The temperature in the early morning in the northern winter is quite low. Soldiers have to do some morning exercises after getting up. Even before going into battle, they must move their hands and feet appropriately.
The sun rose as usual, and when the first ray of sunlight shone on the earth, the gate of Longcheng Camp opened.
Groups of soldiers lined up and walked out of the camp, stopping about five hundred meters away from the northern city wall of the imperial capital.
Similarly, on the northern wall of the imperial capital, there were densely packed soldiers guarding the city.
Ever since they learned yesterday that Dragon City's troops had surged, everyone in the imperial capital knew clearly that the warm-up of the previous few days was over.
In about half an hour, a total of 60,000 Dragon City soldiers formed the Dragon City formation. But unlike the previous formations, this time the leader was Dragon City's all-round sword and shield player!
Behind the sword and shield bearers were a large number of long-range troops. Even some of the pikemen took off their armor and spears and picked up hand crossbows to become long-range soldiers.
Behind the long-range troops are the equipment troops. The tall trebuchet units and the low crossbow units have exerted amazing power in the tentative attacks in the past few days. Now they are making a comeback and will cooperate with the ground troops.
The troops showed their strength once again.
At the end are the lightly-armed Marines. They are temporarily serving as a reserve force. With the bravery and proficiency of the Marines, they are the most suitable choice to deal with various emergencies.
The remaining positions behind the two wings of the main formation are the defense lines composed of pikemen. They will protect the two wings of the main formation. I won't go into details about the characteristics of the pikemen. When they line up in the field, they look like they are on the plains.
If you want to cross the erected city walls, you can! Just step over their corpses!
The 60,000-strong army came out in full force, and the open posture made the defenders on the northern wall of the imperial capital feel a little chilled. Countless red dragon flags fluttered in the wind, and the entire formation was extremely silent. Except for the whisper of the flags blown by the wind, there was actually no sound.
There is no other sound. What a discipline!
Although many people know that Longcheng's army is very capable of fighting, they can't tell what the definition of being able to fight is. Now, the facts before them clearly tell them why Longcheng can win every battle, then
It’s the power of the collective!
When an army can make its movements stand still, then it is an army that can win battles. If an army can make everyone act like one person, then this army is an army that can fight tough battles!
Anyone can become a winning force, but not everyone can fight a tough battle!
After several times of Byvost, perhaps there is only one army in the entire empire that can barely meet the standards of Dragon City, and that is the elite force that disappeared in the Far North Fortress. But it is a pity that such an excellent army failed in the extreme north.
North Fortress.
Looking back, maybe the Byvost Empire is really old. Years of wars have caused the middle and lower classes to suffer miserably. The major families are fighting against each other. After losing the threat of the northern orcs, they have been holding on with a sigh of relief.
Bywaste showed problems of one kind or another.
The eldest prince felt deeply powerless, but he was unwilling to give up.
He is the prince of the empire, and this empire cannot be destroyed in his hands! At this point, it has nothing to do with status, interests, etc., only the obsession in his heart.
Under the city, the Dragon City army began to slowly approach the north city wall, from a distance of 500 meters to 300 meters. Moving forward, they entered the defense range of the north city wall. Although some supplies were damaged before
, but the arrows produced over the past few days are still enough to cope with a battle.
The army stopped. As the commander, Zhang Liao personally placed his flag next to the military flag. Then he stood under the military flag, standing upright like another flag.
When Zhang Liao's commanding flag was raised, the Dragon City army, which had been extremely quiet, suddenly burst into loud shouts.
"Han Army!"
"mighty!"
A long-lost slogan, thousands of words condensed into four short words. This is the glory that belongs to the soldiers of Longcheng.
Woo woo woo...
The vast sound of horns and the sound of drums mixed together, bit by bit touching the hearts of the soldiers, channeling their full blood, and then gathered into extremely fierce morale, giving the enemy a fatal blow!
The sword and shield players in the front row were gearing up, and some even tied their right hands with their swords with cotton cloth, which not only saves the energy to swing the sword, but also prevents them from losing their weapons in fierce battles.
Zhang Liao stood under the flag and suddenly raised his right hand slowly.
Almost everyone's eyes were attracted by Zhang Liao's movements. Shall we start? Many defenders on the city wall subconsciously clenched the weapons in their hands, and everyone's palms were a little slippery.
The Dragon City army, which had just shouted and then fell into silence, also held their breath at this moment.
When Zhang Liao's right hand was raised to the highest point, time seemed to have stopped.
Maybe it was three seconds, maybe it was one second. No one knows exactly how long Zhang Liao maintained the posture with his right hand raised high, but it seemed that at the next moment, Zhang Liao's right hand waved fiercely.
