Riding on the griffin beast, Duke Turingdor saw countless huge stone strips piled in the open space in front of the city wall of Fenglei Castle, one in the east and one in the west.
In the middle of the night yesterday, Turing Tuo heard a scout coming to report that there was a strange noise in Fenglei Castle. He immediately ordered the scouts to investigate again.
After paying the price of hundreds of lives, the scouts reported that Sauron's army was transporting huge stone bars to the battlefield outside the city wall, trying to create obstacles on the battlefield to prevent the army from attacking the city.
At that time, Turing Duo was hesitant, should he send cavalry to stop Sauron?
The location where Sauron's army is operating is too close to the city wall of Wind Thunder Castle, and is completely within the attack range of all artillery and trebuchets. If more cavalry is sent, it will be to die. If less cavalry is sent, it will have no effect.
, or die.
Moreover, after just a few hours, it was difficult for Sauron to change anything.
Early this morning, Turing Tuo and Xi Li climbed up and took a look. Sure enough, a few hundred meters in front of Fenglei Castle's defense line, there were dense obstacles made of huge boulders everywhere.
The tallest one is only half a person tall, and it is completely disorganized!
Looking down from the air while riding a griffon, these boulder obstacles are also very sparse.
Li Li suddenly laughed and said, "Sauron is really at his wits' end. A few stones can actually block my army of hundreds of thousands?"
He completely ignored these scattered and sparse boulder obstacles, and they seemed to be unstoppable.
Moreover, the arrow is on the string and has to be fired. Time is not conducive to Xie Li!
Every day that time passes, someone may surrender to Sauron, and the nights will be long and dreams will be many.
The appearance of these boulder obstacles did not affect the will of the decisive battle in the slightest. Hundreds of thousands of troops still charged madly!
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Sauron stood on the top of the city, feeling his feet trembling. Looking at the soldiers around him, their faces were a little blue.
Looking at the hundreds of thousands of soldiers approaching, it really seemed like an endless tide.
At this time, the originally strong and thick defense line of Feng Lei Fort seemed particularly fragile.
Taking a deep breath, Sauron looked behind him. Tens of thousands of troops were already lined up on the ground behind the city wall.
In the entire Tianshui City, Sauron can mobilize about 170,000 soldiers, of which 100,000 are placed on the defense line of Fenglei Castle, one hundred thousand against the 400,000 who are separated from the enemy.
Of the 100,000 defenders, 30,000 are distributed on the city wall, including 15,000 Rock Bandits and 15,000 Sox City Guards.
The remaining 70,000 were all in the open space of the military camp behind the city wall.
There are 10,000 Luan Yang Revenge Army, 15,000 Rock Bandits Army, and 45,000 Southeast New Army.
The new southeastern army was reorganized from the prisoners of the Southeastern Legion of Zhiwei. Sauron was most worried about this army.
Sure enough, the 45,000 Southeast New Army troops turned pale and blue, and even their bodies were trembling slightly.
They must be full of fear and daydream.
After these people were captured by Sauron, they actually lived a good life. Their military pay was doubled, their weapons got better, their armor got better, and even their daily food was much better.
So they have a certain sense of gratitude to Sauron, but in terms of loyalty? It's really hard to overestimate, especially when it comes to life and death, anything can happen.
On the contrary, Luan Yang's revenge army, with red eyes and ferocious faces, full of fighting passion, wanted to wash away their shame.
Tully Yang, in particular, approached Sauron several times and asked him to arrange for Luan Yang's revenge army to take the lead.
From Sauron's point of view, Luan Yang's revenge army has a good will to fight but average fighting power, so it cannot lead the battle.
Those who stick to the front line of the city wall can only be the most loyal and elite Sox City Guards, as well as the most ferocious Rock Bandits Legion!
As for the Rock Bandits, when they heard the tsunami-like shouts of the enemy troops outside, they were all trembling with excitement.
There's going to be fighting, there's going to be killing, and there are still so many people.
It’s so enjoyable, so enjoyable!
"Hahaha..." The rock bandits on the city wall have begun to cut their faces with knives, burning up their fighting spirit.
The rock bandits under the city wall could not sit still at all. They let out strange screams and began to lick the blade with their tongues, until blood dripped from them.
"quack……"
"Woooooooo..."
Seeing the Rock Bandits was as exciting as a festival, the Southeastern New Army couldn't help but relax a little.
One of the soldiers turned around and took a few glances, and found that they were all acquaintances. He couldn't help but said to a fellow villager next to him: "Actually, although Marquis Sauron is a bit arrogant, he is still a good person, and the reorganization has not disrupted it.
We, we are all together."
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"Fight to the death, whoever retreats will die!"
"Death to Sauron!"
