The Dragon Scale Fort, located on the northern section of Longxingguan's defense line, was now in a mess, filled with fireworks. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
The orc army paused for two days after the first day of testing, and then attacked with superior force for several days, and finally set foot on the wall of Dragonscale Castle.
As the first fortress for humans to blockade the northern dense forest, the Dragonscale Castle was extremely well-defended. In order to capture this fortress, the orcs lost a large number of troops under the city. The corpses of the orc warriors were piled on top of each other, even in some places.
Like a hill, the highest point of the accumulation can even be climbed up the city wall of Dragon Scale Castle. It may be an exaggeration to say that the blood has flowed into a river, but it has indeed gathered into a stream and flowed down the city wall.
"General Sean, Dragon Scale Castle has finally been captured."
Sean, the orc's national protector warrior, was already standing on the wall of Dragon Scale Castle, watching calmly as the soldiers were cleaning up the mountains of corpses. This scene could hardly affect his emotions. Sean
Let’s review the battles of the past few days.
Dragonscale Castle has an entire human legion stationed there, and the humans have been operating it for many years. It is not an easy bone to chew on. In addition, there are a group of knight-level marksmen and a group of warlock-like spellcasters on the city wall, which increases the number even more.
The difficulty of attacking Dragonscale Castle was that during this period of attack, the orcs left at least 20,000 corpses before they could attack the fortress.
Those blue missiles and arrows with fighting spirit can directly kill an orc warrior with almost every blow. Even warrior-level masters will be shot if they are not careful. Unlike other places, other lines of defense
The arrows thrown by the archers above can cause three-digit casualties to the orcs, which is considered to be a good effect. When attacking the dragon scale castle, thousands of people will be killed in almost every round of attack.
There was even a situation where a certain offensive formation was concentrated by phantom shooters, causing heavy casualties and collapse. If the firepower of these shooters had not weakened in the end, it would still be a question whether they could attack it. Even with heavy casualties, Sean
I still feel that Dragonscale Castle was not captured by him.
"This is because the enemy voluntarily abandoned Dragon Scale Castle. Their remaining troops have withdrawn from the south gate. We did not capture it."
"The number of human casualties is less than 10,000. When will this ratio of casualties become unbearable for humans?"
"Yes, sir!"
The orc officers on the side did not dare to refute. Sean is a warrior who protects the country. In terms of force and status, he was once second only to the king. Even though the status of the great shaman has been elevated recently, Sean's status is not as prominent as before.
, its prestige in the military is still very high.
Did humans voluntarily abandon Dragon Scale Castle and retreat because they were short of troops and could not bear the casualties, or was it simply that they had laid some kind of trap waiting for him?
When the officers on the side fell silent, Sean looked at the corpses on the ground and fell into thinking.
Although the losses in the attack on Dragon Scale Castle were huge, they were still within an acceptable range. The number of human sharpshooters and spellcasters was not large, and there was a limit to their damage. It was impossible to fight tirelessly all the time. In the end, the long-range pressure was obvious.
It has been reduced a lot. It should be that those humans have also reached their limit.
There is flat land between Dragon Scale Castle and Dragon Wing City. Without Dragon Scale Castle, the castles in the middle will not be enough to serve as a barrier for Dragon Wing City. Fighting on the plains, the orc warriors will not be afraid of the human army with a similar number.
In the next battle, just pay attention to the human spellcasters and the sharpshooters. As for the knighthood consisting entirely of earth knights, Sean did not believe it. That is to say, the defeated soldiers described the enemy as too powerful in order to reduce their responsibility.
At most, it is just a knighthood composed of knight-level and great knight-level experts, and there is no shortage of warrior-level experts in his army.
Sean's wrong judgment was due to Richard's aggressive style in previous battles. For the sake of experience, he basically left no one alive. Basically no important officer could escape. Occasionally, the troops who escaped would be defeated.
His words were of little weight and his knowledge was not enough. The credibility of the information he brought back was questionable to Sean.
In addition, the temptation of Longyi City is too great. The human military strength on the northern front has always been weak. Sean has already captured the Dragonscale Castle, the only obstacle to attacking Longyi City. Longyi City seems to be within easy reach.
As long as Longyi City is captured, the entire defense line of Longxiang Pass will be shaken, and he, Sean, may become the number one hero in breaking Longxing Pass.
You can't blame him for being a little dizzy under this temptation. Even though he realized something was wrong and responded, he still kept looking for reasons to convince himself.
"Order the army to rest for a day at Dragon Scale Castle today. After the follow-up troops arrive, we will march towards Longyi City together."
"Yes, sir!"
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Soon, without being intercepted by the human army, more than 200,000 troops led by Sean approached Longyi City. At this time, Longyi City had already closed its doors tightly, rolling stones, beating trees, and cauldrons of fire oil.
They had already been prepared on the city wall, as if they had been waiting for a long time.
"These orcs came quite quickly."
"Hey, now that this battle is over, it's time for me to level up."
