Chapter 715: The Fall of White Snake City!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Ten terrible thunders connected in a line and exploded on the high hills, like the roar of the Thunder God descending to the earth! Then, amid the soul-stirring and dizzying explosion, ten heavy stone bombs weighing 30 kilograms suddenly spewed out from the huge mouth of the large "bronze beast"!
Under the horrified gaze of the defenders on the city wall, the huge group of stone bombs drew a high parabola, rose to a height of tens of meters, and then ruthlessly accelerated and attacked!
"No! No! Cloud Snake God!"
Olin widened his eyes and let out a shrill cry. He watched a stone bullet fall rapidly, straight towards his direction. He wanted to get up and run away, but it seemed as if he was cast with a spell to freeze his body, trembling all over, and his hands and feet lost strength.
"Cloud Snake God!"
"Boom! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The strong impact sound came continuously, almost in an instant, deafening the ears of the defenders. Then, the solid city wall shook, as if the Mother Earth Goddess raised her hand in anger!
"Ahhhh!"
Seventy or eighty White Snake warriors were knocked to the ground and rolled down from the several-meter-high city wall, screaming miserably!
However, the real tragedy was at the location where the stone bullet hit. The broken stones flew rapidly, like a sharp blade, cutting the warrior's neck. The dust suddenly rose up, with sharp kinetic energy, blinding the eyes of the defenders. When the dust dissipated, more than 20 bodies with miserable dead faces lay flat on the ground, scattered at different points where the stone bullets landed, and the center was even smashed into meat paste! As for the wounded on the periphery, there were dozens or hundreds of them, all shouting and howling like crazy, and some even jumped off the city wall.
"Ah! The Mexica summoned the god of thunder!"
"Cloud Snake God, please save us!"
"Ah! Ah! Divine punishment! This is divine punishment! It is divine punishment for our sins!"
Amid the hysterical shouts on the top of the city, Olin opened his eyes with difficulty. He had completely fallen on the top of the city, his leather armor was full of pits and many gravels were embedded in it. He stretched out his bruised arm and turned his heavy body, and saw a falling stone bullet five or six steps away, like a greeting from the god of death.
The stone bullet was silent, but underneath it was a pile of one or two broken "meat pastes". Just two minutes ago, those "meat pastes" were still experienced warriors known to Olin, wearing leather armor and holding shields, and bows and arrows could not hurt them at all.
The bright red flowed on the top of the city, and soon stained the arm of the Cloud Snake Warrior, telling him the fate of being hit by "divine punishment". Soon, the trembling arm was raised, and a prayer gesture was made, accompanied by a desperate whisper.
"Powerful Thunder God! I beg you! Don't let me die like this."
Far away, the Lord of White Snake City, Tisat, knelt on the top of the city, his face covered with dust, his eyes were lost and miserable. He was so frightened that he could not control himself, his whole body was weak, listening to the shouts of the warriors on the top of the city, and his mouth was trembling and talking to himself.
".Divine punishment? Is this really divine punishment? Our sins, my sins"
"Praise the Lord God! It is really a weapon like divine punishment!"
On the high platform, Bertard opened his eyes wide and looked at the bombardment of the mortar in shock, completely losing control of his expression. After a moment, the shock on his face gradually turned into ecstasy, making his voice high!
"The Lord God bless the kingdom, the Lord God bless your highness! Your highness, with such a weapon, how can all the tribes in the world, even the strongest city-states, resist you?! God bless the king! You are destined to become the sun that unifies the world!"
"Haha! God bless me, unify the world!"
Hearing Bertard's words, Shulot laughed heartily, in high spirits.
Although the mortar bombardment was powerful, it did not move him. What really made him happy was the truth that Bertard said. Facing such a siege weapon, the city-states of all parts of the world would have no room for resistance! In the future, as long as enough mortars are transported to the army, the city will be destroyed and fall!
"Well, of course, rare mountaintop fortresses like Yunshe Mountain City are not included."
Xiuluot's thoughts flew, and his eyes stayed on the White Snake City. After a round of stone bullets, there were no more feather arrows shot from the top of the White Snake City. The warriors on the top of the city shouted and ran around randomly, obviously in chaos. Many people knelt on the top of the city to pray, and the words "divine punishment" and "sin" were faintly heard.
Outside the White Snake City, the Mexica gunners were busy again. They used expensive brushes to clean the muzzles and barrels, extinguished the remaining sparks, and checked and fixed them. Then, after making sure there is no more hidden fire, plug the ignition hole at the tail of the cannon to prevent air from flowing in and helping to ignite the fire, and pour in the large can of gunpowder again, pounding it neither too tight nor too loose. Finally, fill in the heavy stone bullets, seal the muzzle, and place the front fuse.
The loading speed of such a front-loading stone mortar is very slow. After two quarters of an hour, the gunners lit the torch and prepared for the next launch.
"Praise the Lord! Hit the evil!"
After the neat prayer, the fire flickered on the fuse, like the judgment before the end of the world. Next, there were ten more thunders!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The thunder of the end of the world fell again, judging everyone on the top of the city fairly! In front of such a terrible weapon, if you touch it, you will die! And this time, among those who are facing death, there is a truly noble person.
"No! No! I am the descendant of the Cloud Snake God, I am the lord of the White Snake City! I order you to stop! No! No! Ah!"
The merciless stone bullets would not listen to anyone's excuses. They just whizzed down, smashed the top of the city, and splashed gravel. Then, these broken "blades" shot over, shooting blood holes all over the face and neck of the White Snake City Lord two steps away!
The White Snake City Lord Tissat knelt on the spot and was quiet in an instant. Then, his head, face, and neck all spurted out large bursts of blood, like some kind of shower head. Soon, his muscles relaxed, and his whole body fell softly on the ground, like a tomato pecked by a bird.
"The city lord is dead?!"
"Ah! The city wall! The city wall is cracked!"
Two different shouts, with the same fear, sounded at the same time on the top of the city, and then there was a commotion. This time, almost all the warriors defending the city fell into fear and chaos, and there was no organization or discipline anymore.
"Huh? The city wall is cracked?"
Hearing the shouts on the top of the city, Xiu Luote touched his chin and looked at the city wall carefully. After a while, he found an obvious crack on the upper west side of the south city. If he aimed at this area and bombarded it a few more times, maybe he could completely collapse this section of the city wall.
"Your Highness, the defenders on the top of the city have lost their commander and were frightened by the stone bullets. Their morale has been completely lost!"
Bertard observed the top of the city and made a sophisticated suggestion.
"Send troops to the city now, and it will be easy to capture it!"
"Yes. Good!"
Xiu Luote thought for a moment and raised the flag. Then, the fierce sound of war drums sounded like raindrops!
One thousand Mexica pioneers were well prepared, carrying dozens of ladders and rushing to the White Snake City. Along the way, the top of the city was still in chaos, with only sporadic shooting. When the ladders were set up, hundreds of pioneers climbed up and chopped wildly on the top of the city, and the morale of the defenders could no longer be supported.
Hundreds of White Snake warriors dropped their weapons and knelt on the top of the city without resistance, surrendering to the Mexica pioneers who climbed the city. Then, the flag of the Lord God was planted on the top of the city, and the gate opened!
"Praise the Lord God! Praise His Highness! Conquer the White Snake Hill City and capture the Cloud Snake God's descendants!"
When the second thousand-man warrior camp shouted the slogan of the gods, stepped on the gravel and bright red on the ground, and rushed into the city through the city gate, the fate of the White Snake Hill City was declared over! This fortress that stood on the hill and protected the Tlaxcala people for more than a hundred years finally fell!