"Thank you, uncle, for your teaching." Jamil took the beef jerky respectfully, threw one piece into his mouth in the same manner, and carefully put away the others. At the same time, he remembered carefully that although these little things are inconspicuous,
But these are all words of experience accumulated by veterans.
"I really have nothing else to teach you. You should know that your commanders should have taught you during training." Veteran Jim continued lazily, "The only thing I can tell you is,
If you want to survive, you must not be cowardly. The more cowardly you are, the faster you will die. Because bullying the strong and fearing the weak is a common problem for everyone. The more cowardly you are, the easier it is for the enemy to come to you. The more fierce you are, the better. When you compete
When everyone is fierce, it is not the battlefield that dominates you, but you that dominate the battlefield."
"I know!" Jamil nodded heavily and pushed out his not-so-strong chest, trying to show a ferocious expression, but no matter how he looked at it, he didn't have enough momentum.
"Here we come!" Jim, who had been lazily looking like he hadn't completely woken up yet, suddenly sat up straight, his eyes gleaming, and a sinister aura hit his face.
Jamil shivered involuntarily, feeling that the person sitting in front of him was no longer the kind middle-aged uncle, but a ferocious beast.
This is the true face of a veteran of many battles.
Throughout the walls of Hukou Fort, situations similar to Jim's can be found everywhere.
They changed from the most lazy and indifferent group of people to the most serious and vicious group of people.
Jamil was a little confused at first. He didn't know why Uncle Jim, who was still somewhat friendly at first, suddenly became so serious.
Immediately afterwards, various strange screams and the sound of horse hooves came at the same time, like a roaring mountain and a tsunami.
That kind of terrifying movement made Jemil, who had never experienced such a battle, turn pale and break out in sweat. The clothes under his leather armor soon became wet and sticky, making him uncomfortable.
He was obviously not in the mood to care about this now, and huddled behind the city wall, with the centurion's shouts echoing in his ears.
"Steady, steady, they are just testing now, don't launch a counterattack, wait until you get them closer before fighting."
"Everyone, please take shelter, the arrow rain is coming."
"Everyone, please stop messing around and obey my orders."
Those veterans who, like Jim, have experience fighting Odin orcs, know what to do even without the reminders and orders of these middle- and low-level commanders. Although their spirits have changed, their bodies have not changed much.
, standing close behind the parapet, some even still closing their eyes to meditate.
It's different for new recruits like Jamil who have never been on the battlefield. Although he has been joining the Broken Vein Defense Line for a long time and has been training regularly, he is still a new recruit.
My mind was highly tense, and my body was stretched tightly like a spring. It was okay for a while, but over time I almost felt cramps.
Listening to the strange screams and the sound of horse hooves outside the city wall, the time became more difficult.
At this moment, they felt like they were blind and had no idea what was going on outside.
Although his centurion reminded him repeatedly, and Uncle Jim also warned him just now, Jamil still couldn't control his fear and curiosity.
I secretly told myself that if I just took a look, nothing would happen.
While I was still thinking in my mind, my body took action involuntarily and looked out from the gap between the parapets.
"Be careful!" Before Jamil's head could be fully extended, he was already thrown to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, countless arrows roared over the city wall, passed through the gaps in the female wall, and smashed down densely.
Including the entrance to the female wall where Jamil tried to peek out, seven or eight of them jumped through.
If Jamil's head is still there, it is still unknown whether it can be completely avoided.
Most of these arrows are made of bone or stone, and their lethality is obviously lacking. However, if they are hit in the face, they still won't get any good results from him. Even if they don't die, they will suffer a bloody head.
"Are you looking for death? Those furry savages are used to threatening and testing with arrows. Didn't your captain tell you? Those who were killed by their arrows were all idiots like you. Why are you like you?
There are so many idiots like this every year!" Jim scolded with an angry face as he climbed up from Jamil's body and rolled behind the battlements.
At the same time, he did not forget to grab Jamil and bring him to the blind spot of the arrow.
"I...I..." Jamil kept opening his mouth like a fish that landed on the beach, but no words came out for a long time. Not only was he frightened by the thrill just now, but he was also frightened by the scene outside the city that he had just glimpsed.
Scared.
The most impressive thing I just saw was the overwhelming rain of arrows, which seemed to cover the entire sky. It was such a scary sight.
Under the city wall, countless Odin orcs were riding their war horses, whizzing past in the small open space, sending arrows one after another to the city wall.
Looking at their unusually thick arms and bow shooting speed, you can tell that these people come from the wolf clan who are good at shooting.
