The orcs pouring out of the pine forest stopped more than 700 meters directly in front of the city wall. They were a large, dark area that could not be seen at a glance. On the right wing of the orc group, there was also a large group of barbarian warriors. They were tall and sturdy and equipped with leather helmets.
They wear leather armor, use log shields and hand axes, and their formations are tight and orderly, clearly distinguishable from the ugly and primitive orcs.
Bottom visually estimated that the number of barbarian warriors was around 900, and the size of the orc group was at least three times that of the barbarians. Looking at the number of orc butchers, there were about thirty or forty. Each orc butcher led 50 to 100 people.
Calculated in terms of fighters or coolies, the total number of orcs in the group will not be less than 3,000.
There are more than 4,000 half-orcs and barbarians on the opposite side, but here in Braun Town, there are less than 900 half-elves who can take up arms and participate in the battle.
The invaders had an absolute advantage in numbers. Their ferocious and savage aura made the half-elves guarding the city wall feel frightened. Perhaps, the enemy would only need to launch a strong attack, and the town of Braun would fall.
Bottom couldn't figure out why the local barbarians would join forces with the orcs from the outside world, but he had fallen into deep despair. Vertok pulled him out of the whirlpool of despair.
Those amber eyes had magical power. When Bottom came into contact with Vertok's eyes, his mind instantly returned to calmness, but he still inevitably said pessimistically: "Vertok, I regret not listening to your advice yesterday. But now,
What's the point of giving money to everyone? The enemy is too powerful and we have no chance of winning. If the city wall falls, everyone will die. Wealth can no longer boost everyone's morale..."
Wiltok was not in the mood to explain more, and said calmly in an almost commanding tone: "First give everyone the money, the sooner the better, and then we will find a way to break out of the encirclement. There is no need to worry too much about this."
Bottom didn't understand Wiltok's intention for a while, but he also knew that the wealth hidden in the town by the Adventurer's House would definitely not be preserved. Instead of leaving it to the invaders, it would be better to share it with everyone. He followed Wiltok's request,
Instruct his men to take out the most valuable treasure from the treasure house.
Not long after, several iron boxes were carried to the city wall. At this time, Boss Bottom had already figured it out and put it down. He asked his men to carry the boxes and follow him on the city wall, giving each soldier a
The treasure inside the box. All the half-elves guarding the city wall were given a large handful of amber, green emeralds, black glazes, blue diamonds and colored phosphorus beads, enough to fill two of their pockets.
Looking at the dazzling treasure in their hands, the half-elf soldiers, especially the adventurers, had complicated expressions. These are specialties around Braun Town, and are also the main reason why the adventure group came here to take risks. For example, bean-sized, crystal clear multicolored phosphorus beads
It is a kind of crystal in the body of krill. Only old krill that have grown for more than five years can produce colorful phosphorus beads. Apart from their beautiful appearance, they actually have no special value. But Dragon King Philumat likes such shiny things.
, so that the colorful phosphorus beads were included in the tribute list by the Dragon King Palace. A high-quality colorful phosphorus bead can be sold for 5 to 10 gold pagodas in the market of Luoye City.
A medium-sized adventure group can collect more than 600 colorful phosphorus beads by working on Lake Braun for several months, which is not enough to fill two pockets. Adventure groups usually pay the price of two gold pagodas for their hard work.
Go to the Adventurer's House Hotel and sell the phosphorus beads at a low price. Just because Boss Bottom can provide you with things that cannot be bought in the main city market, including sophisticated weapons and equipment, life-saving secret medicine, and the most important promotion opportunities.
.
Treasures such as amber and gemstones are more valuable than phosphorus beads, but they are not hard currency, and the market price fluctuates greatly. Only those who have the channels to enshrine the Dragon King Palace can turn treasures into strength and power, and those without channels can only accept it.
Exploitation at every level. Therefore, adventurers would rather sell the harvested treasures to the adventurer's house at a low price in exchange for a quota for awakening expertise or sublimation expertise.
Over the years, Boss Bottom has accumulated a huge fortune, and now he has taken out all the accumulation over the years and distributed it to everyone here.
If the adventure group collects all the treasures that the members have received, even if they sell them cheaply on the market, the money they get will be enough to buy a plantation. From then on, they can live a stable life with no worries about food and clothing, and they will never have to carry their heads.
adventure.
However, they are going to die soon, so what's the point of getting more treasures?
After distributing the treasure, Bottom walked back and forth on the city wall. As he walked, he shouted, attracting the attention of all the half-elves: "The purpose of sharing the treasure with everyone is not to let everyone defend Braun Town, but to break out! Only by breaking out can we
Enjoy the wealth! Everyone, cheer me up and stick to their posts. We have high walls and ballistas. The orcs and barbarians will not be able to fight for a while. The leaders of each adventure group come with me to discuss this.
