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

Fran was naturally very welcoming to these powerful magicians. On the one hand, the magicians' strength was obvious to all. The Holy Roel Empire was pulled back from the brink of destruction many times, and Rainbow City played a great role. With their help, at least Orila City could save many soldiers from dying.

On the other hand... Fran also wanted to know how magicians fought! If they could learn things like magic circles and produce them in large quantities, wouldn't it mean that they would also be able to possess such a destructive power?

Different from Yerona, the previous master of the Blue Tower, this magician named Lina seemed very warm and generous, without any scheming. She openly showed the magician's formation to everyone, and even asked Fran to send people to assist the magician in setting up defenses.

That's it, cannons, magic circles, and muskets!

Various city defense fortifications were set up in front of Olilagler.

At this time, Arthas's troops finally arrived at the city.

Looking down from the city wall, there was endless undead extending all the way back. That visual sensation shocked every soldier present.

Chapter 197 The Siege Begins

I'm afraid none of the soldiers present had ever seen such a grand scene.

In previous wars, the maximum number of troops mobilized by both sides was only about 100,000! Moreover, due to the limited command capabilities, these more than 100,000 troops could not be deployed to the battlefield to fight at the same time! The number of people deployed by both sides at the same time was often only about a few thousand. If the number increased, the commander would be unable to control it, and even a small incident would cause

Cause a major collapse.

But things are different now.

The discipline of the undead is obviously not comparable to that of ordinary soldiers. As long as the necromancer controls them, they will go in any direction they are told to go. There will be no trampling, crowding, etc., and there will be no overall collapse due to a local collapse.

So when they saw hundreds of thousands of undead armies spreading out at the same time, everyone on the city wall opened their mouths unconsciously.

Before the war begins, there will usually be persuasion to surrender! But when the surrender envoy of the Feruman Empire was about to speak, several weapons flew down from the city wall.

A gunshot (Vienna), an arrow (elf), a blade (orc), a battle axe (troll), a spear (eagle).

They were all civilized countries, and they naturally disdained to kill the envoy before the battle. So all these weapons flew at the feet of the envoy, which also showed the determination of these forces!

Stop talking nonsense! Come here and get beaten!

The messenger was sent back without saying a word, and Arthas was naturally furious! So he launched an attack on the city without hesitation.

Accompanied by waves of unpleasant horn sounds, the vast undead marched slowly towards Orilagler.

"This Arthas, is he really planning to use the undead to attack the city?" Christina asked in surprise on the city wall, "Do they have a way to get the undead to climb the wall? But they don't have ladders either."

"I don't know what she's thinking." Fran said, "But it's better than going around here and attacking us from behind."

The undead finally reached the range of the artillery, and bursts of artillery fire rang out in an instant.

The war has begun!

They did not use their most powerful firepower right away, but deliberately let the undead come to them. Fran wanted to see how these undead would climb over the towering walls.

However, to her disappointment, the undead kept wandering around after arriving at the foot of the city wall, and then attacked the thick cement with their claws. Apart from that, they seemed to have nothing else to do.

Are they trying to use the bones and rotten flesh of the corpses to grind the cement?

Seeing that a large number of undead had already accumulated under the city wall, Fran gave an order, and various kerosene, incendiary bombs, and flame magic were fired downwards, and soon a death net was formed below. The undead attacked by the flames fell to the ground one by one, allowing the undead behind them to trample on them.

The undead would fall to the ground when they encountered fire, and Fran had already known this information, so she didn't have much experience. I think the necromancer simply removed their mobility to prevent the undead from running around like before.

But now this wall of fire is still burning, even if the undead are set on fire they cannot spread the fire everywhere! The new undead still rush forward recklessly, so isn't the result the same?

All I can say is that the Necromancer on the opposite side really doesn't know how to adapt.

The undead continued to attack, but other than making a threatening noise, they posed no threat to the city walls. For the soldiers on the city walls, this was probably the easiest siege they had ever experienced.

More and more undead were thrown into the battlefield, but without exception, they all fell in front of the city wall. Soon, a huge burning stench filled the entire battlefield, forcing Fran and others to distribute masks.

However, at this moment, Huang Shang, the commander of the city defense, keenly discovered that teams of demon warriors were actually mixed in with the undead.

