Lord Highlander

There are two wooden platforms less than four square meters in front and back of Thunder Rhinoceros.

In order to prevent the crossbowmen of the city defense brigade from falling from a height of eight meters when carrying the giant crossbow bolts, Suldak set up a fence made of flax rope around the platform.

There are two platforms on the front and back of this armed Thunder Rhinoceros. The two platforms are mainly installed and can rotate 360 ​​degrees. The pitch angle of the bed crossbow bracket is 120 degrees, and it can freely shoot from the ground to the air.

The body of the crossbow made by the Grimm Empire is engraved with three magic circles of 'Wind Control', 'Guiding' and 'Precise Hit'. There are three gem bases on the crossbow, and three pieces of magic spar need to be inlaid to Get started.

With the help of the magic pattern circle, the range of the bed crossbow can reach about one thousand meters.

However, the actual distance that can guarantee a precise hit on the target, the distance that Samira can control is only about 800 meters, and ordinary crossbowmen are even closer.

This kind of bed crossbow is very large, with a body length of about two meters five. If a giant crossbow bolt is installed in the arrow groove, the length of the crossbow body will be nearly three meters five. is four meters.

The bow string is made of the toughest dragon-necked snake tendon, and the bed crossbow cannot be pulled apart by manpower, so there is a ratchet winch mechanism on the crossbow body.

The operator of the bed crossbow is usually equipped with two assistants. One assistant is responsible for loading the arrows into the arrow slots and adjusting the pitch angle according to the operator's instructions. The second assistant is mainly responsible for shaking the ratchet winch and pulling the bowstring to the preset position. Shooting position.

When everything is ready, the operator of the bed crossbow will fine-tune the front sight on the main position and strike the target with precision.

To operate a bed crossbow, three crossbowmen are required on a platform, one master and two assistants, and the main manipulator is sitting on the bed crossbow control position.

In the center of Thunder Rhinoceros is a wooden house about twelve square meters.

The exquisite and compact structure separates the wooden house into two bedrooms and a bathroom. Each room can sleep four people, mainly for the crossbowmen on the platform to rest. The crossbowmen have never had the chance to live in this exquisitely decorated wooden house.

Adult Thunder Rhinoceros is nearly fifteen meters long and eight meters tall.

The Thunder Rhino Caravan has equipped these Thunder Rhinos with standard cargo wooden racks, and the current bed crossbow platform and exquisite wooden houses are also expanded based on the racks.

It is worth noting that these storage and logistics storage racks are not on the back of Thunder Rhinoceros, but on both sides of its body. This storage rack is a wooden frame structure, and there are two eight-meter-high columns in the center of the two sides. Closely connected with the wooden house, these four columns are also the main support of the wooden house.

Originally, the storage racks in the Thunder Rhino caravan were used to load goods. The overall structure of the storage racks is somewhat similar to a saddle, to be precise, it is a more exaggerated 'n' type frame. The wooden house and platform are on the upper part of the 'n' type frame. , all the shelves loaded with goods are hung on the two legs of the 'n' type rack.

There are eight storage spaces on the left and right sides of each thunder rhinoceros, arranged in three layers from top to bottom in a 'three three two' arrangement.

The wooden house platform on the back and the shelf are integrated structures. The bottom layer of the shelf is equipped with telescopic outriggers. When Lei Tingxi arrives at the destination, the outriggers are usually stretched out to lift the entire gantry shelf.

In this way, Lei Tingxi can relieve the burden on his body and have a good night's rest.

When setting off in the morning, Lei Tingxi got under the gantry-style shelves and lifted the shelves before setting off.

The armed Thunder Rhino that Samira was riding on was organized into the Archer Battalion, and each Thunder Rhino was organized into an independent combat formation in the Archer Battalion. Currently, it belongs to the first and second squadrons of the Archer Brigade of the Cavalry Battalion. She was riding a Thunder Rhinoceros of the First Squadron.

All archers are seconded from reinforcements.

Since there is no need to load too many supplies, each Thunder Rhino has three archers on its storage space. A Thunder Rhino has sixteen storage spaces, which can carry a total of forty-eight archers. There are six bed crossbow shooters, and each Thunder Rhino takes a total of fifty-two archers.

The two Thunder Rhinos carried a total of 104 archers.

...

Lance and two other magicians are on the Thunder Rhinoceros of the Second Squadron.

Looking north from the north exit of Dodan Canyon, you can see the endless hills and mountains. Originally, this area was covered with a lot of weeds and low bushes, and it was also the favorite area for wild boars and wolverines. A monster that ran out of the Invercargill Forest.

But now the mountains and plains are full of wandering red ants, and they are looking for a way to go south.

It's a pity that what stands in front of them is the thorny mountains stretching for hundreds of kilometers. They can't pass through the thorny stone pillars, they can only look for the mountain passes and canyons between the mountains.

Dodan Canyon is a canyon located in the middle of the Thorn Mountain Range. The entire canyon is not wide, and the distance in the narrow area is less than 300 meters.

