"Beep~" The long horn sound floated over the Iron Fist Castle. Tens of thousands of warriors clenched the weapons in their hands and stared at the undead creatures pouring in like a tide below the city. Their minds were firm and their hearts were calm. , because behind these Cassano warriors is their home, where their families live, "Never die, never retreat." This is the only thought in the hearts of these Cassano warriors,
About 10 days ago, the Cassano scout troops stationed on the west side of the Warren Mountains discovered signs of the Undead Legion. When the news was passed to the Iron Fist Castle, Adela, the top military commander who stayed here, immediately issued an order and began On the one hand, she mobilized her troops to snipe the undead invasion, and on the other hand, she moved a large number of civilians to safe areas. All of this had been planned in detail, so there were not too many major problems when executing it. After paying some price, Adela led 100,000 Cassano soldiers and civilians to defend the Iron Fist Castle, waiting for reinforcements from the imperial capital.
In the original plan, there were only 60,000 people guarding the Iron Fist Castle, 30,000 regular Cassano soldiers, and 30,000 strong Cassano youths. However, to everyone's surprise, when the news of the undead invasion came, Many Cassano people spontaneously took up arms and joined the ranks of resisting the invaders. Many of them were new residents who had just joined Cassano not long ago. Under the influence of the decree issued by Ryan before, they succeeded They had a new identity and were full of longing for a better life in the future. So when someone came to invade this place and destroy their lives, these people bravely took up arms and chose to resist to the death.
Of course, the real reason that supports these people to fight bravely is the lord of Cassano, the youngest forbidden spell mage in human history, Lane. A good guy once counted all the achievements of Lane since he took over Cassano, and found that he He has never failed. No matter how many powerful enemies there are in front of this young legendary mage, they will eventually be annihilated in the rolling flames under his hands. This glorious miracle inspires everyone to fight, because they firmly believe that no matter what No matter how dangerous the situation is now, as long as Ryan comes back, everything will be over.
"Soldiers of the Guards Corps, prepare to block these damn bones." Adela, Cassano's top military officer, stood on the castle of Iron Fist Castle and issued the order in a military uniform.
"Huh." There was a uniform movement on the city wall, which was indescribably pleasing to the eye. The soldiers of the Cassano Guards Corps who were ordered to guard the front line themselves were strictly selected and trained, and After undergoing many tests of blood and fire, they now have rich combat experience. Although their bodies are extremely tired, after hearing the orders of their commanders, these steadfast warriors can still raise their shields neatly. A solid shield wall was formed to prevent the undead warriors from climbing below the city.
The attack of the undead army is completely different from the attack of any human army. They have no logistical supplies and do not need various siege equipment. For these moving bones, they themselves are the best. tools, when the undead army began to attack Cassano's Iron Fist Castle on the first day, they had no way to get past the sky full of kerosene and boulders and get close to the city wall 20 meters away, but on the morning of the third day They arrived under the city wall, and today, after besieging Iron Fist Castle for six consecutive days, the undead warriors who died under Iron Fist Castle have used their bodies to pile up into a thick flash of bones, and they continue to launch The attacking undead warriors can easily rush to the top of the city by following the bones of their "predecessors".
Adela looked at the boundless "Sea of Bones" and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. They had underestimated the power of these bones before. They thought that three times the amount of kerosene and boulders were enough. Unexpectedly, It only took two days in the extremely overloaded defensive battle. Fortunately, Adela adopted a soldier rotation system. In addition to leaving 10,000 reserve troops, the remaining 90,000 people were divided into three groups. ,, one group of defensive walls, one group for treatment and recovery, and one group resting and waiting under the city walls, and rotated once a day. However, by the fourth day of implementation, this rotation system has become two exchanges a day, and from today Starting in the morning, Adela had to make adjustments again, organizing the remaining 50,000 soldiers plus reserves into two groups to cope with the manpower gap caused by the huge loss of soldiers.
Adela was thinking about the current unfavorable situation, but she did not show any signs on the surface. She saw that a large number of undead warriors had rushed up along the "Avenue of Bones", so she shouted loudly: "That's it, Giant Hammer warriors, strike out and crush these bastards.”
"Kill." Voices echoed throughout the Iron Fist Castle. The strong men holding huge hammers hiding behind the shield wall of the Guards Legion swung their weapons and smashed them at the undead warriors who rushed up. In the past, these hammers had different shapes, and many were just a big iron block tied with a rope to a wooden stick as thick as an arm. But such a simple and crude weapon was very effective against undead warriors. Often with such a hammer, a skeleton warrior will be smashed to pieces and completely lose its combat effectiveness. It is much more effective than cutting off their hands and feet with a sharp sword, or shooting arrows into their bodies.
