[Added, a paragraph is missing from the previous chapter, it's caused by the crash. Neris said: "Duke …" There was a small paragraph below. Ferdinand smiled bitterly and said, "I'm just a Marquis." Neris's eyes revealed a cunning look and said, "Soon you will be a Duke." (Probably because of the lack of this sentence, I'm really sorry for always crashing.)
The Vatican army's attack on the southern city lasted for a day, and by evening, both sides suffered heavy losses. Generally speaking, even if there was a difference in the quality of the soldiers, the defending side would have the advantage. After all, the nearly twenty-meter high wall was a difficult obstacle for any army to overcome.
But the soldiers of the Vatican, unless their limbs were cut off, they could still continue to fight with a big hole in their stomach.
The alarm was sent out in the morning, and the answer was to wait for reinforcements.
If the enemy was not the army of the Vatican, the southern city would have collapsed long ago. In such a strong attack, as long as the attacking side had enough soldiers, the city would be taken sooner or later. Fortunately, the hostility of the people of Qin Yin to the Vatican had accumulated for thousands of years, and the people of Kushui Commandery from Qin Yin had the same attitude.
As night fell, the attack gradually slowed down, and the army in the main city began to gather.
The vanguard was, of course, Neris's Evil Demon Army. Two necromancers were arranged in the five cavalry regiments, bringing more undead knights, making up six thousand people, following behind the Evil Demon Army.
Behind the cavalry were the chariots. The chariots had almost disappeared after the decline of the magic chariots. The current chariots were just a type of infantry, and there would not be too many of them.
These chariots were to cover the Mages. The Necromancers were fine, but the Elementalists were vulnerable to attacks on the battlefield, mainly because of the defense and reaction speed of the white-robed Mages. The Great Mages would basically not make any fatal mistakes. These chariots were with the white-robed Mages. Forty huge chariots protected forty white-robed Mages.
The white-robed Mages were not insignificant. They could continuously cast level-0 spells, level-1 spells, healing, and blessing on the soldiers. The low-level Mages' recovery speed was also very fast. Their magic strings were short, and they consumed low-level magic cores. Their battlefield value exceeded that of heavy cavalry and heavy infantry.
However, the number of white-robed Mages following the army this time was too small. Their existence was to detoxify and dispel divine spells.
Magic could affect divine arts, just as divine arts could disrupt magic. The forty white-robed Magi were prepared for the officers. If the officers were affected by the divine spell, the Magi would dispel them.
Behind the IFVs were mounted infantry. Most of the infantrymen had horses, but the speed and endurance of these horses could not be compared to the mounts of the cavalry. The cavalry and infantry of San Lian City mostly rode on captured mounts. Within the borders of Qinyin, the roads were wide and convenient, so the infantry mostly relied on IFVs to march.
There were only fifteen thousand of them. In fact, apart from the Demon Legion and the heavy cavalry, the main city didn't have any more elite soldiers participating in this operation. There were still a hundred thousand enemies in the north and west of the city, so they had to be on guard.
The main force of the Tanggulas tribesmen was only fifty or so li away from Three Links City. If they forced their way across the river, they would be able to gather at the foot of the city within a day.
Nelis didn't care what the intentions of the human army behind her were. What she needed was a group of people to help her collect the spoils of war. After killing the enemy, the enemy's armor, weapons, crossbows, and warhorses weren't things that demons were good at carrying. The demons only cared about killing the enemy.
No matter what kind of army was hidden in that mysterious camp, at least there was a large amount of logistics resources there. Nelis decided to snatch these resources back, that was all.
On the city tower, the hands of the magic clock of the white-robed Magi turned to the first tick of the wee hours of the morning. The top of the city wall lit up with a faint white light, and the gate slowly opened. Nelis leaped over the city wall and landed on the ground, making a heavy sound as she stomped on the ground.
The demons filed out of the spacious city gate. The soldiers of Kushui Prefecture at the top of the city wall looked at the Demon Legion with complicated feelings. At this time, only the Magi's words were not considered violating military discipline. A great Magi seized the opportunity to say to the white-robed Magi beside him, "It's been tens of thousands of years. The demons have finally set out on an expedition for the humans to fight against the believers of the gods. This is a good thing …"
"Your Excellency, you're right. When the humans were strong, it wasn't just the demons, even the giants fought for us. It would be great if the humans could restore their former glory. "
In the silence at the top of the city wall, the conversation between the two Magi was particularly striking. The soldiers couldn't interrupt, but they could listen. Almost all the soldiers had different degrees of shock in their hearts.
In the stories sung by bards, there was indeed the content of demons fighting for the humans, and there were even more strange races. Most ordinary people didn't know that this was the real history. But today, they got confirmation from the Magi, and the people of Kushui Prefecture chose to believe it.
Magicians would not lie. It turned out that those legends really existed!
