Chapter 108: The Advanced Guerrilla Shooter
"Use props!"
Shen Mu didn't hesitate at all, and immediately communicated with the system with his thoughts.
And he directly specified: "The target of the item is 200 Vikia light infantry!"
Instantly, the Mount and Blade system responded.
New dialog boxes popped up on his retinas.
[Ding! You used 'Specify 200 low-level soldiers to complete the upgrade (rule-based upgrade item)' and specified "Vikia Light Infantry (Light Heavy Infantry)" for upgrade! ]
[Your 'Vikia Light Infantry (Tier 2)' can be upgraded to (Tier 3 Troops)——]
【①Vekija veteran infantry (light and heavy infantry).】
【②Vikia Guerrilla Archer (Long-range Archer).】
【Please choose according to your troop needs. 】
"Choose to upgrade all to Vikia guerrilla shooters!" Shen Mu made the decision.
There is no need to choose at all!
The Vikia guerrilla shooter was a type of soldier that Shen Mu had already decided to upgrade.
Especially at the moment, those temporary workers of the diesel company and the pig-headed people under the command of the formal employees will definitely launch a brutal siege. It is necessary to have 200 archers to fill the scarce long-range shooting ability.
This is simply a timely help!
Following Shen Mu's choice, the content in the dialog box in front of him was refreshed again.
[Ding! You have chosen to upgrade 'Vikia Light Infantry (Tier 2)'. 】
【Upgrade Started...】
[The upgrade direction is 'Vikia Guerrilla Archer (Level 3 Long-range Archer)'. 】
'Om! '
Countless data streams began to flow out from between Shen Mu's brows.
Pieces of white light drew an arc in an instant and landed directly on the inside of the city wall, on the bodies of the Vikia light infantrymen who were still waiting beside the stairs and had just been upgraded from the Vikia recruits.
'Om! '
White light flashes.
The data stream began to be absorbed into the bodies of these Wikia light infantry.
Wait until the white light fades away.
One by one, the Vikia guerrilla archers, all wearing studded leather clothes, leather hats, holding nomadic bows, quivers on their waists, and carrying a bright and cold two-handed axe on their backs, which was very characteristic and recognizable of Vikia, walked out of the white light.
Their faces became more ferocious and excited, and it was obvious that they knew they had just arrived and would be thrown into battle again, and they couldn't wait!
The Vikians, who live in the snowy plateau, have the highest desire for battle among the six nations!
Even the Nords, who also use axes as weapons, only pursue plunder and wealth.
They are fundamentally different from the Vikians who love fighting, reckless actions and killing!
"Salute to you! Respected! Mr. Shen Mu!"
At this moment, the 200 Vikia guerrilla shooters who had already lined up aimed their bodies at Shen Mu who was turning around and looking at them at the top of the city gate.
Then they shouted Shen Mu's name, bent down to him very respectfully, put their hands on their chests, and greeted him seriously.
"Yeah, very good." Shen Mu stood on the top of the city gate, leaning against the thick baffle, and gently stretched out his hand to signal: "You are very good."
"Thank you for your trust!" The 200 Vikia guerrilla shooters bowed again.
The attitude is extremely humble.
Because these Vigia guerrilla archers, when they were still Vigia light infantry, returned to the Vigia Kingdom for training, and participated in several battles against other kingdoms, which honed their skills.
Including the superb archery skills, they were also acquired from life, from the training ground, and from the battlefield.
Even the king of the Kingdom of Vikia, Yarogelk, expressed his concern for them.
This is why they are able to survive battle after battle while possessing honed archery skills and the ability to use two-handed axes to fight enemies in close combat.
This is because King Yarogelk knew that they wanted to follow the great man Shen Mu, so he took special care of them!
That's why they were so respectful and had great respect for Shen Mu.
"Yeah." Shen Mu nodded, expressing his satisfaction with these newly joined Vikia guerrilla shooters.
