The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

The rows of towering catapults outside the city not only shocked the demons defending the city, but also Eric, Emilia and others.

However, in addition to these catapults, there are actually two siege towers more than 30 meters high.

You know, even if the walls of Briston have been reinforced and raised, the highest tower is only more than 20 meters.

The height of the battlements and walls is basically maintained at about 15-18 meters.

The height of these two siege towers can already allow our archers to shoot the demons on the walls from a high position.

However, although there are siege towers, Xu Lai did not start them immediately.

This kind of big thing can't be stuffed in the warehouse, so it can only be stuffed in several sections and then assembled by itself.

It takes time and effort to build this thing. If it is easily pushed to the front line and smashed, it will not be possible to replace the third one in a short time.

Before the logistics troops arrived, the crossbowmen of the Qingfeng Legion pushed the catapults to join the siege battle.

Behind them was a group of priests who were responsible for treating the crossbowmen of the Qingfeng Legion.

As long as they were not directly hit by the catapults on the city wall and were not directly destroyed, and were hit by fragments and suffered some splash damage, they could be treated immediately.

And the demons on the city wall, after being hit by the huge stone fragments, could only bear it themselves.

After a few rounds of bombardment, the counterattack on Briston weakened.

The demons operating the catapults suffered heavy casualties and could not be replenished in time. The number of catapults was also less and less.

However, the demons were still very fast in replenishing the catapults.

Dozens of abyss demons carried a large catapult to replace the one that was smashed by Xu Lai.

A large number of winged demons flew directly to the city wall with ammunition of different sizes.

With the help of these flying troops, the speed of replacing catapults and replenishing ammunition was no slower than Xu Lai on the ground.

The siege lasted for a whole day, and Xu Lai rarely achieved any decent results.

Of course, after the final battle report came down, it must be that the human side won a great victory.

The injured crossbowmen were treated when they were injured. Except for some who were really unlucky and their bodies were smashed into meat paste, they could be resurrected even if they died.

In the end, according to statistics, Xu Lai lost about 70 people throughout the day, most of whom were recruited crossbowmen, and less than 30 people were actually killed.

However, this is still considered a relatively large loss in the battles Xu Lai has experienced.

In addition to the loss of personnel, more than 50 catapults were destroyed, and more were damaged, with more than 60.

Fortunately, the logistics troops also rushed over at night, and brought a large number of craftsmen from Gray Castle.

If repaired overnight, these more than 60 catapults can basically be repaired.

In addition to these more than 60 catapults, Xu Lai will continue to move new catapults from the warehouse in the second half of the night.

With the cooperation of the entire city of Qingfeng City, the number of catapults that can be provided will definitely not be small.

Although not all of them are high-level catapults, the replenishment speed is at least much faster than that of Briston.

Briston is a city controlled by demons after all. Even if there are some human craftsmen, the number will not be too many.

Moreover, the treatment of these craftsmen is self-evident. It is impossible to compare with those craftsmen in Qingfeng City who are stimulated by high prices.

In fact, by the evening, Briston had already encountered supply difficulties.

After a night of repairs, it is unknown how many catapults they can repair. I am afraid that they will have to be removed from other city walls tomorrow.

Moreover, under the bombardment of catapults, the durability of Briston's walls has also been greatly damaged.

The enemy's craftsmen have to repair catapults and city walls, and they dare not light the lights, fearing that Xu Lai will continue to attack, so the efficiency will definitely not be high.

In addition to the bombing during the day, many demons died. It is conservatively estimated that there must be thousands of them, which can still be counted visually.

In fact, there will be more dead demons, especially in order to ensure the hit rate, Barton also used fire demons and did not dare to use low-level demons.

Only for the work of replenishing and placing ammunition, Barton used the horned demons with high endurance and strength.

But even if there were only more than 10,000 fire demons, the death rate of the horned demons was still far different from that of humans.

The demons were still the dominant defensive side.

Barton and his men did not dare to announce such a battle report to the demon generals under them, fearing that it would seriously affect morale if it was spread.

