Chapter 489: Siege of Shuigu City, a Desperate Charge!

The flames burned and extinguished, the poisonous smoke rose and dispersed, and the projected fireballs seemed endless, dyeing the clouds in the sky gray.

The Mexica people used wooden beasts to throw for ten days, and there were burnt marks everywhere inside and outside the southern city. There are probably hundreds or even thousands of people who died from the flames and poisonous smoke.

However, the priests of the Holy City also found a way to use the power of the water god to resist the evil power of the volcano demon: that is, soak their clothes in water and cover their mouth and nose to resist the invasion of the volcanic breath. The warriors were inspired and firmly believed in the blessing of the God of Hunting. They still held their bows and arrows and stood firm at the top of the city.

However, the good times did not last long. When the Mexican Thunder Copper Beast arrived in late March, the situation took a turn for the worse. These copper beasts can swallow the roar of thunder and launch irresistible stone projectiles. Even the demon's thunder cannot be resisted by ordinary people!

The thundering copper beasts bombarded for three consecutive days. The samurai and militiamen in Shuigu City were in turmoil and their morale dropped rapidly. In order to appease people's hearts, the priests in the city held blood sacrifice rituals day and night, asking for the power of the God of Hunting!

Soon, the God of Hunting responded. The bronze beast outside the city suddenly exploded. The bronze cannon flew directly over ten meters away, crushing four or five gunners into a pulp. The priests were overjoyed, cut their faces and prayed frantically, and held an even grander blood sacrifice. The defenders in the city were also inspired by this and prayed devoutly to the God of Hunting. Unfortunately, such divine blessing never happened again.

Subsequently, the Mexicans reduced the frequency of thunder and stopped bombarding them continuously for days. The copper beast will stop after every half day of bombardment. Then, some barbarians who came from nowhere pushed the shield chariot forward and broke into the vicinity of the city wall. After the shield chariot was in place, some elite warriors wearing bronze armor, holding long bows, relied on the shield chariot to shoot at each other with the defenders at the top of the city.

After that, they set up ladders and drove some barbarians to climb the city and fight with the defenders. The longbow warriors wearing bronze armor would take the opportunity to shoot, focusing on the warriors defending the city, consuming the elite defenders. After such a siege for five or six days, the defenders in the city had suffered casualties of two to three thousand people, and the barbarians on the other side also killed one or two thousand people. Most of the casualties of the defenders were caused by these bronze-armored warriors who were good at shooting!

"Damn bronze armor warrior! This damn hard bronze armor!!"

"Black Snake" waved his war stick and cursed angrily. He stared at the vague white-gold figures behind the shield cars, his heart filled with powerlessness and fear.

These bronze-armored warriors stayed five or sixty steps outside the city. They could not be hit by stones, spears or lime jars. Only archers could shoot them. But their bronze armor is extremely strong, and they have shield chariots to protect them. Even if they are shot into a sieve, they can still shoot at the top of the city!

In Shuigu City, more than a dozen or twenty Tlaxcala archers had to be killed in battle before a single bronze-armored warrior could be lucky enough to be shot.

A few days ago, the "Black Snake" tried to send five hundred elite warriors out of the city to attack. Unexpectedly, these bronze-armored warriors were still strong in close combat. They quickly killed the elites who left the city and almost captured the city gate. In the end, the "Black Snake" had no choice but to block the city gate and put up more large shields on the top of the city to resist the Mexica's shooting.

"Dong dong dong!"

The third round of war drums sounded, and the Mexica army took action again. Under the cover of the longbow warriors, thousands of Tekos pioneers carried dozens of ladders, lowered their heads, and rushed towards the wall of Shuigu City! They were still soldiers. They all wore gray-yellow rattan hats, thickened paper armor, and carried short bronze spears on their backs. They just added a cheap wooden shield.

Among the thousands of surrendered soldiers, there were also two hundred Tekos warriors, holding wooden shields in one hand and bronze short axes charging into the formation in the other. They are not responsible for carrying the ladder, but they are responsible for carrying out a desperate assault after the ladder is erected on the top of the city!

"Dong dong dong!"

The war drums were low and beating in my heart, like the footsteps of soldiers running. A thousand Tekos vanguards mounted dozens of ladders and quickly rushed within twenty steps of the city. This was the most dangerous distance! The tribal warriors stepped up their pace and shouted urgently to raise the ladder and hook it up to the top of the city.

"God bless you!"

"Blessed by the God of Hunting! Throw stones, throw ash cans! Quick!"

The Tlaxcala nobles at the top of the city shouted loudly, looking ferocious and wild. Hundreds of militiamen who were defending the city came out, lifted up stones and clay pots, and threw them hard towards the city.

