Chapter 102: Precision Steel Ballista and Trebuchet

  With the addition of a second division like this, which is good at both attacking and defending, the defensive strength of Emal Fortress will naturally be greatly enhanced. Therefore, when Liu Yu knew that it was the Second Division coming to support them, some of his original doubts were dispelled by half.

  And what he saw next dispelled the last bit of doubt in his heart. Along with the Second Division, there were three other divisions that had arrived at New An's campsite. Liu Yu walked around and asked about their strength for a while before basically understanding their capabilities.

  The most central of these three forces is the Beastman King's Guard led by his uncle Louis. This time, Louis brought 300 warriors from the previous generation of the King's Guard and 200 warriors from this generation, forming a guard battalion of 500 guards.

  Liu Yu saw his uncle, Louis, and two other lieutenants, Commo and another lieutenant, dressed as Bamun officers, directing their soldiers to set up camp and deploy defenses.

  By Louis' side, he saw a large number of Bimon warriors dressed as guards rushing back and forth. These Bimon guards were all tall and strong, with adults over two meters tall being very common among the Bimon people. But this group of guards was absolutely all over 2.4 meters tall, and at a glance, their lower body was very solid, moving very quickly, it can be seen that their height did not affect their mobility.

  Furthermore, among these five hundred guards, Liu Yu estimated that there were at least fifteen or sixteen Dou Wang. Next to Louis, he also found three men wearing ordinary black robes, with physiques as strong as the other guards, and ages close to middle-aged Mongolian warriors.

  These three warriors from Bimon all wore a sword with a scabbard inlaid with a blue gemstone, and the overall color of the long sword was pale gold. Liu Yue was very familiar with this kind of sword, which was specially made by the Bimon tribe to reward those strong men within the tribe who had not held any military officer position but had the strength of eight-tier Dou Huang.

  As for these three Bi Mong warriors, Liu Yu also has a bit of an impression. The Beast King's guards change every twelve years. These three Dou Huang were all lieutenants in the previous generation of guards, and when they retired, they were still Dou Wang. Now they can take another step forward, it seems that they haven't been idle these years since returning home.

  If there is a weakness in the Second Regiment, this trump card regiment, it would be that compared to the ten regiments of the Mongolians, the age of the soldiers is generally not very high, and their magical cultivation is inferior to those old soldiers who were recruited after being idle at home for several years. However, with even the lowest having sixth-rank strength, the King's Guard Regiment makes up for this weakness quite well.

  As for the other two forces that came to support the fortress, one was a force of 4,000 wolf tribe warriors drawn from the second battalion of the wolf tribe.

  Another branch is a team of sixty wizards selected from the Bimon tribe, with at least six sixth-level great mages and several eighth-level great mages in charge. The highest wizard of the team was Liu Yu's magic teacher, Diras family elder Tiro.

  "Be careful, steady, don't make a mistake." On the black stone wall of Emalbong Fortress, Liu Yu and his four comrades carefully placed the precision steel crossbow on the wall's embrasure. Next to them, Lieutenant Colonel Komu was directing them on how to properly handle this big fellow.

  When the Second Division and several supporting armies were in good camp, they brought out several powerful defensive weapons allocated by the kingdom this time. The most dazzling one was undoubtedly this fine steel crossbow cannon bought from the Dwarf Kingdom, with a total of twelve imported goods brought by the Second Division.

  Each of the heavy steel crossbows weighed over 8,000 buttes and required four Bimon warriors to lift. Moreover, the walls and corridors of Emal's fortress were slightly narrow, making it inconvenient for more than four Bimon warriors to work together, so only four Bimon warriors could be deployed.

  "Wow, this thing, over 8,000 bolts of fabric is no joke." After putting away the crossbow, Liu Yu retreated a few steps and casually sat down on a crenel. As soon as he sat down, his arms felt a wave of numbness, and he pinched his tired arms, secretly admiring the dwarves' craftsmanship.

