What's wrong with building a steel torrent in a dungeon?

"Well then... it's a pleasure to work with you again!"

“It’s been a pleasure working with you again!”

Outside the tent, soldiers were busy digging trenches and pouring thick fortifications with cement.

Up to now, Fran's soldiers have not personally experienced the terrible earth elemental throwing of the ancient war tree, and do not know how powerful it is. All they can do is to try their best to fill the fortifications strong enough and dig enough trenches.

A few days later, the elves' army finally appeared in everyone's sight. In the distance, an extremely tall tree was slowly moving forward. Around it, there were various small trees guarding it.

They were like an army of giants, marching slowly across the vast land, and every step they took made the earth tremble.

Compared to their huge bodies, humans are like tiny insects on the ground, and they will be crushed into pulp if they are not careful, just like humans crush the lizards crawling on the ground into pulp without any scruples.

What does it have to do with you if I crush you?

The soldiers of Orila looked at the tall trees and held their breath nervously.

Chapter 164: Another Contest

"Report to the general!" The elven scout came to Elendil and said, "We found the camp of the Vienna Alliance ahead. According to the lookout on the tree, the other side has dug a lot of trenches."

"A rough estimate of how many there are?" asked Elendil.

"About 4,000 people."

Hearing this number, the elf generals in the tent were a little bit unbelievable, and then they sneered one by one.

"Only 4,000 people?" Elendil frowned, then asked, "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong? At such a narrow pass, Fran only sent such a small number of people to resist our attack?"

"Yes! It's absolutely true." The scout said, "According to the spies in the rear, most of the troops in Orila City are stationed near Gomer City. So, if you calculate it this way, there are indeed only more than 4,000 people here. The lookout also sent a message just now that the number of people in the enemy camp is not that large, which is consistent with the number of 4,000 people."

"I guess Fran wants to use this small number of troops to hold us back." At this time, an elf general said, "It will buy enough time for the rear to attack Gomer City."

"Attack Gomer City?" Aarendil said, "They have spent so much time and still haven't taken Gomer City. Now that we are here, they want to storm it? I think they are courting death! Pass on my order. The troops must be assembled before 3:45 pm and the attack will begin at 4:00 pm."

"But..." At this time a young general said: "This time is too tight, we don't have time to set up camp."

"After defeating this army, why do we need to set up camp? We can just march forward!" Elendil said, "After passing through this pass, the road ahead will be smooth."

"But, what if we fail to capture it?" asked the general.

However, his question once again drew the sneers of the generals.

"The way you speak sounds very much like the Sacrifice Hall." Elendil also smiled and said, "With only 4,000 people and no Soul-Guiding River as a defense, how do you think they can stop us?"

"But didn't they dig so many trenches?"

"Trenches, hahaha!" Elendil said, "Do these people from Calradia really think that trenches are the natural enemies of us elves? Humph! If it weren't for this damn Soul-Guiding River, we would have captured Minsk long ago. It's not the trenches that are at work!"

Having said that, the general naturally had nothing to say.

Rows of ancient guarding trees came to the front of the formation, slowly moved forward, and soon arrived at the designated position of the Fran artillery position.

"Lord City Lord, the enemy has reached the fire coverage area, and the artillery positions are ready. Please give instructions!"

"Tell them to stay calm and not fire. We must not expose the true range of our artillery." Fran said

"As you command!"

The artillery equipped by Fran's troops is naturally of much higher quality than the foreign trade version.

However, these artillery rarely appear on the battlefield, so the elves still don't know this information. They still use Margaret's artillery to deploy troops. Fran has to wait until all the enemy's ancient trees are within her range, take root and start to operate, and then launch an attack.

For these trees, it is easy to take root, but it is difficult to pull them out and escape.

When the guarding ancient trees arrived at the designated location, they immediately pierced their roots deeply into the ground, and then erected one magic shield after another. From a distance, it looked like a solid wall. Behind them, countless war ancient trees also began to take root, and the dense treetops began to condense earth elements.

In the center of the trees was the core of the elven army - the Tree of Life. It waved its tall crown, and a green breath slowly rippled down, covering the entire camp. The elves below felt that their bodies were filled with mysterious power.

In order to make the range of the Tree of Life cover more of Fran's base, Elendil asked it to take root as far forward as possible. Unfortunately, she used the range of Margaret's artillery as a reference, but she didn't know that the range of Fran's artillery was much longer than Margaret's.

