A huge stone streaks the arc of death and rushes towards the city wall quickly. The commander next to him shouted "Dodge!" to no avail. The huge stone rolled over and ran over a dozen soldiers who had no time to escape, paving a bloody road again, and the stone naturally hit the house behind.
That's right, the total attack of Philip and Lex was launched. Contrary to the expectations of the Grand Duke and the Marquis of Carmon, Philip seemed very calm in the face of the imperial reinforcements that could be resisted in just a few days. He didn't charge the siege weapons and soldiers at the very beginning, but let hundreds of catapults throw boulders all over the sky almost extravagantly! Countless boulders kept attacking the city walls and houses. Although the casualties caused by the boulders were slow, the casualties were not very large, but not to mention the cracks and loose bricks and tiles that could be seen everywhere on the city walls. Just the sight of death hit by the boulder made the soldiers start to fear.
The Archduke and the others stood guard until the catapults under Philip could no longer withstand such frequent use and collapsed one after another, and the boulders that were constantly being thrown did not stop. However, including the Grand Duke himself, there is no sense of relaxation, because at this moment, with the dismantling of the catapult being withdrawn, the twenty towers are headed, followed by a dense number of spear sergeants and swordsmen. A wave hangs, accompanied by the sound of a horn representing the attack. The Grand Duke knew that the real bloody battle was just about to begin.
"The enemy's tower is approaching!" The bunker sentinel in the distance immediately hissed and shouted. The Grand Duke glanced at Marquis Carmon, who nodded, and immediately waved his saber at the approaching tower and shouted: " Rocket!"
The three waves of archers on the city walls and on the streets immediately bent their bows and arrows and raised their tarpaulin-covered fire arrows. As soon as the voice of the Grand Duke himself fell, a rain of arrows like a burning giant hand soared from the fortress, shrouding the enemy army that was advancing slowly! duh duh duh! Rockets are mercilessly nailed to towers and enemy shields. But even in the tight defense, there are always omissions. The rocket pierced into the gap in the soldier's weak armor, causing the soldier to fall to the ground with a scream, and was trampled under his feet mercilessly by his later companions.
"Cloud ladder! Cloud echelon!" The sentry on the other side immediately shouted, and the Grand Duke suddenly saw a row of spear sergeants carrying cloud ladders and wearing chain armor suddenly sprang from the slowly advancing enemy army. Divided into hundreds of teams and quickly ran towards the endless city wall! "Armor-piercing arrows, now is the time!"
The Grand Duke waved his sword again and shouted, and the elite archers standing on the city wall immediately pulled the quiver on their backs, revealing another bag of small quivers. His eyes calmly took out a heavy arrow from his quiver with a shiny and sharp arrow. This is an armor-piercing arrow. Not only is the process complicated, but also the materials are expensive. Unlike the cheap iron ore of ordinary arrows, armor-piercing arrows are powerful weapons that only dwarves can make. It is said that iron ore and other metals must be mixed with a rigorous forging process before it can be forged. For these 800 armor-piercing arrows, the Grand Duke almost returned the tax that a county could collect in ten years! Oh, those damned vile dwarves!
But the big bucks are no joke. The archers stared, bent their bows and arrows with all their might, aimed at the enemy troops who were rushing and carrying the ladders, and let go! The armor-piercing arrow made a piercing air-piercing sound that was impossible for ordinary arrows in mid-air! It quickly turned into a stream of light and shot those rushing enemy troops! The effort pays off, and the power of the armor-piercing arrow is far beyond the expectations of the Archduke and Marquis Carmon. This arrow pierced through the chain armor specially designed to prevent bows and arrows without hindrance, pierced through the flesh and blood, and pierced through the back unabated, nailing another enemy behind him to the ground!
duh duh duh! In this round of arrow rain, the cloud echelon that was rushing down unexpectedly fell piece by piece as quickly as mowing the grass! The Grand Duke himself was shocked, and even the archers who shot this arrow looked at the remaining two armor-piercing arrows in shock! "This thing, it's worth buying! Those dwarves finally have some talent in addition to the useless armor!"
A happy smile appeared on the Grand Duke's face immediately. This wave of arrows alone wiped out the entire cloud echelon! The remaining survivors were also frightened by the power of these arrows. They turned around and ran away without the will to fight, but these deserters who had their backs on the enemy were only living targets for the archers.
"Huh!" But before it was too late to make the Grand Duke happy for a while, swordsmen armed with huge shields immediately appeared in front of the wave-like enemy formation. They stood in a row in a disciplined manner, raised the shields in their hands, and even blocked a large part of the targets that the archers could shoot! "Armor-piercing arrows, come again!"
The Grand Duke frowned and shouted loudly. The archer who had just tasted the power of the arrows was also happy to do so. He quickly bent the bow and took the arrow, and another wave of armor-piercing arrows shot out! duh! Armor-piercing arrows are worthy of armor-piercing arrows. Even if the enemy has a huge shield, they can penetrate and kill the enemy alive behind the shield. But maybe the shield really did the trick. Although this wave has somewhat achieved the purpose of shooting, it is far worse than the previous results.
But just when the Grand Duke was upset, the tower was already approaching fifty meters away. The catapults and crossbows behind the city walls fired arrows and stones without the Grand Duke's orders. However, in the face of a huge number of twenty towers, although three catapults have collapsed, facing the approach of 17 towers, it seems more than enough. "Boom!"
With just a loud bang, a flying stone slammed into an approaching tower. The huge impact smashed the iron sheets and wooden boards of the tower and flew up. The towers in the upper part of the tower immediately let out a whining sound. Even if the enemy troops below were scurrying around in terror, they could not escape the fate of being crushed to death by the towers.
There was a fight, but the Grand Duke with such a record could not laugh at all. At this moment, 16 towers are approaching the city wall, and you can even clearly see the texture of the wood used to build it! But it was too late, and then too soon, a large number of enemy archers wearing chain armor quickly rushed to the wooden pedals on both sides of the tower, facing the archers on the city wall that was only more than ten meters in front of them, just Launched a close-range shooting!
"Ahhh!" There was a scream immediately on the city wall, and the archers who couldn't be caught were shot indiscriminately by this close range, and a large number of them immediately fell down. Occasionally, one or two archers can be seen being shot in the eyes. They covered their eyes and couldn't see the way, and they fell off the city wall and fell into the sea of people encouraged by the head below! It was immediately chopped into pieces by countless spears and swords.
The Grand Duke's face turned pale, and he immediately waved: "All the infantry are on the city wall to defend! The foot knights will also come to help!" Seeing a large number of soldiers in elite armor with shields and long swords rushed to the city wall, but the Grand Duke's face did not show the slightest get better. Because he saw that suddenly among the enemy army, many soldiers took out the ladder from the tower again. They carried the ladder very tacitly and with high fighting spirit, rushed to the root of the city wall, and put the long ladder on the city wall. Then one put the shield on his head for defense, and quickly climbed up!
"Throwing rocks! Kerosene! Quick, quick! Don't let these bastards get up on the city wall!" The Grand Duke scolded the soldiers in a rare swear words. Then buckets of hot oil and feces that had been prepared for a long time were brought up. The Grand Duke's palms were sweating. He wiped the sweat from his eyebrows and glanced at the sea of people outside the fence where the ground could no longer be seen. A feeling of helplessness and tension grew and grew in his heart. Not only did he murmur to himself a little short-lived, "Can I really hold on?"