Chapter 7 The Offensive and Defensive Battle of the Extreme North Fortress! (Part 2)
"Quick! Get it up!" A soldier from the Far North Fortress shouted at the militiamen around him.
The militiamen quickly picked up a bundle of arrows on the ground and ran towards the city wall.
At this time, on the southern wall of the Far North Fortress, the sound of slashing and killing resounded through the sky.
One day ago, the army led by Thor arrived here. They didn't even have time to take a breath, and they rushed towards the fortress ahead with the ladder!
Ian commanded the defenders and kept shooting the bows and arrows in his hands.
Group after group of orc soldiers braved the rain of arrows and rushed to the bottom of the city wall.
"Bang!" The ladder set up on the top of the city was violently pushed out by the soldiers on the wall, and several orcs on the ladder fell down along with it.
But more orcs climbed up the tall walls of the fortress with the help of ladders.
Ian had already prepared a large gift to give to the orcs who came up.
I saw rows of fortress troops, forming several small formations, holding spears, waiting for the orcs to come up.
"Kill!" As the commander on the city wall roared, the soldiers fiercely thrust out the spears they held tightly in their hands.
One after another, the orcs climbed onto the city wall, and then were killed by spears suddenly thrust out, and their bodies fell off the city wall.
The giant tree that Thor prepared to hit the city gate also suffered heavy damage.
Specially drawn soldiers from the fortress hid on the tall city gates and used boiling water to let the orcs know that the humans had more than just bows, arrows and spears!
The low temperature of more than 20 degrees below zero, combined with boiling water, will freeze much faster than ordinary water! After a while, the hands and feet of the orcs below the city gate became stiff, and they finally froze to death!
The warriors responsible for ramming the city gate were even more tragic. Not to mention that the city gate had long been blocked by huge rocks. Just the rain of arrows and boiling water pouring from their heads put them in a dilemma. Watching their compatriots
Grom died in confusion, grief and anger. His eyes were red with anger, and he wished he could rush to the top of the city and kill those humans!
Thor looked coldly at the sluggish offensive and said nothing. Faced with thousands or even tens of thousands of casualties, he could only accept it. He only had enough food for two more days, even with an army of 300,000.
They all died here. As long as they could exchange for the Far North Fortress, there would still be a chance to save everything. Otherwise, maybe, no, it was certain that the orcs would disappear from the history of the Ross continent! He could not allow such a thing.
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Compared with the orcs, the losses of the fortress army are very small. Adopt good defensive methods, use the cooperation of many people to offset the lack of individual strength, and use various means to divide the orc offensive, leaving room for the defenders on the city wall.
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In this way, amidst the sound of killing, more orcs climbed onto the city wall, and the casualties of the fortress army also began to increase.
Ian had no choice but to dispatch reserve troops to counterattack on the city wall and drive the orcs off the wall!
"Soldiers! Follow me! Kill them all!" As the commander of the reserve team, Bolt, after receiving the order, whipped out the big sword on his back. This sword was given to him by his brother!
As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier behind him took off his shirt. In the icy weather of more than ten degrees below zero, he was shirtless, picked up the saber stuck at his feet, turned around and shouted: "Hero
Come with me to kill the enemy!" Immediately, hundreds of shining sabers stood up like a jungle: "Go and kill the enemy!"
The swords were shining brightly, and hundreds of people rushed towards the city. Ian looked at them and wished he could rush forward with his sword, but he couldn't!
The city wall has turned into a melee. There are swords everywhere, roars everywhere, people everywhere, and corpses everywhere! The two sides are fighting for each other on the city wall, and they are anxious!
The narrow city wall path was filled with corpses, and both sides had to push the bodies of their fallen comrades off the city wall!
Under the freezing weather, the ground was covered with semi-solid blood. There were blood from orcs and humans.
With the reserve team's countercharge, the anxious battle situation was immediately broken!
The fortress army soldiers followed the oncoming team and joined them. In this way, more and more orcs were defeated one by one by the fortress army that far exceeded their numbers. Correspondingly, more fortress soldiers joined them, forming an absolute advantage in a short period of time.
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The one who rushed at the front was Bolt Cantelo. With his red eyes open, he waved the big sword in his hand and split the orcs who blocked him in half!
Blood was poured on him, but he ignored it and just rushed towards the orcs in front like crazy! Another one, a third one! Bolt, who killed three orc warriors in a row, was like a demon walking out of hell! He was covered in blood all over his body.
It was all steaming blood, "Ah!!!!!! Kill!!!" Bolt took a breath and suddenly looked up to the sky and roared!
