Vol 5 Chapter 93: Silver Helmet Falls

At noon, Yao Ri's high-hanging silver helmet mountain fortress, the fierce siege battle has entered the most critical moment.
The roaring explosion sounds one after another, and the dark smoke pillars rise up from the ground-the once magnificent Silver Helmet Mountain Fortress is now withered and broken, and it is full of ruins.
Throughout the ten-day "pit tunnel offensive", the soldiers of the Bain and Great Boye Allied Forces supported the projective weapons of the alchemists and used the trenches and earth barriers as cover to advance the front line under the city walls.
But for the offensive of the Byrne Army, the dwarves' "revenge" came with fierceness.
With a long roar, violent roars and explosions rolled up large patches of smoke and dust outside the city walls, three or four meters deep trenches, two meters high earth barriers were hit by tens of kilograms of boulders, and they were smashed. It became flat.
The entire siege position was struggling under the continuous "terrorist revenge" of the dwarves, and the closer it was, the more violent it was; a large piece of land was turned up all over, and the violent bombardment was like a downpour, heading down.
The engineering soldiers and the heavily armoured knights, who had no time to escape, disappeared completely under the bombardment of the dwarves, leaving no bones left.
But this does not stop the advancement of Byrne ’s army, even the opposite.
In the repeated bombardment of the dwarves, the originally hard geology was smashed more and more soft, which was more conducive to digging trenches and building earth barriers, and accelerated the advancement of the army.
The dwarves are becoming more and more monotonous counterattacks, and the effect is getting worse under the "pit attack" ... unless they are lucky, most projected stone cannons simply cannot cross the earth barrier and fall directly into the trenches.
Those heavy trebuchets that really threaten positions are too slow, and the number is scarce, which is simply not enough to cause too much threat.
Under the control of Count Eckert, the Battle of Fury, the entire siege position, more than 20,000 troops were operating in an orderly manner like a huge war machine, each soldier, each flag was a gear, a lever, Promoting the continuous advancement of the army.
The seemingly rough trenches have become a complete and tight system in his hands-each tunnel is interlocked, from narrow to a path that can only be passed by one person to a smooth road that can even be passed by war horses … Everything.
And when the battle line advances to less than two hundred steps from the bottom of the city, even the most stupid dwarves know what the Bain army wants to do.
Two Hundred Steps-As long as the city walls, leather armor, and the two-handed swords wielding the two-handed knights, you can crush everything with a desperate charge.
In order to conquer the dwarf's stronghold, and to win the glory of victory, shouting the name of the Holy Cross and Valkyrie and the enemies; the benefactor ... they can do it!
But when the dwarf's "advance army" launched raids from under the city, they were not greeted by fully armed infantry and cavalry, but by heavy crossbows and trebuchets hidden behind trenches and earth barriers.
In a quarter of an hour, the tight phalanx and the queue were torn apart under the same continuous bombardment. The broken pieces and broken arms almost covered the land under the city, and no dwarf could go back alive.
On a barren battlefield, the still calm Count of Fury walked away from the trenches, watching the dwarven army still rushing out from behind the city walls, responding to the battle, and raised the mottled and damaged black lion gold flag:
"Offense ... Capture the city—!"
There was no impassioned speech, no words that encouraged people; the moment the two words fell, the entire siege position immediately boiled, and the mountains and tsunami launched a storm-like storm!
With the offensive horn, the defenders under the gate quickly fell ... leaving only the dwarves on the wall still wielding warhammers and shields, and throwing away armor, wielding the sabers, and the Poe horses who rushed directly up to the blood .
But their stubborn resistance did not last long, and the heavy crossbowmen with crossbows in the back row climbed up behind them, harvesting the bodies with rows of crossbow arrows.
After ten days of hard work, exhausted pit work, and finally the soldiers and knights who had broken the city have completely killed their red eyes, just thinking about letting this group of dead elves go to hell.
At the siege position outside the city, the roar of the stone cannons and heavy crossbows lasted a full hour and then finally stopped a little. The Phalanx infantry and infantry knights launched the offensive toward the gate along the complete tunnel.
