The orcs who entered the city were still showing off their power in the city a few minutes ago, but in an instant they were beaten back by the human soldiers who rushed out from various streets.
Because they were unfamiliar with the terrain, many orcs even ran in the wrong direction in the chaos and plunged into the large group of human defenders. Human archers appeared beside the walls, on the roofs, and everywhere, and there were even some
As soon as the haystack covering the place was torn away, the divine crossbow was pointed straight at the alley, fired at a distance of more than ten meters from the orc warrior, and the opponent was knocked away more than ten meters away including the man and his armor.
Some orc warriors were somewhat ferocious, and they were still trying to fight back in the face of a large number of counterattacks by the human defenders.
"Hold on!"
"kill!"
An orc team of about a hundred people originally followed the order to search for traces of human remnants along the streets east of the main road. As a result, they searched more than a dozen houses and found no trace of humans, not to mention soldiers, not even a civilian.
Didn't see any.
When the captain who was leading the army was irritated, he heard a burst of shouting and shouting for death. At first, he thought it was the remnant human army making unnecessary resistance. Instead of panicking, he was overjoyed. After all, after searching for so long, he finally found someone.
There are traces of the human army.
But after listening carefully, I realized that something was wrong. Such intensive noises and shouts of killing did not seem like the kind of movement that a few remnants of the army could create, and the enemy troops were coming from all directions. It was more like a premeditated ambush.
The orc warrior who led the team didn't have time to think too much and immediately called his men to prepare for battle. However, because he was so obvious in shouting among the crowd, several sharp arrows were already galloping towards him.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Several rays of white light flashed past. Before the orc warrior could see clearly where the archer was, several feather arrows passed through his body. His thick armor could not save his life. The arrows shot directly from the thickest armor.
After the chest armor was penetrated and several vital parts were injured, the orc warrior still grabbed the battle ax and swung it a few times, but by the time the human soldiers rushed closer, he had completely lost his strength.
The ax came down with great effort, and was held up by a young officer with a quasi-knight rank. He then blocked it and the ax fell to the ground. The orc warrior, who weighed several arrows, no longer had the strength to support him and fell to the ground. The passing human soldiers
I admired his bravery so much that I deliberately smashed it with the pickaxe in my hand and confirmed that the head was broken before continuing to attack.
Such terrifying archers are naturally the phantom archers who retreated from the city wall. Compared with fighting on the city wall, they retreated to the city and were more flexible. They used their familiarity with the terrain to cause greater damage to the orcs. During the attack,
When in the city, the orcs can also use the shield car and the corner position to hide in the blind spot of the phantom shooter. However, in this kind of street fighting, it feels like they will be attacked by the shooter no matter which direction they are in. After the death of the orc warrior leading the team, they will be attacked again.
Constantly attacked by phantom shooters, this hundred-man team became increasingly chaotic and was quickly wiped out by the human soldiers surrounding the streets and houses.
"Retreat to the main street and occupy the surrounding houses!"
After encountering the attack of the human army ambushing on both sides, these orc soldiers who dispersed to search instinctively retreated to the main street to form a group. However, when they retreated, they discovered that the army on the main street had been rushed to pieces by the human cavalry.
More than a dozen champion knights and more than two hundred elite centaurs behind them were not something that the orcs, who were not even equipped with weapons, could stop.
The chaotic orc army had basically lost its command. The commander of the orc army immediately organized his men to form a formation to resist when Sir M'rak and Taris led the cavalry charge. Later, because he danced too hard, he was noticed by M'rak.
His head was smashed open with one hammer. The others who wanted to stand up and take command were also targeted by Mrak and eliminated one by one. Even the commander of the earth-level legion could not stand a few times in front of Mrak, not to mention that these were only at the level of a great warrior.
Where's the orc officer?
At this time, the orc army that entered the city not only failed to clear out the remaining enemies and completely occupy the city as planned, but instead suffered heavy casualties due to deliberate calculations by the defenders and fell into chaos. It was only a matter of time before it was completely divided and eliminated by the defenders.
"Your Majesty the Great Shaman! The Seventh and Eighth Legions were ambushed by human defenders in the city and have now lost contact!"
"What?"
"what happened?"
