The continuous sound of pneumatic artillery sounded again, and the shells drew a very high parabola, and then fell heavily, hitting the top of the city or behind the city wall. Although the wizard's eye was obscured by magic, it did not affect the artillery battalion's attack on the target determined by Wang Jiyuan.
This time, more than 300 mortars also joined the attack. The range of more than one kilometer was very suitable for these small pneumatic cannons. Therefore, the explosion effect was several times more violent than the previous bombardment of the city gates and suppression of the city walls.
In this attack, these gun crews replaced armor-piercing shells with shield-breaking shells and various elemental shells. From a distance, in addition to the explosions, there were also various magical lights, lightning, frost, and flames. No matter how high the cultivation level was, anyone standing in these ranges would be in disaster.
In addition to the pneumatic cannon, there is also a spellcasting team consisting of five mage classes. Taking advantage of the fact that the enemies on the city walls could not gain a foothold to suppress them, they flew to a place closer to Heimu Pass. Their task was to use joint spellcasting to cast group dispersal magic into the city. This kind of magic was useless against the city gate of Heimu Pass, but it was very threatening to individual enemies. If the enemies behind the city walls were protected by magic, they might be inexplicably hit by the dispersal magic falling from the sky, and their shields would be dispersed without knowing why.
Huang Zheng stood at the front of the assault team and said: "Today these imperial people will understand why artillery is the terminator of the city wall. Even if it can't destroy the city wall, it will destroy everyone on and off the wall."
Gabriel held a long sword in his hand, and was armed with the God of War. He said, "They may not realize that Blackwood Pass has now changed from a natural barrier to a prison."
"It's really a terrible cage in flames. I and other imperial generals have been deducing how you will attack Black Wood Pass in recent weeks." The Black Guard Commander Morlet had a very complicated expression, with both awe and frustration in his eyes. "But no matter how hard we imagined, we could not have imagined that you would fight us in this way. People are still one kilometer away, but you can already cause decisive casualties. We know that your pneumatic cannons are powerful, but the scale of today's attack is more than ten times that of our attack on Black Wood Pass. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have thought that the artillery shells could produce such an amazing effect."
"This is a qualitative change caused by a quantitative change." Huang Zheng said: "How do you think the imperialists will fight back? What will be the effect of this round of artillery fire?"
Mollett said: "Since they did not choose to go out of the city to fight before, they must have lined up behind the gate. The imperial army has a big problem, that is, although the beast army is powerful, someone must be in command, otherwise it will be difficult to control them after they go wild. If they do not defend the position behind the gate, but directly enter the street fighting, it will be a mess. At that time, the upper echelons of the imperial army will lose control of the lower echelons, and it will be difficult to predict whether they will win or lose.
But since Emperor Alfred is here, he will not allow this to happen. He is a man with a strong desire for control. He always wants to fight a war under his control. So defending the city gate and then attacking is an inevitable choice. "
"That means they are very likely to be completely hit by this round of bombardment." Huang Zheng said.
Mollett nodded slowly.
"However, if I were the enemy's commander, knowing that the enemy's artillery firepower was strong, I would not deploy all the troops before the enemy charged. Therefore, we should go on the field and force those troops to a position where they have to appear." Huang Zheng confirmed the time again and said, "Let's go!"
Following his order, the troops around him began to advance quickly towards the city gate, with the golem team led by Gama at the forefront. These steel bodies advanced at the same rhythm, their metal feet stomping on the ground again and again, making rumbling sounds. There were only a few dozen golems, but they had the momentum of thousands of people charging, and they already had some of the feeling of the Black Dragon Empire's golem army back then. However, the warriors controlling these golems just followed them from a distance, and did not charge quickly.
Following the golem were several high-level mages, led by Glade. They floated in the air and followed the golem. Their mission was to build a bridge for the golem to cross the moat. The elven alchemist Maya was also among them, ready to repair any problems with the golem at any time. Her own high-level strength in both magic and martial arts was also a force that could not be ignored.
Huang Zheng and the masters were at a distance behind. Their mission was to rush through the city gate quickly after the golems attracted the attack, establish an advantage as soon as possible, and deal with the enemy's masters at the same time. At the end were the group of spirit servants. Their survivability was much higher than that of ordinary soldiers. Therefore, sending them to rush into this dangerous situation was the most appropriate.
After Huang Zheng's troops set out, a regiment of regular guards followed behind them and headed towards Heimu Pass. As long as they could occupy the city gate, the mission of this troop was to clear out the enemies in the city.
As the commandos advanced, hundreds of people flew up from the interior of Blackwood Pass, crossed the walls of the city, and flew in the direction of the commandos. These people were all mages in Blackwood Pass, led by the three great magicians Gandas, Edel, and Avellino, who came to block the advance of the commandos.
These imperial mages did not dare to cast spells on the top of the city under the artillery fire, nor did they dare to stay in the parabola of the falling shells, so they had to fly out of the city wall from both sides of the shelling area and then move towards the middle to attack.
However, before the imperial mages could attack Huang Zheng's army, arrows and magic were thrown at them from higher in the sky. It was Gordon, Lorenzo and Di Ning, three great mages, who led a mixed force of humans, dark elves and high elves. They had mages and magic archers. They suddenly appeared from the invisibility magic and began to attack the imperial mages from above.
Master Gordon and his team had been hiding at a high altitude to avoid the Imperials' invisible detection. At the same time Huang Zheng launched the attack, they flew down from their ambush at high altitude and, as expected, ran into the Imperials who came out to block them.
Although the Imperial Mages all had shields, these invisible enemies that fell from high places, with the help of the right time and place, suppressed them in an instant. The arrows of the magic archers had all been treated with a certain magic-breaking ability. Although they were far inferior to genuine magic-breaking arrows, they were still quite threatening to the Imperial Mages' shields.
The mages led by Gandas were completely unable to take care of the enemies on the ground, and could only hastily engage the enemies in the air, engaging in a group battle of mages. (To be continued)