Chapter five hundred and sixty-eight development and situation
The sun was high in the sky, and the air was still slightly moist due to a spring rain. Early spring was originally a time when all things revived, but the area around Longxi Pass presented a lifeless scene.
This lifelessness is literally lifelessness. Villages are burned to the ground, and there are plundering orcs and human civilians being killed at will. Bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crow for thousands of miles. This is probably the scene.
Although the top brass of the orcs want to adopt a certain tolerant policy towards humans to reduce the difficulty of the advance, how can they easily control the millions of orc soldiers who are eager to kill, not to mention ordinary orc soldiers, but some middle- and high-level orc officers?
They couldn't help but take the lead in looting and killing. The hatred between the two sides could not be controlled by a word. The top brass of the orcs could only barely control the order of some big cities and ensure the safety of some human nobles who had taken refuge with the orcs. They still had to use these people.
Serve as an example to recruit more human nobles.
Facts have proved that this method of the orcs is very effective. If the orcs slaughter indiscriminately like the ogres, it will inevitably cause a comprehensive rebound of mankind. However, the orcs' current move to lure the human noble lords to surrender has caused many people who should have been defending the city
And the human nobles of the castle were shaken.
The orcs originally planned to delay the orcs for half a year. It took less than a month for the orcs to conquer most of the castle groups and large cities.
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Chateau d'Iris
A knight's castle built to the west of Longxi Pass. The outer wall of the castle is more than ten meters high and the bottom is about four meters thick. Arrow towers are arranged on all sides. On the semi-fixed crossbows arranged above, the giant arrows shine coldly.
One look at it and you can tell that these war equipment were well maintained and definitely not for decoration.
There is even a moat several meters wide around the outside of the castle. Once the hanging door is pulled up, it is definitely a castle that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Oris Castle is the castle of Earl Connolly. As an Earl's castle, Oris Castle is almost surrounded by everything except
The largest castle outside the official city of the kingdom, it is also the leader of the surrounding nobles.
Because the kingdom deliberately arranged the emerging military nobles who were still somewhat brave to the west of Longxing Pass as a buffer between the Longxing Pass defense line and the central plains, all nobles like Earl Connery were more powerful than the old nobles in the royal capital.
He is still very capable of fighting. The current Earl Connery is the first generation of military nobles. He was also a member of the Dragon's Pass Legion when he was young. He fought countless battles with the orcs on the Dragon's Pass defense line and accumulated military merit until he became the commander of the legion.
Rank, and when he finally retired, he got a county based on his military merit.
Although Lord Connery is over seventy years old, the old earl, who has the strength of a great knight, is not bad at all. At this time, he is still wearing a heavy armor, holding a long sword and standing at the head of the Castle of Iris.
The troops besieging the castle below shouted.
The orcs broke through Dragon's Breath Pass, but there are many castles all the way from Dragon's Breath Pass to the central plains. Of course, the orcs cannot ignore these large and small castles. The Earl's Castle, which is armed to the teeth like Iris Castle, is even more difficult for the orcs.
The object of focus.
However, the army besieging Iris Castle was not only an army of orcs, but also a larger number of human armies.
"Mr. Connery, open the castle and surrender the castle. The orcs will not kill the nobles. There are few orcs and they cannot control so much territory. In the future, our nobles will still be nobles and lords will still be lords. As long as we pay taxes to the orcs on time, we will pay taxes to the kingdom."
You’re still paying taxes, and paying taxes to the orcs is still paying taxes, there’s no difference, so why bother resisting.”
The person who stood up to persuade him to surrender was also a human noble. He was wearing a suit of armor but lacked the spirit of a knight. His tone sounded familiar to the owner of Iris Castle. This was a human noble who surrendered after the orcs broke through.
After discovering that they could continue to enjoy wealth and wealth after surrendering to the orcs, many lords did not care that the two sides were not the same race at all, and they knelt down quite smoothly. Not only did they provide supplies for the orcs, they even brought their own soldiers to persuade the orcs to surrender to the still resisting humans.
castle.
"What did you say? I am a bit old and can't hear well. Come closer to discuss."
Although Earl Connery is standing on the city wall wearing armor and looking in good spirits, his image is indeed old and his ears are a bit slumped, which is normal. It is definitely a great achievement to persuade a big castle like Iris Castle to surrender. The whole dragon
To the west of the Xiguan defense line, apart from the eighteen great buildings in the kingdom, Iris Castle is the largest and most important.
The human aristocrat who was eager to perform meritorious service in front of the new master did not hesitate much. In order to better persuade Earl Connally to surrender, he actually approached the Castle of Oris on horseback. In his opinion, the Castle of Orris had no reason not to surrender.
Although Earl Conner Road still has more than 2,000 personal guards stationed at the castle, coupled with his own strength as a knight, he is the strongest lord among the surrounding nobles, but if he wants to resist the orc army, he will definitely have to do it with a mantis.
, even the millions of troops at Dragon Breath Pass were defeated by the orcs. How could the little Connelly family withstand the orc army?
Moreover, the orcs are also honest in their actions. The surrendered human lords only need to hand over part of the food to the orc army. In the future, they can just pay taxes to the orcs just like paying taxes to the kingdom. There is no need to hand over family property, and there is no danger to their lives. Why bother with the orcs?
Fight to the end.
In these days, he took the surrender troops of a flag regiment assigned to him by the orcs, plus hundreds of orc warriors, and had persuaded several nobles to surrender without any blood, saving the orcs a lot of trouble. When he persuaded the Iris Castle to open,
Maybe the orcs can give him a job as a city lord. In the past, he was just a baron, a country bumpkin who had just stepped into the ranks of the nobility. He had no sense of presence in the aristocratic circle, because he first joined the orcs, but now his status is much higher.
