The morning of this day was destined to not be an ordinary morning. More than 100,000 refugees outside the city were bleeding into rivers under the massacre by the demonic troops. Everyone on the top of the city was in danger, and the atmosphere was so tense that people could collapse.
With his hands on the crenel, Earl Isaac looked pale, looking at the refugees being massacred less than three hundred meters in front of him, but he could do nothing.
After finally coming back to his senses, he could only reluctantly issue an order for the soldiers on the city wall to prepare for battle: "Order all soldiers to board the city wall! Prepare to fight! Prepare to fight!"
The trumpet sound of orders began to sound one after another, and the soldiers originally stationed under the city wall began to put on their armor, arrange their weapons, and then gathered together, one by one, to walk to the top of the city.
One after another, the magic arrays that reinforced the city walls were opened. These magic arrays on the walls of Shakeburn City were also defense systems built with the aid of the puppet empire and demons.
But now, these fortifications that were originally used to defend Elanthir are now being used to defend against demon attacks. This has to be said to be an irony.
On the illuminated magic array, some huge canvases were lifted by the soldiers, revealing the heavy artillery covered inside, which was well maintained but not very good in performance.
These heavy artillery were produced by the southern kingdom's own smelting of steel. The thickness of the barrels was extremely exaggerated. One artillery weighed almost ten tons, making it impossible to move in the field.
Therefore, these artillery were deployed on the city wall and used as a firepower point to defend the city. Although it is indeed outdated to use it to deal with Ailan Hill, it can still be used to fight demons, and it still has a certain effect.
Of course, apart from a small number of artillery pieces, the ancient ballistae and trebuchets were actually the most equipped on the Shakerburn city wall.
Although these items pose a low threat to demons, due to issues such as quantity and production cost, they were retained by the Southern Kingdom and are now used on the battlefield.
"The trebuchets and ballistae are ready to fire!" an officer shouted loudly, and the soldiers struggled to twist the capstan to load the ballistae. From time to time, the captain shouted slogans, and the soldiers responded loudly.
Standing next to them were soldiers responsible for covering these heavy weapons and equipment. They were equipped with a meager Mauser 98k rifle. Their task was to protect these weapons and equipment from being destroyed by the enemy's air force.
Yes, the only few rifles and even more precious machine guns are used to defend against enemy air threats.
Therefore, to deal with targets on the ground, Shakeburn's soldiers still use the offensive and defensive methods from a hundred years ago: trebuchets, ballistae, bows and arrows, and rolling logs and rocks.
"The enemy has entered the shooting range! Your Excellency!" An officer came over and stood at attention and reported to Earl Isaac: "Do you want to fight back?"
Isaac Luo waved his hand and decided to save ammunition. He had no way to fight back now, because the devil dog was entangled with the refugees, and the effect of attacking at this time would be greatly reduced.
Refugees with almost no armor would suffer more casualties, and would share most of the attack firepower. So now he could only wait, waiting for the massacre under the city to come to an end, and when the demonic troops began to truly threaten the city wall.
Therefore, he ordered: "Let the troops not counterattack for the time being! Especially the artillery! Don't fire yet! We have to wait for the enemy to attack the city wall before we start attacking!"
However, everyone on the city soon discovered sadly that the demons were killing them much faster than they imagined.
More and more demon dogs rushed into the crowd, and more advanced two-headed demon dogs began to appear on the edge of the forest, as well as some demon soldiers.
The intelligence of these troops was obviously higher. They did not join in the massacre indiscriminately, but stood by at the edge of the forest, forming a phalanx ready to attack.
"Can't wait any longer! Let the troops start to counterattack! Fire the trebuchets and ballistae first! Don't move the artillery yet!" Count Isaac, is also an old military commander. He has some combat experience and has used artillery.
experience.
In fact, when Elland Hill's naval fleet attacked Shakeburn several times before, Shake Ben's defense was under his command. At that time, he also had an artillery battle with Eiland Hill's naval fleet, but lost.
It's just ugly.
Because of this experience, he can skillfully use artillery and can also command some rifle and machine gun units in combat.
It is precisely for this reason that he has become more and more stable in his position as the Lord of Shakeburn City, and has not been transferred until now.
Seeing the situation outside the city getting worse and worse, with more and more demon troops mixed in with the crowd, Count Isaac knew that he could no longer wait for the opportunity. The demons would soon attack the city wall, if not now
If you fire, you may never have the chance to fire again.
