Chapter 316 Resistance

Arrows flying above the city wall are like rain.

The siege troops raised the shield over their heads and slowly moved forward in the rain of arrows. The lethality of the arrows was offset by the shields. Only a very small number of lucky enough to hit the gaps in the shield formation, or the angles were particularly suitable so that the arrows that penetrated the shields caused effective damage.

However, this happened only when it was close to the castle wall. At this position, it was no longer suitable for straight-line shooting, so you could only use bows and arrows to shoot to kill the enemy. In a further distance, the power of musket bullets is much greater than that of arrows. Even with a heavy shield, the Chaos Warrior was still shot and killed by bullets.

The Chaos Warriors used shields to form a safe passage to protect the friendly forces behind them.

"The earth and stone team! Fill the trench! Open the road to the city wall."

Then, groups of people carrying mud bags rushed forward. Through the safe passage listed by friendly shields, they threw the earth and stone bags into the trenches in front. In this era, the trenches were always the first line of defense outside the castle. Water would be placed in places where conditions were available, and sharp wooden stakes would be inserted at the bottom of the trenches. However, these trenches were more against infantry than against infantry. Obviously, if this obstacle could not be cleared, most siege equipment would not be able to exert its power.

The trench was not particularly deep or wide. After persisting for a period of time, the earth, stone and firewood were filled with it. Some lifeless Chaos soldiers rushed forward with thick wooden boards and put the boards on the filled trench, forming a fairly flat passage.

"Siege car, get it!"

The siege car slowly came from behind. The siege car had a thick canopy that blocked the arrows, and four wheels below. The defense of this engineering equipment is by no means comparable to that of a shield. Neither arrow nor bullet could penetrate its thick defense, let alone hurt the person pushing the cart inside. In addition, the canopy was covered with water-covered raw cowhide and other things, such as wool bags poured with water, which also gave it a considerable degree of defense against flames.

The correct way to deal with this weapon is to have a large amount of oil. Before the siege car's iron-broken city hammer is close to the city wall or gate, if enough oil can flow into the siege car along the gap, then the fire can be used to easily ignite this huge siege weapon.

In fact, any castle, especially the location of the city gate, has such facilities. For example, the gate of this castle has a convex wooden platform, which allows the defenders to easily use oil to attack the siege weapons below. Of course, the siegemen had long anticipated this. Before the attack was launched, the Chaos wizards had already destroyed the platform with magic.

"Hit against the city gate, break the city hammer to prepare for attack!"

"Prepare, try hard! Fight! Fight..."

Accompanied by the sound of trumpets, the iron-headed city-breaking hammer began to hit the city gate under the push of manpower, making a dull sound like a death knell.

"After breaking the city..." Standing far away from the front line, a figure was staring at the siege car working hard with hungry eyes.

This figure was wearing charcoal black, with a bright and gorgeous armor. Just the gorgeous shape of this pair of armor and the faint magic luster on the armor, anyone could tell that he was a big man. The flashing mark of terror on his breastplate could clearly illustrate his identity. He was the commander of the Chaos Legion and the Lord of Blood Tooth.

The scars left by various traumas on his face were clearly telling the danger to the third party. It is hard to imagine that a person is still alive after suffering so much trauma. However, many people know that not all trauma is satisfied with leaving a scar on the body of the Blood Tooth Lord as a memory, at least the wound on the side and back of his head is not. This wound occasionally causes the Blood Tooth Lord torture in pain.

For example, at this moment, a severe pain hit the body of the Blood-Tooth Lord. The muscles on his face twitched. The bloodthirsty desire and the severe pain of the wound mixed together, and combined the Blood-Tooth Lord's face to form a chilling smile.

The heavy city gate was eventually conquered by the City Breaking Hammer. With the crisp sound of the broken wood, the City Breaking Hammer broke into the city gate.

The siege car retreated, and several particularly strong Chaos warriors rushed straight to the city gate with weapons such as axes and sledgehammers. In a few moments, the gap was much bigger. Now, it was enough to accommodate two people shoulder to shoulder.

Some people say that the Chaos Legion has a disarray of discipline and relies on a brute force to fight, without knowing how to advance and retreat, and have no rules. But this is obviously a prejudice. Not to mention anything else, the Chaos Legion's state of advance and retreat at this moment is enough to explain everything. War will eliminate all those inappropriate things. The Chaos Legion is also an army with strict discipline, clear command, and strong morale.

"The city gate is opened!" The cheer began to sound, and in a blink of an eye it turned into a hustle and bustle wave of victory. Then, the Chaos Warriors began to rush towards the damaged city gate frantically.