So she immediately shouted, "Everyone, don't let your guard down! These demons are trying to take advantage of our laxity and sneak under the city wall to launch an attack! All artillerymen, get ready! Aim at the person holding the ladder among the undead!"

"Yes, sir! Yes, sir!"

It seems that Arthas found that if the undead really rushed down like this, it would not have any effect except adding bricks and tiles to the barbecue pile, so he hurriedly ordered the siege troops to attack. It's just a pity that using the vast pile of undead to hide the siege troops is too low-end.

The soldiers defending the city could tell the difference between the siege troops and the undead at a glance, and aimed all kinds of muskets and artillery at them! They were quickly killed. Only a few troops were able to successfully reach the bottom of the city wall and then launch an attack with ladders. But this siege force was really not to be feared.

Finally, Arthas gritted his teeth and sent all the demons' troops up, and all kinds of siege weapons were fired madly towards the fortress.

Unfortunately, however, these siege weapons are still less effective against new city defense fortresses.

The giant catapult had not yet been disassembled and pushed up when it was hit by artillery fire. Although the engineering vehicle, which looked like a tin turtle, could defend against bows and arrows (the elves at this time had no magical powers), it was obviously no match for artillery fire.

Artillery fire was very accurate against slow-moving objects like these. The heavy shells could shatter the internal organs of the people inside.

Afterwards, the demons also launched rows and rows of siege towers. According to Vanessa, these siege towers were made of black crystals produced locally by the demons. They were very flexible and had extremely high defense. Even if they were hit by catapults, they would not fall apart immediately. They could be said to be a nightmare for the defending troops.

However, these so-called demonic characteristics were still vulnerable within the range of the truth. The black crystals were quite flexible, but they could not withstand the continuous attacks of artillery. The siege tower was crowded with demonic soldiers. If you were unlucky and got hit by artillery, the scenery inside would be too beautiful.

In the end, only the brave demon warriors were left carrying ladders and climbing up the city walls.

However, when they finally climbed up the city wall after risking their lives, they were faced with an orc army armed to the teeth.

The orc warriors were already tall and strong, and now with the full-compound armor that Fran had tailored for them, they were like a steel wall. They brandished their huge weapons and swung at the demon warriors who were a whole head shorter than them.

bang bang

Some demon warriors finally climbed up the city wall, but what was waiting for them was an iron hammer bigger than their heads. When it came down, no matter how well-defended they were, they would probably be knocked unconscious.

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Uncapped

Chapter 198: Blood and Flesh Ladder

The orcs' hammer of justice is not so easy to bear!

Moreover, it's not just orcs stationed on the city walls!

If any fish slips through the net, the elves, trolls, and eagle warriors will rush forward instantly, shooting arrows, axes, and spears at the same time, fully ensuring that the opponent will die more than once.

In order to impress in front of Fran, the soldiers of these forces fought extremely bravely, so much so that the Aurora soldiers on the city wall did not have a chance to shoot.

The battle lasted from sunrise to sunset, and night slowly fell over the devastated battlefield.

However, the coming of night did not mean that the fighting would temporarily cease.

The undead continued to rush towards the city wall. Although they could not do anything to the city wall for the time being, they had to defend themselves, so the night battle remained at a low intensity. Flames continued to rise, killing the undead trapped below. Every once in a while, the artillerymen would fire a few rounds of shells, and by the light of the fire,

See if Arthas has any plans for a night attack.

The first day of the battle to defend the city went smoothly, with only single-digit casualties on the Vienna Alliance side. Such a record would be unimaginable anywhere else. In comparison, the losses of the demons were huge. There were hundreds of corpses of demon warriors on the city walls alone, not to mention those who fell on the way to the charge.

The demon clan.

These are the elite of the demon clan.

Faced with such results, Fran should have been happy.

Yet her face was still filled with worry.

If one were to describe Arthas's siege in one word, it would obviously be - terrible!

His original intention was to use the undead to consume his own shells and energy, and then mix in the demons to launch a surprise attack.

It sounds good, but Fran knows from thinking about it that this plan is almost naive. And the fact is indeed so. First of all, the demon soldiers have no way to hide among the undead. Secondly, the undead not only do not help the demons, but even hinder them.

They should have been weapons of war, but now they have become a burden, blocking the advance of siege weapons.

