Heart of Empire Chapter 30: The power of the evil god

In the first confrontation, the troops led by Dane decisively won the preliminary victory. Those faceless people obviously lacked defense against the long-range firepower possessed by Ghost Knife Port. Under the blows of bows, arrows and artillery, they lost at least 20 people. In the fight after breaking through the wooden door, Dane hacked to death three or five faceless men and hairless hyenas by himself, and a similar number of monsters died at the hands of the mercenaries.

The one that caused the most damage to these monsters was undoubtedly the ancient war tree Osengari. This huge, powerful guy blocked the door, and almost no one could break through his defense. But he can easily crush or knock away any monster that dares to approach him, no matter if it is a faceless man or a hairless hyena. No fewer than ten monsters died in his hands, and the slaughter efficiency was much higher than that of Dane. Even Dane couldn't guarantee that if he went one-on-one with Osengary, would he be slapped away by this huge ancient war tree? That's a very likely thing to happen.

After the battle started, the Faceless Men launched a fierce attack towards Dane's Ghost Knife Port, but they had no choice but to retreat when they left corpses all over the ground and had no choice but to take the Ghost Knife Port.

The Faceless Ones are apparently not really brainless either. After they suffered a long-range attack, they obviously learned a lot. They retreated a full distance of four to five hundred meters. At this distance, it was difficult for bows, arrows and shells to attack them. And Dane didn't have any idea of ​​chasing them. He just continued to direct the shooters and gunners to continue attacking while the faceless men were retreating, and he didn't stop until they withdrew to a position where they couldn't hit.

During the process of cleaning the battlefield, the casualty statistics of both sides were quickly made. Two of the horror mercenaries died in this battle. They died in the battle after the Faceless Ones breached the gate. But correspondingly, the price paid by the Faceless Ones was far greater than that of the human mercenaries. In this failed siege battle, they lost more than 30 faceless men and more than 20 hairless hyenas. The casualty ratio between the two sides even reached one to ten.

Obviously, this is a brilliant victory. If the fight continues with such a casualty ratio, those Faceless Men are killed, and it is estimated that there is no way to bring much casualties to Dane's team.

But there was one thing Dane didn't ignore. In this battle, they took advantage of the terrain and the fact that the faceless men didn't understand them, so they achieved such an outstanding record. The next battle might not be so easy.

Sure enough, after suffering a loss once, it is absolutely impossible for those faceless ones to continue to attack in the same way as in the first battle. Their organizational discipline is not very strong, but it does not mean that their leader is really stupid than a pig. The leader of the Faceless Men, who was shot by Delin, quickly changed his fighting style after learning his lesson.

Only two hours after the battle ended, the Faceless Men launched a second attack.

When they launched the attack, Dane was still eating lunch with his men. When Delin, who was standing on the sentry tower, sent an alarm, Dane cursed and threw down his rice bowl, yelled to line up, and at the same time ran to the watchtower in three steps at a time.

Sure enough, those faceless men have already started to gather within the field of vision, and it looks obvious that they are about to launch an attack.

"Don't these guys need to eat?" Dane scolded.

"It's possible that you're right." A muffled voice came from behind him, it was the ancient tree of war speaking.

Dane frowned: "What? They really don't need to eat?"

"Maybe it's really not necessary, have you seen their beard-like tentacles? There are some small openings at the end of those tentacles, and they are likely to absorb the energy from the air and the void through those small openings. The power of evil gods, so as to maintain the body's operation."

"The power of the evil god?" Dane frowned, "Is it so evil? You mean there are evil gods on this island?"

The Ancient Tree of War paused for a moment, but did not immediately answer Dane's question. Obviously, he is not 100% sure about this question, and he can only give an ambiguous answer: "Maybe, the specific situation will not be known until you have established the belief system in the territory."

"Okay..." Dane nodded helplessly, and his eyes returned to those faceless men and hairless hyenas who had already marched towards the city wall of Ghost Knife Port.

These monsters who have experienced a failure no longer continue to put the main target on the city gate as if they were courting death. Although the destroyed gates of Ghost Knife Port were too late to be repaired within these two hours, no matter how stupid the leaders of those faceless men were, they could figure out that the gates that opened were not only The breakthrough is more like a trap.

