Well, it’s not that I don’t want to update more often. First, it’s a holiday now, and second, I just hope to stay on the new book list for a few more days. And I have also promised everyone that I will speed up the updates starting next week.
Chapter 40 Weight
As the imperial officers stared in amazement, the entire southern city area had become a sea of fire, and the huge smoke almost enveloped most of the Desolate Stone City.
"Long live the Empire! This is simply unbelievable. Those catapults and those weird burning pottery jars can actually exert such a terrifying power. At this distance, even our magician troops cannot threaten them. If we want to attack them, we must advance at least hundreds of meters under this terrifying attack, and we have to extinguish those flames along the way. Damn it, I don't know how many people in our Holy Light Magician Corps can support until that time. Maybe we have to let Nari's Water Magician Corps deal with them..."
Mage Wink was the first to sigh at this result, thinking about what he would do if he really fought against a troop with such a powerful catapult. But after thinking for a long time, he finally came to the same conclusion as the demons did when they faced the magic-breaking crossbows. He could only use forbidden magic and use his life to perish together with those terrifying equipment.
"What's so difficult about that? I can use a small wind bomb magic to blow those fireballs away. Besides, they only have about a hundred pottery jars prepared for each catapult. I can cast more than a hundred wind bomb magic by myself. How can I be afraid of what he can do?" Pouting, Irina thought that these powerful weapons were made by those who she believed to be uneducated perverts, so she couldn't help but want to belittle them. But in fact, she was really unsure in her heart that she could be sure to block all attacks with her magic.
"That's right. If he ran into our magic army, how could he show off his might here? He might be completely destroyed by the light spear formation launched by Lord Wenk in one encounter. The reason he can achieve such a result now is entirely because our magic army has used up all the magic power of the enemy magicians, so he is just lucky."
Hearing someone belittling me, Claude, who was covered in dust by Thacker at the morning meeting, immediately took the opportunity to beat the fallen dog and hoped to show off in front of the beauty he had been waiting for for a long time. But he did not notice how fanatical the eyes of several senior officers in front of him were.
He had never thought that the highest commanders of these legions had to return home in defeat because of facing cities or magician troops. When they saw this powerful siege weapon and the possibility of suppressing magic attacks outside the magician's attack range, they were so excited and thrilled. If they could master this type of soldier, it would be equivalent to letting them master a powerful force that was no less powerful than the magician army, but easier to use and form.
The fact that I formed this army within a week made the officers like Thack who knew the situation even more excited. If we invested enough troops and were sure to protect this army, then in future sieges, wouldn't there be no need to sacrifice a single soldier just to build the city wall
"Irina, what if they bring stones with them when they attack? What will you do? In this way, the time they spend throwing and the number of stones they throw will be doubled. And after you block their round of attack, if the rest of them attack with stones, what will you do? Are you going to use your body to block the stones? After all, our magic power is limited. If their army is taken seriously enough, do you think we can withstand it? And I even estimate that they haven't used all their strength. Those things that we think are magic-breaking crossbows have not been used until now..." Wenke did not blame others, but just earnestly advised his students.
After hearing what Wenk said, Carson showed an annoyed expression, but Thacker was extremely happy. Although he didn't show anything on his face, he was already very happy in his heart. I didn't expect that I came to be a nanny unwillingly, but I got a treasure unexpectedly. The unhappiness when I first came to Custer City completely disappeared from Thacker's heart. When Wenk mentioned the magic-breaking crossbow, Thacker's ears immediately stood up, and his eyes began to aim at the crossbows in front of my position...
"Third Division, all of you dismount and stand by behind the catapults. When necessary, take part in the defense or rescue the slingers back to the barracks..." Watching the catapults being operated quickly and methodically, Sack was now reluctant to part with those slaves who he originally thought were test subjects or cannon fodder, and even sent his own elite division to protect them. This change was not slow, but too fast.
"Hey! Those guys should run for their lives. I wonder if they will switch to making hand-throwing stone machines after their catapults were destroyed by the Black Wolf Legion..." Clad's sarcastic voice made everyone focus their attention on the front again. Although everyone couldn't help but roll their eyes at him, the situation in front immediately made them nervous.
Tens of thousands of Black Wolf Cavalrymen almost came out in full force, heading towards the trebuchet position at a crazy speed. In the left hand of each Black Wolf Cavalryman, almost all of them held a bottle or a torch. There was no doubt that the Senke Federation could no longer bear this level of attack and was ready to send the cavalry to carry out this tit-for-tat action.
