Chapter 689: Endless Tug of War

The second day of the battle of Avalon Fortress ended in a tug-of-war between the two armies, just like the first day.

The Hiran Army still did not make any substantial progress.

On the third day, the Hiran Army's mound was finally built and the tunnel was finally dug.

After learning that the mound and the tunnel could be put into battle, Dominic immediately ordered the use of the mound and the tunnel.

The Knights of Michael had already taken precautions against the Hiran Army's tunnel.

The Knights of Michael had already placed a bowl of water at intervals on the ground near the outer city wall.

Several soldiers were set up near each bowl of water to take turns to lie down and observe the bowl of water.

If the bowl of water showed a face, it meant that there was a vibration underground.

This could quickly determine the location of the enemy's tunnel and quickly intercept it.

If the foundation of the enemy city could be dug, a channel could be dug for attack, which was also a common tactic in siege warfare of this era.

The attackers who adopted tunnel warfare would dig one or more tunnels, and constantly use wood to support the ground as they advanced.

The city walls were destroyed by digging tunnels, or an entrance was opened inside the city through the foundation of the city walls, so that the troops outside the city could slip into the city.

Although tunnel warfare was a common means of attacking a city, there were also countermeasures against it, and with continuous improvements, the countermeasures against tunnel warfare were still very developed.

At the beginning of the offensive and defensive war, Su Cheng transferred 3,000 soldiers to Deng Jiaer and gave him the task of countering the Xilan Army's tunnels.

After the soldiers responsible for observing the water bowls found ripples in the water, they immediately informed Deng Jiaer, who was responsible for dealing with the Xilan Army's tunnels.

Deng Jiaer quickly determined the general location of the Xilan Army's tunnels based on the different sizes of ripples in each water bowl.

After determining the general location of each tunnel through the water bowl, Deng Jiaer led her soldiers to quickly launch a counterattack to block the tunnel of the Hiran Army.

There is a deep trench at the foot of the outer wall of the Avalon Fortress. This trench is specially used to deal with the enemy's tunnels. As long as the Hiran Army's tunnels are found, straw sprinkled with various flammable materials will be thrown into the tunnels, and the Hiran Army will be forced back with fire and thick smoke.

For a time, screams were heard in the tunnels, and the smell of burnt flesh spread from the tunnels.

Compared with siege towers, battering rams and other siege equipment, it is really easy to deal with tunnels. As long as the general location of the enemy's tunnels can be determined, the trenches can be dug deep enough, and more flammable materials that can burn gas and smoke can be prepared. Even if a million troops come, they can be blocked in the tunnels and can't climb out.

Many Hiran Army soldiers were unable to retreat in the tunnels, were choked by the dense smoke, and could never get up again.

The Hilan soldiers who were not choked to death by the smoke began to retreat in a hurry.

In the hasty retreat, they trampled on each other, causing many casualties.

"Retreat! Abandon the tunnel!"

The Hilan generals in charge of commanding the tunnel war saw that the Knights of Michael had already prepared for their tunnels, so they could only sigh and order a retreat and abandon the tunnels.

Compared with the tunnels, the dozens of earthen mounds built by the Hilan army played a lot of roles.

It took more than two days and tens of thousands of soldiers to successfully build dozens of high earthen mounds under the outer wall of the Avalon Fortress.

These dozens of high earthen mounds are 2 meters higher than the inner wall of the Avalon Fortress opposite.

On each earthen mound, there are bunkers to protect the crossbowmen.

Each earthen mound can accommodate about 40 crossbowmen standing on it,

shooting down the outer wall of the Avalon Fortress to cover the comrades who were attacking the city.

The crossbowmen of the Hiran Army standing on the earth mounds threw arrows like a rainstorm at the outer wall of the Avalon Fortress.

The sound of arrows piercing the armor and flesh of the soldiers of the Michael Knights and the screams of the soldiers of the Michael Knights came one after another.

Because the archers of the Hiran Army standing on the earth mounds were high above, the battlements of the outer wall lost their cover.

This caused the defenders on the outer wall to suffer considerable casualties.

The commanders of each section of the wall immediately commanded the archers on their side to fight back, raising their heads and shooting back.

However, because there were shelters on each earth mound, the counterattack effect of the archers of the Michael Knights was not ideal.

With the participation of these earth mounds, the battle on the wall became more intense and bloody.

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Swoosh!

A stray arrow fell from the sky and hit Darlene's shoulder armor.

"Ugh..."

Dalina groaned in pain, then raised her hand and pulled out the arrow that hit her left shoulder armor.

Fortunately, the arrow only hit her armor. Under the protection of the armor, the arrow only scratched her flesh and did not cause her much harm.

"Really... What are the crossbowmen on the inner city wall doing..."

Dalina threw the arrow that had just hit her to the ground angrily, complaining very dissatisfiedly.

"Hurry up and shoot down all the enemy soldiers on the mounds."

These dozens of high mounds brought a lot of trouble to the defenders of the outer city wall.

The crossbowmen of the Xilan army standing on these dozens of mounds were shot down because they were shooting downwards. The defenders on the outer city wall lost the protection of the battlements and were shot badly.

Daliana and the others had to raise their shields high, and guard against the enemy infantry in front of them, as well as the dense rain of arrows that fell from their heads from time to time.

Seeing that the archers on the safe inner city wall were unable to deal with the enemy soldiers on the mounds, Daliana could not help but get angry and secretly cursed them for their inaction.

However, Daliana misunderstood the archers on the inner city wall this time.

After the archers of the Xilan army climbed up the mounds, their comrades on the inner city wall immediately began to counterattack.

However, because these mounds were higher than the inner city wall and were protected by bunkers, the counterattack effect on the inner city wall was not ideal.

At the moment when Daliana pulled out the arrow on her shoulder and was distracted, a Xilan soldier not far from her seized the opportunity, raised the battle axe in his hand high, and rushed towards Daliana.

Judging from the armor on this Xilan soldier, it seems that he is not an ordinary soldier.

Daliana feels that her current state is very strange.

After two days of fighting, Darlena felt that her body was getting more and more relaxed.

Her previously stiff limbs became more flexible.

Even her vision felt like it was suddenly widened.

Darlena, who became more responsive, quickly sensed the enemy soldier.

She raised her shield to block the enemy soldier's attack.

The next moment after blocking his attack, Darlena immediately slid towards the Xilan soldier like a fish.

Darlena's head was almost close to the Xilan soldier's body, passing through his right armpit.

When passing through the right armpit of the Xilan soldier, Darlena's sword also followed her body and passed through the side of the Xilan soldier.

The sharp sword body passed through the Xilan soldier's abdomen from the guard to the tip of the sword, cutting the Xilan soldier in half.