The outermost wall of the Eagle Fortress faces the inner ring.

The general who defended the city after learning that the First Corps was about to arrive brought a group of people to the city gate to greet them early.

Although it was known that the source was a strong army, when 'Upton-Ester' saw the majestic appearance of the First Corps with his own eyes, he still couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.

Forty-four giant eagles flew neatly from the sky, and the sky eagles marched in several columns on the ground in unison. On the other side, the knights in silver helmets and Elion plundered, riding horses next to each other at the same time.

The powerful momentum formed by the soldiers, as well as a larger number of infantry and various special units, made the defending officers who came out to greet them feel numb.

Anyone who sees this scene of thousands of people marching in unison can't help but feel as helpless as an ant facing a giant.

When Carter, who was riding a huge war horse, came to him, Apunang could not say what he had prepared for a while, and could only show a slightly embarrassed smile to cover up his nervous expression.

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"The arrival of Lord Carter and the First Corps has greatly enriched the fortress' strength."

Two hours later, Carter and Apron, who had arranged the order of entering the fortress, came to the safe conference room. Apart from them, there were only a few confidants of both sides.

"The fortress that has been urgently expanded is solidly defended and equipped with complete equipment. However, there has been a shortage of troops or qualified defenders, because we Elion Elves are not particularly good at defending the city. When it comes to field cavalry battles, we dare to challenge any enemy on the plains, but this

When a knight arrives in the fortress, it is like missing a pair of hands."

Without any hesitation, Apupang revealed the difficulties he had faced since he became the commander-in-chief of the city defense.

"... Before Your Excellency arrived, the Giant Eagle Fortress had 8,955 defenders and more horses and horses than there were people. Thirty-five wind mages were transferred from various places. They were responsible for taking turns to garrison the mage tower and assist us in our mission.

Defense preparations.

In the beginning, in order to urgently expand the fortress, there were more than a hundred mages at most, but after most of the projects were completed, they were transferred away. Now, both the remaining four major passes and major cities everywhere are carrying out large-scale construction and expansion of defenses.

They are all in urgent need of manpower.”

Carter looked at the name of the unit on the military register and nodded in understanding.

More than 70% of the nearly 9,000-strong garrison of the original Giant Eagle Fortress were temporarily transferred militiamen from all over Elion. Although they, as Elion elves, had superb riding skills, they lacked sufficient training and experience. At the same time, not all Elion elves had sufficient training and experience.

The Lyon elves are all masters of riding. Their riding skills can definitely be regarded as first-class in other places, but they are still not good enough compared with real knights in silver helmets or even marauders.

Not to mention being used to deal with Chaos troops. If the cavalry cannot form a charge momentum, it will not perform much better than ordinary infantry when facing Chaos heavy infantry. At this time, it is not necessary to be pulled to defend the city after emergency training.

It is fairly competent. Since the special nature of defending a city does not require much subjective initiative from the soldiers themselves, as long as they continue to fight at their own posts, the quality requirements in all aspects are not high, as long as they are brave enough.

The remaining 30% are slightly better, they are all relatively elite infantry in the regular army of Erion, and there is also a knights group of 300 people.

"The fate of Asul rests on our shoulders, General Apun. No matter what, the Eagle Fortress cannot be lost. Now that we are here, we will fulfill our responsibilities. However, the original defenders, especially those who have just been recruited,

The militiamen should step up their training while there is still time, and what is their equipment level?"

Carter, who came as a guest reinforcement, asked aggressively about the status of the defense when he first arrived, although it was partly to check whether the defenders were adequately prepared.

However, Apupang still cooperated and took out the inventory book, handed it to Carter and explained it.

"With complete equipment, even new recruits can lead a full set of heavy infantry equipment. The Eagle Fortress has the highest priority, and materials, especially armor and weapons, will be given to us first. Now in the underground warehouse of the fortress, whether it is armor, spears, or arrows,

Or rolling stones and the like, enough for us to maintain a high-intensity battle for several months. And I heard that in order to prepare for the upcoming fierce battle, the Var Iron Station is forging equipment day and night. It is said that even Lord Dess Chosen himself has done so.

Let’s build equipment next, and I believe we will soon have a large amount of equipment, even magic equipment.”

"Good news, when did you hear it?"

"Just yesterday, you were probably on the march, so it's normal not to know."

Dess, chosen by the God of Val, personally went to forge weapons. This news interested Carter very much. Although his current equipment was not bad, it was still a bit short of a divine weapon.

Ten thousand people from the First Corps moved into the Eagle Fortress, and all the barracks and rest rooms were occupied in a short period of time. Some unlucky ones even had to share a bed with two people, with one person on duty and the other resting, and so on.

However, the benefits of this are obvious. The multi-layered walls in the compound fortress are always manned, manpower is deployed in each shooting room, and the ballista under the magic turret is also always manned.

This completely eliminates the possibility of relying on sneak attacks or surprise attacks to capture the Giant Eagle Fortress in one fell swoop.

"It's been a hard journey, so let's arrange for Mr. Carter and you all to take a rest first. We won't be in a hurry to inspect the fortress."

"That's right. You go and rest first. General Apupang can arrange for an officer to lead the way."

As he spoke, Carter asked Aragon and other subordinates at the level of army commanders to rest.

"In that case, let me lead the way. There should be no one who knows the fortress better than the general."

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The fortress was full of soldiers from the First Corps and the defenders responsible for leading the way, and it was very lively walking around.

Walking in the maze-like fortress, Carter would probably have gotten lost if his memory hadn't been greatly strengthened.

