The flames burned and extinguished, the poisonous smoke rose and dispersed, and the projected fireballs seemed endless, dyeing the clouds in the sky gray.
The Mexica people used wooden beasts to throw for ten days, and there were scorch marks everywhere inside and outside the southern city. There are probably hundreds or even thousands of people who died from the flames and poisonous smoke.
However, the priests of the Holy City also found a way to use the power of the water god to resist the evil power of the volcano demon: that is, soak their clothes in water and cover their mouth and nose to resist the invasion of the volcanic breath. The warriors were inspired and firmly believed in the blessing of the God of Hunting. They still held their bows and arrows and stood firm at the top of the city.
However, the good times did not last long. When the Mexican Thunder Copper Beast arrived in late March, the situation took a turn for the worse. These copper beasts can swallow the roar of thunder and launch irresistible stone projectiles. Even the demon's thunder cannot be resisted by ordinary people!
The thunderous bronze beasts bombarded the city for three consecutive days. The morale of the warriors and militiamen in Shuigu City was in turmoil, and their morale dropped rapidly. In order to appease people's hearts, the priests in the city held blood sacrifice rituals day and night, asking for the power of the God of Hunting!
Soon, the God of Hunting responded. The bronze beast outside the city suddenly exploded. The bronze cannon flew directly over ten meters away, crushing four or five gunners into a pulp. The priests were overjoyed, cut their faces and prayed frantically, and held an even grander blood sacrifice. The defenders in the city were also inspired by this and prayed devoutly to the God of Hunting. Unfortunately, such divine blessing never happened again.
Subsequently, the Mexicans reduced the frequency of thunder and stopped bombarding them continuously for days. The copper beast will stop every half a day after bombarding. Then, some barbarians who came from nowhere pushed the shield chariot forward and broke into the vicinity of the city wall. After the shield chariot was in place, some elite warriors wearing bronze armor, holding long bows, relied on the shield chariot to shoot at each other with the defenders at the top of the city.
After that, they set up ladders and drove some barbarians to climb the city and fight with the defenders. The longbow warriors wearing bronze armor would take the opportunity to shoot, focusing on the warriors defending the city, consuming the elite defenders. After such a siege for five or six days, the defenders in the city had suffered casualties of two to three thousand people, and the barbarians on the other side also killed one or two thousand people. Most of the casualties of the defenders were caused by these bronze-armored warriors who were good at shooting!
"Damn bronze armor warrior! This damn hard bronze armor!!"
"Black Snake" waved his war stick and cursed angrily. He stared at the vague white-gold figures behind the shield cars, and his heart was filled with powerlessness and fear.
These bronze-armored warriors stayed five or sixty steps outside the city. They could not be hit by stones, spears or lime jars. Only archers could shoot them. But their bronze armor is extremely strong, and they are protected by shield chariots. Even if they are shot into a sieve, they can still shoot at the top of the city!
In Shuigu City, more than a dozen or twenty Tlaxcala archers had to be killed in battle before a single bronze-armored warrior could be lucky enough to be shot.
A few days ago, "Black Snake" tried to send five hundred elite warriors out of the city to attack. Unexpectedly, these bronze-armored warriors were still powerful in close combat. They quickly killed the elite who left the city and almost captured the city gate. In the end, the "Black Snake" had no choice but to block the city gate and erect more large shields on the top of the city to resist the Mexica's shooting.
"Dong dong dong!..."
The third round of war drums sounded, and the Mexica army took action again. Under the cover of the longbow warriors, thousands of Tekos pioneers carried dozens of ladders, lowered their heads, and rushed towards the wall of Shuigu City! They were still soldiers. They all wore gray-yellow rattan hats, thickened paper armor, and carried short bronze spears on their backs. They just added a cheap wooden shield.
Among the thousands of surrendered troops, there were also two hundred Tekos warriors, holding wooden shields in one hand and bronze short axes charging into the formation in the other. They are not responsible for carrying the ladder, but they are responsible for carrying out a desperate assault after the ladder is erected on the top of the city!
"Dong dong dong!..."
The war drums were low and beating in my heart, like the footsteps of soldiers running. A thousand Tekos vanguards mounted dozens of ladders and quickly rushed within twenty steps of the city. This was the most dangerous distance! The tribal warriors stepped up their pace and shouted urgently to raise the ladder and hook it up to the top of the city.
"God bless you!..."
"Blessed by the God of Hunting! Throw stones and throw ash cans! Quick!"
The Tlaxcala nobles at the top of the city shouted loudly, looking ferocious and wild. Hundreds of militiamen who were defending the city came out, lifted up stones and clay pots, and threw them hard towards the city.
