Chapter 501: The fortress that is difficult to break through
Dragon Scale Fort is stuck at the throat of the northern dense forest. If the orcs want to enter the human territory from the northern dense forest, Dragon Scale Fort is a must-pass. It is the gate to the northern section of the Dragon Breath Pass defense line, and it can also be regarded as a military strategist.
A battleground.
It's just that in the past, the orcs attacked from the northern dense forest from east to west, but now it is just the opposite. The orcs are attacking from west to east, from the direction of human territory towards the northern dense forest. Fortunately, there are no pros and cons in the construction of Dragonscale Castle.
It is said that the city defenses on all sides are very solid. Even if the orcs attack from west to east, they can still deal with it calmly.
Outside Dragon Scale Castle, the autumn mood is getting thicker, and the orc flags are flapping in the autumn wind. Commander Sean stands in the camp and looks at the battlefield with an awe-inspiring look on his face, where the cries of killing are endless.
Sure enough, Dragon Scale Castle is not that easy to win.
This is already the second day after the orc army arrived at the Dragon Scale Castle. When hundreds of thousands of troops arrived at the Dragon Scale Castle, the army's food and grass supplies were only enough for three days. The supplies were only one city away from the army. As long as they took
Once we get off Dragon Scale Castle, the army's logistics supplies will be able to keep up immediately.
After the army arrived at the city, Sean started without hesitation. The orc craftsmen quickly assembled the catapult. Because it was the last siege battle, all the stone bombs and kerosene bombs stored in the army were poured into the Dragon Scale Castle.
On the city wall, at its most violent, stones covered the entire Dragon Scale Castle like rain. Then the orc army quickly pushed siege weapons such as wells, ladders, shield carts, etc. to launch a ferocious attack on all sides of the Dragon Scale Castle.
Because they were eager to take down the Dragon Scale Castle, the orcs did not engage in any tactics of surrounding three and missing one. They came up with a posture of immediately destroying the Dragon Scale Castle.
It's just that although the large-scale stone bullets are bluffing, it is difficult to cause enough damage to a strong castle like Dragon Scale Castle. They only make some stone holes in the wall. The soldiers on the city are all experienced veterans. For the orcs
There was almost no fear of the stone bullets. They each found angles to hide and did not suffer too many casualties.
The war will ultimately be decided by the way the orcs attack the city with ants. It stands to reason that this city with only 5,000 people garrisoned should be easily defeated under the full attack of the orc army. After all, the orc army not only has the advantage of individual combat strength
, they also have an absolute advantage in terms of numbers, and the complete range of siege equipment offsets many of the advantages of sticking to the city.
But the actual situation was exactly the opposite. It completely confirmed Sean's previous worries. The army besieged Dragon Scale Castle for a whole day, but made no progress at all. Every time, they rushed up against the arrows, stones and hot oil of the defenders.
Soon after entering the city, they were driven back by the defenders.
It’s not that the orc warriors are not brave enough, but that the human defenders on the four walls actually have sky-level warriors stationed there. Three outstanding swordsmen and Elena each guard one of the walls. Dragonscale Castle is a small city and needs to be defended.
The area is not wide, and a sky-level strongman can just take care of a city wall.
Whenever an orc warrior rushes to the city wall, he will be struck by the thunder of a sky knight-level master. A dozen warrior-level orcs can't withstand a few swords from a sky-level master. The defense of Dragon Scale Castle has actually become a problem.
Four sky-level masters were the main ones, and the remaining thousands of human soldiers were auxiliary fighters to prevent these masters from falling into the siege of the orcs.
What's even worse is that there are hundreds of precious flying troops in the sky. These flying troops are not the weak sword eagle knights before. Compared with the sword eagle knights, the combat power of these human air cavalry in the sky is much stronger, especially
Those female knights riding Pegasus are all knight-level masters, and can support any position on the city wall at any time. A dragon scale castle is guarded airtight by this small force.
At this time, under the Dragon Scale City, armors, weapons, and corpses were scattered all over the ground. The ground was soaked with blood and was a little soft. Most of these corpses belonged to orcs. Because there was no time to clean up the corpses, the corpses of the orcs were almost surrounded by Dragon Scale.
The fort was paved with one layer, and almost all the orcs who attacked today stepped on the corpses of their companions to attack.
"boom!"
"kill!"
Amidst the shouts of killing, another well gate approached the wall of Dragon Scale Castle, and the wooden planks hit the wall heavily. The leader was an orc warrior, wearing thick double-layer heavy armor, and only the orcs
A tall body can only wear such a heavy armor. It is like a human bulldozer. When this orc warrior landed on the board, the entire board shook. The orc warriors behind him were sweating.
