The shocking appearance of the artillery caught both sides of the war by surprise. Originally, most of the soldiers in Dragon City were prepared to spend a huge price to forcibly remove the northern city wall, then open up the passage into the city and capture the imperial capital.
But now the emergence of artillery has once again changed the pattern of war.
In the past, methods of siege such as ladders and tunnels were completely eliminated. The emergence of gunpowder and artillery greatly weakened the obstacles that strong city walls posed to the army. But in fact, they were ignored by the appearance. Gunpowder is strong and artillery is also powerful, but Scientists Sun Da and Zhou Yunfei, who are in charge of the research and development work, both know that although gunpowder will replace cold weapons in the future, it is an inevitable trend, but this time is far from coming. At least for a long period of time, cold weapons will dominate, and hot weapons will dominate. Auxiliary posture.
In this battle for the imperial capital, as well as in the previous battle of Ulensburg, the appearance of gunpowder is eye-catching. These mysterious gunpowders seem to be extremely powerful, but the most frustrating thing is that there is no way to restrain them, or temporarily. I can't find the shortcomings of these things, so as an enemy of Dragon City, I'm a little scratching my head.
Regardless of what happens next, the battle to attack the imperial capital has already begun.
With the first appearance of artillery, the northern city wall of the imperial capital became a target for ravage. On average, dozens of projectiles hit the city wall every three minutes, and the stacked northern city wall was constantly shaking.
From the surface of the city wall, you can even see the sunken holes. In some places, the outer rocks have begun to peel off. This is a very bad omen. If this continues, the northern city wall will be finished!
The general of the defenders hurriedly ordered the soldiers to fight back, using bows and arrows to shoot downwards towards the Dragon City army.
After all, they were not professionally trained, and their counterattacks seemed scattered, completely unable to form the density required for arrow rain coverage. Fortunately, they were condescending and pulled the bowstring as far as possible, and the bows and arrows were still able to cause damage to Dragon City. Some troubles.
Unfortunately, they seem to have forgotten one thing.
That is, today’s protagonist is not yesterday’s protagonist.
The appearance of artillery made them forget about the protagonists of the previous days, trebuchets and crossbows and arrows!
When they remembered, they realized that rocks, crossbows and bows and arrows were already pouring down on them.
"Damn it! Get more quickly! Hurry up!" Many middle- and lower-level officers screamed at their companions to avoid them, but there were still a large number of soldiers standing on the top of the open and unobstructed city wall. As early as a few days ago, the trebuchets were The protruding battlements on the northern city wall have been almost flattened. Where can I find cover on the top of the now empty city wall?
Before they could find a hiding spot, arrows and rocks rained down from the sky.
For the stones, those who were lucky did not stand under the impact point, while those who were unlucky turned into piles of unrecognizable meat.
The most lethal thing was the rain of bows and arrows. A few days ago, three thousand archers sneaked up to the city and carried out a sneak attack. That time caused thousands of casualties to the soldiers defending the city. But there has never been such a large-scale rain of bows and arrows in Dragon City since then. Now, shortly after the war began, the archers and the spearmen who temporarily served as crossbowmen formed the third level of long-range attack.
Tens of thousands of arrows covered the city wall in the blink of an eye.
Those soldiers who were originally standing at the top of the city wall, after a round of arrows, only a few were left standing!
It’s just a living target!
In fact, the archers of Dragon City have always been quite low-key. Due to the widespread popularity of hand crossbows, almost every regular army has a large number of hand crossbows. This adds a strong long-range advantage to the Dragon City troops. But it's their turn. The real trump card is to defeat the archers in the major armies.
Their selection was so strict that it was even higher than half of the cavalry troops!
You must know that not everyone can be a cavalry. Even in Dragon City, becoming a qualified cavalry requires much more cost and effort than infantry. The selection of archers is also strict because of the special nature of their profession. It requires strong arm strength to draw the long bow that is characteristic of Dragon City. And on weekdays, the training requirements are very stringent. Although it does not make every archer a marksman with a hundred steps, it is basically accurate. Sex is a must.
In the past large and small battles that Dragon City has experienced, archers have always been unknown. The mighty and domineering spearmen are not as powerful as the cavalry troops. They always pull out arrows silently and pull up the arrows when needed. The bowstring provides the most powerful guarantee for victory with silent killing.
Today, under the Bywister Imperial Capital, these archers of the Second Army tell the world the value of their existence.
"Three rounds, rapid fire! Mark ten!"
The commander of the archers shouted the order loudly.
The so-called rapid shooting is the favorite trick of Longcheng archers, that is, the first three rounds of shooting are completed as quickly as possible. When the first arrow is shot, the second arrow is immediately attached, and then the third arrow is shot. The time does not change. more than five seconds.
This method benefits from excellent distance measurement and scientific calculations. Every archer must learn to shoot bows and arrows at different angles with different strengths. This is a technical job, and excellent archers can rely on intuition to complete it, but For ordinary archers in Dragon City, the only thing they can do is practice hard and let their bodies memorize every procedure.