Something about a breakout.”
As long as half-elves in their right mind are afraid of death, half-elves who engage in adventurous activities are afraid of death and even more afraid of poverty. When they are poor, they dare to risk their lives for wealth; when they are rich, they become afraid of death again. But
It is undeniable that adventurers have courage and courage far beyond ordinary people.
Vertok's logic to boost the morale of the adventurers and prevent them from mutiny is simple: for the huge wealth they have obtained, they must risk their lives to break out. The people in the Adventurer's House are also besieged, and they must break out. This is everyone's
The common point is that even if the adventurers are resentful of Bottom, they should work together at this time and find a way to rush out first.
After Boss Bottom regained his composure, he quickly understood Wiltok's intention. He took out all the most valuable belongings in the warehouse and decisively distributed them to more than 400 adventurers in order to eliminate their grievances and inspire them.
The will to fight.
The adventurers looked at the sparkling gems, amber, and phosphorus beads in their hands, and their eyes gradually gained a different look, revealing a fierceness. They put the treasures into their pockets, tied them tightly, and picked up their weapons again.
He yelled viciously: "I'm going to fight hard this time!"
"It was meant to be fought tooth and nail."
"With so much treasure, it's worth dying."
"Bah! I want to rush out with the treasure..."
"Yes! Let's rush out. If anyone dares to block our way, he must be killed!"
Bottom laughed loudly and shouted: "There will be more treasures to be moved here soon. I will give it all to everyone and let your group leader divide it up, lest you take too much and be unable to run away."
The adventurers applauded one after another, and did not forget to tell their leader to get as much treasure as possible.
Seeing this situation, Bottom's heart dropped halfway. He whispered to Wiltok beside him: "Vell, what should we do next?"
Wiltok was really questioned. He relied on the "Knowledge Puzzle" to analyze intelligence and provide countermeasures. In fact, he had no ideas. Although the "Knowledge Puzzle" was part of his soul, it was in a state of division. The "Knowledge Puzzle"
It contains many reorganized memories and the ability to make logical deductions, but it does not have emotional cognition, but can think rationally. However, due to the "knowledge puzzle" and the split of the soul, Wiltok is like having an extra soul.
.Most of the time, he cannot control the "Knowledge Puzzle". He can only give it preset problems and let it solve the problems on its own while collecting information.
"Knowledge Puzzle" takes a certain amount of time to process problems, and it also takes time for Wiltok to collect relevant information. Under normal circumstances, the higher his mental attributes are, the more comprehensive the information he collects, and the faster the "Knowledge Puzzle" can handle problems.
What should we do after we distribute treasures and stabilize people’s hearts?
Regarding this issue, due to the incomplete information collected, "Knowledge Puzzle" did not give a specific action plan. Wiltok could only follow the general direction of solving the problem and said vaguely: "We can only find ways to break out now...
…Let everyone use their brains, I will listen first and then think about what to do.”
His answer was in line with the personality of an amnesia patient. Bottom nodded and said: "That's right. We have all calmed down. We should all come up with ideas and find solutions together... Maybe the situation is not as we imagined.
Oops, we just haven’t discovered it yet.”
When the leaders of the various adventure groups arrived at the tower, Bottom looked around at everyone and said without hesitation: "That day, Hurant from the famous Golden Oak family revealed my identity in public. Everyone now knows that I, Bottom, the red lion, was once a rock
The elite sergeants of the Giant Legion fought against orcs, barbarians, and alien orcs in the dark land for more than two months... The 'February' War was the most brutal war in the Alliance in recent decades."
"...In that war, my comrades-in-arms suffered numerous casualties, but a few old comrades and I managed to survive..."
Boss Bottom sighed and said boldly: "I didn't expect that more than twenty years later, I would encounter the siege of Orcs again in Braun Town. If I fight to death this time instead of dying on the bed, it will be considered
A lucky thing."
"I dare say that no one among you knows better than me how orcs and barbarians fight. According to the current situation, we may have to break out to survive. I ask everyone to obey my unified command. I can guarantee you two things
.First, if you need to charge, the half-elves from the Adventurer's House will be at the front; if you need to break up, we will be at the back. Second, all intelligence and decisions will be shared, and you can each send a member here to take charge.
Contact me, I will never hide anything from them!"
"If someone doesn't want to advance and retreat with everyone, I won't stop you. I'll give you a few ropes, and you can climb over the wall now. It's your luck to escape the pursuit of the orc butcher; if you can't escape, forget it.