  The crossbow's four-meter-long cylindrical main rod, as well as the bowstring, had a diameter of no more than twenty centimeters or so, but its weight was absolutely far beyond what one would expect from its volume. Liu Yue thought to himself that the dwarves mentioned by his instructor were probably a race with an average height of around 1.3 meters.

  Although this race has many born strongmen, that physique is limited. Dwarves can't be compared to those who can tear tigers and leopards apart like the Golden Mongols. Liu Yu couldn't understand how they forged such a thing in this era of manual steelmaking, nor did he know how much effort it took.

  "If there's a chance, I must go to the Dwarf Kingdom and take a look." With this thought, Liu Yu suddenly became very interested in this short-statured race, wanting to see what this so-called "First of the Continent in Smithing Techniques" race was like.

  "Hurry up, there are still seven more to move upstairs." Just after a short rest, Koumo's urging words pulled Liu Yu back into the merciless reality.

  "Alas," Liu Yu sighed helplessly, and could only get up and walk down the city wall, continuing this arduous labor.

  This time, the Second Legion and the Bijmon warriors of the Imperial Guard had rushed over from the Earthfire Fortress in seven days and seven nights. The Beastman King's capital was nearly two thousand miles away, and it would be impossible for these two armies to survive even if they were made of iron.

  In order to allow the Second Division and the Imperial Guard to recover their strength as soon as possible, they began to rest immediately after pitching camp. The garrison of the fortress undertook the task of transporting catapults, stone-throwing carts and other large-scale siege and defensive equipment.

  In the Beast Tribe's military camp, although the Wolf Tribe warriors' status is lower than that of the Miqo'te warriors, the Beast Tribe values those who can get the job done. This kind of physically demanding work is usually undertaken by the Miqo'te warriors, and many of them even think that this way they can show off their great strength.

  Furthermore, the astonishing weight of this ballista, combined with the narrow passageways of the city walls, made it impossible for even four or five Wolf Tribe warriors to operate.

  So in the end, the task of arranging all kinds of equipment fell on Liu Yu and his company.

  "Everyone, push with all your might!" Liu Yu had just walked down from the city wall and was about to join three other Bamun warriors in carrying a large crossbow when he heard a loud command coming from behind him.

  "This......" Just now, that Nana Muni Ivan and the others went to Liu Yu, and now they saw their relatives. It turned out that he looked back and saw that behind him, tens of meters away, a black iron box made entirely of pure iron was being slowly pushed towards the city wall by more than a dozen Mongol warriors and wolf tribe warriors working together.

  Yifan, Digang and Nali were all among them. Looking at them pushing one corner of the thing, their arms were straight with force, and their bodies were slightly diagonal to the ground. This posture indicated that they were all using a lot of force to push it, and also showed that this iron thing was really heavy.

  "This is a catapult." Liu Yu thought to himself as he looked at the black iron box. The catapult that the Beastman Kingdom had brought out now was very different from the catapults that Liu Yu had learned about in his previous life's archaeological work.

  In appearance, this catapult is similar to a container from the previous life, but much smaller in size. It's about five meters long, two meters high and two meters wide. At the back of this iron box, there is an iron rod protruding more than three meters long, as thick as a utility pole, with an iron ring at the end that has an iron chain net, no need to think about it, this is where stones and other objects are placed.

  At the bottom of the catapult, there were more than a dozen black iron wheels, which were about the size of a washbasin and as thick as thighs. It was precisely because of these iron wheels that the beast tribe's guards could push it relatively easily.

  "Don't stop, keep going." When Liu Yu saw the catapults that Ivan and a few others were pushing slowly forward for tens of meters, behind them, in the large military camp, two more catapults of the same shape were pushed out by dozens of beastmen warriors, moving towards the fortress walls.

  "The Second Division, how did they move these guys over here and only took seven days to do it. Can't they even assemble them?" Liu Yu wondered as he looked at the catapults that had pressed two deep grooves into the ground.

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