Heart of Empire Chapter 456: Battle of the City Gate (Part 1)

In this regiment, most of the soldiers are composed of pure swordsmen, with a few extra squadrons of sword dancers and rangers, and a brigade of crossbowmen.

Looking at the structure of such a force, you can know that this is actually not a force that has always been good at defense, but is more inclined to be an offensive team.

In other words, when Dane arranged for them to 'protect' the artillery formation in the first place, in case the enemy suddenly sends out fast troops to attack the artillery formation from the city, in fact, there is a need for these people to be the first to attack the artillery formation team idea.

The captain of this alliance is Caroline. She is Delina's good sister. In the era of the Pure Sword Mercenary Corps, she was Alexandrina's most important right-hand man, and under Dane's command, she also took the rank of colonel and became a member of the first army. leader.

After receiving the order to attack, no matter how unwilling she was, she had to lead the troops forward.

In the beginning, when their position was not beyond the artillery formation, the situation was good. Most of the enemy's firepower was obviously still heading towards the artillery formation. But those gun crews pushing the heavy artillery couldn't move faster, and it didn't take long before they were overtaken by Caroline's troops.

In other words, Caroline's troops stepped into the enemy's optimal fire range earlier than her own artillery formation.

In order to avoid being too violently attacked by firepower, Caroline naturally chose to charge in a skirmish line.

That's right, charging.

She hopes to rush through the enemy's fire line as soon as possible.

Cannons, bed crossbows, and trebuchets all have a certain range. These powerful heavy equipment can hit relatively far, but if they rush under the city wall, it is difficult for these things to turn their muzzles to strike at the city. The position directly below yourself.

As long as they can rush over, Caroline's troops still have a chance of survival.

Of course, after rushing close, the enemies on the top of the city still have bows and arrows in their hands, and if they get closer, there are things like wood and rolling stones, which can also cause considerable damage to them.

Caroline hasn't figured out how to deal with these things yet, and she really can't come up with any good solutions. The only thing he can rely on is his team of crossbowmen. We can only see if they can suppress the enemy's strength as much as possible when they shoot at the enemies on the top of the city.

With these messy thoughts in her mind, Caroline led the army and quickly entered the enemy's optimal fire range.

The whistling fire boulders, the explosion of shells, and the sound of the giant bolts of the bed crossbow breaking through the wind came one after another. At a close enough distance, the threat that these heavy equipment could pose to the soldiers in charge Simply huge!

Caroline looked left and right, and the skirmish line formed by her subordinates had become a mess. Under the enemy's key blows, a large number of soldiers were killed almost instantly.

And the death looks extremely miserable!

Being hit by a flaming boulder thrown by a trebuchet or bombarded by an alchemy shell will not even preserve the whole body. Being shot by a giant crossbow, it seems that there will be a whole body, but it is actually the worst.

A crossbow bolt as thick as a thigh pierces through the human body, causing a huge wound, no matter if it is placed on anyone, it is enough to be fatal. However, the soldiers who were shot often did not die immediately. They fell to the ground and could still convulse, as long as their chests were not shot through, they could still scream. But everyone knew, including the person who was shot, that he was dead.

This is a cruel thing to do. Caroline saw with her own eyes that a good friend who was very close to her on weekdays, a good friend who had the rank of captain and would soon be promoted to major and captain, was shot through the stomach by a giant crossbow. Was nailed to the ground severely.

He screamed loudly. When Caroline passed by him, he still stretched out his hand, opened his mouth and couldn't say a word, he could only make a sound of 'uh ah', but his hands were full of hope. Eyes, how much I want Caroline to save him.

However, Caroline could only shake her head with tears in her eyes. She had no way to save him, she didn't know if she could break through this death zone, and she didn't even dare to stay here any longer. All she could do was go up and stab the captain's head with a sword, so as to end his pain as soon as possible.

But at this moment, the extremely violent firepower that was blasting all over the sky one moment ago suddenly stopped abruptly the next moment!

Caroline raised her head in astonishment, and she saw the top of the barren land pass, which was suddenly shrouded in darkness!

The clouds of black mist almost covered all the firepower points above the city wall of the pass! And the firemen who have lost their vision can't continue to fire at all-hell, they are now in a state where they can't see their fingers, even if they light up the flames, they can't see the light, so don't even try to find artillery, trebuchets or bed crossbows The launch position, let alone aiming!

Caroline was also an adventurer back then, and she recognized what the thick black mist above the city was: Darkness!

Darkness is a one-ring spell that can deprive the existence of all light within the range of the spell. The coverage range of this spell itself is not very large, but if it can cover all the walls facing Caroline and the others, it must be because there are many dark spells working together, or simply Several enhanced dark techniques!

"Warriors! Take this opportunity! One step faster!"

She didn't know where these dark arts came from, but she still called on the troops very decisively and launched a faster charge!

Actually, needless to say, the soldiers are not a bunch of blind~IndoMTL.com~ Of course they can see the changes on the top of the city. A moment of opportunity, no one would give up, and no one would be willing to stay in this dead place covered by artillery fire for another second.

Everyone moved their legs desperately, and rushed across this place with the fastest speed possible.

In this case, Caroline's control over the army was finally able to strengthen a bit. She has not forgotten Dane's order to their alliance, she took the general flag from the hand of the guard behind her, then raised it high, and rushed towards the gate of the wasteland pass in person!

Under the fierce enemy fire, Caroline's troops were bombarded for two minutes, and then it took another two minutes to rush to the position close to the city gate.

Then, the suspension bridge in front of the city gate of the Wasteland Pass was lowered in front of them.

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