"They shouldn't dare to delay it for so long. After all, this war is not isolated. Once the Tukan people temporarily lose the ability to cross the lake, we can dispatch more witches from the front line to fight back against them."
Witch Akabane objected and said, "The decisive battle will definitely break out tonight. Those magic trees will most likely arrange the general attack before dawn. At that time, our military supplies will be consumed in large quantities and the soldiers will be exhausted to the extreme."
"We can't let them lead us by the nose." Gavin paced back and forth, "Feints also require a combination of reality and reality. If they are all feints, it will be meaningless.
Put the enemy's feint troops on the city wall and lure them from feint to full-scale attack. Even if they refuse to launch, we can earn a wave of feint troops from them in vain. I want to see how much cannon fodder they have for us. kill. "
"This is a way, but if this happens, the number of casualties will increase significantly." Hansen said with some worry.
"Since it is a war, how can there be no one who is not injured!" Gavin said with a cold expression, "The slow movement speed is the fatal flaw of these activated plants. Even if they launch a full-scale attack, it is difficult for them to catastrophically collapse. , this is an inevitable process, it is better to control everything in your own hands than to fall into passivity."
"If you give up tactics that are beneficial to us because you are afraid of casualties, it would be the greatest dereliction of duty for a commander." Witch Akabane suggested, "I support the decision of the commander."
"I'm sorry, I was overly worried. Then we will carry out the plan according to the commander's plan." Han Suo no longer objected.
Once a resolution was reached, orders were quickly passed on.
The city of Uxmail suddenly fell into silence, and even the lighting arrows used for observation were no longer fired, but the entire city wall and an area of 18 meters were fully illuminated.
Those spellcasters cast the daylight spell directly on the city wall.
Soon those dead branch monsters came up under the cover of darkness. It was still a feint attack. The formation was sparse, and there was only one dead branch monster several meters away.
"Fire the arrow, fire the arrow quickly, the enemy is coming."
When the novices saw the dead branch monsters exposed in sight, no matter how many there were, they couldn't help but prepare to set up their bows and shoot arrows.
"Save arrows. Are these little guys worth wasting arrows? Just set up your shields and wait and see." The giant valley rangers stopped the recruits, put away their bows and arrows, and drew out their own melee weapons. arms.
With rich combat experience, they don't take the dead branch monsters seriously at all, and they are not surprised by their strange appearance. There are many more bizarre existences in the forest than them.
When those dead branch monsters climbed up the city wall with great difficulty, before they could launch an attack, the sword light like a snow chain arrived.
The giant valley rangers unanimously targeted the withered branch monster's slender waist, either with one sword in two sections, or with two swords in three sections or more.
After landing, most of them became silent and turned into real dead branches.
Whether they are activated plants or undead, although they are not as critical as living things, they all have vitality, even the undead without constitution, because this represents the essence of their souls.
When their soul essence is consumed, it is also the moment when they become dead objects again.
Therefore, even if they have a certain resistance to bows and arrows, if they are hit too many, they will still be shot to death, and their life essence will be scattered in the process.
In this way, the feint tactic of the withered army became a tactic of fueling the enemy.
After three waves in a row, the giant valley rangers only waved their swords three or four times, and there were thousands of corpses of dead branch monsters under the city wall of Usmail.
Those dead branch monsters didn't even have a chance to touch the hem of the defender's clothes, let alone climb the city wall. The combat experience of both sides was not at the same level at all.
boom! boom! boom!
The huge crash officially kicked off the war.
Huge projectiles hit the city walls of Usmail City one after another. The Usmail City defenders were a little confused when they concluded that the enemy had no long-range attack.
When he took a closer look, where the projectiles were, they were clearly the withered vine monsters entangled with countless vines.
The violent impact did not kill them. They climbed up from the ground unsteadily, waving their vine arms to attack the surrounding defenders.
"Don't come here! Don't come here! Don't come here!"
"Ahhh...monster...what kind of monster is this?"
"The monster has attacked the city wall. The monster has attacked the city wall. We can't hold it anymore. We can't hold it anymore!"
The Usmer militiamen who had little combat experience fell into chaos. They had no psychological preparation for facing these monsters. After all, they subconsciously thought that they only needed to guard the city wall and shoot outside the city. Archery, stabbing and lance will do.
"Don't mess around. These monsters are not as scary as you think! They are already half dead. Change your spears. Everyone nearby should change their spears and come with me."
The giant valley rangers stood up again, stabilized their position, casually drew a spear, and pointed it directly at the bodies of the withered vine monsters. The three or four-meter spear was fired at them, even if they were The vine arms can be dragged to the ground and are one and a half meters long, but there is no way to attack the owner of the spear.
When the Usmail militiamen saw it, they suddenly became bold. They set up their spears and stabbed the withered vine monster.
