The first wave of battle broke out quickly, but Scherut’s attack was severely blocked. After shooting an arrow on the southern section of the Sea Cliff Fortress but failed, they quickly exposed their target, fell into a siege, and had to retreat. , The battle line once retreated to the midpoint between the main wall of Fatan Harbor and the sea cliff fortress, and Delphine reinvested in the two harbor guards to join the battle, and was able to stabilize his position.
On the southern section of the wall of the Sea Cliff Fortress, the Knight Commander Thok, who had just made a false alarm on the wall, also found that the undead’s attack was blocked.'It seems that the previous attack has been discovered—' He immediately realized this. The intention of these harbor guards was obviously to retake the Sea Cliff Fortress, but they obviously didn't realize that there were so many enemies in the Sea Cliff Fortress. Now the opponents are still fighting stubbornly. They wanted to buy time for the rear friendly forces to deploy defenses.
When has the fighting will and tactical qualities of the Port Guard of Fattan so high? He couldn't help being a little surprised. This was not to say how much he knew about these local guards, which were not even considered to be the second-line army, but a general understanding, as the elite of the empire and the vanguard of the white army, Suok Of course, they are qualified to look down on the brothers in these places. The standard of the Hong Kong Guards today is obviously beyond his expectations.
After throwing in the new force of the two teams, the situation on the battlefield suddenly tilted again. Sherutter and his colleagues once captured the southern part of the sea cliff fortress under the wall, and they even climbed the rock towards the wall. Initiated two shocks, but unfortunately they were both repelled by the corpse witches and skeletons on the wall.
This is not uncommon. Because the terrain outside the Sea Cliff Fortress is very narrow, only the place close to the second half of the sandbank will become open and flat again, but Scherut and his colleagues are firmly guarding the sea cliff. On the trail, the undead’s superior forces cannot be used at all. Although the Hong Kong Guards are not worth mentioning in front of the White Legion, they have an absolute advantage when facing the same number of weak skeletons.
But the corpse witches quickly mobilized skeleton archers from behind, and once again changed the situation. A line of skeleton archers lined up and shot downwards from the southern part of the sea cliff fortress. Time caused Scherut's team to suffer heavy losses, and the other two teams seemed to be different. The morale of the Hong Kong Guards had just been soaring and immediately fell to the freezing point, almost retreating all the way to the main city wall of Fattan Port.
Seeing this scene, Baron Ludwig on the city wall couldn’t help feeling a little bit awkward on his face. Although he was not considered the chief military officer of Fattan Harbor, the Hong Kong Guards were directly under the Lord Fattan. He was embarrassed from the battlefield. The Hong Kong Guards who fled back, he almost couldn't help but want to yell at these guys on behalf of him, but he didn't remember who was the commander here until he heard the words, so he had to swallow the swear words back into his stomach with a sullen face.
Delphine was much calmer than him, as if she had expected it, she quietly watched the scene under the city, and ordered: "Up arrow."
Her voice was not high, but the herald faithfully passed on her orders one after another. The soldiers in the front row of the city wall stepped back, and the back row immediately showed two rows of archers holding long bows. , Archers are a rare product in Warnd. They are almost all professional soldiers or mercenaries. Crossbowmen are common in the general army, even if there are more heavy crossbowmen than archers, and archers Without years of training, it is impossible to get on the battlefield at all, and there is a professionally trained archer team in a port guard in the imperial district. Its strength can be seen, and people can't help but sigh. In fact, Marjorie and When Euni learned that there was such a longbowman team, the look on her face was a bit strange.
In Warnd, archers use almost all magic bows, because the investment in training an archer is much greater than building a magic bow, and longbowmen who use magic bows far surpass crossbows in range, accuracy, and projection density. In addition, they can also use enchanted arrows. When using enchanted arrows, the power of longbows is far beyond that of heavy crossbows.
The archer opened the longbow under the order, and the clusters of arrows on the bow shone with a faint golden luster, and the top was soggy that it was obviously poured with holy water. Rows of long bows are raised in the rain, and the arrows point precisely to a certain shooting angle. This is also a place where the magic bow is far more than a heavy crossbow. It is waterproof. Ordinary bows and crossbows will lose their power due to moisture, but magic items There is no such concern.
