Chapter 1245 Begin the Siege

Nalant nodded and continued speaking to Arnold, telling his next plan in advance.

And Arnold also knew that since the army of Io continent launched an attack.

If the defenders of the Flame Continent really resisted, casualties would be inevitable.

So he nodded in understanding.

"Lord Narant, I will try my best!"

Arnold also hoped that the defenders of the Flame Continent would surrender, otherwise he would be helpless if both sides really took action.

Next, Nalant led the army to march for a day, and finally arrived at the first city blocking the road ahead at dusk.

This city is called Nankaro City, and it is not small in size, with at least four to five million people living there.

And because it is located on the border, in order to prevent the invasion of other gods from the continent, there are more than 300,000 permanent troops stationed in the city.

The arrival of Narant and others was quickly discovered by the defenders in the city.

Being stubborn, Nalant did not launch an attack immediately, but prepared to start the attack again early tomorrow morning.

Early the next morning, Nalant gathered a large army and marched to the city.

Looking at the densely packed defenders on the city wall, Nalant looked at Arnold beside him.

Arnold expressed his understanding and immediately rode his horse towards the city wall in front.

When they got closer to the city wall, which was more than two hundred meters away, Arnold shouted towards the top of the wall.

"Guards in the city, listen, I am Arnold, the commander of the Flame Legion."

"I came here this time in the hope that you would lay down your weapons and accept surrender."

"The army behind me is Lord Nalant from the continent of Io. He has promised that as long as the defenders can surrender, he will not harm anyone in the city."

"Even after that, Lord Narante promised to keep the temple and statue of our great God of Fire and preserve our faith!"

Arnold didn't hesitate, for fear that the city's defense commander would be confused, so he immediately told the benefits of surrendering to Nalant.

"What, you are Commander Arnold?"

When the defenders in the city heard that it was the commander of the Flame Legion, they were immediately shocked.

Especially the priests and leaders guarding the city, when they saw Arnold's appearance clearly, anger rose on their faces.

"Arnold, you traitor, you not only betrayed the faith of the God of Fire, but you also led the enemy to attack our Flame Continent."

"Aren't you afraid of the wrath of the God of Fire?"

Obviously, everyone was very puzzled by Arnold's behavior.

"This priest and leader, I, Arnold, am not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death."

"It's not like you betrayed the God of Fire."

"Only by choosing to cooperate with Mr. Nalant can we, the God of Fire, find a chance to recover."

"After the death of our great God of Fire, do you think that other continents will not covet our Flame Continent?"

"Think about it, compared to the conditions promised by Baron Nalant, if the Flame Continent is occupied by several other god continents, what will be the consequences!"

Although Arnold was scolded as a traitor by the commanders and priests on the city wall, he felt extremely uncomfortable and sad.

But he didn't want to see casualties among the defenders in the city, so he still earnestly persuaded everyone in the city to surrender.

However, the defenders in the city were obviously determined to defend to the ground.

After all, they had an army of 300,000 and strong defense, so they didn't take Nalant's attention at all.

"Arnold, get out of here, go back and tell those people in Io Continent that there is no way our South Carlo City will surrender."

"If he dares to attack, our army in South Carolina will let him know what the wrath of the God of Fire is."

After speaking, the commander and priest in the city ordered several soldiers to shoot arrows outside the city, directly forcing Arnold back.

Arnold finally had no choice but to return to his position in pain.

Nalant already knew the result of Arnold's persuasion to surrender, so he said to Arnold without waiting for him to tell him: "Arnold, you have done your best, go to the rear and wait."

Arnold nodded and went to the back of the camp in despair.

Nalant said to his subordinates: "Let's start, start attacking the city according to the previous arrangement!"

"Yes, Lord Narante!"

Woohoo!

Immediately, the sound of horns was heard in Nalant’s camp.

One after another, magic armored vehicles approached the Nankaro city wall, followed by large catapults.

"The city wall in front of the target, the first test shot, the catapult is launched!"

"The city wall in front of the target, the first test shot, the magic cannon is launched!"

Whoosh whoosh!