The effect of poking is extremely poor. These vines are layered on top of each other. I don’t know how many layers there are. They are also very tough. They are like natural vine armor and can play an effective defensive role. Most of the vines are difficult to penetrate deep into. In the body, naturally there is no way to hurt the essence of life hidden deep in the body.
Great strength works wonders.
Occasionally, there are some strong ones who, with the help of a running start, pierce their spears deep into the body of the withered vine monster.
A thick substance suddenly spurted out from his body. It was black, fishy, smelly, and sticky. It stuck to wherever it was thrown.
call!
Part of it splashed into the surrounding fire, causing an immediate explosion.
"This thing is flammable, hurry, hurry, hurry up and use fire attacks!"
Some shrewd people reacted immediately, dipped their spears in the grease used to oil the rockets, wrapped them in a layer of cotton cloth, ignited them, and converted them into a makeshift musket, aiming at the injured withered vine monster. The wound was just a poke.
boom!
The blood-like substance flowing out of the withered vine monster's body was indeed highly flammable and burned violently on the spot.
Soon the entire withered vine monster was ignited, like a huge torch. They struggled wildly, as if they wanted to fight to the death, but they were held up by several spears crossed and unable to move.
"careful!"
"Get out of the way!"
The giant valley rangers shouted warnings, but they were still a step too late.
Many motionless withered vine monsters, whether they were ignited or dying, exploded with a bang. Countless smelly liquids and vines swept overwhelmingly around, covering a radius of four to five meters.
Those Usmail militiamen who failed to evade in time were sprayed on the spot. Those withered vine monsters that were not set on fire were, to say the least, smelly and itchy.
Those ignited withered vine monsters were in trouble. Those who were directly splashed were also ignited, causing them to roll over in pain, causing quite a disturbance.
The black substance in the body of the withered vine monster is similar in nature to grease. It is difficult to extinguish with water and is very burning. If it is contaminated on clothes, you can also get rid of it by taking off your clothes. But once it gets on the skin, the area will be burned. Either burn it to pieces, or cut off the skin and flesh in this area.
There were many ruthless people among the Usmail militiamen. They took out the short knives they carried with them and began to peel off the flesh or break the arms. Even if they paid a heavy price, it was still better than being burned to death.
"Don't fight them. Push them off the walls and set them on fire with rockets."
The defenders of Usmail City, who had suffered a heavy loss, quickly adjusted their tactics. The Usmail militiamen took advantage of their spears to directly hold up the withered vine monsters, either pushing them outwards, or He picked them up and threw them one by one directly outside the city wall.
Well-aimed rockets followed, hitting their wounds filled with putrid grease and igniting them.
The explosion of the withered vine monster is obviously uncontrollable, especially after being ignited, it will still explode even if it falls into a group of companions.
Many of them exploded in the air, causing a rain of fire outside the city wall of Uxmail, igniting a large number of dead branch monsters.
As long as the characteristics are correct, these withered vine monsters are not difficult to deal with. Although there will still be withered vine monsters that hit the city wall from time to time, the Usmail militia alone is enough to clear them out again.
"Be prepared for a large-scale impact, those dead branch monsters are rushing up again."
This army of activated plants actually achieved the coordination of infantry and artillery. When these withered vine monsters that were thrown onto the city wall caused chaos here, countless dead branches rushed out from the darkness, densely packed like ants, very It quickly rushed to the wall of Uxmail City and began to spread upwards.
"What are you waiting for? Throw the cocoa bottle, throw it quickly, don't hold anything back, the enemy is launching a full-scale attack!"
"All fire magic, attack freely, kill them for me."
"City defense ballista, move, move, move, find the guys who throw the withered vine monsters. They are definitely not siege equipment, but are thrown up by human power. They will definitely not be too far away."
"Rockets, all rockets covering fire."
The defenders of Usmail City no longer held back and used all their methods.
There are fire glue bottles nearby, fire wall and fireball spells in the middle range, and rockets and city defense ballistas in the distance. A large amount of fire magic ignited the battlefield again, cutting through part of the darkness. It was densely packed there, and all of them were like ants. withered branches, dead vines and dead needles.
If the withered branch monster is the infantry of the withered army, and the withered vine monster is a self-destructive controlled unit, then the withered needle monster is a long-range unit. They can launch their needles from more than ten meters away from the city and attack the people on the city wall. enemy.
Although these needles are made of wood and are relatively close, their penetrating ability is even stronger than those of heavy crossbows. They can penetrate several centimeters into masonry walls, let alone those cotton armors and animal skin armors. Easily shot through.
The most troublesome thing is the paralyzing toxin contained in this wooden thorn. The place where the person is shot will soon lose consciousness.
If he is shot three times in a row, even if he misses a vital point, he will lie on the ground paralyzed and unable to move for a long time.
If there are more than five needles in a row and there is no corresponding healing magic to cure them, the victim will die suddenly before long because their heart is paralyzed and stops beating.
Normal withered vine monsters do not have this self-destruction property, and there is no paralyzing toxin in the withered needle monster's needles.
