The system gave the wrong traveler
Chapter 328 - Capture of Terra Canyon
Chapter 328 - Capture of Terra Canyon
"Is this the Baharet Fortress in Terra Canyon? Why doesn't it look like Mordred Fortress?" Looking at the Baharet Fortress stuck at the entrance and exit of Terra Canyon from a distance, Ramanlas was a little puzzled asked.
Compared with the Mordred Fortress where they were stationed and defended before, this fortress level in front of them is almost a relic of prehistoric times. The walls are full of cracks and moss, and it doesn't look like a solid fortress that can be relied on.
"Unlike our Miracaissa, civil wars rarely occur within the Aifa Empire, so elves rarely come to repair these ancient fortresses. However, if you judge that this fortress is not very good just based on its appearance, there is something wrong It’s too much of a joke. There are [-] to [-] Aifa’s miscellaneous troops in this fortress, waiting for us!” After explaining to Laman Rasi, Haimil looked at Lu Ming and Winsland. Two people responsible for making suggestions.
At this moment, the two of them are carefully observing the situation on the wall of Baharet Fortress with binoculars.
"The number of enemy troops is about [-] to less than [-]. The weapons are average, and the armor is of medium quality, which is better than our armor, but that's it. There are no artillery or magic cannons on the city wall. The only large-scale Long-range attack should be the magician's spell. However, the elves of Aifa all have amazing archery skills. If they attack this fortress by force, there will probably be a lot of casualties. In addition, most of our troops are Cavalry are not suitable for siege, so we can only rely on priests and magicians to use miracles and magic to bombard this fortress, forcing the elf defenders to surrender." After observing carefully for a while, Winsland gave Expressed a little bit of his own opinion on the attack on this fortress.
"I agree with you. It is too difficult for our troop composition to attack the city." Looking back, he glanced at the soldiers on his side, and saw that almost 90.00% of them were cavalry. He came out to attack the city, so he agreed with Winsland's opinion that they wanted to take this fortress, and they only had to use miracles and magic to launch a large-scale bombing on the top and behind the city wall, forcing Aifa to The commanders gave up resistance and opted to surrender instead.
However, he didn't let Ramanlas and the others give orders to the soldiers to start bombing the Baharet Fortress in an all-round way, but chose to wait for a while before launching the bombing.
This was because he was waiting for Trixis and the others to lure some powerful troops with a small number of elves and wipe them out in one fell swoop, so as to avoid the possibility of being raided by these small troops after the bombing started.
However, he waited until noon, and did not get any information about Trixie and the others. There was no way, they could only launch the bombing at this time.
Because the time happened to be lunch time, and Lu Ming and the others did not launch an attack as soon as they arrived here, the Aifa soldiers in the Baharet Fortress were not on high alert. Instead, because they underestimated the enemy, they felt that Lu Ming and the others would not Siege and went to lunch.
This is a God-given opportunity, what if you don’t seize it properly?
So when Lu Ming and the others found that the number of Aifa soldiers on the walls of the Baharet Fortress had dropped a lot, they immediately ordered the bombing without hesitation!
Immediately, pieces of thunder guns and fireballs were shot out by soldiers under Lu Ming and others, and fell directly on the heads of those elf soldiers who underestimated the enemy, and they couldn't even beat them!
After fighting against many armies of the Aifa Empire, the deepest impression Lu Ming and others had on Aifa's army was their arrogance and underestimation of the enemy.Ai Fa's army has always been good in combat effectiveness, but it has the bad habit of looking down on people, so Lu Ming and others can often take advantage of their character of looking down on people and get a lot of results.
But the results obtained this time were far from what Lu Ming and the others expected.
Under the indiscriminate bombardment of miracles and magic, Aifa's defenders activated a strange magic circle, creating a huge energy shield out of thin air, covering the entire Baharet Fortress in the shield.Relying on the defense of the shield, these Aifa elves no longer need to worry about the bombing of miracles and magic, and they hide in the shield cheaply. Bite all kinds of food, mocking Lu Ming and others.
Seeing this, several officers with bad tempers were immediately so angry that they wanted to lead soldiers and charge towards the fortress.
