Accompanied by heavy and powerful footsteps, they were covered by rows of strong heavy infantrymen holding huge shields at the front.
The long-range phalanx composed of densely packed longbowmen had already begun to draw their bows and set arrows, pointing their arrows straight into the air, making a throwing gesture.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of arrows were ready to go under each city wall. Each sharp arrow shone with an icy cold light in the bright sunshine.
Woo...
A dull and murderous horn sounded, and the attack began.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The sound of arrows shooting through the air continued to pierce the air.
Almost at the same time, all directions in Kongqing Town were covered by arrows flying in the sky.
These nearly two thousand feather arrows may be nothing to a behemoth like the Mountain Castle Fortress, but they are enough to pose a huge threat to a small city like Kongqing Town... That's how it is.
However, due to Lei Xiao's advance arrangements, ordinary infantry with weak defenses have been hidden in safe areas under the city wall.
But now, scattered on each city wall are several ordinary heavy infantry squadrons that have already prepared their defenses.
The heavy second-level heavy armor and the second-level giant shield were enough to resist most arrows, so that only a few soldiers who were hit by several arrows at the same time were knocked down under the powerful impact.
He was on the ground, struggling to get up.
Since the first wave of feather arrows shot by the opponent were blessed by wind magicians who were proficient in auxiliary magic, their range and power were increased compared to ordinary arrows.
Therefore, although our archers hidden in many arrow towers counterattacked immediately, due to the limited shooting openings and the lack of other long-range forces on the surface of the city wall to cooperate, they were quickly suppressed by the opponent's second wave of arrows.
Go down.
Under the city wall, these enemy archers hidden behind the heavy infantry switched from initial volleys to continuous alternating projectiles, leaving almost no breathing space for our soldiers on the city wall.
"Lord, the opponent's army is well-organized and well-trained. Although it cannot compare with the royal army's direct army, it is already considered outstanding among the ordinary garrison troops."
In an arrow tower on the city wall, Bert's sharp old eyes were staring at the battle situation below the city and he spoke.
"Indeed, with the same equipment, except for the veterans of Kongqing Town, the recruits who have been recruited for a short time are definitely no match for these guys."
Looking at the arrow feathers falling one after another in the sky, Guan Zhong, who had just returned from the defense, swallowed involuntarily.
If Kongqing Town was placed before the arrival of the lord, facing such an opponent, I am afraid that it would not take half a day for the place to completely change hands.
"And judging from the greedy expressions of these soldiers full of murderous intent, once the city is defeated, it will probably cause a bloody storm throughout the city."
On the orange-white face, there was a stern expression, and the dark eyebrows were frowned.
"It seems that my spending money like water in Kongqing Town has already been coveted by these guys."
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly, also staring closely at the battle situation below the city.
During this period, whether it was the infrastructure construction of Kongqing Town, urban defense construction, or a series of measures to benefit the people, he had tried his best to avoid being too public and tried to maximize his financial capabilities to the minimum. However, even so, it was still early
It has already become famous far and wide.
"If you are too talented and rich, you will be jealous of others."
Thinking of this in his mind, Lei Xiao pondered for a moment, and then said to the commander of the Kongqing Town garrison in front of him: "Guanzhong, please describe the overall defense situation of Kongqing Town to me in detail."
"Back to the lord, the four walls of Kongqing Town are in charge of the four garrison captains, Vasson, Yar, Os, and Wood respectively."
"After careful reorganization, the garrison brigade under these four men is composed of more than half of veterans and strong recruits, and their combat effectiveness has reached the highest level currently."
Guan Zhong, a man in shining armor, immediately bowed and saluted, and responded: "In addition to the garrison brigade under their respective command, the four of them were also assigned to a second-level guard squadron and two treatment teams directly under the city lord's palace to cooperate with the defense.
The army defends."
"Of course, according to the Lord's instructions, most of these soldiers are currently hidden throughout the city walls and have never been shown."
"As for those who are staying in the city, the magician squadron under the lord, the two princess guards, and the trade fair guard squadron have been organized into small groups and cooperated with open and hidden sentries to guard the city lord's palace, granary, and other important facilities in the city.