In the past training, they did not use arrows, they just scooped a bow into the air and raised their arms to pull the string over and over again. Each wooden bow was damaged during this training. Of course, these bows are not real longbows, but A thick training bow.
But even so, every qualified archer has broken at least dozens of practice bows. Everyone has a thick layer of calluses on their right index and middle fingers. If you look carefully, it seems that their index and middle fingers have obvious Larger than other fingers.
Until every archer can activate the body's instinctive memory and complete every action to the most perfect state, can he truly be qualified to become a glorious Dragon City warrior!
Three rapid rounds of shooting, one after another, the rain of arrows like dark clouds seemed to have a tendency to cover the sky.
The effect is also perfect. The lethality of the arrow rain has long been proven. The thin shield armor is completely unable to block the lethality of the triangular arrows. Even the heavy cavalry unit with the strongest defense in Dragon City has to withstand the sharpness of this arrow rain. Temporary avoidance.
Three rounds of shooting were still quite tiring. After that, the archer unit became a group of three or three and began to shoot in uninterrupted rotation.
Although the intensity of a single shot was reduced, the sustainability was greatly enhanced. It directly suppressed the opponent's ability to dare to take the lead, and the continuous shooting caused considerable casualties to the defenders.
As time passed, the northern city wall was crumbling under the double blow of boulders and gunpowder. Some places had collapsed, and cracks could be seen everywhere in the main body.
If this continues, once the north city wall is destroyed, what else can resist Dragon City's crazy impact?
The eldest prince looked at the tragic situation in Beicheng District from a distance, frowning and thinking hard. The generals around him were also silent. Under such circumstances, who can turn the tide?
Finally, after half an hour of indiscriminate bombardment, a section of about ten meters of the northern city wall suddenly collapsed, forming a small gap. The hearts of both parties tensed up instantly.
Seeing that the opportunity had come, Zhang Liao waved his hand, and a force of about a thousand people was separated from the army, and they rushed towards the gap under the cover of bows and arrows.
On the other side, the eldest prince's heart finally sank, and the city wall was broken. Although he had known that this would happen for a long time, when it actually arrived, he couldn't help but feel a twitch in his heart.
But it’s too early to say the outcome.
Once the two sides fall into a stalemate, even if Dragon City has an absolute long-range advantage, it is impossible to make a difference in this situation.
The eldest prince naturally saw it clearly, so he immediately ordered the troops to rush to the gap. If the city wall was gone, at least Dragon City would be dragged into the melee. In this way, relying on the military superiority of the imperial capital, dragging the opponent into a war of attrition, the winner would be determined. It's hard to say yet.
The more than a thousand troops that escaped from the formation were moving very fast. They looked very strange. They were much taller than ordinary people. They were wearing thick armor and could still run so fast. It was really surprising.
Immediately afterwards, a battalion of sword and shield troops broke out from the formation, and they quickly moved towards the gap. The leader was the commander of the 21st Division, Wang Meng!
And behind Wang Meng is Niu Dabao.
That time in Ulensburg, he was the first person to break into the stronghold and received the second-class Medal of Valor from the Dragon City military, and the group of soldiers he led all received the third-class Medal of Valor. As a combatant The second-level medal, being able to receive such an honor made Niu Dabao crazy with joy. Even Wang Meng, the commander of the 21st Division, couldn't help but be a little jealous. This time Zhang Liao was in charge of the army, and he, Wang Meng, was the first to apply to join the assault Team.
Zhang Liao considered the arduous tasks of the commando team and decided to agree to the application of the beloved general after thinking about it. In this way, at least the commando team would have an experienced commander on the battlefield, so that they would not lose their position when facing a tough battle.
After Niu Dabao got the news from nowhere, he stalked Wang Meng. In the end, Wang Meng couldn't bear the torture of this guy and agreed to let him join the commando team as an adjutant.
It's a pity that in the end, the first assault was actually that troop, which made Wang Meng and Niu Dabao a little depressed. If they couldn't be the first to attack the imperial capital, then the honor would naturally fall on those guys. I really don't know what I have done before So why are you stalking? Niu Dabao couldn't help complaining in his heart, but since he joined the commando team, he is the adjutant of the commando team. The following hard battle made Niu Dabao, a war madman, lick his own blade crazily. , let the enemy come more fiercely!
If Wang Meng next to him knew what Niu Dabao thought, would he just pick up the knife and beat him, and let the enemy come more violently? Does this guy know how many soldiers there are in the imperial capital? If they are not careful, their entire battalion More than 500 people could not even fill the gaps between their teeth!
Fortunately, Wang Meng didn't know what Niu Dabao was thinking, so he wouldn't beat up his subordinate in battle.
Looking at the mysterious troops running fast in front of him, Wang Meng narrowed his eyes. In the past, he only asked his name but never saw his person. This time, let me see the performance of the Arctic barbarians!
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