The capital of Azure Mountain was not built in the kind of cave-like buildings commonly seen by the dwarves. Although Azure Mountain was rich in minerals, Azure Mountain itself was not high and steep, so it was impossible to hollow out the mountain and transform it into a mountain city that the dwarves liked the most. This was completely different from Lonely Mountain. The capital of Azure Mountain could only be built against the mountain, similar to human cities, with city gates, walls, streets, and houses.
Because of this, as long as the allied army breached the walls of Azure Mountain's capital, then the Azure Mountain dwarves would be like turtles in a cage. They would definitely die. Of course, this was only what they thought, or the limitations of the feudal era made them think so …
On the second day, during the siege, Chu Hao personally led the Dwarf Army up the city wall. Right in front of them, there were a few military formations arranged in rows. There were human formations, dwarven formations, and various types of siege weapons. There was also a small number of cavalrymen. Not to mention anything else, just the aura of this army was enough to deter the Dwarves on the city wall of the Azure Mountain.
In fact, the Azure Mountain dwarves, or Turin dwarves, did not have a proper army. Most of their army had already been destroyed when the fire dragons invaded Lonely Mountain. After that, they gathered an army to attack the dwarves' ancient home, Mountain China Du, which was occupied by the orcs. In that battle, the Turin dwarves' army was truly wiped out. At this moment in Azure Mountain, the Turin dwarves only had their own dwarven guards. There was no longer any dwarven army.
At this moment, the huge army of the allied army was already enough to deter the dwarves on the walls. After all, most of them were still civilians not long ago. The only reason they could stand on the walls was because of the previous battlefield with the mercenaries, as well as the many days of crazy training. Otherwise, they probably wouldn't even dare to stand here.
After the armies of the nobles got into formation, various long-range siege weapons began to be tested. There were also catapults made by the Azure Mountain dwarves on the walls. Both sides were testing and throwing. After that, there was nothing new. A large number of stones were thrown at each other's positions. Speaking of which, the capital of Azure Mountain still had the advantage. After all, the height and protection of the city walls, and the dwarves' forging skills were top-notch in Middle Earth, so in comparison, the allied army of humans and dwarves lost more catapults.
But this was just the appetizer. The real scene of ants besieging the city was what happened next. A large number of servants began to rush from the allied army to the gates of the capital of Azure Mountain. These servants were not a regular feudal army. Most of them were militia and commoners. Basically, they were the private troops of the nobles and the poor. Although many of these people did not even have armor, only leather armor, or even leather armor, their numbers were huge. Tens of thousands of them carried all kinds of siege weapons and rushed to the gates of the capital of Azure Mountain. There were siege ladders, battering rams, protective carriages, and so on.
The dwarves on the walls did not wait idly. A large number of catapults were aimed at these siege troops. Many archers and crossbowmen were also shooting non-stop. However, there were no crossbows with combat qi. The two thousand dwarves had been gathered by Chu Hao, so they did not shoot for the time being. With such a sloppy defense, these siege troops arrived at the city walls without suffering too many casualties and immediately began to attack.
"No combat qi. Siege troops below, fire at will!"
Beside Chu Hao were the two thousand strongest dwarven warriors with dou qi. They were all holding alloy steel crossbows and pointing them downwards. The entire city wall was densely covered with thousands of dwarven warriors with dou qi. They were guarding the entire city wall together with the ordinary dwarven guards. Following Chu Hao's order, these two thousand dwarves couldn't wait any longer. They directly started shooting downwards with their crossbows. Although these crossbows weren't infused with dou qi, the alloy crossbows themselves were a creation that surpassed this era. Under the simultaneous shooting of two thousand crossbows, a large number of humans and dwarves immediately fell to the ground below the city wall. Even if they raised their shields to block, within such a distance of a few hundred meters, the arrows of the alloy steel crossbows were enough to directly penetrate them. There was simply no way to block them.
Moreover, the biggest advantage of the alloy steel crossbows was that the loading speed of the crossbows was much faster than the crossbows of this era. Although it was not as fast as bows and arrows, it was definitely much faster than ordinary crossbows. In this way, after two or three rounds of shooting, a large area under the city wall in front of the two thousand crossbow dwarves had been cleared. This lethality was simply too amazing. Many troops avoided this place, and a large number of stones were thrown over. Although the accuracy of the catapults was extremely low, almost half of them were aimed at this side. After a series of projectiles, dozens of crossbow dwarves were smashed into meat paste, and their crossbows were directly destroyed.
At this point on the battlefield, there was no more compromise to speak of. It was just a battle of attrition. In fact, Chu Hao had at least several ways to let the Blue Mountain Dwarves win this battle, but why bother? His purpose was to let this cruel war start. For this reason, he even refused to let Zhang Heng and the others participate in the battle. He purely wanted the Blue Mountain Dwarves to defend the city with their own strength.
