During the construction of the Wind Thunder Fortress, cannons and catapults had been considered. Hence, the design was different from other city walls.
Firstly, the city walls were very wide. The highest point was over 20 meters.
Secondly, there were many shooting holes inside the city walls. The area wasn't big, and could only accommodate one cannon.
Furthermore, after climbing up the city walls, one would realize that there was a small layer above where the cannons and catapults were.
This meant that Zhi Li's army couldn't stop the cannons and catapults even after reaching the city walls. They had to get rid of the Rock Bandits at the outermost layer before they could reach the second layer of cannons.
But to get rid of the Rock Bandits …
At Sky Wolf Pass, the 20,000 Rock Bandits had killed three times their number!
The first wave of Zhi Li's soldiers that reached the city walls numbered in the thousands!
Just as they reached the top of the city walls, they noticed these dark-skinned Rock Bandits!
They were very average. They weren't tall and were rather skinny. Most importantly, they didn't wear any armor and only carried two machetes.
Furthermore, when they saw Zhi Li's army climbing up the city walls, these Rock Bandits looked as though they had seen their loved ones. Their eyes were filled with passion and strange smiles.
The Zhi Li's soldier thought to himself, "Opponents like them aren't tall and don't wear armor. I have to fight three of them alone!"
Then …
Whoosh! He saw a black shadow flash before his body turned cold. He didn't know what happened because his neck had been slit open.
These Rock Bandits were like yakshas. Although they were skinny, their muscles were like cast iron. They were filled with immense strength and their most crucial movements were their toes.
Furthermore, when fighting, they were in groups of four. They cooperated very well and covered for each other. Everything was instinctive.
They didn't have armor because they didn't wear it. Søren had spent a huge sum of money to buy armor for each of them. Yet, when the battle was about to begin, they took off their armors and charged forward to kill.
The Rock Bandits were so crazy that they could suppress their opponents even when fighting one against two, let alone two against one.
Amidst their strange screams, the soldiers who rushed up basically died one after another.
The Wind Thunder Fortress's defense line was completely different from Sky Wolf Pass. The city walls were narrow, and the space on top of them was very cramped. Furthermore, the cannons were placed at the forefront of the city walls. As a result, most of the soldiers on the city walls were operating cannons. There were not many soldiers who could fight with their blades.
Therefore, when Jian Ze's army attacked the city walls, they immediately clashed with the soldiers operating the cannons, causing all the cannons to instantly stop firing. On the other hand, the soldiers who operated the cannons had already regressed in hand-to-hand combat due to long-term artillery training. In addition, the walls of Celestial Wolf Pass were cramped and could not accommodate too many troops, so they were directly breached.
The walls of the Wind Thunder Fortress' defense line were completely new, so they were completely different.
The city wall was long and wide, and the top of the wall was divided into two layers.
The first floor was six meters wide and guarded by ten thousand rock bandit warriors. The last floor was three and a half meters high and fifteen meters wide. There were cannons and catapults.
Most importantly, there were no stairs connecting the upper and lower floors. If they wanted to destroy the cannon on the upper floor, they would have to go through the castle, which was guarded by countless soldiers.
The city walls were more than ten meters high, while the castle was nearly thirty meters high.
On top of the castle, there were also countless archers who could freely shoot down any enemy who tried to rush up to the upper floor of the cannons.
Therefore, in terms of advanced design, the new Wind Thunder Fortress defense line far surpassed the old Celestial Wolf Pass.
…
At this moment, the entire battlefield fell into a very strange rhythm.
All of Søren's firepower was at full force. All of his battle machines were operating at full force!
Every six minutes, hundreds of cannons would fire a round of bombardment, striking Zhi Li's army 800 meters away. Because the army was stuck outside the barrier, it was too densely packed. Every round of bombardment would result in thousands of casualties.
The bombardment was the first layer of filtration, filtering out thousands of people each time.
Immediately after, they entered the 650-meter barrier of giant rocks, which slowed down the speed of Zhi Li's army. More than a hundred giant catapults would throw a few hundred kilograms of primitive cluster bombs every six to seven minutes.
Every time, hundreds of thousands of bullets would be like a metal storm, taking away thousands of lives.
This was the second layer of filtration.
After two layers of filtration, Zhi Li's army rushed into the giant rock barrier and came to a distance of 150 meters below the city wall.
Here, Søren's hundreds of scorpion catapults would throw hundreds of primitive cluster bombs every two to three minutes.
