119 The power of civil engineering

The walls of the ditch are blistered over the soft land, I want to climb up but there is no place to focus on it, I reach out and pick it up, I grab a large handful of mud and sand from the ditch, and it is very difficult to climb up, plus the orc is already heavy, jump to the bottom of the ditch, and the mud will be covered by the mud over the ankles, and the mud will stick off the boots as soon as I lift my feet, anyway, it is all kinds of discomfort to climb the ditch.

The forward of the orcs was trapped in the mud of the first trench, unable to use their hands and feet, and their speed slowed down sharply, and the soldiers behind could not continue to rush forward because of the terrain, so they could only wait in front of the ditch, waiting for the first group to crawl over.

At this moment, Xiao Feng, who was standing on the city wall, raised his right hand, and Kyle, who was standing next to him, immediately opened his bow, and the other seventy or so people beside Kyle also drew the bows and arrows in their hands.

More than fifty of these people were members of the cattle hunting team, and more than twenty were overseers who were selected from the natives on Friday to maintain order, and they were all warriors of various tribes, including the captain of the leopard, who used to be hunters who were good at bows and arrows when they were in the tribe.

Xiao Feng waved his hand fiercely, and there was immediately a 'tense' sound of the bowstring playing after the arrows were released, and then a row of arrows rained through the air.

Because they were in a high place, Xiao Feng did not let the archers choose to shoot horizontally, but chose to throw, the arrows formed a parabolic arrow rain in the air, and after flying to the highest place, they fell down quickly, and those half-orc strikers happened to be trapped in the first mud ditch at this time.

Because they were too light on the enemy, they didn't even take out their shields, and the rain of arrows that fell from the sky fell fiercely from the heads of the orcs, splashing a rain of blood in this ditch.

The half-orcs who were hit by arrows in the ditch burped on the spot, some of the lucky ones were slightly injured, and some of the unlucky ones were hit by the key points and failed to burp on the spot, and they immediately let out a terrible scream.

The half-orcs who were standing in front of the ditch waiting to climb the ditch were also shot down sporadically, and this sudden change startled them, and before they could understand what was going on, a second round of arrow rain had fallen overhead, and this round of arrow rain shot farther away when Xiao Feng commanded everyone to adjust the elevation angle, and shot down more than a dozen of the half-orcs who were crowded in front of the ditch. . .

Now even the half-orcs are stupid and know what's going on, and there are a few leaders in the back team who look like guys, and they immediately shouted for everyone to retreat.

Although the orcs are not afraid of death, they are not fools, the current battlefield area is too narrow, and they can't spread out the formation, in front of the ditch, that is, to give those humans heads, simply retreat first, from the new organization team to attack.

The military quality of the leader of the half-orcs was okay, and he began to beckon his subordinates to retreat, Xiao Feng hurriedly ordered the archers to launch a round before they retreated, after all, their bows and arrows had a range of 100 meters, and if they stood on a platform more than eight meters high and threw them, they could shoot farther, so at this time, of course, they had to take advantage of the panic of the half-orc team to collect more heads.

The orcs retreated quickly, but still under this round of arrows, a dozen human heads were left behind.

Xiao Feng looked at the situation on the battlefield from the telescope, and couldn't help but sigh at these half-orcs, this is rough enough to be thick-skinned, Xiao Feng earlier in order to maximize the killing of half-orcs, they all chose the heavy arrows of conical iron arrows, plus the gravity after ejection, these two arrows, plus gravitational acceleration, if people only wear simple leather armor and hit it, they must have burps on the spot.

But these orcs will burp on the spot unless they are hit by these heavy arrows in the face, neck or chest, if they only hit the arms and legs, these guys can still grit their teeth and endure the pain, and follow the team to retreat, although the speed is a little slower, but they do not immediately lose their combat effectiveness.

This beast is really terrifying, Xiao Feng knows that the reason why the half-orcs have such a performance is entirely because they are not fully evolved, maintaining the wildness of the beast, and usually secreting several times more than humans, or even more than ten times more hormones, and these hormones will make them stronger and more flexible than humans, and they are more able to endure hunger and pain, of course, excessive hormone secretion is not entirely a good thing, which will make these guys like to follow instinct more, that is to say, it is not easy to follow the rules, it is easy to get up, and the development of wisdom will be limited.

But on the battlefield, this is a bunch of terrible guys, completely following the instincts of beasts, fierce and fearless to death, no wonder the human army is not their opponent.

The orcs retreated in a hurry, leaving thirty or forty corpses in the first trench and in front of the ditch, and it is estimated that more than twenty wounded soldiers escaped.

Needless to say, the natives have never lived in a castle before, and they have no concept of defending the city, and when they encountered the orcs before, they were all directly hand-to-hand, and they used their own shortcomings to meet the length of the half-orcs, and they were basically beaten to the ground in a face.

How had they ever seen such a battle today? The orcs were killed thirty or forty before they even got close to them, which seemed to them to be a great victory, and of course they couldn't help but cheer on the spot.

Sure enough, he deserved to be a god-like master, but he just commanded everyone to dig a few ditches, and he blocked the orcs.

And those Toulon soldiers, in the face of such a result, were also very satisfied, they had defended the city before, but they never remembered to dig a ditch in front of the city wall, and everyone attacked the city directly, even when the orcs attacked the castle they guarded.

When Xiao Feng asked everyone to dig a ditch and fill it with water, everyone was very puzzled, why did they do this, but now they understand, it's just that they have paid some manual labor, but it can bring such results, and the resentment accumulated when digging the ditch a few days ago has dissipated at once.

Soon they also cheered with the natives, and their eyes gradually changed when they looked at Xiao Feng.

Compared to these ordinary soldiers, Knight Kyle and Kayla are well-informed, they have been to many castles, the most magnificent of which is the royal city of the Toulon Empire, but they have seen a moat in the royal city, as for digging a few earth ditches in front of the castle, and mud in the ditch, they have really never seen such a defense before.

But now it seems that although this method is very earthy, the effect is exceptionally good.