Now, 200 long-range shooters and archers have been added directly to the walls of Dehrim, which has brought a huge improvement to the defense.
For the besiegers, if they wanted to continue the siege, they would have to face even more intense rain of arrows and leave more corpses behind before they could reach the slope of the city wall and head towards the top of the wall.
And this is tantamount to a road to death for the attackers!
"Bandak, these Vikia guerrilla shooters will be incorporated into the team under your command." Shen Mu turned his head and looked at Bandak, who had just finished his patrol and noticed the movement here and was walking quickly over.
And he was directly given the command authority of all these Vikia guerrilla shooters.
"I understand. Thank you for your trust, Lord Shen Mu." Bandak responded immediately and answered firmly: "I will let them play the best role!"
"Yeah." Shen Mu nodded, feeling reassured by Bandak's confident look.
"Come with me." Bandak did not continue chatting at this time. He waved to the Vikia guerrilla shooters below, signaling them to come to the city wall.
Then, looking at the 200 long-range archers who had gathered at the edge of the city gate in front of him, after a little thought, he also arranged for these Vikia guerrilla archers to join the ranks of these archers.
After all, there are three shooting holes on each baffle, which means that three shooters can stand there.
Originally, Bandak's main deployment position for long-range shooters was on both sides of the city gate.
After all, the main attack direction of those spiritual world servant armies is the moat in front of the city gate and the area of the city wall on the north side of the city gate.
Including the bumpy and rugged ramps, it is obvious that the intention is to allow subsequent siege troops to rush directly to the city wall, seize the city gate, and then open the city gate after controlling it, allowing more troops to enter the town and completely complete the capture of the town.
The tactical intention is extremely clear.
This is basically the simpler and more effective tactical arrangement that these spiritual bandit races that originated from the desert came up with after discussions with the humans on Blue Star.
However, with the deployment of these 200 Vikia guerrilla archers, the density of the long-range archers' arrow rain became more dense.
Those spiritual world servants, or the guys from the diesel company, wanted to rush up the ramp to force an attack on the city.
The outcome can only be described as miserable.
“But this is the effect I want!”
At this moment, Shen Mu was looking down at the trench filled with countless wooden furniture and the piled-up ramps, with some special colors flashing in his eyes.
Especially when he saw the archers around him whose number had suddenly increased to 400, as well as the infantry and cavalry troops on standby behind the city wall.
He seemed to have another idea in his mind:
"The furniture that filled the trenches and built the ramps was made of plywood pressed with glue and sawdust, which would become highly flammable in a short time if ignited."
Shen Mu looked at the green belt in the distance again. Although those people had some characteristics of spiritual creatures, judging from their clothes and posture, they were obviously humans from Blue Star.
His eyes were thoughtful: "If this is really the case, then we have to deceive these Blue Star humans first."
The IQ of humans on Blue Star is much higher than those bandit races in the spiritual world.
The spiritual world bandit race is actually the human race from the Lion Principality, a derogatory term for the various sub-human races living in the desert.
As a result, they still think it is a nice-sounding word and believe that robber describes a strong person.
And gladly accepted it!
This has exposed the reason why these bandit races were driven from the fertile plains to the barren desert by humans.
He just has low IQ and relies entirely on brute force and barbaric habits, and only has temporary tactical advantages.
It will never amount to anything!
Just as Shen Mu was deep in thought, a simple commotion began to appear in the green belt in front of him.
It seemed that the spiritual servant troops, which had suffered heavy losses, began to retreat to both sides.
The main attacking position was given to the extremely strong pig-headed men who came from behind. They were fat and strong, holding flails and hammers, with round shields on their left arms.
"It's coming." Shen Mu's expression also became more serious.
But deep in his eyes, there was more and more sarcasm.
If he follows the plan he just thought of...
perhaps.
It will completely damage the main force of the diesel company!
