While the orcs were preparing to make a detour and escape as planned, the defenders of Dragon Scale Castle finally got a chance to rest.
A large number of soldiers did not care about the corpses piled around them and rested on the city wall. Even the outstanding swordsmen hugged their giant swords and fell asleep with their backs against the city wall.
In the past few days, the orcs' consumption of Dragon Scale Castle has been so great that they have barely given them any time to breathe. Even strong men like the Excellent Swordsman have been exhausted to the limit.
Fortunately, Talis and others led the champion knights in a night attack and destroyed almost all the orcs' siege equipment, thus stopping the orcs' attack. Otherwise, in broad daylight, the orcs would have maintained a high-pressure situation of being besieged on all sides.
Although the soldiers got a short rest, several heroes knew that the battle was not over yet. Outside the city were more than 100,000 orc warriors armed to the teeth instead of more than 100,000 pigs. What could they do in a desperate situation?
It’s not surprising at all, but you still need to maintain the necessary vigilance.
Several heroes gathered together to discuss the next matter.
"Although the orcs' siege equipment was successfully burned this time, the soldiers were consumed a lot, especially the two champion knights who were seriously injured and need to recover for a long time."
"The soldiers of the Northern Route Army have suffered heavy casualties in the past two days. Thousands of them were killed in battle alone. At this time, we only have the power to defend the city."
Although compared with the tens of thousands of casualties suffered by the orcs, the casualties of the Northern Route Army are really nothing, but it must be considered that the total number of troops of the Northern Route Army in Dragon Scale Castle is only 5,000 in a flag regiment. More than 1,000
The casualties already accounted for less than 20% of its total strength, which has reached the red line for ordinary armies to withstand casualties.
"According to speculation, the orcs will run out of food in a few days. We must prevent the orcs from jumping over the wall in a hurry in the past few days."
"Hey, no matter how hard they jump, they can't get over our high wall."
Several heroes in the hall looked relatively relaxed. In addition to the smooth battle, they also benefited from the improvement in their levels and strength, which made them more confident.
After this period of fighting, the levels of several people have improved, and their strength has also improved to a certain extent.
Speaking of Elena alone, her level has been raised to level 20, and her talent skill Angel Arrival has also been raised to a high level. She can directly obtain the strength of an archangel, plus Elena's own various skills and treasures.
Success, the strength is definitely stronger than the Archangel, and in terms of combat power, it is on the same level as Gru and Natalis.
Although the previous battle was fierce, Elena still had some remaining strength. She relied on her high-level combat power to securely hold the city wall without using her natural skills. Now she still has confidence.
Both Taris and Sir M'rak have also been promoted to one level, their strength has been slightly improved, and they have basically stepped into the threshold of the high-level sky.
Even Xi Aier, who has always been like a bastard, has greatly improved his strength recently, perhaps because his basic level is the lowest. He has been upgraded ten levels recently, reaching level eighteen, and his strength has barely reached the sky level.
level.
Although Dragon Scale City does not have many troops at this time, there are as many as seven sky-level masters. Although the orc army under the city is large, it lacks both food and siege equipment. It really can't give them much.
Stressed.
"By eating this orc army, our level might be able to catch up with Moriel and Natalies. Maybe Gru and Ms. Elena can return to the holy level."
"When it comes to matters on the battlefield, we should not be careless until the last moment."
"Um."
Although Elena said this, she still had some expectations in her heart. After all, the feeling of being limited in strength was not pleasant.
"It's getting dark soon. Let's go up to the city wall and take a look. Be careful of the orcs taking advantage of the night."
"good."
"Let the soldiers cheer up and be vigilant. The closer we are to victory, the less we can take it lightly."
"yes!"
"Lady Elena, there seems to be some movement over at the orc camp!"
Just before the heroes stepped onto the city wall, the veteran Arcee, who had just been patrolling the city wall, ran over to remind him, but his expression was a little strange, as if he had seen something incomprehensible.
"Let's go up and have a look."
Already approaching the city wall, Elena didn't ask any questions, and the others quickened their pace and walked to the city wall.
Glancing over from the city wall, Elena and others also understood why Arcee had such an expression.
The orcs actually lit up torches again and made a gesture of attacking the city. No, they were already attacking the city, or they were attacking from four directions.
Looking from a distance, tens of thousands of torches were lit up in all directions. A rough estimate showed that the orcs had dispatched at least another 30,000 to 40,000 people to attack the city, which was not much more than the previous two days.
But if you take a closer look, you will find that these orcs have no siege equipment at all. Compared with the large-scale deployment of more than a dozen Jinglan each time in the past few days, the orcs attacking tonight are shabby, and there is only a solitary Jinglan.
tower.
There were only a few long ladders, and some seemed to be temporarily spliced together. The orc soldiers in the front row did not have shield vehicles, and even dismantled some tents and fences in the camp to form a simple shield.
What's the difference between attacking a city like this and risking death? This style of fighting is just like using line tactics to attack in the machine gun era. First, it's courageous, and second, it's mentally ill.