The faceless men no longer choose to attack the gate, and the formation is no longer dense. They spread the team apart, not obsessed with attacking the gate, but placed the attack target on the wooden wall.

After these faceless men charged a hundred meters away from the city wall, the fighters of the Dread Ghost Mercenary Group continued to launch long-range attacks on them from within the Ghost Knife Port.

Bows and arrows, artillery fire continuously. But this time, the effect of the long-range attack was not as good as the previous battle. When those faceless men spread out, it is unrealistic to achieve excellent combat results through covering shooting, regardless of whether it is shooting with cannons or bows and arrows, if you want to be tens of meters or nearly a hundred meters away from those faceless men It is not a simple matter to accurately hit the enemy within the range. The most obvious manifestation is that the six-pound gun used by the mercenaries fired twice, wasting two shells, and even missed a single enemy!

The Faceless Men who had changed their battle thinking became even more difficult to deal with. They paid a small price, rushed past the long-range fire of the mercenaries, and got close to the wooden wall.

The faceless men hid under the wooden wall one after another, leaving the archers in Ghost Saber Port helpless. This is a wall, not a few feet wide city wall that can stand on it. The shooters can only shoot at a higher place in Ghost Knife Port, through the wooden wall. When those faceless men charged, they were still able to target the enemy. But when those faceless men were firmly against the wooden wall, they were completely incapable of attacking.

The only cannon that can threaten these faceless men is also afraid to fire because of scruples: if this cannon is fired, it is hard to say whether it will kill one or two monsters, but it will definitely be able to kill one or two monsters. The wooden walls were smashed to pieces.

Dane stood on the sentry tower, looking at these faceless men, he couldn't help feeling a little toothache. These guys are a bit too good at learning in war. Two hours ago, they were just a group of rookies and noobs who might have never dealt with the human army. In an hour, he summed up the gains and losses of the battle, and made a very suitable tactical judgment.

The current method of attacking the wall by these faceless men and relying on the wooden wall to avoid long-range attacks is cutting into Dyne's pain point.

He issued an order with a gloomy face: "All the third squadron will be dispersed by me. One squadron controls an area. If those monsters dare to come in, greet me in the most ruthless way. Don't keep your hands! Everyone in the second squadron , follow me as a mobile force, and you will follow me wherever I go! These **** monsters!"

With a curse, Dane stepped off the sentry tower. Cruel hand-to-hand combat, I'm afraid it won't be long before it will come again.

Now, the strength in his hands is only about a hundred mercenaries. The Horror Mercenary Corps is composed of three full-scale squadrons, the first squadron and half of the second squadron, and now they are all receiving sword dancer training in Auriana, and only half of the second squadron and half of the second squadron are guarding Ghost Knife Port Third Squadron.

Dane certainly saw what the Faceless Ones were trying to do. They must not be stupid enough to plan to destroy the two-meter-high wooden wall with their flesh and blood. Wooden walls are not as easy to break as wooden doors, especially if they don't have the corresponding siege weapons~IndoMTL.com~ What they plan to do is probably just to climb over the wall.

It's not difficult. The faceless are generally around 1.8 meters tall, and they can touch the top of the wooden wall by extending their tentacles. In this case, it is really not difficult to climb over the wooden wall. On the contrary, those hairless hyenas may have to work a little harder, but they are definitely not impossible to turn over.

After no longer attacking the wooden door, Dane's major weapon was abolished. Osengari's movement speed is too slow, making it only suitable for stationary defensive fights. And when the enemy climbed over the wall from different directions, Osengari could only guard a place by himself, and was basically powerless to fight in other directions-by the time he rushed over slowly, the day lily might be cold.

The only thing Dane can rely on now is the mercenaries of his half squadron.

Soon, the first faceless man who tried to climb over the wooden wall appeared in front of Dane. He stepped up in two or three steps, stretched out his long knife, and took advantage of the momentary opportunity that the guy had no ability to resist during the overturning process, and directly hacked him to death. The other mercenaries also followed suit. When they saw the faceless men who were climbing over, they were fighting with swords. Suddenly, many faceless men and hairless hyenas died on the way of the mercenaries. under the knife.

But this was just the beginning. When more and more figures of faceless men and hairless hyenas appeared on the wall, the mercenaries soon had no way to completely stop them.

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