"Where's Skaar? What does he do for food!"
Hearing that the two legions were ambushed by human troops, the top orcs, including the great shaman, looked shocked. They did not expect that humans could be so resilient. Even the city walls were lost and they were still resisting fiercely in the city.
"General Skaar has sent people to rescue, but the human army blocked the streets."
Skaar is a senior orc general who led an army to besiege the city of Kress. He is at the peak of the earth level. Both in terms of ability and personal strength, he is very top-notch among the senior orc generals. It was he who led the orc army to attack.
Although this attack on the city wall relied on the absolute superiority of troops and the voluntary surrender of the defenders, it would give generals of the level of Gru and Taize a headache, and their ability cannot be denied in any case.
The orc army that entered the city was besieged for less than an hour. Sgar sent reinforcements to support them, but they ran into the defense line run by Taize. Fighting in the complex street terrain was even more uncomfortable than the offensive and defensive battle on the outer city wall.
, the phantom shooters that appeared from time to time, and some semi-hidden divine crossbows made them suffer a lot during the attack. The orcs, who experienced street fighting for the first time, had no experience at all. From the beginning, they made the defenders spin around and attack.
They went in and were driven out again. After fighting for a long time, they still couldn't advance very far, let alone support the ambushed army.
"Tell me, humans are still resisting in the city. Is there any way to quickly capture this city?"
"Extend the trebuchet forward one thousand meters and smash it into the city, destroying all the houses inside."
"I'm afraid there are no less than 10,000 houses in this city, and hundreds of trebuchets could be used to hit them."
After all, Sirgrad is a big city with convenient water and land transportation. The city is not too small. There may be a chance for hundreds of heavy artillery. If you want to rely on hundreds of trebuchets to destroy the entire city, you don't know how long it will take. And the orcs
Now we just have to rush for time.
"How about using fire? Let Skaar command the army to set fire directly. The catapults outside the city will fire oil bombs into the city to force the defenders out."
"Most of the houses in the city are made of stone, and since Sgar City is close to a river, there is no shortage of water in the city. It is difficult to cause a fire."
Several orc generals talked to each other, and the methods they proposed seemed reasonable at first glance, but after careful consideration, they found that they were either difficult to implement or were time-consuming and labor-intensive.
In the end, it was Gro who made the decision to increase the number of troops.
"Move ten more legions into the city. Stop playing hide-and-seek with the humans in the city. Spread out a line and move forward."
"Yes, Lord Great Shaman!"
After Gro's order was given, two senior officers immediately began to rectify the troops and headed towards Sergler for reinforcements. There was no trick, so the only way was to use force to suppress the troops.
In fact, there is still a considerable gap in combat power between the orcs and the defenders, which is seven to eight times the strength. No matter how many arrangements Gru and Taize make in the city, as long as the orcs advance steadily, they can still guarantee the capture of Sirgel, but the occupation
The time it took to build the outer city wall was already a little too much. If we were to struggle in the city for a while longer, human reinforcements would probably arrive.
"Your Excellency Adelillo, how long will it take for the human army to reach Sirgrad?"
"According to the information I received, the human army has changed ships in the river valley today. From the river valley to Sirgrad, it will take at most three days to arrive by going down the river."
Because of the existence of the Rising Sun Cult, the orcs know a lot about humans, and the actions of the Northland army are monitored at all times. It can be said that the orc army can progress so fast after breaking through, in addition to its own strength
, it is also inseparable from the intelligence of the Rising Sun Cult. Wherever the nobles have a firm will to resist, where there are nobles who are willing to surrender, where a large army is stationed, and where food and grass are hoarded, there is no need to send people to investigate by yourself.
Adriello comes to know.
"Three days."
Hearing this time, Gro had some hesitation on his face. After careful consideration, he made up his mind, summoned the two generals around him, and ordered:
"Bring ten more legions up and attack regardless of casualties. I want you to completely occupy this city within three days."
"Yes, Lord Great Shaman!"
If they can't capture Sirgel, the orcs will be a bit passive this time when they attack north. After all, the human army relies on the Longjiang River and the navy. As long as they pass Sirgel, they can go straight to the Golden Dragon City. Whether they attack or stay, it will be completely human.
