So, Zhaok Kai, who previously underestimated Lu G as a rookie and came with 30 people to bully him, ended up suffering a loss.
However, after learning his lesson, Zhaokai was now serious.
He had directly summoned his trump card, accompanied by the sound of creaking wheels.
A figure that made Luo G's expression change suddenly appeared in his sight.
It was a siege engine made of thick wooden boards and six rough wooden wheels with a simple wooden railing nailed to the sides and a thick tree trunk fixed in the middle.
one end sharpened to a point that seemed capable of easily breaking through any defense in the entire cold weapon era.
Such things had a unified name, the siege tower.
Chapter 128.
Siege engine.
As a player who initially planned to adopt a defensive strategy, I was not foolishly hiding in the city and farming.
I had to understand my greatest enemy, or rather the threat posed by siege equipment.
As an experienced player, Lu G clearly had done his homework in this area.
Even in ancient times, with the development of player operations, creating siege equipment was not a difficult task.
The simplest siege weapon is the battering ram, which is carried by a large group of people and used to smash against city walls.
It is essentially a sharpened tree trunk, very rudimentary and heavy on a chaotic battlefield.
They usually didn't get close to the city gates before the unfortunate souls carrying the battering ram would be struck down by arrows.
Later noticing this flaw, earlier generations sought to overcome the battering ram's cumbersome and slow nature by creating a small cart to transport it.
Thus, this important siege weapon officially made its debut in the entire cold weapon era.
As mentioned above, the overall structure of the siege tower is not complex, but it certainly did not lessen the tremendous pressure it brought to Lu OG.
Was it the sturdiness of his city gate or the destructive power of the siege engine that was greater? He had no desire to find out.
After confirming that Kai's advancing troops had entered the range of the stonethrowers, Lu Gi waved his hand, signaling the stone throwers to begin their attack.
Heavy stone projectiles accompanied by a continuous whistling sound arked through the air, crossing the ancient city walls and smashing down on the invading forces outside.
All shields forward.
Zhaok Kai, as a player who enjoyed invasion battles, was no stranger to siege warfare.
He was wellprepared.
A row of shield axemen raised their shields, and even the six soldiers responsible for pushing the siege engine adopted a one-handed shield posture, indicating their experience.
However, even so, he had miscalculated.
The stone projectiles crashing against the shields were incredibly heavy.
This kind of attack was completely different from that of arrows.
In game terminology, it was the difference between blunt force attacks and piercing attacks, and blunt attacks could break armor, even when blocked by shields.
The heavy impact of the stone projectiles significantly affected them.
The concentrated force left every shieldbearing soldier feeling like their shield arm was about to go numb, greatly slowing their advance.
A feat that archers could never achieve.
The stonethrowers were indeed proving their worth to Lu G.
Watching the invaders struggling under the suppression of his stonethrowers.
Lu G standing on the watchtowwer showed a pleased expression.
That golden level stone thrower skill book was worth every penny just for this effect.
It was absolutely worth it.
In contrast, Zhaokai outside the city wore an expression of disbelief.
The long range suppression from the stonethrowers was quite fierce, entirely different from what he had encountered before, giving him the sensation of advancing under a hail of bullets.
It was truly unbelievable.
The powerful longrange suppression caused his troops to hesitate and suffer a blow to their morale, making Kai's face look grim.
Damn, was he going to fail again? To stumble twice at the hands of one person? What kind of international joke was that? If the previous defeat could be attributed to the opponent's schemes, this time he was attacking the city headon, and the other side was genuinely defending.
If he lost again, he would truly have nowhere to put his face.
Everyone, don't panic.
Such concentrated attacks can't last long.
Raise your shields, protect the siege engine, and push forward.
Once we break through the city gate, those stone throwers will pose no threat.
While calming his troops, Zhokai decisively activated the inspire morale skill to boost their spirits.
Meanwhile, Lu Gi on the watchtower was also busy, he handed over the command of the stonethrowers to Xiaopan, basically not needing to worry about it.
