When the Gnoll's forces appear within view of the Arrow Tower, the Sentry Oasis is ready.

Drehem has been waiting for a long time.

The troops were rapidly mobilized, and the crossbowmen all entered the preset positions, holding their longbows and crossbows, and looked coldly at the expeditionary force of the Graymane Kingdom that appeared at the top of the dunes.

100 Vegian archers were in charge of the towers and gates.

50 Swadia crossbowmen were in charge of the attic firing window.

The 500 Swadiya militiamen, also armed with hunting crossbows, all climbed to the top floor of the attic.

Although the hunting crossbow generally equipped by the militia is less powerful, there are stones prepared in advance on the top of the attic, close to the size of half a human head, and they are held up and smashed down the city wall, and they can't be stopped by the brains of the jackals.

"Prepare for battle, be ready for battle."

The figure of Fatis walked quickly in the attic, his face solemn.

Sweeping outside the attic, the Graymane Kingdom Expeditionary Force on the sand dunes in the distance subconsciously held the hilt of the sword a little tighter, and said in a deep voice to the crossbowmen passing by: "Shoot after aiming, and strive to cause the most damage!" ”

These words are actually things that are well known.

But Phartis still repeats before the war.

As long as he can win this battle and win this crucial siege battle, let alone tell him once, even if he tells him hundreds of times, Phatis is willing.

He was a nobleman of Svadia, and it was the most difficult battle after following Lord Kant.

Won.

Fatis and his family will receive an honor that will last a lifetime.

Defeat.

Even Lord Kant's life would be threatened, and he had no choice but to die on the battlefield to prove his family's honor, which was also the best way for nobles to preserve their honor.

Fatis was still arranging the battle plans of the crossbowmen.

There was a slight commotion from the city wall behind him.

"Be quiet!"

Fatis reprimanded, only to find Kant on the city wall.

Also arriving were the 20 Livingston Ranger who had been stationed at the top of the Chamber.

"Lord Kant, it's dangerous here."

Fatis walked over and bowed, but his tone was worried, and he dissuaded: "The walls are the line of defense for the soldiers, not the place where the noble should appear. ”

Kant smiled indifferently: "The noble? ”

"Your Excellency."

Fatis still discouraged: "Please go back to the Consulate." ”

The surrounding crossbowmen also looked sad, after all, this is an extremely dangerous front-line wall, and if an enemy rushes up, this attic is only 3 meters wide, and it will definitely block the way out.

As a lord, you must not risk your life.

"It's okay."

Kant looked out through the attic window: "These gnolls can't storm the city walls in a short time. ”

He did not find out that the enemy was carrying siege weapons.

Frowning slightly, Kant turned to the 20 Livingston rangers and ordered, "Go to the east gate, where you will be stationed, and you will be assigned the sequence of crossbowmen, and follow the orders of Fatis." ”

"Understood."

The 20 Ravenston rangers responded in unison, turned around and walked briskly towards the city gates.

"The support of these archers is timely."

Fatis nodded in thanks, and at the same time analyzed: "Those gnolls' expeditionary force did not carry ready-made siege weapons, and according to my inference, their main direction of attack was our city gates. ”

"That's right." Kant nodded, and it was the same as he thought.

Crossing the Narun Desert, these expeditionary forces carried very few supplies, let alone heavy and complex siege equipment.

There are only two ways to siege a city.

Chop down trees with two-handed battle axes, build simple siege equipment such as wooden ladders and siege cones, or simply crash directly into the city gates, and use the strong bodies of these jackals and heavy two-handed battle axes to smash the city gates alive.

Of course, it is not impossible to stack corpses to the height of the city wall.

It's just that at present, looking at the thoughts of these high-level gnolls, the idea is to smash the city gate with a battle axe!

"Whew--"

The howl of the wolf came from outside, hurried and resolute.

Kant and Fatis looked at the dunes, where the gnolls had formed five phalanxes and were moving towards the east, apparently as they had guessed, the target of the attack was the eastern gate.

At the same time, there was a hundred-man team of jackals, who rushed out directly from most of the department, carrying a tomahawk to attack.

"Don't you even have diplomacy?"

Kangde's tone was slightly sarcastic, but his eyes were calm: "I still want to persuade them." ”

Fatis chuckled and didn't pick up the topic.

Drawing the knight's sword in his hand, Fatis turned his head and ordered in a deep voice: "Attention all archers and crossbowmen, free fire is prohibited, stay on the spot, and wait for the order to shoot!" ”

The deep response was summed up in one sentence: "Understood! ”

"My idea is to wait until the enemy is close before shooting."

Fatis whispered to Kant: "The sudden rain of arrows killed and wounded all the enemy's hundreds, which can break the enemy's morale. ”

"You're the commander, you arrange it."

Kant nodded.

All the crossbowmen have gathered on the eastern wall.

The other walls were guarded only by a small number of militias.

The number of enemies is not large, and the strength of the "Drehem" fortress is not large, so in siege warfare, it is often concentrated to attack a city gate, not to mention that these poor gnolls cannot sustain the attack for too long.

According to Kant's speculation, three days at most!

"Shoot!"

The order of Fatis appeared on this wall.

The loud voice made all the crossbowmen react instantly, let go of the bowstring in their hands, pull the trigger in their hands, and shoot out the feather arrows and crossbow arrows that had already been prepared!

"Buzz--"

The vibration of the bowstring instantly appeared inside the attic.

But the "whoosh" screech outside was the terrible hiss of arrows tearing through the air.

A dark shadow whizzed by.

From top to bottom.

Then it slammed into the 100-man team of gnolls within more than fifty meters outside the city wall.

The arrows easily pierced through the chain mail and pierced deep into the muscles, and the entire range of sand instantly bloomed with clumps of flowers with arrow tail feathers, connecting the jackals who were originally lined up in three columns and striding with two-handed battle axes, and more than a dozen feathered arrows or crossbow arrows also appeared on their bodies.

With a firing distance of 50 meters, even militiamen armed with hunting crossbows have very little chance of missing!

Not to mention those level 4 ranged classes with more sophisticated archery.

And the strongest is still the 20 Ravenston rangers, as a level 5 class, they indifferently draw their bows and shoot arrows, and the cone arrows in their hands that can easily break through the armor, arrow by arrow, pierce the eyebrows, eye sockets, and chest positions that lock on to the target into their sharp arrows! [.]