire oil, and other living corpses will be burned into a ball of fire.
During this period, Griffith and Amber provided several reinforcements, eliminating the living corpses that almost rushed in and blocking the gap.
The militiamen gradually discovered that they had a great advantage, and their morale increased. They attacked the monsters outside the wooden fence without flinching. They felt that their front line was indestructible, and they felt particularly safe and powerful standing shoulder to shoulder. They felt that their front line was indestructible.
Although most of his passion had dissipated and he no longer shouted, he still carried out the order to attack.
The newly resurrected undead creatures are not afraid of death, and their claws and teeth are also very terrifying. There is no such thing as morale. Without further orders, they continue to attack one after another until they kill all humans or themselves are wiped out.
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The battle went on like this for more than half an hour, during which a steady stream of living corpses came to attack the vehicle formation. The militiamen also retreated in batches and took turns to rest.
Finally, someone in the center of the position shouted:
“Lord Knight, get ready!”
The earthen rampart in the center of the battle formation was finally piled up. Two bed crossbows were placed on it, pointing in the direction of the large tomb chamber.
Griffith immediately left the front line and came to the crossbow to aim at the cemetery's large tomb himself.
The building that looked like it was corroded and parasitic was trembling and pulsing strangely like a heart, and black mud was constantly seeping out and spreading outward. Judging from the vague spiritual energy fluctuations, appearance and location, this building
The Great Tomb Chamber is undoubtedly the center of the cult in this area.
If the Deathrattle Order is planning and hiding something, this round of attacks will force them out. Otherwise, once the large tomb chamber as the psychic center is destroyed, their conspiracy in this area will also go bankrupt. Come on, let me see
Look at your background.
“Crossbow gun, fire!”
Griffith ordered. Even if he is not a professional artilleryman, he still understands the ranging and aiming at this distance.
The target used to be the large tomb in the Xiacheng District Cemetery. It was a building mainly made of wood and bricks, standing alone on the flat ground. The black material wrapped outside didn't look very solid, making it an excellent target.
The militiamen immediately loaded their crossbows, coated the gun heads with kerosene and lit them.
“Bang!”
The crossbow gun roared out, and the first shot pierced the wall of the tomb chamber after a short flight, breaking a large hole and making a dull sound. The flame on the gun head ignited the damaged area.
“Load!” Griffith yelled, and jumped to another crossbow.
The second ignited crossbow fired out. This time it penetrated the roof of the tomb, and you could even see the roof collapse amidst the flying debris and smoke.
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An astonishing wave spread around the large tomb chamber. The living corpses that were besieging the car formation suddenly became even more crazy and began to desperately attack the car formation. They were stacked one on top of another, and they were frantically trying to climb over the wooden fence and jump in.
.More skeleton zombies emerged from the black mud in the distance and swooped over here.
Amber saw the living corpse suddenly emerging from the ground in the distance, and hurriedly shouted: "Griffith, hurry up!"
"It's shooting, it's shooting!" Griffith shouted as he and the militiamen hurriedly cocked their giant crossbows.
The bed crossbow is only two hundred meters away from the large tomb. For a siege engine, this position is almost like riding on the face.
Another round of fire crossbow was fired.
“Boom!” After a loud noise, a cloud of smoke rose up from the black building like a shriveled, moldy orange. Half of the wall collapsed, and the remaining half burst into flames.
The living corpses that were coming from all directions suddenly stopped. Except for those who were already besieging the car formation nearby, the living corpses in the cemetery further away seemed to have lost their target, and fell into confusion and wandering.
The surrounding black mud suddenly lost its vitality and stopped spreading.
Sure enough, these undead creatures are indeed extremely ferocious, but most of them do not have self-awareness and need a commander, and they can be disintegrated by simply breaking their center.
Their organizational structure is like a colony of worker bees and ants...
Griffith put down the crossbow on his bed and looked at the burning tomb and the surrounding environment, thinking quickly, and at the same time, he was alert to the appearance of abnormalities.
After a few minutes, nothing happened. Chaos spread among the undead, and the black mud began to slowly fade away like seawater at ebbing tide.
Soon, Griffith understood the situation at hand.
Huh, what did I expect, but it was defeated by my reconnaissance force... The cult group actually took the risk to establish an advance base without enough troops and commanders. They were probably preparing to take advantage of the chaos and fear in the lower city to attack the tomb.
Secretly gathering troops in the direction of the park.
Judging from the results, the cult’s attempt here failed. This nest was destroyed before it could play its full role.
Next, after Griffith has cleared away the enemies on the periphery of the position, he will go to the large tomb chamber to investigate its structure and secrets in depth.