With some free time, Lu G quickly directed the archers to ascend the watchtowwer.
In a defensive battle, if the enemy deploys siege equipment, how should the defenders respond? It's simple.
First, use wide-ranging long-range attacks to suppress the enemy's advanced speed.
Then, conduct precise strikes to take out the siege equipment.
Unfortunately, his triple crossbow was not yet complete.
Otherwise, with one shot, he could have wiped out both the equipment and the soldiers in one go, saving a lot of trouble.
All archers, aim at those pushing the siege engine and shoot them down with a command.
The archers on a watchtowwer began to unleash their arrows.
Due to the limited space on the watchtowwer, those who could stand up there were basically the most skilled archers from the unit.
Moreover, with the broad-range suppression from the stonethrowers providing cover, shooting from a height was not overly stressful for them.
Waves of arrows mixed with the sky full of stone projectiles shot towards the few invaders pushing the siege engine.
After two rounds of firing, one of the invaders pushing the siege engine was hit in the abdomen and fell to the ground.
Zhokai's face turned grim since earlier.
It had been his men getting injured, but there was nothing to be done.
This was the advantage of the defenders and the disadvantage of the attackers.
Where are archers? Quickly shoot at the archers on the opposite watchtowwer and take them down.
Receiving the leader order, Zhaokai's archers braced themselves and drew their bows.
Their environment was not as comfortable as that of the opposing archers.
The barrage of stone projectiles raining down made them tremble with fear during a few rounds of volley.
Their arrows hadn't even reached the opposite city wall before being knocked down by the concentrated stone projectiles, making Zho Kai furious.
Damn, how many stone throwers did that guy have? How many stone projectiles had hepiled? Since earlier, the enemy's stone throwers have been unbelievably powerful.
And with the overwhelming rain of stone projectiles, Zhaokai felt like he was going crazy.
He probably wouldn't have guessed that at that very moment, Xiaoan directing the stone throwers possessed a golden level skill in stone throwing.
As for the accumulated amount of stone projectiles, there was no need to mention it.
In the previous two invasion battles, Lu Gi had not been able to conduct a defensive battle as he wished, and the warehouse full of stone projectiles had been accumulating until now, and it was still increasing month by month.
Hoping to use them up in a short time was best not to expect.
Chapter 129.
A plan in mind.
Who would have thought that the person standing opposite would actually be a master of city defense? in various strategy games.
He had once caused a future super coward to emerge simply by erecting a wall.
The most critical part was that this person was not just a coward, but a coward with strength.
His cowardice was purposeful, a strategy he had devised himself, or it could be interpreted as him being able to make you helpless.
Kai, who was advancing fiercely with his shield raised, was now feeling a bit stuck.
A fierce look appeared on his face.
At this point, he had to break through the city gate, watching the invaders push forward under constant attack.
Lu Gi frowned slightly.
Zhokai was more stubborn than he had anticipated.
Unfortunately, he did not have the means to directly destroy the siege equipment.
Otherwise, if the siege equipment was destroyed, Zhokai would be in despair.
Right now, this guy was determined to regain his face.
As the enemy drew closer to the city gate, the angle of attack rendered the stone throwers as ranged troops gradually ineffective against them.
Unable to hit the enemy with their projectiles, Lu G raised his hand, signaling the stone throwers to stop and retreat while instructing the shield act soldiers behind the gate to prepare for a counterattack.
Unfortunately, the ancient city walls of this era were too flimsy to transport logs and stones up.
Otherwise, even if these invaders managed to escape under the walls, the falling logs and stones would be enough to make them pay dearly.
Having finally reached a relatively safe position, Zhokai was obviously eager to smash open the tightly shut city gate of the Ming Jing tribe and redeem his previous disgrace.
The moment he heard the violent sound of the siege equipment crashing against the city gate, he felt a jolt of excitement.
Meanwhile, Lu Gi, standing behind the city gate, was frowning deeply.
The power of the siege equipment was even greater than he had imagined.
At this rate, it would only be a matter of time before the city gate was forcibly breached.
He had to do something.