Seeing the giant arrows in the air, shooting over like a rainstorm.
Three hundred griffin knights felt cold sweat burst out on their backs, desperately wanting to increase speed to dodge.
However, every griffin carried a heavy giant stone on its back, completely unable to avoid.
Moreover, in order to concentrate firepower to deal with the Flame Demon Tribe’s griffin knights, the Silver Alliance’s three hundred griffins were all neatly lined up in formation, crowded together.
So…
In an instant, mournful cries of griffin beasts rang out in the air.
One after another, griffins were hit by arrows, falling with miserable cries.
These griffins were truly arranged too neatly, and their speed was too slow, so the Flame Demon Tribe’s seven hundred arrows achieved a hit rate of nearly twenty percent.
Over a hundred griffins were hit by arrows, some died, some were heavily wounded.
Griffin beasts were very intelligent animals. Seeing so many companions injured, they completely disregarded the griffin knights on their backs, tilting their bodies one after another to shake off the giant stones on their backs, turning around and fleeing.
Seeing this scene…
The Silver Alliance chieftains who had just stopped bleeding in their hearts once again felt blood dripping in their hearts.
Griffins, precious beyond compare griffins, over a hundred lost in one go.
Damn the Flame Demon Tribe, they actually equipped anti-air giant bows, and they could actually aim.
At this time, many chieftains faintly saw clearly that these giant arrows were shot from concealed high towers on the hillside, among tall trees.
Just how many secret weapons did this Flame Demon Tribe have?
This time, the Rakshasa King’s son-in-law Nai Shu finally could not endure it, saying in a cold voice, “Is this how you normally fight wars?”
The Silver Alliance leader said in a trembling voice, “No.”
Nai Shu said, “Then how do you normally fight?”
The Silver Alliance leader said, “Lower your heads, charge forward, and when you reach them, directly start killing.”
Nai Shu said, “Then now charge forward with your heads lowered for me. When you reach them, directly kill. Can you not do that?”
“Yes.” The Silver Alliance leader roared loudly, “Second column formations, charge.”
Heaven-shaking war drums sounded together.
The second column, a total of four formations, forty thousand great troops, once again charged madly.
This time, it was still led by Constantine and Alfonso.
The two stared fixedly at the sky. Once traces of lime bombs appeared, they immediately roared for everyone to close their eyes.
Very quickly, this forty thousand man army charged into the five hundred metre range of the wall.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh…” Sure enough, another wave of giant crossbow shooting, three thousand giant arrows, once again took the lives of over three hundred people.
But Constantine and Alfonso still led the forty thousand great troops to charge desperately, not even stopping their footsteps.
“Catapults, fire…” Following Suo Mo’s command.
Giant catapults fired, several dozen lime bombs tracing an arc, smashing down towards the great army.
Constantine and Alfonso roared fiercely, “All soldiers, close your eyes, slow your speed, listen to the war drums, continue advancing.”
“Boom boom boom…” Several tens of thousands of jin of quicklime smashed onto the ground, raising countless lime dust storms.
But this time, only a small portion of Silver Alliance soldiers had their eyes injured.
Moreover, these forty thousand great troops relied on orderly ranks and the rhythm of the war drums, still advancing within the lime dust storm. Although the rhythm and order were somewhat chaotic, they still safely charged through the lime dust storm area.
Sure enough, lime bomb attacks were very easy to counter, only catching one off guard the first time.
After charging through the lime dust storm area, the Silver Alliance’s forty thousand great troops had already charged into the three to four hundred metre range of the Flame Demon Tribe’s wall.
Suo Mo took a deep breath, waiting quietly.
The enemy troops entered the three hundred metre range.
Entered the two hundred metre range.
Suo Mo gave the order, roaring together, “Shoot arrows.”
Instantly, the twenty thousand soldiers on the seven-li wall suddenly released their bowstrings.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh…” Ten thousand arrows fired simultaneously, as dense as a rainstorm.
The Silver Alliance’s great troops fell to the ground and died one after another. This round of shooting brought at least four or five hundred casualties.
The remaining nearly forty thousand great troops continued to charge madly.
“Free shooting…” Suo Mo ordered.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh…” The Flame Demon Tribe soldiers on the wall seized this golden opportunity, desperately shooting arrows.
Two hundred metres distance, for barbarian soldiers, was merely less than half a minute.
A barbarian great army like tidewater surged to the wall.
“Bang, bang, bang, bang…” Several dozen giant siege ladders fiercely crashed against the wall.
Countless soldiers climbed upwards as if they did not care for their lives.