But at this moment, a dialog box popped up again in front of Shen Mu. [Ding! An event has been detected! The second stage temporary mission condition has appeared - a huge wave is coming! ]
[Phase Mission Summary: The ramp built by the servant troops has been formed, and the trench has been filled. The Diesel Company, having received the news, decided to launch a general attack like a huge wave! ]
[Stage mission requirements: Resist the general attack from the Diesel Company headquarters and vassal forces.]
[Stage mission reward: 10000 dinars. ]
[Tip: This task is a multi-stage temporary task. You can get corresponding rewards after completing the corresponding task stages. ]
The Mount and Blade system gave Shen Mu a direct prompt.
Diesel Company's general offensive is about to begin!
'Well--'
Just about ten seconds after the dialog box appeared, a dull horn sounded from the green belt ahead.
Those pig-headed men were wearing simple leather armor, with shields on their left arms and flails in their right hands. They were about 1 meters tall and all of them were fat and strong. They also crossed the green belt and began to come to the plain land.
He stared with bloodshot eyes due to the strong smell of blood, and hummed.
There were nearly 1000 pig-headed men, arranged in several rectangular formations.
Looks very powerful!
"hold head high--"
Then, a shrill, huge pig howl like thunder sounded.
"hold head high!"
These pig-headed men all stared with scarlet eyes and made pig-like howling sounds in response.
Then he raised the flail in his hand and rushed towards the battlefield full of feathers and arrows, spears, broken furniture, and thousands of corpses of spiritual creatures, like a tide, howling.
Towards the filled trench and the piled-up ramp.
Charge forward with big strides!
General attack.
It has indeed begun!
"Fire arrows!"
On the city wall, 100 Vikia archers, 200 Vikia guerrilla shooters, 50 skilled Rhodok crossbowmen and 50 mercenary crossbowmen, who had been ready, pulled the trigger and released the bowstrings almost instantly after the order was given.
All I heard was countless 'buzzing' sounds vibrating the air, and then a black shadow composed of countless slender feather arrows and crossbow bolts whizzed past.
It really was like a torrential rain made up of countless arrows and crossbow bolts.
It fell on the heads of the pig-headed men who were rushing over, and on the hearts of these pig-headed men who had never expected such a dense rain of arrows!
The long-range shooter who came from the world of Mount and Blade has a fatal thought that goes straight to the heart of these pig-headed people!
'call! '
All I could hear was a dull sound composed of countless screams.
Then, we saw a torrential rain of arrows that looked like a barrage of bullets, falling on the thousands of pig-headed men that had rushed within a range of 200 meters.
There was a series of 'ding-dong' sounds.
Those pig-headed men raised their simple round shields high in their left hands to protect their heads and rushed towards the city wall. Their small round shields were instantly hit by dozens of feather arrows or crossbow arrows.
Even the shoulders or arms that were not protected by the round shield were splattered with blood on the spot, and the body was full of arrows, like a hedgehog!
However, the number of pig-headed men who fell in this wave of arrow rain did not exceed a hundred.
More pig-headed people had feather arrows or crossbow bolts stabbing at them.
Still howling angrily because of the pain, waving the flail in his hand and running forward with big strides, adding to the momentum of the charge!
The pig-headed man has a very strong vitality, coupled with the fat and muscles on his body.
As long as they are not shot at vital points, they don't even need to care about the feather arrows and crossbow bolts on their bodies. They can maintain their original combat effectiveness and rush up to fight any enemy!
So this is why the ones who rule that desert are the Pig-Headed People tribe among the Orcs.
It has great power, destructive power, and strong vitality.
How could an ordinary race of skinny desert bandits compete with them?
"Everyone! Free fire!"
But for Bandak on the city wall, seeing that there were not many pig-headed men falling down, he looked solemn but said nothing.
Instead, he continued to command calmly, issuing orders to the crossbowmen: "Don't stop shooting!"
"understand!"
On the city wall, 400 long-range shooters responded at this time.