Among these warriors holding huge hammers, there are also several dwarves and orcs several hundred meters tall. Their strength is much greater than that of their human comrades. Not only do the weapons in their hands appear heavier, they are often swung so easily. Smashing it over, he directly beat the many undead warriors in front of him until their limbs were broken and flew everywhere, which immediately relieved the pressure on his comrades.
These dwarves were craftsmen brought by the dwarf king Reynolds. They originally just helped Cassano forge weapons. But when the undead army arrived, these dwarves all picked up weapons and became warriors. As for the orcs, they even They are like a fish in water, because for these green-skinned creatures, their life is only fighting and honor. After naturalizing Cassano, they all despaired that they could no longer continue to fight like a warrior. Thinking that not long after this, the undead army launched a battle to invade Cassano, this made these orcs excited. Naturally, they did not hesitate to use all kinds of weapons they could find and rushed towards the enemy.
The battle situation was so monotonous. The soldiers of the Guards first used shields to block the attacks of the undead, and then their comrades behind them holding heavy weapons smashed these undead. Then came the second wave of offensive, and the third wave of offensive... These undead were originally shoddy. The lich who created them used undead magic to summon all the dead creatures buried deep underground along the way. Originally, he only planned to take advantage of their numerical advantage. Of course, it was impossible to use a series of secret rituals like the three masters of the Druid. Corrupted and degenerated, the combat effectiveness of these undead warriors is far less than when they were alive. They have no weapons or only the simplest bone weapons in their hands. Of course, it is difficult to pose a great threat to Cassano's defenders.
But this does not mean that this huge undead invasion army is not lethal. Their number is too huge. During the six days of attacking Iron Fist Castle, at least more than 15 million undead creatures were sent to the enemy by their lich masters. entered the battlefield, and in the end almost all of them were destroyed under the walls of Iron Fist Castle, otherwise it would be impossible to pile up mountains of bones there.
The most direct consequence of such a large number of undead is that the fatigue of the Cassano defenders has skyrocketed. A strong warrior will never feel uncomfortable if he swings a hammer and hits it once. When you swing like this 100 times, you will naturally feel the exhaustion of physical strength. If you swing continuously 1,000 times or 10,000 times without stopping...then even the strongest warrior will feel tired and hungry. If he makes one mistake among ten thousand swings, he will accidentally be harmed by undead creatures. Even a small wound will double his energy loss. In the end, he will lose his combat effectiveness due to exhaustion of physical strength, and he can only let it go. Slaughtered by the enemy, this is the only reason why countless famous elite troops in human history have conquered east and west without success, but were eventually swallowed up by the invading undead legions of the same era. They were not killed, but were killed in a desperate mood. Tired to death,
Now Adela is also facing such a dilemma. She has only 60,000 soldiers left out of 100,000, and there is no news at all about the reinforcements from the imperial capital. Last night when she and Vivian were rotating duties, they were too I was too tired to fall asleep. I also heard many bad rumors while touring the city, especially the Iron Fist Castle that had been besieged for 6 days, but the overlord of Cassano, Ryan, never showed up. This left many choices. The Cassano people were shaken in their hearts. If the undead had not surrounded the entire city, and they knew that letting the undead enter the city would be a dead end, perhaps the riots would have happened long ago.
Arad was anxiously thinking about countermeasures, but his eyes were carefully observing the signs of the undead camp in the distance. Based on human records over the years and observations during this period, Adra was already certain of the general pattern of the undead army. These summoned undead creatures are naturally controlled by the lich that directly summoned them. Each lich has different mana, and the number of troops it can control is different. Every time the undead army launches an attack on Iron Fist Castle, , only one lich leads the team to attack. When the lich's troops are exhausted, another lich leads the team to make up for it. This short period of free time is also a rare rest for the Cassano defenders. time,
It’s not that Adela has never thought of leading an elite force to raid the lich in charge. Fernando I used this method 200 years ago to successfully defeat the undead army at that time. But now the lich outside the Iron Fist Castle will be surrounded by There are all kinds of guards, some are several giant monsters assembled together, some are pale men in tuxedos, and some lichs come up and simply lay down a hundred-meter-wide area with themselves as the center. There are overlapping bone traps. If Adela dares to take the risk and rush in, there will be no return.
(Thank you very much for your support. I was flooded with gifts when I first logged into QQ today. I am even worse than Adela. o(∩_∩)o Haha, but I am much happier than her. I wish I had more. What a gift, eh, everyone, remember to continue next year, but it will definitely be another new book by then. I hope you all like it, and I hope you can continue to support me,)