Too narrow a city gate, for the offensive side, the investment of troops is extremely limited. If this amount is exceeded, it will become a "Huluwa rescue grandpa" type of fueling tactics.
Therefore, after stabilizing the gate, the Count of Fury quickly ordered the main phalanx infantry and heavy subordinates to capture the fortress towers and walls of the fortress, leaving only a small amount of force and elite to try to advance.
The Silver Helmet Mountain dwarf also took advantage of this time to quickly reorganize a new line of defense in the back row to prevent the Baine army from further expanding the results, leaning against the solid walls and the fortification of resistance.
At this moment, the front of the Silver Helmet Mountain dwarves has been completely cut off by Eckert, inside and outside. According to the rules of war from ancient times to the present, the defenders in the city and on the walls are already lonely soldiers who have cut off the retreat.
For reasons that are difficult to verify, the actual army of the dwarves on the city walls is pitiful, even more than Eckett ’s imagination-just invested in Poe ’s hussars and a small number of crossbowmen. On the battlefield, half of the city walls have been taken down.
So the dwarves could only watch the watch towers one by one, and the pass continued to fall under the fierce offensive of the army of Byrne. Above the city walls, there were already black lion flags!
Slightly rectified the offensive, and after several temptations, confirmed the dwarf's false Count of Fury, and gave the final command of the final attack without hesitation.
Killing and death, blades and shields, and cruel, howling and wailing!
In the absence of any advance of the army, the phalanx was staggered, and the two sides entered the cruelest personal fight from the moment of the battle; the Count Angut of the Rock Fort wielding his two-handed sword, and Ramallos in the heart of the lake The count rushed directly into the enemy formation, roaring and struggling forward in the blood of the corpse mountain.
Although the Silver Helmet dwarves still insist on biting their teeth, resisting all the time, using various fortifications and fortification weapons, making the two rounds of attack cost the Baine army a very heavy price; but the always shrinking enemies also make the Baine warriors See the weakness and fatigue of the enemy.
The more fierce the counterattack of Silver Helmet, the more prominent the dwarves' stubbornness at the moment,
In fact, from the moment the city gate fell, the offensive and defensive relationship between the two sides has quickly reversed.
In a deafening squawk, standing on a temporary pile of ruined earth, the Earl of Fort Fury coldly watched the dwarf formation faltering under the fierce attack of the Bain army, several times on the verge of collapse, but it could gather in time to restore order , Blocking the soldier front of the black lion gold lion flag.
Clutching the already tattered flag in his hand, Eckert, who was heavily burdened, was sinking.
"Why do you have a sad face and feel unhappy?"
Not knowing where it came from, Sallyka Jonah, covered in smoke, carrying a blood-stained saber, happily slapped the shoulder of the Earl of the Fury:
"It's okay, this little dwarf will not be able to persevere for a long time-as soon as the later army arrives, they can be completely annihilated, and the credit for winning the Silver Helmet Mountain Fortress is ours!"
"Ah, but having said that, you Bairen people really can ... I thought that Loren's guy was just talking, relaxed, and actually could really knock down the Silver Helmet Mountain!"
A smirking girl glanced at her eyes, but did not see the slightest triumph and joy from Eckert's face; on the contrary ... only life-threatening indifference and dignity.
There was even a trace of fear in his eyes.
"what happened?"
"It's nothing, I just feel you're right." Looking at the situation in the distance, Eckert shook his head as if it was so watery: "Relaxed, it's too easy ... It's surprisingly extreme."
As the words fell, the smile on Salika's face faded.
"My Lord Lord of Fury, are you kidding me, right?" Frowning, the girl stared coldly at his face: "In order to lay down this stronghold, you know us for these ten days alone How many people died ?! "
However, the serious Ector turned his head and looked at her calmly: "I know, I know everything."
"Ten days of fighting, not counting the missing and slightly injured, the Poe Hau cavalry damaged a third, and the silver armored cavalry suffered more than half of the casualties. By the end of the battle, this number will only increase, not less;"
"I have six large phalanxes of Bain. Infantry alone killed 2,000. Two phalanxes have been completely maimed. There are no fewer than 300 knights killed and wounded. Two-thirds of the engineering soldiers who can operate projectiles have lost More than a dozen people died in the army alchemists; "
"If it weren't for the projection support of His Excellency Ain Rand in the back line, the ambulance team formed in time; by this evening, half of our troops would not be able to walk into this fortress alive!"
