Five Hundred and Seven Ancient Offensive and Defensive Battles

The morning of this day is destined not to be an ordinary morning. More than 100,000 refugees outside the city, blood flowed into rivers under the massacre of the demon army.

Putting his hands on the crenel, Earl Roysaac looked pale, looking at the refugees who were being massacred less than 300 meters in front of him, but he couldn't do anything.

After finally recovering from his senses, he had no choice but to give an order to the soldiers on the city wall to prepare for battle: "Order all soldiers to climb the city wall! Prepare to fight! Prepare to fight!"

The horns of orders began to sound one after another, and the soldiers who were originally stationed under the city wall began to put on their own armor, organize their weapons, and then assembled, and walked up to the top of the city one by one.

One after another, the magic circles that fortified the city wall were opened. These magic circles on the city wall of Shakeburn were still the defense system built with the help of the puppet empire and the devil.

It's just that now, these fortifications that originally defended Alan Hill are used in turn to defend against demon attacks. This has to be said to be a kind of irony.

On the illuminated magic circle, some huge canvases were lifted by the soldiers, revealing the heavy artillery covered inside, which was well maintained but poor in performance.

These heavy cannons were all produced by the Southern Kingdom's own smelting of steel, and the thickness of the barrels was exaggerated. A cannon weighed almost a dozen tons, and it was impossible to move in the field.

Therefore, these artillery were deployed on the city walls and used as firepower points for defending the city. Although it is really outdated to deal with Elanhill, it can be used to fight demons, and it still has a certain effect.

Of course, apart from a small amount of artillery, the ancient ballistas and trebuchets are actually the most equipped on the city walls of Shakeburn.

Although these things pose a low threat to the demons, due to issues such as quantity and production costs, they were retained by the Southern Kingdom, and are now used on the battlefield.

"The trebuchet and the ballista are ready to fire!" An officer shouted loudly, and the soldiers twisted the winch with difficulty to load the ballista with projectiles. From time to time, the captain shouted slogans, and the soldiers responded loudly.

Standing beside them are soldiers responsible for covering these heavy weapons and equipment. They are equipped with a few poor Mauser 98k rifles. The task is to protect these weapons and equipment from being destroyed by the enemy's air force.

Yes, the few rifles that were available, and the more prized machine guns, were used to defend against enemy aerial threats.

Therefore, to deal with the targets on the ground, the soldiers of Shakeburn are still using the offensive and defensive methods of a hundred years ago: trebuchets, ballistas, bows and arrows, and rolling stones.

"The enemy has entered range! My lord!" An officer came over and stood at attention and reported to Earl Roysaac: "Would you like to counterattack?"

Roy Isaac waved his hand and decided to save ammunition. He has no way to fight back now, because the demon dog is entangled with the refugees, and the effect of attacking at this time will really be greatly reduced.

Refugees with little to no armor will suffer more casualties and will share most of the attack firepower. So now he can only wait, waiting for the massacre under the city to come to an end, when the demon troops start to really threaten the city wall.

Therefore, he opened his mouth and ordered: "Tell the troops not to fight back for the time being! Especially the artillery! Don't fire yet! We have to wait until the enemy attacks the city wall before attacking!"

However, soon everyone in the city sadly discovered that the speed of the demon massacre was much, much faster than they had imagined.

More and more demon dogs rushed into the crowd, and more advanced double-headed demon dogs and some demon soldiers began to appear on the edge of the forest.

The wisdom of these troops is obviously higher. They did not join in the massacre in a mess, but stood by on the edge of the woodland, forming a phalanx ready to attack one by one.

"Can't wait! Let the troops start to fight back! The trebuchets and ballistas fire first! The artillery don't move yet!" Earl Roysaac is also a commander from the old army. He has some combat experience and has used artillery experience.

In fact, the previous few times, when Alan Hill's naval fleet attacked Shakeburn, the defense of Shakeburn was under his command. At that time, he had also fought with the naval fleet of Alan Hill, but the loss was ugly.

Because of this experience, he can use artillery proficiently, and he can also command some rifle and machine gun units to fight.

It is precisely because of this reason that he has become more and more stable in the position of Shakeburn City Lord, and he has not been transferred until now.

Seeing the situation outside the city getting worse and worse, and the number of demonic troops mixed in the crowd was increasing, Earl Roysaac knew that he could no longer wait for the opportunity. The demons will soon be charging at the walls, and if they don't fire now, they may never have the chance to do so.