The barbarian world did not lack iron, so these ten or so metre siege ladders were all cast from iron. Only barbarian soldiers could carry them.
Today’s battle, after experiencing two setbacks, the Silver Alliance’s great army finally for the first time charged to the wall and began a true siege battle.
…
Seeing Silver Alliance soldiers climbing up like ants.
Suo Mo’s breath caught, feeling immense pressure.
“Boiling oil ready, pour.”
Following Suo Mo’s command, the ropes of over a hundred oil cauldrons were fiercely pulled, huge oil cauldrons overturned, and dozens or hundreds of jin of boiling oil above was fiercely poured down.
This was boiling oil heated to a seething boil.
With this pour, the whole person would be cooked.
“Ah… ah…” Barbarian soldiers hit by the boiling oil had their flesh directly cooked and falling off, letting out incomparably miserable cries.
“Fish oil bombs, smash.”
Instantly, Flame Demon Tribe soldiers on the wall raised fish oil bombs one after another, smashing them desperately towards the siege ladders.
“Bang, bang, bang.” The fish oil bombs were all contained in crude pottery, which directly shattered when smashed onto the iron siege ladders, and the fish oil inside splashed onto the ladders.
In a few short seconds.
The enemy troops charging at the very front had almost climbed to the top of the wall.
“Ignite, shoot.”
Fire arrows shot out, fiercely igniting the fish oil on the siege ladders.
Instantly, the entire ladder burned fiercely.
“Ah… ah…” The soldiers on the ladders, after being burned by the great fire, let out miserable cries one after another and fell down.
Some barbarian soldiers were incomparably brave. After catching fire on their bodies, they still desperately climbed upwards.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh…” And the skilled archers of the Flame Demon Tribe on the wall specifically took care of these especially brave enemies.
…
The battlefield entered a white-hot state. Below the wall completely became a meat grinder.
The ten-metre high wall was truly a huge protective line, allowing the soldiers above the wall to relatively safely kill the enemy.
The Silver Alliance’s soldiers absolutely did not fear death, madly climbing up along the siege ladders.
And the defenders on the wall desperately smashed fish oil bombs onto the siege ladders, making all the siege ladders surrounded by great fire at all times.
Very quickly, the siege ladders were all burned red.
Several dozen, over a hundred siege ladders, were all burned red-hot.
The attacking enemy troops used dirt and water to desperately extinguish the fire on the siege ladders, then put on leather gloves and wooden board shoes, continuing to climb up the ladders.
However, the fish oil bombs above still smashed down madly.
The great fire on the siege ladders was extinguished, then rekindled, then extinguished again.
At the same time, rolling logs, giant stones, and arrows on the wall smashed down like a rainstorm, nearly madly reaping lives.
The entire battlefield had flames rushing to the sky, corpses lying everywhere, and killing shouts shaking the heavens.
…
Time flowed by quickly.
The sun gradually slanted westward.
Three hours later.
The sun set in the west, night fell.
The Silver Alliance’s gong to withdraw sounded once again.
Soldiers with killing-red eyes gritted their teeth and began to retreat.
And this time, no lime bombs were thrown out from within the Flame Demon Tribe, and no giant crossbows were shot.
Instead, they allowed the Silver Alliance’s remnant army to successfully retreat.
The wall that had fiercely fought for three hours was already completely black.
The several dozen or over a hundred siege ladders on it, because they were repeatedly burned red and repeatedly doused with cool water, were either already twisted and deformed or simply cracked apart.
On the ground below the wall, densely packed corpses were everywhere, truly piled up like a mountain.
…
Within the Silver Alliance great army camp.
The headcount was complete. In the afternoon’s three hours of fierce fighting, casualties were around fifteen thousand. The vast majority were burned to death, and some were smashed to death or shot to death.
In the first day of fierce fighting, the Silver Alliance’s one hundred twenty thousand great army had nearly thirty thousand casualties.
This loss could truly be called huge.
The twelve chieftains in the central army great camp hung their heads in dejection one after another.
They truly had not expected that a mere Flame Demon Tribe would be so hard to chew.
They had thought it was a crushing level battle, but in the end they had smashed their heads until they bled.
The atmosphere in the great camp was very oppressive and low.
“Hahaha…” Nai Shu suddenly let out a great laugh, saying, “Chieftains, why are you so dejected?”
The Silver Alliance leader knelt on one knee, saying, “Today’s great battle was a disastrous defeat. I bear undeniable responsibility. I ask the Prince-in-law to punish me.”