After the volley ended, the crossbowmen immediately began to quickly restring the crossbows and put the arrows back into the shooting slots.
But the archers had already pulled the bowstrings again, quickly pulled out arrows from the quivers on their backs, and started shooting again at the pig-headed men who were howling and rushing towards them like a tide!
‘Whoosh whoosh! ’
The whistling sound of feather arrows tearing through the air came one after another and began to appear in front of the city wall without interruption.
Dark shadows passed by.
At this time, blood flowers burst out of the bodies of the pig-headed men, and they fell down wailing.
Because the ramp built by the spiritual world servant troops was only on the city gate side, and was only five or six meters wide.
They wanted to rush up the city wall and fight with the human soldiers who, in their impression, had very weak melee combat abilities.
Then we can only head in the direction of this slope.
No matter how many pig-headed people there are in total, there are only dozens of them in the front.
I could only force my way to the slope that was full of potholes and bumps caused by a lot of furniture, and it required both hands to climb up, and then I crawled up panting.
During this process, whether it was crossbow arrows or feather arrows from the city walls, they all brought fatal casualties!
Moreover, these pig-headed men had to face not only the feather arrows and crossbow bolts shot from the city walls above their heads.
In addition, the crossfire formed by the feather arrows and crossbow arrows shot from other extensions of the city walls on both sides of this ramp had an even more deadly killing effect on their flanks, waists, abdomens and ribs!
"Hum! Hum! Hum!"
So right in front of Shen Mu, when these pig-headed people who had gathered together began to climb on the wooden furniture, they were hit directly in the head, chest and other vital parts by the crossbow arrows or rapid-fire feather arrows shot at close range.
They began to groan and wail, losing the strength to maintain their balance. They either fell on the piles of furniture or rolled into the trenches on both sides of the ramp with their heads tilted back.
Even some pig-headed men roared and tried hard to protect their heads with round shields, and they slowly climbed up because of their good luck.
However, when faced with the city wall that was more than 2 meters high and the 2-meter-high baffle on the wall, there was despair in their eyes. Then, the skilled Rhodok crossbowmen or hired crossbowmen who had discovered them in advance showed grim smiles, raised the crossbows in their hands, and pulled the triggers at them below.
"Bang!" The crossbow arrow shot out from close range and pierced its eyeball in an instant, penetrating deep into its head, destroying even its brain.
This lucky pig-headed man could only fall backwards wailing in the end.
It fell directly into the group of pig-headed people who were climbing up and trying to continue approaching the city wall. Their bodies were pierced by various feather arrows and crossbow arrows, and they were obviously severely injured!
It also brought seven or eight pig-headed men who happened to be on the path it was falling, and they slid to the bottom of the slope, rolling and crawling.
This disrupted the siege rhythm of more pig-headed people who were crowding over and trying to climb to the top of the ramp as quickly as possible.
"hold head high--!!!"
However, these pig-headed men did not show any sign of retreating despite the heavy losses they suffered in such a short period of time.
On the contrary, the more violent pig-headed men roared and showed a stronger desire to attack.
Hatred for those human archers on the city wall...
It is also more unforgettable!
Outside the entire city wall, on the slope, there was a stream of blood-red mist at this time.
The pungent smell of blood immediately filled the air.
Shen Mu, who was standing on the top of the city gate, closest to the front-line battlefield, frowned subconsciously and felt a little nauseous about the smell of blood mixed with a strong fishy smell.
So Shen Mu stepped forward, patted the shoulder of the Lake Rat Gang's senior thug who was still watching the battle and waiting for orders, and said lightly:
"Use the ballista."
"Understood!" The senior thugs of the Lake Rat Gang responded excitedly.
So many enemies crowded together.
The spear that was blasted out could directly kill and penetrate the bodies of many enemies, and could kill many pig-headed men in one strike.
The thought of it made the Lake Rat Gang's veteran thugs tremble with excitement all over!
(End of this chapter)
