Chapter 403 Temporary Peace and Strength Improvement
snowfield city
The ten-meter city wall cannot stop the Snow Giant's attack at all. At this height, the Snow Giant can easily turn over and come up.
"Kerosene! Pour the kerosene down!"
"On the left, the snow giants have come up. Team 2 is going to stop them!"
"Retreat, retreat, give up the Divine Power Crossbow!"
At this time, the city wall was already in a mess. The iron horses and ground thorns on the outside could not hinder the snow giant's attack when no one was stationed. The time to pass the iron horses did not exceed five minutes.
During this period of time, the Divine Power Crossbow did not cause any decent damage due to the snowstorm. Only the twenty-four dark gold golems caused dozens of snow giant casualties.
After paying a relatively slight price, the Snow Giant rushed to the bottom of the city wall. If the army were to attack the city normally, after experiencing the baptism of long-range attacks from the defenders, reaching the city wall would only be the first step in the siege. The next climb would
We also had to face a series of measures such as rolling rocks and hot oil from the defenders.
But the Snow Giants obviously skipped this step and jumped directly onto the city wall without stopping to climb. The first target of their attack was the mighty crossbows that were still trying to adjust their shooting direction.
In desperation, the commander could only order the crossbowmen to withdraw without making unnecessary sacrifices, leaving an empty Shenwei crossbow to be destroyed by the snow giant in retaliation, while other elite infantry armed with spears and heavy troops rushed up to try to attack the snow giant.
The giants laid siege.
However, the city wall originally used for defense has now become a restriction for human soldiers. On the narrow city wall, two or three huge snow giants can block a direction. They can easily wave their seven or eight-meter-long weapons.
Stone spears were either smashed or swept away. Soldiers holding weapons and wanting to fight were basically unable to get close and were swept to the ground by the snow giant.
Fighting the Snow Giant on such a narrow city wall is not even as good as fighting directly on the plains. At least the Snow Giant is difficult to defend on the plains. If you are so careful, you can besiege from several aspects. There is always a chance to break through. And here
On this kind of terrain, human soldiers can't even find a chance to besiege.
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"Lord Quill, we can't hold on at all. Even the knight-level officers can't break through. All the snow giants are coming."
Here, although the soldiers of the Hunter family are tenacious in fighting and have not yet fled in the face of such a one-sided battle, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this city wall cannot be defended at all. This is still difficult for humans.
Even though the city wall is tall and strict, to the snow giant, it is simply a broken house with air leakage everywhere.
Looking up, there are already many snow giant warriors standing on the entire city wall, and there is no obvious breakthrough. It shows a multi-point blooming pattern. For the commander, this form is combined with the routine of using reserves to fill the gaps.
There is no way to use the operation, because there are gaps everywhere that cannot be repaired. Only the section of the city wall guarded by the dark gold golem is still stable. These golems whose combat power is equivalent to that of the sixth-level advanced arms are gathered here.
The combined firepower easily killed several snow giants that tried to approach.
The other snow giants noticed and simply took a detour. Anyway, the city wall had been breached. Many snow giants had jumped directly into the city to destroy it. There was no need to fight those dangerous things. Even the commander in charge of siege simply took a detour.
Open the section of the city wall where the Dark Gold Golem is located, and prioritize sending troops up there.
"Order the army to pour hot oil directly on the city wall, and pour some at intervals to stop the snow giants from moving!"
"Let the troops hold on for a little longer. Victory will belong to us."
Quill can stand out among local talents not only because of his loyalty, but also because of his own talent and learning ability. They are also important reasons why Richard is willing to reuse him. After system heroes successively assumed the important position of legion commander, Quill used the strength of the great knight to
The fact that he is still firmly seated in the ace army of the Flying Bear Army is enough to prove that his ability is trusted by Richard.
Directly pouring hot oil on the city wall is the first step to hinder the movement of the snow giant. The snow giant has no habit of wearing shoes at all, and basically moves barefoot in the snow field. With its habit of being afraid of heat, it is painful to step on hot oil.
It's not much smaller than stepping on a thorn in the ground. Anyway, there is enough hot oil prepared on the city wall. Since we can't pour it directly on the snow giant, we pour it on the city wall first.
