From the very beginning, the battle fell into difficulty.
In fact, regardless of ignoring the enemies on either side, Verina can easily solve the threat on the other side.
If the Maron Legion in the front is not there, she can turn around and eat up the port guard led by Beards; if there is no port guard behind, she can also organize all the troops on the defense of the city. , and can mobilize the entire Shawan Harbor to carry out long-term defensive operations. Although it is difficult to repel opponents who are superior in quantity and quality, at least it will not be a big problem to stick to it for three to five days.
But no how.
Verina could only rack her brains, maintaining two lines of defense, and fought quite hard.
She had handed over to her adjutant Palan to deal with the battle of the port guard behind her, while she herself had to sit on the frontal battlefield.
The siege of the Malone Legion had already started in full swing, and the six artillery pieces no longer fired at the defense guns on the top of the city one by one, but shifted their targets and began to bombard the city gate.
The north gate of Shawan Port is fairly strong, but no matter how strong the gate is, it is impossible to withstand the continuous attack of six artillery pieces.
What's more, the Maron Legion's siege weapon is not only artillery. The ramming car pushed up, this thing hits the city gate, its efficiency is more fierce than that of artillery. And there are also trebuchets that have a longer strike distance than artillery. Although in terms of strike accuracy, it can be described as "following fate", but even if a huge boulder thrown high up directly hits the city wall, it will still cause damage. Considerable damage.
Under such constant bombardment, the pressure on the city defense of Shawan Harbor was simply amazing.
Not to mention, under such a fierce attack, almost a thousand soldiers, either pushing ramming vehicles or carrying siege ladders, were breaking away from the army formation and starting to approach the city wall.
"Shoot!" The captains of several squadrons preparing bows and crossbows shouted profusely and hoarsely, and shot arrows at the approaching enemies below.
The long-range strike did cause some damage to the opponent, but overall it couldn't be regarded as a traumatic injury.
Many of these soldiers who came carrying siege equipment were equipped with shields. During the process of advancing, the shields are in front of the body and on the head, which is to guard against long-range attacks.
Verina doesn't have the elite archers of the ranger troops. At best, the crossbowmen in his hands can only shoot arrows according to the orders of the officers. It is already very good to be able to complete the disciplined bursts. Expecting them to be like sharpshooters, aiming at the gaps in the shields and shooting enough threatening arrows at a distance, it is indeed a bit difficult for others.
With not too many losses, the troops of the Malone Legion have pressed to a very close position. The crash car approached the city gate, and the ladder was already loaded up.
At this time, the best solution is to send out an elite team, before the enemy's troops can fully deploy, take advantage of the chaos and destroy the ramming vehicles. Cause some damage.
However, Verina did not have such an elite team in her hands. These soldiers of the garrison army have to pull out hundreds of people to open the city gate. It is estimated that they will be beaten back soon after rushing out. Let alone the strategic goal, after the loss of manpower for nothing, the city gate may suffer direct damage. threat. This is not worth the candle.
But that doesn't mean the defense master is unprepared.
"The First Brigade of the Garrison Battalion was dispatched as planned."
As soon as the order was issued, the captain of the first brigade did not immediately carry out the order.
"The legion commander... didn't you agree that our brigade will only be dispatched at the most critical time?"
Of course, there is a reason for him to ask this question. Hearing the task that Velina assigned him beforehand, he was in a cold sweat.
"Now is the critical time." Verina said coldly.
The captain had to take orders.
A moment later, the ramming car had just been pushed under the north gate, and before it had time to show off its power, the action of the first brigade began.
I saw that at the head of the city, a soldier was put into the hanging basket, and the two ropes tied to the hanging basket began to be lowered.
The soldiers who stayed in the hanging basket were in the same mood as the hanging basket, shaking and frightened. The 20-meter-high city wall is nothing. Looking under the hanging basket, all the soldiers of the Maron Legion who raised their swords and looked up at him seemed to be waiting for him. It's nothing. The most frightening thing was right in his arms.
A black iron ball.
Holding the iron ball the size of half a watermelon in both hands, as the hanging basket slowly fell, a cold light flashed in his eyes, he quickly lowered his head, and he dodged several arrows shot up from below,
But one still shot through the gondola and stuck in his thigh.
The hanging basket is not considered strong!
He screamed, shook his hand, and almost threw the iron ball in his hand.
But he finally stabilized.
The arrow stuck in his thigh could not kill him, but this iron ball could.
It's a cannonball.
Don't think that the shells fired by the artillery in the Orodic world are solid iron balls, it is a big mistake. Cannon is actually a product of alchemy. Although the artillery itself is not high in alchemy technology, the shells are not.
Although the outer layer of the alchemy cannonball looks like a whole piece of round cast iron, it is not. This is a piece of curved iron block, bonded in a special way, filled with alchemy explosives. After being launched and detonated, the power and impact of the alchemy explosive explosion are impressive, and at the same time, it will also explode the wrapped iron ball into iron pieces for group killing.
It's just that the shells are not easy to explode. In addition to launching it with artillery, it can only be ignited and thrown.
But if it is manually ignited, it is very different from the specially equipped artillery. The most prominent point is that the detonation time is very short, and it is not practical to use tools to project. The most reliable way is to throw it manually except for artillery fire, and then run away quickly.
Like a ramming car under the city gate, this is not something that can be bombarded by the artillery on the city wall by turning the muzzle. It can only be carried out by manually igniting it, and then putting it into the surrounding area of the crash car to detonate it.
It is conceivable that the soldier on the hanging basket is responsible for such a mission, how dangerous his situation will be, and how much psychological pressure will be.
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Suddenly found out that there was something wrong with the ten digits of the chapter number, and it has been corrected~(To be continued.)