However, it is a good choice for the ghost-striped red ants going south.

However, at the northern exit of Duodan Canyon, there are not many ghost-printed red ants that want to swarm into the valley.

It may be that they smelled the 'dangerous' smell left by the ant queen who escaped from the canyon, and they all stayed away before entering the canyon.

Tens of thousands of ghost-striped red ants wandered among the hills and mountains, and they basically gathered in large groups.

The number of these ghost-striped red ants makes one's scalp tingle at a glance, and they are everywhere in the mountains and fields.

...

Eight hundred cavalrymen lined up in six rows in the Duodan Canyon, and the blades were aimed at the wandering ghost-striped red ants in the canyon.

The two Thunder Rhinoceros stood guard at the north exit of the canyon, responsible for breaking the rear.

Andrew led fifty first-turn cavalry at the front of the team. This group of cavalry was like sharp knives, unscrupulously charging towards the ant colony in the canyon, stirring up the ant colony to become active.

Most of the red ants were forced to move south.

Some ghost-patterned soldier ants with the desire to fight rushed forward, and Andrew rushed forward immediately. After entering the realm of the second-rank powerhouse, his strength changed drastically, and he had absolute suppression against the ghost-patterned soldier ants in front of him. .

In the chaos, many ghost-striped red ants wanted to flee north, but they were firmly blocked by the cavalry brigade.

The cavalry were almost stepping on the corpses of ghost-striped worker ants.

As for the ghost-patterned soldier ants with the desire to attack, once a swarm appears, Samira will command the four bed crossbows on the backs of the two thunder rhinos to shoot and kill them.

These ghost-striped soldier ants are scattered and mixed in the colony, they have no attack power at all, and they can't gather together. Once more than five ghost-striped soldier ants attack side by side, they will be hunted and killed by bed crossbows.

Occasionally, a fireball will fall from overhead.

Lance quickly found the battle rhythm with the other two magicians. With teamwork, they didn't need to kill the ghost-striped red ants on the spot. There are so many cavalry below, they are the main force for hunting the ghost pattern red ants.

The magician stood on the back of Thunder Rhinoceros, at most he assumed the deterrence of magic. A fireball exploded in the ant colony. Although it couldn't cause fatal damage to the red ants, the explosion could make the ant colony even more panicked.

This kind of battle was only very fierce in the early stage. Once the ant colony formed a retreat wave, most of the red ants in the canyon were engulfed in it, and fled to the south of the canyon like a storm.

Soon this group of ants expanded from a few thousand to tens of thousands.

Looking from the back of Thunder Rhinoceros, this wave of red has slowly swept across the ghost-patterned red ants in the middle of the canyon.

Only now did Lance fully understand what Surdak said yesterday under the bulletin board.

According to Suldak, there are currently no queen ants in the Duodan Canyon. They participated in the hunting of red ants by the cavalry battalion to cooperate with the large army to kill more red ants.

Suldak still has some ant queen skins in his hands, and when they have gained enough merit, he will take out these ant queen skins and distribute them to his magician friends.

Of course, there is no problem in organizing a team to hunt ghost-striped red ants in the Duodan Canyon, but there are only ordinary red ants in the canyon, no matter how many you hunt, you will not be able to get the queen's magic skin.

I want to go out of the Duodan Canyon and go to the hills and mountains to look for the ghost-striped red ants.

hehe! Think too much.

Just look at the ant colonies on the hills and mountains that look like white clouds in the blue sky. The mercenary group in Dodan Town is not stupid, who would risk their lives to death!

Lance found this kind of battle very refreshing. When he saw an urgent battle, he could throw a fireball at random, and the ghost-striped red ants would be scared away, just like the prairie wolf driving the bison in the canyon.

Once the ant colony moves, it cannot stop, and the red ants in the back will push the red ants in front to move forward

...

When the ant colony reached the middle of Dodan Canyon, the mercenary group hunting red ants in the canyon felt the pressure first.

Seeing more and more red ants, the mercenary group began to retreat in the direction of Dodan Town.

In the morning, these mercenary regiments all received a similar notice. It was said that the garrison was about to carry out a large-scale hunting activity. Retreat in time to take refuge in the town of Dodan.

Ant swarms appeared in the middle of Duodan Canyon like a flood, and many mercenary groups retreated one after another.

When the mercenaries ran back outside the north city wall of Dodan Town, they found that the area in front of the city wall was three to four hundred meters wide, and the one-kilometer-long canyon passage was already covered with five-meter-high log walls. Built like a maze, the tops of these logs were cut very sharply, forming a trumpet shape facing the canyon.

These log fortifications began to break ground as early as three days ago, and it is only today that everyone can see the whole picture.

The mercenaries walked into the log fence, and inside the fence was a huge square.

Aung San and Latu led the aborigines to dig pits in the open land. There are almost two thousand aborigines in the town, almost all of them regardless of gender. Get all the logs up before noon.

