Chapter 777

At noon, the fierce siege of the silver helmet mountain fortress hanging high in the sun has entered the most critical moment.

The roar of explosions came one after another, and the dark pillars of smoke rose from the ground - the once magnificent silver helmet mountain fortress is now dilapidated and full of devastation.

Under the "tunnel offensive" for ten days, the soldiers of Byrne and big boy allied forces pushed the front line under the wall with the help of the projection weapons of the alchemists and the cover of trenches and earth bases.

But for the offensive of Byrne's army, the dwarf's "revenge" came with ferocity.

With a long roar, violent roar and explosion, large tracts of smoke and dust were rolled up outside the city wall. Three or four meters deep trenches and two meters high earth bases were smashed to the ground under the bombardment of tens of kilograms of boulders.

The whole siege position is struggling under the continuous "terrorist revenge" of the dwarves, and the closer it is, the more violent it is; A large area of land was turned over, and the violent bombardment was like a downpour of rain.

The engineers and knights in heavy armor who had no time to escape completely disappeared under the bombardment of the dwarves, and there were no bones left.

But this did not stop the advance of Byrne's army, or even the opposite

In the repeated bombardment of dwarves, the original hard geology was more and more soft, which was more conducive to digging trenches and stacking earth bases, and accelerated the advance speed of the army.

The dwarf's increasingly monotonous means of counterattack is getting worse and worse under the "tunnel attack"... Unless it's lucky, most stone guns can't cross the earth barrier and fall directly into the trench.

The heavy catapults that can really threaten the position are too slow and scarce to pose a great threat.

Under the control of acott, Earl of fury castle, the whole siege position, the army of more than 20000 people is like a huge war machine running in an orderly manner. Every soldier and every flag is a gear and a lever, driving the army forward.

The seemingly rough trench has become a complete and tight system in his hands - every tunnel is linked, from narrow to a path that can only be passed by one person to a smooth path that can even be passed by war horses... Everything.

And when the front was no more than 200 steps below the city, even the stupidest dwarves knew what Bain's Army wanted to do.

Two hundred steps - as long as they blast open the city wall, wear leather armor and wield two handed swords, they can crush everything with their lives.

In order to capture the dwarf fortress and the glory of victory, shout the name of the Holy Cross and the female martial god and die with the enemy; Byrne... They can do it!

But when the "advance army" of the dwarves launched a raid from under the city, they were greeted not by fully armed infantry and cavalry, but by heavy crossbows and catapults hidden behind trenches and earth bases.

In a quarter of an hour, under the same continuous bombardment, the tight square array and queue were instantly fragmented. The broken limbs and broken arms almost covered the land under the city. No dwarf could go back alive.

On a deserted battlefield, the count of fury castle, whose face was still calm, walked out of the trench. Looking at the dwarf army still rushing out from behind the wall to meet the battle, he raised the mottled and damaged Golden Lion Flag on a black background:

"Attack... Seize the city --!"

No impassioned speech, no words to encourage people; The moment these two words fell, the whole siege position immediately boiled up and launched a fierce attack like a strong wind and waves like a tsunami!

With the bugle of attack, the Garrison under the city gate fell quickly... Only the dwarves on the city wall were still waving hammers and shields, and fought with the boa Hussars who threw away their armor and rushed up directly with sabers.

But their last ditch resistance did not last long. The heavy crossbows with crossbows in the back had climbed up after them and harvested the bodies with rows of crossbows and arrows.

After ten days of hard work and tired tunnel work, the soldiers and knights who finally broke the city have completely killed red eyes, just thinking of letting all these dead dwarfs go to hell.

On the siege position outside the city, the roar of stone guns and heavy crossbows lasted for a quarter of an hour before it finally stopped slightly. The square infantry and infantry Knights launched an attack towards the city gate along the still complete tunnel.

The too narrow city gate is extremely limited for the attacker. If it exceeds this number, it will become an oil adding tactic of "huluwa saves grandpa".

