Chapter 263: Siege Battle

"Knights of the Silver Wing!

One of the strongest troops in the Blackstone Fortress, the Knights of the Silver Wing, quickly gathered and then rushed directly south under the leadership of Vane.

The orcs who caused chaos in the city had long since dispersed into squads, their purpose was not to kill, but to create chaos, and as soon as they saw that human soldiers began to gather, these orcs would rush forward and scatter the humans.

Some orcs saw that a large number of knights gathered here, and wanted to rush forward, but before they could make a move, the knights launched a charge, once the five hundred knights charged, these orcs were simply mantis arms blocking the car, and more than a dozen elite orc warriors, without even making a splash, were all drowned under the knight's hooves.

Behind the Silver Wing Knights, there were many cavalry and routs who retreated, and with these knights opening the way, the orcs in the city were powerless to resist, and soon the Silver Wing Knights rushed out of the city.

Seeing the Blackstone Fortress that had fallen into the sea of fire behind him, Vane called a personal guard beside him and said solemnly: "Give him the fastest horse!"

"Now go to Carthusian City!Tell Lord Eri that the Blackstone Fortress is lost, let him prepare as soon as possible!Go now!Hurry!You guys escort him along!"

The Blackstone Fortress was breached, and the first to attack was the Northland provinces, and the only one of those cities that could resist the orc army was Carthusian City, and once Carthusian City was lost, the orc army would be able to drive straight in.

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It was already five o'clock in the morning when Suren received the news, and he was sleeping soundly with Alex in his arms, and then he was woken up by several Harpies, and he was surprised to learn that the Blackstone Fortress had changed hands overnight.

"Are those humans rice buckets?" Su Lun couldn't help but complain, originally he thought that he would take advantage of the defeat of the orc army and the human army, but he didn't expect these human armies to be so uncompromising, relying on this strong city wall to be easily breached.

"How did the orcs break through the Blackstone Fortress?" asked Suren.

"The orcs sent elite troops, climbed over the Nafir Mountains, and then took advantage of the darkness to carry out a sneak attack, the Blackstone Fortress was disturbed in chaos, and the orc army outside the fortress took the opportunity to attack the city, and the humans were powerless to resist, so they could only abandon the city and flee. The harpy returned.

"Crossing the Nafir Mountains?" Su Lun pinched his chin: "It seems that there are ruthless people among the orcs, but it is not easy for even a small force to cross the Nafir Mountains, their number will definitely not be too much, but if you want to disturb the Blackstone Fortress, you can't do it without five or six hundred people." ”

"The orcs must have used it in a different way!"

"When you were scouting, there was nothing unusual in the orc camp. ”

"By the way, we found some Wyverns in the orc camp!" said the Harpy.

Su Lun nodded: "Bipedal Wyvern, the orcs actually domesticated this kind of wurm, then it's no wonder that their sneak attack went so smoothly." ”

"Let our people be careful, don't be discovered by the orc scouts, and pay attention to which bipedal wyverns!"

Although the bipedal wyvern is not outstanding among the flying wurms, their strength is also third-order, and they also have deadly venom, which is a very troublesome wurm, but the air force is the air force.

"How's the situation with the orcs now?" asked Suren.

"The orc army is passing through the Blackstone Gorge, and some of the orcs have begun to storm the northern provinces. ”

"It seems that the Kingdom of Florence is in big trouble now, the Blackstone Fortress has been breached, and without this barrier, the northern provinces will be plunged into a melee, and the food will be ripe in a week, and now it is time to supply those orcs!"

"Once you have enough food, these orcs won't be easy to deal with!"

While Suren was hiding, the orc army began to advance continuously into the human hinterland.

The first to suffer was Winter City, the Blackstone Fortress was breached, they didn't receive any news at all, and then they saw the orc army as soon as dawn, except for a part of these orc armies guarding the city, the remaining orc army was hurrying to harvest food.

Although the grain is still a week away, the orcs can't wait. Seeing the orc army outside the city, the city lord of Winter City did not have the courage to go out of the city to fight at all, so he directly closed the gate, and then recruited soldiers again to defend.

The orc army didn't pay attention to the actions of Winter City at all, this Winter City is not as strong as the Blackstone Fortress, and the most important thing for them now is to harvest the grain, and only after the grain is harvested, will they start to deal with the Winter City.

The army of Winter City is only a thousand people, and its strength is also very average, there are 7,000 soldiers who have been temporarily conscripted, but these people have never been on the battlefield at all, and as for the wizards, there is not a single one, and the city walls are only six or seven meters high, which is far from being comparable to the Blackstone Fortress.