But before they asked for a fight or fought directly, Lu Ming summoned the phantom of the black-robed woman, and shot the crystallized soul gun together with the phantom of the black-robed woman, hitting the shield of Baharet Fortress.
The crystallized soul gun viciously hit the light blue shield, causing waves of ripples on the shield, before finally disappearing.
On the surface, it seemed that Lu Ming's attack was the same as other people's attacks, and it didn't work, but in fact, some tiny cracks had already appeared on the shield where the two crystallized soul guns hit.
It is difficult for ordinary people to detect this crack, but for the knights of Yugosotus, who are accustomed to long-range attacks, it is too easy to perceive the abnormal energy.
So as soon as they noticed a crack in the shield, they knew that the attack from themselves and others could break the shield.As long as they attack at the same place at the same time, they will definitely be able to smash the damn shield!
So needless to say, just a look from Ramanlas, all the Yugosotus knights took the amulet and the blue flame sword and began to chant, preparing to give the Aifa soldiers in the Baharet Fortress a pleasant surprise. surprise!
As Ramanlas was the first to throw the giant thunder gun, the knights of Yugosotus also threw the thunder gun, followed closely behind the giant thunder gun of Lamanlas, and hit all of them at once. above the same point!
Accompanied by the sound of lightning and thunder, a very obvious crack appeared on the shield of Baharet Fortress.The crack was a little bit bigger at the beginning, and slowly, slowly, it was continuously bombarded by the thunder gun, and it became bigger and bigger, and finally it was completely broken by another giant thunder gun from Raman Lasi, making Lei The gun passed directly through the gap and bombarded the soldiers on Aifa's side!
Seeing this, the morale of the other troops of the Mira Caesar Kingdom Army was immediately boosted, and they all followed the example of Yuge Sotus, attacking a certain point on the shield with a siege weapon such as a thunder gun or a ballista, and tearing a hole there. openings in order to attack the defenders.
Perhaps because they thought they would die if they continued like this, the elf defenders of Baharet Fortress did something that surprised Lu Ming and the others.They actually opened the gate of the Baharet Fortress, and chose to fight face to face with the Mira Caesar army!
This was beyond the expectations of Lu Ming and the others.
Abandoning the still strong fortress, he chose to fight face-to-face, iron and blood, as if he wanted to fight with his back and fight for a way out before dying!
However, the last stand depends on the situation.When the ratio of troops and weapons and equipment are similar, the side at the disadvantage of fewer people chooses to fight to the death, boost their morale with the determination to die, and may be able to defeat twice as many enemies as their own.
But if the opponents are all cavalry, their weapons and equipment are better than their own, and their morale is high, then fighting with their backs is a joke.
There are more than 3 elves in the elf defenders, 80.00% of them are infantry and archers, there are less than 6000 cavalry, and the rest are logistics or treatment personnel.
Relying on these people alone to defeat the Mirakesa Army with nearly [-] cavalry is really a bit of a dream.
When infantry meets cavalry, it often suffers.The weapons and equipment of the Miracesa army are more than better than those of the motley army composed of militias. In addition, more than half of the knights in the Miracas army can use the magical power of miracles. The semi-French warriors of the Aifa Empire were killed by lightning guns and magic bombardment just by meeting each other.Then when the distance was close enough that the defenders could hit the Mira Caesar army, the sharp blades of the Mira Caesar army brought great casualties to the Aifa army.
The sharp blade easily cut off the weapons in the hands of Aifa soldiers, causing these soldiers to be beheaded by the long sword in panic.Only some officers with weapons wrapped in lightning can still fight these knights.But the number of these elf officers is too small, and there are too few things they can do. For this battle situation, they are useless at all!
Soon, the defenders of Baharet Fortress were defeated.Excluding the soldiers who were killed by the thunderstorm at the beginning, only [-] elf defenders surrendered in the end, and [-] elf defenders fled. The rest all resisted desperately and would rather die than surrender.
Looking at the ground stained red by the blood of his soldiers, the commander of the elves stood on the wall of Baharet Fortress and laughed wildly.
"Hahahahahahaha~!!!" He laughed crazily, and also laughed with grief.
