Chapter 788.1: Collision
*Boom-boom-boom...*
From the opposite side of the fortress, the sound of battle drums began to resound. It came from the Tribal Alliance army. The two sides were now separated by a fortress, but both sides had their own slopes for climbing the fortress walls.
One side had a slope of cooled lava, and the other had an already established slope that was repeatedly reinforced.
It was fortified in case the empire's army could recapture the fortress in the shortest possible time. If that happened, the union's reinforcements wouldn't be long in coming.
Although the Imperial army had not yet occupied the fortress, it had created a stable slope that led directly to the fortress walls.
Now the fortress of the Black Earth Plain has become like a mountain. Both sides could easily climb this mountain, and now it all depended on who won in close combat.
*Doo-oo-oo-oo-oo~*
The war horn howled in the surrounding area. In such a high-altitude battle, the most important thing was to take the highest point and keep the path open for reinforcements.
The Empire's army surged up the slope like a wave. First came the ranks of heavy-shielded warriors and spearmen. This construction worked in any terrain and any conditions.
On the other hand, the Tribal Alliance's army consisted of at least 200,000 thousand creatures, and they were all rapidly climbing up the fortress.
Under normal circumstances, an equal ratio of troops would play into the empire's hands, but this time it's different. These warriors were all the elites of the Tribal Alliance, not a ragtag army.
And this time, the majority of this army was not orcs, but dwarves, dwarves with meter-long heavy shields.
The first two rows consisted entirely of dwarves with heavy shields, followed by a row of goblins, yes, those timid and weak goblins.
And these goblins had no weapons. Their bodies were covered from head to toe with bottles of green concoction.
People from both sides climbed the slopes on both sides of the fortress without much difference. The speed of the simultaneous advance of hundreds of thousands of warriors was astounding.
From a bird's eye view, it looked more like two huge waves that were about to collide.
The two waves rolled down the slope and finally collided at the top of the fortress.
The sound of metal screeching first reverberated through the fortress, followed by screams and the sounds of bottles breaking.
The Imperial army followed its usual strategy. The heavy-shielded warriors immediately stood in front and held out their shields, and between the gaps, spears and halberds poked out from their shields.
The first clash between the two armies would result in hundreds of union warriors being pierced through with spears and halberds.
This tactic had been honed in hundreds, if not thousands, of battles, but today the heavy-shielded dwarves were leading the way in the Union army. The one-meter-high shield obviously wasn't a joke, but what was two shields put up together-one on top and one in front?
In the blink of an eye, a two-meter-high shield wall appeared in front of the imperial army. The spearmen's spears and halberds collided with the sturdy shields, causing their hands to go numb, and some spears and halberds even started to break.
The dwarves easily blocked the momentum of the Empire warriors, and the goblins behind them immediately started throwing forward the bottles that were attached to their bodies.
*Bang,bang...*
Green flames engulfed the contact line. The Empire's spearmen and shield bearers began to die and drop out of battle in packs.
The green flames quickly dissipated, and the place of the newly dissolved wave was taken by the empire's warriors with war hammers.
They immediately started hitting the shield wall with them.
*Bang, bang, bang...*
The battlefield was filled with iron strikes. The previously impregnable shield wall began to crumble.
*Whistling~*
A rain of elven arrows streaked through the air and charged straight into the crowd of Union warriors.
*F-f-f-f-f-f~*
Huge crossbow bolts cut through the rain of arrows. The union's elite troops were facing the empire's army, so obviously there were the best of the best among this army. The huge crossbows were quickly taken over by special teams, who immediately reconfigured the crossbows and began launching crossbow bolts at the enemy army.
Previously, the deadly rain of arrows had become almost useless due to those huge crossbow bolts. Carlos, who had already killed dozens of enemies, felt helpless after seeing this scene. This time, his opponent was very well prepared, and even with such a good advantage, he wasn't sure of his victory.
Not far from the slope, Su Xiao was rushing forward along with the other roaring empire warriors, which seriously affected his perception of the surrounding situation.
The two armies began to fight with all their might. People on the front lines died in batches, but other people immediately took their place.
This scene was horrifying.
Right now, everything depended on who could win this fight. The winner will occupy the fortress, and the loser will die.
After about ten minutes, Su Xiao finally arrived at the slope. It wasn't that it was slow, but that it was impossible for a two-hundred-thousand-strong army to climb the fortress in an instant, plus the fortress itself couldn't accommodate such a huge number of people.
He could only wait for the combatants on the walls to die. Only when someone on the walls died did the queue move forward.
As soon as Su Xiao stepped onto the slope, he immediately felt the warmth under his feet.
It's not cold yet.
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