For them, this is a big problem. Should they use artillery to bombard it?
Doing this seems a bit too extravagant. If they don't do this, after they trample on them, the mine array they have worked so hard to lay out will basically be destroyed, and the enemy will never give them a chance to make up for it.
"One round!" Sophia Liya, who was dressed in military uniform, raised a finger.
Following the order, more than 300 artillery shells were launched into the sky at the same time, and countless sheep were blown into the sky on the spot.
These sheep didn't know skirmishing tactics. They were all crowded together, which maximized the power of this round of shelling. It was common for one shell to blow up and kill a dozen of them. Most of them were killed by four.
He was hit by flying shrapnel and was injured but not dead. He lay there bleating and screaming.
This round of shelling did have a certain deterrent effect, but it only targeted the sheep around the impact point of the shell. It failed to scare the entire sheep group away, causing them to run around or even recoil.
"Stop the bombardment and let the longbowmen prepare. Once the sheep are within range, they will launch an indiscriminate attack. The Tigers and the Holy Spirit Legion are guarding the entrance of the camp, preparing to welcome the sheep into the camp. The military rations sent to the door for free cannot be wasted.
Yes." Sophia Liya was not surprised by this situation.
Hai Ridongbu had rich experience in dealing with artillery bombardments and knew how to plug the ears of their war horses before charging to prevent the huge noise from the artillery bombardment from affecting their horses, let alone driving the sheep.
And it was done more thoroughly, directly piercing the ears of the sheep to deafen them, so they would naturally no longer be affected by the shelling.
They only flock in the direction they are being driven. Even if the sheep in front step on a mine and are shocked by the explosion, they will not be able to run back, but will be carried forward by the entire flock.
The reason why the mine array was only deployed 300 meters outside the military camp was mainly to cooperate with the Andis longbow.
Their progress was delayed by the mine formation on one side, and an overwhelming rain of arrows would hit them on the other side, which would definitely have extraordinary lethality.
It's a pity that this trick could not be used on the Odin orcs, but was used on the sheep.
Click! Click!
When the sheep driven by Hai Ridong were completely pressed up, the gates on three sides of Sophilia's military camp were opened with a rumble at the same time.
Three groups of sheep rushed into the military camp along the mine-free road reserved by Sophilia and the others.
Although the sheep that hit the mine formation were deafened, they were not blind. After being frightened, they still instinctively ran to a safe place.
The sheep in other places were suppressed by the mine array and arrow rain. The sheep in front shrank back, while the sheep in the back were driven forward, squeezing into a ball.
Only the safe passage became a flood outlet, and the sheep quickly burrowed inside.
After the flood outlet appeared, the impact of the sheep on the mine array was obviously weakened by a notch.
"The Holy Spirit Legions each formed a human wall passage."
"Drive the sheep back and pen them up. Don't let them run wild in the military camp!"
"Withstand the pressure, don't let them break up the formation, and be ready to deal with the impact at any time. Wait a moment and we will have free meat to eat."
"Captain, just wait and see. For the sake of this meat, we will also guard the door!"
Of course, the gate of the military camp is not opened casually. Sophilia dared to make such a decision out of her trust in the two main battle legions supported by Yongye Commander.
Neither the military staff headed by Kelman nor the responses of the two main battle legions disappointed Sophilia.
There was no need for him to give detailed instructions at all, and the two main battle legions responded impeccably.
The Kentana barbarian soldiers of the Holy Spirit Legion, carrying large shields tailor-made for them, gathered in formation behind the gate of the military camp where they were stationed, forming a hundred-meter-long shield wall channel, directly
The sheep were diverted to the second half of the military stronghold, ensuring that the space around the gate of the military stronghold would not be filled with sheep.
Once the Odin orcs from the Sea Ridong Department follow the sheep and kill them, they can cut off the influx of sheep at any time and close the gate of the general village.
"Get rid of the sheep quickly, don't let them run around in the military camp."
Although these sheep rushed into Sophilia's military camp, they still could not escape the fate of death.