This is the result of the fusion of the withered power of the ancient evil tree Gantias and the demon tree, which makes their combat effectiveness rise sharply.
But when it comes to killing, the first priority is humanoid creatures who are proficient in using various tools.
Under the indiscriminate bombardment regardless of the cost, the number of deaths in the withered army was dozens of times that of the Uthmer defenders.
Whether it is dead branch monsters, dead vine monsters, or dead branch monsters, they are all falling down in pieces.
Although the city wall of Uxmail is not high, it is enough to drag these activated plant monsters with relatively simple methods here.
The flame city defense crossbow arrows that reached the range of the city defense crossbows pierced the darkness in the distance, exposing the withered vine monster throwers to everyone's sight.
The five-meter-high city wall of Usmail is less than the thigh height of the opponent's spider tree roots.
Vines like super giant pythons hang down from the huge tree canopy to the ground, rolling up the surrounding withered vine monsters like throwing projectiles, and easily throwing them hundreds of meters away. Such vines, the opponent There is not one on the body, but as many as eight.
The crown of the tree is covered with purple gourd-shaped fruits of different sizes. As it slowly advances, it keeps swinging and squirming, as if there are living things trying to get out of it.
Those Fire City anti-crossbow arrows, thicker than an adult's arm and two and a half meters long, fell on it, as inconspicuous as an awl. Including the spider tree roots rising from the ground, its height was At least more than thirty meters, it is an out-and-out super giant.
It was surrounded by countless thick purple magic tree people, like hard-working worker ants, turning out the half-burnt bodies of the beasts in the pit and delivering them to this behemoth.
The vine tentacles swung and rolled them up to the main pole. A large vertical mouth split from the tree pole. This large mouth was so terrifying. Not only was it filled with thorns and sharp teeth, it was also unusually large. It's enough to easily fit a heavy carriage inside.
Magic tree!
This is the famous, top predator among living plants.
Its true self is even more vicious than the legend says. Many weak-willed people tremble with their legs just by seeing its ferocious eating scene, and lose the courage to fight against it.
And there is not one such terrifying existence, but as many as thirty.
Not to mention the Usmail militiamen, even the experienced giant valley rangers couldn't help but gasp and felt chilled all over. Is there any way to fight this battle?
The moment the opponent reaches the city wall, it will also be the moment Uxmail City is destroyed, because the city wall is useless to them. They can cross it by just lifting their feet, and the opponent's random attacks can destroy the city wall. Large sections cracked.
The only good thing is that this guy is too heavy and moves very slowly. Even if they move as fast as they can, the distance of three hundred meters is enough for them to walk for several minutes.
puff! puff! puff!
Huge fireballs as big as a washbasin smashed down from the top of a magic tree, one after another, four in total. From a distance, they looked like fiery red beads, and such beads One smash and there are three skewers.
boom! boom! boom!
Standing on the wall of Uxmail City, these beads are very inconspicuous, but by the time they fall on the magic tree, they have become as huge as a water tank. After hitting it, the highly condensed flames The elements exploded instantly, and a crazy wave of flames devoured everything around them.
The huge gourd-shaped fruit on the crown of the tree was directly blown away, fell to the ground, and fell apart, revealing the incompletely formed Demonic Tree Man inside. The outline of the small one had not yet been seen, and the large one was already indistinguishable from the fully formed Demonic Tree Man. Second, both in height and body shape, they are much smaller, just like a dwarf.
These Demonic Treemen showed strong vitality. Not only did the dwarf-like Demonic Treemen stand up unsteadily, but even the shapeless Demonic Treemen did not die on the spot and tried to get up with difficulty.
Many tree trunks were broken off on the spot, and a vine tentacle was broken off on the spot as it tried to resist the fireballs.
And this was only the killing effect achieved by the first meteor fireball. There were eleven more meteor fireballs that followed, hitting them like beads.
The slow-moving, extremely large demon trees are living targets, with no possibility of evasion. The only thing they can do is to wave their vine tentacles with all their strength to make a final resistance.
The seven wildly dancing vine tentacles actually achieved a certain effect, hitting as many as four meteor fireballs and exploding them on the spot.
It's just that this method is just like using a knife to chop the fireball. At most, it will not hit directly, and it will exert the maximum killing effect, and the damage caused will not be small at all.
The vine tentacle that collided with it was broken off on the spot at the impact point, and the fire shock wave formed by the explosion licked the magic tree unscrupulously.
When the fire shock waves generated by the twelve meteor fireballs dissipated, the magic tree lay down on the spot, and its appearance became extremely miserable. Only one of the eight vine tentacles was intact, and the remaining seven were all incomplete. Neither the needle-pricking leaves nor the gourd-like fruits are visible.
One-third of the roots of the spider's legs were also blown off, and they lay tilted on the ground.
I don’t know whether he will die or not, but at least there is no way to attack Usmail City.
(End of chapter)