The herald looked at Delphine who was aside, and the latter nodded coldly.
"put!"
"put!"
"Let it go!" A command sounded, and at that moment, the entire city wall lit up slightly, as if a dark golden line was flashing at the same time. It was the cold light brought out by the feathers and arrows, and the rain curtain seemed to have an advancing white line, with a sharp sound, as if a gust of wind was blowing oncoming, and an arrow rain had fallen on the sandbank.
In theory, arrows have limited damage to skeletons, because arrows can easily pass through the pores of their bones. Even if they are lucky enough to hit the bones, they can only shoot one or two ribs off. Too much impact. Only if you are lucky enough to shoot off the tibia and neck can you effectively kill, but in the dark night, the probability is really too small.
But this rain of arrows is different. When each arrow approaches the skeleton, a strong holy light radiates from it. The hit skeletons look like melted butter, and the arrows pass through their bodies, leaving behind. In the next huge cavity, there was even a golden flame burning at the broken bones. Even in the rain and snow, the flames did not go out at all. Instead, they burned more and more, turning each skeleton into ash.
For a while on the battlefield in the dark, a sea of golden fire appeared, and the Skeleton Sea under the main wall of Port Fattan was burned out of a blank area without warning.
"Prepare for the second round of shooting." Delphine ordered, while she yelled, "Marjorie."
"exist!"
"Preparing to attack, I ask you to lead the three small groups of White Lion Guards to drive the undead army back to the southern section of the sea cliff fortress wall and launch an attack on the fortress!"
"Yes!" Marjorie replied without hesitation.
At this time, the archers in line have completed the second round of attacks. On the battlefield, it takes twelve seconds for a trained heavy crossbowman to reload the arrow bullet, but a well-trained archer only needs one third of this time. , Another golden arrow rain fell on the skulls, and the skeleton army of several small teams under the city wall immediately became sparse.
However, they did not collapse. The most troublesome aspect of the army of the undead is the lack of morale, especially the low-level undead. Although they lack wisdom, they will not feel fear, and naturally they will not easily shrink back.
At this time, the city gate slowly rose, and Marjorie led the White Lion Guard to kill.
"The archer changes the enchanted rocket and prepares for the third round of shooting, asking to cover the back of the undead army and cover Marjorie's assault." Delphine calmly gave instructions.
"Miss Delphine, why do you want to change the rocket?" Count Alcons was anxious: "The attack effect of the holy arrow is very good, and there are several bases in the storage of the ammunition. The rocket has no effect on the skeleton!"
Delphine glanced at him, and replied in a bad tone: "Am I the commander or your commander, follow my order and light the torch—"
When the main city wall of Fatan Harbor lighted up, Sock understood that today’s sneak attack was over. He saw a torch and a brazier being lit one after another on the wall 500 meters away. Under the ray of light, the walkway on the city wall was full of soldiers, and the archers of the Hong Kong Guard stood neatly in two rows.
When the archer shot the first two rounds of arrow rain, he frowned slightly, and looked around suspiciously, but when the third round of arrow rain flashed in the rain, Sock finally felt relieved. , It seems that the priests of the Temple of Flame in the city were not assembled in the first time. The plan was implemented well. The previous sacred arrow should be stored ammunition—according to intelligence, the enchanted arrow of the Hong Kong Guards should not be stored ammunition. There will be too many, as for the sacred arrows, there will be fewer, after all, there has never been a record of being attacked by the undead in this area before.
However, the attack was inevitably repelled. Following the arrow rain, he saw an unfamiliar army slaying out of Fattan Harbor. The fighting force of this new force was not weaker than that of the Hong Kong Guards. It's much more than that. The opponent's equipment seems to be between light and heavy infantry, but the action is extremely flexible, and the assault is full of explosive power. Several skeleton squads can't resist this kind of offensive, and they are soon forced back to the sea cliff. On the trail.
