Demon King, Don’t Run Away Chapter 639: The siege begins
January 2, 415 in the Lux calendar.
After celebrating the beginning of the new year and taking a period of rest, the Wansheng National Army retook the Serowomen Plains and resumed military activities.
The Fifth West Army also started to recapture Dongwang City.
Early this morning, the Luhua Army assembled all its troops, hoping to launch its first attack attempt while the clouds in the sky had not yet dispersed.
As a result of being promoted to temporary capital commander, Yang Yu had his own place in previous meetings, was able to express his own views and opinions, and also knew the strategic layout of this siege in advance.
In general, it is no different from the previous siege strategy, but it has been refined for the huge Dongwang City.
The dark walls of Dongwang City are like cliffs, which are daunting. Black heavy cannons are mounted on them, as if they are integrated with the city walls. Anyone who dares to have any unreasonable thoughts about this city will be attacked by these cannons. Blast to pieces.
It was not the orcs who built these cannons, but the human forces occupying Eastlook.
In order to completely keep the orcs at bay, these cannons adopt the most cutting-edge technology of the Luoze Empire. They have long range, strong firepower, and wide coverage. Apart from being bulky, they have almost no other significant shortcomings.
Even if they can successfully scale the city wall, it will be difficult for the orc troops to destroy these cannons in a short time.
The Fifth West Army must advance under heavy artillery fire to recapture it.
In order to reduce losses, the Western Fifth Army decided to first send various skilled beastmen as the vanguard to find the blind spots covered by artillery fire.
Then, send an elite siege force to harass, create as many attack blind spots as possible, and allow more people to board the city wall.
The person who received this important task was none other than Yang Yu.
Considering this, the Luhua Army did not dismantle the weaving of Yang Yu's troops after his return, but strengthened them on the original basis.
After careful consideration, Luhuajun also equipped Yang Yu with a hundred striped palace guards.
The remaining two hundred or so soldiers were personally led by him to carry out the siege.
Faced with special soldiers who were unfamiliar with their place of origin, Yang Yu naturally worked hard and dragged them out to fight...to learn from each other and educate them well. They must listen to their commanders and harvest them by the way. Harvest experience, carefully study their abilities, and formulate a battle plan.
Yang Yu and his elite siege team will mix with all the siege troops and move together. When they are close enough to the city wall, they will act alone to prevent the defenders of Dongwang City from reacting in time.
After all, there are many knights, archers and magicians on the walls of Dongwang City.
A middle-aged general wearing heavy armor, who had just finished admonishing his officers, faced the vast plains, looked at the orc troops gathered in the distance, and gently stroked his thick, curved mustache,
"This year is about to begin. These orcs really don't make people worry. How many people will they have to die before they can learn not to fight with eggs."
A messenger hurried down the stairs to the middle-aged general and conveyed the words of another general: "General Piruf, General Kahe asked you to take advantage of the orcs before they really attack. Check the cannon in case a 'traitor' has tampered with it."
"I understand. Tell that old man, don't make a mistake on his side. When you need to go out to fight in the city, you can leave it to the young people. He is so old, so don't fight so hard. Be careful of the bones falling apart. Command Just take command.”
"I will convey it to the general. Please be more careful, general."
After saying that, the messenger hurriedly left the city wall and returned to the inside of the city gate.
There, there is a skinny white-haired old general gathering his troops. If necessary, he will lead the defenders in the city to fight out to relieve the defensive pressure on the city wall.
Piruf’s dark face showed no emotion or anger, but he snorted coldly behind his back. He looked confident as he looked at the orderly arrangement of the heavy cannons.
At the end of the year, they inspected the cannon over and over again, and carefully checked for possible traitors. They absolutely did not allow any suspicious people to approach the cannon. Now is the time to test the results.
Suddenly, a thunderous drum beat broke the peace on the snowy field, and the troops of the Wansheng National Army officially launched an attack.
Even if he really wanted to check, it seemed that he didn’t have time to check, but that’s all. Piruf raised his hand high, flicked his index finger towards the oncoming Western Fifth Army, and shouted loudly:
"All troops! Prepare for war!
Give these lowly savage races a good look at our greatness as human beings!
I hope you can use cannon to blow up all the orcs who dare to approach the city wall.
Just like every year! ”
Hearing Piruf's voice, all the Roze soldiers cheered up and returned to their posts to fill and fire the cannons.
With a loud "bang", countless cannonballs flew out from the black muzzle and fell into Wansheng Kingdom, which was within the range of the cannon. Suddenly, dust flew up and the roar continued.
The front row troops of the Fifth Western Army estimated the trajectory of the artillery shells and tried their best to avoid them before the cannon exploded around them.
But as they got closer to the city wall, they entered a dense firepower point. Even if they had dexterous bodies, losses were inevitable.
Before going to the battlefield, everyone in the vanguard knew this. Most of them had already resigned themselves to death and continued to brave the harsh artillery fire and take risks.
Just so that someone in the army can calculate the range that each artillery can cover, and the time it takes for the Luoze Empire to load and adjust the artillery.
Beside the Luhua Army, a short actuary of the lemur orcs gritted his teeth and watched the battle. Every time he saw a cannonball explode in the crowd, he was frightened, worried about the orcs' safety.
In order not to let their sacrifices go to waste, the actuary also looked at the overall situation and scribbled calculations on the book to confirm how each cannon had changed from its position in the previous year, and then did What kind of adjustment...
Finally...
"General, I have roughly found the blind spots covered by their artillery fire."
The lemur orcs drew two routes on the map that could avoid the fire.
"Thank you for your hard work."
The Luhua Army quickly remembered one of them, and asked Yang Yu not far away to remember the other. Then he commanded the siege troops, followed the probing troops, and launched a charge.
In an instant, the mighty siege troops, carrying ladders one after another, braved fierce artillery fire and headed straight for the city wall without any distractions.
"The real army is coming! Increase the firepower!"
Piruf ordered, but at this moment, something unexpected happened.
When a group of soldiers loaded artillery shells into the cannon according to routine operations, they could no longer fire the artillery shells as before.
"Report, the incoming gun No. 015 is temporarily unable to attack due to unknown reasons. The fault is currently being investigated."