"It's really a huge fortress. Thinking of easily conquering the fortress is even more stupid than daydreaming. But to memorize the route, it would probably take the average soldier several weeks."

Carter couldn't help but worry. If the enemy had already arrived at the city before the soldiers of the First Corps were fully familiar with the fortress, the situation would not be optimistic. The chaotic flow of personnel would exponentially reduce the function that the fortress should have.

"In fact, we have already prepared for this. We have prepared hundreds of soldiers who are familiar with the internal structure of the fortress. They can be assigned to small units at the company level and serve as temporary equivalents when necessary. They can usually help the company familiarize themselves with their positions.

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"What a great idea! Then please ask the general to arrange the personnel."

After roughly walking around the fortress, Carter, who had some idea in his mind, finally went to eat and rest under Apupang's strong request.

The first day at the fortress ended quickly.

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The next day.

Carter, who woke up shirtless from the tenderness, took out his right hand that was being held.

No matter how many times he wakes up, Carter will always lament that the elf's body is too strong. It's no wonder that Slaanesh has become a major problem for the elf.

After resisting the thought of doing it again in the morning, Carter covered his white-haired girlfriend with a quilt, put on his clothes and left the single room specially arranged for him.

Compared to ordinary soldiers who need multiple people to share a bed, his single room can be described as luxurious.

But he didn't care much about it, there was a more important matter waiting for him to solve.

After coming to the fantasy Warhammer world, the first large-scale battle he participated in was the defense of Tal-Drowdel.

Ever since he saw that chaotic creatures were generally thick-skinned and difficult to kill, he had an inspiration and idea in his subconscious, but he never had the chance to experiment.

Coming to the Giant Eagle Fortress means that in the next period of time, his main responsibility will be to defend the city, so this experiment is very necessary.

He wanted to recreate the pilum, a heavy armor-piercing javelin that was feared by Roman soldiers in another world.

This kind of heavy javelin with a weighted ball, a slender head and a heavy body has extremely strong armor-piercing ability. The only disadvantage is that it is heavy (if it were not heavy, the armor-piercing ability would not be so exaggerated), but this shortcoming is not at all useful when defending a city.

It can't be called a shortcoming.

After fighting the elves for several months, the Chaos army has become accustomed to equipping shields. Most of them are improvised wooden shields, while a few are made of harder metal shields.

When the Roman heavy javelin faced a wooden shield, it had incredible armor-breaking capabilities. As long as it was within the effective range, the slender spear head could easily penetrate the shield, and then hang on the shield like a dog-skin plaster, allowing the user to

The soldier holding the shield was in a dilemma. He could either throw it away or pick it up. Moreover, the barb-shaped spear head would make the javelin stuck on the shield, making it impossible to pull it out easily in a short time.

Although ordinary elves still cannot penetrate the thick plate armor of the Chaos Warriors even with pilun, it is still a good thing to make them lose their shields. And when siege, if a nearly two-meter javelin is hung on the shield,

Then it will definitely hinder the climb of the siege, and the javelin hanging on the shield will easily get stuck on the siege ladder.

Even if the Chaos Infantry wants to use its natural sharp weapon to break the iron spear head, the pilum's unique soft spear head will make it suffer.

In this way, even if the climbing Chaos infantry breaks free from the heavy javelin, it will waste a lot of time on the stairs for no reason, thus creating more attack opportunities for the defenders.

It would be better if you simply throw away the shield. When you climb up the city wall without a shield, you have to rely on hard resistance. With the current quality of the soldiers of the First Corps, they can easily cooperate with multiple people to specifically attack the Chaos infantry without plate armor protection or weak.

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The Roman heavy javelin pilum will be like a smelly piece of dog excrement, constantly disgusting the attackers.

The effect is far better than common armor-piercing arrows.

After all, no matter how heavy the arrow is, it cannot be heavier than the pilum.

There are more than a dozen arrows stuck on the shield. As long as it is not damaged, you can continue to use it. However, as long as a Roman heavy javelin is inserted, it will be full of inconvenience. The long and narrow gun body will continue to cause trouble to the user.

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In order to ensure a certain degree of self-sufficiency, the Giant Eagle Fortress has multiple blacksmith shops and repair shops, which specialize in repairing weapons and equipment that are still usable. On the one hand, it can reduce the supply pressure on the rear, and on the other hand, it can use existing equipment when being besieged.

There are materials and they should be recycled to the maximum extent possible.

Only two hours passed from the time Carter proposed the concept of the Roman heavy javelin to the blacksmith to the time the finished product appeared.

Although these blacksmiths who studied under the priest Vaal were not recognized by Vaal and did not blind themselves, their skills and level were very high.

Based on Carter's few simple descriptions and without drawings or objects, they almost perfectly copied the Roman heavy javelin.

After experiments at the shooting range, they confirmed this javelin with a special structure.

"General, this kind of javelin is indeed the natural enemy of wooden shields. If the throwing angle is good enough, even an iron-lined shield cannot block it. Even if it cannot kill the shield holder, it will greatly affect their flexibility in fighting with the shield.

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After demonstrating the effect to Apupang who came after hearing the news, the city defender immediately agreed to rush to make a batch of Roman heavy javelins and equip them for various city walls.

For elves who are already good at using long-range weapons, it is equivalent to having another close-range attack method.

If we count from the ballistas and magic turrets, the enemy attacking the city will start to be hit by the elves' long-range firepower from a distance of up to one kilometer. Starting from 300 meters, for every 100 meters forward, the long-range firepower projection received will increase by one.

times, when they reach a hundred to fifty meters away from the city wall, they will face a storm formed by wood and metal.
Chapter completed!