Although each gunpowder ball weighed less than 50 kilograms, there were a lot of them. Hundreds of bullets were thrown at once, and they were thrown every two to three minutes.
In such a narrow environment, every explosion would cause hundreds of thousands of bullets to shoot out randomly, easily causing thousands of casualties.
This was the third layer of filtration.
When they rushed to the bottom of the city wall, barrels of kerosene kept rolling out of the holes in the city wall and splashing on the ground below the city wall. The fire under the city wall had never been put out.
Zhi Li's army tried their best to put out the fire with mud and fire extinguishing powder.
However, the kerosene barrels inside the city wall kept falling from afar, which meant that the fire had just been put out, or it had started burning again before it was put out.
Therefore, in this sea of fire, more than one-third of the soldiers had to be filtered out, and all of them were burned to death.
This was the fourth layer of filtration!
After these four layers of filtration, every fifteen minutes, Zhi Li's army only had a few thousand people rushing up the city wall!
However, they had to face tens of thousands of rock bandits!
The rock bandits still had to bully others when they had twice the number of enemies, not to mention half the number of enemies!
Therefore, no matter how many Zhi Li's army sent up, they would all die!
Half an hour after the close combat started, the corpses on and below the city wall had already piled up like a mountain.
There were truly countless casualties!
…
Zhi Li and Turin Tuo had no choice but to ride on their gryphons and fly into the air, overlooking the entire battlefield!
Zhi Li's body was already cold, and Turin Tuo's heart was bleeding.
Most of the casualties were his army. The 300,000 Dragon Guards, in addition to the previous losses, had at least 100,000 casualties.
Moreover, this number was still increasing rapidly. Today's battle had only started for less than four hours, and the casualties had definitely exceeded 100,000.
According to the original plan, they were to stake everything on one throw to attack the Wind Thunder Fortress defense line like the battle at Sky Wolf Pass. At most, they would withstand two rounds of cannons and two rounds of catapults. At most, they would lose tens of thousands of people before rushing up the city wall. Then, Søren's cannons and catapults would all be useless.
This way, the casualties on Zhi Li's army's side would also be reduced, and they would directly enter close combat.
However, they did not expect that a mere 600-meter-tall boulder barrier would divide the battlefield into three parts.
After the four layers of filtration, the number of soldiers rushing up the city wall was more than half of the original plan.
Moreover, because of these boulder barriers, the giant siege vehicles could not pass through. Even the number of siege ladders that were set up on the Wind Thunder Fortress walls was less than half of the original plan.
This was because gunpowder and cannons were all new weapons, and were completely different from the previous cold weapons.
Therefore, although Turin Tuo was an experienced general, this battlefield was still unfamiliar to him.
These boulder barriers originally did not pose much of a threat to him, but he did not expect them to play such a big role. Although they could not stop the army from passing through, they could delay the army's advance, and buy precious time for Søren.
Once Søren's time exceeded a certain boundary, Søren's cannons, catapults, and rock bandits would enter a virtuous cycle. They could continuously operate, and there would not be a single link that would be useless.
Turin Tuo acutely felt that as long as the number of soldiers climbing up the city wall doubled, the entire situation on the battlefield would undergo a huge change. They would be able to break through the defense line of the ten thousand rock bandits, rush up the cannons, and make all the cannons and catapults stop firing.
Once Søren's cannons and catapults stopped firing, the casualties of Zhi Li's army would decrease by more than sixty to seventy percent. By then, there would be even more soldiers rushing up the city wall, and Søren would definitely die!
At this moment, Turin Tuo truly felt that the world had changed, and so had the war.
It had become like a complete machine, and every link was interconnected. As long as one link was destroyed, Søren's entire war machine would be paralyzed!
"Your Highness, how many dragon warriors did you bring?" Turin Tuo asked.
"Fifty." Zhi Li said. Actually, it was far more than that, but that was all he could say.
Turin Tuo's eyes narrowed. This time, the Turin Family's trusted elite warriors were all out. In addition to the trusted warriors of the Dragon Guards and thirty captains, there were close to a hundred dragon warriors.
"I also brought fifty." Turin Tuo said.
At the crucial moment, both of them held back.
Turin Tuo said, "Søren's war machine is divided into four parts, cannons, catapults, barrels of kerosene, and the rock bandits on the city wall! The rock barriers on the battlefield slow down and filter our army, allowing the four parts to work together perfectly. The entire war machine can operate smoothly. "
Zhi Li nodded. He also saw this point clearly.