Seeing this situation, the Blood Tooth Lord could hardly curb his bloodthirsty urge. However, he finally controlled himself and issued orders in an orderly manner. He asked the troops from other locations to strengthen the offensive and cover the troops from the city gate to attack the city.

More and more soldiers at the city gate rushed into the city.

In this way, you should be able to kill a lot. The Blood Tooth Lord knew very well that this castle housed tens of thousands (at least thousands) of nearby residents. Their dying wailing with fear will become the most beautiful music today, their blood will become the most perfect stage, and he will become the best director of the script called "Kill". Undoubtedly, this killing will make the Blood God happy.

When he returned to reality from his excited fantasy, he found that something seemed to be wrong. By the way, the firepower at the top of the city was still fierce, and the bullets and arrows did not stop at all. There was no cry of despair in the city.

The Blood-Tooth Lord, who noticed that he was not good, immediately ordered a suspension of the offensive. His order was very correct, because he saw the Chaos Warriors who had just rushed into the city hurriedly retreating, and the number decreased by a large part. A subordinate immediately reported a bad news to him: there was still a long way to go between capturing the city gate and capturing the castle.

The castle was built on the terrain. From outside, it seemed that the foundation of the city wall seemed to be on the same level as the ground outside the city. However, after entering the city, I found that the foundation of the city was actually higher than the height of three people on the outside. Only a small piece of flat ground connected to the city gate was equal to the outside. The entrances and exits of the castle were usually placed with stairs made of wood for people to go up and down. However, at the beginning of the battle, the steps were demolished.

The Chaos Warriors who rushed into the city faced a terrain that was free of danger and guards who were on a three-person high ground, holding muskets and bows.

In this era of constant wars, although there are countless construction structures of castles, there are only two conventional construction ideas. One is an offensive castle, whose defense ability is completely proportional to the garrison (and equipment). The more defenders in the city, the more abundant the equipment, the stronger the defense of the castle. The other is a defensive castle. Its builders plan to be besieged by the dominant enemy for a long time. Various defensive means are condensed in the castle, and even if the number of defenders is insufficient, they can effectively stick to it.

These two ideas can be judged in an easy-to-distinguish way: see where the castle is located. If the castle is located on a plain and has convenient transportation, then 99% of the former is the former. On the contrary, if the castle is located on a dangerous terrain, such as a sea cliff, a dangerous peak, then 99% of the latter is the latter.

In most areas of Gruney, castles built by nobles or kings are the first type. This is because the lord's goal of building castles is to "control" their own territory. In other words, occupying a castle is equivalent to controlling a large area of ​​land around it. These castles are usually the residence of the lord and his family. In fact, the final manifestation of the victory and defeat of the war between the seven nobles in the country is reflected in the occupation of the castle. Occupy castle is equivalent to actually occupying the territory.

But in the northeast of Groney, the situation is different. The purpose of most castles is not to "control the territory", but to serve as a wartime refuge. It is to allow residents who have no time to withdraw to escape from the Chaos Legion after the invasion of the Chaos Legion. Due to its remote location, many castles are usually uninhabited after they are built. Only when the war comes, will the lords and lords hide in the castle and guard them almost.

No one expects militias that lack organizational training can win and lose in the field with the Chaos Legion, so the idea of ​​building a castle was the latter at the beginning. Of course, because of its remote location, this type of castle construction costs more (with material transportation costs), but Gruny's unique "territorial trusteeship" system gives border lords greater financial and manpower to do this.

The last great invasion of the Chaos Legion was a bloody lesson. After the fall of White Fort, the border lords knew that they could only rely on themselves to survive the next wave of Chaos Invasion, so their castle had to be built with great effort. There were layers of fortifications in the castle.

In addition, due to the numerous crimes committed by the Chaos Legion in Groney (this is thanks to the propaganda of the church), the defenders were particularly tenacious in defense warfare. When fighting based on various fortifications in the castle, the combat effectiveness of the militia was no worse than that of the regular army.

"Damn...can't it be?" The Blood-Tooth Lord finally ordered a retreat in disappointment. Breaking through the city gate had no meaning for this offensive and defensive battle. The expectation of ending the battle today was dashed.

Many people think that the Chaos Lord under the terror has muscles but no brains, but this is also a prejudice. This is like a green-skinned orc. Ordinary green-skinned orcs are barbaric, bloodthirsty, stupid and ignorant, but an orc at the level of a war commander cannot be treated like this. The same is true for the terror. The elimination of war will eventually choose a commander who has both wisdom and strength.
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