Therefore, after stabilizing the gate array, the Earl of angry Fort quickly ordered the main square infantry and heavy bodyguards to attack and occupy the fortress towers and walls, leaving only a small number of troops and elite to try to advance.

Taking advantage of this time, the silver helmet mountain dwarves quickly reorganized a new defense line in the back row to prevent Byrne's army from further expanding the war results, relying on solid walls and fortifications.

At this moment, the front of the silver helmet mountain dwarves has been completely cut off by Ike. According to the law of war from ancient times to now, the defenders in the city and on the wall have been isolated troops who have no way to retreat.

For reasons that are difficult to verify, the actual troops of the dwarves on the wall are almost pitiful, even more than Eckert imagined - only BoA's Hussars and a small number of crossbow men were invested, and half of the wall had been taken down before the troops on the back line entered the battlefield.

So the dwarves could only watch one tower after another, and the pass continued to fall under the fierce attack of Byrne's army; Above the city wall, there are flags of Golden Lions on a black background!

Slightly straightened out the offensive, confirmed the dwarf's false and real count of anger Castle after several temptations, and issued the order of the final general attack without hesitation.

Killing and death, blade and shield, blood and cruelty, war howl and cry!

Without any advance of the military array, the square array was staggered, and the two sides entered the most cruel close fight from the moment of the battle; Angert, the count of the mountain rock castle, who waved his big sword with both hands, and lanmalos, the count of the Lake City, rushed directly into the enemy array and roared and struggled forward in the sea of blood.

Although the silver helmet mountain dwarves are still gritting their teeth, insisting, resisting and using all kinds of fortifications and defensive weapons, both rounds of attacks have paid a heavy price for Byrne's army; But the shrinking enemy also made the bain soldiers see the weakness and fatigue of the enemy.

The more ferocious the counterattack of silver helmet mountain, the more it can highlight the fierce inner stubble of the dwarfs at the moment,

In fact, from the moment the gate fell, the offensive and defensive relationship between the two sides had been rapidly reversed.

In the deafening sound of fighting, standing on a temporary pile of ruins, the count of fury castle looked coldly at the dwarf army. Under the fierce attack of Byrne's army, it was on the verge of collapse several times, but it was able to close up and restore order in time to block the front of the Golden Lion Flag on a black background.

Clenching the tattered flag in his hand, Ike's face was as heavy as water.

"Why are you so sad?"

Not knowing where it came from, Sarika Jonah, covered in smoke, carried a bloody saber and slapped the count of fury castle on the shoulder:

"It's all right. These dwarfs won't last long - we'll wipe them out as soon as the rear army arrives. We'll take the credit for taking the silver helmet mountain fortress at that time!"

"Alas, but then again, you Byrne people can really... I thought that Loren guy was just talking. It's easy to beat down the silver helmet mountain!"

The smiling girl glanced at her eyes, but she didn't see any pride and joy from Ike's face; On the contrary... Only life-threatening indifference and dignity.

Even in his eyes, there was a trace of fear.

"What's the matter?"

"Nothing. I just feel you're right." looking at the war in the distance, Ike shook his head. "Easy, too easy... It's amazing."

As the voice fell, the smile on Sarika's face faded.

"My Lord of fury castle, you're kidding me, aren't you?" the girl frowned, stared at his face and said coldly: "do you know how many people have died in the past ten days in order to fight this fortress?"

However, the serious Eckert turned his head and looked at her calmly: "I know, I know it clearly."

"In the ten day bloody battle, not counting the missing and slightly injured, one third of the boa Hussars were lost, and more than half of the silver Armored Cavalry were injured. When the battle is over, this number will only be more, not less;"

"There are six large phalanxes in Bain, and 2000 infantry alone have died. Two phalanxes have been completely disabled. There are no less than 300 casualties among knights. Less than two-thirds of the engineering soldiers who can operate projection weapons have died, and even more than a dozen alchemists have died in the army;"

"If it had not been for the timely formation of the ambulance team with the projection support of Lord ayin Rand on the rear line, half of our troops would not have been able to enter the fortress alive tonight!"

