More and more living corpses, mainly skeletons, rushed to the front of the position. The militiamen looked at the horrific skeletons close at hand, screamed in horror, and at the same time thrust their spears over the fence or through the gaps towards the enemy.
Some militiamen began to fill sandbags as quickly as possible, and piled up earthen barriers and slopes on higher ground in the vehicle formation. According to Griffith's arrangement, they will move the bed crossbow up.
This work takes a while. Until then, the militiamen must hold their ground.
Griffith looked around. The ragtag group he led relied on the river on one side to resist the attacks of the living corpses on an irregular rectangular defense line.
Although he was born in a regular cavalry and received formal military theory education, how to command weak and timid militiamen in combat was also part of his learning. Homemon Watts' upperclassmen even train them on how to train and organize rebel forces behind enemy lines.
Griffith knew full well that the militiamen were unreliable. Regardless of how loud they shout, if they really fight, they will easily scatter and run away. No matter how much reward they give, it will be useless. However, there were ways to bring militias of farmers and private citizens into play.
The easiest way is to hold on to the walls and forts. No matter how weak the combat effectiveness of the defenders is, as long as they have solid fortifications to rely on, they can still fight against powerful enemies and even perform miracles. Anything can happen when defending a city. If the attackers do not have the means to destroy the fortifications, they are likely to consume all their manpower during the attack; the defenders will also gain confidence and persist in fighting because they are in a solid defense.
Building fortifications was something Griffith was familiar with. Civil engineering was a glorious tradition of the Bijland army.
Even the Eastern Legion composed of elite soldiers and experienced legionnaires like him, when attacking the orcs, first built solid walls and positions at an extremely fast speed to oppress the orcs' fortress or camp front, and then in the first line Build another wall behind the wall to protect the first wall.
Even an orc army with extraordinary warriors, warlocks, giant beasts and wolf cavalry would suffer a lot after the position was constructed as long as they did not defeat Beyelan's army at the beginning.
Once the initial fortifications were completed, Beyeland's regular army began to extend the encirclement line in an attempt to encircle the enemy entirely. If the enemy does not run away, cut off their supplies and hit them with trebuchets every day.
Even a demigod can be suffocated in the encirclement of Beyelan's army.
The most dangerous battles often occur during the period from the beginning to the completion of the defense line. The enemy who realizes the threat will definitely attack with all their strength, and Bijeran's army will use all its strength to drive the enemy back.
Such was Griffith's final battle in the East. The legions were just doing their daily work of setting up a defense line against the orcs' fortress. Suddenly, both sides gathered all their main forces and fought in darkness.
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The car formation in front of them is the city walls and barriers that Griffith built for the militiamen. The Deathrattle Order was obviously ill-prepared and failed to stop Griffith's troops halfway in time, and they were not well organized when they launched the attack.
On the other hand, Griffith also made a lot of preparations. He prepared a carriage, cloth bags and wood in advance, and immediately built a position after arriving at his destination.
These citizens, who had become frightened as soon as they left the defense line in the lower city, stood on the carriages of the carriages, hiding behind the wooden fence, and stabbed the living corpses that rushed towards them through the gaps with their spears.
The entire position was like a lying motionless hedgehog.
Living corpses are certainly cruel and terrifying. But they can't take down wooden fences in a short time. The militiamen, led by their respective squad captains, roared and poked with spears, then used axes to chop down the living corpses that climbed up the wooden fence, or smashed them with hammers.
After fighting like this for a while, no one in the militia died. Instead, a large number of living corpses without the commander fell outside the position.
"Not bad," Amber patted Griffith on the shoulder and praised him, "Everyone did a good job."
"There are also many shortcomings." Griffith said modestly.
Although the vehicle formation greatly increases the defensive power, once it is established, the troops will not be able to perform any tactical actions.
Griffith originally felt that the city defense army he commanded at the Battle of Boulogne-Plachin was bad enough. But now I think that the city defense army could at least follow his flags and orders to rotate and maneuver, and even attacked the rebels' rear route in a roundabout way.
The militia can't do this. If Griffith dared to lead them to turn and change formation, the militiamen would definitely be in chaos.
In Verona, he dared to use the city defense army's circular formation to defend, and also planned to launch an attack on the enemy's commander. Today, he must use carriages to surround his army, completely giving up the ability to maneuver on the battlefield to counterattack, and concentrate on how to Ensuring that soldiers can stay on the battlefield - Griffith's focus is entirely on how to prevent the militia from dispersing in one fell swoop. The morale of his troops is much more desperate than in Verona.
The defense line surrounds everyone in the middle. No matter which direction the monster attacks, after setting up the fence, everyone raises their weapons toward the outside and guards the fence in front of them. It's so easy!
"Stick to your post!" Griffiths patrolled around the defense line and said to the militiamen who were building earth mounds. "Hurry up."
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The living corpses began to tear at the wood that was in their way. Both sides fought in confusion and shouting. Due to the blocking of the fence, the two sides were never able to engage in close combat, and the accuracy and speed of the attack were often affected by the presence of obstacles. During the long attack, many wooden fences were destroyed, some militiamen were dragged out and killed, and some were rescued by their companions in time.