You are in trouble. However, those who are willing to stay and break out together must obey my dispatch. Otherwise, don't blame me for turning my back on you!" Bottom said loudly.
The leaders of each adventure group looked at each other. No matter how beautifully Bottom said it, they did not dare to entrust the fate of the whole group to each other easily. However, except for Bottom, no one here can assume the responsibility of commander. Moreover,
, the risk of breaking out alone is indeed too great. Everyone still understands the principle of breaking out together and covering each other.
Just as the leader of the adventure group was communicating vaguely with his eyes, Charlie took the lead and shouted: "Sir Bottom, our Qin and Whistle adventure group believes in you and is willing to obey your orders!"
Bottom glanced at Charlie gratefully, smiled and nodded.
The other group leaders immediately hated Charlie and gritted their teeth. Since someone is taking the lead, they cannot fall behind. If those who fall behind are taken care of by Bottom, they may become cannon fodder for others. So, everyone agreed, and they all
He beat his chest loudly to show that his adventure group absolutely supports Bottom.
When Wiltok saw the leaders of the adventure group competing in the chest-slapping competition, he found it very interesting, and naturally smiled and rolled his eyes. Bottom found that Wiltok was laughing, and he didn't know why, but his anxious heart finally returned.
Positioned.
He smiled calmly and said: "In a moment, someone will bring gold, weapons and armor, dry food and combat medicine. You can take the gold as you like. The other things will be distributed according to the needs of each regiment. Do you have any questions?
?”
Of course, the group leaders said there was no problem. Bottom glanced at Wiltok and said: "Okay, let me first introduce the situation of the orcs and barbarians..."
The orc tribe is roughly divided into six classes: chief, eldest mother, butcher, female shaman, fighter, and coolie.
Generally speaking, the orc chief is the most powerful butcher in the tribe. He is not only powerful in combat, but also highly intelligent.
The Great Mother is a fertile half-orc female, and almost all Great Mothers are shamans. They have a very high status in the group, second only to the Chiefs, and some Great Mother Shamans even have more say than the Chiefs.
.However, the eldest mother is obese and has difficulty moving. She does not participate in battles. She is usually responsible for raising offspring and belongs to the core of the protected group.
If the chief of the orcs dies, the great mothers will select a new chief from among the butchers. If all the great mothers die, the orc group will basically be declared disbanded.
Butchers are also called high-level half-orcs. They are generally about 2.2 meters tall. Their strength, speed, and wisdom are much stronger than ordinary half-orcs. Butchers’ life levels start from the third level, which is the same as that of adult Hemer female warriors. They have mastered high-level
The bloodrage talent has keen combat intuition and is murderous. Every time the Butcher kills an enemy in the battle, the power of the bloodrage will be improved, but different individuals have different upper limits. There is no doubt that the Butcher is
The most terrifying orc warrior.
Shamans here mainly refer to young half-orc female shamans who are not qualified to have children. They are rare in number and are naturally agile warriors. They often use bone blades with cursed power. As long as the skin is scratched by the bone blades of the half-orc shamans
, the wound will continue to rot, will not heal easily, and may even cause mental confusion.
Fighters are half-orc males who are not eligible to reproduce. They have strong explosive power but weak physical fitness. They have primary or intermediate blood rage talents. Fighters are the main force in the half-orc army. They are oppressed by the butchers of the tribe and cannot grow. Half-orc fighters are
The combat power is stronger than most awakened half-elves, but not as good as professionals.
Coolies are half-orcs who have not developed gender characteristics. They are stupid and weak in strength, and their status in the tribe is quite slaves. Half-orc coolies form the basis of the half-orc tribe. When the butchers in the tribe suffer heavy losses, the coolies have a chance to develop again.
, separate genders, and be promoted to fighters, and very few can be promoted to shamans.
It is worth mentioning that the blood rage of the orcs is an active talent. The more they fight, the stronger they become, and the weaker they become when they encounter setbacks. The orcs always charge in all battles, either with a big victory or a complete defeat. The regular legions of the Disa Alliance are targeting the orcs.
Characteristics: Prioritize attacking the opponent's coolies, severely weakening the orcs' vigor, often causing the fighter's blood rage power to plummet, thus turning the tide of the battle.
The situation of the barbarians is just the opposite of that of the orcs. They are born with one gender and have the ability to reproduce after adulthood. The average height of men is 1.9 meters, and the height of women is more than 1.7 meters. Adult barbarian warriors are particularly strong, with high basic strength, physical fitness, and intelligence.