At this moment, both the offensive and defensive sides, everyone's hearts trembled slightly.
It’s coming, it’s coming, it’s finally coming!
What is it? Trebuchet? Crossbow? Bow and arrow?
With these numerous long-range methods, the soldiers guarding the city were still able to find some ways to deal with them after experiencing "baptism" for several consecutive days.
The trebuchet is very simple. Just listen to the sound. There will be a very loud noise before the stone falls. In addition, the stone is large in size, so it is generally easier to determine the falling point.
Crossbow arrows were more troublesome, but fortunately the power of the crossbow arrows was not very strong. It was mainly because burning kerosene was added to them that the northern city wall of the imperial capital withstood the test of continuous fire.
Finally, there is the bow and arrow, which is also the most difficult. Originally this should be the simplest, but it is the three-sided arrow that is characteristic of Dragon City. Its penetrating power is so amazing that the wooden shields used by the defenders do not have it at all.
Resistance, so what you can do at this time is to shrink your body as much as possible, then find a corner where you can avoid the arrows, and silently pray that you will not be shot.
Based on these most basic methods, the soldiers defending the city began to be on guard secretly, with their eyes wide open, hoping to determine what kind of attack it was at the first time, so that they could use different methods to avoid it.
Unfortunately, their guesses were all wrong.
After Zhang Liao ordered the attack, thirty cylindrical iron pillars suddenly appeared at the rear of the Dragon City formation. The middles of these iron pillars were hollow. The iron pillars were thick at one end and narrow at the bottom. There were also two wooden pillars at the bottom.
of wheels.
Similar to the crossbow unit, there are a total of three soldiers operating a group of these strange things. One of them took out a round iron ball from the box at the back, stuffed it into the port of the iron pillar, and then the iron ball was like this
Rolled in.
A soldier behind him was looking at the iron pillar, as if adjusting the scale of the author. The last soldier took out a ball of things wrapped in coarse cloth from the box at the back, and stuffed the package directly into the top entrance of the iron pillar.
At this time, the soldier next to him picked up a wooden stick and forced the package into the iron pillar.
Throughout the process, the three people divided the work in an orderly manner. When the preparations were completed, the aiming hand was also in place. Next, groups of soldiers completed the steps one after another, waiting for the commander's order.
When the last group was completed, the commander's raised right hand suddenly waved down, and the bright red flag in his hand flashed like a red light.
The aimers unanimously used tinder to light the thick rope with unknown black impurities exposed at the back end of the iron pillar in front of them.
Hiss, hiss, hiss...
The fuses at the back ends of thirty groups of weird iron pillars were ignited, and those black impurities were the secretly developed black gunpowder. The sparks rushed forward quickly, and within a few breaths, the sparks sank into the interior of the back ends of the iron pillars.
Suddenly, a loud noise was heard.
boom!
The first ignited iron pillar suddenly moved back, and a ball of flame burst out at the port.
Before anyone could react, one after another loud noises broke the tranquility.
"Then, what is that?" Many soldiers in Dragon City looked at the strange guy who was making fire in surprise. The loud noises seemed to be right next to their ears, startling many unprepared people.
Thirty loud bangs were completed within a few seconds, and thick black smoke suddenly shrouded the rear, which was a bit pungent and had a strange smell.
Before they could recover, an incredible scene appeared on the northern city wall in the distance.
Boom! Boom! Boom...
As if something had hit it hard, the northern wall of the imperial capital suddenly trembled, and some places even began to collapse and peel off.
"What the hell! What is it?" The general guarding the city was a little crazy. What was it this time? Why didn't he see it at all?
In fact, almost everyone's eyes were focused on the sky, because whether it was stones from trebuchets or rain of crossbow arrows, they basically fell from the sky. There was nothing in the sky this time, so why did the city wall suddenly have problems?
Not to mention the defenders, even the Dragon City side is a little confused. Although they know that it may be caused by their own people, why is the city wall suddenly damaged? Could it be a magic spell?
"Commander, is this the power of gunpowder?" Marine Brigade Colonel Pei Yong asked Zhang Liao curiously. Although he heard that the 21st Division used a secret weapon gunpowder when they captured Ulensburg to break through the city wall in one fell swoop. So.
Now this unpredictable method may be the secret weapon gunpowder.
Zhang Liao's mouth curved slightly, "No, gunpowder is not a secret weapon, the real secret weapon is them, we call them artillery!"
"Artillery...artillery..." Pei Yong thought for a moment, wasn't it? There was fire and the sound was like firecrackers, so it was just artillery.
A sudden mysterious attack put a major crisis on the northern city wall. Dragon City's first-generation artillery entered the war stage for the first time with an extremely powerful attitude.
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