, "More than half of the ten rounds of attacks were missed. WWw!QuanBeN-XiaoShuo!Com This is because Salin adjusted Hui Shixun in advance. However, the coordinates of such a large weapon are not bad against large weapons, but against a single soldier, obviously It depends on luck.
What really dealt a blow to the expeditionary force was the rain of arrows covering the city.
Saleen looked at the hideous-looking expeditionary force, carrying ladders and running towards the walls of Metatrin City. He felt that these people were like evil ghosts.
Legend has it that only ghosts and ghosts can be so terrifying and crazy.
Those hundreds of steel arrow chariots are the last resort of the Holy See. Only large trebuchets can destroy them. The trebuchets that shoot scattered bullets can only hit the soldiers operating the arrow chariots. It is very difficult to destroy these big steel chariots. .
The shooting accuracy of this kind of arrow cart is slightly slower than that of a bow and arrow, but faster than that of a crossbow, and it can shoot more than a dozen times at a time, so it is possible to shoot more than ten times in a row.
These more than ten shots were all completed within one minute, and refilling the long arrows refined with divine magic would also be completed within ten minutes. It can be said that the arrow rain from the expeditionary force was also quite strong. The steel arrow cart was pushed to a distance of only 500 meters from the city wall and started shooting.
This distance is not something ordinary soldiers can reach with their bows and arrows. The soldiers behind the steel arrow cart can shoot calmly and change arrows. A large trebuchet cannot hit such a small arrow cart, and the magic trebuchet's bullets cannot destroy it. The best way, of course, is to use powerful magic attacks to destroy the apex.
But magic that can attack 500 meters away requires a single-target magic attack of at least level eight. Where can Salin find so many eighth-level magicians
Fortunately, those on the front line at the top of the city were undead archers and some skeletons. Undead archers and skeletons stood at the crenels, shooting with bows and arrows to kill the Tanggulas soldiers carrying the ladders. Many of the huge arrows fired from the arrow carts hit these undead.
The speed of the undead was not very fast, but their perception was sharp and they dodge in advance, so few of them were shot in the head. As long as their heads are not damaged and their soul fire is not scattered, these undead souls can still fight even if they are shot through their bodies.
The city head is extremely wide, and hiding in the fortifications built with huge stones, the second battalion and the mercenaries were not injured at all. However, they were also a little frightened when they saw a huge arrow more than one meter long hitting the city head five hundred meters away. If ordinary soldiers had stood at the top of the city to fight back, there would have been over a thousand casualties.
"Let's start." Salin saw that the enemy's ladder might be close to the city wall. This was the first attack. It would be too cowardly to let the enemy get close like this.
The city head of Metatrin City and the Dante sequence behind it are all uniform-looking buildings. Under Salin's order, there were more than a dozen cracks. These cracks were as smooth as mirrors, and they cracked silently until they reached their maximum size. From under the cracks, more than a dozen metal watchtowers rose.
These dozen or so archery towers rise to a height of ten meters, forming an acute angle with the edge of the city wall in front, allowing them to look down. There are thirty-six shooting holes on the metal arrow tower, and behind each shooting hole is a magic alchemy crossbow.
The soldiers under the city carried the ladders and rushed forward. There were no large puppets in front of them to open the way, and there were no large equipment such as battering rams. But Salin's sharp eyes could still see it. There are several teams, obviously strong, hidden among thousands of people.
"You want to fish in troubled waters, hehe." Salin sneered. Fortunately, he was at the top of the city, relying on a few alchemical telescopes on one wall, but it was still difficult to observe all the targets of the attack and who was there.
Among the three teams, there are magicians who are at least equivalent to fifth-level professionals. Magicians of this level generally do not follow the infantry to attack the city like this. However, these three magicians hide themselves very well. They even He didn't use magic to speed up his speed. Otherwise, given their speed, they would be only a few hundred meters away in the blink of an eye.
Salin's elemental eye was instinctive and did not even attract the attention of the three magicians. Salin observed clearly. He quietly pointed out the locations of the three magicians to the magician beside him in a low voice. The magician immediately Pass the order into the arrow tower.
In the core of more than a dozen metal arrow towers, there is a magic tablet, just like the one Salin got in Rafal's magic tower. On each magic tablet, there is a three-dimensional image. The magician outside marked the target, and the three magic apprentices next to the magic tablet immediately reported three numbers.
Behind the shooting hole is a group of soldiers, and each group of soldiers is also equipped with a magic apprentice. There is a group of soldiers among them, and the ship is equipped with a first-level magician. The magician immediately adjusted the angle of the alchemical crossbow and found the target to be dealt with in the observation hole.
The first-level mage quickly adjusted the alchemy crossbow and locked the magician at the shooting point of the magic alchemy crossbow. In each metal arrow tower, there is a low-level mage doing the same thing. It is also an alchemical crossbow. In the hands of a magician, its accuracy is terrifying.