When Lu Ming and others turned their eyes to him, he suddenly smiled and said with tears: "I knew for a long time that the Youshen Church is a scourge. It's a pity that those idiots only think about their own interests one by one. , and ignore the Queen and this country. It’s okay now, the Church of the Deep has chosen to betray us, and they began to take weapons and kill us noble elves. The army was held back, the Queen was held back, and no elves would come Save us, no elves will come to our aid. And my daughter has already died at Eldridge's dining table! Now, Mira Caesar guys, do you think you have won? No! I tell You guys! You didn’t win!!”
Suddenly, a strange device appeared in his hand, and the moment he yelled from Lu Ming and others, he pressed the special rune on the device.
Then there was a sound of "Boom~~~!!!!!!!", and the entire Baharet Fortress was blown to ashes with himself.
Covering his tinnitus from the explosion, Lu Ming looked at the ruined Baharet Fortress and felt his heart bleeding.
Although the explosion did not harm anyone or the elves except the elven commander, the Baharet Fortress exploded inexplicably when they had already obtained it. This was really infuriating.
However, it is acceptable that some of the foundations and areas of the Baharet Fortress have been preserved by the magic circle buried underground in the fortress. It is only necessary to recruit workers to work overtime. It should be possible to defeat the Church of the Deep in the elves, and Pull out your hand and rebuild the fort before you can fight over.
Moreover, with the number of magicians in Lu Ming's army, the rebuilt Baharet Fortress should be many, many times stronger than the previous fortress!
In addition, Miral's puppet soldiers can also serve as artisans and workers to help build the fortress.Generally speaking, although it is very angry, it is actually profitable.Compared with the thunderstorm bombing just now, Lu Ming had already seen that the walls of the fortress that had been in disrepair for a long time were cracked, and one of them collapsed directly.It is simply impossible to let them defend here for a month or two, and the elves may counterattack.So if it blows up, it’s nothing, at least that fool forgot to blow up the supplies placed in the place protected by the magic circle——
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Trixie and other elves led their troops to the side of Terra Canyon and joined Lu Ming, Lamanlas and others.
"My lord, are you all right? We have seen the flash of the explosion a few kilometers away!" As soon as they saw Lu Ming and the others, Trixie and Ifrat worriedly asked about the safety of everyone.
"Although the explosion was huge, we were relatively far away from the fortress at the time, so apart from some injuries, there was no serious problem. However, there was also a flash of explosion in the northwest of the Dragon's Back Mountains, which made us very worried. Is it possible that the commander of the Aifa army over there blew up the fortress just like we encountered this?" Sitting in his military tent, Lu Ming said with some worry.
Trixie and Ifrat looked at each other, and then told a bad news.
"My lord, in fact, not only the Baharet Fortress and the Ballarat Fortress in the northwest had explosions, but also several other canyons!"
Hearing this, Lu Ming couldn't help frowning, and said: "The elves have blown up all the fortresses stuck in the canyons of the Dragon's Back Mountain Range. Counterattack us? But with the strength of Eldridge and the group of desperate believers under him, it is absolutely impossible for Alfa's top management to get rid of them in a short time!"
Thinking about it, Lu Ming suddenly looked at Trixie and Ifrat, and asked, "Did you meet Aifa's small elite troops along the way?"
"No. Except for some militiamen who were forced to fight with us by the nobles of Aifa, we did not encounter the so-called small elite troops. It was as if they were deliberately avoiding us, which made us very sad. It's puzzling."
Hearing this, Lu Ming immediately asked his personal guards to call Winsland, Ramanlas, and Kemias over, and took out a map, and carefully checked the location of the Aifa Empire in the Longji Mountains. The topography of one side and the location of the city.
After looking at it for a while, Lu Ming marked a few points on the map with a magic pen.
"What's the matter, Lu Ming? What's the matter?" Winsland and the others asked Lu Ming with some doubts after they arrived here.
And Lu Ming handed the map to them, and said at the same time: "Aifa's small elite troops have not moved yet, something is not quite right, so I checked the map, and found that their mission is probably Activate several teleportation magic stations that we have shut down, so as to attack us from the inside and the outside at the same time!"