For the orc warriors. The thick and strong body gives the barbarian warriors a special ability. When they are hit hard, they will hardly faint. Instead, the pain will lead to anger, and the anger will burst out with stronger power. When this kind of power
Breaking through a certain limit, the barbarian warriors awakened their bloodrage talent.
The blood rage of the barbarians is a passive talent, closely linked to the vitality. Improving the level of the blood rage talent means increasing the life level.
The blood rage effect of high-level barbarians is the same as that of ordinary barbarian warriors, only violent counterattacks, but high-level barbarians are incredibly strong and can fight with wild monsters in hand-to-hand combat without losing.
Perhaps, the blood rage talent of the barbarians is actually a growth talent, and the violent counterattack is just a side effect.
Barbarian shamans who master the power of heavenly fire and have the ability to predict call themselves daughters of the heavenly spirits, while high-level barbarians are called warriors of the heavenly spirits.
Barbarian warriors always get braver with frustration. The Alliance Legion hates fighting with barbarian infantry groups. Fortunately, barbarians have low fertility and are much smaller in number than orcs. Barbarian warriors who have awakened the bloodrage talent are even rarer. And orcs only need to be normal.
Once you develop, you can master the bloodrage talent and become an orc warrior.
"After the half-orc warrior activates blood rage, his strength, speed, and defense are greatly enhanced. However, the power of blood rage increases and decreases quickly, and it also consumes physical strength. The method to deal with the half-orc warrior is very simple, avoid
When their blood rage is turned on, they have no energy. They are weak in arms and legs, and cannot even defeat ordinary awakened ones. With the help of high walls, we first shoot the half-orc coolies who have no blood rage talent. The half-orc warriors are frightened, and the blood rage power
They will also decline quickly. They failed to charge three times and all turned into soft-footed shrimps. It will be easy for us to break through again. How many of us can be intercepted by the more than forty orc butchers on the opposite side? "
Bottom added with some annoyance: "The barbarians on the opposite side are our big trouble. They are strong and full of energy. Even adventurers can't outrun them."
He mainly told Wiltok that he regretted that he could not adopt Wiltok's opinion, and now it was difficult to run away even if he wanted to.
However, the leader of an adventure group excitedly said: "I have experience in dealing with barbarians. Avoid close combat with them and use crossbows and javelins to shoot from a distance. As long as you hit a dozen arrows, they will almost die...
"
Everyone looked at the leader with cold eyes. His voice became lower and lower, and a sly smile appeared on his face. Apparently, he realized that Braun Town was facing a war, and the barbarian warriors on the opposite side were not sporadic.
The looters, the previous tactics are completely useless in this situation.
Bottom turned and asked Wiltok, "Vil, what do you think?"
Wiltok shook his head, walked straight to an iron box, bent down to lift the box, raised it above his head with one hand, and asked: "How is the strength of the barbarian warrior compared to me?"
Everyone was shocked by Wiltok. This box was filled with gold, weighing at least 1,100 pounds. Seeing Wiltok lifting the gold above his head with one hand, he still looked like he had enough strength left.
The strength might be comparable to that of a level four shield guard.
Bottom quickly said: "Put it down slowly, be careful not to hit your feet... An average barbarian warrior should be able to do this with two hands."
Vertok put down the box, nodded and said: "I need to eat a lot of food in one meal, and I remember that Yog's appetite is not small. It seems that the barbarian warriors need a lot of food."
Boss Bottom slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "I was so panicked just now that I forgot such an important thing! With three thousand orc warriors and a thousand barbarian warriors, they must consume more than usual.
It takes twice as much food to maintain fighting fitness. Mayor Mayne left some food in the plantation, which was only enough to feed 500 barbarian female slaves for ten days. The orcs snatched all the food, but it couldn't withstand the consumption of the battle.
For two days at most, the orcs and barbarians must use their own food reserves to fill the gap. This will definitely affect the tribe’s livelihood! I estimate that they can’t last for five days. We only need to hold on for five days, and they won’t be able to survive!”
This news excited everyone. Charlie from Qin and Whistle further said: "Orcs and barbarians lack food and large equipment. They are not good at siege! But we have abundant supplies, war bows and crossbows, and also
There are medium-sized ballistae, and relying on the city wall, we can hold on for 5 days. Now, the back door to the west of Braun Town has not been blocked by the orcs and barbarian coalition forces. It seems that they really hope that we will abandon the city voluntarily. This also shows that their offensive is persistent.
It won’t be long!”
Previously, the adventure group leader who commented on the barbarian marauders asked again: "The back door is not blocked? Then why don't we withdraw?"
Charlie said coldly: "You can go and see if the orcs and barbarians will chase you? If they catch up with you, you can just have a wild battle with them."