Soon the order to counterattack was given, and countless ballista projectiles flew into the distance with the buzzing sound of the bow strings tightened, passing through the dense phalanx of infantry and archers in front, and smashed into the demonic troops below the city that were constantly approaching the city wall.
with human refugees.
Watching the crossbows of their own army flying over their heads, the infantrymen let out a burst of cheers. They had just watched the demon troops slaughter their compatriots, and now they saw their own people's counterattack. Naturally, their morale was greatly boosted. The people at the top of the city
The battle flag also fluttered in the wind in response to the occasion.
"Launch!" the officers shouted loudly, holding their swords high, and the ballistae and trebuchets frantically poured ammunition into the demonic troops under the city wall. The battle entered a fierce stage from the beginning.
However, although the bulky ballistae and trebuchets have some effect on improving morale, the results achieved by actual attacks are actually very limited.
Dozens of huge stones flew out of the city wall, but none of them hit their target. Except for one stone that hit the refugee crowd, the remaining stones just fell into the open space, throwing up a cloud of dust.
"The enemy infantry is approaching! Archers are ready, quick, quick, quick." A shout came from the observation tower, and bundles of feather arrows were carried by soldiers to the archer square.
The light infantrymen next to the archers used their long swords to lift the ropes that tied the arrows cleanly. With a clatter, these murderous weapons were scattered on the ground, allowing the archers in the phalanx to shoot all the arrows they had and come over to retrieve them.
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"Archers! Prepare! Release!" the commander of the archers ordered loudly. Following his shout, there was a banging sound of the tight bowstring being released, and arrows flying into the sky like raindrops.
, and then fell straight down not far away, and the dense bows and arrows darkened the entire sky for a while.
After a while, an officer ran in in a panic and gave Isaac a military salute: "Sir, there is news from the observation tower that a phalanx of demon troops is approaching our city wall!"
"Order the troops to prepare stones! The archers continue to attack!" Isaac frowned and ordered.
Of course he knew that the demonic troops would approach his city wall. This was something that was bound to happen. But what made him uneasy was that the process was too fast. The opponent seemed not to be afraid of bows, arrows and trebuchets at all. The only trump card he could use now was
, only the cannon at the top of the city is left.
Up to now, most of the troops in his hands have been used to fight back the demon's attack based on past training experience and naval harassment combat experience against Elland Hill. However, according to experience, the demon should be under such a violent counterattack.
They began to retreat, but now it seemed that the attack had just begun, so Isaac felt very uneasy.
The officer beside him was stunned for a moment and asked weakly: "Sir, it's just the first wave of attacks, do we have to let the opponent get closer to the city wall? Isn't it? Is it too early?"
"The opponent hasn't had many casualties so far, General! They haven't sent out the air force yet and there are still those tall demons! If we wait any longer, the defense line will collapse! Order the troops to counterattack freely! Immediately!" Isaac Luo ordered:
"Send another communications unit immediately! Contact the city! Let the trained refugees go up the city wall! If it's later, it may be too late!"
"Yes! Sir." The officer turned and walked away. Isaac Luo stared at the demon phalanx approaching one after another in the distance. Listening to the excited or tragic shouts not far away, he pressed on the city wall.
The creases make the face even more difficult to look at.
All this time, he had been imagining today's scene in his mind. He knew that this day would definitely come, but what he didn't expect was that just like facing Ellen Hill, he couldn't hold on for even one round and was about to be beaten.
The demon army was defeated.
Just when his mind was filled with desperate thoughts, the battle continued. After devouring a large number of refugees, the demonic troops finally began to tentatively attack the city wall.
In addition to the approaching infantry phalanx in the distance, countless demon dogs also began to swarm towards the city wall. Further away, some magical demons began to pour some flame attack magic on the city of Shakeburn.
The battle became fierce in an instant. Some of these magic attacks hit the city wall with defensive magic circles, causing ripples on it. Some of them hit the city head directly, blowing up more than a dozen soldiers, leaving behind burnt black bodies.
trace.
"The enemy's bows and arrows are coming! Watch the sky!" Another officer not far away loudly reminded his soldiers: "Hold your shield high!"
Before he could finish his words, a ballista not far behind him was blown to pieces by a ball of flames, bringing up a cloud of plasma and debris.
Before the flames of the explosion were extinguished, the arrows shot by the demon phalanx fell down, and countless arrows hit the thick shield like raindrops hitting the window sill.
Many arrows passed through the gaps and hit the human soldiers under the shields. These soldiers fell down immediately, and blood quickly flowed out from under their bodies and seeped into the gaps in the surrounding rock walls.