Faced with this situation, the shaman in the orc army also took action, and lightning or flames were released, and this small city with a population of only twenty or thirty thousand was broken by the orcs without even holding out for a morning. Next, the orc army did not stop and went all the way south.

The rest of the prepared cities had begun to clear the walls, but the orcs came too quickly, and many times the grain was not even half harvested, and then it had to be burned. But even so, there is still a lot of food that has been stolen by the orcs.

The entire Northland was full of humans and orcs fighting each other, and the orcs continued to attack, and the humans began to fight desperately.

In order to completely defeat the human race, the orc army did not stay in other cities for long, after grabbing the food, seeing that these cities were already in full battle, and did not want to leave a chance for humans to breathe, the orcs only left a few troops to guard these cities, and the orcs rushed directly to Carthusian City.

As the most important city in the Northlands, Carthusian City was at the forefront of the fight against the Orcs for more than 200 years, until the Kingdom of Florence completely defeated the Orcs in a war, drove the Orcs further north, and built the Blackstone Fortress, since that day the Carthusian City has not experienced war for more than 100 years.

When he heard that the Blackstone Fortress had fallen, Lord Eli Savoy almost thought he had misheard.

After repeatedly confirming the accuracy of the news, the Marquis of Eri immediately launched a war mobilization order, but fortunately, the nobles living in the Northland have not completely forgotten the bravery of their ancestors, and they are much stronger than the nobles of the southern provinces.

Fortunately, the city defense of Carthusian City was well built, and after continuous efforts, Carthusian City was finally ready for war when the orcs army arrived.

The alarm bell in the city sounded, and the brigade of stubborn soldiers began to climb the city wall, Vane and Gavin also climbed the city wall with the remnants of the collected soldiers, the two of them did not escape, they have an unshirkable responsibility for the fall of the Blackstone Fortress, and if they run again now, when the war is over, the lightest punishment is to be demoted, even if it is execution.

So in order to reduce the guilt, they have to make a contribution.

Gavin had regathered more than 2,000 defeated soldiers during this time, and these defeated soldiers were originally experienced veterans, and as long as they were integrated, they would soon be able to regain their combat effectiveness. Vane also has a lot of armies in his hands, and he has a knight order at his disposal.

From the invasion of the orcs to the present, the war has lasted for more than half a month, in this half a month, both humans and orcs have suffered great losses, of course, human losses are even more, the orcs have captured more than 20,000 captives and slaves, these humans they do not intend to kill, but all of them have been reduced to slaves.

After all the soldiers gathered, Gavin and Vane immediately led them to the city wall, and along the way, there were soldiers in a hurry, and the constant alarm bells made many people know the seriousness of the situation.

When I came to the city wall, I saw that all of them were dense orcs, and the whole land was green. The war has not yet begun, and many people are already breaking out in a cold sweat on their heads.

Under the city, tens of thousands of orc armies have completed the assembly, and the orcs have surrounded this Carthusian city. All the way to the hinterland of the human kingdom, the orcs are trying to uproot the city of Carthus, as long as the city is captured, the orcs will now occupy the land will be secure.

The land that was obtained at great cost of casualties, the orcs would never be willing to spit out the fat that had been late in their mouths, even if this land was not fertile, but it was much stronger than the Northland wasteland where the original orcs lived.

For the Florentine Kingdom, the loss of the Blackstone Fortress is a bolt from the blue, and if the Carthusian city is occupied by the orcs again, it will not be so easy for the human kingdom to take it back.

The low sound of the horn sounded, and the orc army began to move slowly, and after moving to the range of the archers, the orcs began to charge forward with messy steps, and all the siege equipment was removed, and the siege towers, siege vehicles, ladders, and simple catapults with a strong orc style were also pushed out.

Although the catapults looked crudely made, they did not have any problems, and the stone projectiles were thrown by the trebuchets and smashed onto the city walls after being coated in a layer of oil.

Most of the stones of the trebuchet weigh two or three kilograms, and some heavy catapults even throw dozens of catties of stones away. The heavy stones slammed into the city walls, smashing them directly into the places where they hit, and the burning stone projectiles caused a round of chaos on the city walls.

The human side did not show weakness, and also used trebuchets to start bombarding, but because of the limited space on the city wall, the number of trebuchets was much smaller than that of the orcs, but the human trebuchets were more accurate and condescending, making their attack range wider.

Stone bullets flew up one by one, and the orc army was not directly ploughed out of these stone bullets out of the bloody path, but this did not make those orcs afraid at all.