Chapter 89: Tremble!

  Rabish was just an ordinary citizen of Lobot, but now he's standing on the city wall of Lobot, guarding it with the soldiers from the Council City. As a small citizen, Rabish doesn't care who rules this city as long as he can have a good life, even if Azela becomes the king.

  But being a soldier was not what Labrys wanted, and the reason he was unwilling to stay here was that the Parliament City needed to replenish the 1,000 soldiers lost in the siege, and forcibly recruited people in the city. These men, who were originally just ordinary civilians, were given weapons and assigned to various positions after a brief training of only a few days.

  Rabish, due to his poor luck, was assigned to the most dangerous part of the city wall, where he stood guard with others from the Council City. For today, the Allied Army of Eran had appeared beneath the walls of Robito City. The distant, slowly rising cluster of tents indicated just how many people were gathered there.

  Everyone around Labrys was unfamiliar to him, and there were people opposed to the new Emperor Azell in the army. So, out of the 1,000 recruited from Robito, they were dispersed throughout the military forces of the entire Council City, making sure that no more than two out of every ten people were from Robito.

  Even if there were opponents, they wouldn't be able to stir up much trouble, after all, most of the people around are from Parliament City. If someone wants to do something, it will inevitably be discovered by others. For those who intend to destroy and cause trouble, the gallows in the city await them. Rabish gazed at the Elan Union army building a campsite in the distance, thinking about how they would take this place down.

  Even if the walls of Lobito are not high, there are many more soldiers defending them. If the commander of the garrison in Luanda is not a fool, it can almost be said that breaking through the walls of Lobito is impossible. Perhaps after the coalition army has suffered some losses, the Luanda garrison will even take the initiative to attack and defeat this attacking army.

  "It's better to just stay in the last place during the siege." Rabish, who didn't want to fight, leaned against the city wall and thought: "I really don't know what's good about fighting. Now even the factories inside the city have stopped working, and the things they produce can't be sold. Is it worth paying such a price just because you don't want to talk about the emperor?"

  "Get up." Seeing the lazy Labis on guard, the squad leader who was originally in the sentry tower came over to scold him: "If I see you slacking off again next time, just wait for a flogging! I really don't know what the legion commander is thinking, recruiting people like you into the army. The atmosphere of the whole legion has been ruined by you!"

  "Did you think I wanted to come in here?!" Rabish mentally complained, but his body quickly stood up and tried to make a focused expression. After all, he was now among the troops in the Council City, if he didn't want to be really whipped by that wet leather whip, it would be better to behave obediently.

  Bang! A huge explosion suddenly occurred on a small hillside not far away, and some white smoke emerged from there. Immediately afterwards, Rabis heard the sound of something breaking through the air and flying towards here with a whistling sound. Just as he was thinking about what it was, a massive explosion erupted right next to his ear.

  A sudden massive force knocked him to the ground, and the deafening roar right next to his ear made it seem like a hundred dwarves were screaming in unison. His vision was also slightly dazed. Rabish shook his head trying to clear himself up, wiped away the blood flowing from his forehead, and looked at where he originally stood guard.

  The stone blocks that made up the city wall nearby all burst open, and a not small gap appeared there. The squad leader who had originally scolded him was no longer there, but the bloodstains on the ground indicated that his situation wasn't much better either. Rabish, who didn't feel happy about this at all, struggled to get up, but his shaking body only allowed him to lean against the nearby city wall.

  He searched everywhere to find out what kind of weapon could have caused such damage. Because he knew clearly that there was no catapult nearby, and the tall wooden frame on the city wall was visible at a glance. Finally, he saw six strange iron pipes with wheels in the place where white smoke was rising, and some short gray men were busy around those six things, as if they were loading something into them.

  "What the heck is going on?" Rabis was somewhat bewildered, those iron pipes were somehow causing this situation, but the next moment a loud bang and white smoke came out from somewhere. At that moment he finally saw flames spewing out of the six iron pipes, a sharp whistling sound getting closer and closer, followed by a massive explosion, ultimately plunging Rabis' world into darkness...