The soldiers looked at the demonic Bolt and couldn't help shouting loudly: "General, mighty! Kill!"
Their morale was like a rainbow! Nothing could stop them! Orcs were thrown off the city wall one after another. The soldiers who were so excited that they even cut off the heads of the orcs and mocked them like a demonstration to the army below the city!
If Thor hadn't stopped him, Grom would have led the warriors in the city to charge forward.
When the last orc corpse was thrown from the city wall by the fortress army, the first wave of orc attacking teams was completely destroyed! Without the ladder and the bumper, the orcs could not invade the fortress no matter how many people they had! They could only watch.
The human soldiers in the city kept laughing at them.
Ian exhaled heavily. It was getting late. After a day of fighting, the fortress army was extremely exhausted. Unlike the orcs, they still had too few people.
After arranging the rotation, the injured soldiers withdrew from the city wall, and the remaining soldiers immediately collapsed on the ground, completely ignoring the cold blood on the ground and gasping for air.
Bolt sat silently at the top of the city, ignoring the soldiers behind him who were helping him bandage his wounds, and just stared coldly at the orc army below the city.
During the day, after a great battle, the first wave of the orcs' attacking force totaling 30,000 people was almost completely wiped out. Among them, nearly 2,000 died at the city gate. They didn't know that the city gate could never be opened.
I knew that the ones in front had fallen, and those on top of the back, more than two thousand warriors in front and behind, fell in the cold snow at the gate of the city.
The city wall was even more cruel. Among the nearly 30,000 warriors who climbed up, not a single one was alive. Some of their heads were hung on the city wall by Your Excellency. This was a naked show off!
The orcs they saw were all crazy, but there was no way to climb up. They could only stare, watching the heads of their compatriots swaying in the cold wind.
Of course, compared to the failed attack by the orcs, the fortress army also suffered heavy losses.
More than a thousand soldiers died in the battle, all of them died on the city walls! Their corpses, like those of the orcs, were pushed off the city wall during the battle and piled up at the foot of the city.
More than 3,000 soldiers were injured, and most of them were unable to fight anymore! Many of the seriously injured soldiers resolutely committed suicide in order to leave more food for their own robes! They just wanted to leave hope to those who could survive!
After Ian heard this, he burst into tears, but did not stop him! He could not let down the hopes of the soldiers, he could only fight with their expectations.
Many farmers who had been frightened by the arrival of the orc army were filled with shame and anger when they saw these soldiers who committed suicide. They picked up the weapons they left behind, put on bloody armor, climbed the city wall, and killed the enemy with the heroes.
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Today, there are only more than 45,000 troops left in the entire Far North Fortress. In addition to the nearly 1,000 farmer militia, Ian knows that today is just a test, and the real battle will come at sunrise tomorrow. He told the soldiers to seize the time
Rest and replenish your energy.
In the far north at night, the temperature is so cold that freshly spilled water freezes immediately.
On nights like this, the orcs were constantly making large wooden shields and tying new ladders. More orcs were snuggling together in twos and threes, relying on each other's body heat to keep each other warm.
The fortress troops on the city lit bonfires. The warm bonfires dispelled the cold winter night. The soldiers ate the hot food and fought hard all day. After eating, many soldiers fell asleep and snored.
The sound spread throughout the fortress.
At this time, the orc leader Thor was looking at the wooden box in front of him. This was a mysterious item taken from the dwarves. If it is true as those dwarves said, then tomorrow! Tomorrow, we will definitely capture the fortress.
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Grom was patrolling the army. Looking at these compatriots clinging to each other in the cold wind, he turned to look at the fire that could be faintly seen in the dark night ahead, with deep envy in his eyes. The orc army had no way to make fire.
It was fatal in the cold winter. As the army marched all the way, many orcs never woke up after falling asleep at night. Thinking of this, he became more determined, he must, must capture it!
In this way, on what should have been a normal winter night, after a short but long wait, the morning glow slowly emerged from the east, making the earth glow with new vitality.
At the moment of dawn, Ian walked out of the room, adjusted his slightly crooked armor, took a deep breath of the cold air, and strode forward.
The soldiers who were sleeping on the city wall woke up to the vicissitudes of the trumpet. They wiped their stiff faces with the bloody ice cubes at hand, stood up, lined up in a line, and looked ahead from a distance.
The orc army looks like a dark cloud.
Bolt drew out his big sword, stood it at his feet, watched the orcs advance coldly, and said in a low voice: "Brother, wait, wait for me to avenge you. Soon...soon!"