(Fifth update)
The fire blocking the Dark Elf army was finally extinguished, and the Dark Elf's logistical preparations were almost completed. With the help of the Earth Archmage, the Dark Elf consolidated and reinforced the passage they had laid out, and finally allowed those heavy stone throwers to pass. The vehicle entered the launch site and transported a large number of boulders weighing several tons for these big guys to consume in battle.
The one who was ordered to serve as the frontline commander was General Dahni. She was originally just a legion commander on the Dark Elf border, and her combat order belonged to the border garrison. However, after Ryan defeated Fetahab, she was reused by chance. , the army he commanded advanced all the way to the Three Peaks Fortress and made outstanding military exploits. He was also highly praised for the outstanding performance of the La Nina Legion under his jurisdiction. Now he has become a senior commander commanding more than a dozen legions. , can be said to be a step to the sky,
Looking at the dark elf army that was ready in front, General Dahni cast his eyes on the fortress in the distance. The Rakshasa demon's fortress was built on the mountain, and the bottom gate had long been filled with sand and stones. It is impossible to break in from there, so the dark elves' attack focuses on the walls on the surface of the fortress, because if the Rakshasa demon wants to guard this place, there will definitely be passages for mobilizing troops to enter and exit. As long as a few walls are conquered, they can follow Those passages go backwards into the interior of the fortress,
However, even the bottom wall is more than fifty meters from the ground, and the wall is treated to be quite smooth. It is almost impossible to climb with bare hands. You can only use equipment such as siege ladders, but if you want to It takes no less time and energy to push this extremely slow-moving big guy in front of the city wall than those heavy trebuchets. Within this distance, the fixed trebuchet on the Rakshasa Demon Fortress is the biggest obstacle, so General Dahne's first step was to clear them out.
The trebuchets here at the Rakshasa Demon Fortress only have a range of about four or five kilometers due to their size. The heavy trebuchets of the dark elves can safely throw boulders beyond their range. As for the threat of the ballistae, It's not too big. After all, they are installed here mainly to deal with threats from the sky, such as air strike troops riding wyverns or chimeras.
The dark elves also brought a legion of such troops, but such expensive Chimera flying troops are basically not used in cruel wars of attrition. Their biggest advantage is that they can search for targets from a high position, and they can reach the target after flying. Far exceeding the speed of ground cavalry units, it is definitely one of the best choices to carry out strategic goals, such as attacking the opponent's headquarters, paralyzing battlefield command, etc.
The huge stone was thrown into the air by the dark elf's heavy trebuchet. Its attack target was a fixed trebuchet on the distant fortress. The huge stone rolled several times in the air and slammed into the Three Peaks Fortress. On the surface, a large gap was created between the landing point and the nearby city wall, but it did not hit the target. More huge stones were thrown into the air. The dark elves' heavy trebuchets were fully fired and concentrated their attacks. All Rakshasa demon trebuchets visible within the field of vision,
Under this continuous attack, the city wall of the Rakshasa demon became a mess, with damage caused by huge rocks everywhere, and many trebuchets were destroyed. However, the casualties were not very large, because at the beginning The Rakshasa demons did not place a large number of troops on the city wall. There were quite a lot of internal passages in their fortress, and they could mobilize their troops to any place needed in a very short time. There was no need to put the soldiers in the open to bear the burden too early. The Dark Elf's Strike,
The private soldiers of the Dark Elf family took action again. In order to push the catapult in front of the Rakshasa demon fortress, they had to solve the road problem first. The crisscrossing ravines on the outer plains spread all the way to the vicinity of the fortress. The Dark Elf Previously, the road was only paved to the point where the fire was lit. Going further and further will be within the range of the Rakshasa monster's stone-throwing vehicle. If you start this project too early, you will definitely be attacked by the Rakshasa monster. You must wait until your side throws the stone. It can only be carried out after the stone car is pressed.
With their previous experience, the actions of these family private soldiers have become more proficient and smooth, so the speed of paving roads has been much faster than before. In order to block the attack of the Rakshasa demon, multiple dark elf phalanxes were prepared to form a strong shield. The wall was built to resist arrow attacks. When the laying work entered the range of the Rakshasa demon trebuchets, the trebuchets on the fortress that had not yet been destroyed began to fight back. The stones they threw were very harmful to the concentrated people. The infantry phalanx is a great threat. Often when a stone of hundreds of kilograms hits the ground, it will not immediately sink into the soil. Instead, it will bounce off the ground and continue to roll forward for a certain distance, leaving countless debris wherever it goes. Broken limbs and red blood,
In order to minimize our own casualties, whenever the Rakshasa demon's trebuchet is launched, the dark elf's heavy trebuchet will lock on the target and bombard it repeatedly until the target is completely destroyed. The huge rocks launched by the heavy trebuchet will be It's the kind that weighs several tons. Even if it doesn't hit the trebuchet directly, the impact of such a huge stone hitting the mountain wall or city wall can completely shake the Rakshasa demon warriors within a few dozen meters nearby. Falling to the ground can also effectively destroy the launch of the Rakshasa demon's trebuchet.
