The Second Army formed a formation under the city of Reese, with five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry mixed into the cannon fodder regiment, acting as supervisors. The cannon fodder regiments, under the command of their instructors, formed a simple square formation.
The remaining 10,000 tiger and leopard cavalry gathered the bows and arrows of the entire army and acted as a temporary long-range bow and arrow phalanx.
The Lord of Reese stood on the high tower of the city wall, looking at the cannon fodder in the queue below the city, his face was ashen.
"How could they do this! Those are the citizens of the empire! Bastards!" Many defenders looked at the cannon fodder under the city and said angrily.
Yes, this is the first time on the Ross continent that someone has used enemy civilians as vanguards. Some people may think this approach is too ridiculous. How can one of his own people beat his own people? But in Jia Xu's view, this is not unbreakable.
Indeed, these captured cannon fodders were civilians of the Alton Empire three days ago, but after experiencing the brutal training, their hands were stained with the blood of their compatriots, and they were no longer those who lived in a peaceful state.
of people.
What's more, the Second Army's combination of kindness and power not only left a mark of invincibility in the hearts of the cannon fodder, but also promised huge profits to seduce these civilians living at the bottom of the empire.
Since there is no way to return to the way it was before, in order to survive and for those distant and elusive wealth and status, these cannon fodders only have a little bit of their last conscience.
Zhao Yun looked at the sparse defenders on the city wall and roughly estimated the number of people.
It won't exceed 20,000! Very good, as long as the city gate can be breached, the victory or defeat will be known for the second army.
Zhao Yun never thought of using the unique mode of the Ross continent to attack the solid city walls. The new generation of simple combination crossbows carried by the army will be the most important part of the Second Army's siege battle in this expedition.
Why didn't they use these when they first arrived in Lys City? The reason is that Zhao Yun didn't want to lose the elite soldiers of the Second Army, so he had to resort to scapegoats like cannon fodder vanguard.
It is cruel and realistic to use the life of cannon fodder to pave a path to victory.
The experts selected by the Second Army quickly removed the various simple parts of the bed crossbow from the carriage that had been following the march, and skillfully assembled them together.
Not long after, one hundred half-man-high, two-meter-long bed crossbows were assembled. They were arranged into a crossbow formation, and the soldiers of the Second Army quickly loaded them.
Zhao Yun saw the skillful movements of the soldiers, nodded imperceptibly, and then gestured towards Dian Wei, the leader of the cannon fodder group.
The cannon fodders who took a short rest lifted the completed ladder and looked at the familiar city wall in front of them, their hearts filled with despair.
The Lord of Reese pointed at the phalanx of the Second Army angrily, "Assholes! These shameless executioners, they actually used the civilians of the empire to attack the towns of the empire! This is too much! Assholes!"
The Ross continent has always worshiped the spirit of chivalry and upright fighting. No one has ever been so shameless as to use strong men as consumption. This will be ridiculed by everyone, especially the nobles.
But now, the Dragon City Expeditionary Army has set a precedent, and no one knows what will happen in the future. But now, the Lord of Reese City can only keep cursing the expeditionary army.
"Listen up, you maggots! If you want to live, rush forward and kill the enemy in front of you. Only in this way can you survive! Those who run away, are cowardly, and are afraid will die faster!" said the cannon fodder in the formation.
The instructors repeated these words loudly.
As for the cannon fodder, there are only a few words in their minds at this time: to survive, they must kill the enemy. Only by killing the enemy can they survive.
This instilled concept made the cannon fodder look at the defenders on the city wall for a moment, their eyes full of fierceness.
Within three days, each of them turned into a deformed demon, and those who could not survive became dead. Only those who became madmen at the same time survived until now.
Now, they have to face their former compatriots without mercy, but with the same indifference as when they killed their compatriots with their own hands over the past three days.
When Zhao Yun saw that the cannon fodder was ready, he nodded towards the messenger beside him.
"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo on on on off on this.
"Charge, charge, charge! Don't stop! Charge and you will survive!" The instructors shouted loudly behind the cannon fodder.
On the wall of Lys, the defenders looked at the rushing cannon fodder with mixed feelings in their hearts.
"Don't come over! Don't come over again!" The defenders holding bows and arrows shouted towards the city with a cry. Unfortunately, their voices could not be transmitted to the cannon fodder's minds. The cannon fodder only remembered what the instructor said and rushed over.
, rush forward, kill the enemy, and you will survive!
"Shuashuashua..."
The archers closed their eyes, they couldn't bear to see themselves killing the people of the empire.
There were not many archers in the first place, but the arrows they shot were like aimless flies, causing almost no impact on the cannon fodder. However, occasionally a few unlucky cannon fodder fell to the ground under the blow of the arrows.
Seeing this, the surrounding cannon fodders ran forward even more frantically.
"Get ready! Get ready!" A guard on the city roared with a trembling voice. He looked at the cannon fodder getting closer and closer, and his right hand that he raised in a gesture trembled violently.
