The only well of the orcs became the main target of the defenders' attack on the battlefield, and it was filled with fire arrows.
However, the level of the orc craftsmen is really good. Even though the entire side of the well facing the city wall was covered with fire arrows, the entire well still did not burn. The fire prevention was very good.
"boom!"
"Kill!!"
The only well gate managed to get close to the city wall smoothly, and the wooden planks hit the city wall heavily, creating a direct passage to the city wall.
This kind of large equipment actually slightly improved the morale of the orcs after they got close to the city wall. The morale of the orc warriors who had been unable to climb the city wall for a long time had already dropped sharply. If Devi, the commander of the rear legion, had not organized a supervising team to suppress, the orc soldiers would have stepped up the pressure.
Given the ferocity of the orcs themselves, the siege morale would have been completely destroyed long ago.
Seeing that the upward passage was built in the well, the surrounding orcs almost rushed up to the well. At this time, they would rather rush up and be hacked to death by those strong humans than be scalded to death by hot oil while climbing the city wall.
Or fall directly from mid-air and fall to death.
"boom!"
It's just that the passage built by the well is not a thoroughfare, it is just another road of death. The first orc warrior who rushed up to the city wall was hit on the head by a meteor hammer before he even roared on the city wall.
The heavy meteor hammer directly made a big hole in his helmet, and the entire skull was shattered. The red and white stuff flowed out along the gaps in the helmet, and he fell directly to the ground without any struggle.
Sir M'Lak swung his bolas and stood beside the well tunnel, becoming an obstacle that was difficult to overcome. With his high-level strength in the sky, he stood here and dealt with some orcs who were at the highest warrior level. He was simply bullying the weak.
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Moreover, there is not only Sir M'rak on the sky level here, there are three sky level heroes beside him. After the orcs rushed from the well to the city wall, none of them could stand for more than one second. Soon the orcs at the crenel were
The corpses were laid directly on one layer without any breakthrough.
Even with the bravery of the orcs, they cannot persist in launching such a death-defying attack. After all, any living thing has the instinct to survive. No army can persist in such a lifeless attack.
It was a trivial matter to stop moving forward. Many orc soldiers even suffered mental breakdowns and began to desperately want to stay away from Dragon Scale Castle, instinctively fleeing towards the main camp.
"Those who retreat will die!"
The fleeing orc soldiers quickly ran into the war supervising troops arranged by Devi. Facing these scattered soldiers who escaped, the war supervising team showed no mercy at all and did not try to persuade them. They even rushed forward and killed the deserters with a few axes.
On the ground.
"Does it make sense for us to fight hard here? The people chosen today have already escaped. Do you think we don't know anything?"
"kill him!"
"Chi!"
Among the few orcs who collapsed and fled, there was even a small officer. He was slightly more knowledgeable than the ordinary soldiers. Naturally, he did not believe that the elites selected today were going to perform other tasks, and he guessed them at once.
Already escaped.
But the more he said now, the faster he would die. A great orc warrior who was responsible for supervising the battle team even rushed out of the team himself and killed the escaped young officer with an axe.
"call!"
"Those who retreat will die!"
"Get everyone back! No retreat is allowed without the order of the Legion Commander!"
The sporadic deserters were still suppressed by the strict supervision of the battle, but at this time the morale of the orcs had dropped to the extreme. Even if this wave of deserters could be suppressed, the orc soldiers had no enthusiasm to attack, and some soldiers had even begun to move away from the city wall.
The locals held up their shields and were unwilling to move forward. If the pressure continued like this, it would only be a matter of time before a large-scale rout occurred.
"Lord Devi, we can no longer continue the attack. We have reached our limit."
Seeing that Devi was still sullen and staring at the Dragon Scale Castle in front of him, the officer on the side couldn't help but give another advice.
This time, Devi did not insist on ordering the troops to continue the attack. He also knew that the army had reached its limit, especially that the well was full of corpses. No orc warriors dared to rush up to the city wall through the well. It was impossible.
Launch the same suicidal attack again.
Sydney has been leading people to evacuate for a while, and this is all he can do.
"call!"
After sighing heavily, Devi ordered:
"Let the troops stop attacking. All armies should strengthen their vigilance and surround Dragon Scale Castle. No one from the army inside should be allowed to come out."
"Yes, sir!"
Soon, the order to stop the attack was conveyed.
"clang!"
"clang!"
"clang!"
The golden sound of retreat sounded, and the orc army, which had basically stopped moving forward, retreated like a tide, but it was a bit faster than the attack speed. Originally, the orc army would be more protracted in retreating, and the orc warriors were fierce and easy to fight.
When fighting at the top, it would inevitably delay the retreat. But this time the retreat was extremely clean and tidy. They had been killed long ago and were out of the hot-blooded state. They were extremely sober. After all, I had only heard of the top in the battle but never heard of it.
One who can rise to the top without being massacred unilaterally.
"There is something wrong with this attack by the orcs."
Looking at the retreating orcs, Elena was the first to notice something was wrong.
"Yeah, I initially thought they were short of food and wanted to fight to the death, but if I think about it carefully, even if they have to fight to the death, they should be somewhat prepared for the attack. At least preparing more long ladders is better than their flying claws."
"They attacked too hastily, as if they were trying to cover up something."