I'm afraid that he will directly crush this only channel.
Fortunately, the thick wooden board withstood the test of this overweight orc warrior, and did not collapse after shaking. The orc warrior roared, raised his battle ax, and followed with several orc warriors and dozens of orc warriors.
Rushed towards the city wall.
There was just a vague feeling of uneasiness in this roar. He was not intimidating the enemy, but emboldening himself. After a day of fighting, the attacking orcs also knew what they were going to face.
It only took a blink of an eye for the orcs to rush from the well railing to the city wall. The leading orc warriors quickly rushed to the city wall of Dragonscale Castle. Originally, the passage connected to the well railing should have been surrounded by heavy troops.
Try to suppress the enemy's space for rushing down.
But after the orc warrior landed, there were only a few sparse human soldiers around him, some distance away from him, and only one human on the opposite side looked at him.
That was a human who was not inferior to him in size. If it weren't for the fact that the skin color of the other person's exposed skin was clearly human, he would have suspected that the other person was also an orc.
The human opposite held a heavy sword that was even more exaggerated than his battle axe, and wore a short scarlet cloak that was too conspicuous on the battlefield. His entire face was covered under his helmet, but only through that
With the eyes exposed in the holes, the orc warrior could feel a strong sense of crisis and oppression, as if he was being targeted by some extremely dangerous creature.
His strong survival instinct gave him the urge to escape, but the next second, the orc warrior felt ashamed for his cowardly thoughts. In shame and anger, the orc warrior simply raised his battle ax.
Attack the opponent.
"kill!"
"clang!"
"Chi!"
"It's so fast..."
Courage cannot make up for the gap in combat power. It is difficult for a great warrior to make waves in front of an outstanding swordsman. In this kind of battle formation, the outstanding swordsman is more terrifying than the top troops such as archangels.
, compared with other top-level arms that rely on racial advantages to gain great strength, the outstanding swordsmen are ordinary humans who are truly killed from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and the battlefield is completely their home field.
Although the orc warrior took the initiative to attack the superb swordsman, he didn't even have a chance to swing his axe. The superb swordsman was obviously wearing heavy armor, but he moved surprisingly fast. He avoided a head-on conflict with the orc warrior by turning sideways.
The giant sword inside was as flexible as a light sword. The moment he turned sideways, he removed one of the opponent's arms. Then he added a sword from the side and cut off half of the orc warrior's waist.
The thick double-layer armor still seemed fragile in the face of the fighting spirit of the outstanding warrior's sky level.
"boom!"
The orc warrior, who was almost cut in half by the outstanding swordsman, fell to his knees heavily. He held a battle ax in one hand and tried to keep his kneeling position. He seemed to want to struggle to get up and fight again, but even the spine of the orc warrior was cut in half.
The samurai couldn't stand up no matter what, blood overflowed along the edge of the armor and slowly flowed to the ground.
The outstanding swordsman did not look back after drawing his sword and continued to rush towards the orc warriors coming up and down the well. He was very clear about the damage caused by his sword. There was almost no chance of the opponent surviving, so there was no need for him to waste any more energy.
"kill!"
"ah!"
"clang!"
Zhuo Jue's swordsman rushed into several orc warriors like a tiger entering a flock of sheep. These orc warriors wearing heavy armor usually caused a lot of trouble to the human army when they appeared on the battlefield, but at this time, Zhuo Jue was killed.
The swordsman fell down like he was chopping melons and vegetables. Wherever the heavy sword passed, there was blood and broken limbs. The dozen orcs who had just followed the orc warrior down were killed by the outstanding swordsman.
In this way, the outstanding swordsman felt that it was not enough, so he followed the road leading down from the well to kill inside the well.
"boom!"
"Run!"
The orcs attacking along the well never expected that there would be defenders coming along the well. They were really not prepared at all. After being killed by the outstanding swordsman, the attack was interrupted.
, the orcs who were waiting for attack in the well collapsed collectively, unable to hold on, and escaped from the well.
"snort!"
Seeing that the opponent's attack had been interrupted, the outstanding swordsman did not pursue him deeply. It was better to fight on the well, where the orcs could not spread out, and he would not be besieged. If he pursued outside the city and was besieged, even if he was the outstanding swordsman.
It's so powerful that if you don't consume your fighting energy in time and fly out, you'll run the risk of being surrounded and killed.
"The soldiers who have just escaped from the well shall be executed immediately. The orcs do not need such cowards."
"Yes, Lord Sean!"