Fully fifty catapults, plus three hundred magic armored vehicles, were launched for the first time under the command.

With a roaring sound breaking through the air.

Hundreds of cannonballs hit the city wall hard.

However, the accuracy of this first round of shooting was still somewhat lacking.

Therefore, only less than half of the cannonballs hit the city wall, and even fewer hit the top of the city wall.

When the defenders on the city wall saw this, they burst into laughter.

"Haha, these people from the Io continent are so ridiculous. Do they just want to use such weapons to attack the city?"

"Yeah, look at those armies, it seems that even the Golden Knight realm has a limited number."

"Yes, if they dare to attack the city, then we will kill their shit!"

Both the ordinary soldiers guarding the city and the priests and commanders of Nancaro City breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

However, they didn't know that this first round of attacks was just the beginning.

Next, Narant will let them know what fire coverage is.

"Adjust the angle, target the enemy city wall, and launch the catapult!"

"Adjust the angle, target the enemy's city wall, and fire the magic cannon!"

Whoosh whoosh!

Boom boom boom!

This time, whether it is a catapult or a magic energy cannon.

The accuracy instantly improved several times.

Hundreds of cannonballs, nearly ninety percent of them, hit the city wall.

Most of them hit near the top of the city wall.

And the exclamations and wailings came from the Nankaro city wall in an instant.

"Quickly, rescue the wounded and stay hidden!"

Seeing this, the garrison commander and the priest did not dare to be too careless.

Immediately issued hidden orders to his subordinates.

And then, the catapults and magic energy cannons outside the city began to fall on the city wall like raindrops.

Although the soldiers on the city wall deliberately concealed themselves.

But casualties are still inevitable.

The only good thing is that the enemy's ground troops have not started to attack for the time being.

"Damn it, don't these guys get their magic crystals for free? Why are they bombarding them all the time like this?"

Even in a continent with gods like the God of Fire, mana crystals are considered a scarce commodity.

In this way, feeling the constant bombardment outside the city, the city guard commander felt a little distressed.

In the end, the garrison commander simply began to order his men to hide under the city wall, hoping to reduce casualties.

However, he just did this not long ago.

There was an immediate reaction outside the city.

Because high in the sky, there was a hawk beast monitoring their every move.

Woohoo!

At this moment, the horn sounded again outside the city.

And Nalant's ground troops were finally dispatched.

The dispatch of ground troops forced the city defense commander to redeploy his men.

"Quick, return to your post, the enemy has launched a ground attack!"

Soon, a defender was transferred back to the top of the city wall at the risk of being bombarded.

As the number of people on the top of the city wall increased, the screams suddenly became one after another.

But at this moment, the defenders could only resist the shells above their heads.

At this time, the siege team below was getting closer and closer.

Seeing that the opponent was about to enter the range of the arrows, the city guard commander was ready to give the order to shoot.

As a result, the sound of retreat horns suddenly came from the opposite side.

"Retreat, my lord has ordered, retreat!"

With the sound of the horn, the enemy who had almost reached the moat turned around and retreated.

"this……"

To be honest, this is the first time that the commander of the city defense has encountered such an siege situation in the many years he has led his troops.

Don't the enemy leaders know the concept of going all out in one go?

They were almost reaching the city, but an order to retreat was suddenly given.

"Commander, the enemy seems to have retreated. Why don't you ask your subordinates to leave the city wall and hide for a while? The enemy's attack is too fierce!"

At this moment, the priest in the city came to him and asked him.

It turned out that the soldiers regrouped on the city wall.

As a result, it only took a few minutes, but there were a lot of casualties.

Although compared to an army of 300,000, such casualties are still affordable.

But now they haven't even killed a single enemy, and hundreds or even thousands of people on their own side have died. This is simply frustrating.

"Let them retreat down the city wall to avoid it."

"Yes, Lord Commander!"

After receiving the order, the soldiers in Nancaro City began to retreat again.

However, just as these guys retreated, the horn sounded again.

At the sound of the trumpet, Narant's men regrouped and began to attack.

