On the fourth day of the battle, both sides suffered heavy casualties in the aerial battle. Nearly half of the White Dragons were killed, and even the patriarch of the Holy Order suffered some injuries. These days, he has been shrinking and licking his wounds, waiting for follow-up support. Adelillo
He Geluo did not force White Dragon to fight anymore. Moriel was also not feeling well. Not only was she seriously injured and needed to recover slowly, but her subordinates also suffered serious losses. Almost all the griffins were lost, and the Silver Pegasus knight was lost.
Halfway through, even one of the poisonous dragons, the Ancient Golden Dragon, was killed. If not for the angel's great resurrection spell after the war, both poisonous dragons might have been in danger.
The two sides collided in the sky and both sides suffered losses. The focus of the battle was only on the ground. This was undoubtedly more beneficial to the orcs. After all, the orcs had too great an advantage on the ground.
The cry of killing has basically come from the city wall, and the decline of the defenders has been very obvious. The orcs have basically established a firm foothold on the city wall. At this time, although the defenders are still under the leadership of the system army, they are constantly fighting with the orcs for control of the city wall.
Right, but everyone knows that if no miracle happens, the orc army will be able to completely take down the city wall by tonight at most.
From the foot to the top of the wall, there were almost all corpses. The two parties had been fighting over the corpses since the third day. No one had time to stop and collect the corpses. At first, the orcs passed through the well outside the city wall.
Climbing the city with ladders, on the third day, some orc warriors even rushed up the city wall in two steps, stepping on piles of corpses several meters high.
"Thunder!"
"Throw it over and blow up these green-skinned monsters for me."
On a section of the city wall, several orc warriors launched an attack with dozens of warriors in heavy armor. The Crusaders who were originally the backbone of the city defense fell to the ground, apparently killed by the orc warriors.
During the siege, the human soldiers without the leadership of the Crusaders were retreating steadily under the impact of several orc warriors, and they were about to be completely wiped out.
But at this moment, several human soldiers came over holding large thin iron cans. Under the command of the officer, they cautiously lit the fuse on the can, and then immediately let go, as if they were afraid of something. The surrounding soldiers
When he saw them coming up, he even took a few steps back and covered his face with his hands.
These iron cans are mostly filled with a mixture of black powder, iron sand and iron bullets. Once exploded, the area around five to six meters will be within its killing range, and the splashed iron beads will have a certain chance of breaking armor.
But the shortcomings are also obvious. Because of the insufficient power of gunpowder in this early experimental firearm, it is not necessary to load a large amount of gunpowder to cause damage. This results in each mine being made like a pickle jar. Soldiers have to
It can only be held firmly with both hands, but it cannot be thrown very far. And the stability is very poor. Looking at the frightened soldiers, you can tell that this thing must have exploded one of your own. Originally, these black powders were only carried in the army and not used much.
, now I don’t care about any shortcomings. Fighting on the city wall, hot oil and gold juice have no big effect. These thunders can still have some effect on the orcs who like to charge intensively on the city wall.
The defenders were lucky this time. The mine did not explode during use, and it successfully landed among the orcs. The orcs who attacked looked at the humans throwing a few black things at them. First,
He subconsciously avoided it for a moment, and then he didn't pay much attention when he saw those things burning with sparks falling to the ground. After all, there was no threat after they landed, and he continued to attack the humans on the opposite side.
What's going on with the expectant eyes of those remnant human soldiers on the opposite side?
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
In the next few seconds, the thunder bombs thrown by the human soldiers exploded one after another, and several black smoke rose up in the orc team. The orc warriors next to the thunder bombs only felt their ears buzzing, and were a little dazed by the sound of the explosions around them.
, and then there was a stinging pain on the arms. The iron sand after the explosion did not penetrate the thick helmets and the battle armor in front of them, but the weakly protected parts of the arms could not withstand the splashing iron sand and iron flakes. Dozens of
One-third of the orc warrior fell down on the spot, and the remaining part also suffered varying degrees of injuries.
"kill!"
Gunpowder weapons of this level were definitely unqualified in Richard's eyes. The opponent had such a dense formation and several mines with such large charges exploded in the formation, but two-thirds of them were still able to stand.
But the human defenders were greatly encouraged when they saw this result. The knight leading the team took the lead and rushed towards the orc warriors who were still in a state of shock without saying a word.
Most of the orc warriors who had just been blasted by the thunder had not recovered yet, and they were still somewhat injured. Now they were naturally retreating after being counterattacked. The orc warriors who came up later
After receiving help, they stabilized their position, and the human defenders also took advantage of the situation to regain a section of the city wall that was tens of meters long.
"Quick, get some more explosives."
"boom!"
"boom!"
From time to time, there would be explosions on the city wall. The use of a small amount of gunpowder weapons slightly improved the local battle situation. Most of the orc warriors who had never seen gunpowder weapons were a little confused when they encountered an explosion for the first time.
"These mines are quite effective."
"It's a pity that the power is a little weak, and it can easily hurt our own people. These things can't stop the orcs."
"I heard that Sir Richard already has an improved version. The power and stability have been increased. A batch of throwing ones have been built for the Dragon Army to use."
"It's a pity that we can't use it now. The city wall will soon be undefendable."
"Send a signal, prepare to retreat, let the city gate out, and act as planned."
"Yes, sir!"
Faced with the siege of millions of orcs from all sides, the city wall of more than 30 miles long cannot be defended no matter what. Even if it is commanded by figures like Gru and Taize, it will be difficult to face such a situation where force can overcome skill.
Holding the city wall can only delay it for a while and cause as many casualties to the orcs as possible.