Turin Tuo said, "As long as one of these four parts is destroyed, Søren's war machine will collapse. This part is the rock bandits on the outermost layer of the city wall. You and I have a hundred dragon warriors, enough to break through these bandits and destroy Søren's cannons and catapults. Once Søren's cannons and catapults stop firing, our casualties will be greatly reduced. The number of soldiers on the city wall will triple or quadruple. At that time, Søren will lose for sure. "
Zhi Li's face twitched. Dragon warriors relied on their dragon power, and it would be used up eventually. Sending a hundred dragon warriors to destroy Søren's catapults and cannons would be a one-way trip.
In war, dragon warriors were rarely sent to the battlefield to kill enemies. That was because once they entered the battlefield, their dragon power would be used up quickly and they would be torn to pieces.
But there was nothing he could do now.
Dragon warriors were precious, but if they lost this battle, he, Zhi Li, would have no future.
"Alright!" Zhi Li gritted his teeth and said, "We will use a hundred dragon warriors to destroy Søren's cannons and catapults!"
Originally, Zhi Li could use his catapults to throw fish oil bombs at the Wind Thunder Fortress. Although the accuracy was low, it could stop a portion of Søren's cannons and catapults from firing. That way, he wouldn't suffer so many casualties.
However, the detestable Søren began to set up boulders 800 meters away from the battlefield, rendering his catapults useless.
This was because the catapults could only shoot less than 500 meters away.
… …
Soon, Turin Tuo, Zhi Li, and Fu E gathered a hundred and twenty dragon warriors and used these elite warriors as cannon fodder to destroy Søren's cannons and catapults!
"Warriors, the Raging Wave Kingdom will remember you forever. Your families, your parents, your wives, and your daughters will enjoy a lifetime of glory and splendor!" Zhi Li's eyes were brimming with tears as he drank hard liquor with the hundred and twenty dragon warriors before sending them to their deaths!
The hundred and twenty warriors were also brimming with tears. After drinking, they smashed their bowls on the ground.
"Your Highness, Your Excellency, we are going!"
Then, the hundred and twenty dragon warriors turned into black shadows and rushed toward the Wind Thunder Fortress's defense line.
Zhi Li prayed in his heart, "Please succeed, please succeed, or else I will really be at my wit's end!"
The current situation was very clear. As long as Søren's cannons and catapults were destroyed and these two war machines were silenced, Zhi Li would be able to win this battle.
Otherwise, he would lose without a doubt, because the battlefield had completely fallen into Søren's rhythm.
… …
At the highest point of the castle, Princess Jung Yeon suddenly opened her eyes.
She clearly sensed that a cluster of dense energy was charging at the Wind Thunder Castle's defense line at a high speed.
"Husband, Zhi Li's trump card is here," Princess Jung Yeon said.
Zhi Li had used a large number of dragon warriors to destroy Søren's cannons and catapults. This was what he was most worried about, and now it had finally happened.
"How many are coming?" Søren also felt it, but his spiritual cultivation was too far behind Jung Yeon's, so he couldn't sense the specific number.
"About, about a hundred and twenty." Princess Jung Yeon said. As long as it was within a few hundred meters of her spiritual power, she could clearly sense it.
"A hundred and twenty!" Søren said, "Zhi Li, Turin Tuo, and the nineteen feudal vassals together should have at least two hundred and fifty dragon warriors, but they only sent a hundred and twenty?"
"Yes!" Jung Yeon smiled, "The other half of the dragon warriors are probably here to protect them while they escape."
Søren let out a sigh of relief. If Zhi Li and Turin Tuo had staked it all and sent all two hundred and fifty dragon warriors, then Søren could only watch as the cannons and catapults were destroyed.
But now, there were a hundred and twenty.
This was a battle they could fight!
"Everyone, are you ready?" Søren asked.
"Ready." Behind him, dozens of people shouted in unison.
Søren also gathered all the dragon warriors. Even many captains of the army left their posts.
Even if they gathered everything, including the warriors of the Shadow Pavilion and the Hai Family's dragon warriors, they could only gather fifty-five!
Fifty-five dragon warriors against Zhi Li and Turin Tuo's hundred and twenty dragon warriors.
Not only did they have to win, but they also had to ensure that the cannons and catapults were not destroyed.
"Wife, it's up to you." Søren said to Jung Yeon.
Princess Jung Yeon said mischievously, "Don't worry, I can fight twenty alone!"
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