More than a dozen. From the metal arrow tower, a long arrow was shot out almost simultaneously. This long arrow drew a red light in the air and made a strong sonic boom sound.
Archbishop Nicholas, who was far behind, saw this scene and his face was very ugly. The enemy had so many magicians? His surprise attack strategy failed.
Usually the first round is a tentative attack. Archbishop Nicholas hid three cardinal deacons, which are equivalent to fifth-level magicians. Let the three cardinal deacons go to the top of the city and unfold the magic scroll. Then he can send the cardinals behind him to attack and open a gap in the city. The attack, regardless of casualties, will definitely capture a section of the city wall.
The Holy See has used this method to launch surprise attacks in many battles. Nicholas didn't understand, so he specifically asked Sanjie. Cardinal Deacon is not allowed to use any magic before reaching the city wall. But how were the three of them exposed
Everything was too late. In the alchemy telescope, Nicholas saw a total of fourteen red lines, drawing accurate straight lines in the air, heading straight for the three cardinal deacons.
The speed of this alchemy arrow is too fast. The arrows are made from the spear thorns of the fourth-level magic beast red krill. As long as it is shot, the magic of Shun's magic cannot be resisted.
What's even more terrifying is that after the fourteen red lines were shot out, nearly five hundred alchemical arrows followed the fourteen red lines and shot at the three magicians in the other shooting holes.
A total of 504 alchemical arrows suddenly arrived, and the three magicians, together with the soldiers around them, were all shrouded in the middle.
There is no way to avoid it!
The value of these 504 alchemy arrows must be tens of thousands of gold coins, or even more. Saleen's single volley killed less than a hundred soldiers. The three cardinal deacons instinctively released the instant defensive magic of Holy Light Shield, and then were shot into honeycombs.
In this charge, the officers all knew who was the main force, but a sudden attack from the top of the city killed three powerful magicians. This was an extremely terrifying thing. Because the three magicians released the Holy Light Shield, dozens of holes were still shot out.
Archbishop Nicholas, who was observing from a distance, gritted his teeth in distress, and at the same time was glad that he did not send more magicians to do this. Those more than 600 alchemical arrows, even more magicians cannot resist them. Saleen's attack this time was to intimidate the enemy and kill him with one blow.
This alchemical crossbow, which can only be controlled by a magic apprentice, takes almost three minutes to fire an arrow. At a distance of several hundred meters, a well-trained soldier could rush to the bottom of the city wall within three minutes even if he was carrying a ladder. Generally, all the arrows are not shot at once, and the low-level mage in the middle rarely takes action, because only a low-level mage can instantly aim at and lock onto a moving target. The remaining apprentice relied on the red lines left by his alchemical arrows as coordinates to aim so quickly and accurately.
The alchemy arrow that emits red light corrects the coordinates for other archers.
As soon as the three magicians died, the nearby Tanggulas Emperor immediately lost the support to attack, but he still rushed forward with his soldiers desperately. After only one minute, the infantry finally rushed to the bottom of the city wall carrying the ladder.
The undead at the top of the city continued to shoot arrows downwards. The soldiers only had wooden shields and climbed up with the arrows in front of them.
The hundreds of metal arrow carts continued to shoot, and the undead lost a lot, so Abinas summoned some more to supplement them. As the undead king, there is no limit to the number of low-level undead he can summon. Salin was supervising the battle at the top of the city, and Diabinas did not dare to do anything wrong, so he protected this section of the city wall extremely well.
The soldiers behind were originally hiding in stone houses, staggered corridors, and bunkers. Seeing that the enemy had scaled the city wall, these soldiers began to send a large number of grass balls outward. The core of these grass balls is a stone with many small holes cut out. Inside the small holes of the stone is magic burning powder.
The straw ball was ignited, thrown down the city wall, and hit any soldier, causing strong burning. Those magic powders spray out and stick to the body. It cannot be extinguished at all.
Nicholas felt like he was vomiting blood. This city was too rich.
You know, although magic powder is not expensive, it is not something that can be used in large quantities. This is different from kerosene, which can be refined by ordinary people, but magic powder requires at least a senior magic apprentice to make it.
The soldiers who were attacking the city were burned to death by these grass balls. To make matters worse, the ladders were all burned, and the soldiers behind were unable to organize an attack at all. The undead at the top of the city continued to shoot, and these soldiers retreated for the first time. An attack involving nearly 3,000 men was repelled in this way, and this time, all the soldiers who retreated were injured, and the bodies left under the city were more than 1,400.
Nicholas understood that war was a waste of money. The people in the city were richer than he thought. This war was really unwinnable, but could he retreat? If you retreat, you will be punished by the Holy See.