Seventy-Eight Siege

Zon really wanted to scold people, he really wanted to point to a row of faucets hanging on the opposite city wall, and loudly questioned the bastard general Moss from the Holy Devil Empire in front of him: "Why can't you see yours? Are the dragon heads hanging on the city wall? Are you blind?"

But he really didn't dare. For a moment, he really envied the enemies on the opposite city wall. At least they had the courage to fight in front of the army of the Holy Devil Empire. At least they could fight against the army of the Holy Devil Empire and not die.

He has no rifles, no machine guns, no cannons or anti-aircraft guns, so he can only swallow his breath at this time, disguise himself as a coward, and bow his head humbly in front of the generals of the Holy Demon Empire.

So, no matter how much he cursed and annoyed in his heart, what he said in one mouth turned into a low-key answer: "I will order the troops to attack Maricha... Soon, I will definitely be able to attack in the morning!"

"As soon as possible!" A little unable to hold back his angry body, General Moss took the reins of his warhorse and walked back proudly. He had too much pride, such as the invincible man behind him. 3000 giant horse cavalry.

"It's definitely not enough to count on these mortals. Let them consume their opponents first. Let's also take a look at the mortals on the opposite side. How many pounds and how many taels." As he rode back to his army, Commander Moss said to his side. several lieutenants said.

What he brought were all cavalry, and this kind of troops was actually not suitable for attacking the opponent's city walls. Originally, he thought that the battle of the siege would be left to the dragon knight of Ildo to complete, and he was only responsible for following the infantry of the Arante Empire and pushing it all the way to Seris City.

Who would have thought that, due to unforeseen circumstances, Yildor's Dragon Knight troops suffered heavy losses in Maricha and lost the ability to attack large cities. The cavalry that I brought here is not suitable for participating in the siege battle - in fact, it is not impossible to attack the city, but when attacking the city, the impact of these giant horse cavalry will be greatly reduced.

Under normal circumstances, they can only attack the city gate and use the impact force of the giant horse beast to smash the city gate. Only in this way, it is inevitable to lose some giant horse cavalry, because the opponent's city gate will basically prepare some things like boiling oil and kerosene.

Moreover, when mortal troops are generally defending, they like to build huge boulders behind the city gate to prevent the opponent from breaking in. Therefore, he took the risk with the giant horse cavalry, and General Moss was still reluctant.

In his heart, mortals can be consumed, and letting the soldiers of the Arrant Empire go to their deaths to test out the strength of the other party is something that should be done before the war. As for the death or immortality of the soldiers of the Arrant Empire, that is not something he needs to worry about.

On the other side, Zon, who had already agreed to organize an attack, began to dispatch troops with a gray face: "Let the three ten thousand people in front gather up and prepare to attack Maricha! Push the red-clothed cannons we carry up... "

"Are you crazy?" Seeing that General Zorn was about to start an attack, Prince Arrant Rumback grabbed Zorn's arm and asked reluctantly, "You can't see the top of the city over there. , with the heads of so many dragons hanging?"

"I saw it! But what can I do? If we don't attack now, the 3,000 Holy Demon Empire's cavalry can slaughter our army of hundreds of thousands in just one morning!" hand, explained reluctantly.

"I'm just pretending, try to attack, and retreat after losing some soldiers..." He was lucky, and felt that the loss of 8,000 people was a cost-effective thing to block the mouth of the commander of the Holy Demon Empire.

"Then have you ever thought that now this situation is obviously a fight of gods! We rashly intervene, if Alan Hill really insists, we still have a little bit of good fruit to eat?"

Naturally, he wanted to find a way out for his family.

He felt that he could not fight against Ailan Hill at the moment, but to let the Holy Demon Empire attack Ailan Hill first, and then wait for the winner to emerge, and then Arante would stand on the side of the winner. Even if there is a price to pay for it, it is bearable.

"Idiot!" Zon still pushed Lumbark away and said angrily: "The Holy Demon Empire has won, and the Arante Empire still has a chance to survive, and it can even survive for hundreds of years! But if any mortal empire rises, it will Is it necessary for the Arrant Empire to exist?"

"Hs..." After General Zorn said this, Lumbach realized that, as if he had just thought, the kind of peace based on diplomatic compromise does not seem to guarantee the security of the Arrant Empire.

