A low horn sounded in Spear City, and the sound could be heard clearly in every corner of the city. The faces of the people who heard the horn turned ugly. It was a sign that the war was about to begin. Then, at the urging of the officer, the soldiers picked up their weapons. The militia, who volunteered to participate in the battle, began to send carts of artillery shells and arrows to the defense line of the city wall.
A seventeen or eighteen year old young man carried a box of artillery shells to a cannon on the city wall and put down the artillery shells. He looked down the city wall and his young face was instantly filled with panic. In the distance outside the city, a dark red line was advancing in the direction of Spear City. The mighty lineup made the young man's heart beat wildly.
"Don't be in a daze. Quickly check the barrel." A middle-aged man beside him shouted.
The young man snapped out of his daze and asked while inspecting the equipment, "Will we lose?"
"I don't know." The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and said, "Maybe, but now, we have no other choice but to fight. I heard that these things don't take prisoners. After several cities were breached by them, all the people who surrendered were killed. "
"Why is this happening? Where did these things come from?" The young man said in fear.
At this moment, an officer shouted, "Militia, follow me. It's time to distribute the weapons."
The middle-aged man pulled the young man beside him and the two of them followed the crowd to the quartermaster's office below the city. They received shields, swords, or spears from the quartermaster and his assistant. Some of these weapons were still stained with blood. They had been taken from the hands of the dead. Holding a sword that was still stained with blood, the young man's hand was already trembling. The middle-aged man held his hand and said, "Stand behind me later."
After distributing the weapons, the quartermaster drew his sword and said, "Follow me."
When the militia arrived at the city gate, the quartermaster stood at a higher place and shouted, "This is our city, this is our home. Today, we will defend it to the death! We must guard this door and not let those monsters outside open it! "
"I will fight with you. If I die, I will die before you."
With that, he jumped down and stood in front of the militia.
Then, a cannon sounded from the city wall. The war had begun!
The defensive cannons on the city walls, in addition to those from Spear City, were also provided by the Coiling Dragon Empire's army. The cannons from the Eastern Empire were painted scarlet, and the muzzles were cast into dragon heads. The power of these Red Dragon Cannons was not bad, and their range was a little further than the cannons of Spear City.
Therefore, the Easterners' Red Dragon Cannon was the first to fire.
One by one, the Red Dragon Cannons fired continuously. The cannonballs drew arcs in the air as they fell on the battlefield in the distance. Fireballs exploded one after another. But before the flames of the explosion could be extinguished, the monsters would rush out of the flames. Apart from being killed by the shell, the flames of the explosion did not pose much of a threat to them. Eboynes' combat units usually had extremely high resistance to flames and high temperatures. Born in the kingdom of high temperatures and flames, even the Fire Boys were unafraid of the flames that were ignited by gunpowder in the material world.
Regarding this point, it had been repeatedly demonstrated, so Gun City had no intention of using fire pots from the beginning. In the previous battle with the eastern army, they had created a sea of fire by throwing fire cans over a large area to stop the invaders. However, it was obviously useless against the Burning Legion. It was better to use guns or bows and arrows to pose a greater threat.
Hoey had arranged for a large number of gunmen and archers on the city wall. After the enemy entered the firing range, a rain of arrows from the archers flew down and fell into the Burning Legion like dense raindrops. The Fire Horned Demons that were running at the front were immediately shot into hedgehogs. However, even though their bodies were covered in arrows, they still did not die immediately. They often rushed out for a while before falling to the ground. If it were a human soldier, he would have long since died. Even Hoey frowned when he saw this terrifying vitality.
A large number of Fire Horned Demons acted as cannon fodder, constantly attracting the firepower of Spear City and consuming its cannonballs and arrows. However, even though he knew this, Hoey could not order the army to stop attacking. Even the cannon fodder Fire Horned Demons were much stronger than ordinary soldiers. These beasts were also good at climbing. Once they climbed onto the wall, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Therefore, the cannons and arrows of Spear City did not stop for a moment, and the reserves in the city were rapidly consumed.
At this moment, the sound of wings flapping rang out in the sky. A red cloud flew towards Spear City. It was an aerial unit made up of thousands of Fire Boys. These Fire Boys' stomachs were red as they spat out fireballs in the direction of Spear City. For a moment, it was as if a meteor shower had fallen from the sky. The scene was extremely spectacular.
However, Hoey's face was ashen as he shouted, "Raise your shield, be careful of the fireballs of those things!"
The fireballs spat out by Fire Boy were ordinary in power, but they were numerous in number. Thousands of fireballs landed on the city walls of Spear City like a torrential rain, causing a series of explosions and flames. However, after experiencing a few battles, he had long since learned about Fire Boy's attack on Spear City. The soldiers fighting on the city wall each had a light shield. The shield was coated with a layer of fire insulation. After the fireball landed on it and exploded, the flames would quickly extinguish.
However, many places on the city wall were burning, and some soldiers had already shaken lime to quickly start a fire.
"Shoot down those guys up there!" Shouted Hoey.
As a result, half of the archers turned their arrows and threw them at Fire Boy. Immediately, the corpses of Fire Boy continuously fell from the red cloud, and the red cloud became much thinner.
Hoey heaved a sigh of relief. The little monsters in the air were unable to continuously spit out fireballs. Every time, there would be a certain period of time. He had only discovered this after observing it several times, so he only needed to seize the opportunity to attack.
Just as he heaved a sigh of relief, he heard someone shouting, "Be careful, the enemy cavalry is coming!"
Hoey looked down the city wall and saw that a cavalry was heading towards the city wall. Hoey knew how powerful this cavalry was and immediately ordered, "Prepare the catapult and smash it hard for me!"
Strong, bare-chested men, in groups of two, were loading large stones onto the trebuchet of the catapult. A moment later, a terrifying howl rang out from the city wall. Boulders flew out one after another, drawing a parabola and smashing into the Blazing Knight's long formation.
The Blazing Knight far surpassed the Fire Horned Demon in terms of mobility and combat strength, but it was still as fragile as a piece of paper in the face of the boulders thrown from the sky. This kind of overbearing physical attack was the nemesis of the Blazing Knight. When a boulder smashed down, it would definitely cause a huge splash of blood.
However, although the attacks of the catapult were domineering, there were too many Blazing Knight s. The catapult could not keep up with the speed of the Blazing Knight s advance. At this moment, drums sounded from below the city wall. A group of red-armored and red-clothed cavalry rushed out from both sides of the city wall. The cavalry had a two-meter-long spear in their hands. The spear was firmly tied to the horse's back. The cavalry held the reins in one hand and the spear in the other as they charged under the drum.
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