Now everyone's task is to dig a hole. A few veterans of the cavalry battalion behind put the linen bags with fuzes into the hole, and let the aborigines behind fill them back with sand and gravel.

Some people used lime powder to draw marks on the ground, telling everyone not to step on the marked area.

On the land about 100 meters away from the north city wall, there is a neat row of logs built of Juluma, with countless hay piled on top of the Juluma.

The mercenary group retreated to the huge square, and immediately the city guards directed them to retreat back to Dodan Town by detouring to the left side of the canyon.

Someone did not follow the instructions of the city guards to go around the square, and immediately a group of archers unleashed their bows and arrows, and collectively aimed at the mercenary...

"You have crossed the line, please go back!"

The archers closest to the mercenary shouted.

"Why do I listen to you, what are you!"

The mercenary slammed his firm chest twice with his fist and shouted in protest.

This row of archers seemed a little nervous, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and didn't know what to do for a while.

The mercenary proudly showed his bravery to his companion behind him.

A squadron leader of the archer squad came up from behind and shouted at him: "Quickly retreat, if you dare to step out, I will shoot you immediately!"

The mercenary was enraged instantly, spit at the archer captain, pulled out the saber from his waist, and strode towards the archer captain.

"Arrow..."

The squadron leader of the archer squadron gave the order without hesitation, and sixty arrows shot at the mercenary at the same time. The mercenary only had time to raise his shield and rolled to the left, but he couldn't dodge so many arrows after all. In an instant, he was hit by several arrows and fell on the spot.

Blood spurted out along the arrow, and it was impossible to cover it.

Seeing this, several companions of the mercenary wanted to rush over to save this companion.

The captain of the archer shot a loud arrow into the air with a tough attitude. Following the sharp whistling sound, the thirty-two bed crossbows on the north city wall immediately poked their heads out from behind the wall stack, and aimed at the arrow in the direction pointed by the captain of the archer. Those mercenaries.

"Back back quickly, and follow the marked passage, whoever dares to defy will be shot..." the captain of the archer shouted at the top of his voice.

The leader of the mercenary team hurriedly grabbed the mercenaries beside him, and everyone stopped in the marked area, retreating back with angry faces.

Not long after that, two city guards carried a stretcher along the complicated white line, ran to the mercenary who had been shot and fell to the ground, and quickly carried him away.

Two veterans from the cavalry battalion walked over very cautiously and began to examine the powder fuze buried in the mud over there.

...

The retreat horn sounded on the walls.

The aborigines lined up to evacuate the huge square, and several veterans followed behind and urged them vigorously.

Before everyone could evacuate, someone lit the hay on the road-rejection horse, and flames came out of the road-rejection horse with billowing thick smoke.

Seeing that the northern city wall was about to be completely sealed by the fire, the aborigines started to run.

By the time the last few veterans ran into the passage below the north city wall and the city guards put down the iron fence, the ants swarm had already poured into the square along the bell mouth of the log fence, and countless ghost-striped red ants rushed in like a sea tide.

The red ants rushing to the front saw the raging fire immediately below the city wall.

They subconsciously wanted to stop, but the ghost-striped red ants behind them couldn't stop at all. Some bumped into the ghost-striped red ants in front, and some simply stepped on their bodies and passed.

A large group of ghost-striped red ants quickly filled the entire empty field.

Since the passage at the entrance is in the shape of a bell mouth, the red ants outside cannot see the situation inside the square at all, so there are still a large number of red ants pouring in, and all the spaces are crowded with red ants .

The cavalry who followed all the way blocked the trumpet-shaped entrance of the log square, and the ghost-striped red ants that couldn't squeeze in turned around and started attacking the cavalry.

The cavalry retreated slowly.

Samira sat on a bed crossbow control console, and the assistant beside him ignited the explosive fuze tied to the giant crossbow bolt.

The giant crossbow flew into the ant colony with a wisp of green smoke, and after four or five seconds, a huge explosion completely drove the ghost-striped red ants into a frenzy, and the ghost-striped red ants wanted to rush out, but they all fell down Arrow down.

Lance and his two friends watched in amazement at the chaos before them.

Standing beside Lance, Colina said with certainty, "It's not the 'Burst Flame' scroll, there is no strong fire element fluctuation on that giant crossbow bolt."

The young magician with a monocle wiped the oil off his face with a handkerchief, and asked doubtfully, "Could it be the large fire scale bomb developed by the Firearms Workshop?"

Lance nodded and said, "It's possible...I don't know, Dark has a sulfur mine, and has been in contact with the firearms workshop in Constantinople..."

The monocle male magician took a deep breath and said, "Your friend is really ruthless! This thing is much stronger than the little fireball..."

Before he finished speaking, his voice was covered by a dense explosion.

At this moment, the entire valley was trembling violently...

After reading the book reviews, everyone seems to not know much about the reloaded thunder rhinoceros, and the special water is a thousand words, so as to show respect for academic discussions.