This is obviously not an ordinary army. The term "White Lion Legion" immediately came to mind. Duke Ambnar made a thorough arrangement before attacking Fattan Port. Intelligence work is of course essential, so Sok knows very well. What are the details of the Eruins stationed in Fattan Port
Of course, even the Duke of Ambnar would not know the difference between the White Lion Legion and the White Lion Guard in that small kingdom, he just conflated the two in a hurry.
The sneak attack was discovered, and the offensive was blocked. The battle that had taken the lead was not unexpectedly turned into a frontal confrontation, but this did not exceed Thok's expectations. In fact, it was already his expectation to be able to take the Sea Cliff Fortress so easily. Besides, it may even be beyond the expectation of the commander-in-chief of this battle, Duke Ambnar. It is impossible for the Hong Kong Guards and Eruins to rely on the low main wall of Fatan Harbor to be trapped. The thing is to break through the city gate in one go, and then throw the undead into the street fighting.
Of course, it is better to have no street fighting.
He very much hopes that once the city wall falls, the enemy who has lost hope will surrender, but judging from the intensity of the resistance at this moment, it seems that this wish should be in vain.
Sock naturally attributed it to the reason that the prince’s eldest son was in the city—
However, he is not very worried, because the undead are cannon fodder, no one will feel the slightest pain even if they are all consumed here. Using the undead to consume the blood of the Eruins and the Hong Kong Guards in street fighting is obviously a problem. A good deal. As for the White Legion, Thok knew that there was only one enemy-he suddenly turned his head, and the valley behind him was dark, but he knew that there were tens of thousands of undead army there, and in the further direction, It is a hilly area around the Golden Needle Valley.
I don't know if Erich and the others are already in place.
He frowned silently.
…
Oveshin Port, inside the Konvi Fortress—
With a creak, the door of the room was pushed open by the attendant: "My lord, Sir Erich and his Griffin Battalion have arrived in the scheduled area, and Sir Bernd and his Blade Knights also sent a magic message three minutes ago. , Said it was ready—"
Duke Ambnar withdrew his gaze from the stone hole window: "Where is the Buga fleet?"
"Nothing has happened yet."
"How is the battle in Fattan?"
"Frontline observations show that the sneak attack was successful. The Advance Undead Army captured the Sea Cliff Fortress in one fell swoop, but the enemy's resistance was fierce, and the front line was deadlocked under Fatan."
The Duke of Ambnar frowned slightly: "There is no sea cliff fortress. Those Eruins will guard soon. I will let the Madara people work harder. Go down. Tell Erich and Bernd to do it at any time. Ready to attack."
Count Brill looked at the closed door and turned his head: "Old man?"
"Don't worry, old friend, the problem is not big," Duke Ambnar glanced at the bone stick suspended in mid-air with black smoke. The direction of the Golden Needle Forest has lost contact, and there is also a fake bone staff missing together, presumably a mouse sneaked in."
"It doesn't matter?" The former frowned slightly, and asked with some anxiety.
"It doesn't matter, the situation on the front line is very good. The Bugans can't dream of our plan, nor blame them. I am afraid that no one in this world would think that Her Majesty and Madara have reached an alliance. "The Duke of Ambnar was in a good mood: "Madala's offensive was more successful than expected. There is no Eruin in the Sea Cliff Fortress port to save their lives. That poor Lord Earl was killed by Buga." People don’t know if they are a gunman, but the empire will not pity him."
He walked to the earl's desk, picked up the flint and iron on the desk, scratched the pipe, and then took a sigh of it, squinting his eyes and sighing deeply.
"The mouse that sneaked into Oveshin must be a Yankee scout. Don't worry, someone will take care of them."
"It's not like you, old man, who will boast about going down to the sea before the war has ended." Earl Brill seemed to be affected by this emotion and laughed: "Where is our cautious Lord White?"
"This war has come to an end, Brill," Duke Ambnar said, shaking his head: "It is impossible for the Bugans to declare war on two empires at the same time."
"That being said," Earl Brill reminded, "Don't forget that the Bugans also have a fleet here—"
"Yes," Duke Ambnar replied bluntly, "so what we are waiting for is their fleet."