Heroes of Might and Magic: Knight Chapter 386: First round of attack

It is the beginning of summer, but everything on the snowfield is deserted, the sky is cold and the ground is freezing, and there is not much life in the vast white field.

Many soldiers in Snowfield City were troubled by the heat a few days ago, and suddenly they came to fight in an environment of more than ten degrees below zero. The teams with less adaptability may not be able to hold on any longer.

But at this time, the soldiers on the city wall held their heads high and did not even tremble. If it weren't for the white air coming out when they breathed, and the color of their armor, it would have made people think they were Sculpted in ice.

The reason why they behave like this is also very simple, that is, their most supported and admired Duke, Richard, is currently inspecting the enemy's situation on this section of the city wall.

"Sir, the snow giant is coming."

Standing on the high wall of the tower, Richard could naturally see the movements of the tall snow giant warriors outside the city. These were on average seven or eight meters tall, and they were also very conspicuous standing in the open space two thousand meters away. , more than two thousand prepared Snow Giant warriors have been slowly approaching Tower City in scattered formations, approaching Snowfield City from three directions. Snowfield City is actually on a large flat piece of snow, with nothing around it. Reliance is not a city that is conducive to defense. Of course, the general natural dangers are not the same for the snow giant. The ten-meter-long city wall is actually a bit weak.

The leaders of the Snow Giants were not stupid either. After summing up the lessons learned from the Snow Wind Tribe’s previous defeat, they changed their tactics and no longer advanced in a dense formation. Instead, they used the dispersed small formations they used when fighting the White Dragon. way to advance.

About five people were divided into a small team, and three or four small teams were separated by dozens of meters to support each other. The stones and spears were well prepared, and they could barely cope with the dragon's attack.

Furthermore, being dispersed will also help prevent the attack of the Kamui Crossbow. You must know that the Yukikaze Tribe achieved a lot of results in the previous battle due to the dense team, the Kamui Crossbow.

"Snow giants, it's not like they don't have smart people."

Richard frowned while looking at the formation of the snow giants on the city wall, mentally prepared for the difficulty of the upcoming battle.

The snow giant came up with a tactic to deal with the white dragon. In Richard's opinion, this tactic was a bit like the peak of a certain light infantry.

This kind of tactic was not feasible in the cold weapon era, because the cold weapon era paid more attention to a neat formation, charging as a group, and relied on organization to conquer the world. Once you are scattered, you will encounter the density of others. The formation is to deliver food.

But the Snow Giant's personal strength just makes up for this shortcoming. A team of five Snow Giants can at least overwhelm a human team of 100 people. With the cooperation of the teams on the left and right, a team of 1,000 people may be able to defeat them. Can't stand it.

The lack of density is not a disadvantage at all for the snow giants. They can fight more with less, but the long-range advantage of humans is greatly weakened, and they are forced to disperse together.

"Prepare the divine crossbow!"

The snow giant in the vanguard had already approached a distance of 1,500 meters, and immediately entered the effective range of the Divine Crossbow. The crossbowmen on the hundreds of Divine Crossbows on the city wall also began to move nervously. .

The Snow Giant has made progress, and the Hunter family is not idle either. With the convenience of the teleportation array, in addition to elite soldiers, a large amount of heavy equipment has also been sent to Tower City through the teleportation array. The Divine Power Crossbow has been delivered now. There are hundreds of them, and the ordnance factory is still rushing to produce them regardless of the cost. It looks like a city, but behind it is the materials and equipment of most of the Northland.

"Win the string!"

"Aim!"

"Fifteen hundred meters!"

…

"One thousand two hundred meters!"

"One thousand meters!"

"Let it go!"

"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."

The unique low string sound of heavy crossbows sounded intensively, and more than a hundred giant crossbows flew towards the approaching snow giant.

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

These officers commanding the Shenwei Crossbow are quite professional. Not only are their ranges accurate by visual inspection, but their accuracy is also good. Even though the Snow Giants adopted dispersed formations, they still achieved double-digit results. Nearly twenty Snow Giants achieved double-digit results. The giant fell to the ground with an arrow.

The shooters who hit the Snow Giant all looked happy. If they were not still fighting, they would have jumped up to celebrate. After all, one snow giant is worth ten orc warriors. If one hit, the entire shooter team Basically it was sent. The team that missed the hit also had a sullen face and quickly reloaded under the command of the officer, looking like they wanted to avenge their shame.