After this step is completed, it is better to stop placing the army on the city wall for useless defense. After removing it, setting it on fire will be more effective in blocking subsequent snow giants.
Anyway, in this newly built snowfield city, there are not many residential areas or a lot of combustible materials, but rather large tracts of open space and pure stone buildings, so there is no fear of the city burning down.
"kill!"
"Quickly, pour the hot oil down and take down the city wall!"
"Lord Quill ordered all the hot oil to be poured down and the city wall to be taken down!"
After giving the order, Quill stood on a high platform and observed for a while. More and more snow giants rushed up to the city wall. The current form did not look like the snow giants were attacking the city at all, but they were moving in sections.
They just cleared out the defenders. But the hot oil all over the ground slightly hindered their progress.
There are still many defenders on the city wall who have not withdrawn, but Quill is already preparing to order the hot oil to be ignited. When the snow giants come up again, it will be difficult for the fire wall to stop them.
However, just when Quill was about to give the order, the snow stopped.
"Sir, the snow has stopped!"
"The snow has stopped!"
"Master Richard succeeded."
As a senior executive, Quill knew about Richard's plan, and the order given by Richard to him was to delay as much time as possible, and lighting the city wall on fire was the last resort.
After discovering that the snow had stopped, Quill was basically sure that Richard's side had succeeded, and did not give the order to light the fire at the last moment. Instead, he paused, as if waiting for something.
"Roar!"
Fifteen giant dragons suddenly appeared out of thin air on top of the city wall, just like when they left. Although the human side had watched this scene of divine soldiers descending from the sky several times, they still couldn't help but follow the high-pitched dragon roar above.
Cheered.
"boom!"
Along with the roar of the dragon came the hot dragon's breath, because a large number of soldiers had withdrawn from the city wall under Quill's order. The dragons had no scruples at all when using the dragon's breath. The dragon's breath directly swept the entire city wall.
Coupled with the hot oil poured by the soldiers before, a strong explosion occurred. Some fire pillars even shot up to a height of more than ten meters. The snow giants that were still on the city wall suddenly turned into moving torches.
However, the narrow city wall restricted the snow giant's escape at this time, and they had no choice but to jump outside the city wall. The direction they chose was to instinctively jump in the direction where there were more people outside the wall, but their bodies were already burning.
Like catching a torch, jumping back to one's own side not only failed to obtain rescue, but also caused chaos to the friendly forces, and even injured many snow giants who were just preparing to climb the city wall.
This sudden attack achieved unexpected results, and Hulier's order was timely.
However, after the death of Snow Giant King Vernon, the Snow Giants even had a problem with their military orders. After the sky-high flames ignited, the order to retreat was conveyed to the Snow Giant commander in charge of siege.
Richard and others have returned to Snowfield City. The snow giants who were killed and wounded in the dragon's breath and flames are just the first step in the counterattack.
As soon as Richard returned to Snowfield City, he issued the order to counterattack. Now that the Snow Giant's command system was in chaos, it was a good time to counterattack.
"kill!"
"boom!"
In addition to the counterattack by Richard's army under the command of Richard, Aragorn also joined the battle to save face at this time. His movements were extremely fast, and every time he drew his sword, he could take away the life of a snow giant warrior.
, in terms of killing efficiency, Aragorn alone can match the efficiency of five or six level seven soldiers.
Some Snow Giant warriors initially tried to besiege Aragorn, but the result of the four or five people surrounding him was that they were quickly killed. A ring of fighting spirit directly cut off the several Snow Giant warriors who surrounded him.
Compared with other snow giants whose necks were directly wiped off by Aragorn, this method of death was obviously more painful. Instead of dying immediately, half of the body was left wailing on the ground. This scene also made the surrounding snow giant warriors start to avoid Aragorn.
Gong walking.
At this time, the Snow Giant commander also exposed his shortcomings of poor battle experience. Hu Lier originally had good intentions in asking the siege army to withdraw, but it was obviously not suitable to retreat under such circumstances. During the retreat, he was pursued by a powerful enemy.
It is easy to turn from retreat to rout.
The order to retreat came almost at the same time as Richard's counterattack. The morale of the Snow Giant army, which had been vigorous just now, suddenly dropped to freezing point. It didn't matter whether they should cover each other, let alone a small number of people who had climbed onto the city wall or even entered.