"Bang! Bang bang!"
Stones as big as fists fell like raindrops, with huge gravity, hitting the heads of the Tekos warriors heavily. In an instant, there was a continuous "bang bang" sound, as if hundreds of watermelons exploded, and the city wall suddenly turned red and white!
The gray-yellow rattan hat was smashed into a concave shape, and the similarly deformed skull was stained with dazzling bright red. Hundreds of Tekos soldiers fell down under the blackened stone wall before they even had time to scream. What frightens the tribal warriors even more is the clay pot containing lime. As long as these clay pots fall, large amounts of white ash will float away, followed by howls that don't sound like human voices, and dozens of pairs of eyes that have lost their sight!
"Swish swish!"
The longbow warriors fired rapidly, focusing on the defenders holding clay pots. Several clay pots immediately shattered and exploded at the top of the city, causing bursts of screams!
The Tlaxcala nobles in command showed no mercy, driving the militiamen to continue throwing. "Black Snake" looked at the casualties at the top of the city, waved his command flag, and added a wave of militiamen to the top of the city. In his opinion, a large number of militiamen are just consumables in a cruel war. They are not suitable for use in field battles, so they should be used now!
The close throw only lasted a moment, and a third of the Thousand Tekos Pioneers fell. A Tekos team of dozens of people suffered more than half casualties and collapsed. More than 20 Tekos surrendered soldiers cried and howled, threw down the ladder, turned around and ran towards the camp. Led by this team, many teams showed signs of collapse. The number of wooden ladders that successfully reached the top of the city was less than half of the total.
"Bang the war drum! Don't stop! Supervise the battle team to prepare, behead the fleeing ones and hang their heads on spears!"
Black Wolf's expression remained unchanged as he issued the order coldly.
"Whizzing!"
Hundreds of red-haired hunters supervising the battle shot sharp arrows, accurately shooting down the deserters without letting any of them escape. Then, with indifferent expressions, they cut off the deserter's head and stuck it on a tall spear. Soon, the sound of the war drums became more and more exciting, urging Tekos who was rushing into the battle to surrender his troops, quickly set up wooden ladders, and bravely ascend to attack the city first!
"O stern Lord God!"
"O merciful Mother of Snakes!"
"Please protect us!..."
The vanguard of the battle formation, with no way out, a narrow escape from death. Under the gaze of dozens of deserter heads, the remaining Tekos soldiers gave their last shouts and desperately set up ladders. Many people even call for the "Mother of Snake Gods", which is the traditional belief of various tribes in the Hand Snake Basin. Unfortunately, the people of Tlaxcala, who also believed in the "Cloud Serpent", could not understand the shouts under the city wall. And even if they understand, they will never hold back!
The black wolf Toltec looked indifferent and indifferent. Fighting in battle is what it is, and life must be used as fuel to burn out the bright red color of death. What's more, this is a cruel war to destroy the country! To him, the thousands of Tekos soldiers collected during the southern expedition were just burning firewood!
"Not bad! After these days, the enemy's lime jars have finally been used up."
General Black Wolf carefully observed the situation at the top of the city and soon smiled. Under the urging of the war drums, most of the ladders were hooked up to the top of the city. The first group of Tecos warriors had already gripped their short axes, climbed up and jumped into the top of the city. In just half a cup of tea, fierce fighting sounds rang out from the south wall of Shuigu City!
"Okay, very good! The first batch of warriors actually established a foothold at the top of the city and were not driven off immediately! It seems that the enemy's morale has dropped and the city will be destroyed today!"
Toltec shouted excitedly. There was a cold light in his eyes, and he suddenly looked back at the throwing pioneers who had been praying for a long time.
"Order, the Guards Corps, throw the vanguard and attack! Ignite the divine power ball and carry out a desperate charge! ...Heavy armored warriors are donning armor and are ready to take over the attack! ...Break Shuigu City, you are the first to do it!!"
"Dedicate yourself to the Lord!!"
The throwing pioneers grasped the sun talismans around their necks and shouted their last prayers! Then, they took the ignited sphere of divine power from the hands of the war priest, and ran towards the ladder of the city wall desperately.
"Charge for His Highness!"
The heavily armored warriors put on heavy bronze armor and held huge copper axes in their hands. They are all the elite of the Guards Corps, possessing the most skilled combat skills and the most violent killing intent.
Boundless killing intent rose in the military formation, as if it had reached a certain point. It surged out from the fiery chest and turned into the most ferocious roar, echoing in front of the entire Shuigu City!
"Kill! Kill! Kill!!"