The front of the charging Lili army has already entered the artillery range!
"Fire...fire...fire..."
Sauron gave the order!
"Boom boom boom boom!"
Hundreds of artillery pieces emitted a series of loud noises, drowning out the tsunami-like shouts of the Lili army.
Then, hundreds of solid bullets were shot out like black lightning!
At this time, there was no need to aim at all. The entire battlefield was on a flat land between two mountains, only about four miles wide.
The army of hundreds of thousands is densely packed, like a swarm of ants, and you can hit them with your eyes closed.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
Hundreds of solid cannonballs suddenly rushed out hundreds of blood channels. Wherever they passed, all the bones flew everywhere and died.
One cannonball can kill dozens of people at most!
One round of shelling caused thousands of casualties.
However, for an army of 400,000, this is completely a drop in the bucket, just like the splash of water in a pond, it quickly disappears.
The preparation time for each round of artillery firing is really too long. Even if Sauron's artillery is now proficient enough, it still takes about six or seven minutes.
When the breech-loaded rapid-fire cannon comes, that will be the real gospel.
Sauron imagined in his mind that if there were hundreds of breech-loaded rapid-fire cannons, all using spontaneous shells, and adding high explosives, it would be sure to kill hundreds of thousands of people.
If there were Maxim machine guns, not too many, just a hundred would be enough! Sauron can guarantee that these 400,000 people will be killed within a few hours.
It's a pity that Sauron doesn't have any of these!
Not to mention that things like breech-loaded rapid-fire cannons and Maxims would not be available in his lifetime, and high explosives would not be available for a long time.
His only hope at present is that the huge rock obstacles in front of him can be effective!
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Hundreds of thousands of troops were still roaring and charging.
It is already only two miles away from the Fenlei Fort defense line.
From here on, the ground ahead is no longer flat.
Last night, after sleeping, Sauron's mind was refreshed and he suddenly had an idea.
So, he sent tens of thousands of troops and thousands of pack horses to transport the unused boulders for the construction of the Windlei Castle defense line outside the city wall and placed them randomly to create obstacles on the battlefield.
There are advantages and disadvantages to placing these things. The disadvantage is that it will affect the lethality of artillery and trebuchets, and it cannot completely stop the army, but can only effectively delay it.
But what is most important to Sauron?
It’s time!
If the firing intervals of artillery and trebuchets are too long, obstacles will be created to slow down the enemy's speed and time.
Time is more precious than gold to Sauron.
Soon, the vanguard of the Li army had rushed within a mile, and all kinds of obstacles here became more dense.
Originally, the soldiers carrying the siege ladder could still move freely, but now they had to make many twists and turns, and the speed was even slower.
"Trebuchet, launch!"
"Swish, swish, swish..."
Hundreds of giant trebuchets were thrown violently.
All the weapons loaded this time were primitive cluster bombs. Countless lead bullets and steel bullets were placed in hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder bags.
The huge gunpowder ball drew an arc in the air.
Falling into a vast ocean of enemy troops.
"Boom boom boom..."
Earth-shattering explosion!
That terrible scene appeared again!
As if a metal storm was blowing through, nearly a million steel balls and lead bullets exploded suddenly.
The entire area is completely empty!
Because there are huge boulder obstacles placed everywhere in this area. Countless steel pillars hit them, causing ricochet and causing secondary damage.
A cloud of blood mist suddenly rose in the air.
After a long while, people got up one after another!
"Rush, rush, rush..."
The officer next to him yelled at the top of his lungs!
Suddenly, the soldiers covered in blood continued to rush forward.
Some slowed down, while others fell directly to the ground after taking a few steps and never got up again.
The countless troops behind them were still rushing forward crazily.
But within 800 meters of the city wall, it was immediately blocked by countless boulder obstacles. It was like a huge wave crashing on a reef, and then blocked directly.
Suddenly, the entire army's charging formation was in chaos!
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Sauron's strategy was to pile huge stone obstacles within a distance of 800 meters to 150 meters from the city wall.
In this way, the enemy 800 meters away can be hit with solid artillery shells.
Use trebuchets to hit enemies within a range of 100 to 500 meters.
Enemies within a distance of 150 meters should be hit with artillery shells and scorpion trebuchets.
This obstacle-dividing tactic was originally Sauron's whim. He thought it might be miraculous, but it would be difficult to fundamentally change the situation of the battle.
However, I didn't expect that it would play such a big role.
If the number of people is small and the impact is not big, just shuttle between these obstacles.
But once an army of hundreds of thousands of people started to charge, they simply could not stop.
The front wanted to stop, but the crowd kept coming from behind. What's more, this was a siege army that needed to carry a siege ladder more than ten meters long.