The new weapon is Fran’s biggest trump card.

Because of this, the Tree of Life is now completely exposed to the range of artillery.

War! It's about to start.

The crowns of the ancient war trees were already filled with ochre-colored light, waiting for Elendil's order.

On the other side, the gunners had already adjusted their trajectory. They were holding fire starters, waiting for Fran's orders!

"attack!!"

"fire!!"

The ancient war trees twisted their thick branches one by one, and then threw the earth elements condensed on their crowns forward.

The earth element was like a burning fireball, emitting a strong light, and slowly flew towards Fran's position. However, when they were halfway through their flight, they heard thunderous sounds tearing through the sky, followed by countless shells flying towards them.

Ai’alendil thought he was used to the sight of artillery fire, so he sneered at Fran’s artillery position.

But he didn't expect that Fran's artillery would have such a long range... and the density of the shells was too amazing!

Boom boom boom!

Dense shells hit the magic shields guarding the ancient trees. After a round of artillery fire, most of the energy of these guarding the ancient trees was consumed.

How can this be!

You know, during the battle with Margaret, the guarding ancient tree could last four to five rounds of bombardment, and during this process, the divine magician had enough time to replenish its energy. But now, they couldn't even last two rounds.

They are both firearms, so why is there such a big difference?

"Where's the divine magician? Come on! Replenish my energy quickly! We can't let them tear through the magic shield!" Elendil shouted loudly while standing on the crown of the Tree of Life.

At this time, the earth elements also fell into Fran's position one by one. Waves of dazzling light burst out. In an instant, sand and stones flew everywhere, and turbulent magic power surged like a tide. Huge dust completely covered the sky above Fran's position.

However, when the dust settled, Elendil was stunned.

The enemy's defensive facilities remained intact.

This... What on earth did the other side use to cast the fortifications? Was it cast according to the specifications of the city wall? But in such a short time, how could they have time?

Orila City, how many tricks are there that have not been used yet?

But before Aalendil could think about it, a new round of artillery fire from the opponent came directly at him.

This time, the defensive shield guarding the ancient tree collapsed in an instant, and the shells fell recklessly into the elves' positions, causing countless wails and blood.

"Impossible! This is impossible!" Elendil was stunned on the crown of the Tree of Life.

But then, another burst of artillery fire rang out right after the last one, but this time the shells came from another direction.

In other words, Fran had a total of two artillery positions, and she...she didn't use her full strength at the beginning.

Is this the power of Aurora City, where the cannon was invented?

"General! Watch out!"

At this moment, a cannonball flew directly towards the Tree of Life. A guard was quick to react and threw her to the ground. If she hadn't reacted in time, Elendil would have died.

bang bang bang!

These artillery pieces exploded in the elves' camp, but did not seem to cause much damage.

The elf lying on the ground had not yet reacted, but saw a large amount of flames spreading from the place where the shell exploded, and quickly climbed up the surrounding branches, looking for anything that could burn.

"Fire! It's a fire attack!"

"Put out the fire!"

Chapter 165: Tips Card - Fire Attack

What's the easiest way to destroy large tracts of tall trees?

With fire of course!!

Although the various trees of the elves have the help of divine magic, they are still trees in the final analysis.

So before engaging with the elves, Fran prepared a large number of incendiary bombs, just waiting to give the elves a big blow.

After breaking the defensive shield guarding the ancient tree, all kinds of incendiary bombs were thrown towards the elves' camp as if they were free, and soon the opponent's camp was turned into a sea of ​​fire.

"Help! Come put out the fire!"

"Quick! Put out the fire!"

Fortunately, the elves also knew the weaknesses of their own trees, so they stored a lot of water in their camps for emergency use. This prevented them from panicking, and teams of elven soldiers fetched water from the rear and kept dousing the surrounding flames.

only…

Before Fran, even if other forces wanted to attack with fire, the fire would be limited! After all, it is not possible to set the trees on fire by bypassing so many ancient trees and elven archers.

Therefore, the elves store water mainly to prevent their own people from accidentally causing fires, and they do not store too much.

But Fran's ignition efficiency is too high.

The first wave of fire had not yet been extinguished when the terrifying sound of artillery fire rang out again. In an instant, fires broke out again.

The guards brought the stunned Elendil down from the Tree of Life and escorted him all the way back to the rear.