The others hurriedly used axes and hammers to smash the skulls that had gotten in, and then plugged new wood into the gap. Another person came in and continued to stab the monster's head outside the fence with a spear.
While the pikemen were attacking, the shooters were not idle either.
They use lit arrows to shoot monsters several meters away, or simply use lit torches to burn them.
Rotten skeletons are not easy to ignite, but occasionally some will be poured with fire oil, and other living corpses will be burned into a ball of fire.
During this period, Griffith and Amber provided several supports, eliminating the living corpses that almost rushed in and blocking the gap.
The militiamen gradually discovered that they had a great advantage, and their morale increased. They attacked the monsters outside the fence without flinching. They feel that their front line is indestructible, and everyone standing shoulder to shoulder feels particularly safe and powerful. Although most of their passion had dissipated and they no longer shouted, they still carried out the order to attack.
The newly resurrected undead creatures are not afraid of death, and their claws and teeth are also very terrifying. There is no such thing as morale. Without further orders, they continued to attack one after another until they killed all humans or were completely wiped out themselves.
The battle went on like this for more than half an hour, during which a steady stream of living corpses came to attack the vehicle formation. The militiamen also retreated in batches and took turns to rest.
Finally, someone in the center of the position shouted:
"Lord Knight, get ready!"
The earthen fortress in the center of the battle formation was finally piled up. Two bed crossbows were arranged on top, pointing in the direction of the large tomb chamber.
Griffith immediately left the front line and came to the crossbow to personally aim at the cemetery's large tomb.
The building that looked like it was corroded and parasitic was trembling and pulsing strangely like a heart, and black mud was constantly seeping out and spreading outward. Judging from the vague psychic fluctuations, appearance, and location, there is no doubt that this large tomb is the center of the cultists in this area.
If the Deathrattle Cult is planning and hiding something, this round of attacks will force them out. Otherwise, once the large tomb chamber as the psychic center is destroyed, their conspiracy in this area will also go bankrupt. Come on, let me see your background.
"Crossbow, fire!"
Griffith ordered. Even if he is not a professional artilleryman, he still understands ranging and aiming at this distance.
The target used to be the large tomb in the Xiacheng District Cemetery. It was a building mainly made of wood and masonry, standing alone on the flat ground. The black substance wrapped outside doesn't look very strong, making it an excellent target.
The militiamen immediately loaded their crossbows, coated the gun heads with kerosene and lit them.
"Bang!"
The crossbow gun roared out, and the first shot pierced the wall of the tomb chamber after a short flight, breaking a large hole and making a dull sound. The flame on the gun head ignited the damaged areas.
"Load!" Griffith yelled, jumping over to another bed crossbow.
The second ignited crossbow shot out. This time it penetrated the roof of the tomb, and you could even see the roof collapse amidst the flying debris and smoke.
An astonishing fluctuation spread around the tomb chamber. The zombies that were besieging the car formation suddenly became even more crazy and began to attack the car formation desperately. They were stacked one on top of the other, frantically trying to climb over the wooden fence and jump in. More skeletons and zombies emerged from the black mud in the distance and rushed towards them.
Amber saw the living corpse suddenly emerging from the ground in the distance, and hurriedly shouted: "Griffith, hurry up!"
"It's shooting, it's shooting!" Griffith shouted as he and the militiamen hurriedly cocked their giant crossbows.
The bed crossbow is only two hundred meters away from the large tomb chamber. For a siege engine, this position is almost like riding in the face and shooting.
Another round of fire crossbow was fired.
"Boom!" After a loud noise, a cloud of smoke rose from the black building like a dry, moldy orange. Half of the wall collapsed, and the remaining half burst into flames.
The living corpses coming from all directions suddenly stopped. Except for those who were already besieging the car formation nearby, the living corpses in the cemetery further away seemed to have lost their target, falling into confusion and wandering.
The surrounding black mud suddenly lost its vitality and stopped spreading.
Sure enough, these undead creatures are indeed extremely ferocious, but most of them do not have self-awareness and need a commander. Just smashing their center can disintegrate them.
Their organizational structure is like that of worker bees and ant colonies...
Griffith put down the crossbow on the bed and looked at the burning tomb and the surrounding environment. He thought quickly and was alert to the appearance of abnormalities.
After a few minutes, nothing happened. Chaos spread among the undead, and the black mud began to slowly recede like seawater at ebbing tide.
Soon, Griffith understood the situation at hand.
Huh, what did I expect, but it was defeated by my reconnaissance force... The cult group actually took the risk to establish an advance base without enough troops and commanders. They were probably preparing to take advantage of the chaos and fear in the lower city to attack the tomb. They secretly gathered troops in the direction of Yuan.
Judging from the results, the cult's attempt here failed. This nest was destroyed before it could play its full role.
Next, after Griffith had cleared away the enemies on the periphery of the position, he went to the tomb chamber to conduct an in-depth investigation of its structure and secrets.
