As Nuno and Raph retreated, the orcs, who had been in chaos under the attack of the Red Flame Knights, quickly restored order and showed what an elite orc should be like.
After Hardmen discovered that the orc siege troops were retreating, he immediately led the knights towards the outside. Hardmen was not stupid. After a little observation, he could also see the power of the two earth steps on the top of the city.
If two strong men of the earth level joined the encirclement and suppression with elite orcs, he had no confidence that he would be able to escape unscathed like before.
However, although Hardman rushed toward the outer perimeter, he did not get too far away. Instead, he led the knights around, and his slippery state made the orcs attacking the city quite uncomfortable.
…
"boom!"
After retreating from the city wall, Nuno, who was already a bit grumpy, slammed the giant ax in his hand to the ground. Not only did the attack on the city not be as devastating as he expected, but the humans were driven off the city tower.
, and also lost many soldiers,
In addition to the orc warriors who died during the siege, many were killed by the charging Red Flame Knights. A rough estimate is that at least two hundred orc warriors have lost their fighting ability. Now Nuno's total strength is still
Less than eight hundred.
"Legion Commander, what should we do next?"
The orcs suffered a lot of casualties this time. There are still many wounded soldiers in the camp wailing in pain, and the city has not been captured, so their morale has inevitably taken a hit. Fortunately, they have a strong will to fight, and they have not retreated.
thoughts.
When the adjutant Rafe asked this question, he wanted Rafe to make an idea, whether to continue to attack the city under pressure, or to simply avoid this difficult city.
"First let each team go to the surrounding human villages to find some food. If we don't replenish food, we will run out of food in two days."
Although Nuno was angry at the moment, his mind was not burnt by the anger. They took a detour from the Orc Kingdom to the Northland, and they didn't bring much food. They mainly relied on the snow giants for supplies along the way. According to the
Nuno's idea was that taking this small town would not only serve as a stronghold connected to the Ironwood Forest, but also solve the problem of feeding his vanguard.
However, the difficulty of defeating Ironwood City was completely beyond Nuno's expectation. Not only was it not taken down as easily as imagined, but it also continued to stand tall after causing a lot of casualties to the orc army. Now the one with a small number but a very strong
After the powerful cavalry roamed around the outside, Nuno was even more wary. He was no longer so confident that he could capture Ironwood City quickly, so going to the villages around Ironwood City to grab food must also be put on the agenda.
"But what about the knights?"
After listening to Nuno's arrangement, Raf seemed to have thought of something, and expressed his doubts with some hesitation.
The Red Flame Knights, a cavalry composed entirely of knight-level warriors and tall red horses, made Rafe a little afraid. If they divided their forces to collect food, they would most likely be attacked by their kicks.
"It's okay. They shouldn't dare. As long as we don't continue to attack the city, they won't take the initiative to attack us."
"The teams that go out to collect food are divided into hundred-man teams. At most half of them can leave at a time. Each team must confirm each other's positions. I will change my armor and lead the team myself. You just need to sit here."
"Yes, Lord Legion Commander."
Rafe understood what Nuno meant after hearing it for a while. On the human side, only the two people on the top of the city could restrain Nuno to a certain extent. Moreover, one of them was seriously injured by Nuno and would not recover for a while.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to exert its due strength in a short period of time, and it will not pose much of a threat in a short period of time.
With Rafe guarding the camp, Nuno would be safe. Nuno would lead the team out to collect food and capture some prisoners. It would be fine if the Red Flame Knights stood still. If the Red Flame Knights dared to launch a direct attack again like before, then Nuno would be in danger.
I am confident that I can keep most of them here.
…
"The orcs are coming, the orcs are coming!"
"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!"
There is an unknown small village outside Ironwood City. This originally peaceful village unfortunately became one of the targets of the orcs to collect food. Because the orcs came quite suddenly, the Hunter family did not have time to build a strong wall and clear the field. Ironwood City
Villagers and supplies from many surrounding villages were able to be transferred in time.
Of course, compared to other villages, in addition to supplies and villagers, the villages under the Hunter family also have a certain ability to resist. After all, there are also quasi-military forces such as peasant soldiers who have received certain military training.
"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!"
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
The police chief in the village is relatively capable, and he is said to be brave and promising. When Ironwood City was attacked, he summoned peasant soldiers and arranged for the villagers to evacuate. At this time, in order to cover the villagers who had not completely evacuated.
He also led dozens of peasant soldiers to make the final delay at the entrance of the village.
It's a pity that even the standard longbows issued to Ironwood City's regular army in the past are difficult to deal with heavily armored targets such as orc warriors. They have to rely on composite crossbows such as the crossbow and the bear hunting crossbow to cause damage, let alone these
The peasants and soldiers had hunting bows of varying quality.
The accuracy of the arrows was pretty good, after all, the distance was not far away. Most of these arrows landed on the pile of orcs dozens of steps away, but they did no damage at all. Such powerful arrows were weighed down by the whole body.
A's elite orcs couldn't even break through the defense. If it weren't for the arrows aimed at their faces, the orc warriors wouldn't even bother to block them.
"Spear, spearman ready!"
"kill!"
"boom!"
Dozens of peasant soldiers and dozens of orc warriors seem to be about the same number, but their combat effectiveness is vastly different. Even the most elite defenders of Longxing Pass in humans must have four or five times the number of soldiers when fighting orcs on the ground.
Only with a numerical advantage can they barely fight. When the numbers are equal, the individual advantage of the orcs is really too great.
The moment the two sides collided, it was a one-sided battle. The orc warrior's giant ax could easily kill a peasant soldier. Most of these peasant soldiers only had leather armor, which could not block the orc warrior's axe.
, even the captain in cloth armor couldn't support it. The giant ax can be regarded as a blunt weapon in a sense. In addition to being heavier, it is definitely more lethal than weapons such as swords and spears.
"Ah! Run!"
Less than a minute after the contact, more than half of the peasant soldiers in the village were lost and fled quickly. After all, they were facing a group of elite orcs who were comparable to peak quasi-knights. Among them were orc warriors who were equivalent to human knights. How could they be a group of peasant soldiers?
It could be resisted. After the more prestigious captain died in battle, the remaining group of frightened peasant soldiers quickly collapsed.
"Chi"
"Where is the food!"
"Push the grain out!"
"boom!"
"ah!"
Most of the villagers who had not had time to escape were intercepted by this group of orcs in the village. The so-called food requisition is just a nice way of saying it. Requisitioning food in enemy territory will mostly be accompanied by burning, killing and looting. This kind of thing is not uncommon among similar people.
Not to mention humans and orcs, two races that are irreconcilable.
After there was no resistance from the peasants and soldiers, the villagers were gathered together by the orcs. The brutal orcs were no more merciful than the ogres, and almost killed the villagers at every turn. The only thing that was better was that the orcs were considered a civilized race, and generally
Under such circumstances, I would not eat another intelligent creature...