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  "This is the power of artillery." Mo Yan looked at the six new breaches that had been blasted out of the walls of Robito City in the distance, and turned to look at the three military commanders who were crouching on the ground in fear due to the sudden loud noise, laughing and saying: "Although it still needs some improvement in terms of power, but for a low wall like Robito's, isn't it enough?"

  The dwarves who were in charge of loading stopped what they were doing and stared at the three military commanders, their faces pale with shock. The smug expression on their faces seemed to say, "You country bumpkins have finally recognized the power of this weapon!" Mo Yan, although not as obvious as the dwarves every day, also showed a hint of satisfaction.

  "What in the world is this thing?" Albert walked forward, looking around at the cannons that were still emitting a strange smell and then looked at the Lobito city wall which was almost on the verge of collapse and asked: "How did it manage to fire the cannonballs that had just been loaded? Why do those cannonballs explode after hitting the city wall?"

  "These are the secrets of Thunder Cliff." Mo Yan smiled and asked Albert, "Wouldn't the city of Santa Fe publish the drawings if they had such a weapon? I demonstrated the effect of the weapon just to tell you that Lobito's city wall is not a big deal.

  "Now, all the legion commanders need to think about is how to break into the city through the gap. Even if the city walls are no longer a problem, the upcoming street fighting will be a very tricky thing, won't it? The task that needs to be done this time is to drive those Council City warriors out of the city and force them to retreat back to Council City."

  Upon hearing Mo Yan's words, the three legion commanders could only suppress their curiosity. They also understood that as Mo Yan said, no matter which side possessed such a weapon, they would keep it strictly confidential and not let others know the secret. With such a weapon, if it weren't for the thick city walls, it wouldn't have any defensive effect at all. The current city walls of Robito had already made the best interpretation.

  While the three legion commanders went back to discuss how to minimize losses when entering the city, the gray dwarves continued to bombard Lobito's city wall until all explosive shells and solid shells were fired before returning to the camp. The section of the city wall that had been hit dozens of times had become a rubble wasteland.

  That night, the Erland army launched a surprise attack on Lobito. Nine thousand Sault warriors poured in through the gap that had been blasted open during the day, into Lobito. Under the cover of darkness, the crossbowmen stationed by the Council Troop on most rooftops in Lobito were unable to play their due role in blocking them.

  The commander of the garrison in the city, who had already learned that the city walls were breached during the day, had arranged a retreat route during the day. After seeing that the Elan Union army's offensive could not be stopped, he demolished some buildings in the city to block the Union army's advance route and left behind a 2,000-strong rearguard. He led the remaining 9,000 men out of the city through another gate and retreated back to the Parliament City.

  But just after leaving Lobito, they were attacked by a group of people using strange explosive devices. And were followed by a group of demons, occasionally raiding their rear. Forcing them to dispatch a blocking force to block these well-equipped Thundercliff demons.

  After several days of pursuit, only three thousand returned to the Parliament Building. The siege of Robbito ended in one day due to the strange weapon of Thunder Cliff, with a loss of only two thousand people. Even if the most secure way of besieging the city was adopted, the legion commander of Alica had already prepared for the sacrifice of half of his men.

  The Parliament City army, which had been demoralized by the massive explosion and blast during the day, failed to organize a decent resistance, allowing the battle to proceed smoothly. The Thundercrash Beastman Legion, responsible for pursuing, retreated in fear of being caught up by the Elan Federation Army and the beastmen, unable to do anything else.

  The Thunderclaw Wyrmkin army, responsible for the encirclement, suffered some losses in battles against the blocking troops. The battle was almost smooth sailing, with the flying bird-like creatures reporting on the retreat routes of the Council City, allowing them to catch up with the escapees and ambush them along their escape route, causing them losses.

  "The emergence of artillery will change the way battles are fought on the continent of Xili." Mo Yan, who had barely exerted himself in this battle, sat in his tent drinking a transparent wine brewed by Lei Feng Jue: "It also allows me to destroy any city I want to destroy!"

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