Suddenly, the entire army was completely stuck in these obstacle areas. Not only did the speed slow down, but countless armies were crowded into a ball.
On the battlefield, time is extremely precious, especially for Sauron, every minute is like gold.
Because of his trebuchet, his artillery can complete a firing every six or seven minutes.
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On the battlefield, the Li army was clearly divided into three parts by Sauron.
The first part has already rushed within 150 meters and has already attacked the city wall. There are very few people in this part, only about 20,000 to 30,000 people.
The second part was stuck in an 800-meter boulder obstacle. It was very crowded and slow, with tens of thousands of people.
In the third part, eight hundred meters away from the city wall of Fenglei Castle, hundreds of thousands of people had completely slowed down and were waiting for the army in front to pass through the huge stone obstacles.
This 800-meter boulder obstacle group is like a filter, reducing the number of enemies and reducing the number of enemies. It is also like a speed bump, buying Sauron the most precious time.
Soon, preparations for the second round of bombardment from hundreds of artillery pieces on Fengleibao's defense line were completed!
At this time, 20,000 to 30,000 people had already rushed under the city wall.
"Prepare the scorpion trebuchet and launch!" Sauron ordered.
Hundreds of small and medium-sized scorpion trebuchets are launched, throwing out gunpowder balls weighing several dozen kilograms.
This type of trebuchet is launched by elastic force and can hit a relatively short distance, just over a hundred meters. But it is small in size and has a fast launch speed.
“Swish swish swish!”
Hundreds of gunpowder balls flew more than a hundred meters and hit the 20,000 to 30,000 troops who rushed under the city wall.
"Boom boom boom..."
There was a violent explosion, shooting out countless steel ball lead bullets.
Thousands of lives were harvested.
Soon, preparations for the second round of bombardment were completed!
However, Sauron did not use artillery shells to attack the 20,000 to 30,000 enemies under the city wall. Instead, he used solid artillery shells to attack the enemies 800 meters away.
Because the enemies there are more crowded and can cause more crazy damage.
As for the 20,000 to 30,000 enemies under the city wall, just charge forward!
"Boom boom boom boom..."
Hundreds of artillery pieces roared again!
Hundreds of solid iron balls, like lightning, passed through the air with a sharp whistling sound, and smashed towards the enemy eight hundred meters away!
Because of the huge rock obstacles in front, the army here is already overcrowded and there are people everywhere!
Countless enemies were shattered to pieces and died.
Even, because of the tragic death, it makes people blush!
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At this time, the army at the front had already rushed under the city wall.
After two groups of killings, only about 20,000 people rushed to the city wall, but the Lili army behind them still continued to pass through the obstacles and rush to the city wall.
"Climb the wall, climb the wall!"
"Bang bang bang bang!"
After a loud noise, hundreds of siege ladders were added to the city wall, and countless soldiers climbed up like ants.
For this battle, even the siege ladders in Zhili were specially modified. Half of the siege ladders were made of welded iron bars.
Although this siege ladder will be very heavy and requires more than a dozen strong men to carry it, this siege ladder is very strong and is not afraid of fire.
The leader on the siege ladder was carrying a huge fire shield.
One out of every three people is wearing a fire-resistant cloak!
"Bang bang bang..."
On the city wall, countless kerosene barrels were smashed down.
Then countless rockets shot down.
Suddenly, the blazing ground under the entire city wall was burning.
"Ah...ah...ah..."
Soldiers without fireproof cloaks immediately let out shocking screams once they were burned by fire.
Struggling in the raging flames, he soon became silent and fell to the ground dead!
"Climb, climb, crawl..."
The elite Dragon Guard Corps, completely ignoring the terrifying howls around them and the flames filling the sky below, climbed up crazily!
finally……
In this desperate madness, less than an hour after today's decisive battle began, the Lili army finally climbed up the wall of Fenglei Fort's defense line for the first time after paying a price of 50,000 to 60,000 casualties!
The battle has entered the most brutal hand-to-hand combat!
The 10,000 rock bandits on the city wall were like wild beasts, waving their hands and fighting.
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At this time, Sauron closed his eyes instead!
Although the most brutal battle had just begun, he could vaguely see that he should win this decisive battle!
The main reason for winning was actually the inconspicuous group of boulder obstacles.
Slowing down the enemy's speed and filtering the number of enemies makes the entire battle enter a very subtle rhythm.
This group of boulder obstacles divides the battlefield into three parts, allowing Sauron's most elite weapons to maximize their lethality.
The artillery fires at long range, the trebuchet strikes at medium range, the scorpion trebuchet strikes at short range, and the rock bandit army engages in hand-to-hand combat!
Once the battle enters this active rhythm, it really means winning!
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