"You don't have to tell me about the casualties of the siege, miss Sarika Jonah." staring at the silent and unconvinced girl, the count of fury Castle said coldly, "I know it all."

"But... By contrast, it's still too smooth!"

"Compare with who?!"

"With them... And ourselves."

Eckert sighed and clenched his back teeth. "Do you know how much Bain paid when he captured the dwarf fortress last time?"

Before Sarika could speak, he gave the answer: "ed Turin, the penultimate Knight king of Byrne before he was loyal to the Empire, besieged an isolated city of dwarves and captured the bridgehead of their final attack on Byrne."

"For this reason, the thirteen leaders mobilized 90000 troops, blocked roads, cut off all external water sources, and burned the whole mountain forest into white land... After four years of fighting, more than 50000 people were killed in battle before they took the last fortress in Bain."

"The tunnel offensive I used was the tactic invented by ED Turin." Eckert clenched his teeth and said with difficulty: "this war greatly damaged Byrne's strength and did not recover for decades; so that later, when he joined hands with boy, he could not contain the Centaur invasion."

"As a last resort, he swore allegiance to his majesty Eckhart I of the second generation, which achieved his great martial arts of 'great conquest'

"At present, the silver helmet mountain we are attacking is the fortress in Yunling Kingdom - in terms of firmness, depth of defense and even great disparity in strength... It is more than ten times more difficult than ed Turin in those years?"

With a sigh, the count of fury Castle turned his eyes to the war situation again: "so I said... We played too easily."

He frowned and his eyes narrowed into a seam.

Even to guard against the rebellion of the supreme king, the garrison strength of the silver helmet mountain dwarves can not only see these; Besides, he has captured the city gate. How can he still stick to it.

Can there be other factors that are holding their troops back from fighting?

No, no... it shouldn't be like this. Something must have happened, and it's an unexpected accident.

"Is it because of Loren and them?" Sarika hesitated and asked tentatively. "Maybe he thought of some good way to make us play so smoothly."

"Although I have great respect for my Duke and have unlimited confidence in his wisdom and strength..." Eckert sighed:

"I still don't think he can fight an army alone, and he is still a regular army of thousands of dwarves!"

Shrugging her shoulders, the girl shut up and was quiet for a moment.

But this brief tranquility was soon broken.

"Lord Jonah, Lord Eckert!"

The wounded Herald rushed back from the front line of the battlefield and gasped: "count angert asked me to send a message. The enemy has begun to disperse and is breaking through the whole line, breaking through the whole line --!"

Almost at the same time, they were surprised and turned their eyes to the battlefield - indeed, as the Herald said, the dwarf's military flag could not be seen on the narrow battlefield. It was a sea of colorful swallow tail flags. There were mountain and tsunami carnivals and deafening cries everywhere.

Silver helmet mountain has been captured!

"Well, inform the front line to stabilize and rectify on the spot to prepare for the attack." Ike calmly ordered: "wait until the rear line army arrives, and prepare to start..."

"No, it's not!"

The pale Herald flustered and interrupted him, nervous to the extreme: "those dwarves... Are scattered, but the direction of their collapse is very strange!"

Very strange?

The Countess of fury Castle showed surprise on her face, but Sally Ka narrowed her eyes and was still desperately looking at the distant battlefield.

Wait, shouldn't they be

"All the dwarves, hundreds, thousands..." the herald shouted, "there are troops and civilians. Large areas are scattered... They are breaking out of the city!"

what?!

"Miss Sarika Jonah, we must change our plan at once!" acter suddenly looked back and stared nervously at the girl beside him:

"Sarika Jonah, right now, please make a decision at once --!"