Taking the initiative, if the opponent goes directly along the Longjiang River to Jinlongdu, then their army of more than one million people will have no choice but to watch.
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Night has fallen, and the orcs' attack has not stopped. Although the defenders set up an ambush and killed many orcs the day before, and won another great victory when the orcs were unprepared, the casualties of 10,000 to 20,000 people were a huge blow to the orcs at this time.
It was nothing at all, and it would not improve the situation of the defenders. Under Gro's order, an army of nearly half a million orcs poured into the city. They stopped fighting street battles with humans and took advantage of their strength to launch a comprehensive attack on the city.
Spread out, occupying street by street. Using torches to advance day and night, the defenders soon began to be unable to hold on. Not only did the ordinary troops suffer heavy casualties, but even the system troops continued to suffer casualties.
A dilapidated street was filled with corpses from both sides. The casualties on both sides were about the same. It was hard to tell which side had more casualties. But judging from the scene, the orcs had the advantage because there was only one woman standing in a circle on the human side.
Among the corpses, the orcs were more than ten meters away, maintaining a dense formation, looking like they wanted to attack but were hesitant.
"What's going on here? The Fifth Flag Regiment next to us has advanced for more than a hundred meters. Why haven't you taken it down yet?"
There was no progress here for a long time, and the orc officer behind him discovered it. Soon an orc general wearing a high-ranking officer's armor came over and questioned him.
"Legion Commander, that human is too strong. All the human troops around her have been killed long ago. She has been blocking us for almost half an hour. Many of the warriors who went up have died."
The orc warrior next to him immediately defended himself. At the prompting of the other party, the army commander also glanced at the opposite side through the firelight. This glance made the orc army commander take a breath. From the perspective of the entire battlefield,
There are both human corpses and orc corpses, but the human casualties should be larger. After all, there is a gap in combat power. The casualty ratio that is close to one to one is all because of the support of systematic troops and heroes.
But just looking at the feet of the woman opposite, I found that the surroundings were densely packed with corpses of orc soldiers. I estimated that there were at least two or three hundred people in the first year. There was not a single corpse of a human soldier around. This can only show that just
This woman killed two or three centurions by herself, which made him even the leader of the army.
However, after taking a breath of cold air, the order that should be executed must still be carried out. The order of the great shaman is to attack regardless of casualties. How can it be hindered because of this woman?
"You, lead the men and continue the attack, otherwise military law will be imposed! Don't let the Third Flag Regiment be shamed because of you cowards."
"Sir, we are not cowards!"
The legion commander's words had come to this point. What else could the orc warriors leading the team do? They could only look at the terrifying human woman, gritted their teeth and shouted to embolden themselves.
"Warrior of the orcs, for the kingdom! Charge with me!"
More than a hundred orc warriors rushed forward, and then a white vindictive light flashed, which was quite dazzling in the night. Along with this dazzling vindictive light came the incessant screams of the orcs, a hundred orcs.
Less than a quarter of an hour after the team rushed forward, they all turned into dead souls under the sword.
The human opposite just picked up the sword and wiped the blood on the sword with his sleeve.
"Keep attacking! I don't believe she can keep releasing her fighting spirit."
Under the supervision of the legion commander, the orcs did not hesitate this time, and a new team immediately rushed forward.
"Orcs are indeed a bunch of savage guys."
The person guarding here was none other than Elena. Although all the soldiers she led were killed in the battle, she alone blocked the orc army for a long time, killing the orcs who were so frightened that they did not attack for a while.
But at this time, her fighting spirit had indeed been almost exhausted.
After taking a look at the orc army commander who was giving orders in the crowd, he seemed to feel something and took a step back into the crowd.
She could only give up the tempting idea. In order to avoid exhausting her fighting spirit and falling into the army, Elena chose to turn around and leave. The attacking orcs breathed a sigh of relief. They would rather face monsters like snake men.
, and I don’t want to meet this woman again.
After this battle, we should be able to achieve a breakthrough...
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City Lord's Mansion
"Lord Gru, if the orcs continue to attack like this, we may not be able to sustain your reinforcements. Should we consider breaking out?"
"Don't worry, Lord Richard already knows the situation here. He sent people to support us?"