Chapter 628: No matter the cost [Ire]
Obviously, compared with the intensively advanced Northbound catapult array, Ryin's attack seemed a little weaker and weaker.
The number of those stones was originally limited, and with the complete protection of the North, the number of stones was completely destroyed after several rounds of castings. As for casualties, Ailey could see that no one in the North was dead, and the stones could not penetrate the iron lump;
The two sides were not considered to have a formal confrontation until the catapult arrived at the scheduled location.
The catapults on the northern border have an absolute advantage in both quantity and quality, and even the proficiency of soldiers is different;
Even Aile, who is an amateur, can see that the reloading speed in the Northland is faster.
The fight is more accurate and more ruthless.
This time, the attack method adopted by the North is no longer "concentrating" - the last time he adopted the approach was nothing more than to show off his power, and it was actually not conducive to the full effectiveness of the catapult;
The large and heavy stones began to fall on Rein's front; just hitting a stone on the main body of the trencher was enough to break the wood, and the entire trencher had a considerable possibility of being directly reimbursed;
The fortress covered with iron is obviously not as reliable as the other party; many fortresses are directly deformed after being hit by stones. I really don’t know if the soldiers inside are injured;
The magically reinforced earth platform cannot be indestructible. After several rounds of volleys, it will seem that it will collapse partially.
Obviously, if you continue to fight like this, Ryin's trencher will be completely destroyed.
In response to this, Marquis Sid decisively issued an order: retreat!
The Rine soldiers stopped counterattacking and began to retreat beyond the enemy's range with their catapults;
The process was not very smooth - after all, the enemy's attack continued; less than 70% of the catapults and giant crossbows successfully evacuated the earth platform, and the soldiers suffered more than a hundred casualties.
The battle has entered the next stage.
After driving away the catapult, the river bank on the northern border became a relatively safe area;
The engineers rushed forward, carrying wooden boards and tools to start building a temporary dock on the shore - the previous port had long been destroyed;
Their efficiency is also quite amazing - from it, Irey captured some operations that cannot exist according to common sense;
It should be using magic. Ailey sneered, yes, the magicians only agreed that magic cannot be applied directly to war, but they did not say "indirectly".
Soon, a simple dock was built - in order to defend against enemy attacks, more than ten northern soldiers stood above the dock with shields to prevent catapults from "raiding";
Teams of Northbound soldiers holding giant shields gathered near the dock; after the modified ships landed, they jumped one after another;
Alay noticed a funny detail: their armor was "dressed" on their bodies;
I guess I was worried that after the ship was sunk, this pile of heavy metal would directly take itself to the bottom of the river.
A ship that could carry more than 30 people could only carry more than a dozen soldiers at this moment, but it could not stand the number of ships.
There are ten ships in a group; some soldiers on the ship are responsible for raising shields to defend, while others are responsible for paddling desperately;
After one group set out, the next group immediately started to get on the job - its efficiency was so high that Elle felt a little scared.
Because the range of the Ryin leader was suppressed, the catapults and giant crossbows could only be attacked when they reached almost the middle of the Qiufeng River; the moving ships were much harder to hit than the fixed catapults, and even if they were not empty, the shields could block most of the attacks;
Aire at the height of the sky saw more clearly: after the crossbow arrow penetrated the side of one of the ships, a soldier holding a shield quickly pressed the shield against the gap; with the help of the people around him, although it could not be completely blocked, it could also delay the water inlet of the ship.
But even so, when this group of ships was about to approach the shore, one of the ships was still completely sunk.
The soldiers above took off their armor in a very short time and placed them on their shields. Then they carried the shields to the shore. The river was surging, and most of them failed to reach the shore, but were washed downstream.
The other ship soldiers arrived at the shore safely; after the ship arrived at the shallows, they jumped off the boat, drifted to the water, and gathered a simple formation with the shields in their hands; the catapults in the northern border also adjusted the launch angle and did not hit the area where they were as much as possible.
Under the uninterrupted bombardment of rocks, the soldiers of the Ryin leader could only watch as the men used their shields to protect their front and above their heads;
At the same time, the ships behind them were still transporting soldiers to the shore.
After several batches, there were hundreds of soldiers from the north that gathered on the shore; they sorted out their armor under the protection of numerous shields, and then began to move towards the direction of the Ryin line-all their targets were clear.
Tapping machine.
Seeing that those people were showing signs of charging, the Marquis hurriedly ordered the catapults in which they were heading to retreat, and at the same time ordered other giant crossbows and catapults to launch a concentrated attack on them;
Although those people held giant shields in their hands, they could not stop such fierce attacks; soon, a gap appeared in the fortress, and dozens of casualties were killed or killed by the soldiers;
Their sacrifice naturally also brought corresponding results: in order to avoid being destroyed by the advancement of the North Army soldiers, the trenchers retreated one after another, and the originally neat front had a considerable gap;
Other soldiers from the north who arrived on the shore gathered together to join the team that forced the thief to retreat;
They paid a certain amount of losses, but also achieved corresponding results; several catapults that failed to retreat in time were destroyed by them, and the rest were forced to retreat away - the enemy's purpose was to prevent these catapults from even attacking the river surface.
The enemy's trenchers were operating, and the heavy rocks were continuously hitting the river bank on the side of the Reiner. Even though they deliberately avoided the fortress when they launched, some soldiers from the North were still killed by their own stones. The offensive was so fierce that Marquis Sid naturally did not want to send the Reiner soldiers to fight with them;
The offensive of catapults and giant crossbows on the side of Rein has also been maintained, some targeting ships, while others targeting the soldiers on the northern border on the shore. Since the war started, hundreds of casualties have reached the northern border, while Rein’s side has not suffered much loss.
Everyone on the battlefield knew what such a desperate tactic was for.
Alay stared at the engineers on the shore of the northern border;
After they repaired the dock, they started laying the pontoon bridge very quickly.
After all, this is the real combat goal of the North.
Chapter completed!