But as soon as she returned to the tent, she was surrounded by her men.

"Commander-in-chief! What should we do?"

"Commander-in-chief! Should we retreat?"

Everyone was talking at once, expressing their own opinions, which made Elendil very annoyed, so he shouted angrily: "Stop the noise! ​​You ask me, who should I ask?"

Everyone was stunned when these words were spoken.

Uh... he is the commander-in-chief here. If not you, who should I ask?

Elendil seemed to have realized that there was something wrong with his words, so he quickly said, "What I mean is! You guys are talking so much that I can't hear a word! Who can tell me what's going on now!"

A middle-aged elf quickly stepped forward and said, "Commander-in-chief, the enemy's artillery is much stronger than we expected. The range... covers the Tree of Life! We must find a way to take down their artillery positions! I suggest sending out soldiers to launch an offensive."

"No! I object." Another officer with a dusty face said, "We haven't even investigated the enemy's artillery positions. If we attack rashly, we may be wiped out. I think the most urgent thing now is to retreat! We can attack again after we have rested. This time we ate

It was a loss due to insufficient intelligence, but it won’t happen next time. Fran has already played her biggest trump card.”

"It's not that simple!" said the officer. "She knew we didn't have enough intelligence, so she didn't launch the attack until the Tree of Life took root! She had to wait for the Tree of Life to pull out its roots, stabilize its body, and then retreat. This would take at least half an hour! Do you think the Tree of Life can survive for half an hour?"

The generals present knew very well that the Tree of Life meant nothing. Moreover, this Tree of Life was extremely precious.

"this!"

All the elves fell into silence.

"So we only have one way now!" The officer said firmly: "Launch an attack on the enemy's artillery position at all costs, and then buy time for the main force and the Tree of Life to retreat! If we don't do this, all our ancient trees will be burned here."

Elendil nodded solemnly, and then said: "Okay! Let's do it! Everyone else, gather all the Leaves of Life and give them to the attacking elven troops!"

"As you command!"

"Wait a minute..." Elendil sighed heavily, and then said: "Tell them! God Xiluo will not forget their bravery!"

"Yes!"

Half an hour later, teams of elven archers rushed out from behind the ancient trees and launched an attack on the artillery positions of Orila City.

Fran knew that the most difficult moment of the battle had arrived.

She had not expected that a single artillery bombardment would force the elves to retreat directly. Given the bravery of the elven officers, they would definitely storm the artillery positions, so she deployed heavy defenses in front of the artillery positions in advance.

Facing the bullets, the elven archers rushed to the artillery position one after another and launched a charge. With the blessing of divine magic, the damage caused by the bullets was greatly reduced, but even so, the soldiers still fell one after another.

When the elves finally reached their shooting range, they quickly drew their bows and shot arrows. Countless arrows made streaks of wind and flew towards the soldiers in the artillery position.

"Hide! Hide quickly!"

The soldiers quickly hid behind the cement blocks, only to hear a series of fierce bangs on the cement. Under this sound, ordinary fortifications might even be shot through and collapsed. The power of the elf arrows was really terrifying.

Seeing that their attacks could not penetrate the defense, the elves raised their bows one by one and shot towards the sky. Then a large number of arrows flew down from the gunners' heads.

Although this made the arrows hit the target impressively, the elves' arrows were too fast. The arrows raining down like raindrops still caused considerable damage to the artillerymen, forcing them to retreat continuously. Naturally, they had no time to take care of the artillery. Seeing this, the elves immediately charged forward, ready to take down the artillery array in one go.

Ground.

But at this moment, team after team of soldiers rushed out from the hidden trenches, and moved diagonally towards the left wing of the elves. With the sound of muskets, they knocked down a large number of elves in one fell swoop.

If this kind of surprise attack had happened to other Northern Alliance troops, they would have already scattered and collapsed. But the elves did not do that. Instead, they rushed forward to meet the surprise attack and fought back with arrows without showing any weakness. The two sides started a melee in front of the artillery position, and the scene was extremely tense for a while.

The trenches greatly blocked the elves' offensive. Under the cover of firelight, the two sides fought for the ownership of the trenches again and again. Unfortunately, the elves' longbows were difficult to use in the narrow trenches, and the soldiers of Orila City were basically equipped with short-handed pistols, which were less powerful but quick to reload, and were very suitable for this.