In this way, a large number of servants began to attack the city wall. A large number of scaling ladders were placed on the city wall, and a large number of people were trying to break through the city gate. There were also archers shooting from below, and catapults throwing rocks. The dwarves on the city wall were fighting against the human army that had already reached the top of the city wall. The dwarves who possessed battle qi became the backbone of the battlefield, and they repelled the attacks of the allied army time and time again. The 2,000 dwarven archers were like firefighters, and they were providing assistance everywhere. The entire battle had unknowingly lasted for two hours, and the city wall had almost been breached several times. Fortunately, Chu Hao and the dwarves who possessed battle qi continuously came to the rescue and saved the situation. However, after such a long battle, the Blue Mountain Dwarves had at least 2,000 casualties, and the rest were starting to feel tired.
Of course, compared to the defenders, the casualties of the besiegers were even more terrible. There were at least 10,000 casualties. Such a large number of casualties had already caused the servant troops to collapse several times. If it weren't for the regular troops of the allied army suppressing them, they might have already escaped. But even so, at this point in the battle, no matter how much pressure they put on them, they couldn't make the servant troops attack the city again unless the nobles were willing to have an army mutiny. One must know that this wasn't a modern army. In the feudal society, the army would collapse after losing 10% of its members. These servant troops had already lost more than one-fifth of their members. No matter how much pressure they put on them, they absolutely didn't have any morale to attack the city.
At this time, the regular troops of the nobles began to move forward and attack the city. The pressure was very terrifying. These regular troops were much more elite than the Blue Mountain Dwarves. Since the beginning of the siege, they had been conserving their strength. Now that they had begun to move forward, all the pressure was on the defenders. Before they attacked the city, there were even some Dwarves who trembled and tried to escape from the city walls. After all, they weren't professional troops. They were just ordinary people who had been trained for a short period of time.
Chu Hao seemed to have expected this situation. He took a deep breath, and then his eyes were filled with determination. He shouted loudly, "All the Dwarves who run away are traitors of Blue Mountain. They are all nobles who have betrayed the Provisional Government. All who run away will be executed. Their families will be stripped of all privileges and wealth, and then they will be chased out of Blue Mountain. Comrades, we are righteous, and the revolution will succeed!"
At the same time, while Chu Hao was shouting, revolutionary songs organized by the Provisional Government of the Dwarves could be heard everywhere in the capital of Blue Mountain. These were the realistic revolutionary songs that Chu Hao had recently plagiarized. At this moment, many of the Dwarves who were violent and simple-minded felt their blood boiling. Even the Dwarves who had lost their courage and tried to escape slowly calmed down. In fact, since they had tasted the privileges of the Provisional Government, they really didn't want to leave Blue Mountain unless it was absolutely necessary.
Just like that, the most elite troops of the noble allied army began their assault on the city. Facing them was a group of defenders who had been fighting for two hours. They were exhausted and had suffered a lot of casualties. There were no more unnecessary words between them. They fought with everything they had. Both sides relied on their biggest advantage. The noble allied army was more elite, and they knew how to use battle formations. They also knew how to preserve their strength. On the other hand, the dwarven defenders relied on the advantage of the city walls and seventeen hundred dwarven archers. Blood and fire, life and death, both sides fought with everything they had at this moment. There were people dying almost every second. Corpses had already piled up at the bottom of the city walls of Blue Mountain.
At this point in the battle, the nobles were very regretful. They didn't expect the Blue Mountain Dwarves to be so tenacious because as far as they knew, the Blue Mountain Dwarves didn't have a real army. These troops should be mobs who would scatter at a single charge. However, at this point in the battle, if they retreated, there would be nothing left. Now, they had made up their minds. Once Blue Mountain was breached, they would definitely wipe out the city. Apart from the secret crossbow formula, the wealth of the entire Blue Mountain must be plundered to make up for their losses. Therefore, the closer it was to this point, the crazier they became. They desperately ordered their troops, made promises, threatened, and even made it clear that once Blue Mountain was breached, the army would be allowed to wipe out the city. The feudal troops also fell into a frenzy because of the casualties. Gradually, more and more troops appeared on the city wall, and the entire city wall was on the verge of collapse.
Until now, Chu Hao still hadn't used any magic, nor did he participate in any battle. He was in the middle of the Dwarven army commanding. This also became the last line of defense for the Dwarves on the city wall.
Suddenly, the besieging alliance cheered loudly, while the dwarves guarding the city cried out in despair, because … the city gate had been breached!
Everyone, the nobles, the attacking army, and the Turin Dwarves. Everyone could imagine what would happen next. The city gate would be breached, and the Turin Dwarves of Blue Mountain would be exterminated.
But at this time, the dwarven officials of the provisional government who had received the news followed Chu Hao's orders. They opened the door to the armory and began to gather all the Dwarves in Blue Mountain's capital, regardless of gender, age, or age. Then they handed them a weapon and brought them to the streets near the city gate.
"For the great provisional government of Blue Mountain, for the great working class, for the revolution! You must fight! "
Among everyone, only Chu Hao, who was leading the defending army, knew that the real defense of Blue Mountain's capital had only just begun!
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