Of course, the grey-robed Magi wouldn't suddenly think of this. He said this completely at the Marquis's behest. Such words slowly spread among the army and carefully spread. It wouldn't be long before this kind of talk spread throughout the entire Kushui Prefecture, and even into the Qinyin Empire.
When this kind of talk spread, it would be very difficult to reverse it. The Marquis was very clever. After negotiating with Neris, he came up with many similar ideas and implemented them one by one.
The soldiers at the top of the city immediately felt proud when the demons' cavalry left the city. These cavalry were much stronger than the Tanggulas people. If it weren't for the presence of so many Blood Knights, the battle wouldn't have been so difficult.
It was normal for the soldiers to think so. When they took over Sanlian City, it was easier than the Tanggulas people, even though they attacked from an easier direction.
The demon army didn't have horses. Under Neris's lead, these demons ran at full speed. The quality of the armor tailored for the demons wasn't heavy. At least, it was much lighter than the crude armor in the Demonic Plane. During the march, there was only the sound of the demons' footsteps and the friction of metal on the armor.
The distance between the two cities was only 20 miles. In theory, this was equivalent to a line of defense without gaps. If not for the fact that the city itself was built from the huge lithosphere of the earth, perhaps no human would build a city like this.
Within five miles was the attack range of the catapults. There was only a ten-mile wide passage between the two cities, and the Tanggulas people were on this ten-mile passage. A distance of five miles was too close for the demons. Both sides had almost no secrets to speak of.
When the demon army appeared, the Tanggulas scouts retreated from the attack range of the catapults and magic stone cannons. The Tanggulas' Blood Knights quickly moved out and rushed forward.
The Blood Knights didn't need rest or logistics. They only needed the magistrates to take care of them. At least half of the twenty thousand Blood Knights pressed forward.
The mobilization of tens of thousands of cavalrymen was originally very slow. For example, the six thousand cavalrymen of the Bitter Water Prefectural Kingdom, equipping their armor, lining up, maintaining their horses and putting on their armor, as well as testing their magic equipment, all took a few hours. The Blood Knights didn't need these at all. The ten thousand cavalrymen reacted quickly and went straight for the demon army.
Neither side used crossbows. The Blood Knights didn't know how to use them. They could at most throw javelins, but the demons weren't good with bows. The people of Kushui Prefecture also knew that ordinary bows were useless against the Blood Knights. Unless an arrow pierced through the Blood Knight's brain, he wouldn't be able to stop the battle. But to shoot so accurately, one had to be at least at the level of a senior swordsman. Any lower and they wouldn't be able to pull such a hard bow.
Neris opened her huge mouth and laughed. She only gave a simple order — kill!
Then, Neris took out her magic stone cannon and used her huge arms to support it. She aimed at the charging Blood Knights.
Magic stone cannons were better than catapults in that they were smaller in size and didn't have much reaction force. Even if Neris was the incarnation of a demon god, she couldn't run around with a catapult.
The Blood Knights were too fast. From appearing in the demons' line of sight to charging fifty meters, it only took a few dozen seconds. Dark red armor, rotten flesh, and empty eyes. To the demons, this … was too insignificant.
Neris crouched down and activated the magic stone cannon. Nearly a hundred stone bullets shot out from the thick cannon barrel, heading straight for the Blood Knights.
In city defense, magic stone cannons would never shoot in a straight line. Instead, they would shoot like catapults, scattering the magic stone bullets to attack enemy infantry or large equipment. This time, Neris's tactic was truly unique.
The magic stone bullets whistled through the air and swept through the ranks of the Blood Knights with fine wind blades. Everywhere they passed, the charging Blood Knights fell in droves, their limbs flying everywhere.
The magic stone bullets that hit directly basically passed through the body. Those that grazed the body would take away a large piece of flesh. If they hit the Blood Knights' limbs, they would be directly broken.
With one shot, more than two hundred Blood Knights were completely crippled along with their warhorses. They lost all ability to fight. Neris laughed loudly. This thing was simply too great to use on the battlefield. If the enemy wasn't the Blood Knights, the magic stone cannon's destructive power would be even greater.
Neris took out a complete magic stone bullet and loaded it into the cannon. Her huge incarnation of a demon god provided unimaginable power. Neris, who had the ability to activate the magic formation, reduced the magic stone cannon's power. Ten seconds later, she fired another cannon.
There were no more Blood Knights at the front, but the Blood Knights at the back were still charging forward. They didn't know pain or fear. The magic stone bullets pierced through the Blood Knights at the front and directly wiped out the enemies within a few hundred meters. When the Blood Knights at the back rushed up, they were already injured and faced another bombardment from Neris.
This was a massacre without any suspense! Neris used the huge magic stone cannon to shoot at close range. Even with the strength of swordsmen, these Blood Knights couldn't resist.
The heavy magic stone cannon was as light as a child's slingshot in the hands of a demon god.
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