The first wave of fighting broke out quickly, but Xerut's attack was severely hindered. After shooting an arrow at the southern section of the Haiya Fortress wall but without success, they quickly exposed their target, fell into a siege, and had to retreat.
, the battle line once retreated to the midway point between the main city wall of Port Fatan and the Sea Cliff Fortress. Delphine re-invested two teams of Harbor Guards into the battle, and was able to stabilize the position.
In the southern section of the city wall of Sea Cliff Fortress, Knight Commander Suoke, who had just had a false alarm on the city wall, also discovered that the undead's attack was blocked. "It seems that the previous attack has been discovered." He immediately realized this. These
The intention of the Harbor Guard was obviously to recapture the Sea Cliff Fortress, but they obviously did not realize that there were so many enemies in the Sea Cliff Fortress. The enemy was still resisting stubbornly, presumably to buy time for the friendly forces in the rear to deploy defenses.
When did the fighting will and tactical literacy of the Fatan Port Guards become so high? He couldn't help but be a little surprised. This was not to say that he knew much about these local garrison units that were not even second-line corps in the past, but that
It is a common understanding that as the elite of the empire and the vanguard of the White Legion, Sok is certainly qualified to look down on his brothers in these places. The level displayed by the Harbor Guard today was obviously beyond his expectations.
After two squads of fresh troops were put in, the situation on the battlefield suddenly turned tilted again. Sherrut and his colleagues once captured the bottom of the southern section of the sea cliff fortress. They even climbed up the rock to climb towards the city wall.
They launched two attacks, but unfortunately they were repulsed by the corpse witches and skeletons on the city wall.
This is not surprising, because the terrain outside Haiya Fortress is very narrow, and it only becomes open and flat again near the second half of the sandbank, but Sherut and his colleagues firmly guarded Haiya.
On the small road, the superior strength of the undead cannot be used at all. The Hong Kong Guards are certainly not worth mentioning in front of the White Legion. But when facing the same number of weak skeletons, they have an absolute advantage.
But the corpse witches quickly mobilized skeleton archers from behind, changing the situation of the battle once again. A row of skeleton archers lined up fired downwards from the southern wall of the Sea Cliff Fortress, and a dense rain of Hellsteel arrows rained down.
Time caused Xerut's team to suffer heavy losses, and the other two teams were also very different. The morale of the Hong Kong Guards, which had just been rising, immediately dropped to freezing point, and they almost retreated all the way to the main city wall of Fatan Port.
Seeing this scene on the city wall, Baron Ludwig couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed on his face. Although he was not the military chief of Fatan Port, the Harbor Guards were directly under the lord of Fatan City. Seeing the embarrassment on the battlefield,
The Hong Kong Guards had escaped back, and he almost couldn't help but want to take over and curse at these guys, but when the words came to his mouth, he remembered who was the commander here, and had to swallow the curse words back in his stomach with a sullen face.
Delphine was much calmer than him, as if she had expected it. She quietly watched the scene below the city and ordered: "Load the arrow."
Her voice was not high, but the herald faithfully passed on her order. The soldiers in the front row on the city wall stepped back, and the back row immediately revealed two rows of archers holding longbows.
Hands are a rare product in Warnd. They are almost all professional soldiers or mercenaries. Crossbowmen are common in general armies. Even heavy crossbowmen are much more numerous than archers, and there are not many archers.
After years of training, it is impossible to go to the battlefield. However, there is actually a professionally trained archer unit in a mere port guard in the empire. Its strength is evident, and people can't help but sigh. In fact, Marjorie and Oni
When he learned that there was such a detachment of long archers, the look on his face was a little strange.
In Warnd, archers almost always use magic bows, because the investment in training an archer is far greater than making a magic bow, and longbows using magic bows far exceed crossbows in terms of range, accuracy, and projection density.
Hands, and they can also use enchanted arrows. When using enchanted arrows, the power of longbows is far greater than that of heavy crossbows.
The archers opened their long bows at the command, and the arrow clusters on the bows shone with a faint golden luster. Holy water was obviously poured on them. Rows of long bows were raised in the rain, and the arrows pointed accurately at a certain location.
