MTL - Bloodline Lord of War-Chapter 161 Assault on the Blood Fortress
Chapter 161 Attacking the Blood Fortress
This military fortress is very close to the marching route of the wasteland coalition army. The army must pull out this stronghold to move forward. Otherwise, it is easy to be attacked by the enemy from behind when attacking the Blood King City.
Robin suspects that the Blood King City has already mastered their marching route, otherwise, how could they suddenly build a military fort here, and the fortress has not been built yet, obviously it has only recently started construction.
Now there are two paths before Robin and the others. One is to wait for the army behind to catch up, and then pull out the fortress.
This is definitely the safest way, but this will give the blood army precious time. In bad weather, it may take a week for the main force of the wasteland coalition to catch up. The last gap is closed. At that time, the wasteland coalition forces will face a tight military fortress, which will be more difficult to fight than it is now.
The second way is not to wait for the main force behind, and Robin and his vanguard will take the lead in attacking, taking advantage of the opponent's fortress to take down this stronghold.
But there are risks in doing so, after all, the vanguard has only one thousand troops. But the benefits are also obvious, Robin and the others will take the lead in this battle. After the war is over, there will definitely be more spoils when rewarding meritorious deeds.
And one of the responsibilities of the vanguard is to clear the obstacles ahead for the main force as much as possible.
It is very tempting for Baron Lauren to take the lead. He expects to gain a greater voice in the wasteland through this war. For this reason, he must make enough military achievements.
Taking advantage of the cover of the rain, Baron Lauren took the captain of the scouts and wandered around the blood fortress a few more times, even at the risk of being discovered, he leaned closer to the fortress to further observe the enemy's situation.
Finally, he judged that the blood army in this fortress should only have 300 to 400 people, and there were also countless goblins acting as coolies, but these goblins were not included in the combat power by Baron Lauren at all.
There are 900 Rock City troops on hand, which is at least twice the strength of the opponent. In addition, there is a gap nearly ten meters wide on the east wall of the fortress. Combining various factors, Baron Lauren was moved. , he thought he could give it a try.
As for the 100 soldiers in Robin's hands, Baron Lauren directly ignored such a good opportunity to grab the top spot. Of course, Baron Lauren would not give it up easily. He didn't want to share this top spot with Robin. honor.
After the investigation was over, several people returned to the station of the large army.
"Baron Robin, I have decided to take down this Blood Fortress. I don't need you for this operation. Your soldiers will stay behind and just don't make trouble for me." Baron Lauren rode on his horseback and said bluntly. Robin said.
Robin nodded expressionlessly. He doesn't care about military achievements. If Baron Lauren can pull out this stronghold by himself without doing it himself, then he would be more relaxed.
The two sides separated, and Robin and the half-elf scouts returned to their army formation. Simon and Luke immediately greeted him. Iron Bear Warrior's eyes lit up, he grabbed Robin's rein, and asked expectantly, "Boss, is there a battle?"
These days they just kept marching, and Simon and the rest of the iron guards were already very itchy, and they were eager to move their muscles and bones.
"There is no battle, and a blood clan military fortress was found in front of it. Baron Lauren of Rock City wants to take care of this fortress by himself, so let's just watch the battle from behind." Robin said.
The excited expression on Simon's face collapsed visibly, and he lowered his head and muttered, "It's boring."
The forward troops began to move closer to the Blood Fortress. Under the command of Baron Lauren, the Rock City troops circled to the east of the Blood Fortress. As the troops advanced, they slowly formed a battle formation.
The whole team finally stopped 500 meters away from the blood fortress, and made the final team formation. At this distance, it can be guaranteed that they will not be hit by any long-range weapons.
At this time, the blood defenders in the fortress had also discovered the troops of Rock City, and a faint alarm bell sounded from inside the fortress.
"Dang Dang Dang Dang!"
The rapid alarm bell sounded like a talisman, and the blood defenders in the fortress began to get busy. Hobgoblins in armor lined up to climb the city wall, while the troops of wolf men and goblin bears blocked the gap in the east wall. Flesh and blood filled the gap.