Nai Shu said, “That’s right, you indeed made huge mistakes, especially in the morning’s battle. When the first siege army fell into panic and its order collapsed, you should have immediately sounded the gong to withdraw troops. Also, having three hundred griffin knights form neat ranks and carry a thousand jin load to conduct an air raid on the Flame Demon Tribe’s giant crossbows and catapults was also a huge blunder. But the afternoon’s battle had no mistakes at all. I completely saw a brave, fearless, elite barbarian army.”
All the chieftains raised their heads, looking at Nai Shu with some puzzlement.
Today they had fought so miserably. They had thought Nai Shu would fly into a thunderous rage, but they had not expected him to instead become easy to talk to.
“That’s right, the casualty numbers do not look good. We had nearly thirty thousand casualties, have not yet mounted the enemy’s wall, and also have not dealt much damage to the Flame Demon Tribe.” Nai Shu said, “But what is the enemy’s victory built upon? It is fish oil, it is white ash, it is secret crossbows. Especially the fish oil, which burned our siege ladders red, making our soldiers completely unable to climb up along the ladders.”
“But the enemy’s fish oil is limited, and this situation is not without a solution. We only need to have our soldiers put on iron armoured gloves and wear iron boots. Of course, it is already too late to manufacture iron gloves and iron boots on a large scale now.” Nai Shu said, “But I believe the enemy’s fish oil will soon be used up. Once the fish oil is used up, those near-human mongrels of the Flame Demon Tribe will only become lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Once close combat is entered, the Flame Demon Tribe means destruction.”
“So, tomorrow still fight like today, use human lives to pile up, to consume the Flame Demon Tribe’s fish oil. I want to see just how much fish oil they actually have.”
…
Within the Flame Demon Tribe.
Today’s great battle, the Flame Demon Tribe obtained an unprecedented great victory.
They eliminated nearly thirty thousand enemies, while their own casualties did not exceed two thousand.
The entire tribe’s morale was greatly shaken, and their fear of the enemy greatly diminished.
Only Suo Mo was worried sick, because he saw very clearly. The morning’s victory was exchanged for with lime bombs. The afternoon’s victory was exchanged for with fire attacks using fish oil.
Nowadays, lime bombs had already lost their effect.
And fish oil bombs were left with very few. Although at this time, the tribe’s women were still desperately boiling fish oil.
But the daytime’s great battle had already used up eighty percent of the fish oil.
Of the stockpiled two hundred eighty thousand jin of fish oil, only seventy thousand jin remained.
This fish oil could at most support one hour of great battle.
And once the barbarian great army charged onto the wall, close combat, then the true danger, the true test, would come.
Suo Mo stood on the wall, gazing towards the distance, thinking inwardly, “Little Ling, where are you? Did you borrow troops? If you do not appear again, the Flame Demon Tribe is in danger.”
The entire Flame Demon Tribe was celebrating victory, all filled with confidence of certain victory. Only Suo Mo and others saw the true crisis of tomorrow.
…
Within the dense forest eighty li from the Flame Demon Tribe.
Lanling led six thousand half-horse great troops in an unhurried march.
Half-horses were truly awesome. When they ran fast, their hoofbeats were like thunder.
But when they needed to conceal their tracks, six thousand half-horses marching could actually almost make no sound.
Because when running, they used their front hooves to touch the ground. That layer of keratin was harder than steel.
And when concealing their march, they used the fleshy pads on the rear halves of their hooves to touch the ground. These fleshy pads were tough yet full of elasticity, and after landing they almost made no sound.
The daytime battle scene, Lanling saw clearly, which made him very excited.
The situation was even better than he had imagined.
The Flame Demon Tribe relied on themselves, relied on various weapons, not only repelling the enemy but also achieving brilliant battle results.
“Master, those base barbarian soldiers, we only need one charge to defeat them, to exterminate them completely.” Xieli Khan said, “Our brothers already cannot endure their killing intent. When will you let us unleash a massacre?”
Lanling said, “Tomorrow, it is tomorrow. If nothing unexpected happens, tomorrow at noon is when you descend from the heavens, turn the tide, and exterminate the enemy completely.”
…
At the same time, within the Silver Alliance great camp, a flying bird was captured, and on its feathers were written a few words.
Fish oil remaining less than one third.
Within the Flame Demon Tribe, someone was secretly transmitting intelligence to the outside.
The Rakshasa King’s son-in-law Nai Shu looked at the sky, muttering to himself in a low voice, “Less than one third, that is to say, tomorrow at noon, we can charge into the Flame Demon Tribe and exterminate those near-human mongrels completely.”
…
The next day, dawn broke.
Fierce battle erupted once again.
Lanling led the half-horse great army, thirty li from the Flame Demon Tribe.
The moment of destruction was about to arrive immediately.