My Empire

My Empire Chapter 506

2020-11-03

Chapter 506 507 The ancient offensive and defensive battle

This morning is not destined to be an ordinary morning, with more than 100,000 refugees outside the city , blood flowing into a river under the slaughter of the demon army, the soldiers on the top of the city are all in danger, and the tense atmosphere makes people collapse.

With his hands on the crenel, Isaac count complexion pale, watching the refugees being slaughtered less than 300 meters in front of him, but he couldn't do anything.

After finally came back to his senses, he could only helplessly give an order to get the soldiers on the city wall ready for battle: "Order all soldiers to board the city wall! Prepare to fight! Prepare to fight!"

The trumpets of the messengers began to sound one after another. The soldiers who were originally stationed under the city wall began to wear their own armor, arrange their weapons, and then assembled and walked to the city head in groups.

The magic arrays that reinforce the city wall have been opened one after another. These magic arrays on the city wall of Shakeben are still defense systems built with the aid of puppet empires and demons.

It's only now that these fortifications that used to defend Alanhill have been used to defend against demon attacks - which is an irony.

On the illuminated magic array, some huge canvases were lifted by the soldiers, revealing the concealed, well-maintained but poor-performing heavy artillery.

These heavy artillery pieces are all produced by the southern kingdom's own smelting of steel. The thickness of the barrels is very exaggerated. The weight of a piece of artillery is almost a dozen tons, and it cannot be moved in the field at all.

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 Although it is really outdated to deal with Alanhill, it can be used to fight demons, and it still has a certain effect.

Of course, in addition to a small number of artillery pieces, in fact, the most equipped on the city wall of Shakeben are those ancient ballistas and catapults.

Although these things pose a low threat to demons, they were retained by the southern kingdom because of their quantity and production costs, and are now used on the battlefield.

"The catapults and ballistas are ready to fire!" an officer shouted loudly, as the soldiers struggled to twist the winch to reload the ballista. From time to time, the Captain shouted slogans, and the soldiers responded loudly.

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

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

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

"The enemy is in range! Your lord!" An officer came over and immediately reported to count Roaisac: "Are we going to counterattack?"

Roaissa Gram 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 be greatly reduced.

Refugees with little armor will have more casualties and will share most of the attacking firepower. So he can only wait now, waiting for the slaughter under the city to come to an end, when the demon army begins to really threaten the city wall.

So, he ordered: "Let the troops stop fighting back for now! Especially the artillery! Don't fire first! We have to wait for the enemy to attack the city wall before starting to attack!"

However, everyone in the city soon discovered sadly that the speed of the demon slaughter was much faster than they thought.

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

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

"Can't wait! Let the troops fight back! Catapults and ballistas fire first! Cannons don't move!" Roisac count is also an old military commander, he has some battles experience, and experience with artillery.

Actually, Alanhill's defense had been under his command the previous few times when Alanhill's naval fleet had attacked Shackburn. At that time he also had a gun battle with Alanhill's naval fleet, but it was a terrible loss.

Because of this experience, he can use artillery proficiently, and can also command some rifles and machine gun troops.

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

Seeing the worsening situation outside the city, and the increasing number of demon troops in the crowd, Roisac count knew that he couldn't wait any longer. The demons will soon hit the city wall, and if you don't fire now, you may never have a chance to fire.

The order to counterattack was issued soon, and the bullets of countless ballistas flew into the distance with the humming sound of the bowstrings, passing the densely packed infantry and archer phalanx in front, and smashed into the city. Demon troops and human refugees are constantly approaching the city wall.

Watching their army's ballistas fly over their heads, the infantrymen let out a burst of cheers. They had just watched the demon army keep slaughtering their compatriots, and now they saw their own counterattacks, of course. The morale was boosted, and the battle flags at the head of the city were also unfolded in the wind.

"Launch!" The officers commanded loudly with their long swords held high. Ballistas and trebuchets poured ammunition into the demon troops under the city wall frantically, and the battle from the very beginning entered a fierce battle. stage.

However, although the cumbersome ballistas and trebuchets have some effects on improving morale, the actual attack results are actually very limited.

Dozens of huge stones flew out of the city wall, but none of them hit the target. Except for one stone that hit the refugee crowd, the rest of the stones just fell on the open space, splashing a cloud of dust.

"The enemy infantry is approaching! The archer is ready, hurry, hurry, hurry." There were shouts from the observation tower, and bundles of feather arrows were carried to the archer phalanx by the soldiers.

The light infantrymen beside the archer moved neatly with their long swords to open the ropes that bound the arrows, and with a oh la la sound, these murderous weapons were scattered on the ground, leaving the archer in the phalanx to shoot them all with them. The arrows of , come and use them later.

"archer! Prepare! Let it go!" the commander of the archer ordered loudly, and with his shout, there was a sound of peng peng after the tense bowstring was released, like raindrops The arrows flew to the sky, and then fell straight down not far away. The dense bows and arrows made the whole sky dark for a while.

After a while, an officer rushed in in a hurry and gave Roisac a military salute: "Sir, observe the news from the tower that the phalanx formed by the demon troops is attacking our army. The city wall is approaching!"

"Order the troops to prepare the stones! The archer continues to attack!" Roisac frowned and instructed.

Of course he knew that the demon army would approach his city wall, which was almost certain to happen, but it made him uneasy that the process was going too fast - the other party didn't seem to be afraid of bows and catapults at all , now the only trump card he can take is the cannon at the head of the city.

Up until now, most of the troops in his hands are based on previous training experience, as well as the experience of combating naval harassment against Alanhill, to fight back the demon attack. It's just that according to experience, the demons should start to retreat under the heavy and violent counterattack, but now it seems that the attack has just begun, so Roisac feels very uneasy in his heart.

The officer beside him was stunned for a moment, then asked weakly, "Sir, it's just the first wave of attacks, shall we let the other party get close to the city wall? Isn't it? Is it too early? "

"The other side hasn't had many casualties yet, General! They haven't sent out the air force and those tall demons! If we wait any longer, the defense line will collapse! Order the troops to counterattack freely! Immediately!" "Royssac ordered: "Send the signal troops immediately! Contact the city! Let the trained refugees go to the city wall! It may be too late!"

"Yes! Your Excellency." The officer turned around Walking away, Roisac stared at the demon phalanx that was approaching one after another in the distance. Hearing an excited or tragic shout not far away, he pressed the crenel of the city wall, his face even more ugly.

Until now, he was imagining today's scene in his mind, he knew that day would come, but what he didn't expect was that, like facing Alanhill, he even supported a round If you don't stop, you will be defeated by the demon army.

While his mind was full of desperate thoughts, the battle continued. After swallowing a large number of refugees, the demon army finally began to tentatively attack the city wall.

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

The battle became fierce in an instant. Some of these magical attacks hit the city wall with the defensive magic array, and ripples were splashed on it. Some slammed into the city head directly, blowing up a dozen soldiers, leaving charred traces.

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

His voice Before it could fall, a ballista not far behind him was blown to pieces by a flame, bringing up a piece of blood and debris.

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

Many arrows passed through the gap and hit the human soldiers under the shield. These soldiers fell down, and blood quickly flowed out from under their corpses, seeping into the surrounding rock city wall. in the gap.

(end of this chapter)