Behind him were spear throwers specially prepared in the city of Lys. These spear throwers held up crude wooden spears in their right hands, about one and a half meters long, with one end sharpened. They could carry enough weight through the height and distance differences.
The kinetic energy to penetrate a five centimeter thick wooden shield.
"Let go!" As the guard yelled out of tune, a large black shadow composed of short spears quickly left the city wall. After the guard finished shouting, his whole body seemed to have lost all strength. He knelt on the city, holding his hands together and couldn't bear it.
Take a look at the scenery below the city.
After flying for just a few seconds, the crude short spear took the kinetic energy of its own fall and plunged towards the cannon fodder below.
The unsuspecting cannon fodder instantly killed and wounded a large number of people.
There was no armor, no shield, and many of the cannon fodder only had a short sword stolen from Eden City.
The wooden spear penetrated the thin clothes on the body and pierced into the body fiercely. Death directly may be a kind of happiness. Those who were lucky enough not to die or be seriously injured could only fall in a pool of blood and wail in pain.
At that moment, the cannon fodder paused for a moment, as if they were frightened by the incoming blow.
"Go back! Go back! We don't want to kill each other!" Seeing this moment of pause, the Lord of Reese City immediately ran to the top of the city and shouted down loudly.
But the pause was only for a moment. The cannon fodders remembered the devil behind them and the devil's words, and ran towards the city wall like crazy.
Seeing that the shouts had no effect, the city lord said helplessly to the garrison generals: "We...they are enemies, and the city of Lys cannot fall."
In the face of the interests of the majority, these cannon fodders were ruthlessly abandoned by the empire. All the means prepared to deal with the second army were used, and the cannon fodders suffered a huge blow.
The brutal city wall fight began.
When the first ladder reached the top of the wall, people from the same empire above and below the city took up arms to fight each other. Even the soldiers of the Second Army, who were called demons by the cannon fodder, couldn't bear this scene. However,
This is war!
"That's almost it. Let's start!" Zhao Yun saw that the crossbow array was ready and ordered the attack to begin.
The commander in front of the crossbow formation lowered his raised right hand, and from one hundred portable crossbows, crossbow arrows as thick as an adult's arm suddenly shot out.
An even more spectacular sight than the spear throwing by the Lys city defenders just now appeared on the city.
Whether it was the fighting defenders or the crazy cannon fodder, this indiscriminate attack resulted in heavy casualties.
However, what was more injured was the relatively large number of defenders. Because the number of ladders was limited, the number of cannon fodder that rushed up the city wall was far less than that of the defenders. At the beginning, the defenders were unable to take action, which led to the battle.
It wasn't that intense. But their dense formation suffered heavy casualties under the attack of crossbow arrows.
At this time, the soldiers of the Second Army who acted as archers also pulled up their bows and arrows.
Groups of arrows rained down like plows, forcibly breaking up the defenders' formation.
The cannon fodder took this opportunity to rush up to the city wall and pounced on the defenders like mad dogs. Of course, some cannon fodder were not so willing to be kicked to death. They thought of rushing up and surrendering to save their lives. But unfortunately, right there
When they were about to shout, they were killed by spears thrust out by the defenders.
It turned out that the order given to the defenders was that no matter who they were, they were now enemies. They could not risk losing the city of Lys to accept these crazy cannon fodder.
As a result, the last trace of the defenders' tolerance disappeared, and the cannon fodder started fighting even more crazily under such a blow. The two sides got angry and started fighting with real swords and guns. For a time, the city of Lis
On the not-so-wide city wall, a brutal fight began.
Although the indiscriminate rain of arrows killed many cannon fodder, more defenders also fell onto the city wall, and balance was gradually created.
Zhao Yun saw that the initial one-sided situation on the city wall gradually turned into a stalemate, and then issued new orders to the crossbow array.
The second wave of crossbow arrows had been prepared, but it was not launched immediately. The reason was due to Zhao Yun's arrangement.
After receiving the order, the crossbow formation quickly began to adjust its direction.
When the last crossbow was adjusted, the commander of the crossbow formation waved his hand fiercely.
One hundred crossbow arrows were shot in one direction.
City gate!
Yes, these bed crossbows were originally designed by Zhou Yunfei to attack the city gates of towns in the Ross continent. He never thought of using these thick crossbow arrows to attack the city walls. Even the well-organized First Army would not take turns.
Crossbows are used as long-range strike firepower. Therefore, this siege equipment prepared for the unique formation of the Second Army is specially used to attack city gates.
Special crossbow arrows are used to attack the city gate. The front of these crossbow arrows is wrapped with a layer of iron sheet, which intensifies the impact of the entire tip.
A few seconds later, as if it was raining on the closed city gate, the heavy wooden door panels about thirty centimeters thick fell apart under the continuous blows!
The logs that were originally erected at the back to resist the impact of the car were hit by crossbow arrows and were unable to hold the seemingly solid door panel at all.
"Oh my God! What is that!" The defenders who were preparing inside the city gate all looked blank after seeing that the city gate was as fragile and destroyed as paper.