"Bang! Bang bang!"

Stones as big as fists fell like raindrops, with huge gravity, hitting the heads of the Tekos warriors heavily. In an instant, there was a continuous "bang bang" sound, as if hundreds of watermelons exploded, and the city wall suddenly turned red and white!

The gray-yellow rattan hat was smashed into a concave shape, and the similarly deformed skull was stained with dazzling bright red. Hundreds of Tekos soldiers fell down under the blackened stone wall before they even had time to scream. What frightens the tribal warriors even more is the clay pot containing lime. As long as these clay pots fall, large amounts of white ash will float away, followed by howls that don't sound like human voices, and dozens of pairs of eyes that have lost their sight!

"Whoosh whoosh!"

The longbow warriors fired rapidly, focusing on the defenders holding clay pots. Several clay pots immediately shattered and exploded at the top of the city, causing bursts of screams!

The Tlaxcala nobles who commanded showed no mercy, driving the militiamen to continue throwing. "Black Snake" looked at the casualties at the top of the city, waved his command flag, and added a wave of militiamen to the top of the city. In his opinion, a large number of militiamen are just consumables in a cruel war. They are not suitable for use in field battles, so they should be used now!

The close-range throwing lasted only a moment, and one third of the thousands of Tekos vanguards fell. A Tekos squad of dozens of people suffered more than half of their casualties and collapsed directly. More than 20 Tekos surrendered soldiers cried, dropped the ladders, and turned back to run to the camp. Driven by this squad, many squads showed signs of collapse. And the number of wooden ladders that successfully hooked onto the top of the city was less than half of the total.

"Beat the war drum! Don't stop! Supervisors, get ready, cut off the heads of the fleeing soldiers and hang them on the spears!"

Black Wolf gave the order coldly without changing his expression.

"Swoosh!"

Hundreds of red-haired hunters who supervised the battle shot sharp arrows and accurately shot down the deserters, not letting any of them escape. Then, with indifferent expressions, they cut off the heads of the deserters and inserted them on the tall spears. Soon, the sound of the war drums became more and more exciting, urging the Tekos surrendered soldiers who were charging into the battle formation to quickly set up the wooden ladders and bravely climb the city first!

"Stern Lord God!"

"Merciful Mother of Snake God!"

"Please protect us!"

The vanguard of the battle formation has no way to retreat, and it is a life-or-death struggle. Under the gaze of dozens of deserters, the remaining Tekos surrendered soldiers gave their last cry and desperately set up the cloud ladder. Many people even called for the "Mother of Snake God", which is the traditional belief of the tribes in the Hand Snake Basin. Unfortunately, the Tlaxcala people who also believe in the "Cloud Snake" cannot understand the shouts under the city wall. And even if they understand, they will never hold back!

The black wolf Toltec looked indifferent and indifferent. Fighting in the battle formation is like this. Life must be used as fuel to burn out the bright red of death. What's more, this is a cruel war of gods to destroy a country! And to him, these thousands of Tekos surrendered soldiers who were recruited during the southern expedition were all burning firewood!

"Not bad! These days, the enemy's lime pots have finally been consumed."

General Black Wolf carefully watched the situation on the top of the city and soon smiled. Urged by the drums, most of the ladders hooked onto the top of the city. The first batch of Tekos warriors had already climbed up and jumped into the top of the city, holding their short axes. In just half a cup of tea, the sound of fierce fighting rang out from the southern wall of Shuigu City!

"Good, very good! The first batch of warriors actually set foot on the top of the city and were not driven down immediately! It seems that the enemy's morale has fallen, and the city will be broken today!"

Toltec shouted excitedly. A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly turned back and looked at the throwing pioneers who had been praying for a long time.

"Give the order, the Guards Corps, the throwing pioneers attack! Ignite the divine power sphere and make a desperate charge! The heavy armored warriors put on their armor and prepare to take over the attack! You are all the first to break Shuigu City!!"

"Dedicate to the Lord God!!"

The throwing pioneers held the sun amulet around their necks and shouted the last prayer! Then, they took the ignited divine power sphere from the hands of the war priests and ran towards the ladders on the city wall desperately.

"Charge for His Highness!"

The heavily armored warriors put on bronze armor and held huge copper axes in both hands. They were the elite of the Royal Guards, with the most skilled combat skills and the most violent killing intent.

Boundless killing intent rose in the army, as if it had reached a certain point. It burst out from the burning chest, turning into the most ferocious roar, echoing in front of the entire Shuigu City!

"Kill! Kill! Kill!!"