Chapter 731: Attack on the City! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Tibetan cavalry used extremely thick and heavy plate armor, and the armor of the White Braves was even heavier and sturdier. Not only that, their armor was also strengthened with many toughening inscriptions.
This had been the reason they were able to fight against the Mamelukes of the Abbasid Caliphate!
Thwish! Thwish! Thwish!
On the wall, Wang Chong's forces had chosen restraint, but the White Braves down below had chosen the completely opposite strategy. A shrill whistling filled the air as a dense rain of arrows shot toward the wall.
It seemed like even space itself was being torn apart.
When she saw the long tears left in the wake of the arrows, even Bai Siling paled.
”Careful!”
”Dodge them!
Shouts could be heard on the walls as the clan experts, and even Bai Siling and Zhao Yatong, chose to dodge or hide from the arrows.
These arrows contained an incredible power, and not even these two women were sure that they could block them.
The only person who remained unmoving in the face of this violent storm of arrows was Wang Chong. His face was calm and unchanged.
Boom!
Hundreds of arrows with enough strength to shatter rock and bore through metal exploded toward him. But when these arrows were still several zhang from Wang Chong, they suddenly froze in the air.
Bzzt! Wang Chong blinked, and there was a cold flash of light in the darkness. Suddenly, the countless arrows around him began to rotate under the force of some invisible energy, crashing into and pulverizing each other before dropping to the ground.
Even the roars from the White Braves outside grew quieter for a moment. On the walls, all the clan experts and guards looked toward Wang Chong with deep reverence.
The unmoving Wang Chong amidst the rain of arrows seemed like a god, bolstering and supporting their morale.
”Ready!”
”Raise the auxiliary walls!”
With the creaking of gears, thick and angled metal plates began to rise from the walls, protecting the people behind them.
Mere moments after these plates were raised, the second wave of attacks from the White Braves arrived. Ten-some White Braves were dragging a long, silvery-white object. Driven by the high speeds of the warhorses, it appeared like a shooting star as it flew toward the lofty gate.
A panicked shout came from the wall. ”Careful! It's a battering ram!”
At this moment, everyone could clearly see that the silvery-white object had an extremely sharp tip. This was clearly a sharp battering ram of five or six zhang in length.
The surface of this battering ram was covered in complicated silver patterns. Anyone in the army was familiar with these patterns as countless sharpening inscriptions.
These sharpening inscriptions were always used on the best siege weapons, so that even a steel gate several feet thick could be run through.
Bang!
Before there was any time to think, everyone heard a massive boom. At that moment, the entire City of Steel hummed and shuddered as if it had actually been struck by a shooting star.
Before the effects of the first strike had faded away, another set of galloping hooves could be heard. The second silver battering ram from the Great Snow Mountain Holy Temple had arrived, hurtling forward as fast a lightning bolt.
Boom! A second earth-shattering crash rang out in everyone's ears.
”Lord Marquis!”
Su Shixuan looked at Wang Chong, his face ghastly pale. If these attacks continued, the gate wouldn't be able to last for long.
At the start, neither he nor Cheng Sanyuan had understood why Wang Chong had ordered them to retreat, but now, even Su Shixuan at his lowest could tell that this enemy was different from others, was no ordinary group of cavalry.
No ordinary cavalry force would also bring battering rams with them while charging on the battlefield.
This wave of enemies was far more formidable and prepared than he had imagined.
”There's no need to worry. No matter sort of siege weapons they use, they'll never be able to open the gates of the City of Steel.”
Wang Chong's voice was flat, neither too loud nor too soft, yet it contained an intimidating strength.
The White Braves were nearly invincible in a charge on open ground, and the cavalry under him were simply no match for them. But sturdy walls were a completely different matter.
Wang Chong knew what Su Shixuan was worried about, but this sort of situation would not occur.
The gates of the City of Steel were not made of ordinary steel, but the Meteoric Metal that Wang Chong had imported from overseas. No matter how many sharpening inscriptions those battering rams had or how powerful the White Braves' charge was, they would never be able to break through the gates of Meteoric Metal.
And besides that, Wang Chong had even added many defensive inscriptions onto the gates.
Ü-Tsang isn't good at manufacturing things, so they would never be able to forge such a high-level item. It must be a product of the Great Snow Mountain Holy Temple.