Chapter 507： Ancient offensive and defensive war

The morning of this day is destined not to be an ordinary morning. More than 100,000 refugees outside the city, blood flowed into a river under the slaughter of the demon army, the soldiers on the front of the city were in danger, and the atmosphere was tense and collapsed.

With his hands on the crenellation, Earl Roysaac was pale, looking at the refugees who were being slaughtered incessantly less than 300 meters in front of him, he could do nothing.

After finally getting back to his senses, he had no choice but to give orders to prepare the soldiers on the wall for battle: "Order all soldiers to board the wall! Get ready to fight! Get ready to fight!"

The horns of the order began to come and go. The soldiers who were originally stationed under the city wall began to put on their own armors, organize their weapons, and then gathered together and walked up to the city.

The magic arrays that reinforce the city walls were activated one after another, and the magic arrays on the walls of Shakeben were still a defense system built with the aid of the puppet empire and demons.

Only now, these fortifications that originally defended Ailan Hill were in turn used to defend against the attacks of the devil, which I have to say is a kind of irony.

On the illuminated magic circle, some huge canvases were lifted by the soldiers, exposing the heavy artillery that was covered inside, but not very well maintained.

These heavy artillery were produced by smelting iron and steel in the Southern Kingdom. The thickness of the barrels is very exaggerated. The weight of an artillery is almost a dozen tons, and it cannot be moved in the field at all.

Therefore, these artillery pieces were deployed on the city walls and used as firepower points to defend the city. Although it is really outdated to deal with Ailan Hill, it can be used to fight demons and still has a certain effect.

Of course, in addition to a small number of artillery, in fact, the most equipped on the walls of Shakeben are the ancient ballistas and catapults.

Although these things were a low threat to the devil, they were still retained by the Southern Kingdom because of the quantity and production costs, and they are now used on the battlefield.

"The catapult and the ballista are ready to fire!" an officer shouted loudly, and the soldiers twisted the winch with difficulty to load the ballista with pellets. From time to time, the captain shouted slogans, and the soldiers responded loudly.

Standing next to them are the soldiers responsible for covering these heavy weapons and equipment. They are equipped with a few poor Mauser 98k rifles. The task is to protect these weapons and equipment from being destroyed by the enemy's air force.

Yes, the only rare rifles and even more precious machine guns have been used to defend against enemy air threats.

Therefore, to deal with targets on the ground, Shakerburn’s soldiers are still using the offensive and defensive methods used a hundred years ago: catapults, ballistas, bows and arrows, and rolling logs.

"The enemy is in range! Your lord!" An officer walked over and reported to Earl Roysaac: "Are you going to counterattack?"

Roysaac waved his hand and decided to save ammunition. He also has no way to fight back now, because the devil dog is entangled with the refugees, and the effect of attacking at this time will really be greatly reduced.

Refugees with almost no armor will suffer more deaths and injuries, and will share most of the attack firepower. So he can only wait now, waiting for the massacre under the city to come to an end, when the demon forces begin to truly threaten the city wall.

Therefore, he commanded: "Let the troops not counterattack for the time being! Especially the artillery! Don't open fire yet! We have to wait for the enemy to attack the wall before we start attacking!"

However, everyone in the city soon discovered sadly that the speed of the demon slaughter was much faster than they thought.

More and more demon dogs rushed into the crowd, and more advanced double-headed demon dogs and some demon soldiers began to appear on the edge of the forest.

The wisdom of these troops is obviously higher. They did not join the massacre in a mess, but stood by on the edge of the woodland and formed a phalanx ready to attack.

"Can't wait! Let the troops start counterattack! The catapult and the ballista fire first! The artillery don't move!" Earl Roysaac is also a commander from an old army. He has some combat experience and has used artillery. Experience.

In fact, when Allan Hill’s naval fleet attacked Shakburn several times before, Shakburn’s defense was under his command. At that time, he also had a gun battle with Ailan Hill's naval fleet, but the loss was ugly.

Because of this experience, he can use artillery proficiently, and can also command some rifle and machine gun forces.

It is precisely for this reason that he has become more and more stable in the position of City Lord Shakeben, and has not been transferred until now.

Seeing the worsening situation outside the city, the number of demonic troops mixed in the crowd is increasing, Earl Roysaac knows that he can no longer wait for the opportunity. The devil will soon slay the city wall. If you don't fire now, you may never have a chance to fire.