Several heroes looked at each other, and Elena reacted quickly.
"An orc has escaped!"
"Immediately send the Griffin Knight and the Silver Pegasus Knight to search in the direction of the northern dense forest!"
If the orcs want to escape, they will only run towards the northern dense forest. They cannot run back to Dragon Wing City. Like Dragon Scale Castle, it is a dead end.
…
On the other side, in order to cover up the movements of the army, the orcs' 30,000-strong army, plus a flag regiment of wolf cavalry, used only a few torches to guide the direction, and kept circling northward in the dark, preparing to enter the dense forest from the northern path.
The small road is actually not suitable for a large army to pass through, and it takes more time. It is definitely not an easy road for the orcs who have insufficient food and grass, but it is better than all of them being killed under the Dragonscale Castle, especially this group of 30,000 people.
The large army of many people also took away most of the food and grass. In a short period of time, they didn't even have to worry about food, and there was some hope of escaping.
"The attack on Dragon Scale Castle seems to have stopped."
"Lord Devi has bought us enough time."
"How far are we from the jungle now?"
"We can enter the dense forest by walking in another three days, but it may take even longer to reach the garrisoned village."
"Speed up. Once humans react, we may not be able to leave easily."
"We still have more than 30,000 people here. Do humans dare to chase them out?"
"Don't think of that human army as an ordinary human army."
"The cavalry, which is composed entirely of human earth knights, is chasing after them and harassing them. I don't know how to crack it."
"this…"
…
"Bah!"
"Bah!"
Just when Sydney and another legion commander beside him wanted to discuss how to deal with the champion knight, several chirps suddenly came from the sky.
Such a sharp whistle suddenly came from the night sky, breaking the silence and attracting Sydney's attention. He instinctively raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound in mid-air.
"No, it's the human air cavalry!"
"Quickly, put out the torch!"
At this time, the other legion commander next to Sydney reacted quickly and immediately asked a soldier next to him to put out the torch.
But Sydney just turned around heavily and shook his head.
"Those weird birds have great eyesight at night."
"There is no need to put out the torches, we have been exposed, so the army no longer has to hide, light up the torches, illuminate the road, and speed up towards the dense forest!"
In the previous siege battle, Sydney had observed the human air cavalry. Those strange birds did not have any visual impairment at night. They could still swoop down and attack the orc warriors on the ground from a height of tens of meters. Now those strange birds
Appearing above them, he was almost certain that the other party had discovered them. Since there was no point in hiding, there was no need to continue to advance in the dark. It was best to show the torch openly and enter the forest as early as possible.
choose.
After the army of more than 30,000 orcs suddenly lit up their torches, the scattered light sources on the ground suddenly turned into a long flaming snake moving rapidly towards the dense forest.
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On the other side, the gryphon knight who discovered the whereabouts of the orc army did not waste a moment and quickly returned to Dragonscale Castle and reported the movements of the orc army to several heroes.
"There are more than 30,000 people. I'm afraid the essence of the entire orc army is concentrated in these 30,000 troops. No wonder we didn't even see a few orc warriors when we attacked the city tonight."
"I've seen the tactic of cutting off one's tail to survive, but I've never seen one that cuts off one's tail and gives up two-thirds of one's army."
"This is already considered a defeat."
"What should we do next? There are nearly 100,000 orcs outside the city. Should we eliminate those orcs outside the city first?"
"The orcs outside the city must be wiped out. The 30,000 orcs who have withdrawn cannot let them leave easily."
After planning for so long, both Gru and Elena hope to do their best. Now that they have discovered that more than 30,000 orcs are trying to escape in a detour, Elena is naturally unwilling to let them go easily.
"Give the information to Master Gru first. The orcs probably want to go around to the back and directly enter the forest."
"Talis and Mrak, you immediately lead the champion knights and unicorn holy beasts to set off, and take the outstanding swordsmen and air cavalry with you. Try to entangle the retreating orc army, at least don't let them leave too easily.
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"yes."
Although the number of orc troops still remaining in Dragon Scale Castle was large at this time, they were almost no threat. It was enough for Elena to lead the ordinary soldiers of the Northern Route Army to sit in the city. Almost all of the system's troops were used to pursue Xini and take them away.
of the army.
After making the decision, Mrak and Talis immediately went back to lead the army and quickly chased out from the north gate of Dragon Scale Castle.
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"Lord Devi, there is movement on the human side!"
"That cavalry is heading north! The soldiers from the north can't stop them!"
Although the orcs stopped attacking the city, soldiers were left behind to besiege the Dragonscale Castle on several sides. However, the morale of the orcs at this time was really low. The orcs in the north were unable to intercept the system soldiers leaving the city and could only watch them pursue them.
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"Let each flag regiment control its own team."
Devi raised his hand and stopped issuing new orders. In fact, his mission at this time was completely over. The troops would be out of food starting tomorrow, and he would be completely unable to help with the evacuation of Sydney.
"Let the First Flag Regiment build a defense line around the big tent. Maybe it will be of some use in the end."
"Yes, sir!"
The officers left and an elite flag regiment directly under Devi was transferred, which was the army that had previously served as a supervisory team.
When they were about to run out of food, they had to separate themselves from the orc army outside...