Chapter 778, the offensive and defensive battle of Qiqu Mountain
The Qiqu Mountain Fortress was built on the only mountain road at the top of the mountain where horse-drawn carriages could walk.
The sides of the fortress were littered with strange rocks and prickly bushes, not to mention humans, and even some of the larger animals could not pass there properly.
The highest point of Qiqu Mountain is less than 900 meters above sea level, and the elevation of the fortress is only 300 meters.
However, it is this big soil bag that is blocked between the Sword Pavilion and Zitong, and if you want to go to the Chengdu Plain, this place is the only way to go.
In addition to the main road that passes through the middle of the fortress, there were several other paths that could be climbed over the Qiqu Mountain.
However, since the Demon Guild entered the Sichuan Basin, in order to collect customs duties and prevent people from smuggling into Qiqu Mountain, they built a Great Wall of Qiqu Mountain along the ridge of Qiqu Mountain.
The Great Wall of Qiqu Mountain and the Fortress of Qiqu Mountain constitute a perfect defense system, which will defend the entire Qiqu Mountain without leakage.
After capturing the fortress of Qiqu Mountain, Ning Yuan not only laid heavy troops in the fortress, but also arranged a large number of silver Pegasus knights on the Great Wall on the ridge.
If the demon army coming from the Sword Pavilion wanted to recover Zitong, they had to break through the Qiqu Mountain Fortress from the front, otherwise they would have to make a detour to a valley hundreds of miles away.
After crossing the valley, they will appear in the mountains and hills west of Zitong, and then they will go all the way over the mountains and mountains, and finally reach the west of Zitong City, which is the route of the Condor Army to attack Zitong.
It's a pity that it's not yet time to leave that valley, so Ma Feng Biao directly brought the 150,000 demon army to the north of the Qiqu Mountain Fortress and chose to attack head-on.
After reaching the foot of the hill where the fortress was located, Ma Feng Biao had the army repair for two hours, and then immediately commanded the army to begin attacking the mountain.
Faced with the dense array of demonic warriors on the hillside, the Condor Army did not attack immediately.
They had been waiting, waiting for the demon army to get closer.
"Roll the wood."
When the vanguard of the demon army marched to a point only thirty or forty meters away from the fortress wall, with the commander's order, the extremely smooth rolling logs were thrown off the city wall by the ape warriors.
Faced with the faster and faster rolling logs, the demon warriors who were climbing up immediately dodged.
However, due to the large number of rolling logs, almost every angle was blocked, and there were not too many gaps for the demon warriors to dodge, so a scream suddenly came from the hillside.
When a large amount of rolling wood rolled down the hillside to the bottom of the mountain, there were few demon warriors left standing on the hillside.
Seeing the heavy losses of the first batch of demon warriors attacking the mountain, many people under the mountain all looked solemn.
At this time, Ma Feng immediately pointed to the mountain road leading to the top of the mountain and roared loudly:
"Warriors of the Demon Clan, this is a path of death, but at this time we have no choice, for the survival of the Demon Clan, we can only pave this path with our lives.
When the enemy's logs ran out, it was time for us to launch a general attack, and the second team charged upwards with me. ”
After finishing speaking, Ma Feng Biao directly pulled out his long sword, and was about to rush up the mountain.
"General, you are now shouldering the burden of protecting the Demon Clan, how can you personally take the risk, let me attack the mountain on your behalf.
Warriors of the second team, follow me! ”
Seeing that Ma Feng was going to personally lead the team to attack the mountain, several demon generals around him immediately rushed up and stopped him.
Hugging the waist and pulling the legs, directly dragged the horse back.
After stopping Ma Fei, before Ma Feng could speak, a demon general who was infected by Ma Fengqi's spirit of taking the lead immediately commanded the second team of demon warriors to rush towards the fortress on the mountain.
As the Condor Army in the fortress threw out the logs again, the second group of demon warriors who came up to attack the mountain quickly followed in the footsteps of the first batch.
Immediately after that, the demon warrior launched a third, fourth, and fifth attack on the mountain.
When the fifth group of demon warriors rushed up the hillside, there were no more logs to throw down from the fortress, and the Eagles had exhausted the logs they had prepared.
After seeing that there was no rolling log, Ma Feng immediately commanded the cloud echelon to rush up.
When a large number of improvised ladders were erected on the city walls, the demon warriors who were waiting on the side immediately began to climb up the ladders.
After the logs ran out, the Condor soldiers inside the fortress began to use bows and arrows to snipe the demon warriors at range.
Although the elven knights' archery skills were very good, Ning Yuan also equipped them with armor-piercing arrows that were specially used to deal with demon warriors.
But for the demon warriors with shields, the arrows shot by the elven knights did not pose much of a threat to them.
Because as long as they don't get shot in the vital part, they can grit their teeth and stand up.
As soon as the demon warriors rushed under the walls, the elven knights stopped shooting and retreated to the back, replaced by strong ape warriors.
When the demon warrior set up the ladder to the top of the city, the ape warriors immediately grabbed the stones piled up beside them, and then raised them above their heads, and threw them at the demon warrior who was climbing the ladder.
Originally, they were just ordinary stones, but after being endowed with powerful kinetic energy by the ape warriors, they immediately turned into blunt weapons that could pierce armor.
The shield on the demon warrior's arm can withstand the arrows of the elven knights, but it cannot withstand the stones that have been endowed with great energy.
As the stone rain fell on the city wall, a scream suddenly came from under the city wall.
"Warriors, don't hesitate to keep charging me, the space inside the fortress is limited, and there are not too many stones to store.
For the sake of the Demon Clan, kill me! ”
After running out of rolling wood in the fortress, Ma Feng also followed the group to the city wall.
When he saw that the demon army besieging the city had been defeated again, he immediately began to cheer for the demon warriors.
Seeing that Ma Fengbiao, who was the regent and the general of the protector of the country, personally came to the city to command, the demon warriors who had been a little demoralized immediately regained their vitality and rushed up the ladder again desperately.
The loud roar of the horse horse immediately attracted the attention of some of the Condor troops on the city wall, and after seeing the horse horse's costume, many silver Pegasus knights couldn't help but start bending their bows and arrows freely, wanting to snatch this merit package.
However, just as they were about to release the arrows, which had been fully recharged, several coughs suddenly sounded behind them.
After hearing the somewhat familiar voice, the elven knights couldn't help but look back one after another.
When they saw that it was Ning Yuan coughing there and shaking his head at them slightly, he immediately slowly put away the bow and arrow that had been fully drawn.
Although they didn't know why Ning Yuan wanted to stop them from sniping the enemy's senior commander, the soldiers took it as their duty to obey orders, and out of trust in Ning Yuan, they immediately chose to carry out Ning Yuan's orders unconditionally.
Seeing that Ma Feng was still there alive and cheering for the demon warriors who were besieging the city, Ning Yuan shook his head with a smile.
This idiot, even if he wants to play the role of a commander who takes the lead, doesn't have to be so close to the city wall.
Didn't he know that there were a large number of elven knights on the walls?
Did he think that just a few shieldmen around him would be able to protect him?
What a fool, if he hadn't been able to die now, Ning Yuan really wanted the elven knights to shoot him into a hornet's nest.