Another Tiger Legion led by the Yongye Army took out their short daggers one by one, rushed forward, hugged the sheep, and pointed at their necks. With a clean knife, they directly cut off the main arteries. In a few minutes, they would die because of
Died from excessive blood loss.
They stick to one camp, and all kinds of supplies are relatively limited. Even if they let the sheep in, they won't have so much extra food and grass to feed them. Killing them cleanly is the easiest thing to do.
"Good opportunity, gather the elite, rush up, follow the sheep, and be sure to seize their city gate." Sophilia's bold response really made the Odin orcs stunned for a moment, and then they showed their faces one by one.
Shouted with joy.
It is true that a single sheep can only be slaughtered by everyone, but they can't stop it now that they have more than 200,000 sheep.
When the time comes, the sheep will squeeze the sheep and block the gate of their military camp to see how they close the door.
As long as you get inside them, the deterrent effect of their black powder barrels will be greatly reduced.
Soon, elite death squads of Odin Orcs were organized to drive the sheep away with more violent means, allowing the sheep to attack the mine formations and military strongholds at a faster speed. Once the number of sheep decreased, they would rush up.
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"Why hasn't Her Royal Highness ordered the gate to be closed? What does the military staff do? How could they make such a low-level mistake? Is it possible that they really want to lead the other side to attack in an all-out way?"
Seeing the sheep driven by Hai Ridong's troops to attack the camp, some were blown to death, some were shot to death, and some rushed into the military camp. The number of sheep outside the military camp was less than one-third, and in the distance,
The Odin orc siege force has begun to prepare for action.
Governor Amelia, a non-scientific person, clearly felt that their response was a little too slow.
At this time, shouldn't we forcibly block the influx of sheep and close the gate of the military camp?
If this continues, it will not just be as simple as triggering the Odin Orcs to forcefully seize the door, but it will also mobilize the entire Hai Ri Dong Department and take the opportunity to launch a full-scale attack. This is not very beneficial to them. The opponent's numerical advantage is
To be honest, their military camp is a temporary camp after all.
The city wall is only a little over four meters long and is made of a mixture of logs, bricks, and soil. It is not ideal in terms of height or solidity. Some short places can be reached by the Kentana barbarian soldiers by jumping.
Once the opponent rushes in and a large-scale melee breaks out, the effectiveness of their long-range weapons will be greatly weakened, and the shortcomings of insufficient training of new recruits will also be exposed.
When Amelia hurried to the command tower, not only was Sophilia standing there in military uniform, overlooking the entire battle situation, but Kelman's chief of staff was also standing behind her.
Governor Amelia was not polite to Sophilia and bluntly raised the questions in her heart.
"Narentoya led his undead army and marched south to attack the northern fortress led by the Yongye Army." Sophilia did not answer Amelia's question directly, but said something irrelevant.
Amelia showed a listening look. She knew that it was impossible for Sophilia to say something irrelevant at such an emergency moment.
As expected, Sophilia continued: "Compared to these Odin orcs, those living dead require us to devote more energy to deal with them. The war on our side cannot be prolonged too long. If Hai Ridong, that old fox,
If they find that there is no way to eat us, they choose to cross us, jump directly into the territory, and divide their troops to attack us, which will cause devastating damage to our interior.
Rather than doing this, it is better to let them see a little hope of breaking through the camp, invest all their troops, and fight in advance."
Amelia changed her expression slightly and said: "If the decisive battle is triggered before the opponent's military strength has been weakened enough, even if we win the final victory, it will be a tragic victory, and the casualties paid will exceed our imagination."
"I know." Sophia Liya nodded with a cold face, "But it's better than them flooding into the mainland, burning, killing, looting and causing much less damage. It's the lesser of two evils. This is an unavoidable choice.
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There was another important reason that Sophia didn't mention. They must kill as many enemies as possible under the Heroic Soul Tower, or be killed by the enemies. Only in this way can they collect enough souls to support Sean in his battle against the Shadow Lord.
The second battlefield between the mother and her puppet army lackeys.
In order to get his wife Sophia Liya to cooperate with him, Sean had to explain to her the bad situation they were facing now and let her understand the seriousness and urgency of the matter.