Many nobles who originally looked down on him began to fawn over him after surrendering. When he was so thick-skinned that he didn't care that he had become a traitor, he began to enjoy this feeling.
However, while he was still imagining how he could gain greater wealth by persuading Iris Castle to surrender, several bed crossbows on the city wall had quietly adjusted their angles slightly.
"Mr. Connery, you are an earl, and you still have more than two thousand capable soldiers. As long as you are willing to surrender, Iris Castle will still be your castle. You only need to provide supplies for the orcs and send your family to Antler City to enjoy it."
The human nobles who persuaded them to surrender stopped again when they were about 200 meters away from Iris Castle. The knight's voice was also loud. From this position, almost everyone on the city wall could hear him clearly.
Count Connery saw that the other party had already fallen into the trap, and now he was too lazy to continue pretending.
"It's a pity. Thinking about having to laugh with those ugly things in the future, I feel sick and want to vomit. Eight orcs died in my hands, if not ten. In this life, I only know how to kill orcs. How to kill orcs?"
I probably won't be able to work for the orcs in my next life."
"Mr. Connery, are you planning to drink a toast instead of eating it?"
Earl Connolly's words clearly indicate that he has no intention of surrendering. He has encountered nobles who want to resist in recent days, but those castles with only two to three hundred soldiers with low morale are simply vulnerable.
After a few threats, he commanded his puppet troops to attack and most of them were taken down.
At this time, he hadn't felt the danger coming, and was about to threaten him with a few words to further damage the morale of the defenders on the city, but in the next second, there were several sounds of piercing the air, and several giant arrows flew towards him.
Come.
"Damn it! Doesn't Connery want the lives of his family?"
Although the orcs adopt a gentle and conciliatory strategy towards the human nobles, their tyrannical nature cannot be concealed in any way. For the human nobles who dare to resist, the end result will be that the entire clan will be wiped out, and their bodies will be hung on the roadside for public display. In the eyes of the orcs,
In the face of a powerful army, resistance is almost a dead end. Surrendering can not only save the lives of the whole family, but can even continue to enjoy wealth. There are only a few people who are willing to fight to the end.
Unfortunately, Count Connery is in this minority.
This veteran who has been fighting for half his life has never had the slightest idea of surrender. The guards in the Iris Castle are all his elite soldiers trained according to the training methods of the Longxinguan Legion. Several knight officers with gray beards are still in his legion.
Old brothers who served in the Chinese Army, these people also have no intention of surrendering.
Because of the scale of Iris Castle and the special status of the old earl, in addition to the bed crossbow, there is even a divine crossbow on the city wall. It is also unlucky for the opponent. Although these giant arrows are powerful, their accuracy has never been too high. Against two hundred
Targets that are meters away depend partly on the shooter's experience and partly on God's will.
This time, two giant arrows accurately hit the human nobles who came to persuade them to surrender. Under the strong desire to survive, the opponent even ignited his fighting spirit in the end to fight against one or two, but it had no effect at all. Two hundred
At a distance of 3 meters, the Divine Power Crossbow can even cause considerable damage to the white dragon. It is beyond the ability of a small knight to resist. The giant arrow more than three meters long shot through his body and opened a huge hole in his body.
The blood hole made the whole person fly backwards from the horse, and finally landed on the ground. He was pinned to the ground by the arrow. There was no room for struggle, so he died.
"Roar!"
This sudden scene made the soldiers on Fort Iris cheer in unison, and their morale was instantly boosted.
The orc officer under the city was very angry. Although he looked down on these human traitors, the other party killed the traitor and slapped him in the face. It didn't take long before the thousands of soldiers who besieged Iris Castle were attacked by the orcs.
Under his supervision, the attack on Fort Iris was launched.
The resistance at Fort Orris was quite fierce. Although there were only two thousand soldiers in the castle, Mr. Connery was indeed a solid generation of military nobles and a senior officer. The officers below were also experienced veterans. With the strong Iris
The fort easily repelled the attack of several times the number of puppet troops. Most of the human soldiers who surrendered to the orcs only surrendered under the leadership of their own superiors or lords. Their morale was almost zero. It was difficult to fight against the wind. At most, it was
With a level of maintaining law and order, it would be too difficult for them to attack the enemy.
The battle at Fort Iris lasted for nearly three days. In the end, the orcs had to mobilize the legions stationed in the big city to break through Fort Iris. When the city was breached, Count Connery directly ignited the kerosene that had been arranged long ago.
and dry firewood, and used fire to devour the orcs who rushed into the castle, and also engulfed the entire Connery clan...
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Since the destruction of Dragon Breath Pass, the kingdom has never received any good news.
Antler City fell due to the collusion between traitors and the Cult of the Rising Sun...
Longyan City resisted for nearly ten days. Under the breath of dozens of white dragons, the whole city burned, and the orcs slaughtered the entire city...
There was a turmoil among the powerful people in Black Moon City. The capitulation faction preemptively purged the resistance faction and then Kaicheng surrendered...
Sword Eagle City resisted for a week and fell...
Feishicheng surrenders....
The Count of Kars surrenders...
Clayburgh fell after a day of resistance....
Fort Orris fell after four days of resistance....
Missi Fort took the initiative to surrender...
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One month after the orcs broke through Longxing Pass, all the eighteen large cities that were originally planned to resist the orcs for half a year fell, and all the castles of military nobles who served as the barrier to the east of the Central Plains also fell. The orc soldiers have entered the rich Central Plains.
In the plains, the wolf cavalry has even looked at the Golden Dragon City from a distance several times. The collapse of the kingdom is already close at hand.