However, Arthas was not a fool. Even if he didn't know about this adverse effect beforehand, he should have reacted to it after the battle lasted for so long. Letting the undead bypass Olilagler was obviously the best solution for Arthas, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that.

However, the battle had been going on for a whole day, but he still maintained this almost stupid way of siege without any change.

Although Fran looked down on Arthas's actions, she did not think that Arthas was a complete fool. A fool would not be able to completely wipe out the main forces of the elves and Margaret, and force the Chinese Alliance and the Northern Alliance to compromise.

As soon as the sky brightened, Fran got up early and thought about something in front of the war sand table.

"Just because Arthas doesn't let the undead bypass here doesn't mean he can't think of this tactic. Rather, he wants to kill Orilagler in one fell swoop." Christina said when she saw Fran frowning.

"Just pull it out here?"

"Yes." Christina said, "Although tactically, bypassing this place and attacking the heartland of the Holy Roel Empire is the best option. But strategically, this is the key. Once Olilagler falls, we lose, no matter how deep we are behind."

"What sister means is that now my sister, Margaret and I are all here. If we can take this place, it means the entire war is over." Fran immediately understood what Christina meant.

"According to past practice, that's right." Christina said, "Think about it, if the fortress that the Vienna Alliance built with all their efforts is breached, what will happen next? I'm afraid it's not just the nobles who choose to surrender. It must be said that Arthas has great ambitions. He doesn't want a land that has been slaughtered by the undead.

land, what he wants is an intact Holy Roel Empire."

"I think this is his only choice." Fran said, "In order to raise such a large army of undead and maintain the supply line of the demons, the Feruman Empire is already at the end of its strength. If it only conquers a scorched earth, I'm afraid it will be killed by the Northern Alliance and the Chinese Alliance before it can recover."

"But such a strong attack... obviously has no hope." Fran said: "Getting a scorched earth is at least better than losing. If they attack a few more times, the elite of the demons will really die. Without the demons and Feruman soldiers, does Arthas really want to rely on the undead to capture the city?"

Just as Fran was thinking, a soldier suddenly said in a panic: "City Lord, it's bad!"

"What's wrong? What happened? Did the undead mutate?"

"That's not the case!" said the soldier. "Anyway, you should go out and take a look."

It was already dawn, and after a night of continuous attacks, the undead were still pouring in. Looking down from the top of the city wall, the number of undead was still terrifying. The continuous attacks throughout the night did not reduce their numbers much.

However, when Fran and her group arrived at the city wall and looked down, everyone was stunned.

At this moment, Fran instantly understood what Arthas wanted to do.

I saw countless corpses of the undead lying under the city wall, forming a natural staircase.

Most of the stairs were charred corpses, but there were still many undead who were not completely dead. They were piled up layer by layer, stretching out their hands, baring their teeth and claws, and roaring at the top of the city wall. From a distance, countless corpses overlapped each other, twisting and struggling, like a flower struggling to

Flowers to bloom.

Fran was shocked by the horrifying scene. She took several steps back before she recovered from it.

Seeing this, Christina quickly supported Fran.

This is the real use of the undead!

Arthas wants to use the undead to build a siege ladder!

"Damn it! We have to destroy this staircase!" Fran's hair stood on end. Once this staircase was formed, the undead could climb up without any hindrance. With so many of them, their firepower could not stop them for long.

"It's too difficult! There are so many corpses piled up here, it's impossible to blow them up with artillery, and at most we can only blow up a section of them." Gorronil said: "As long as the stairs are not completely destroyed, the undead will continue to rush up."

"What about fire attack?"

"We tried it! It didn't work!" said Lina, the magician. "The flames can't completely burn these bodies! We can't keep the flames going forever! Besides, the undead are still coming forward in an endless stream, so we can't burn them all."

"It was my fault! I should have tried my best to stop the undead from approaching." Fran took a deep breath and said, "We can't let this ladder go up any further."

However, just as Fran finished her words, the unpleasant horn sounded again in the distance.

Arthas' attack appeared again.

This time, in addition to the demons, countless undead also attacked with all their might, and their numbers were several times that of the day before.

Arthas is determined to complete this staircase made of flesh and blood!

Chapter 199: Insufficient firepower!

"Fire! Fire!"

Boom boom boom!