The Odin Orcs are not just using arrow rain to intimidate and intimidate, they also use this method to cover their movements under the city.
They are clearing the roadblocks and preparing for a full-scale attack on the city.
Because this is not a sudden attack on the city, all the soldiers in the entire broken line of defense knew before the year that there was a possibility that the Odin Orcs would attack on a large scale in the next year.
From that moment on, they had already started making preparations, and Hukou Fort was no exception.
The outside of the city is full of traps, tunnels and simple horse-proofing stakes.
If the Odin Orcs want to attack the city wall, they must first clear these man-made obstacles, which will greatly slow down their attack on the city.
I just forgot, Jamil didn't say this sentence in the end, and thanked veteran Jim: "Thank you just now, uncle."
"This is for the sake of the jug of fine wine." Jim snorted coldly, "If you seek death again next time, I may not have the chance to pay attention to you."
"No, not anymore!" Jamil laughed along with him, somewhat touching the bottom of this cold-faced and warm-hearted veteran, "If I can survive this, I will definitely treat this uncle to the best wine."
"I hope there will be such an opportunity." Jim looked very indifferent to this, as if he had no confidence in Jamil.
Jamil didn't feel much, and asked shamelessly: "Uncle Jim, I have some questions, I don't know if I can ask them."
"You're a very curious boy." Jim glanced at him sideways, threw another piece of beef jerky into his mouth, chewed slowly, "Those beasts want to attack, there will be a while, and they will be idle for a while.
It doesn’t matter if you take a moment to tell me, what exactly did you find? It’s not related to the appearance just now, is it?”
"Why doesn't the general allow the archers to launch a counterattack? If they are allowed to clear the roadblocks, no matter how many roadblocks we have deployed before, they will rush under the city wall in less than two days." Jamil asked the biggest question in his mind.
If their archers take the opportunity to launch a counterattack, it will greatly slow down the opponent's ability to clear the roadblocks.
"Yes, you are not that stupid." Jim said with a rare compliment, "How could the generals not think of a problem that a recruit like you can think of? If it were in the past, they would have done this long ago, but now, Arrow
It’s better to save a little bit of energy.”
"Why?" Jamil was even more confused.
"Idiot, of course it is to launch a counterattack! Now is the time when they are most careful and have the most rigorous protection. Even if they mobilize archers, the damage will be relatively limited. Apart from delaying it for a day or two, it does not make much sense. They will attack us instead.
The archers are exposed to their attacks. If they launch a counterattack when they are fleeing, it will be very powerful, and they will be nailed on the back." Veteran Jim replied.
Although he was beaten to the end, his knowledge and connections in a high position still allowed him to know some things that ordinary soldiers did not know. The explanation just given was definitely not something ordinary soldiers could have, and it even revealed in his words
It contains some high-level information.
Jamil's brows furrowed into a knot, and the doubts in his heart became even worse, "What Uncle Jim said is indeed correct, but everything is predicated on defeating those orcs. Now the number of Odin's orcs is more than ten times that of ours.
Whether it can be defended is a question, let alone defeated. No matter how many arrows are left, it will be in vain."
"Hehe!" Jim said with a mysterious smile, "Of course we have prepared a secret weapon, just wait and see. I hope your jaw won't be knocked off by then."
The secret weapon Jim mentioned was naturally the black powder that the Broken Vein Defense Line had just prepared in large quantities.
Due to the rush of time, Broken Mouth Blood Castle took in a large amount of black powder from the leader of the Yongye Army.
However, there is very little experimental training. Even those operators, most of them are still at the theoretical level. They only know that the new weapons they operate are powerful and they must be cautious. If they are not careful, they and their teammates will be blown into the sky.
.
I don't know what kind of huge magic it is, let alone low-level soldiers like Jamil. They lack brains and can't imagine it.
When the barrel of black powder swirled and smashed into the siege team of Odin's orcs.
Not only the Odin orcs were blinded by the explosion, but even the broken-vein soldiers on the city were stunned one by one. The extremely noisy battlefield suddenly lost its voice. The only things that could be heard were the shattered pieces that had been blown up, but they were not dead on the spot.
The Orc of Odin howled miserably.
That kind of desperate, heart-rending howl.
To the Odin orcs, it was like sharp thorns, venting their extremely high morale, and they were all in a panic.
For the broken pulse soldiers on the city wall, it was a shot in the arm, making their faces glow and their morale greatly increase.
"What's going on? What was that just now?"