Of course, in the magic world, even if it is not announced, the morale of the affected people will still be affected.

From the first day of defending the city, a Hellboy general was killed and hundreds of demons were killed, and the morale of the demons had fallen below 80.

On the other hand, although dozens of humans died, their morale did not drop but rose after their pensions were announced, and it was still full.

That night, Barton could no longer bear it and chose to take the initiative to report to Kerrigan.

At this time, Kerrigan had already taken over the Lionheart Palace and dug out the heart of the Lionheart Castle.

What he didn't expect was that the Castle Heart of Lionheart City was completely unable to control the City of Holy Angels.

The City of Holy Angels was actually built up bit by bit, brick by brick, without any help from the Castle Heart.

Now that Briston was besieged, although the other three walls were not attacked, they were still besieged by cavalry and archers.

So Kerrigan couldn't use the time-space gate to return directly, and Lionheart City, as a human city, didn't have the castle gate of Hell City.

Now, he had to wait for Lionheart City to be converted into Hell City, and then teleport back through the castle gate.

Xu Lai was only attacking the city from a distance, and the troops had not yet officially approached, so strategic spells could not be used at all, and the gate of the abyss could not be blocked.

Otherwise, Kerrigan could only lead his troops back to help.

However, even if he abandoned the slow troops in the legion and only brought troops such as the big demon, it would take at least a day and a night to arrive.

But once he led the demon army to attack, there would be no superheroes in Lionheart City who could sit in charge, and no troops who could resist the angel army.

Although the main force of Lionheart City had been defeated by him, many of them still fled into the Holy Angel City.

In addition, his troops also suffered heavy losses in order to defeat the human cavalry.

If he left with the demons, Lionheart City was a human city, and there were a large number of mercenaries in the city who had the power to fight.

With the help of the inside and outside forces, it would probably not take long to retake Lionheart City.

This was equivalent to him abandoning all the hundreds of thousands of demon troops of the Burning Legion, and losing a human capital that he had just captured.

How could Kerrigan accept this?

Therefore, he gave Barton a death order, saying that he could ignore Tren's death, but Barton had to defend him for at least a week.

Without completely destroying the Holy Angel City, Kerrigan really couldn't leave.

Because if he brought those slow-moving troops, it would take at least three or four days to return to Briston.

One week was Kerrigan's lowest bottom line.

If he couldn't even hold on for a week, he vowed to make all the demons in Briston never reincarnate.

It took him two months to capture Lionheart City, and his base camp was breached by humans before even a week.

Only imprisoning the souls of those people and torturing them day and night, Kerrigan felt that he was too kind.

In fact, he was not sure that he could rescue Briston within a week.

But being able to hold out for a week at least gave him a chance for rescue.

He failed to get rescue from Kerrigan, but instead received a death order.

Patton could feel that Kerrigan was suppressing his anger. He even did not ask any questions after learning that Teren had died in the battle.

Patton prepared a bunch of witnesses, but who knew that Kerrigan would not ask at all.

But because of this, Patton knew that if Briston was lost, his fate would never be good.

After thinking about it, Patton ordered people to temporarily close the gate of the abyss.

The gate of the abyss is open, and the demons born and recruited in countless cities in hell can come out at least hundreds of thousands a month.

If it weren't for such a huge support, Kerrigan would not be able to break through Lionheart City despite successive defeats and the need for a large number of subordinates to defend.

Patton's order to close the gate of the abyss means giving up the support of this force.

The reason why he gave up was that the hell town could only recruit once a month, and a large amount of support also needed to be separated by a month.

Closing the Abyss Gate not only shuts off all support, but also cuts off everyone's retreat, especially Mendis.

Even if the rest of the demons escape back into hell through the Abyss Gate,

As long as Kerrigan is still the Lord of Hell, he can deal with these escapees when he returns to hell, or even without waiting for him to return to hell.

Therefore, most demons still dare not escape even if the Abyss Gate is open.

