When the forward troops of both sides approached a distance of 500 steps, the Shenwei crossbows of the Northern Army took the lead in unleashing their power, and more than two thousand giant arrows as long as short spears flew towards the large group of orcs.
Under Christian's command, the accuracy of the Divine Power Crossbow was quite good, with more than two-thirds falling directly into the orc formation.
"shield!"
"Raise your shield!"
"Dang! Dang..."
"ah!"
The advancing orcs were not completely unprotected. The front row were not flesh-and-blood orc warriors, but sturdy shield carts.
This reinforced shield car is covered with a layer of iron plate half a finger thick, and behind the iron plate is hardwood two fingers thick, with a sandwich mixed with soil in the middle to prevent fire attacks.
And the design is more complete than ordinary simple shield vehicles. The front is two triangular inclined planes, which is not easy to directly bear force. If the Shenwei crossbow is shot on it, it is easy to be directly carried away by the inclined planes.
Four or five orcs pushed the shield cart, protecting a small group of orc warriors behind them, and kept approaching the Northland army's line.
The orcs are actually more willing to engage in close combat with the Northland Army. In a large melee, the orcs' individual combat power advantage is more easily brought into play.
Although the shield cart could block some of the giant arrows, many giant arrows still passed over the shield cart and fell directly to the back row. The shield cart could block the mighty crossbows, but the shields in the hands of ordinary warriors could not block them.
A giant arrow more than one meter long can penetrate at least two orc warriors when it is fired into the orc array, or it can fall directly from the sky and pin the soldier who is raising his shield to the ground.
After two rounds of shooting, at least hundreds of orc warriors were killed. This result was actually quite good, but it was a bit insignificant compared to an army of hundreds of thousands.
In addition to the Shenwei Crossbow, some ultra-long-range arms in the system army have also begun to show their power.
Several bolts of lightning fell on the orcs' shield carts, directly shattering the shield carts in the front row. The flying fragments instantly killed five or six orc warriors around them.
Although the Titan's long-range thunder and lightning attack is single-target in the game, there are always modifications. With such a powerful skill, hitting it directly on the Orc Shield Car will achieve better results.
More than a dozen other ice giants also threw the ice spears in their hands, causing considerable casualties to the orcs hundreds of steps away.
"crossbow!"
"put!"
The orcs are not completely passive. Compared with humans, the orcs have not lagged behind in the development of war equipment. Instead, they have their own style.
To sum up, it is rough and huge. It doesn't look like much, but its practicality is pretty good. The bed crossbow and dragon hunting crossbow in the orc army are twice as big as the divine crossbow. Several orcs have to work hard to string it up and launch it, which costs thousands of dollars.
A giant arrow flew towards the formation of the Northern Army.
Part of it was blocked by wooden signs and large shields, while the other part also fell into the team of human warriors, causing a shower of blood.
It's just that both sides suffered casualties silently. Even when people kept getting hit by arrows and falling down, no one turned around and left. They all silently advanced towards the other side step by step.
"Two hundred steps!"
"One hundred and fifty steps!"
"Crossbow!"
"put!"
When both sides advance within two hundred steps, various long-range attacks become more frequent.
Especially for the Northland Army, at this distance, the Phantom Archer can perfectly exert the power of his arrows, and the Magic Mage can also throw magic missiles at the orcs on the opposite side.
At this distance, phantom shooters, magic mages, and a large number of ordinary strong archers attacked at the same time. The orcs in the front row fell like leeks, creating a death zone at a distance of 150 steps, with an ambush inside.
It was filled with the shot bodies of orcs that looked like hedgehogs.
"Continue the attack!"
"Crossbow formation ready!"
However, the determination of the orcs this time was not that great. Immediately afterwards, a flag regiment with lighter casualties came up and stepped on the limbs of the previous orc soldiers to continue charging.
Everyone knows that in this war, even if you have the chance to be a deserter, you can't outrun the supervising team, but you can't escape the wall that will turn into flying ash as soon as you touch it.
"Steam crossbow! Lift it up and try it!"
More and more orc warriors came up, but the humans brought out a few slightly strange things.
Four dark war crossbows faced the advancing orc warriors.
As for why there aren’t more?
Of the steam war crossbows I originally carried, this was the only one that was damaged on the road. If it hadn't been for maintenance along the way, this thing might not even be able to sustain itself on the battlefield.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
Four black steam crossbows began to slowly emit white smoke.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Intense crossbow arrows were fired, and in one minute, the four war crossbows poured hundreds of giant arrows at the orc warriors a hundred steps away, giving the orc warriors who had just made up for it a hammer blow, and another hundred
Many orc warriors were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
"Quick, reload!"
"Stop doing it, take it back!"
"Dragon Army, prepare for battle!"
"kill!"
Neither side's long-range attacks could directly block the other side. After several rounds of long-range attacks, the orcs still rushed to the front of the Northland Army. The Dragon Army officers who faced the orc army were not timid at all.
After ordering several soldiers to help carry away the steam crossbow, he immediately raised his sword and ignited his fighting spirit, leading the soldiers behind him to actively attack the orc soldiers who were approaching...
"kill!"
"boom!"
Officers with the strength of a great knight took the lead and fought with the orcs who rushed up from behind the shield car. Under the dual effects of system medicine and training camp, the combat power of the Northland Army from the quasi-knight to the great knight level showed a blowout.
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On average, two centurions can equip one knight, which is even more luxurious than the royal capital's imperial army in the past. In terms of proportion, it is already equivalent to the proportion of orc warriors among orc warriors. Frontal battles are in the mid-to-high end.