"Who knows what happened just now?"
"The wrath of the gods, this is the wrath of the gods that caused the fall of the Miracle Peninsula. I didn't expect that the power of this thing is greater than imagined. With Odin at the top, how can we fight this battle?"
"The horse is frightened. The horse is frightened. Quickly calm the horse down."
"If you can't be comforted, run away!"
"Withdraw! Withdraw! Withdraw!"
"No retreat, all attacks, Odin's warriors have nothing to fear."
"Attack, attack, those who retreat die."
Not only were the soldiers of the Odin Orcs below the city in a mess, their horses were also frightened by the violent explosion of the black powder barrels, and they became an uncontrollable mess.
Fortunately, their siege soldiers dismounted their horses.
If they attack on horseback, the situation will be even more chaotic.
The Odin Orcs' understanding of black powder also remains at a high level.
Even if they wanted to convey this news to the Odin orcs below, the effect was not very satisfactory. Just like before they saw the power of black gunpowder with their own eyes, they were in a state of doubt and did not believe in this world at all.
The existence of such a thing.
The only thing that can be done is to drive away the cannon fodder of the herdsmen, serve as a vanguard, test the black powder power of the broken line of defense, and prove it to the elites.
The leader of the Odin orc army that besieged Hukou Fort was obviously a member of the disbelieving ranks.
Driving the herdsmen cannon fodder to siege the city was not a matter of obeying orders from the top, but the usual methods and habits of the Odin orcs.
The Odin orcs clustered together in a very dense formation.
The black powder barrel naturally caused the greatest damage.
Most of them were directly shocked by this wave of counterattack, their morale fell to the bottom, and they were ready to retreat.
There were also a small number of people who were inspired to become ferocious, howling and rushing forward.
There were also some who only heard the sound but had not seen the terrifying destructive power of the explosion of the black powder barrel. They rushed forward and ended up colliding with the soldiers who had withdrawn in front.
The pass of Hukou Fort itself is not that big. When they collided one after another, they immediately turned into a huge sardine can, making it impossible to advance or retreat.
"Haha... The power of the black powder barrel is indeed true. No wonder His Majesty is willing to spend a lot of money to purchase large quantities from Earl Sean. With this new weapon, even if the number of humanoid beasts is several times greater,
It doesn’t matter, they can’t even think about taking the next step south.”
"Long live your Majesty, the broken veins will last forever!"
"What are you waiting for? Keep reloading and kill them all! Kill all these furry beasts!"
"Load! Load! Load!"
"Kill them all! Kill them all! Kill them all!"
"Catapult, release!"
"put!"
"put!"
The broken-pulse soldiers on the city wall howled excitedly, and some even let out roars that they didn't understand the meaning of, venting their excitement.
The trebuchet gurgling and turning, the sound of cowhide ropes vibrating, and the roar of black powder barrels cutting through the air filled the entire city.
Then balls of flames and death flames exploded in the dense formation of Odin's orcs.
Broken arms, broken legs, torn flesh and internal organs were flying everywhere.
The survivors all around him had faces.
It was not just a rain of blood, it was also mixed with little sparks.
These sparks are the natural nemesis of the Odin Orcs. Many of them wear leather robes that have not been washed for who knows how many years. Once they are ignited, there is no way to put them out before they burn out.
Soon, countless human-shaped torches appeared outside the city.
The pain caused by the burning flames caused these human-shaped torches to howl and run around wildly.
They are like drowning people. Once they hug the person around them, they won't let go, begging the other person to save them, regardless of whether they can extinguish their own fire.
This caused more people to turn into human-shaped torches.
The cruelty and horror was even greater than the damage caused by the black powder barrel.
This directly caused the morale of the Odin orcs to fall to the bottom. In this situation, no matter how brave the person is, there is no way to muster courage.
And the second wave of counterattack from the Broken Vein Defense Line arrived.
"First echelon, attack angle is 60 degrees, release."
"Third echelon, attack angle is 40 degrees, release."
Countless arrows emerged from the Tiger's Mouth Fortress and fell into the ranks of Odin's orcs.
These sharp arrows are thick, long and powerful.
Even some weak iron armor can be drilled through easily, let alone the ordinary leather armor and leather robes of the Odin Orcs. They are really accurate. Once they are shot in the vital part, they will probably be killed on the spot.
Andis Longbow.
The Broken Vein Defense Line imports the first-ranked supplies among the supplies required by the Yongye Army.
The amount of imports is even higher than that of black powder.