Soon the order to counterattack was issued, and countless ballista projectiles flew into the distance with the buzzing sound of the tension of the bowstring, passing by the dense array of infantry and archers in front, and smashing into the demon army that was constantly approaching the wall below the city. With human refugees.

Seeing their army’s ballista flying overhead, the infantry gave a burst of cheers. They had just watched the demon troops slaughter their own compatriots, and now they saw their own counterattacks. Naturally, the morale of the city was boosted. The battle flag also spread out in response to the occasion.

"Launch!" The officers commanded loudly with their long swords high. Ballistas and stone throwers madly poured ammunition on the demon troops below the city wall, and the battle entered a white-hot stage from the beginning.

However, although the heavy ballista and the stone thrower have some effects on improving morale, the actual results of the attack are actually very limited.

Dozens of huge stones flew out of the city wall, but none of them hit the target. Except for one stone that hit the refugee crowd, the remaining stones just fell on the clearing and splashed with dust.

"The enemy infantry is approaching! The archer prepares, hurry, hurry, hurry." There was a shout from the observation tower, and bundles of feather arrows were carried by the soldiers to the archer's phalanx.

The light infantry next to the archers moved cleanly and used their long swords to pick up the ropes that bound the feather arrows. With a clatter, these murderous weapons were scattered on the ground, allowing the archers in the square to shoot all the arrows and come over and use them. .

"Archer! Ready! Let go!" The archer's commander yelled. Following his shouting, there was a thumping sound of a tight bowstring being let go, and the arrows flying toward the sky like raindrops. , And then fell straight down not far away, and the dense bows and arrows made the entire sky dark for a time.

After a while, an officer ran in in a panic and gave Roysaac a military salute: "My lord, there is news from the observation tower that the phalanx of demon forces is approaching our city wall!"

"Order the troops to prepare the stones! The archers continue to attack!" Roysaac frowned and said.

Of course he knows that the demon forces will approach his wall. This is something that will definitely happen, but what makes him uneasy is that this process is too fast. The opponent doesn't seem to be afraid of bows and catapults at all. Now he is the only trump card he can take. , Only the cannons at the head of the city are left.

Up to now, most of the troops in his hands are based on previous training experience, as well as experience in naval harassment combat against Ailan Hill, to fight back the demon's attack. It's just that the devil should have begun to retreat under the fierce counterattack based on experience, but now it seems that the attack has just begun, and Roysaac feels very uneasy because of this.

The officer beside him was taken aback for a moment, and asked weakly: "My lord, it's just the first wave of attacks. Are we going to let the other party approach the wall? Isn't it? Isn't it too early?"

"The other side hasn't had many casualties by this time, General! They haven't sent out the air force and those tall demons! We wait for the defense line to collapse! Order the troops to counterattack freely! Immediately!" Roysaac ordered: "Immediately send another signalman! Contact the city! Let the trained refugees go up to the city wall! It may be too late!"

"Yes! Your lord." The officer turned and walked away. Roysaac stared at the demon phalanx that was approaching one by one in the distance. Hearing excitement or tragic shouts not far away, he pressed the city wall. Duokou, his face is even harder to look.

For a long time, he had fantasized about today’s situation in his mind. He knew that this day would come, but what he didn’t expect was that, like facing Ailan Hill, he could not support even a round and would be The demon force was defeated.

Just when his mind was full of desperate thoughts, the battle continued. After devouring a large number of refugees, the demon forces finally began to tentatively attack the city wall.

In addition to the infantry phalanx that kept approaching in the distance, countless demon dogs also began to flock to the city wall. Farther away, some magical demons began to pour some flame attack magic on Shakeben's city.

The battle became fierce in an instant, and some of these magic attacks smashed on the city wall with defensive magic circle, splashing layers of ripples on it. Some slammed directly into the city, blowing up a dozen soldiers, leaving traces of scorched black.

"The enemy's bows and arrows are coming! Pay attention to the sky!" Another officer not far away reminded his soldiers loudly: "Hold up your shield!"

Before his words fell, a ballista not far behind him was blown to pieces by a ball of flames, bringing up a piece of blood and wreckage.

Before the exploding flames had time to extinguish, the feather arrows shot by the devil's phalanx fell, and countless arrows hit the thick shield, like raindrops hitting the window edge.

Many arrows penetrated through the gap and hit the human soldiers under the shield. These soldiers fell down and blood quickly flowed out from under their corpses, leaking into the crevices of the surrounding rock walls.