You won't suffer any loss in terms of force.
The leading officer ignited his fighting spirit and cut down the two orc warriors with one sweep of his sword. Then he was approached by the orc warrior and restrained each other.
The remaining warriors quickly followed, and the two sides collided in front of the formation.
"boom!"
The weapons met, and the orc's battle ax struck the armor, making an unpleasant metal collision sound, and blood spurted out from the wound.
The Northland Army did not show any weakness, even hitting the orcs with pickaxes and armor-piercing awls created bloody holes.
The moment the two sides came into contact, they entered the bloodiest state of consumption and fighting, with screams and blood splattering everywhere.
Judging from the scene, the orcs still have some advantages. Although the Northern Army has been armed to the extreme, in hand-to-hand combat, the orcs' strength and physical advantages are still extremely huge. They are generally more than a head taller and wider than the Northern soldiers.
The orc warriors in the circle, wearing heavy armor like a small tank, can usually knock the human soldiers to the ground when they hit them with their shields.
The elite soldiers of the dragon army need at least two people to cooperate to have a chance to knock down the orc warriors with armor-piercing weapons.
"crusader!"
"attack!"
The orc forwards fought very fiercely, driving the Northland Army's ten-mile-long front line inward by dozens of meters, but they soon encountered a tough enemy.
Ron led dozens of Scarlet Crusaders and more than 300 ordinary Crusaders around him from the fulcrum position, and immediately suppressed the momentum of the orcs. Ron, who was at the peak of the earth level, was not inferior to the orc army commander level.
The master, after killing two orc warriors, still held down the orc army commander.
The combat power of the Crusaders behind them was also very exaggerated. Working together in twos and twos, they quickly harvested the lives of the orc warriors with superb swordsmanship. Within minutes of joining the battle, the orcs were driven out of the line.
"Let the Samurai go up!"
"Don't let those humans move on!"
"clang!"
The Northland Army concentrated the Scarlet Crusaders and ordinary Crusaders as assault force. The Orcs also had a support force composed of warriors and great warriors. They immediately came up to the Crusaders after they took action to prevent them from massacring ordinary warriors.
"kill!"
"boom!"
"Let the rear team speed up and mix with the humans. We have the advantage in strength and are not afraid of fighting with the humans."
"Yes, sir!"
"Full speed ahead, full speed ahead!"
"drink!"
"Roar!"
As the orcs accelerated their actions, a dragon roar came from the air, and two purple dragons, protected by more than twenty giant dragons, flew over the battlefield.
A rain of fire formed in the sky, and then flew towards the orc rear team.
The two purple dragons used Meteor Fire Rain at the same time, which could cover a range of seven or eight miles, including most of the orc rear team.
The single damage of the burning rain of fire is not very high, and even if it hits an ordinary orc warrior, it cannot kill it immediately.
But the fire rain was falling continuously from the sky. As soon as the orc warriors extinguished the flames on their bodies, they would be immediately attached to their bodies by the falling fire rain. After a few more times, the hair and cloth on their bodies were directly ignited, and even
Become a fireman.
The burning pain was much more unbearable than the damage caused by swords. Many of the orc elites, who had scars all over their bodies and were able to fight with a few sword blows, were also burned and screamed in agony.
More importantly, under the rain of fire, the more than 100,000 orc warriors covered in it were completely thrown into chaos. Not to mention how many were burned to death by the rain of fire, the orc warriors rolled around in formations in order to extinguish the flames on their bodies.
It ceased to exist in an instant, and there was no way to talk about rushing forward to support the front troops that were already fighting with the Northland Army.
"What is this? Is it human magic again?"
Zilong had used Meteor Fire Rain before, when he was dealing with the Sea Tribe in the South China Sea. The orcs had never seen such a large-scale offensive magic. Seeing the flames falling from the sky, Grodu was a little anxious.
If this rain of fire continues, there will be no need to fight this battle.
"Has human magic actually recovered to this extent?"
Before Gro could react, Adelillo raised his hand first, and the Vulcan Mask appeared in his hand. Then he threw it into the sky. Under the eyes of hundreds of thousands of people, a red sky curtain covered the orcs.
The army was wrapped in it, and most of the fire rain falling from the sky was blocked.
This defensive artifact was used to protect the orc army when they detoured from the snowfield to attack the Northland. At that time, it protected thousands of orcs from passing through the snowfield for more than half a month, preventing them from dying in the extreme white wind of the snowfield. I didn’t want to do it at this time.
It worked again.
"This is not the magic released by a human magician!"
"Quick! Those two purple dragons are the magic they released. They must be destroyed! Using the Vulcan Cover on such a large scale will not last long."
"General Welch! I leave the command of the army to you!"
"Yes! Lord Great Shaman!"
Welch is also one of the high-ranking orc generals who have been following him in battle. Although his personal strength is not considered strong in the earth class due to his older age, he is extremely experienced in using troops. He has been leading troops for 40 years of his more than 60 years of life.
He is definitely an experienced general when it comes to fighting, and Gro can feel relieved to hand over the command of the army to him.
"Let Bailong come with me!"
Gro himself was very decisive. After Adriello finished speaking, he immediately knew that it was time to fight, and immediately took out the green Gewu Spear and flew towards the purple dragon in the sky.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
The remaining hundreds of white dragons also followed closely under the leadership of the holy white dragon. After knowing that there was no way out, the white dragon was also aroused with ferocity.