Chapter 334: Imperial City siege (1/2)
Chapter 334: Imperial City siege
The drums were like thunder and the ground trembled as the waves of War Hounds charged forward.The general attack was finally starting and after they entered the range of the Southern Summer archers, a terrifying whistle came from the sky.Like a black cloud enveloping everything, the sunlight was instantly blocked by the dense amount of arrows.
Ice arrows, fire arrows, and explosive arrows.The power of these talisman arrows were very shocking, instantly causing casualties amongst the War Hounds army.
“Fire!”A War Hounds chief personally led the charge, “Fight back!Kill them all!”
The War Hounds army roared as they charged, with a group shooting arrows as well.Countless arrows fell onto the city walls, attempting to suppress the Southern Summer soldiers with arrows.
The Refined Ruler coldly ordered, “Activate the symbol arrays!”
The Shangguan Family members were standing in a row with each person lifting a large flag covered in talismans.They suddenly inserted them into the wall and the energy of the talismans interweaved with each other, forming a protective layer over the city walls.The War Hounds’ arrows were knocked back by the protective cover.
The War Hounds tried to scale the city walls, but the Southern Summer troops had already placed large amounts of talismans on the city wall.As long as the War Hounds touched them, they would immediately burst into flames, be covered in frost, or would explode. Did the War Hounds think it was easy to attack the walls?
The Southern Summer troops just need to hold on, they would win as long as the walls were not broken through.The Calm Martial Ruler was killing his way back from Cang State, so the war could change at any moment. The Fang King also knew about this, so he did not hesitate to go wild.
The Fang King’s cold eyes swept across the battlefield, “Send out the vulture unit!”
Black spots began to appear above the clouds.Countless vulture riding War Hounds directly passed the defensive line and appeared in the sky above Imperial City.
Imperial City was not a fort after all.The frontline fortress was completely sealed, but it was impossible to completely seal Imperial City, so an airborne army can pass through the defensive lines.They could attack the center of the city from the sky and break the defenses from within.
Large amounts of War Hounds soldiers fell down from the sky like dumplings.The War Hounds vulture knights sent at least thirty-forty thousand elite soldiers into Imperial City.
With these thirty-forty thousand elites and the twenty thousand vulture knights attacking, it would create a large disturbance for the Southern Summer troops.
“Have the Wild Flame Army block the ground portion of the airborne enemies!”The Burning Sun Ruler immediately ordered for the Nangong Family’s Wild Flame heavy infantry to move out, guarding the inside of Imperial City, “Griffin knights, head out and stop these airborne enemies!”
The two thousand majestic griffin knights were on standby.When they received the Burning Sun Ruler’s order, they immediately flew out, charging at the vulture knights that were ten times their number.Although the griffin knights did not have the advantage in numbers, their aura was not lacking in the least. The griffins were already level two demon beasts and each knight was an one in a thousand elite.Even if they were outnumbered one to ten, they would still be able to fight!
“This is the Southern Summer’s strongest ace unit?”The vulture knights’ commander gave a cold laugh, “They really are stupid fools!”
The griffin knights were the strongest power guarding the Southern Summer Country and the Imperial City.In order to train the griffin knights, the Southern Summer Country had to spent large amounts of money to purchase the griffins from other countries and spend large amounts to train the knights.These griffin knights could represent the power of the Southern Summer Country and if they were defeated, it would be a huge blow to the Southern Summer morale.
“Since you’re seeking death, then I’ll let you see the the power of our Eagle Burial Kingdom’s airborne forces!”The vulture knights’ commander loudly ordered, “Kill!”
[TL Note: It switched back again, I have no idea….]
The griffin knight commander was faced with the dense amount of vulture knights and he immediately raised his long spear as he shouted, “Prepare to fight!”
The two airborne units quickly made their moves and when the two sides were about to clash.
The griffin knight commander shouted, “Wind Blade Formation!”
The two thousand griffins gathered their strength together to release a blue wind blade.The griffins were individually stronger than the vultures and this wave of stormy blades was truly powerful.If it were to hit the vultures, the vultures would not be able to resist and a large portion of them would be instantly destroyed.
But, were things that simple?
The vulture knights were a part of the Eagle Burial Kingdom’s army, not only were they well trained, they also had ample battle experience.When the griffins condensed their energy, the vulture knights had already made their preparations. They instantly changed their movement pattern and passed through the blue wind blades, with close to none of them being hit.
After this first clash.
The straight line of vulture knights suddenly exploded and moved out in all different directions.They instantly formed a half circle, swallowing the griffin knights bit by bit.
“Kill them all!”
The vulture knights had completely surrounded the griffin knights and had sealed them in.After all, there were much more vulture knights and if they used this blockade strategy, the griffin knights would not be able to break through.
Although the royal knights were strong and the griffin mounts were fierce, the War Hounds’ vulture knights were not that far off.Once they were surrounded by the vulture knights, they would be in trouble if they didn’t break through soon.
The griffin knight commander’s expression changed, “Break out!”
“How could it be easy?Fire!”
The griffin knights only had a single spear per person and most of their battles depended on their griffins.They had a strong charge ability and the griffins could release strong wind blades, so they had enough long range attacks, meaning the griffin knights were not equipped with long range weapons.
The vulture knights were not the same.The vultures had hard skin and strong flesh, as well as a good transport speed, only not having a long range attack.Because of this, during the process of picking a rider, the first requirement was being a divine archer. There were some vultures that had two riders, one for short range and one for long range, allowing them to coordinate flawlessly.