(End of this chapter)
"Is this the Baharet Fortress in Terra Canyon? Why doesn't it look like Mordred Fortress?" Looking at the Baharet Fortress stuck at the entrance and exit of Terra Canyon from a distance, Ramanlas was a little puzzled asked.
Compared with the Mordred Fortress where they were stationed and defended before, this fortress level in front of them is almost a relic of prehistoric times. The walls are full of cracks and moss, and it doesn't look like a solid fortress that can be relied on.
"Unlike our Miracaissa, civil wars rarely occur within the Aifa Empire, so elves rarely come to repair these ancient fortresses. However, if you judge that this fortress is not very good just based on its appearance, there is something wrong It’s too much of a joke. There are [-] to [-] Aifa’s miscellaneous troops in this fortress, waiting for us!” After explaining to Laman Rasi, Haimil looked at Lu Ming and Winsland. Two people responsible for making suggestions.
At this moment, the two of them are carefully observing the situation on the wall of Baharet Fortress with binoculars.
"The number of enemy troops is about [-] to less than [-]. The weapons are average, and the armor is of medium quality, which is better than our armor, but that's it. There are no artillery or magic cannons on the city wall. The only large-scale Long-range attack should be the magician's spell. However, the elves of Aifa all have amazing archery skills. If they attack this fortress by force, there will probably be a lot of casualties. In addition, most of our troops are Cavalry are not suitable for siege, so we can only rely on priests and magicians to use miracles and magic to bombard this fortress, forcing the elf defenders to surrender." After observing carefully for a while, Winsland gave Expressed a little bit of his own opinion on the attack on this fortress.
"I agree with you. It is too difficult for our troop composition to attack the city." Looking back, he glanced at the soldiers on his side, and saw that almost 90.00% of them were cavalry. He came out to attack the city, so he agreed with Winsland's opinion that they wanted to take this fortress, and they only had to use miracles and magic to launch a large-scale bombing on the top and behind the city wall, forcing Aifa to The commanders gave up resistance and opted to surrender instead.
However, he didn't let Ramanlas and the others give orders to the soldiers to start bombing the Baharet Fortress in an all-round way, but chose to wait for a while before launching the bombing.
This was because he was waiting for Trixis and the others to lure some powerful troops with a small number of elves and wipe them out in one fell swoop, so as to avoid the possibility of being raided by these small troops after the bombing started.
However, he waited until noon, and did not get any information about Trixie and the others. There was no way, they could only launch the bombing at this time.
Because the time happened to be lunch time, and Lu Ming and the others did not launch an attack as soon as they arrived here, the Aifa soldiers in the Baharet Fortress were not on high alert. Instead, because they underestimated the enemy, they felt that Lu Ming and the others would not Siege and went to lunch.
This is a God-given opportunity, what if you don’t seize it properly?
So when Lu Ming and the others found that the number of Aifa soldiers on the walls of the Baharet Fortress had dropped a lot, they immediately ordered the bombing without hesitation!
Immediately, pieces of thunder guns and fireballs were shot out by soldiers under Lu Ming and others, and fell directly on the heads of those elf soldiers who underestimated the enemy, and they couldn't even beat them!
After fighting against many armies of the Aifa Empire, the deepest impression Lu Ming and others had on Aifa's army was their arrogance and underestimation of the enemy.Ai Fa's army has always been good in combat effectiveness, but it has the bad habit of looking down on people, so Lu Ming and others can often take advantage of their character of looking down on people and get a lot of results.
But the results obtained this time were far from what Lu Ming and the others expected.
Under the indiscriminate bombardment of miracles and magic, Aifa's defenders activated a strange magic circle, creating a huge energy shield out of thin air, covering the entire Baharet Fortress in the shield.Relying on the defense of the shield, these Aifa elves no longer need to worry about the bombing of miracles and magic, and they hide in the shield cheaply. Bite all kinds of food, mocking Lu Ming and others.
Seeing this, several officers with bad tempers were immediately so angry that they wanted to lead soldiers and charge towards the fortress.
