Chapter 547 [The Fangs of Kaspersky Defense]
On the city wall to the north of the main fortress, although the heroic General Milo led his personal guards to fight back and forth, like firefighters, constantly extinguishing one dangerous situation after another, from a formal point of view, it looked like a city wall.
However, the defense became more and more difficult, and the human soldiers began to retreat step by step, and they seemed to be unable to resist.
At this time, looking from a distance, dozens of ladders had been set up on this city wall, and then, under the city wall, the orcs' iron square formations came up one after another, because the city wall had fallen into
In the midst of the fighting, the defenders were unable to use their bows and arrows to restrict the advance of the orc phalanx below the city. The orc phalanx also sped up a bit.
The formation of orc warriors, the kind of armored phalanx that advances with shields held high, each contains about a thousand orc warriors. From the siege battle in the morning to now, Bastine has invested a total of more than a dozen phalanxes, more than 10,000 of them.
The orc warriors launched wave after wave of attacks on the human city walls.
There were fights, screams, wailings, and blood and flesh flying everywhere on the city walls!
In front of the orc army in the distance, White Rhino Baistin looked at the city wall coldly. He sneered: "Humph, it seems that these humans are all capable? I heard from the human civilians captured by the Wolf Cavalry that humans are...
It took a full two years to build this defense line...it seems like it is nothing more than that! It only took one morning, and they couldn't resist it, hum!"
Indeed, on the city wall, more and more orc warriors have occupied climbing points one after another, and then several groups have been firmly formed into arrays one after another, guarding the climbing points fiercely and letting the people behind
There can be more orc warriors who can scale the city wall!
The morale of the human soldiers seemed to have gradually declined. Although they were still resisting, they had gradually and unknowingly retreated, allowing the orcs to occupy more and more space!
"That's it? Is this the combat effectiveness of the human army? It seems that we can occupy this fortress within today! I heard that humans have set up three such fortresses in the north... Humph, it's nothing more than that."
Bastine began to feel a little proud. He didn't even invest in the last elite reserve team. He didn't even use the powerful siege equipment built by the dwarves, and the Behemoth beast of the orc tribe didn't appear either.
...Relying on the simplest ladder is almost overwhelming for humans!
At this moment, the orc general couldn't help but look down on the fighting power of humans.
It seems that in front of the invincible orc warriors, humans are really vulnerable!! The orc warriors are indeed far better than weak races like humans in terms of combat effectiveness!
"Sir, it's almost done."
While the defenders on the northern city wall were retreating steadily, in a tall tower on the east side, a pair of eyes were looking through the gap in the wall, coldly observing the tragic scene of fighting on the city wall.
Rostock had a cold face. Although he was old, this veteran of the empire had a resolute and courageous face. On the battlefield, he seemed much calmer than the generals behind him.
"Sir..." As the son of the coach, Reuenthar was a little bolder than the others. He couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He couldn't help urging in a low voice: "I think it's almost done. General Milo seems a little nervous.
"
"Shut up." Rostock frowned and looked back at his son: "General Milo is a brave general of our army. I know him much better than you do! He has not reached his limit yet!"
Looking at his son's eyes, Rostock sighed in his heart. After all, he was still young. Although his only son fought bravely, he was a simple warrior type boy. In war, he could only fight and rush. In the future,
After he grows old, if his family wants to continue to gain a foothold in the empire's army, it will still need enough wisdom and intelligence. But this is the quality that his son lacks the most.
His heart softened. Rostock pointed to the city wall where the fierce battle was taking place in the distance, and decided to give his son some advice: "See clearly. General Milo is very smart. Although his soldiers seemed to be retreating, they were not scattered. They
They are retreating little by little strategically, giving space to the enemy, and trying to attract more enemies to the city wall! Do you understand? It's not the time yet! Wait! Do you see the bottom?
These enemy phalanxes are still advancing! Let them come more! Since we have invested money in this battle, we must get the maximum harvest!"
"But... the casualties of the soldiers..." Reuenthar was a little anxious.
"There is no such thing as immortality in war!" Rostock glanced at his son coldly: "Wait a minute, Milo can still hold on for a while!"
Time passed minute by minute.
Seeing that the Imperial defenders on the city wall are retreating more and more, almost half of the city wall has been occupied by orcs. Only the part along the female walls on both sides is still firmly occupied by the Imperial defenders. The city wall
The orcs above occupied towers one after another, and they frantically destroyed the heavy ballistae in the towers. More and more orc warriors crowded on the city wall, trying to attack inside, but the ones who got down from the inside of the city wall
The female wall is still occupied by the human army, resisting every step of the way...
More than two thousand orc warriors crowded on the city wall. Although the fortress wall was much wider than other military fortresses in the empire, the city wall was still too narrow for the huge orcs. There were piles of them.
The orcs were crowded together, and only the orcs in the front row could take over from the humans. The orcs in the back could only shout crazily and crowd forward. As long as the humans firmly occupied the female wall and formed a defensive array, they could still survive.