The commander of Nancaro City had no choice but to mobilize his men to climb the city wall again.

After waiting for his men to board the city wall, Nalant's ground troops outside the city stopped attacking at the last moment.

"Damn, damn, damn!"

The leader of South Carolina City almost jumped in haste.

The most frustrating thing is that they don't have as powerful long-range attack power as others, so they have no way to defeat the opponent.

Now the opponent has made it clear that they are forcing them to resist the shells on the city wall.

If you hide under the city, the enemies will gather again.

As for whether they could not board the city directly, but wait for the enemies to cross the moat.

Of course this is not possible.

If you don't deal with it in advance, it will become very dangerous.

After all, the moat is the most advantageous line of defense against the enemy. If the enemy crosses the moat, the defenders will become very passive.

"Your Excellency, what should we do now?"

The priest also had a sad look on his face, these enemies were completely acting out of common sense.

"Let the soldiers hide by the walls. I want to see how many stone bullets and magic crystals these enemies have."

"Even if I pay some casualties, I will make them run out of ammunition and food."

The city defense commander also understood that it was no longer possible to win this offensive and defensive battle with minimal casualties.

In this way, he no longer expects minor casualties.

On the contrary, it is a matter of fighting with the enemy to find out who has a deeper background.

See if there are more shells to deal with or more people on your side.

Hearing this, the priest opened his mouth, and finally had no choice but to retreat.

He knew that what the commander said was the only way to defend the city.

The magic cannons and trebuchets outside the city continued to bombard for a while, and Nalant got the news that the enemy was no longer hiding.

After getting this news, Narant knew that he could launch a real attack.

Because he continued to consume it, he really didn't have that many magic crystals and stone bullets.

As a result, Narant directly ordered his men: "Let the catapults change the shells, two rounds per seat, and fire them before our army starts to charge."

"In addition, let the siege team bring preparations and prepare to set off immediately!"

"There is also the Hawkmon team, fully cooperating with the siege team!"

"Yes, sir!"

As Nalant issued orders one after another, the entire siege team began to operate with a clear division of labor.

First, the fifty-seater projection vehicle temporarily stopped attacking.

It seems that these catapult ammunition may be almost exhausted.

But only the operator knows that this means that the shells have been replaced on the catapult.

The original stone bullets were changed to iron ball shells.

There is also a cotton rope as thick as a little finger above the cannonball, which can be used to ignite it.

While the catapults were waiting, a hundred thousand troops on the ground had already put on their equipment and began to slowly approach the city wall.

Among the equipment of this 100,000-strong army, the most special one is the raft or boat carried by the eleven groups.

These rafts or boats were used to cross the moat.

The moat of Carol City is nearly 80 meters long.

So, whether it's swimming over or filling it up, it's very troublesome.

The easiest thing is to find these rafts and wood and ride there.

Although doing so is tantamount to a living target, Nalant naturally has his own considerations.

"How come these guys started attacking and were carrying rafts on their backs?"

The commander of the city wall could clearly see the movement below.

What just confused him was that the enemy clearly had an army of 500,000 people, but he had paid 100,000 troops to attack the city.

And they didn’t even fill in the moat, they just asked their subordinates to bring rafts.

Don't the defenders who deal with it know that for the long archers on the city wall.

By then, the soldiers crossing the river by boat will be nothing more than living targets!

"Projection vehicle, launch!" When Commander Nancaro was confused, Nalant saw that the time was almost up, so he directly gave the order to start the battle.

Whoosh whoosh!

With dozens of roars, the iron shells with ignited fuses were already hitting the city wall.

However, this time, the defenders on the city wall did not panic.

Because compared to the magic energy cannon, the damage of this catapult is considered the weakest.

It relies entirely on the most primitive inertia to kill. Even if it is hit very accurately, the damage it can bring is very limited.

As long as he wasn't hit in the front, he would probably just pass by without causing any trouble.

But despite all their calculations, they failed to calculate that the shells launched by Nalant this time were actually called magic bombs.

It can be called an advanced version of 'Glory's Wrath' and is simply a nightmare for the enemy.