Sean also saw the battle on the city wall from a distance. Of course, he also knew that a strong man like the outstanding swordsman was not something ordinary soldiers could fight against. But military orders are military orders. It may be understandable logically, but military law must not be merciful.
.
"Lord Sean, it is not an option to continue fighting like this. The soldiers rushing forward will feel like they are committing suicide."
The casualties of the orc attack became more and more heavy. Even the officers around Sean couldn't stand it anymore. The attacking troops bumped into the outstanding swordsmen one by one on the city wall. It was as if they were bumping into the edge of the knife, and every bit of the waves rippled.
No.
"There is no time to worry about casualties. Order the troops to continue the attack and invest two more legions. Dragon Scale Castle must be broken within three days, otherwise everyone will fight on an empty stomach."
"Yes, Lord Sean!"
If it were normal, Sean would not fight like this. Four sky-level warriors were guarding the city opposite. In a place like the city wall where it is difficult to exert numerical superiority, it would be difficult to even besiege. The soldiers who rushed up were completely carrying out the attack.
The tactic of adding fuel to the fire is very undesirable.
Either there are enough strong men to lead a team to forcefully break the situation, or they can simply carry out a siege, but obviously neither method will work here. Sean has only one choice, and that is to continue to use the lives of his soldiers to fill the gap.
Sky-level masters are also flesh and blood creatures, and their fighting energy will always be exhausted, and there will always be times when they are tired. He does not believe that the sky-level masters on several city walls are made of iron and can fight continuously under the continuous attack of hundreds of thousands of armies.
, even if it is made of iron, an army of hundreds of thousands should wear away a layer of the iron.
Under Sean's strong orders, the orc army that had just been repulsed launched another attack on Dragonscale Castle. After additional siege troops were dispatched, the orc offensive was even more fierce than before.
"dash forward!"
"kill!"
"Those who retreat will die!"
…
Sean's idea is correct. Although the outstanding swordsman and Elena are powerful, they are not made of copper. Even if you don't have to face too many orcs on the city wall at one time, you will still have your fighting spirit exhausted and your energy exhausted.
At that time, after a day of fighting, more than a thousand orcs died in the hands of each of them, but their fighting spirit was basically consumed. Even though they tried to control the use of fighting spirit, under the intensity of the orcs' attack
, it can only last for one more day at most, fighting continuously for two days and two nights, which is basically the limit for a sky-level powerhouse.
When Elena and the superb swordsman can no longer hold on, it will be absolutely difficult for the ordinary soldiers on the city wall to withstand the attack of the orc army.
However, the defender of Dragon Scale Castle had already thought of this problem. When Elena led the army to hold on to Dragon Scale Castle, Sir M'rak had already led the cavalry to lurk around the battlefield with Talis.
It is very easy for a team of only a few dozen people to hide around the forest.
"If the orcs attack like this, is there no problem on Elena's side? Should we take action?"
The strength of the orcs' attack made Taris a little worried. They took away a new force from Dragon Scale Castle but were still unable to move out. Now Dragon Scale Castle is under fierce attack. Taris is afraid that Dragon Scale Castle will appear before they take action.
Accident.
"Believe in Elena and the others. You can always trust the outstanding swordsmen on the battlefield. If they can't hold on any longer, there's still some fire left. We'll go to rescue them at night."
Before the orcs attacked the city, Sir Mrak and others took this mixed cavalry team composed of champion knights and unicorn holy beasts to lurk outside the city. After all, it was too wasteful to use champion knights as infantry to defend the city.
In the wild, champion knights can play their best role.
With such a force, Sir M'rak and Talis are confident that with them, they can turn the orc army upside down.
"Start taking action when it gets dark, see clearly where the orc army's siege equipment is stacked, and try to destroy them all."
"Um"
The goal of this team is also very clear, which is to destroy the siege equipment prepared by the orcs. Once the orcs' siege equipment is destroyed, the orcs will lose their means of siege in a short period of time, and they will wait until they can build a batch of siege equipment.
Come, famine has already begun in the camp.
…
Amidst the bursts of fighting, the sun slowly set over the mountain, and the blood-red sunset formed a contrast with the blood-red ground.
As night falls, the moon gradually replaces the sun in the sky, and a layer of white gauze covers the earth.
Although the orc attack has slowed down due to the fall of night, there are still a large number of orc soldiers holding torches and continuing to attack. Sean has no intention of giving Dragonscale Castle any breathing space. The movements of the outstanding swordsmen on the city wall begin to change.
The sluggishness, the double consumption of physical strength and fighting spirit makes it a little bit too much for even the most powerful swordsman.
The orcs seem to see the hope of destroying the city right in front of them...