"These orcs are pretty good at fighting, so don't be careless."
"The combat capability is good, but there are no experts. It's just the orc camp outside. If Taris is determined enough to lead a champion knight into a fight, he might be able to defeat him directly."
On the wall of Longyi City, a group of system heroes were looking at the orc army below and expressing their opinions.
Facing the scene of more than 200,000 orcs besieging the city, these heroes did not panic at all. On the battlefield of Erathia, these battlefield veterans had never seen anything, and 200,000 orcs were still in their eyes.
It's really not a big deal.
Especially General Gru, who just put 200,000 orcs into the defense line to fight. He has done many more outrageous things than this.
"Boom, boom..."
The orcs' attack came very quickly, and after the orcs set up the trebuchet position, rocks all over the sky were thrown towards the city.
Because the distance between Dragon Scale Castle and Longyi City is not far, and there is a vast plain in between, the orcs can quickly transport the engineering equipment made from materials in the dense forest to Longyi City. The army arrived with little delay.
Longyi City launched an attack soon after.
The people on the city wall were looking for places to hide when faced with the stones. Even the system heroes were no exception. They all leaned against the stone wall. With their strength, if they were hit by the stones thrown by these trebuchets, they would probably not be hit.
It won't be easy.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
After all, Longyi City is a big city. Although there has been no war in the northern section for a long time, Longyi City itself still attaches great importance to city defense. Not only defense facilities are arranged on the city wall, but also several defense facilities are arranged inside the city like the Dongling Defense Line.
At the trebuchet position, after adjusting their positions, the catapults in Longyi City immediately responded to the catapults of the orc army, destroying many of the orc catapults at once.
At the same time, the orc warriors also pushed the well sieves, shield carts and other siege equipment, and began to advance steadily towards Longyi City. Because they knew that there were knight-level marksmen in the city, and the proportion of the attacking orcs carrying large shields was not low.
Dragon Scale Castle also allowed them to accumulate some experience in dealing with phantom shooters and magic mages. They tried to form a shield formation to advance, or hid their entire body behind the shield vehicle to move. They would rather go slower and try to avoid being shot directly by the phantom shooters.
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However, although their method could protect against some sharp arrows from the phantom archer, it could not protect against Somra's chain lightning. When they approached the city wall more than 300 meters away, several blue-white electric lights came from the city wall.
It flew upwards and then started jumping in the orc attacking formation.
In less than ten seconds, hundreds of orc warriors fell quickly, making Sean's eyelids twitch as he looked behind them.
"It's this move again."
Sean had seen the power of chain lightning when he attacked Dragonscale Castle before. This unreasonable killing method has always made Sean a little uneasy. To a certain extent, it is worse than the sharp arrows of the Phantom Archer.
To be frightening, at least the Phantom Shooter's attack still has traces to follow, and the chain lightning is completely on another level that Sean doesn't know about.
Fortunately, these arcs can only kill a limited number of people each time, and the killing of a hundred or so warriors will stop. Otherwise, this battle would have been impossible to fight. A hundred orc warriors are still a lot of people in normal times.
But on this battlefield, hundreds of people were lost on both sides without blinking an eye.
When the chain lightning ended, the orcs behind quickly took up their positions. Those who should push the shaft continued to push the shaft, and those who should push the shield cart continued to push the shield cart forward. The morale of the army was hardly affected by Somla's chain lightning.
"The rest is up to you."
After releasing the chain lightning, Somra basically ran out of blue bars. Although Somra also upgraded two levels during this period, the upper limit of his magic power was still only enough for him to release chain lightning three times. He was very self-conscious without his magic power.
He retreated and left the rest to other heroes.
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"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
"ah!"
When the orc siege army approaches the 300-meter range of the city wall, the damage done by the phantom shooters and magic mages on the city wall is getting higher and higher. At this distance, the arrows fired by the phantom shooters must be precise and powerful.
It is powerful, and the orcs have to pay a heavy price for almost every step forward.
However, in order to capture Longyi City, all these sacrifices are worth it in Sean's eyes. The camp's flags are still urging the army to continue the attack. In Sean's opinion, even if he has to use his life to fill it, it will also waste his time.
Those archers had enough physical strength to attack Longyi City.
"boom!"
Finally, a well barrier successfully approached the city wall of Longyi City. Thick wooden boards were placed on the wall with a bang, connecting the passage between the well barrier and the city wall. Hundreds of orc warriors poured out of the well barrier, trying to escape in Longyi City.
Stand still.
It's just that the orc warrior who was rushing at the front suddenly hesitated a little. In this kind of siege battle, time is life, and a second of hesitation may make his death worthless.
However, if you can see what the orc soldier saw through his sight at this time, you may be able to understand why the orc soldier hesitated, because everywhere he looked, he saw at least ten people.
When the tin can knights completely wrapped in armor fell down the tunnel of the well, these tin can knights ignited their fighting spirit and were also ready for battle...