But before they asked for a fight or fought directly, Lu Ming summoned the phantom of the black-robed woman, and shot the crystallized soul gun together with the phantom of the black-robed woman, hitting the shield of Baharet Fortress.
The crystallized soul gun viciously hit the light blue shield, causing waves of ripples on the shield, before finally disappearing.
On the surface, it seemed that Lu Ming's attack was the same as other people's attacks, and it didn't work, but in fact, some tiny cracks had already appeared on the shield where the two crystallized soul guns hit.
It is difficult for ordinary people to detect this crack, but for the knights of Yugosotus, who are accustomed to long-range attacks, it is too easy to perceive the abnormal energy.
So as soon as they noticed a crack in the shield, they knew that the attack from themselves and others could break the shield.As long as they attack at the same place at the same time, they will definitely be able to smash the damn shield!
So needless to say, just a look from Ramanlas, all the Yugosotus knights took the amulet and the blue flame sword and began to chant, preparing to give the Aifa soldiers in the Baharet Fortress a pleasant surprise. surprise!
As Ramanlas was the first to throw the giant thunder gun, the knights of Yugosotus also threw the thunder gun, followed closely behind the giant thunder gun of Lamanlas, and hit all of them at once. above the same point!
Accompanied by the sound of lightning and thunder, a very obvious crack appeared on the shield of Baharet Fortress.The crack was a little bit bigger at the beginning, and slowly, slowly, it was continuously bombarded by the thunder gun, and it became bigger and bigger, and finally it was completely broken by another giant thunder gun from Raman Lasi, making Lei The gun passed directly through the gap and bombarded the soldiers on Aifa's side!
Seeing this, the morale of the other troops of the Mira Caesar Kingdom Army was immediately boosted, and they all followed the example of Yuge Sotus, attacking a certain point on the shield with a siege weapon such as a thunder gun or a ballista, and tearing a hole there. openings in order to attack the defenders.
Perhaps because they thought they would die if they continued like this, the elf defenders of Baharet Fortress did something that surprised Lu Ming and the others.They actually opened the gate of the Baharet Fortress, and chose to fight face to face with the Mira Caesar army!
This was beyond the expectations of Lu Ming and the others.
Abandoning the still strong fortress, he chose to fight face-to-face, iron and blood, as if he wanted to fight with his back and fight for a way out before dying!
However, the last stand depends on the situation.When the ratio of troops and weapons and equipment are similar, the side at the disadvantage of fewer people chooses to fight to the death, boost their morale with the determination to die, and may be able to defeat twice as many enemies as their own.
But if the opponents are all cavalry, their weapons and equipment are better than their own, and their morale is high, then fighting with their backs is a joke.
There are more than 3 elves in the elf defenders, 80.00% of them are infantry and archers, there are less than 6000 cavalry, and the rest are logistics or treatment personnel.
Relying on these people alone to defeat the Mirakesa Army with nearly [-] cavalry is really a bit of a dream.
When infantry meets cavalry, it often suffers.The weapons and equipment of the Miracesa army are more than better than those of the motley army composed of militias. In addition, more than half of the knights in the Miracas army can use the magical power of miracles. The semi-French warriors of the Aifa Empire were killed by lightning guns and magic bombardment just by meeting each other.Then when the distance was close enough that the defenders could hit the Mira Caesar army, the sharp blades of the Mira Caesar army brought great casualties to the Aifa army.
The sharp blade easily cut off the weapons in the hands of Aifa soldiers, causing these soldiers to be beheaded by the long sword in panic.Only some officers with weapons wrapped in lightning can still fight these knights.But the number of these elf officers is too small, and there are too few things they can do. For this battle situation, they are useless at all!
Soon, the defenders of Baharet Fortress were defeated.Excluding the soldiers who were killed by the thunderstorm at the beginning, only [-] elf defenders surrendered in the end, and [-] elf defenders fled. The rest all resisted desperately and would rather die than surrender.
Looking at the ground stained red by the blood of his soldiers, the commander of the elves stood on the wall of Baharet Fortress and laughed wildly.
"Hahahahahahaha~!!!" He laughed crazily, and also laughed with grief.