There is only one exception here, that is, Mendis, who can find the protection of the Abyss Demon God.

Hell is so huge that as long as there is a demon-level existence willing to provide protection.

Even if this demon god cannot beat Kerrigan's body, it is really easy for Kerrigan to not find Mendis.

Moreover, as long as there is the Abyss Gate, the rest of the demons will have a fluke mentality and will not work hard.

What Barton has to do is to cut off the thoughts of all demons.

After all, a big man like Kerrigan may not have the time to care about those unknown demons and whether they have escaped.

But the person he designated, Barton himself, had no chance to escape or resist.

Barton ordered the closure of the Abyss Gate. Less than five minutes later, Mendis hurried over and asked:

"Barton, why do you want to close the Abyss Gate?"

Demons are not a kind race, and the anxious Mendis is already willing to maintain superficial peace.

Before Barton ordered the closure of the Abyss Gate, he had already anticipated this scene.

He replied calmly: "Sir Mendis, if I remember correctly, I am the mayor of Briston.

I have the right to decide on all the buildings and defenses of Briston.

Whether the Abyss Gate is closed, I think I don't need your consent first."

Mendis paused and said: "During the day, I have tried my best to cooperate. Do you have to force me to a dead end?"

If Briston was breached, it seems that Mendis can still fly to other demon cities.

But Mendis knew very well that Kerrigan would never let him go at that time.

As long as the city was breached, his only chance of survival was to pass through the gate of the abyss and hide in hell.

And obviously, this idea and his escape route had been anticipated by Patton.

"Sir Mendis, what are you talking about?

The number of demons in the city is several times that of humans. Even if we exchange ten for one, we can still afford it.

But your Excellency said that I am forcing you to a dead end. It seems that you have concluded that humans will definitely break through Bridgestone? "

Although Mendis did think so, he really couldn't say that.

“Barton, don’t forget, His Majesty Cregan appointed me to be in charge of all the troops in the rear, and you are also under my charge!

I order you now to open the gate of the abyss immediately. "

The fire suddenly jumped on Barton's head, which was completely composed of flames.

"Really? Lord Mendis, please bring out His Majesty Kerrigan's warrant.

If you can't produce it, I will sue you for falsely passing orders, and I will report it to His Majesty Cregan. "

Mendis choked, but was completely speechless.

The authorization given to him by Kerrigan was only the troops of Ferres and others. He wanted to mobilize the troops of Bristone or Ashenvale, which was simply not possible.

After a long time, Mendis said as if pleading: "General Patton, keep the Gate of the Abyss, and we can still get support from Hell at any time.

Besides, even if His Majesty Cregan wants to come to support us, passing through the Gate of the Abyss is the fastest way. "

Barton smiled coldly and said: "His Majesty Kerrigan just conveyed an order to me. He ordered us to stay on guard for more than a week no matter what.

For more than a second in a week, he would not blame us if the city was destroyed.

For one second less in a week, he will drain the soul of each of us and put us into the abyss to be whipped for a thousand years.

Lord Mendis, from now on, the warehouse will be fully open to you.

All mana potions and recovery items stored inside will be available to you and your lords for use.

I have only one request: to hold Bristone, if only for a week.

I promise you, once the week is up, I will definitely reopen the door to the abyss. "

After taking a deep look at Barton, Mendis snorted:

"General Patton, I have always underestimated you before. At critical moments, you are more ruthless than anyone else.

I should have been vigilant even before Tren died. "

Just kidding, if he had known that Barton would close the Gate of the Abyss, Mendis would have returned to Hell through the Gate of the Abyss.

But he held on to luck and was reluctant to part with this colorful main world.

"It's not too late for you to be vigilant, but if you are still unwilling to contribute..."

Barton paused deliberately, then continued:

"Believe me, I will definitely drag you into the water before I am tortured."

Mendis never doubted this.

"I need it now. Please bring all the mana potions in the warehouse. I will summon the abyss lords to cast spells now." (End of Chapter)