The heavy trebuchets of the dark elves caused quite effective destructive effects, but there were too few of them, only thirty, facing the densely packed Rakshasa monster walls on the entire mountain peak and the trebuchets on the walls. It's just a drop in the bucket, and even if they destroy one of the Rakshasa demon's trebuchets, they can mobilize manpower to launch a new trebuchet from the cave passage, etc. Because of their condescension, the Rakshasa demon's trebuchet is The range does not need to be too far to cause an effective attack. This light trebuchet is very light, and coupled with the relatively flat and smooth ground on the city wall, it only takes ten minutes to regain combat capability.
This is the benefit of building a fortress. The attacker will always be at a disadvantage and suffer more casualties. Regarding this, the dark elves were mentally prepared before attacking, so despite the heavy casualties, General Dahni still did not do anything for it. Moved by this, he personally stood on the front line to supervise the battle, watching the soldiers in front slowly build a road to the fortress with their own lives and blood.
When the private soldiers of the dark elf family paved the road to less than a kilometer away from the fortress, they suffered a second, heavier casualty, because this distance had already entered the range of the Rakshasa demon crossbow shooters. Under the attack of the arrow rain that covers the sky, unless the shield wall is made up of a huge shield, there will always be flaws and gaps. As long as an arrow penetrates it, a person who forms the shield wall will be killed. Dark Elf, there will be a small gap in the front shield wall. When the Dark Elf has no time to fill this gap, more arrows will enter from here, killing more targets.
The screams never stopped from the beginning. Too many dark elves died in the rain of arrows from the Rakshasa demon. More dark elves would not hesitate to step on the corpses of their companions and continue to move forward. From a distance, it was difficult for the Rakshasa demon's catapult to attack the dark elves, so in order to resist the rain of arrows that was so dense that it almost formed a curtain wall, the dark elves all crowded together as much as possible to form the tightest shield wall to protect their companions. go ahead,
Such a dense crowd immediately attracted the eighth-level spells of the Rakshasa magicians. The rate of loss of the dark elves increased again. However, as the dark elves advanced, the dark elves' crossbow shooters and magicians also entered their own. The target of the Rakshasa demon within range began to fight back. Although it would be more disadvantageous from the bottom up, the troops invested by the dark elves were several times that of the Rakshasa demon. This more or less offset the terrain advantage of the Rakshasa demon.
When the road ahead was about to be laid, General Dahni had already issued the order to dispatch the siege ladder. This siege ladder is actually a mobile platform with a hard baffle erected on the front, which can serve as a platform. The warrior on top blocks the arrow attack from the front. If it can be successfully pushed to the edge of the enemy's city wall, the baffle can be pushed down to become a pedal connecting the siege ladder and the city wall, and the dark elf warrior below can Quickly walk along the ladder behind the equipment to the upper platform, and then rush up to the opposite city wall through this platform to fight.
The manufacturing principle of such a siege ladder is quite simple, but it is a big project to build a fifty-meter-high platform. In order to form a local strength advantage in a short time after knocking down the baffle, the platform must at least have There is room for hundreds of people to stand, so calculating the volume of the entire siege ladder is naturally quite astonishing. To push such a huge siege ladder across uneven ground requires not only more manpower, but also The movement speed is also absolutely ridiculously slow. This is simply the best target for the opponent's trebuchet, so we can only rely on quantity and luck to make up for this flaw.
Such a siege ladder was pushed by thousands of dark elves working together, slowly advancing towards the distant fortress. There were more siege ladders in front, back, left and right of it, which were also advancing towards the city wall step by step. In order to To resist the attacks of Rakshasa monster trebuchets, each trebuchet is equipped with a number of red-robed advanced mages who specialize in protective magic. The defensive spells they jointly release can more or less resist those boulders falling from the sky. Of course, How long we can hold on is up to fate.
With the road forged by the lives and blood of the dark elf warriors in front, these siege ladders moved slowly but firmly towards the front. During this period, almost every siege ladder withstood the Rakshasa monster. The attack of the trebuchet now depends on personal luck and the strength of the red-robed mages. If the magician can withstand fewer blows and the magician's defensive spells are more effective, he can withstand more of this harsh environment. meeting,