The Xiaoyong warriors who entered the city let go of Yazi and ran away, directly exposing their backs to the chasing team.
Facing the snow giant that was easily defeated, Richard had no intention of being polite. Regardless of the battle he had just fought, he directly chased after him with the Vulcan Sword. The other system soldiers also chased after him without taking any rest.
However, the ordinary soldiers in the city were not ordered by Richard to launch a pursuit. With the speed of the snow giant's escape, these soldiers could not catch up even if they wanted to. Under Quill's command, they dealt with the endgame in the city. The scattered snow giants in the city
Talent is their goal.
The most heroic pioneers among these snow giants are now trapped in the city and are confused. The situation was obviously good just now, and they were about to take over this human city, but in the blink of an eye, the situation changed drastically.
Fires broke out on the city wall, and the follow-up troops disappeared. The humans, who were still tired of dealing with it, focused all their attention on them. They became the real turtles in the urn.
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The pursuit continued until they reached a distance of 500 meters from the Snow Giant camp before turning back. The siege army of 2,000 people was inexplicably broken up and then chased all the way. Because of the death of the Snow Giant King, the Snow Giants in the camp were killed in a short time.
Time was like a headless fly, and he failed to even make the most basic response. If Richard had had the military strength several times stronger, he might have driven the broken troops to try to directly attack the Snow Giant's simple camp.
This snow giant army, which had an extremely smooth start, left hundreds of corpses in the subsequent pursuit after the siege. This was another small blow to the snow giant army that was already in chaos due to the death of King Vernon.
blow.
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"A glorious victory!"
"Congratulations on your upgrade!"
After the chase ended, the system prompt also appeared immediately.
Because of the Snow Giant's high amount of experience, after a few battles, Richard, who required a lot of experience to upgrade, was continuously upgraded. The experience accumulated in the two battles allowed Richard to move up a level.
The level up has slightly improved Richard's various attributes, and he has saved three skill points unknowingly. However, there are not many places where the three skill points can be used. Only two skills, logistics and magic, are at the highest level.
Upgradeable status.
Although these two skills are of great use, they are not urgently needed skills for Richard. After seeing Aragorn's strength, Richard is even more urgent to improve his personal strength and channel the blazing sun.
Definitely being promoted to a high level is Richard's most urgent goal at the moment.
We can only save the skill points for the time being until we have enough to improve the Lieyang Qi Entrainment Technique. Unfortunately, we did not receive a task from the system in this battle to defend Snowfield City, and we did not get the same effect as eating two fish.
By now, Richard has also discovered some rules of the mission system. When enemies take the initiative to provoke him, missions are more likely to be triggered. But for things like forcibly building a city on the snowfield and starting a war with the snow giant, the system generally won't give any response.
After examining the changes in his own attributes, Richard also came to his senses from the system and turned his attention back to Snowfield City.
The snow giants in the city have been cleared away, and the soldiers are trying to remove the bodies. Even though there are a large number of soldiers on the city wall organizing to put out the fire, there are still small flames that are difficult to extinguish.
Fortunately, the entire city was produced by the system, and there was no problem with the quality. Apart from looking a bit miserable, the functional buildings were not affected in any way.
At this time, Quill was standing next to Richard reporting the casualties.
"In this battle, the combined casualties of the Dragon Army and Silver Wing Army were close to 6,000, of which more than half were killed..."
Although the loss was not from the Flying Bear Army he personally led, many of the middle and lower-level officers were transferred from the Flying Bear Army. Among the people who died in the battle today were many faces he was familiar with. After estimating this casualty figure
, Quill's mood was also very heavy.
After hearing the casualty data, Richard's mood did not change much. Today's snow giant casualties were also not small. Counting only the snow giant army attacking the city, their casualties were close to one thousand.
Simply speaking from the exchange ratio, being able to exchange six for one with the Snow Giant is definitely a sure profit. However, it is impossible to say this on the table. Richard still gave some instructions, asking to try his best to rescue the wounded and be prepared to die in battle.
Pension.
Next, although the hostility of the Snow Giant clan towards Snowfield City has risen to the maximum, the Snow Giant clan is in chaos after losing Vernon. At this time, no one is organizing to continue the attack. Snowfield City will have a long time ahead.