After several golden roars, the defenders who were still holding on on the city wall immediately withdrew the city wall in an orderly manner and got into the streets of Sirgrad. The attacking orc warriors only pursued briefly and then stopped.
Controlling the city walls and opening the city gates is their main task.
"Master Great Shaman, the city wall has been taken down!"
"The gates are opening!"
When the human army retreated on its own initiative, the orcs quickly took over the city gate, hung a flag on a high place, pulled the noose, and slowly pulled up the large iron gate weighing several thousand kilograms.
The orc generals saw clearly from behind, and the joy on their faces was beyond words. In order to capture this city, they suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties in a few days. The casualties almost caught up with the total since they entered the Central Plains.
"Let the troops on the city wall control the high points to prevent human counterattacks. Let the seventh and eighth legions enter the city immediately, kill all the humans they can see, and use the fastest speed to clear out the remaining human troops in the city."
"Yes, Lord Great Shaman!"
Gro, who had always had a tense face, breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the city gate open.
Finally, we managed to capture the city before the human reinforcements arrived, and then we just had to clear out the remaining enemies and wait for the human army from the North. Glo seemed calm before, but the defense strength of Slgrad City was far beyond imagination.
He was worried for a while, fearing that the human reinforcements would arrive before the city could capture it.
However, does it count as taking the city of Slgrad after breaking through the city wall?
If it is really that easy, then it would be too much to underestimate the system heroes like Gru, Taize, and Elena.
In ancient battlefields, the battle was generally over when the city wall was broken. In many cases, it was not because the defenders' effective strength was wiped out, but more because of the collapse of faith and morale, which resulted in the remaining defenders being weak-willed to resist. Orcs
They have fought so many battles and captured countless human castles and cities. Although they have encountered sporadic resistance from the defenders in the city, it has generally been insubstantial and has never caused a recurrence of the situation. Therefore, Gro and the orc generals have this
Misconceptions are also normal.
Inside the city, there was an even more brutal battle waiting for them.
....
"kill!"
The first two legions, an army of nearly 50,000 orcs, entered the city at noon when the sun was at its strongest. They advanced all the way along the main street of Sirgrad City. The whole process went extremely smoothly, although on both wings
They encountered some resistance from human soldiers, but were quickly repelled. The orc generals did not even send people to occupy the houses on both sides, but directly commanded the army to rush towards the center of the city.
"Speed up, don't worry about those little mice, our mission is to directly capture the city lord's palace in the center, don't fall behind the Eighth Army!"
The orc forwards who entered the city moved very quickly and soon penetrated more than ten miles into the city, becoming out of touch with the orc army on the city wall.
"Lord Gru, the orc army entering the city was very careless. They advanced along the central avenue and did not notice the ambush on both sides at all. They have now reached the predetermined position."
"snort!"
Gru snorted lightly, a little disdainful of the orc's careless behavior. Fortunately, he had praised the other person before, but he didn't expect that he would start making mistakes so soon.
"Mrak and Taris can launch an attack. Didn't they already say that they were almost exhausted? They also sent signals to General Elena and General Rhodes, and the two wings began to close the net as quickly as possible.
Destroy these orcs."
"Taize organize your defense line and don't let the orcs on the city wall support you too quickly."
"Yes, sir!"
Although the city wall has been lost, there is still no problem with the command system of the human army. The hundreds of thousands of troops are still well-organized in the city. Tens of thousands of backbone veterans of the Northern Route Army and system troops support the hundreds of thousands of troops.
It is extremely strong, and the resilience of the army is terrifying. The situation that the orcs imagined, where all the soldiers were defeated and slowly cleared up, did not appear at all. In other words, there was no so-called human defeat at all. The so-called human defeat in the city was all staged.
, the careless orc officers did not realize at all how different these human armies were from other human armies.
"General M'Lak, the signal from Master Gru, it's time for us to set off."
"Hey! Come on, trample these orcs into a pulp for me!"
"Da da da....."
Following Sir M'Lak's order, there was a burst of intensive horse hoofbeats in the city. Following M'Lak, in addition to Talis, there were more than a dozen champion knights and more than two hundred centaur elites. Gru had no choice.
The champion knights were turned into super soldiers and taken to the city wall to be consumed, but a suitable scene was found for them in the city.
A group of cavalry came out of a compound, and then rushed in the direction of the orcs along the 30-meter main road in Sirgler...
Why is there the sound of horse hooves?
At this time, the distance between the two sides was not too far, and the hoofbeats of the heavy cavalry were quite heavy. As soon as Sir M'rak moved, the orcs could already faintly hear the intensive hoofbeats. Although the orc general was confused, he still immediately
Want to organize defense.
"There are human cavalry, form a formation, hurry up!"
Because the advance speed was too fast before, some orc soldiers even ran into the houses on both sides. They said they were searching for the remnants of the human army, but in fact they were looting. Now he was facing a surprise attack. There were not many people around him, and they were still scattered.
After the roar, only five or six hundred people were confused and formed a loose formation. They didn't even have a few spears. After all, who would bring a five- to six-meter spear when they entered the city to clean up the remnants of the army.
This can stop the devil's cavalry. Just when the commander of the orc army was considering whether to order the troops to retreat to both sides and temporarily withdraw from the main street, another soldier came over and reported to him:
"Lord Legion Commander! A large number of human troops were found on both sides, and they surrounded us!"
"Damn it! Didn't I say that the two wings only resisted sporadicly and have been repulsed!"
"Commander! Go and ask for help!"
"Each flag regiment organized its own soldiers and prepared to fight!"