Is it because the orc leader was killed last night that the remaining orcs were confused? Or maybe the orcs had no other options at this time and wanted to die with dignity while they still had the strength to attack.
Of course, no matter what the possibility is, any attack should be taken seriously.
"Prepare to fight, and let the resting soldiers prepare too. Don't let the orcs come up!"
"yes!"
Because of the attack of the orcs, the soldiers who were still sleeping were awakened one after another. The outstanding swordsmen who had been sleeping with their swords in their hands also stood up, pulled down their visors and got ready for battle.
"Fire the arrow!"
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
The supplies accumulated in Dragon Scale Castle are quite sufficient, and the reserves of supplies such as arrows are enough to fight several battles. When the orc army approached within a distance of about fifty meters from the city wall, arrows fell like rain.
Although these arrows were ineffective against orc warriors wearing heavy armor, when there were too many, there would always be some unlucky ones. When thousands of arrows fell, nearly a hundred orcs still fell to the arrows.
"boom!"
"superior!"
"dash forward!"
The orcs in the front row still had a small number of long ladders that they could use. The ladders were quickly put up on the city wall. The two orcs pressed down and pointed their crossbows at the wall stacks above to cover an orc warrior who rushed up.
"Fire oil!"
"fall!"
"boom!"
However, the defenders of Dragon Scale Castle had already made thorough preparations. Before the orc warrior climbed halfway up, a pot of fire oil poured down, and the hot oil immediately poured on him, making a sizzling sound. However,
After all, this orc warrior has stepped into the threshold of the extraordinary. His physical fitness is much stronger, and he still endures the pain of being burned by kerosene and continues to climb up.
It wasn't until a torch was thrown down from above that the entire long ladder burned down and collapsed from the middle. Only then did the orc warriors fall down along with the long ladder.
"clang!"
"clang!"
Attacking with such ordinary long ladders is inherently disadvantageous, and even such ordinary long ladders are extremely lacking in the orc army. Some of the long ladders temporarily modified from fences still have serious quality problems.
Some long ladders collapsed before the humans above could throw stones.
There are even more orcs who don't even have long ladders. They just throw their flying claws up the city wall and pull a rope to climb up. Fortunately, the orcs are generally strong and can throw the iron flying claws up to ten times.
Meter high city wall.
"Cut the rope!"
"Pour the oil down!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
Climbing with flying claws is more difficult than a long ladder. First of all, the climbing speed is much slower. Orc warriors wearing heavy armor have to use their hands and feet to climb up on ropes. Even their weapons can only
Carry it behind your back.
The defenders above may only need a few swords to cut the rope, causing the climbing orc warrior to fall directly from mid-air. If he falls to a height of seven or eight meters, he will be seriously injured even if he does not die.
"Are these orcs crazy?"
Arcee has been fighting for so many years, but he has never seen such a crazy orc. This kind of fighting style that does not take life seriously would be very difficult for any normal general to understand.
"Quick, go bring some more logs!"
"Be aware that the opponent's well is approaching!"
Although I don't understand why the orcs launched such a suicidal attack, the human soldiers on the tower will not show any compassion and will only find ways to kill more orcs.
On Dragonscale Castle, the orcs' suicidal attack continued, but it was a different scene in the orc camp.
A 30,000-strong orc army appeared at the rear of the camp with only scattered torches, keeping a certain distance from the army that was attacking the city.
"Lord Xini, the army has been assembled and can set off."
Sydney glanced at these selected elites. There was some reluctance on their faces, and maybe some luck, glad that they were not the part that was abandoned.
"Let's go, don't let the sacrifice of the commander of the Devi Army be in vain."
"Set off!"
"Set off!"
The soldiers who can be selected to escape are all the best of the best. Almost half of the orc warriors in the army are concentrated in these 30,000 people. There are at least more than 500 orc warriors in this 30,000 army, almost all the other orc warriors.
The Legion is out of time.
Although the operation was in the dark, these orc warriors had excellent eyesight and could find the direction with just a few weak lights. The other orc warriors followed closely behind these warrior-level officers, marching silently in the dark night, trying to conceal their identity.
than the human army.
…
On the other side, Devi, who was commanding this suicide attack, was still looking at the fallen orc warriors one after another with an expressionless face, as if he wanted to see clearly every orc warrior who fell to the ground wailing.
"Legion Commander, we can't attack anymore. The soldiers can't get to the city wall at all. If we continue to fight like this, our morale will be lost."
"Continue to attack, no retreat without my order!"
Faced with Devi's order, even the orcs, who had always been forbidden to follow orders, hesitated.
"Um!"
"Didn't you hear my order?"
Seeing that the officer who delivered the order did not hesitate, Devi glared at him.
"Yes, Lord Legion Commander!"
"Continue the attack!"
Although Devi was seriously injured, his majesty was not lost at all. After being glared at by Devi, the officer just now did not dare to hesitate any longer and immediately went down to deliver the order.
In the night, Sydney quietly left with a small number of elites, while Devi continued to attack Dragonscale Castle with an abandoned team, trying to attract the attention of the defenders...