At this time, he finally realized that the world has really changed. As a mortal, if he wants to keep his position, he can only follow behind the Holy Devil Empire wholeheartedly and be a jerk. In his opinion, this feeling is really bad, very bad.

Zorn ignored Rumbach, who had lost his mind, and continued to give battle orders to several officers around him. He wants to press at least 30,000 troops to test whether the defenders in Marichae can still fight.

"Ugh...!" The long horn sound echoed in the sky, and green battle flags fluttered in the wind. The soldiers of the Arrant Empire slowly walked out of the forest and slowly formed a huge phalanx on the plain outside the city wall of Maricha.

Some soldiers held shields, and some soldiers carried long ladders. Behind them, red-clothed cannons were pushed out one after another, looking majestic, with their muzzles pointing at the sky.

"Dong dong! Dong dong!" The dull sound of war drums began to sound, and the densely packed Arante Empire army began to form three huge squares under the restraint of the officers. The spear is like a forest, and it has a majesty and pride from a distance.

go ahead! The commanding generals pulled out the long swords around their waists and pointed at Maricha. With their somewhat torn shouts, the phalanx of the Arante Empire began to slowly move forward.

However, their footsteps were a little frightening. Because these soldiers saw through the gaps in the shields, the blood dragons that were unforgettable but also hard to ignore.

A soldier stepped forward cautiously, and asked his comrades in a frightened whisper: "Did you see those dragon heads? Did the dragon knights who followed us before were all killed here?"

"Don't say it, my calf is soft! Isn't it a joke to let us attack the enemy who can kill so many dragon knights?" Another soldier holding a shield replied in trembling language.

Any sensible soldier now knows that they are heading for great danger. Maybe the huge city in front of him will suddenly come to life, swallowing all the Arrant soldiers with its bloody mouth.

However, after waiting for the soldiers of the Arrant Empire to approach a distance of less than 200 meters, Mariza still did not fire. Although there was a dull sound of artillery fire in the city, these shells did not land on the soldiers of the Arrant Empire.

It's not that these shells missed, but that they all landed on the artillery positions of the Arrant Empire. Those red-clothed cannons that cost a lot of money to build, without even a roar, were blown up by the shells and turned into a pile of scrap metal.

Looking at the constantly exploding artillery positions of his own side, and the commander of the Holy Demon Empire, Moss, who had been watching the entire battle, his expression finally changed. He wondered if he could avoid such a shelling.

In the end, he came to his own conclusion: Although it is unlikely that such shelling could be avoided completely, for the giant horse cavalry, such a level of killing was not terrible. Fighting to lose dozens of knights and bringing the distance closer is still something that can be done for the demon cavalry of the Holy Demon Empire.

"Boom!" About a minute later, after eliminating the artillery of the Arlantean Empire, Alan Hill's artillery finally began to attack the attacking phalanx of the Arlantean Empire infantry. In just one round of salvo, the 10,000-strong team of the Arante Empire closest to the city wall collapsed under the sound of the cannon.

Because it is a defensive operation and has complete shooting parameters, the artillery of Alan Hill is quite accurate. About 40 shells landed on a phalanx of infantry at the same time, without wasting any firepower.

40 high-explosive shells were dropped almost simultaneously, and each shell could knock hundreds of people out of combat. Because the Arante Empire used a dense phalanx when attacking the city, its lethality was absolutely unparalleled.

Then, the infantry phalanx of the Arlantean Empire collapsed quickly after losing about 2,000 people. These soldiers were originally afraid of attacking Mariza, but now the great devil has really come to the world, these soldiers are of course There is no courage to fight.

So after losing one-fifth of its troops, the 10,000-strong team began to retreat. No matter how urged by their commanders and squad leaders, these disbanded soldiers would not take any further steps.

It turned out that they were relatively lucky, because another phalanx of the Arante Empire infantry close to the city head was hit by even more terrifying firepower from the Maricha defenders.

Hundreds of soldiers pulled the trigger behind the mound, and the bullets of the rifle flew into the crowd, splashing blood inside - before they could figure out what terrible thing happened to them, the second round on the city head The salvo started.

Before these Arlantean soldiers made up their minds to fight, another round of artillery fell on their heads. The originally chaotic formation was completely chaotic, and within a few breaths of this square, about 3,000 people were lost.