Chapter 348 Black Forest Fortress—The Dramatic Second Siege

If we hold on until June 6, this war will be over.

It only takes one month, which is equivalent to holding back two large-scale sieges by the dwarf army, to complete this city defense task.

Distributing this order to the higher-ups of the legion, all of them had joyful smiles on their faces.

The endless days of defending the city are the most despairing.

On May 5, there was another movement in the dwarf military camp, and large-scale troops began to gather.

Compared with the quantity and quality of the siege vehicles last time, the siege vehicles displayed this time are even higher.

In addition, there are three movable towers, each with six rune cannons mounted on them.

That group of dwarves actually brought their own unique rune cannon onto the battlefield, which was really shocking.

Unlike the magic crystal cannon, it is light in weight and highly mobile. Although the dwarf's rune cannon is small in size, it weighs dozens of tons and is made entirely of rare and expensive materials.

This may be a flaw of dwarf runes. Some specialized runes require specific materials to withstand the effects they bring.

With eighteen more rune cannons, it seems that the opponent is going to take action.

"Pass the order, the magic crystal cannon will be moved to the fortress tower, and the number of soldiers on the city wall will be reduced by one-third. They will be on standby under the city wall and be ready at any time."

"Yes."

As Weilin's order was issued, the magic crystal cannon troops disassembled the magic crystal cannon as quickly as possible and ran towards the tower.

The number of defenders on the city wall dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye, with only more than a thousand people still guarding the city wall.

Dwarf Marquis Darragh looked at the changes on the city wall and did not react. He waited for the 40,000 troops to be assembled and then began to give orders to move forward.

The last time there were 30,000 siege troops, more than 7,000 dwarves were killed, more than 3,000 were injured, and a third was lost.

But the wall at the northern end of the Black Forest Fortress is only two kilometers long. Even if he has an army of 80,000, he can only send 10,000 soldiers to attack at one time. This is already the limit, and any more will cost the opponent his life.

This time the commander of the former army was changed to another person, commanded by the dwarf Count Mohimi.

Compared to the reckless Kharak, Mohimi's command was more organized. The siege vehicles moved forward, but the catapult troops also followed up. At the same time, the tower rune artillery troops were placed in the center of the military formation to provide fire support.

Due to the structure of the rune cannon itself, it does not use magic crystal to drive it, but uses biological magic energy to drive it.

Therefore, there are eighty slaves imprisoned in each tower, including humans, half-elves, elves, centaurs, and even dwarves. Their strength is at the Silver level, and they are used as biological magic batteries and rune cannons. Energy Supply.

As for the dwarves who operate the rune cannon, they have dark skin and short limbs. They are different from the mountain dwarves. They belong to the cave dwarf subspecies. They like to live in dark and humid environments and are disliked by the dwarf gods. In the dwarf world, there is no one who belongs to the cave dwarfs. Our own country can only live in other dwarf countries, with a low status and barely surviving.

Normally, most mountain dwarves use Warcraft and Dire Beasts to power rune cannons.

But all these resources were confiscated by the kingdom and sent to the northern battlefield to fight against the Bahio Kingdom.

Therefore, Marquis Darragh suppressed his discomfort and activated the cave dwarf troops under his command.

For this reason, he abandoned what his father told him before his death: even if he reuses foreigners, he should not reuse cave dwarves.

Making a decision that went against his father, this group of cave dwarves did not disappoint him. They levied many slaves of dwarf nobles in Hagar Province and activated the eighteen rune cannons that had been idle.

"boom--"

The energy bullets fired by the rune cannon landed on the city wall with a scarlet aura.

On the incomplete city wall, the scarlet energy bombs left behind foul-smelling mucus.

Dozens of soldiers were contaminated with this slime, their bodies ignited with flames, and they screamed in pain on the ground.

Their skin was burned, their hair was singed, and their eyes were filled with fear and despair.

Upon seeing this, many officers and nobles ordered the surrounding soldiers to stay away, and at the same time drew their swords and ended the lives of these soldiers.

"what is this?"

On top of the city tower, Verin's heart sank to the bottom of his heart. The dwarf's rune cannon was not very powerful, but the remaining slime was so evil.

"Lord, this should be the resentment of intelligent creatures."

Kyle looked at the scarlet slime and told Verin.

"The resentment of intelligent creatures. It seems that there are big problems in the three towers of the dwarves." Weilin looked at the three moving towers and clenched his fists.

Dwarf Marquis Darragh looked at everything that happened on the city wall, his expression a little ugly.

The other dwarf generals and nobles were not much better. Their faces were pale and they kept chanting the scriptures of the mountain dwarf god.

"Lord, it's better not to use this..." Karak stood up and asked Marquis Darragh.

The dwarf marquis closed his eyes. No wonder his father warned him before his death not to reuse the cave dwarves.

As for the reason and identity, his father told him that it was passed down from his ancestors.

After seeing this situation today, I finally know why.

Using this method, there is no objection to the believers of the evil god.

Even if it is used, it cannot be brought to the battlefield openly and openly. It can only be used secretly and cannot be known to others.

As for why it is not recorded in history, the reason is simple. This method is tantamount to expelling the cave dwarves from the dwarf tribe, which is not allowed by the dwarf gods.

After some decision-making, Darragh issued the order with difficulty: "Karak, execute all the five hundred cave dwarves. As for the three hundred slaves, take them to the rear and let them "go back" with peace of mind. Move the tower and burn it on the spot. .”

"Instruct Mohimi to stop advancing and withdraw his troops back to camp."

"Yes."

The dwarf mountain god is a god who upholds the principle of absolute neutrality. Even if they finally succeed in capturing the Black Forest Fortress, they must pay the price for their actions.

By then, every one of these 80,000 dwarves will face annihilation, and their souls will be completely purified to appease the anger of other gods.

The first time I used it, it can be said that I was deceived by the cave dwarves. I used it one after another. If the dwarf mountain god did not take action to clean up the door, the dwarf gods would deal with the dwarf mountain god and give an explanation to other lawful and neutral gods. .

Karak took five hundred dwarf hammer warriors, entered the mobile tower, beheaded all five hundred cave dwarves, and took all three hundred slaves of various races back and sent them on their way.

After finishing, have people find torches and burn them directly.

Verin felt a little lucky when he saw the light of fire appearing in the dwarf army formation, and the three towers bursting into flames.

Not long after, the dwarf army stopped, the front formation changed to the rear formation, and the troops returned to the camp.

The second siege battle was over before it even started.

In this battle, 236 soldiers of Black Forest Fortress were killed without being injured. On the dwarf side, 500 cave dwarves were beheaded without being injured.

Seeing this scene, Verin breathed a sigh of relief.

As for whether God will come to settle them afterwards, that is a matter for the future.

If the opponent is determined to use that kind of evil weapon, Black Forest Fortress will definitely fail, and he can only abandon the city and flee to reduce casualties.