The number of hobgoblins is about one hundred, the number of gnolls is about two hundred, and the number of bear goblins is the smallest, only thirty.
These wilderness natives are all wearing silver armor, and it is a uniform standard iron armor. On the chest of the armor is also printed the family emblem of the Duke of Blood, a **** white tooth.
Although these armors are not very sophisticated, they are shocking enough to be worn by the natives of the wasteland. What's even more astonishing is that these are all standard equipment, that is to say, the Blood King City has a certain amount of iron smelting and forging capabilities, at least the native soldiers below can have a piece of iron armor.
Compared with the mysterious special abilities of the blood clan, a blood clan force that can smelt iron and forge is more frightening to humans.
In addition to the armor, the weapons in the hands of these blood troops are also of the same standard. The hobgoblin who climbed the city wall held a longbow in his hand, and a quiver and a short sword hanging from his waist. It was obviously an archer's configuration.
The jackal held a scimitar in one hand and a round shield in the other, obviously a sword and shield hand. They formed a phalanx behind the gap in the city wall.
The goblin bear is tall, holding a giant mace as tall as a person in each hand, standing behind the phalanx of gnolls, keeping a short distance from the phalanx of gnolls, as if acting as a The role of the reserve team.
This blood clan armed force is a real army. They not only have unified weapons and armor, but also have a clear division of labor. It is hard to imagine that this is an army composed of wilderness natives.
In this regard, Smaug, the dragon vein goblin who once formed the indigenous coalition army, was very touched. He was wearing an oversized black cloak with the hem of the cloak dragging on the ground, standing on a raised dirt bag, looking at the The lineup on the opposite side nodded approvingly: "Well, it's quite a bit of my demeanor back then."
Simon next to him punched his green leather head with a fist: "Stop talking big, your army back then was far worse than the opponent's."
The iron bear warriors who have been in the army all year round can naturally tell at a glance that the army of the blood race is not just as simple as a clear division of labor. This is very rare, and even the third-rate armies of many lords cannot be so calm and calm.
Smaug held his head in both hands, and protested to Simon with an aggrieved face: "Simon, can you stop hammering my head all the time, I will be fooled by your hammering."
The blood army is different from the ordinary native army. Baron Lauren had already guessed this beforehand, but he still couldn't help being surprised when he saw it with his own eyes.
From the ringing of the bell to the deployment of the army, it took less than ten minutes. Such a quick response ability is no different from that of an ordinary human army.
However, although the blood army exceeded Baron Lauren's expectations, he did not feel timid because he was full of confidence in his army and was able to take the role of the vanguard. Naturally, Baron Lauren's army was not a group of rabble .
His army consists of 500 spearmen, 300 archers, and 100 cavalry, among which the cavalry is his trump card.
Cavalry is the swallowing giant among all arms. It is very difficult for a pioneering lord like him to build a cavalry team. In order to be able to gather a hundred cavalry, this almost drained Baron Lauren's wallet.
Cavalry have the best weapons and armor, they are well trained, and have seen the blood of the natives in the wasteland. Although the other soldiers are not as elite as the cavalry, they all wear armor.
The soldiers of these Rock City have been walking on the wasteland for two weeks, drenched in rain for two weeks, and they have already suppressed their anger in their hearts. The damned fortress is flattened.
Baron Lauren pulled out the knight sword on his waist, swung it vigorously towards the blood fortress in front, and shouted: "Forward!"
The army of Rock City moved again and continued to move closer to the blood fortress.
Robin, Simon, Luke and others stood on the mound. They were on the side of the battlefield, while the iron guards and half-elves of the Rage Legion were resting in place under the mound.
Robin was riding on horseback with a serious expression, watching the army of Rock City slowly move towards the Blood Clan Fortress. After looking at it for a while, he turned his head to look at the city wall of the Blood Clan Fortress again.
Suddenly, he found a human standing among the hobgoblins on the city wall.