Shooting angle, this is also where the magic bow far exceeds the heavy crossbow. It is waterproof. Ordinary bows and arrows will lose their power due to moisture, but magic items do not have this concern.
The herald looked at Delphine aside, who nodded coldly.
"put!"
"put!"
"Let go!" A command sounded, and at that moment, the entire city wall lit up slightly, as if a dark golden line flashed at the same time. It was the cold light caused by the arrow coming out of the string, and there seemed to be a path forward in the rain curtain.
The white line came with a sharp roar, as if a strong wind was blowing in the face, and a rain of arrows had already fallen on the sandbank.
Logically speaking, the lethality of arrows against skeletons is limited, because the arrows can easily pass through the pores of their bones. Even if they are lucky enough to hit the bones, they will only break one or two ribs and will not cause much damage.
The impact is too great. Only by being lucky enough to break the tibia and neck can effective damage be achieved, but in the dark night, the chance of this is really too small.
But this rain of arrows is different. When each arrow approaches a skeleton, a strong holy light emits from it. The struck skeletons are like melted butter. The arrows pass through their bodies, leaving behind
In the next huge cavity, there was even a golden flame burning at the broken bones. Even in the rain and snow, the flames did not extinguish at all. Instead, they burned more and more, turning each skeleton into a
ash.
For a moment, a golden sea of fire seemed to rise on the dark battlefield, and the sea of skeletons under the main wall of Port Fatan was burned out into a blank area without any warning.
"Ready for the second round," Delphine ordered, and she called, "Marjorie."
"exist!"
"Get ready to attack. I ask you to lead three teams of White Lion Guards to drive the undead army back to the southern section of the sea cliff fortress wall and launch an attack on the fortress!"
"Yes!" Marjorie replied without hesitation.
At this time, the archers in formation have completed their second round of attacks. On the battlefield, it takes twelve seconds for a trained heavy crossbowman to reload, but a well-trained archer only needs one-third of this time.
, another golden arrow rain fell on the heads of the skeletons, and the skeleton army of several small groups under the city wall immediately became sparse.
However, they did not collapse. The most troublesome thing about the undead army is that it has no morale, especially the low-level undead. Although they lack wisdom, they do not feel fear and naturally will not retreat easily.
At this time, the city gate slowly rose, and Marjorie led the White Lion Guards to kill them out.
"The archers exchanged for enchanted rockets. Prepare for the third round of shooting. It is required to cover the back of the undead army and cover Marjorie's assault." Delphine calmly gave the order.
"Miss Delphine, why do you need to change rockets?" Count Olkons said anxiously: "The attack effect of the sacred arrows is very good, and there are still several bases in the ammunition storage. Rockets have no effect on skeletons!"
Delphine glanced at him and replied in a bad tone: "I am the commander or you are the commander. Act according to my orders and light the torch."
The moment the main city wall of Port Fatan lit up, Sock knew that today's sneak attack was over. He saw torches and braziers being lit one after another on the wall 500 meters away.
Under the light of the sun, the walkways on the city wall were filled with soldiers, and the archers of the Hong Kong Guard stood neatly in two rows.
When the archer fired the first two rounds of arrows, he frowned slightly and glanced around subconsciously, but when the third round of arrows flashed with fire in the rain curtain, Suok finally felt relieved.
, it seems that the priests of the Temple of Flame in the city were not assembled at the first time. The plan was executed well. The previous sacred arrows should be stored in ammunition. According to the intelligence, the enchanted arrows of the Hong Kong Guards should not be stored in ammunition.
There are too many, and there are even fewer sacred arrows. After all, there has never been a record of being attacked by the undead in this area before.
However, the attack was inevitably repelled, followed by a hail of arrows. He saw a strange army coming out of Port Fatan City. The combat effectiveness of this new force was not weaker than that of the Hong Kong Guards, and even
Much more than that. The opponent's equipment seemed to be between light and heavy infantry, but their movements were extremely flexible. The attack was very explosive. Several skeleton squads were unable to withstand such an offensive, and were soon forced back to the sea cliff.
On the trail.
This is obviously not an ordinary army, the "White Lion Army", a term immediately comes to mind. Duke Ambnar made a thorough arrangement before attacking Port Fatan. Intelligence work is of course essential, so Sock knows it very well.
