When the loud horn sounded, the knights of Bretonnia gathered under the command of King Victor Charles.
In front of them is an extremely strong orc fortress, a giant fortress that they have not conquered for hundreds of years.
Talinnam took off his helmet and looked far into the distance. Among the mountains, countless logs and rocks overlapped each other to form an extremely large orc fortress. Defense fortifications, spiked wooden walls, and stone walls were stacked up layer by layer.
It is built on a mountain. Behind these fortifications, there are countless towers and outposts. There is only one road up the mountain, which is a dirt road, and it is extremely muddy. On both sides of the road, there are cliffs.
King Victor Charles II is full of confidence and ambition, and the Holy Grail Knights and Kingdom Knights following him are equally high-spirited. But Talinnam really can't figure out what they are proud of. Under the current situation, attacking the Oka Mountain Fortress will inevitably require
Pay an extremely heavy price.
Without a flat road or plain, the knights cannot launch an effective charge. If they rely on infantry to advance, they will inevitably be besieged by sentry towers on both sides of the valley. Although the greenskin's archery skills are not very good, relying on the terrain advantage and shooting from a high position will still cause damage.
Terrible lethality. Furthermore, even if you rush under the city wall, you still have to attack from your back. It is very difficult to push the huge and heavy siege vehicle up the slope. The advance speed must be very slow, and it is likely that it has not advanced to the city.
Under the door, it was destroyed by the green skin's long-range strike.
Even if you rush to the city gate and force open the city gate despite the enemy's long-range attack, there is still an inner city wall inside. This can be seen from the outside. The fortress is built on the mountains, and the inner city is built on the higher ground.
Place. Moreover, the dense buildings there will make it difficult for the rush car to move. The inner city can only be captured by soldiers building siege ladders with bare hands. It is said that this fortress is the relic of the elves thousands of years ago, and Talinnam firmly believes this.
, because it is impossible to build such a magnificent fortress with the green skin's craftsmanship.
Those spiked wooden piles and the outer wooden wall structure are just green skin reinforcements based on the original city wall.
Behind him is the exhausted Bretonnian army, and in front of him is an indestructible mountain fortress. This can't help but make Talinnam doubt whether the king's decision is correct and wise? However, this is just an inner thought. Although Talinam
I dare not say it. King Charles II is the one blessed by the Lady of the Lake, and all the Dukes and Counts of Bretonnia around him are following him. This battle is inevitable. Talinnam can only seize the time to rest,
When the siege catapults are completed, it will be time to launch a general attack. And this time will not be too long...
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The trumpet for the general attack finally sounded.
On the wilderness plain outside Oka Mountain, tens of thousands of Bretonnian soldiers stood. Conscripts from various duchies, led by their respective lords, gathered under the command of King Charles II.
In the light of the morning, war flags of different colors fluttered in the wilderness, a reddish light lit up from behind the mountains, and the rising sun gradually dyed the earth golden yellow.
In front of the neat military formation, King Victor Charles of Bretonnia dismounted his horse and prayed devoutly, praying for himself and Bretonnia.
May the Lady of the Lake protect his army and his kingdom.
The thirteen Dukes also dismounted and knelt down on one knee in front of their respective legions to pray to the Lady of the Lake. Finally, the king stood up, drew the sword of the king, and raised his hands to the sun.
The sunlight was so dazzling that it enveloped his figure.
"For Bretonnia! For the Lady of the Lake!"
King Charles II roared angrily. The armor on his body shone with dazzling golden light, and his weapon, the exquisite King's Sword, ignited with blazing seven-color flames. It was as if he himself was the King of Lakes.
The goddess’s appointed knight.
At this moment, Talinnam seemed to be wavering again. Did he misunderstand the king?
He saw the exhausted but high-morale Bretonnian coalition, and he saw the proud faces of the knights gathered around the king and the undefeated will they showed. But he... was doubting the king's decision.
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The knight's sword in his hand was dim and dull. Different from its dazzling light in the past, at this moment, it was calm and as heavy as a piece of heavy iron.
Just when Tarynham fell into self-doubt, the horn of the general attack sounded.
In the rear position, the Bretonnian infantry operated a divine trebuchet and launched a round of indiscriminate bombardment towards the Orca Mountain Fortress.
Accompanied by a loud roar, stone bullets wrapped in flames roared and hit the green-skinned fortress in the distance.
After more than a dozen heavy stones were thrown, a raging fire ignited on Oka Mountain, tongues of fire spit out from the city, and thick smoke billowed above the entire fortress.
The soldiers shouted excitedly.
However, not long after, the defenders in the fortress began to counterattack. Stones larger than the stone bullets thrown by the Divine Blessing catapult roared and smashed into the coalition position.
"Attack! For Bretonnia!"
The king raised his sword, raised his arms and shouted.
Immediately, the Bretonnian infantry in the front row formed a shield formation and began to advance.
The huge siege truck rolled over the ground, like a giant beast wearing armor, heading towards the enemy's city gate.
Soon, the front troops were hit by long-range attacks like a torrential rain. As Talinnam expected, the greenskins would not sit still and wait for death. The sentry towers and watchtowers scattered in the mountains were excellent counterattack locations. Goblin archers stood in close proximity.
Like shooting wildly on a high tower in the stone forest.
Although the accuracy is not enough, the siege troops are so dense that the accuracy is no longer so important. Plus, the arrows are more penetrating due to the high position.
Waves of arrows came one after another like a rainstorm. Soon, the Bretonnian infantry who rushed at the front suffered heavy casualties. Around the siege vehicle, at least one-third of the soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by arrows. The remaining soldiers stepped on the ground.
The corpses of his companions continued to attack. The rain of arrows continued to fall, and when the distance was close enough, it even penetrated the shields of the Bretonnian soldiers.
"Defensive formation!"
The frontline commander shouted the order.
The warriors on foot raised the large shield above their heads and advanced slowly. Arrows and stones fell on the shield wall, making a crisp and clear sound. However, despite the intensive defense, some arrows still shot in from the gaps in the shield wall.
Stabbed the Bretonnian infantryman inside.
Their casualties were so heavy that Talinnam saw that the forward troops almost dragged their corpses all the way to the city wall, and blood flowed all over the mountain road during the siege.
Wahhhhhh…
A harsh roar could be heard vaguely from above the fortress, and heavy stones, driven by the orcs, were thrown at the Bretonnian soldiers under the outer wall.
Suddenly, screams broke out outside the city. Even the shield wall could not withstand the heavy blow of heavy stones. The swarms of Bretonnian peasant troops fell to the brutal counterattack of the greenskins. And the building made of logs and rough
The iron fortress gate remains motionless...
All this was seen by the Bretonnian knights on the periphery, but they were unable to do anything. No matter how brave their horses were and how sharp their lances were, they could not break open the gate of the fortress.