The regiment leader stopped talking. No one dared to take the risk of fighting a field battle with the allied forces of orcs and barbarians and voluntarily leave the protection of the high wall.
Bottom smiled and said: "Vell, what do you think?"
Wiltok had previously said that the money should be distributed quickly and the breakthrough should be slow, and he was right. The Red Lion Bottom admired Wiltok's foresight and now pays special attention to his opinions.
In fact, when Wiltok said "the breakout should be slow", it was because he had not yet thought of a specific breakout plan. The "Knowledge Puzzle" had just taken the food factor into consideration, but it was only a reference factor and could not explain the true strength of the enemy.
There is a shortage of food.
No matter what, there is nothing wrong with weakening the enemy's effective strength with the help of complete fortifications and waiting for work.
Wiltok shook his head slowly and said: "We still need to be prepared to break out... Let the old, weak, women and children in the town gather at the back door first. We will hold on for a while and then make the final decision based on the situation."
Bottom nodded and said: "Well, this is the safest way to do it. Just do as you say. But I think we have a great chance of holding on to Braun Town..."
Is there any hope of saving Braun Town?
So far, the results of the "Knowledge Puzzle" analysis show that there is hope for a breakout, but the probability of holding Braun Town is less than 10%.
Wiltok shook his head again and said: "There is little hope of defending Braun Town... I have a key question that I haven't figured out yet."
Bottom frowned and asked, "What's the problem?"
Wiltok said blankly: "I don't know."
As they were talking here, the sentry responsible for keeping an eye on the enemy suddenly shouted in panic: "Boss, boss... come and take a look."
Everyone rushed to the wall together, looked closely, and saw several groups of barbarian warriors slowly walking out of the snow forest carrying six medium-sized ballistae.
Everyone's expression changed, and Boss Bottom's face turned livid. He squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "The barbarian slaves on the plantation have betrayed us! Our crossbows must knock out the other party's crossbows first!"
The effective range of the medium-sized ballista is within 400 meters, and it is basically inaccurate at a distance of more than 300 meters. However, the metal crossbow bolts fired by the ballista are enough to penetrate the city wall, helping orcs and barbarians to climb and attack the city!
It is not an easy task to completely disassemble the medium-sized ballista from the arrow tower. Without the help of the barbarian slave girl, the orcs and local barbarians would not be able to do this.
Now that the enemy has these six ballistae, it becomes much more difficult for Bartomeu to defend the city wall.
Vertor tried his best to find Yog in the barbarian camp. His tense mood relaxed a little. This was not because of his feelings for Yog, but because the barbarian boy was very smart. In this kind of situation,
At this time, Yog aroused Wiltok's fear.
"Hey, I discovered an interesting phenomenon." Rhodes, the slave trader of the Iron Cross Regiment, suddenly pointed to the opposite side and said, "Look, the barbarian camp and the orc camp always maintain a distance of 5 or 6 hundred meters. Those ballistae
And they are all controlled by the local barbarians... If the plantation was taken down by orcs from the outside world, how can they safely hand over all the crossbows to the local barbarians?"
Bottom's eyes flashed, and he turned around and asked: "Captain Rhodes, what do you mean..."
"Lord Bartome, I am familiar with the barbarians on the other side of Lake Braun. They are divided into more than a dozen tribes. The total population does not exceed 6,000, and the adult warriors are at most 2,000. There are less than 1,000 barbarian warriors here. Where will the other thousand warriors be?
?I think they must defend their hometown. Although I don’t know why the local barbarians joined forces with the orcs from the outside world to attack Braun Town. But since the barbarian warriors did not mobilize in full force, it means that they are still wary of outsiders."
"Looking at the Orcs, a rough estimate is that there are more than 3,000 of them, most of them are coolies, and there are less than 2,000 effective Orcs butchers, shamans and fighters. If we say that the local barbarians still have more than 1,000 warriors left
In the rear, here will not be the full strength of the Orcs from the Outer Domain. Their population size is probably more than 8,000, which is a very large Orc tribe!"
"Orcs and barbarians united on the front line, and were wary of each other in the rear... Haha, the chief of the Outland Orcs is really a powerful character. He gave all the ballistae to the barbarians so that these barbarian warriors could fight with peace of mind. So,
The orcs in the rear must have the strength to overwhelm the local barbarians!"
"What I mean is that the local barbarians are being coerced by the orcs from the outside world... In this case, I have an idea." Captain Rhodes said with a reserved smile.
Wiltok felt the insidiousness and viciousness from the slave trader's smile, and he muttered secretly: "This guy doesn't look like a good person."