What are the details of the Eruin people stationed in Fatan Port?
Of course, even Duke Ambnar didn't know what the difference was between the White Lions and the White Lion Guards in that small kingdom, and he just confused the two carelessly.
The sneak attack was discovered and the offensive was blocked. Unsurprisingly, the battle that had taken the lead turned into a head-on confrontation. However, this was not beyond Suoke's expectations. In fact, being able to capture the Sea Cliff Fortress so easily was already within his expectations.
In addition, it may even exceed the expectations of Duke Ambnar, the commander-in-chief of this battle. It is impossible for the Harbor Guards and the Eruin to rely on the low main wall of Port Fatan to trap them.
The thing is to break down the city gate in one go and throw the undead into street fighting.
Of course, it would be best if there was no street fighting.
He very much hoped that once the city wall fell, the enemy troops who had lost hope would surrender, but judging from the intensity of the resistance at this moment, it seemed that this wish would be in vain.
Suoke naturally attributed it to the fact that the eldest son of the emperor was in the city.
However, he is not very worried, because the undead are cannon fodder. Even if they are all consumed here, no one will feel any heartache. Using the undead to consume the blood of the Eruins and the Hong Kong Guards in street fighting is obviously a problem.
A good deal. As for the White Army, Suok knew very well that they only had one enemy. He suddenly turned around, and the valley behind him was dark, but he knew that there were tens of thousands of undead armies clustered there, and further away,
In the direction, there is the hilly area around the Golden Needle Valley.
I don’t know if Erich and the others have already moved in place.
He frowned silently.
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Ovehin Port, inside the Konwy Fortress
With a creak, the door of the room was pushed open by the attendant: "Your Excellency, Sir Eirich and his gryphon brigade have arrived at the predetermined area. Sir Bernd and his Silver Wing Knights also sent a magic message three minutes ago.
, said it was ready."
Duke Ambnar withdrew his gaze from the stone hole window: "Where is the Buga fleet?"
"No movement yet."
"How is the battle in Fatan Port going?"
"Observations from the frontline showed that the sneak attack was successful. The undead advance army captured the Sea Cliff Fortress in one fell swoop. However, the enemy's resistance was fierce and the battle line was deadlocked under Fatan City."
Duke Anbunar frowned slightly: "There is no sea cliff fortress, and those Eruin people will not be able to defend it for long. I will ask the Madara people to work harder. You go down and inform Eirich and Bernd to do anything at any time."
Be ready to attack."
Earl Brill looked at the closed door again and turned around: "Old man?"
"Don't worry, old friend, it's not a big problem." Duke Ambnar glanced at the black smoke-filled bone staff suspended in mid-air: "I have already sent people to investigate. For a few hours, Marjorie and his men were
Contact was lost in the direction of the Golden Needle Forest, and a fake bone staff was also missing. A mouse must have sneaked in."
"It's okay?" the former frowned slightly and asked uneasily.
"It doesn't matter, the situation on the front line is excellent. The Buga people would never dream of our plan, and we don't blame them. I'm afraid no one in this world would think that Her Majesty the Queen has reached an alliance with Madara.
"Duke Anbunar was in a good mood: "Madala's offensive was more successful than imagined. Without the Eruin people in the sea cliff fortress port, what could they do to save their lives? The poor Earl was killed by Buga
A man becomes a spearman without knowing it, but the empire will not have mercy on him."
He walked to the count's desk, picked up the flint on the desk and scratched it with an iron piece, lit the pipe, then lifted up the pipe and took a puff, squinting his eyes and sighing deeply.
"The rats that sneaked into Owyhin must be Yankee scouts. Don't worry, someone will take care of them."
"It's not like you, old man, to boast before the outcome of the war." Earl Brill seemed to be infected by this emotion and also laughed: "Where is our cautious Lord White Duke?"
"This war has already come to an end, Brill," Duke Ambnar shook his head and said, "It is impossible for the Buga people to declare war on two empires at the same time."
"Having said that," Earl Brill reminded: "Don't forget that the Bugas still have a fleet here."
"Yes," Duke Ambnar replied without hesitation: "So what we are waiting for is their fleet."