"The ammunition carrier and the rope operator operate the crossbow, and the trebuchet thrower moves the trebuchet limit switch forward 3 squares..." Seeing the Black Wolf Army swarming out of the city gate, I issued an urgent order. Damn it, if I had 2,000 more soldiers... No, with just 1,000 people, I could use the trebuchet and crossbow to attack at the same time, but now is not the time to fantasize. (Two people on both sides of the crossbow load crossbows, and one soldier in the middle tightens the rope, all operated by three people; the trebuchet requires at least three people, and the fastest attack speed requires five people)
"After loading the crossbow, the operator stays behind, and the rest of the people operate the catapults to carry out close-range shotgun attacks... You guys over there, yes, you, come over here and load the crossbows..." Seeing the soldiers of the Cavalry Archer Division coming over, I no longer cared that they were not soldiers I could command, and yelled at them to come over to help.
The giant trebuchet, after adjusting its range, was loaded with stones of double weight, and then hurled at the oncoming cavalry like rain. . . . .
500 catapults, minus a few abandoned due to damage, each time threw thousands of stones, making the Black Wolf cavalry feel like they were seeking death in the rain of stones. The three city gates were almost completely closed by the rain of stones. Almost every time a group of Black Wolf cavalry rushed out, half of them were knocked off their horses, and most of them had lost the possibility of getting on their horses again.
After rushing 500 meters, the Black Wolf Legion soldiers unexpectedly found that they had escaped the rain of stones. Except for a few stray bullets, there were no more terrifying things in front of them. So the Black Wolf Legion, led by several of their division commanders, regrouped and rushed straight to the catapult array.
Looking at the Black Wolf Cavalrymen who thought they had a smooth road ahead after passing through the rain of rocks, I slowly raised the flag in my hand, while the crossbow operators stared at the bright red flag that I was slowly raising above my head.
When the Black Wolf Cavalry approached within 300 meters of the position, I waved the flag in my hand without hesitation. 1,000 crossbow arrows as thick as a child's arm and nearly 2.5 meters long pierced into the enemy formation like lightning. In two breaths, those giant crossbow arrows with white cast iron (a kind of cast iron with a carbon content of about 2%, hard and brittle) arrows on the heads were inserted into the cavalry formation. . . . .
I can’t describe how tragic it was, but the blood rain that followed the cross-shaped arrows was enough to show the lethality of these crossbows. From the telescope, we can see that after a crossbow arrow passed, two... or even three cavalrymen on a road suddenly fell off their horses, and the blood gushing out of their bodies even dyed their horses red. What’s more, many cavalrymen were pierced through their horses by the oncoming giant crossbows and then pierced through their bodies by the giant crossbows. In an instant, they fell straight to the ground with their horses, and even died, still looking like they were riding horses...
"The double-numbered columns of the Giant Crossbow Team concentrate on attacking the city gate. Don't let them have a chance to get out. The single-numbered catapult troops continue to use stones to assist the Giant Crossbow Team in blocking the city gate. The double-numbered catapult will move the limit baffle of the throwing arm back 3 spaces and replace it with the No. 3 incendiary tank. Turn the area 500 meters behind the city gate into a sea of fire. Let's see if those cavalry can still rush out..." In my frenzy, I didn't care that I was swearing, and orders were constantly passed down by my messengers.
At this time, the senior commanders of the imperial army didn't know what to say. Hundreds of thousands of troops were suffocated to death in the city by thousands of soldiers, including the so-called infantry nemesis light cavalry, and even this cavalry was the famous Black Wolf Corps on the continent. In addition to being happy, those officers smiled helplessly. If their army encountered such a perverted army, what should they do? Thinking about it, the faces of those legion leaders all became extremely ugly.
Perhaps the only one who was happy among these officers was Captain Sack. After seeing the power of the catapult and the abnormality of the giant crossbow, he had made up his mind to firmly control this army in his own hands. Even the Minister of Military Affairs could not dig this army away from him, at least Shen Hanlong could not slip away from his palm...
Many of these people were the most upset, and Carson was undoubtedly the most upset. A talented person, an assistant who could make him famous, just flew away from his hands. Just thinking about it made him feel extremely distressed, and he secretly decided that even if he couldn't take over this guy with a head full of weird things after the war, he would get some soup from him.