Chapter 147, turn the fire
Accompanied by a series of intensive roars, a whole swath of stone bullets flew directly from behind the ancient city wall of the Iron Wall Tribe and attacked the archer troops located on the high ground outside the city.
"Fuck! It's actually a slinger?" Zhang Yisheng was shocked, but he was not defenseless. After all, he was also an archer by profession, so he would definitely seriously consider the safety of the archer troops and set aside a special team.
The melee troops holding shields are responsible for protecting the safety of the archer troops in the rear.
Now when he saw the enemy's long-range attack coming, he didn't need to say anything at all. The shield-bearing troops responsible for protecting them had already raised their shields to defend them immediately.
Heavy stone bullets kept hitting the shield, and the impact transmitted through the shield made the soldiers holding the shield feel uncomfortable. "Leader, the attack of the opponent's slingers is a bit powerful. If this continues, I'm afraid it will be difficult to block the shield."
It won’t be long!”
Hearing the report from the commander of the shield-bearing troops, Zhang Yisheng's face darkened, and then decisively ordered, "The forward siege troops continue to advance, and the archer troops and shield-bearing troops retreat thirty steps!"
The troops under his command moved quickly under his command. As Zhang Yisheng retreated, he couldn't help but mutter in his heart, "Damn! What the hell? Since this Luo Ji can build ancient city walls, it means that he is also an old man after all.
You’re a player, why are you still using slingers?”
But no matter what, the siege battle has already begun, so there is no reason to be timid. Archers are his specially strengthened arms. Coupled with his silver-level 'Archer Mastery' skill, even if he retreats thirty steps, his shooting range will be reduced.
Although it affects the power, he can still threaten the defense force behind the opponent's ancient city wall. In comparison, the threat posed to him by the opponent's slingers has been greatly reduced.
"Archer troops, keep firing arrows!"
"Commander, the opponent's archer troops have retreated!" The sentry huddled behind the guardrail of the sentry tower cautiously revealed his eyes. After taking a look at the situation outside the ancient city wall, he quickly reported to Zhao Pan below.
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"How far did you retreat?"
"About twenty steps! I'm not sure!" The hilly terrain was undulating, which was not conducive to visual distance measurement. In addition, arrows were flying randomly outside, so he didn't dare to take a closer look at all, so he could only say
made a rough judgment.
Zhao Pan frowned when he heard this. Although the sentry himself said that he was not sure, after the invaders retreated for a certain distance, the arrows of the archers were still able to attack where they were now.
This position is enough to explain a lot of problems. The range of the opponent's archers is wider than he expected!
After thinking about this, Zhao Pan decisively asked again, "What about the opponent's siege troops? Have the siege troops retreated?"
The sentry saw the opportunity and glanced out again, "No! The siege troops are still pushing the siege vehicles forward!"
Hearing this, Zhao Pan waved his hand decisively, "The shield and axe soldiers are responsible for deflecting the arrows above their heads. The slingers will take ten steps forward. The attack angle will shift forty degrees to the left. All the stone bombers are ready to throw! Turn to fire.
Enemy siege troops, release!!"
Most of the slingers sent by Luo Ji to garrison the Iron Wall Tribe were veterans with rich combat experience. They had long been extremely proficient in the use of slings, and they were even more comfortable in controlling the angle of attack. With Zhao
With Pan's order, the stone bullets thrown wildly launched a powerful suppressive blow towards the advancing enemy siege troops!
"Have you turned the fire? And the accuracy is a bit amazing." The reason why the slingers were eliminated was not only due to their mobility, but also the accuracy of their attacks. The opponent's slingers were actually able to attack the target.
The conversion was so fast and accurate. To be honest, Zhang Yisheng was a little frightened. Then he gritted his teeth and said, "The archers will advance thirty steps forward to push back the slingers on the opposite side and cover the advance of the siege troops!"
Now that the opponent had turned fire, he decisively returned to the best output position that he had confirmed before. Unexpectedly, his rear troops had just moved and had not even had time to climb onto the high ground to act as slingers for the defenders.
The troops actually turned to fire again, and a round of stone bullets hit the high ground directly!
Although the stone bullets that almost flew towards him were eventually blocked by the shield-wielding troops in front, a look of surprise still appeared on his face, and then he cursed on the spot, "Fuck! The reaction is so fast? Someone is there
Are you watching my actions?"
With this thought, Zhang Yisheng decisively activated his skill, "Eagle Eye!"
The dark pupils contracted and expanded rapidly, and the vision in front of him instantly became clear, and then he spotted the figure huddled behind the guardrail of the sentry tower, peeking at the battlefield.
There was no delay, the duration of the eagle eye was limited, Zhang Yisheng moved quickly, and while he was bending his bow, he shot out an arrow! The sentry who was still huddled behind the guardrail of the sentry tower had no time to react. At that time, he only heard "
There was a muffled sound! About two fingers away, the flying arrow nailed the wooden board on the guardrail of the sentry tower! But it still made the sentry break out in a cold sweat, "Okay, okay
Danger, almost hit by an arrow..."
At the same time, Zhang Yisheng on the other end let out a look of displeasure. Different from the first time when the two sentries stood guard on the sentry tower without any defense, at this time the sentry was completely hiding.
Behind the guardrail, faced with such a situation, the difficulty of killing the opponent with one arrow obviously skyrockets.
In desperation, the entire battle gradually evolved into a tug-of-war. Once the archer troops advanced, the opponent's slinger troops would directly suppress them in a round of long-range suppression until they retreated. Once they retreated, the opponent's slingers would be suppressed.
The slingers immediately adjusted their positions and turned to attack the siege troops.
At this moment, Zhang Yisheng realized that he had hit a brick wall, but he was not immediately persuaded to retreat. He raised his head and glanced at the sky. When he first invaded, it was already afternoon, and he originally wanted to use some help.
The advantage of the long-range troops was to cover the siege troops' advance in one go, and they rushed to break through the city gate before dark. However, they did not expect that the opponent's slinger troops had unexpectedly strong firepower, and suppressed them forcefully, as did the siege troops.
The advance is extremely difficult. If he continues to fight, once it gets dark, it will be disadvantageous for him...
Thinking of this, Zhang Yisheng waved his hand and decisively issued the order to withdraw his troops. Now, he is no longer in a hurry. The firepower of the opponent's slingers is indeed strong enough, but at that attack frequency, no matter how many stone bullets they throw, they can't withstand it.
With that consumption, at most three rounds of siege battles, this city gate will be broken!
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