"You don't need to tell me, the casualties of the siege, Miss Selika Jonah." Gaze stared at the girl who was silent and still not convinced, Earl of the Fury said coldly: "I know everything. "
"But ... by comparison, it was too smooth!"
"Compared with who?"
"With them ... and ourselves."
Eckert sighed and clenched the back molars: "Do you know how much it cost Bayern when he captured the dwarf fortress last time?"
Without waiting for Sallyka to speak, he gave the answer: "Ed Turin, Byrne ’s penultimate knight before loyalty to the empire, besieged a dwarf ’s lone city, and captured their last attack on Byrne ’s bridgehead . "
"Thirteen leaders mobilized 90,000 troops for this purpose, blocked the road, cut off all external water sources, and the entire forest was burned into white ground ... After playing for four years, more than 50,000 were killed in battle, and the last one was won in Bayern. Fortress. "
"The tunnel offensive I used was the tactic invented by Ed Turin." Eckert gritted his teeth and said hardly: "This battle has caused great damage to Byrne and has not recovered for decades; so much so that Later, together with Poe, they could not contain the Centaur invasion. "
"I have no choice but to swear allegiance to His Majesty Eckhart I of the second generation, and to accomplish his martial arts of" great conquest "!"
"And the Silver Helmet Mountain we are attacking at the moment is the fortress in the Yunling Kingdom-on the strength, the depth of the defense line, and even the disparity in strength ... Compared to Ed Turin, it was more than ten times more difficult?"
With a sigh, the Earl of Fury turned his attention to the battle again: "So I said ... we played too easily."
He frowned tightly, his eyes narrowed into a slit.
Even if it is to guard against the supreme king's flat rebels, the guard force of the Silver Helmet Mountain dwarves can never be the only one seen; not to mention that he has captured the city gate, how can he still stick to it.
Could it be that there are other factors that are holding down their army and cannot be put into battle?
No, it's not ... it shouldn't be like this. It must have been an accident, and it was an unexpected accident.
"Is it because of Loren them?" Sallyka hesitated or asked tentatively: "Maybe he thought of a good way to make our fight so smooth."
"Although I respect my Duke very much and have unlimited confidence in his wisdom and strength, ..." Eckert sighed:
"I still don't think he can fight an army alone, and he is still a regular army of thousands of dwarves!"
With a shrug, the girl kept silent for a moment.
But this short-lived tranquility was soon broken.
"Master Jonah, Master Ector!"
The wounded herald soldier ran back from the front line of the battlefield, breathing heavily: "Count Angget told me to send the message that the enemy has begun to break up, breaking through the whole line, breaking through the whole line-!"
The two were almost startled at the same time, turning their eyes to the battlefield-as the messenger said, the dwarves' flags were no longer visible on the narrow battlefield. It was a sea of ​​colorful swallowtail flags, and there was a carnival of mountains and tsunami everywhere. Deafening cry.
Silver Helmet Mountain has been captured!
"Very well, inform the front to stabilize your position, and rectify the place to prepare for the attack." Eckert ordered calmly: "When the rear army arrives ~ EbookFREE.me ~, it is ready to start ..."
"No, it's not!"
The pale-looking messenger interrupted him in a panic and was extremely nervous: "Those dwarves ... are collapsing, but the direction of their collapsing is strange!"
Strange?
The Count of Fury's face was surprised, but Sallyka's eyes narrowed, and she was desperately looking at the battlefield in the distance.
Wait, maybe they are ...
"All the dwarves, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands ..." the herald soldier shouted: "There are army and civilians, and large areas of disintegration ... They are all breaking out of the city!"
what? !
"Miss Salika Jonah, we must change our plan immediately!" Eckert looked back sharply, staring nervously at the girl beside him:
"Salika Jonah, right now, please make a decision immediately!"