Department, Lin will be in charge of this part of the soldiers."
I saw that Guanzhong still maintained a respectful posture and continued: "As for the two squadrons of great swordsmen under the lord, the remaining squadron of the city lord's guards, the two recruit brigades, the two treatment teams, and the mercenaries
It is a reserve team, commanded by Mr. Fang Hai, and finally, the subordinates are responsible for the overall command work."
"very good."
Nodding with satisfaction, Lei Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly and focused his attention on the battle situation below the city wall again. He smiled faintly and said, "Now I'm just waiting for the other party to take the bait."
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"This Kongqing Town is indeed a paper tiger!"
In a reserve team of the siege army, Baldwin's face was full of pride, staring at the battle situation ahead.
At this time, under the suppression of a large number of arrows mixed with attack spells, the counterattack from the city wall began to become weaker.
"Your Excellency, I have just circled around the four walls of Kongqing Town, and found that on each wall, there seem to be only a few heavy infantry squadrons and archers hidden in the arrow towers defending."
Dragging his fat body, Anzem, who had just landed on the ground, couldn't help but wonder: "Is the other party hiding his strength?"
"This Earl has noticed this a long time ago."
Glancing at Anzem impatiently, Birdwin raised his eyes and said, "If you were defending the city, would you let the soldiers come up to die in vain under such a dense arrow fletching?"
"It turns out that's the case. Your Excellency, what you said makes sense!"
On Anzem's fat face, his small eyes rolled at first, and then suddenly he said: "Kongqing Town only has four thousand garrison troops. On average, there are nearly a thousand people on each city wall. In addition, our attack is so fierce.
, it’s normal for there to be few people!”
At this point, an arrogant smile appeared on the face of the fat noble again, and he said solemnly: "They don't have many people at all, how can they fight with you and me? It's not easy to clean up Qingqing Town with blood.
!”
"That's right, I just put an infantry brigade and five archer squadrons on each of the four walls, plus a few squads of magicians."
Looking at the four fully formed brigades around him who were waiting eagerly, Birdwin also showed a sinister smile and said lightly: "How is it? Now you know how correct this Earl's decision is, right?"
"Haha, it is my greatest honor to be able to fight side by side with His Excellency the Earl."
The smile on Anzem's fat face grew thicker, and he said with murderous intent: "Now I am looking forward to the moment when the city is broken. It is said that Princess Ariel is also a third-level nine-star powerhouse. I don't know who I am with
Compared to each other, who can be better?"
"If we can take down Princess Ariel's head, we will definitely achieve a great feat. His Highness the Prince has wanted to get rid of her for a long time."
Birdwin nodded, and a trace of wretchedness appeared on his sinister face again. He blinked at Anzem and said, "But before that..."
"Your Excellency, the Earl, is truly extraordinary!"
Anzem immediately understood and nodded quickly.
After finishing speaking, the two of them looked at each other with grins, and a solemn atmosphere filled the air.
"Okay, let's get back to the topic. How did you go about what I just told you?"
Birdwin cast his gaze back to the distant wall of Kongqing Town and asked again.
What he was talking about was exactly the clever plan he had made with Anzem to attack the city.
In fact, Birdwin's strategy was very simple, which was to feint attack on all four sides, then take the opportunity to find the weakest defensive side, and then assemble the reserve team to launch a fierce attack with superior strength. At the same time, the remaining three sides also attacked the city together.
In this way, the opponent who has no time to take care of himself will naturally have no other end than the destruction of his city and the death of his people.
Of course, in this process, some small means must be used to add fuel to the flames.
The task that Birdwin assigned to Anzem was to find out the weakest side of Kongqing Town's defense.
"Go back to your lordship, it's all done!"
Anzem moved his greasy face a little closer to Bodwin and said softly: "As a small commercial hub, Kongqing Town is well connected in all directions and has city gates on all sides. However, I have carefully observed that the one in the north is
The defense is the weakest, and most of the heavy armored soldiers defending the city wall have been shot to death."