Resisting the advance of the orcs.
And General Milo seemed to have gradually exhausted his energy after leading his brave guards back and forth for several rounds. This brave general who had just received the Imperial Medal also had several broken armors, especially
It was the armor on the arm guard of his left arm. There was a deep dent, and there was a huge crack, and the muscles of the arm were blurred.
This was left for him by a high-level orc warrior he had just fought against. The orc warrior's knife slashed Milo's arm. The orc's powerful force directly cut his armor into pieces. If it weren't for his body,
As a general, Milo's armor is a masterpiece of human craftsmanship. If it had been replaced by an ordinary soldier's armor, Milo's arm would have been cut off with this knife. He also received a knife on his thigh, but
Fortunately it's not heavy.
At this moment, Milo's face was covered with blood and his arms were sore. He couldn't even remember how many enemies he had killed. The long sword he had just used had already been curled, but now he was holding a sword that he had snatched from an orc warrior.
The mace was swung vigorously.
Time passed by, and in that tower, General Rostock's face gradually became serious. Although he still looked very calm, the knuckles of his fingers, which were slightly white when he was clinging to the wall and stomping, were also exposed.
The nervous mood of the old general.
Finally, when the generals behind him could no longer hold it any longer, Rostock spoke.
"Okay! The rabbit has entered the nest! Let's start!"
In the distance, when the orc general Baistin was complacent, the humans launched a decisive attack!
First of all, in the ditch under the city that has been mostly filled in, the trenches originally dug by humans have been buried underground one by one. After Rostock gave the order "Start".
The valves of those pipelines had already been opened. The soldiers who controlled the valves in the city desperately unscrewed the openings of the pipelines!
Soon, under the transportation of the pipeline, large areas of oil sprayed out of the trenches that seemed to have been filled in!
These expensive oils are now being secretly poured into the trenches, quietly and silently soaking in the wood that the orcs filled in the trenches, as well as the fire starters originally arranged by humans.
At this time, all the orc warriors on and off the city suddenly heard a series of extremely strange sounds...
Click, click, click, click...
A series of sounds that seemed like the rolling of mechanical winches seemed to come from inside the city wall! The sound was faint, but it was like muffled thunder. For a while, the sound kept ringing, and the orc warriors were a little confused.
Under the city wall, there are still one orc armored phalanx one after another crowded under the city wall, trying to continue to erect more ladders.
But at this moment, the city wall suddenly... moved!!
As the internal mechanical noose rolled, on the outside of the city wall, suddenly, on the originally flat wall, stones rolled, and suddenly, rows of huge spikes! As the noose was pulled, from the wall
Turned inside out!
The roots of each of those huge, polished and extremely sharp thorns are nearly half a meter thick! There are also some curled blades and barbs on them!
The entire city wall, a long row about ten meters above the ground, all had huge thorns that were closely connected together!
These were equipped with sharp curling blades and barbs, which immediately caused the ladders that were still standing against the city wall to disintegrate and burst into pieces!!
Dozens of ladders were quickly destroyed by these giant thorns. The orc soldiers who were still climbing on them fell from the sky with screams and howls! Some even fell down, with their bodies hanging on the huge thorns.
Above, there were endless screams!
All the ladders on the city wall were shattered in just a matter of seconds!
Under the city wall, those orc armored phalanxes who were still trying to set up ladders immediately became panicked!
Without the ladder, what would the orc warriors crowded under the city wall do? Should they bang their heads against the city wall? Use their own hands and feet to climb the city wall???
After all the ladders were destroyed, the orc warriors who had occupied nearly half of the city wall immediately turned into sourceless water! They could not move forward because the human soldiers were firmly guarding the female wall of the lower city.
, they cannot retreat, and there are no reinforcements coming up behind them, because the ladders have been completely destroyed!!
Seeing such a huge change, the orc general Baistin's eyes, which were still somewhat capable, suddenly fell into a haze! His eyelids jumped fiercely, and then he suddenly shouted: "Quick! Let the soldiers under the city wall hurry up.
Come back!!!”
There was anger and anxiety in its roar.
But, it’s too late!!
Within the fortress, the human longbowmen once again gathered in formation. Under the command of the observer, the longbowmen once again conducted several rounds of projectiles!
However, this time, the target is not the orc warriors. But... those trenches!!
On top of the long bow, there are special rockets whose arrows are wrapped in igniting fuel! Each officer holds a torch in his hand, trots all the way, runs quickly in front of each archer, and lights the arrows!
After waves of oscillating sounds of bowstrings, densely packed rockets shot out of the sky! It was like a meteor shower in the sky!!
Countless rockets were fired at the trench area. In those trenches, the wood, sacks, and orc corpses that had been quietly soaked in oil... and the ignition materials that had long been buried underneath were instantly destroyed.
To be continued...