After more than three months of siege, the food in Graveson Castle had already been exhausted.
So far, even the humans in the castle have been eaten by the orcs.
After eating the last batch of people yesterday, Drancy discussed with Gunderson and decided to eat the orc auxiliary troops in two days.
Goatmen and deermen were the first group, followed by kobolds and wild boars.
Even if the orc auxiliary soldiers are eaten, we must persist until the end.
In mid-July, the Sodamian Army arrived on the battlefield.
Although this local provincial army's combat effectiveness is average and not as good as the second-line troops in northern Xinjiang, it has more than 20,000 people and can be responsible for guarding important strongholds, freeing up the main troops to fight.
Even Fort William is now garrisoned by a brigade of the Sodamian Army.
In more than three months, Richard has repaired the damaged brute force armor. In addition, he also used the scales pulled from the snake body professionals to make thirty snake scale armors.
Although the snake scale armor is not as defensive as the blood steel enchanted armor, it is very light and suitable for fighting in the jungle.
Richard equipped these thirty pieces of enchanted snake scale armor to the first and second squadrons, strengthening the enchanted armor of these two squadrons to about half.
First, second, although there were heavy casualties after the siege of Maruland, Richard mobilized veterans from other squadrons, and the wounded soldiers slowly recovered, and now the troops are strong again.
Sophia was also not idle. She used the captured earth dragon beast materials and some precious magic plants to successfully refine one hundred and twenty bottles of Tenghui potion.
Perhaps due to years of accumulation and accumulation, this batch of Tenghui potions actually created eleven professionals.
Counting these eleven new professionals, there are already more than fifty professionals in Harland's territory. The number of professionals is close to the infantry brigade at the back of the main army.
The Eighth Battalion of the Mad Lions that Richard served in that year had only fifty-one professionals, its equipment was not as good as the infantry of the Haaland family, and its combat effectiveness was also slightly inferior.
The scouts discovered that the orcs in Graveson Castle had begun to eat their own people. After Zachary received the news, he was secretly worried about the orcs' ruthlessness.
For the past three months, Zachary continued to bombard Graveson Castle with trebuchets.
However, the fortifications of this castle are very strong. The outer walls are built with huge stones. Even though many orcs were killed and injured, a breach still could not be made.
In order to conquer this castle, he wrote a personal letter to the Kingdom of Charlie some time ago, hoping to use a super alchemy bomb and dig a tunnel to bury it under the city wall. Relying on the power of the super alchemy bomb,
Blow down the city wall.
The Grant royal family does not master the technology of making alchemical bombs.
There are actually only three forces in the entire Dawn Plane that can create alchemical bombs, and the first one is the dwarves active in the Western Continent.
The dwarf tribe had mastered the technology of making magic guns and alchemical bombs before the Age of Kings.
The second one is the Celtic United Kingdom on the southwest coast of the Mid-Continent. This country is active in a magic organization called the Heart of the Elements, which has the technology to manufacture alchemical bombs on a large scale.
The third one is the Harland family.
The alchemy bomb formulas mastered by these three forces are different. The alchemy bomb made by the Heart of Elements is the most expensive and the most powerful. An ordinary alchemy bomb sells for about 100 gold coins.
The alchemy bombs made by dwarves are much weaker and cost between thirty to fifty gold coins.
The alchemy bomb made by the Harland family is the weakest, only about half of the alchemy bomb made by the Elemental Heart. However, the expensive fire crystal is not used in the formula, so the manufacturing cost is the lowest.
Not counting labor, the cost of materials for a bomb is about two gold coins. Including labor, the cost price is about five gold coins.
Super alchemy bomb is an enhanced version of ordinary alchemy bomb. The explosion runes of this bomb are different from ordinary alchemy bombs. The formula of the explosive is also more special.
The price of a super alchemy bomb is more than five thousand gold coins, and you need to find a suitable opportunity to purchase it.
The number of super alchemy bombs produced by the Heart of Elements every year is very small, less than a hundred in total.
There are dozens of countries in the Central Continent, large and small, and the Grant Kingdom has accumulated more than 30 super alchemy bombs through hundreds of years of accumulation. Each time one is used, it needs the approval of King Charles.
As expected, we should receive a reply from King Charles today.
"I don't know if the king will approve my request."
After three months of siege, there were already complaints among the army. Zachary was under increasing pressure and was pacing back and forth in the tent.
"Commander of the Legion, an urgent letter from the capital." The messenger strode into the commander's tent and handed over a handwritten letter from King Charles.
Zachary hurriedly opened the letter, his steady hands trembling slightly.
These rough hands, accustomed to holding swords, had killed many enemies, but they were trembling a little today. This shows how worried Zachary was about gain and loss.
"The king agreed to our request. The alchemy bomb is already on its way and will be transported to Black River Fort via waterway in seven days.
Send my order to the soldiers to dig three tunnels to confuse the orcs.
We have not used super alchemy bombs in northern Xinjiang for decades. The orcs are limited by war experience and will not be prepared. The fighter planes that can completely annihilate the orc army are mature."
In mid-July, the super alchemy bomb was finally delivered to Zachary's military camp. At the same time, the tunnel dug by Zachary also reached the foot of Graveson Castle.
This time Zachary repeated his old trick and decided to blow down the city wall in the middle of the night and launch a surprise attack.
At around two o'clock in the night, the Northern Legion detonated the super alchemy bomb.
There was a loud noise, and a violent wave of air swept over. In an instant, the earth shook, and the overwhelming force immediately overturned the city wall. In an instant, the orcs who stood on the top of the city were buried by the collapsed city wall, causing countless casualties.
This huge explosion, like an unstoppable god, instantly defeated the will of the orcs.
"Annihilate the orc army and avenge the innocent and tragic death of your loved ones!"
Zachary held a long sword and let out a high-pitched roar.
Simon and William, two high-level professionals, personally led the first and third heavy armored brigades to undertake the first-line siege mission.
"Kill all the orcs, take no prisoners, and avenge the tragic death of your relatives."
Because the orcs in Graveson Castle ate a lot of humans, many of them were relatives and friends of the Northern Legion soldiers.
Although the soldiers knew that the orc prisoners were more valuable.
But at this moment, simple emotions have already replaced the cold reason.
The Northern Army, from its commander Zachary to ordinary soldiers, all decided to kill all the human-eating beasts in the castle.