"Oh!"

The other soldiers on the city wall didn't have any scruples. They cheered after seeing many snow giants fall. At least these scary-looking big guys can be killed. As long as they can be killed, that's good. .

Only Richard and a few senior officers looked at the result of the victory, which was a bit heavy. It was much less lethal than expected. At a distance of one thousand meters, the Shenwei Crossbow could be reloaded at most twice before the Snow Giant was approaching. The snow giant's tactics changed so quickly.

On the side of the snow giant, the chiefs of the three major tribes were a little surprised after seeing the lethality of the divine crossbow.

"Did your Yukikaze tribe be defeated by this kind of weapon? It seems that you did not lose unfairly."

Although these words meant that the Yukikaze tribe had not lost unjustly, they sounded somewhat sarcastic to the leader of the Yukikaze tribe, giving it a bit of a yin and yang feeling.

"Humph, there are also those giant dragons in the sky."

The leader of the Snow Wind Tribe could only reply as a reminder to save some face for himself.

When they said this, although they acknowledged the lethality of the divine crossbows, they actually did not regard the divine crossbows as a threat. As long as they approached with a few casualties, the threat of these divine crossbows would naturally be greatly reduced.

Small tribes cannot bear dozens or hundreds of casualties, but their three major tribes can bear it, not to mention the cannon fodder of so many vassal tribes. If humans only have this little strength, then this battle will not be necessary. If Wang Ting takes action, they can settle it themselves.

"Boom, boom!"

In addition to the Divine Crossbow, Titan Giants and Ice Giants who can launch long-range attacks also attack. Their attacks are precise and can kill ordinary Snow Giants almost instantly. One of them is at least worth the damage of three or four Divine Crossbows, but Also due to quantity issues, the Snow Giant Vanguard cannot be stopped from advancing.

"Lord Richard, let me lead the dragon to launch an attack!"

Seeing the snow giants approaching, Moriel took the initiative to ask for a fight. With her leadership, the dragons would become even stronger and pose a greater threat to the snow giants than more than a hundred divine crossbows.

"No, don't rush now, wait until the snow giant gets closer."

Richard waved his hand, signaling to Moriel to calm down. Although the snow giant has adopted new tactics, humans will not lose to any race in such matters as continuous learning and progress, especially since Richard also learned from the ruins. Having gained a lot of benefits, Richard will not fight an unprepared battle.

"Griffin Legion!"

"Invincible!"

As the Snow Giants continued to approach, the second round of giant arrows had also been fired. This time, combined with the long-range attacks of the Titans, it caused the casualties of more than twenty Snow Giants, but the Snow Giants also arrived at Snowfield City. The peripheral defense position, their attack speed is not much different from that of human cavalry, one thousand meters is not too far for them.

The Griffin Legion on the front line was already shouting loudly under the leadership of Legion Commander Rhodes. The slightly middle-of-the-road slogans did have the effect of boosting morale at this time, especially when it was Rhodes who took the lead. Legion commander.

Yes, not all the troops are in the city, and besieging the isolated city is definitely not the right choice. In more than two days, the Hunter family's army has built a simple defense line outside Snowfield City.

The frozen soil on the snowfield is not easy to construct, so the Griffin Legion was unable to dig trenches and build a stronghold, and time did not allow it.

But because there was a teleportation array passing through materials, Miracle City made preparations. A large number of reinforced Juma and large spiked floors were produced from Miracle City, and were sent directly to the snowfield city by the teleportation array. Griffin The legion relied on this large number of equipment to form the outer defense line of Snowfield City.

"Kill!"

"Bang!"

"Hot oil!"

As soon as they fought, the Griffin Legion suffered huge casualties. No matter how well prepared they were, it would be difficult to make up for the gap in individual strength. In the end, they had to rely on flesh and blood to make up for it.

The heavy war hammer that used to kill a person with one hit can now only be used to hit the snow giant's toes. Although it can make the snow giant jump in pain, its backhand blow can take away the life of a soldier.

Hot oil is a good choice. As soon as it is poured on it and it becomes hotter, the snow giant will immediately be so painful that it loses its ability to fight. It will roll on the spot. If it accidentally rolls onto some horse or ground thorn, it will suffer secondary damage.

Just pouring hot oil on it is originally a problem. There are many snow giants. When you see soldiers carrying hot oil up, you must use the stone spear in your hand to deal with it first.

