Chapter 2229 - : Ancient Glacier! (1/2)

Boom! Boom! Boom! Screams rose from the alliance ranks as the boulders tossed by the catapults struck numerous soldiers.

But just like with the volley of arrows, after taking this attack, the alliance ranks rippled like a lake stirred by a gust of wind, and after a few seconds, everything calmed back down as if nothing had happened at all.

With an extremely cold and calm manner, the alliance army firmly advanced toward the Great Tang. No matter what happened, nothing could stop them.

Atop the walls of the steel fortress, the Tang army engaged in volleys of attacks in a cold and rational manner.

The master archers and the catapults continued to alternate, and even though their attacks did not affect the advance of the army, they continued to maintain their firing rate.

Wang Chong had been observing the alliance army’s advance this whole time, and when they had reached a distance of three thousand feet, he suddenly gave an order.

“Pass on my orders to the city defense division. Have them prepare for the second phase.”

Thudthudthud!

The soldiers of the city defense division swiftly came forward and began to push metal caltrops from the wall, immediately creating a new defense line beneath the walls.

An attack on the city had to start from the base of the walls. Laying down caltrops at the base of the walls would serve as a major hindrance to the alliance while also covering the offensives from his own side.

It was only a matter of moments before the steel caltrops had all been laid down.

“King of Foreign Lands, all teams have finished their work.” Amidst howling winds, a voice spoke up. At some point, Zhangchou Jianqiong, Wang Zhongsi, and Zhang Shougui had stepped up to the walls.

“Mm, thank you for your trouble.”

Wang Chong nodded without turning his head.

“All preparations are complete. Victory or defeat will be decided tonight.”

The highest military commanders of the empire watched from the walls as the alliance army continued its determined advance, and each person felt something strange in the air.

The distance was growing smaller and smaller.

Two thousand feet!

One thousand feet!

“Kiiill!”

With frenzied war cries, countless alliance soldiers accelerated toward the steel fortress.

The howling winds made their roars even louder.

Thudthudthud!

At a distance of around eight hundred feet, the advancing alliance army finally showed movement. In the army, rows of soldiers holding square mechanisms in their hands pointed them at the walls. As gears clacked, short arrow bolts exploded out of the mechanisms and struck the walls.

These bolts were unbelievably sharp, and few moments later, those short bolts had penetrated into the walls in a systematic pattern.

Upon seeing this, the soldiers on the walls paled.

“What sort of bolts are these? How could they be so sharp?”

Before the war, some of the bored soldiers in the fortress had tried hacking at the walls, but all of them had had a hard time leaving behind any marks on the steel. The toughness of these walls was simply incredible.

This was why they were so confident in these walls.

But those unremarkable arrow bolts were terrifying to behold, easily piercing through the tough steel walls.

“Go!”

Before anyone could react, nimble soldiers in the alliance ranks lunged toward the walls.

They moved so quickly that it took only a few moments for them to reach the base of the walls. Like monkeys, they began to scale the walls, at the same time fitting specially designed metal plates onto the bolts.

“Stop them!”

Even the slowest of the soldiers on the walls began to understand that these bolts had not been ‘misfired’. Rather, the alliance army was using this method to create a path on the smooth walls.

With these things, it would be much easier for the alliance army to reach the top of the walls.

Thwishthwishthwish!

A portion of the Tang master archers changed targets, taking aim at the agile alliance experts down below and those soldiers carrying the mechanisms that launched those short arrow bolts.

Plush! Plush! Plush! The nimble alliance experts failed to dodge and were quickly cut down by arrows. But even more experts came out from the rear and rushed to the walls to constantly install more metal plates.

In the distance, the alliance soldiers with the firing mechanisms hid away like turtles, using the metallic, rectangular mechanisms in front of them as shelter from the volley of arrows.

With a metallic clang, the vast majority of the arrows were blocked.

Rumble!

Another wave stirred before the first had time to settle. The ground began to tremble as the alliance ranks parted, allowing a giant silhouette like a prehistoric beast to slowly come forward.