Luke's eyes were better than Robin's. He also saw the human figure, and immediately reported to Robin: "My lord, there is a human standing on the opposite wall. He wears better armor than those natives. He looks like a human being." Like the commander of this blood army."
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Kazan is the blood servant of the Duke of Blood. He sacrificed his life and soul to the Duke of Blood. In return, the Duke of Blood gave him part of the power of a vampire.
At this moment, he was wearing silver armor, standing on the wall of the blood fortress, watching the human army slowly approaching in the distance, with a sneer of disdain on his gloomy face.
Kazan thought to himself: Maybe this is a joke of the blood god. The Duke ordered me to build a city here, but I didn't expect to meet a human army. These mortals came faster than expected.
Although the opponent's troops were much larger than his own, Kazan didn't panic at all. Instead, he felt relaxed all over his body. He didn't pay attention to Baron Lauren's troops at all.
Kazan said to himself confidently in his heart: "Although I have few soldiers, these native soldiers are blood warriors who have already been transformed. Don't say that you only have 900 people, even if there are 900 more, you will not be able to fight." Don't try to take my city."
Blood warriors are different from ordinary natives. They have been bathed in the original blood and have obtained some of the blood's undead power. Even though they're not truly immortal, it's very difficult to kill them without splitting their heads or pulling blood crystals out of their bodies.
Kazan is very confident in his troops. It should be no problem for an ordinary blood warrior to kill five human soldiers. Watching the human army slowly approaching him, Kazan felt that military merit was beckoning to him. He longed for victory, and then used military merit to gain more blood power from the Duke of Blood.
Kazan's ultimate goal is to become a follower of the Duke of Blood, a true blood clan, and live forever.
Hehehe, thank you, a group of lambs sent to the door, you will become my stepping stones. Kazan smiled coldly.
However, it is a pity that this military fortress has not been completely completed. If these human troops arrive a few days later and fill up the last gap in the city wall, there may still be time to build a few ballistas on the city wall. , so the chances of winning are even greater.
Kazan pressed his hand on the city wall that was icy cold in the autumn rain, thinking so in his heart.
When the army of Rock City entered within 200 steps of the Blood Clan Fortress, the battle between the two sides officially started. The hobgoblin archers on the city wall began to rain arrows on the army of Rock City.
They didn't shoot arrows indiscriminately, but under the command of the officer, all hobgoblins bent their bows and set arrows together, and fired a round of volleys into the sky.
The autumn rain is still falling. In such a bad environment, the accuracy of the bow and arrow is quite touching, but fortunately, the hobgoblins are also covering the shooting. As long as the bow and arrow are sprinkled into the army formation of Rock City, whether they can hit the target, then that is Leave it to the blood **** to decide.
"Raise your shield!"
Accompanied by the officer's yelling, the Rock City soldiers walking in the front row raised their round shields one after another, and then arrows rained down from the sky together with the rain, and the soldiers heard "咻咻咻" broken ears. There was an empty sound, some arrows fell into the mud, and some fell on their shields and helmets.
Although most of the arrows missed any targets, many unlucky ones were shot by the hobgoblin's arrows and fell in the mud, screaming in pain.
"Archers, fight back!" Baron Lauren raised his sword and shouted, and the 300 archers under him immediately launched a counterattack.
A shower of arrows shot into the air from the army formation of Rock City, facing the rain falling from the sky, it flew upstream towards the wall of the Blood Clan Fortress.
The accuracy of bows and arrows in rainy days cannot be guaranteed at all. Many arrows do not know where they flew. However, the number of archers in Rock City is three times that of the Blood Race side. With the advantage of numbers, many arrows still land accurately. on the city wall.
The arrows fell on the city wall densely, making a series of "clinking" sounds on the rocky city wall. The hobgoblins didn't raise their shields and didn't dodge. They just stood on the city wall in a daze, bathed in the rain of arrows released by the rock city.
If it was an ordinary army, doing so would be suicide, but after a round of arrow rain in Rock City, not a single hobgoblin fell on the city wall.
Happy National Day everyone!
(end of this chapter)
