The Treant Corps turned a blind eye to the threats and continued to advance slowly but firmly. Behind them, the horses of the Red Falcon Cavalry Regiment and the Nott Guards Heavy Cavalry were snorting thickly, ready to charge at any time.

Anyone who knows a little bit about war knows that even if you can't defend a city, you can't be beaten passively. Especially when the enemy's siege equipment is preparing to advance to the east of the city, the defense equipment alone is not enough. Elite troops must be dispatched to

Cooperate with the city defense equipment to destroy those siege equipment to prevent your city defense from being destroyed.

That is the reason why the city defenders still refused to completely block the city gate even though they knew that the city gate was the weakest point and easiest to be breached by the enemy.

Because once the gate is sealed, it means that the initiative in the entire war is lost. There is no way to take the initiative to destroy the siege equipment, and there is no way to pursue the enemy, which is equivalent to leaving the enemy in an invincible position.

At Fort Nott, there were only a dozen cavalrymen in Zalanda's leg, so he was under great pressure and took the initiative to destroy the enemy's catapult. Could it be for this reason?

Most battlefield games begin with a bloody battle of mobile forces. Whoever wins that bloody battle will control the initiative on the entire battlefield.

Until the Treant Corps, which were used as siege equipment, advanced into the attack range of the city defense ballistae and city defense catapults, Ivanso was not seen sending out his own mobile troops, and the city gate was closed from beginning to end.

I don't know that the commander of Ivanso doesn't know that simple military principle. It's true that his mobile troops are extremely unconfident. They are afraid that after they come out, they will not only fail to defeat the Treant Corps, but will be defeated by the heavy cavalry of the Conqueror Army.

Take the opportunity to follow and seize the city gate.

I believe the latter is more likely to be feasible, as heavy cavalry can be purchased and maintained in every city.

Especially if the Dragon Coast is a vast stretch of sand, a city that can purchase a fort and raise two or three hundred heavy cavalry can be proud of itself.

After all, mercenary wars and assassination wars are the main ones there, and large-scale cavalry wars would only appear on the Tethyr side.

Of the 1,200 Nott Guards in the Conqueror's army, the only ones who can be called heavy cavalry are the 200 who serve as vanguards, and the remaining 1,000 as auxiliary cavalry. Not only do they not belong to the

The heavy cavalry has sophisticated equipment, does not have years of training, and its professional level is also lacking.

In Tethyr, does the knight belong to an advanced profession? Generally speaking, that profession is biased towards warriors, but does it have the special ability of the paladin partner's walking knight, which will allow his walking knight to increase with his professional level?

Upgrading and unlocking professional capabilities also revolve around riding combat.

There is a huge difference in power and safety between charges with magic blessing and those without magic blessing.

Just such a miscellaneous heavy cavalry, excluding equipment updates, the basic maintenance cost of just salary and food and drink is as high as 50,000 to 60,000 gold coins per month.

Undead armies have never been known for their mobility, and Ivanso is no exception.

"emission."

"emission."

"emission."

The roar of crossbows and catapults was heard again from the top of the city. They could now place their hopes on the quantity and power of the defense equipment.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A large number of crossbow arrows and slingshots hit the tree man's super-large wooden shield heavily. It was quite powerful, and sawdust and gravel flew everywhere, making a thumping sound, but that was all.

The super-large shields in the tree man's legs are more powerful, but rough is still rough. Will the quantity cause qualitative changes?

Most of the crossbow arrows can only penetrate those super large wooden shields, but they are unable to attack the tree people behind them again.

Throwing stones can knock the super large wooden shield around, but it is not enough to break it.

Occasionally, crossbow arrows and slings would pass over the super large wooden shield and hit the tree man behind, but it would be difficult to cause fatal damage.

Because they can't activate the plants, and they don't seek fatal harm, even if the ballistae and crossbow arrows are nailed to the body ten or eight times, there is no way to damage the essence of life.

The situation of throwing stones is similar, and there is no way to cause a fatal threat to its thick body.

As for the number of Ivanso city defense weapons, it does not provide a sufficient advantage.

Because the Treant Corps did not spread their attacks across the board, but maintained a distance of more than 20 meters from each other, the eight teams facing each other were not equipped with defensive equipment on the 200-300-meter city wall, no matter how far away they were.

But it's beyond range.

Their actual demand for crossbows and catapults does not exceed fifty in total, with half of them each.

The Treant Corps pushed forward slowly despite the firepower.

Since it relies purely on strength rather than mechanical assistance, the tree man's stone throwing range is relatively short, and it must be pushed at least fifty meters east of the city to exert its power.

The ballistas and catapults used to defend the city are located high in the east. The catapults have a range of more than 100 meters, while the catapults have a range of more than 200 to 300 meters.

No matter how slow the advancement speed of the Treant Corps is, it is still very large. One step can take several steps of an ordinary person, and the speed is quite impressive.
Chapter completed!