Chapter 340
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Chapter 340: Beastmen Lay Siege
The conversion of troop types undoubtedly had an effect.
Although the archer unit did not have the bonus from Zhao Pan’s troop specialization skill, his ‘Immovable as a Mountain’ talent applied indiscriminately to all defending soldiers under his command.
Additionally, Luo Ji’s ‘National War’ buff also took effect at this moment.
Under the double buff’s enhancement, the combat strength of the archer unit was not to be underestimated.
The other three slinger-like elephants, upon realizing the threat, also decisively swung their massive trunks, beginning to bat away the incoming attacks.
This unconsciously slowed down their entire attack rhythm, gaining the defending forces on Iron Wall City some breathing room.
After observing this scene, Li Yuanjie pondered for a moment, then waved his hand.
“Tell the elephant man under concentrated fire to temporarily retreat.”
“The main force begins to advance, to help the elephant men divide some of the firepower!”
Originally, he had planned to rely on the destructive power of the four slinger-like elephants to withstand attacks, forcibly smash the opposing city walls, and then advance the main force to capture the city in one go.
However, he never expected this Luo Ji to have some unexpected tricks.
Sticking to the original plan wouldn’t work.
The elephant man tribe was extremely rare and slow to reproduce.
Humans took 10 months to conceive, but the elephant man tribe took 2 full years just to be pregnant, and only bore one offspring at a time.
After giving birth, they couldn’t conceive again for 4 or 5 years.
In other words, these four slinger-like elephants were precious rare troop types to Li Yuanjie.
If even one was lost, he would literally be pained to the point of being unable to breathe.
As the horn to mobilize troops sounded, a group of Minotaur infantry, with horns on their heads and broad, strong physiques, immediately began pushing siege engines and charging towards Iron Wall City’s gate.
Of course, Zhao Pan recognized cattle as animals.
In Myriad Worlds Civilization today, many farmers used cattle for plowing.
However, when these farm cattle from his memory suddenly donned crude leather armor, picked up long-handled battle axes, and charged towards his city walls on two legs, or rather, two hooves, anyone would probably be stunned for a moment.
With no time to think, in the instant his gaze swept across the battlefield, Zhao Pan quickly made a judgment, judging by the thick hides of those Minotaur infantry, these targets were clearly within the archers’ operational scope.
Just in time, the elephant man that had been under concentrated fire from the 4 triple-bow crossbows retreated.
Zhao Pan directly signaled the 4 triple-bow crossbows to switch their fire to the next elephant man, while also detaching a portion of archers, instructing them to suppress the advancing enemy main force with volleys of arrows.
As for the slinger unit that had temporarily retreated to the rear, Zhao Pan didn’t have the luxury of letting them remain idle.
Even if the effect wasn’t ideal, they had to participate, there simply weren’t enough men.
He wished he had known there would be so many thick-skinned enemies in this wave, he should have requested two more archer units at the very beginning.
At this moment, Zhao Pan’s mood, as he commanded the city defense battle from the wall, was truly complex.
Although he had long established the concept of troop type counters under Luo Ji’s tutelage, his most familiar slinger unit being directly ineffective at the start of this battle left a sour taste in his mouth.
A volley of arrows, a round of stone projectiles, he had the two ranged troop types alternate their attacks.
This was their inherent strategy to maintain stamina and condition for prolonged combat.
However, even so, the situation was not optimistic.
Through his monocular telescope, Zhao Pan clearly saw that these Minotaurs were astonishingly resilient.
One Minotaur, with five or six arrows stuck in its body and its head bleeding from stone projectile impacts, was still brandishing its long-handled battle axe and charging forward.
Fortunately, there weren’t many Minotaur infantry like this, Zhao Pan estimated only about 300.
Otherwise, even he would have felt uncertain.
Of course, these 300 Minotaur infantry were merely the enemy’s vanguard.
A large number of other troop types followed behind them.
However, without exception, all these enemies, in Zhao Pan’s eyes, were grotesque monsters.
If Luo Ji were standing here at this moment, with his knowledge of various war strategy games, he would definitely recognize the opposing beastman troop types at a glance.
Following the Minotaurs should be the Kobolds.
Compared to the robust Minotaurs, the Kobolds were significantly smaller and wore almost no defensive gear, holding only long spears.
Clearly, Li Yuanjie seemed to care little for the Kobolds’ lives.
Considering their numbers, which far exceeded the Minotaurs, the answer was obvious, there were many Kobolds, and this troop type was cheap in Li Yuanjie’s eyes.
In comparison, the Wolfman unit stationed near the bronze war chariot clearly exuded a ‘favored son’ vibe.
Each held a shield in one hand and a saber in the other, and most importantly, each wore a decent set of leather armor equipment, making them well-equipped.
The disparity was immediately apparent.
But then again, considering Li Yuanjie himself seemed to have transformed into a wolfman, it made sense for him to show some favoritism towards his own kin.
On the wall of Iron Wall City, Zhao Pan’s brows were deeply furrowed.
The alternating attacks of the slinger and archer units, while slowing the enemy’s advance, did not achieve a clear suppressive effect.
In other words, it was only a matter of time before the enemy’s siege forces reached the city wall.
If this momentum continued, Iron Wall City wouldn’t hold.
He had to make new arrangements or find a new breakthrough!
As thoughts rapidly spun in his mind, Zhao Pan made a crucial decision.
He immediately called for his other deputy.
“Zhang Lue, go do something for me…”
After hearing Zhao Pan’s instructions, Zhang Lue’s expression changed, then he quickly retreated with a heavy look.
Approximately 10 minutes later, the archer unit on Iron Wall City’s wall suddenly began to fire with full force.
Volley after volley of arrows continuously rained down on the slinger-like elephants and infantry units outside the city.
“Is the other side starting to panic?”
After all, his beastman army was almost at the city gate.
In Li Yuanjie’s view, it was natural for the enemy to panic.
However, as this thought arose, there was a new movement on the wall of Iron Wall City.
Seizing the moment the beastman army pushed beneath his city, Zhao Pan waved his large hand.
“Release them!!”
Hearing the command, the soldiers one by one pushed down the wooden barrels that had already been placed on the wall…
“Bang! Bang! Bang…”
Many of the Minotaur infantry at the front were stunned by these large barrels falling from the sky.
As the barrels shattered, a large amount of transparent liquid immediately splashed out.
Several Minotaur infantry were doused on the spot.
Before they could even react, Zhao Pan, standing on the city wall, spoke in a cold voice.
“Light it!”