"Glory! Loyalty! Sacrifice!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Most of the soldiers were not the enemies of the Snow Giants and had to rely on their lives to survive. Only Rhodes, like a madman, killed a Snow Giant warrior with a few swords.

It’s just that the Snow Giant is not a weak hand. When Rhodes killed the Snow Giant, he also received a few blows on his body. Fortunately, his physique was not bad and he was able to get up and fight again. He just saw Richard on the wall. He jumped, fearing that something might happen to Rhodes. He was an important hero.

However, Rhodes' desperate efforts were not without effect. With his fighting like a madman, the Griffin Legion also suffered huge casualties and at the same time relied on equipment to entangle the Snow Giant's footsteps in a short time.

The long-range attacks on the city wall also continued, causing casualties to the snow giants...

"What's going on! Why can't we attack it?"

At first, the Snow Giant's attack went smoothly, and the leaders of the three major tribes still maintained an optimistic attitude. However, this optimism became a thing of the past before long. The Snow Giant's attack was unexpectedly blocked by an unremarkable opponent. The defense line was blocked.

"Kill!"

"Bang!"

"Buzz, buzz..."

The outer positions fell into fierce battles.

More than 20,000 people from the four flag regiments of the Griffin Legion were placed on the outside to build a defensive line. At this time, thousands of people were lost in the battle within ten minutes. The casualties were heavy.

But the Snow Giants' progress towards the city wall was completely delayed by them. They were forced to endure long-range attacks at a distance of four to five hundred meters outside the city wall, and the casualties were equally huge.

"Stone!"

"Huh, uh, uh..."

The snow giants were not completely attacked unilaterally by the long-range firepower on the city wall. Many snow giants closer to the city wall also took out some stones with a diameter of half a meter that they carried and threw them at the city wall, especially those with structures. The divine crossbows on the city wall are their key targets.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Ah..."

The quality of the system's city wall cannot be overemphasized. After being hit by hundreds of "boulders", there were some marks on the city wall, but there was no major damage at all, let alone collapse. , but the people on the city wall were not so lucky. Other soldiers were able to hide when the snow giants threw stones, but the soldiers responsible for operating the divine crossbows had to continue fighting despite the rain of stones.

They are a combat force that can cause casualties to the snow giants. They cannot waste a moment. To put it bluntly, if a group of soldiers are all dead, it will only be a new batch of operators immediately. They can use ten It's worth exchanging the life of a divine crossbow operator for the life of a snow giant.

"Order them to stop entangled with the humans on the outside, concentrate as much as possible to the east, and directly attack the humans on the city wall!"

The snow giant leaders behind them decisively ordered the vanguard troops to break through the perimeter and directly attack the city wall.

This was originally an unreasonable order. If the outer perimeter of the city was not cleared during a normal siege, how could one dare to launch a formal attack on the city wall? That would be waiting to be attacked from both sides, but the Snow Giant had the confidence to do so.

To be able to contend with the Snow Giants on the periphery, the Griffin Legion not only has its own strong will to fight, but also relies on a system of reinforced large-scale resistance horses and ground thorns to restrict the Snow Giants' movements. Otherwise, no matter how strong your will to fight is in the open space, you won't be able to be kicked by the snow giant.

This time the Hunter family also learned a lesson. Special fixing measures were added to the newly built Juma. Many large Juma grew into the ground just like the foundations of houses. There was no large-scale Juma used by the Flying Bear Army last time. The Jima are so easy to move away, and it is easier for the Griffin Legion to use these large Jima to fight against the Snow Giants.

But now, the Snow Giant no longer wants to tangle with the surrounding Griffin Legion. After opening a few passages, it ignores the human soldiers still hiding in the Juma Dithorn system and approaches the city wall directly.

If human soldiers do not have a crushing numerical advantage and an extremely strong will to fight, it is unrealistic to fight the Snow Giant without relying on them. If the soldiers of the Griffin Legion leave the fortifications, they are not even qualified to attack the Snow Giant from both sides. None, they could only watch helplessly as the snow giant concentrated a little, ignored their obstruction, opened a few holes and ran directly towards the city wall.

"Moriel, take the dragons and prepare."

After Richard watched the snow giant begin to approach the city wall, he finally ordered Moriel to prepare to lead the dragon to attack. He also released a mirror image spell, and the number of dragons increased to more than twenty. It looked bluffing. There were many people.

"Concentrate your attack on the snow giants in the east."

"It would be better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten of them..."