Chapter 34: Wolf Cavalry Attacks the City

  "Pffft!"

  The originally flat ground suddenly sprouted a cluster of spikes, several wolf riders were pierced through the abdomen and thrown off, falling off their horses in the chaos. The consequences are likely to be severe. The spikes did not disappear immediately but stood upright for a long time before slowly softening and disappearing after the magic dissipated. This forced many charging wolf cavalrymen to change direction, causing significant traffic congestion. This was Lin Tian's masterpiece, although his 4th-level Spike Technique was not high in level, its effect in this situation was surprisingly good.

  The bowmen, with their cold and solemn expressions, did not use their scattering skills this time. With only their initial 3rd-level combat strength, if they had used the scattering skill, although it would have increased the number of arrows, the greatly reduced damage of the arrows would probably not be able to cause significant harm to the wolf cavalry with top-end 3rd-level combat strength. Therefore, this time they honestly and accurately shot, some hitting people and some hitting wolves. In either case, for the lightly armored cavalry charging at high speed, it was possible to achieve good results. However, the wolf cavalry's speed was simply too fast, and even the well-trained bowmen only had three chances to draw their bows; while the mercenaries also shot out a lot of arrows in a scattered manner, but with little effect.

  At this moment, the wolf riders in the front row had already rushed to the shooting dead angle under the city. Many new wolf riders, facing a thick city wall over 5.9 meters high, felt at a loss for what to do next. They could only turn over and get off their wolves, with several people working together, using sharp curved knives to insert into the city wall to gain a foothold, then slowly climbing up like rock climbing... Obviously, this method took a bit too long.

  A group of seasoned veterans charged forward, unlike the new recruits, these experienced soldiers were clearly not attacking a human city for the first time. As they approached the city walls, instead of slowing down, they actually accelerated, urging their war wolves to speed up, almost crashing into the wall at high speed. With a mighty leap, they jumped onto the wall, using the momentum to propel themselves upward, barely managing to grab hold of the wall with both hands. Meanwhile, the war wolves below were somewhat pitiful, one of them crashed head-first into the city wall, its copper head throbbing in pain, many of the war wolves were dazed and temporarily lost their fighting strength, fortunately, their masters didn't need them for the time being. Some quick-reacting defenders managed to hastily slash them off the wall with their swords, while more people who failed to react in time could only watch as their opponents used the momentum to flip over the city walls, their sharp curved blades cutting down several people, and then stood firmly on the ground.

  What a waste! The young baron cursed inwardly, but had to use his own magic and archer units to plug the holes everywhere. Archers generally perform throwing shots to increase their effective range, which increases the range but is not ideal for damage, while within 100 meters, they can already use straight arrows for direct shooting, with very impressive damage and more accuracy. So Lin Tian was calling on mercenaries to protect his archers while using their long-range firepower to clear out the elite wolf cavalry that had already climbed up, oh, it's already considered wolf infantry, outside the city there was no way to take care of them at all, only the crossbow carts were still shooting arrow by arrow with high efficiency, providing limited firepower output.

  He did not summon other troops, he waited, waiting for the opportunity that the enemy general could not escape.

  The battle gradually entered a white heat, the wolf cavalry mostly gathered under the city, even using the bodies of comrades and fallen wolves to pile up a not low heap of corpses, using them as stepping stones, striving to rush towards the city wall. Not a few elite had already occupied a small place on the city wall. The fierce melee battle had been going on for a long time.

  A man, if he does not burst in silence, will perish in silence. The 1200 mercenaries, although their overall quality is lower than that of their opponents, lack training and discipline, but they have one thing that they do not lack - courage and bloodlust. The constantly falling bodies of comrades and enemies filled the entire battlefield, and also completely eliminated the suppressed fear. The mercenaries who thoroughly let go of their hands and feet fought fiercely with their opponents. The city was full of wolfmen and mercenary corpses, to the point where the defending troops could easily obtain the dead's weapons and armor, and even rolling stones and wooden logs were not needed, these corpses were ready-made consumables for defense.

  An elite wolf cavalryman slit the throat of a young mercenary with one stroke, but he immediately suffered a counterattack. The young mercenary, regardless of his own life, grabbed the curved knife with his hand, and when the wolf cavalryman cut off his entire palm with force, the mercenary's friend recklessly stabbed a long spear into the wolf man's soft ribs. Although the quick-reacting wolf man grasped the long spear and beheaded the latter with one stroke, he was ultimately unable to defend against a heavy hammer warrior's desperate blow, and was directly smashed out of the city, crushing a group of his comrades... Such a tragic scene was everywhere.

  Not long into the battle, the number of mercenaries had dwindled to over 700, while their enemies paid a double price. This is not to say that the mercenaries' combat power was higher than that of their opponents; on the contrary, since their opponents were attacking the city, exchanging two for one was a bargain.

  Lin Tian, who was about to burst with excitement, discovered that the Wolfman General had personally led his troops to climb up the city... This was the reason he had been waiting for all along, a chance to strike a fatal blow.

  Lang Ping suddenly had a feeling of being locked in by a poisonous snake. The 6th level general's combat power, he had just discovered that the city was already on the verge of collapse. He keenly sensed the opportunity for battle and personally led his guards to attack the city. Using military strength far superior to that of the opponent, he forcibly opened up a small gap. Now he and his personal soldiers had firmly grasped this small landing point.

  Suddenly, he found that near the enemy's city lord in the distance, a large area of soft white light flashed by, and a large number of enemy troops appeared out of thin air. There were even elves? The next moment, hundreds of sharp arrows, dozens of light balls and ice pillars, and nearly a hundred lightning bolts submerged him and his guards in this area...

  This was the magic and ranged troops that Lin Tian had prepared for a long time: 120 Forest Archers' Double Shot, 30 Lohan's Light Ball, 30 Cleric's Ice Pillar, 60 Great Druid's Thunderbolt. Although this level of attack would be overkill for just one 6th-level general and his personal guard, Lin Tian decided to splurge a bit to ensure absolute safety.

  This is just a story that happened in a corner of the battlefield for only a few seconds, and for those who have been killing on the large battlefield, they are too busy to care about it. Now the only thing to do is to stare at this enemy in front of you, and fight to the death!

  A dead house man took a look and said: "Hey! These werewolves show no intention of retreating, this is really in line with my heart! What's the point of being polite? Just shut the door and let the dogs out!"

  With swift and precise movements, 100 Crusaders, 75 Dwarves, and 35 Guardians were summoned to quietly join the battlefield. As for the flying and knight units, they will be left behind to pursue and annihilate later! Additionally, although the ancient war tree is powerful, it's too conspicuous, so it won't be summoned for now, in order to prevent the enemy from retreating prematurely!

  These two hundred or so powerful close combat warriors, may not be many in number, but don't forget that most of the wolf cavalry is still on the city wall learning to climb like a gecko, and the truly elite who can come up for close combat are not many, and they all came one after another, giving them a lot of space to fight. Don't forget that the divine warriors have no concept of fatigue.