"Then you and I will take action immediately."
Baldwin sneered, and then called over his commander who was already waiting by his side.
Not long after, a more urgent trumpet sound sounded, and the general attack began.
Almost at the same time, all the catapults that had not been used under the four city walls were pushed out.
One after another, the round stone bullets, which were doused with special alchemical potion and emitted thick and billowing smoke, were carried into the "spoon" of the catapult by well-trained soldiers.
Phew! Phew! Phew!
As the strong ropes were cut off by sharp blades, a large number of smoking stone bullets instantly rose into the air and quickly hit the city wall.
However, most of these heavy stone bullets that rolled in did not fall on the city wall, but on the wooden deer wall that had been laid under the city wall.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The smashed Luzhai, sawdust mixed with soil flying, fell to pieces one after another, and a large amount of black smoke also rose up.
Not long after, under the attack of the second and third wave of stone bullets, the entire Kongqing Town was almost completely enveloped in thick black smoke, causing the soldiers on the city wall to see pitch black in front of them and unable to see clearly below the city. scene.
"Lord, this is a smoke screen sent by the enemy!"
A layer of rich energy shield suddenly appeared around the orange-white body to isolate the smoke, and then said: "It seems that the enemy is obviously trying to do something small!"
"Don't worry."
Lei Xiao, who was also filled with energy shield, smiled lightly and said: "Let's just act according to the plan. It seems that the enemy is preparing to throw himself into a trap."
After speaking, all the subordinates surrounding Lei Xiao began to take action.
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Under the city wall, looking at the city surrounded by thick black smoke, Anzem's fat face was filled with excitement, and he said to Birdwin beside him: "As expected of the Earl, in this way, the defenders on the city He becomes blind!"
"Let's go, let you and I bring death and fire to this city that dares to disobey His Highness the Great Prince."
Bodwin smiled solemnly and waved his hand. The soldiers who were already surrounding him immediately carried the siege ladder and rushed towards the city wall crazily.
In an instant, the ground trembled, shouts of killing were heard everywhere, and the soldiers besieged from all sides roared and launched their attack almost at the same time. The momentum was extremely astonishing.
When the red-eyed soldiers were about to rush to the city, the arrow rain from the long archers in the back row gradually died down.
Then, under the cover of heavy infantry, they began to advance similarly to further support the siege soldiers and to be ready to rush into the city gate at any time.
As long as the soldiers who rushed up the city wall opened the city gate, everything would naturally settle down.
Looking at the situation where victory was almost guaranteed, the expressions of these soldiers became even more murderous. When they entered the city, what awaited them would undoubtedly be countless gold and silver treasures!
"Idiots who dare to go against His Highness the Great Prince will only die! How can these bastards stop us?"
Amidst the earth-shattering shouts of killing, Birdwin, who was holding a long-handled ax, was the first to bear the brunt, and the strong murderous intent surged out as he galloped.
"Soldiers, crush Kongqing Town and use your sword to end everything you see. Everything will be ours!"
And Anzem was not to be outdone. Surrounded by two strong men of the third-level magic system, his magic wings vibrated, supporting his fat body, and also flew towards the city.
The actions of the two men boosted the morale of the soldiers around them. They all stared with scarlet eyes and rushed towards the city wall.
It didn't take long. Surrounded by their respective personal guards, the two commanders and deputy commanders of the vanguard army rushed up the city wall with the first echelons.
With overwhelming murderous intent, when the two men led their elite squadrons through the thick black smoke and prepared to kill, they were stunned by the sight in front of them.
In the second half of the broad city wall, a young man with an indifferent expression was standing there quietly, surrounded by a group of followers who barely emitted any energy fluctuations, and densely packed golem puppets.
Awaiting their arrival.
"Everyone, welcome to my city. Since you are here, please leave your life behind."
The young man grinned and suddenly showed an extremely bright smile.
Before Baldwin and Anzem could react, waves of terrifying aura suddenly surged out from the entourage behind the young man, sweeping toward them whose faces gradually turned to horror.