When Lu Ming and others turned their eyes to him, he suddenly smiled and said with tears: "I knew for a long time that the Youshen Church is a scourge. It's a pity that those idiots only think about their own interests one by one. , and ignore the Queen and this country. It’s okay now, the Church of the Deep has chosen to betray us, and they began to take weapons and kill us noble elves. The army was held back, the Queen was held back, and no elves would come Save us, no elves will come to our aid. And my daughter has already died at Eldridge's dining table! Now, Mira Caesar guys, do you think you have won? No! I tell You guys! You didn’t win!!”
Suddenly, a strange device appeared in his hand, and the moment he yelled from Lu Ming and others, he pressed the special rune on the device.
Then there was a sound of "Boom~~~!!!!!!!", and the entire Baharet Fortress was blown to ashes with himself.
Covering his tinnitus from the explosion, Lu Ming looked at the ruined Baharet Fortress and felt his heart bleeding.
Although the explosion did not harm anyone or the elves except the elven commander, the Baharet Fortress exploded inexplicably when they had already obtained it. This was really infuriating.
However, it is acceptable that some of the foundations and areas of the Baharet Fortress have been preserved by the magic circle buried underground in the fortress. It is only necessary to recruit workers to work overtime. It should be possible to defeat the Church of the Deep in the elves, and Pull out your hand and rebuild the fort before you can fight over.
Moreover, with the number of magicians in Lu Ming's army, the rebuilt Baharet Fortress should be many, many times stronger than the previous fortress!
In addition, Miral's puppet soldiers can also serve as artisans and workers to help build the fortress.Generally speaking, although it is very angry, it is actually profitable.Compared with the thunderstorm bombing just now, Lu Ming had already seen that the walls of the fortress that had been in disrepair for a long time were cracked, and one of them collapsed directly.It is simply impossible to let them defend here for a month or two, and the elves may counterattack.So if it blows up, it’s nothing, at least that fool forgot to blow up the supplies placed in the place protected by the magic circle——
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Trixie and other elves led their troops to the side of Terra Canyon and joined Lu Ming, Lamanlas and others.
"My lord, are you all right? We have seen the flash of the explosion a few kilometers away!" As soon as they saw Lu Ming and the others, Trixie and Ifrat worriedly asked about the safety of everyone.
"Although the explosion was huge, we were relatively far away from the fortress at the time, so apart from some injuries, there was no serious problem. However, there was also a flash of explosion in the northwest of the Dragon's Back Mountains, which made us very worried. Is it possible that the commander of the Aifa army over there blew up the fortress just like we encountered this?" Sitting in his military tent, Lu Ming said with some worry.
Trixie and Ifrat looked at each other, and then told a bad news.
"My lord, in fact, not only the Baharet Fortress and the Ballarat Fortress in the northwest had explosions, but also several other canyons!"
Hearing this, Lu Ming couldn't help frowning, and said: "The elves have blown up all the fortresses stuck in the canyons of the Dragon's Back Mountain Range. Counterattack us? But with the strength of Eldridge and the group of desperate believers under him, it is absolutely impossible for Alfa's top management to get rid of them in a short time!"
Thinking about it, Lu Ming suddenly looked at Trixie and Ifrat, and asked, "Did you meet Aifa's small elite troops along the way?"
"No. Except for some militiamen who were forced to fight with us by the nobles of Aifa, we did not encounter the so-called small elite troops. It was as if they were deliberately avoiding us, which made us very sad. It's puzzling."
Hearing this, Lu Ming immediately asked his personal guards to call Winsland, Ramanlas, and Kemias over, and took out a map, and carefully checked the location of the Aifa Empire in the Longji Mountains. The topography of one side and the location of the city.
After looking at it for a while, Lu Ming marked a few points on the map with a magic pen.
"What's the matter, Lu Ming? What's the matter?" Winsland and the others asked Lu Ming with some doubts after they arrived here.
And Lu Ming handed the map to them, and said at the same time: "Aifa's small elite troops have not moved yet, something is not quite right, so I checked the map, and found that their mission is probably Activate several teleportation magic stations that we have shut down, so as to attack us from the inside and the outside at the same time!"
(End of this chapter)
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