The order to counterattack was issued soon, and the projectiles of countless ballistas flew to the distance with the buzzing sound of the bowstring tightening, passing the densely packed infantry and archer phalanx in front, and smashing towards the demonic army that was approaching the city wall below the city with human refugees.

Seeing the ballistas of their own army flying overhead, the infantry let out a burst of cheers. They just watched the demon army slaughter their compatriots non-stop, and now they saw their own counterattack. Naturally, their morale was greatly boosted. The battle flag also fluttered in the wind in response to the occasion.

"Fire!" The officers raised their long swords and ordered loudly. Ballistas and catapults frantically poured ammunition towards the demon troops below the city wall. The battle entered a fierce stage from the very beginning.

However, although the cumbersome ballistas and trebuchets have some effect on boosting morale, the results of actual attacks are actually very limited.

Dozens of huge stones flew out of the city wall, but none of them hit the target. Except for one rock that hit the crowd of refugees, the rest just landed in the clearing, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"The enemy infantry is approaching! The archers are ready, hurry, hurry, hurry." A shout came from the observation tower, and bundles of feathered arrows were carried by the soldiers to the archer phalanx.

The light infantry around the archers neatly picked up the ropes binding the feather arrows with their long swords, and with a crash, these murderous weapons were scattered on the ground, allowing the archers in the phalanx to shoot all the arrows they carried with them and come to take them. .

"Archers! Get ready! Release!" The archer commander gave a loud order, and following his shout, there was a thumping sound after the tense bowstring was released, and the arrows flew into the sky like raindrops , and then fell straight down not far away, and the dense bows and arrows darkened the entire sky for a while.

After a while, an officer ran in in a panic and saluted Roysaac: "My lord, there is news from the observation tower that the phalanx formed by demon troops is approaching our city wall!"

"Order the troops to prepare the stones! The archers continue to attack!" Luo Isaac frowned and ordered.

Of course he knew that the demon army would approach his city wall, this was something that was bound to happen, but what made him uneasy was that the process was too fast. , only the cannons at the top of the city are left.

Up to now, most of the troops in his hands are based on previous training experience, as well as the naval harassment combat experience against Alan Hill, to fight back against the demon's attack. It's just that according to experience, the demon should start to retreat under such a violent counterattack, but now it seems that the attack has just begun, so Roy Saac feels very uneasy.

The officer beside him froze for a moment, and asked weakly: "My lord, it's just the first wave of attack. Are we going to let the opponent approach the city wall? Isn't it? Is it too early?"

"The opponent hasn't had many casualties by this time, General! They haven't sent out their air force yet, and there are those tall demons! If we wait any longer, the defense line will collapse! Order the troops to counterattack freely! Immediately!" Luo Isaac ordered: "Send the messenger immediately! Contact the city! Let the trained refugees go up the city wall! It may be too late!"

"Yes! Your Excellency." The officer turned and walked away. Roysaac stared at the demon phalanx approaching one after another in the distance. Hearing the excited or tragic shouts not far away, he pressed the city wall At the crenel, his complexion became even more difficult to look at.

For a long time, he has been fantasizing about today's scene in his mind. He knew that this day would definitely come, but what he didn't expect was that, just like facing Alan Hill, he couldn't even last a round and was about to be beaten. The demon army was defeated.

Just when his mind was full of desperate thoughts, the battle was still going on. After devouring a large number of refugees, the demon army finally began to tentatively attack the city wall.

In addition to the infantry phalanx that kept approaching in the distance, countless demon dogs also began to flock to the city wall. Farther away, some magical demons began to pour some flame attack magic on the city of Shakeben.

The battle became fierce in an instant, and some of these magic attacks hit the city wall with the defensive magic circle, splashing layers of ripples on it. Some directly hit the top of the city, blowing up more than a dozen soldiers, leaving scorched black marks.

"The enemy's bows and arrows are coming! Pay attention to the sky!" Another officer not far away reminded his soldiers loudly: "Hold your shield high!"

Before he could finish his words, a ballista not far behind him was blown to pieces by a ball of flames, bringing up blood and wreckage.

Before the flames of the explosion could be extinguished, the feathered arrows shot by the demon phalanx fell down. Countless arrows hit the thick shield like raindrops hitting the window sill.

Many arrows passed through the gaps and hit the human soldiers under the shields. These soldiers fell down immediately, and blood soon flowed out from under their corpses, seeping into the gaps in the surrounding rock walls.