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Chapter 118 Confrontation
The penetrating damage of the bed crossbow has a limited effect on destroying warships, and its accuracy is not high. Often, ten arrows can only hit one or two arrows.

In order to truly sink the warship and prevent the army from Dragon Tooth City from entering the river beach, it still had to rely on the powerful destructive power of the trebuchet.

However, a fatal problem caused the trebuchet to not function at all.

Its range is too close.

The principle of the trebuchet is to use a lever to throw the heavy stone at the other end high through the counterweight, and then the gravitational potential energy is converted into kinetic energy again, and it falls down to strike the buildings and enemies below.

This makes it extremely destructive, but its range is far from comparable to that of a bed crossbow.

A trebuchet throwing a 180-pound pebble ball tended to have a range of about yards, or metres.

In contrast, even strong archers have a bow and arrow range of two hundred to three hundred meters.

This caused the enemy's warship to be fired upon by the opponent in advance before it entered the range of the trebuchet.

The five trebuchets deployed by the Silver Alliance army on the river bank became the primary targets of the warships.

Under the focus of the second round of bed crossbows and archers, they were all declared useless and almost shot into a sieve.

And this also represented the defeat of the river bank defense line. Seeing this, the knight standing on the high platform quickly picked up another horn and blew it.

The soldiers abandoned the scrapped ordnance and began to turn around and flee in a panic.

At this point, the river beach in the port area is completely open to the warships of Dragon Tooth City.

The four of Ronan were crouching behind a low stone wall, holding their shields above their heads.

It is used to resist the arrows that some blind archers shoot at them.

Through the gap, Elena saw that the enemy warship was lowering the boards, and a large number of soldiers boarded onto the river beach along the boards.

"Are the mercenaries here just letting them log in?" She held the weapon tightly in her hand.

"We are the opponent's target near the river beach. Once we are targeted by the bed crossbow, the third-tier knights will also have to be sniped."

Ronan was not surprised. "Only by allowing the enemy to enter the port terrain, the complex buildings here can block the opponent's arrows, and close combat can bring out the powerful individual strength of the mercenary regiment."

Not only that, but the mercenary regiments were not doing nothing during this time.

They have set up a large number of traps, potholes, poisoned arrows, fuel oil, etc. in the areas they are responsible for, and now they are waiting for the enemy to step in.

"Get ready, there are four warships docking in our area, and at least two thousand soldiers have landed."

Ronan stood up again from the wall, "The main person in charge here is the Storm Mercenary Group. They are the focus of the enemy soldiers' attack. We can just take care of the scattered teams."

Accompanied by the intrusion of enemy troops, fighting began to break out in various areas of the port.

The loud shouts of the soldiers, the angry roars of the mercenaries, and the cries of the civilians were miserably affected. Countless voices mixed together to write the flesh and blood chapter of the war.

At the same time, a squad of 12 soldiers in red hardened leather appeared at the entrance of Whitefish Street.

Carefully approaching the interior.

They quickly found Ronan and the other four by the wall, and quickly raised the crossbow in their hands.

The crossbow arrows were shot, but were bounced off by the shield.

"Kill them." After Ronan glanced at them, he signaled Elena and Vano to step forward.

In the war, the wealth of the mercenary regiment comes from the spoils, and the merits mainly depend on the number of enemies killed. These people don't need Ronan to do it himself.

Regarding the strength of the enemy, it can be roughly estimated from the equipment on them.

Ordinary soldiers wear leather armor made of hardened leather, while elite soldiers wear fully armed chain armor.

As for the higher-level knights, they are specially made plate armor.

Unlike the army, the equipment of the mercenary regiment is varied. Among them, the leader often wears exclusive armor with a very personal style. The defense is second, and the most important thing is to attract attention.

After all, fame is the number one goal pursued by the leader of the mercenary regiment.

For this, Ronan is no exception.

The previous soldier squad was destroyed under the confrontation between Elena's main attack and the Vano couple's containment.

But this is only the beginning, and more soldiers continue to pour into the port.

Baiyu Street, located on the bank of the river, obviously received a lot of attention.

An elite squad led by a knight discovered their situation and was rushing forward.

Seeing this, Ronan raised his halberd with one hand and rushed forward.

[sharp]

A cold glow invisible to the naked eye floated over Zhan Ji's body.

Ronan held his hand at the bottom, swung the three-meter-long halberd in a 360-degree arc, and slashed towards the soldier team.

The leading knight saw that he was so arrogant, and he swung recklessly without any preparations to retreat, sneered in his heart, and raised the shield in his hand.

As long as it can be blocked, the huge counter-shock force will cause the opponent's body to temporarily lose control, and he will be easily killed by him.

The halberd strikes the heavy shield,
But unlike what he had imagined, the expected shock did not come.

Like cutting cheese, the halberd split the shield, armor and his body in two.

Blood was flying, and the knight's upper body fell to the ground, looking at his feet in confusion.

Not only that, but the range of the huge fan-shaped slash also affected the four soldiers around him, cutting them off at the waist.

Seeing this, the remaining soldiers yelled in horror, turned their heads quickly, and ran towards the rear, running away from here.

Ronan leaned his halberd on the head of one of the soldiers, causing him to crouch in fear and not pursue the others.

Instead, look up to the center of the area.

A strong wind suddenly blew up in the sky there, rolling up the scattered gravel and broken wood on the ground, and the curtains outside many houses also made the sound of tearing, flying high into the sky.

A man in blue armor stood in the middle of the strong wind, looking down at the enemy below with cold eyes.

Dozens of arrows were shot at him, but they were distorted by the storm and fell from the sky after losing power.

"Son of the Storm, York Silva, head of the Storm Mercenary Corps, younger brother of Earl Silva."

Looking at the figure of the other party, Ronan thought in his heart that Earl Silva's family is located in the eastern mountainous area, which can be regarded as a remote branch of the royal family.

And this son of the storm is one of the most powerful members of the port mercenary group.

At this moment, opposite York, there was another person standing on the roof, confronting him.

"Who is that?"

Ronan asked the captured soldier, and the latter replied tremblingly, "Well, that's Randall the Swift Wolf."

"Is the enemy's advanced combat power similar to the ability to accelerate?"

Under the witness of Ronan, Randall disappeared in place facing the masonry thrown by York.

Then he threw a spear from behind, roaring towards York at a speed far beyond normal.

The lance veered from its original direction, thwarted by the storm, but it tore through York's shoulder armor, leaving a bloody scar.

He had to fall from the sky and stop throwing stones at the soldiers on the ground.

(End of this chapter)