"But..." Amelia wanted to say something else, but it was too late.
A series of loud horn horns sounded from the opposite side, which was the horn of Odin's orcs' all-out attack.
Countless Odin orcs, shouting Ula's slogan, rushed over on horseback. As the vanguard, they were the few heavily armored cavalry of the Odin orcs.
The main purpose of the heavily armored cavalry is not to attack the camp, but to break away the sheep that are squeezing on the safe road and open the way for the siege team behind.
In front of these heavily armored cavalry that were running at high speed and armed to the teeth, the snow-white flock was cut open like a tide. Countless sheep were driven and squeezed into the minefield next to them, causing countless rumbling explosions.
, adding a bloody rendering to their charge.
Although some people in the Hai Ridong Department had doubts that this time the tactics were a little too smooth, they still would not let go of this excellent opportunity. The assembled elites would attack at the right time.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The artillery, which had been silent for a while, fired again.
The focus of the first round of attacks was the heavily armored cavalry at the front.
In pure cold weapon warfare, heavily armored cavalry are definitely synonymous with the pinnacle. Armed to the teeth, they are indestructible and invincible, and can often have a decisive influence on a war.
The emergence of artillery directly shook their dominance.
Their armor, in the face of powerful kinetic energy, was like paper, easily torn to pieces and kneaded into a ball of twisted steel and flesh.
Just three rounds of shelling severely damaged most of them.
However, this did not dampen the enthusiasm of the Odin Orcs to attack, because most of the tasks of these heavily armored cavalry had been completed. They had torn apart most of the sheep that were blocked in front of the military stronghold, opening the way for the attacking troops from behind.
Compared with the safe passage originally reserved for the military village, after being trampled by the sheep, it has become five or six times wider, taking on the shape of a huge trumpet.
Although the sheep have the consciousness of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, new weapons such as mine formations are far beyond their understanding. They do not know the scope of the safe area. Whether they will be killed by the explosion, rushed into the camp and slaughtered, or
It depends on luck.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
After the artillery regiment started roaring, it never stopped and fired specifically at the place where the Odin orcs had the highest concentration of troops.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The arrows thrown by Andis's long bow also changed the direction of attack as the Odin orcs' attacking troops approached, and hit them overwhelmingly.
The only difference is that the arrows thrown out this time are no longer ordinary arrows, but heavy armor-piercing arrows.
The simple wooden shields held by the Odin orcs, made of wooden planks, were as easy to penetrate as paper in front of the armor-piercing arrows, connecting them to their arms.
Those with experience, no matter how painful it is, still control it forcefully and keep their movements unchanged.
For those who are inexperienced, once their movements go out of shape, it is very likely that another armor-piercing arrow will pierce their flesh and blood.
No matter how powerful the artillery is, there are only about 300 guns, and there can only be 100 guns in one direction.
No matter how dense the arrow rain is, its coverage and duration are relatively limited.
But the attacking troops of the Odin Orcs seemed to be infinite, like a tide, flowing continuously.
The one who rushed at the front fell down, and more people rushed up from behind. Each wave of impact brought them one step closer to the camp gate.
Especially after the gatekeepers on Sophilia's side took a posture to intercept the influx of sheep and prepare to close the gate of the military camp.
The Odin orcs were like crazy and began to press the siege troops upward regardless of casualties.
Humans are such strange creatures. If they didn't see any hope before this, they might still be able to restrain their rationality.
If they find that success is in sight but there is still a little bit of investment left, they will no longer hesitate to invest in it.
But often that trace is very fatal.
Now the one hundred and fifty meters away from the gate of the camp has become the trace of Hai Ridong.
Like a wave, Odin's orc troops surged up wave after wave, advancing two or three meters each time.
Advancing to this distance is exciting news for the entire Theodin Empire.
Because they are no longer passively beaten, it is enough for those Odin orcs who are good at shooting to send their arrows into the enemy's camp.
In particular, the gate they were trying to close became the main target of their mounted fire.
Soon the three military gates were surrounded by arrows.
This greatly inspired the enthusiasm of the Odin orcs, who shot arrows harder and charged more fiercely.