10,000 killings, 3,000 self-inflicted losses.

Even if it was the advantage of defending the city and the night attack, after eliminating a large number of orc warriors, the defenders also paid a certain amount of casualties. The casualties were mainly the soldiers who were guarding the city during the previous flying stone attack, but some were injured by stray arrows. Of course, the number is far behind, but there are only more than 200 people.

When Hathaway went down to town, she went straight to the infirmary, which was specially opened up to treat the wounded, and everything was sterilized. The clinic was run by several doctors from the city and a pastor of the natural church, and there were no women who volunteered.

"Dr. Morgan, how's it going?" Upon entering the camp, Hathaway approached the white-haired old doctor and inquired about the wounded, where she noticed several corpses covered in white cloth, with faint blood seeping out.

"My lord, the potions and healing scrolls you sent saved the lives of most of the wounded, but a few of them died on the way because they didn't have time to be treated." Old Morgan sighed.

Too late?

Hathaway blamed herself a little, if she had applied a spell in time to the city, those people might have been saved.

She turned her head and glanced over the faces and bodies of the wounded, several women weeping beside the dead, apparently their family members.

"Listen to the warriors and families of the city defense, I am Earl Bell, the current Supreme Commander of Lancais."

Hathaway took a deep breath and said loudly, "I thank you for your efforts in this war, your lives and blood will not be meaningless. Injured. will receive a stipend; Disabled people will have an extra job in addition to the allowance; In addition to generous pensions, the minor children will receive special care from the Lord's House of the Cordillera, free schooling, and proper family resettlement. After the war, you can choose to live in the Cordillera ......"

These benefits were originally the treatment of the Cordillera city defense army and police, but since Hathaway was supervising the war in the city, the city defense army in the city was also her subordinate, so it was not surprising that she enjoyed the same treatment. And Hathaway also wants the city to be hers. Even if it's an agent. It's also good.

In fact, in her opinion, the Odida empire is big enough, like a behemoth, but in fact, it is strong on the outside. It's like the 'donkey of Qian'. Otherwise, how could the Orc Empire not harass other neighboring countries. Can't get along with the Ostega Empire?

Admittedly, the current Otiga empire looks like a tree with deep roots, but wars and internal strife. It is eroding its rhizomes, and if it is not changed in time, then the tree will wither sooner or later.

For Hathaway, she doesn't have any ambitions at the moment, she just wants to run her own territory well, have enough strength, and maybe show the ambitions that were once hidden in her chest, as for the subversion of an empire...... She hadn't thought about it yet.

In the evening, a general of the city defense army reported that the orcs had sent someone to negotiate with them in the hope of bringing back the bodies of the dead in battle. Hathaway agreed, but limited the number of corpses that could be contained, and arranged for a team of city guards to keep an eye on the city, and if anything changed, eliminate it immediately.

"Hathaway, will you arrange another night raid tonight?" Alia. Vergumo said with his fists in his hands.

Hathaway looked at Jafa next to her. Troon and the equally eager Bilin. Hegel, shaking his head: "No, certainly not at the moment." Don't think of the orc commanders as fools, they are just arrogant, so they are unguarded and let us succeed. Jayfa, tell me what's next for the orcs? ”

"Orcs don't admit defeat. First of all, in terms of numbers, they crush us, and the orcs have always looked down on the combat effectiveness of human armies; Secondly, the location of Lancastes City is very important, it is a transportation hub, if you don't occupy it, it is like a nail for the orcs, and it is possible to attack them from the inside of the body at any time, and occupying the city, whether it is supplies or transporting troops, is quite convenient, not to mention that there are a lot of materials hoarded in the city. In the end, most of the orc's supplies were burned by us, which was not enough to support them for a long time. Therefore, they will definitely attack with all their strength tomorrow, and they will not stop without touching their heads and breaking the bloodshed. "Jayfar. Troun said.

Hathaway was very relieved, she would not be surprised if she were to say this opinion from an old general, but Jayfar. Troun is two years younger than her, and she knows this way, which shows that the effort she has spent on the special combat team in the past two years has not been in vain.

The other officers had no objections, and now they were worried about whether they would be able to withstand the frenzied attacks of the orcs.

"My lord, when will the reinforcements arrive?" Thomas. Hauke asked.

"They'll be there in due course." Hathaway sold a pass and didn't answer directly.

Sure enough, as soon as the orc army was dispatched the next day, they put on a strong attack posture, and a night's rest was enough for them to make a large number of crude siege equipment, and at a glance, the shield carts were like monsters, rushing towards Lanches City.

When the besieging force came into range of the defenders, the archers and crossbow beds at the head of the city fired at the same time, and the arrows rained down, and the trebuchets of the wall scale also whistled and threw flying stones.

The orc trebuchets and archers also immediately returned their colors, and more than a dozen orc warriors roared forward, and their fighting rings poured out of their bodies, swinging their weapons against the magic attacks from the city...... Hathaway fired a total of twenty-eight burst arrows, but only destroyed twelve shield carts, and an orc warrior was blasted to pieces by four bursting arrows in a row.

As expected before the battle, the orc army sent a large number of infantry to force the river in order to attack the city, regardless of casualties, and they even sent priests who were protected by high-ranking warriors, although Hathaway also used incendiary potions in the river, but those priests also cast spells to extinguish the flames, and at the cost of ...... At least eighteen orc priests were shot dead by snipers from the special operations team, which can be described as heavy losses.

The battle continues.

Hathaway looked at the corpses and shields floating on the surface of the moat. The river was dotted with streams of blood...... Deep red, diffuse, light, like a flash in the pan, the beauty of the moment, thrilling.

This one, which is tens of meters wide, has become the terminal station of countless orcs' lives. At first, she felt sick to the smell of blood, but now she doesn't feel anything...... The blood was just a liquid of different colors, and the smell of blood was not necessarily worse than the smell of alchemical elixir.

For Hathaway, murder does not have any psychological barrier. When she was a police officer, at least a dozen criminals died under her gun, and even when she led the bandits in the Cordillera, she killed a large number of bandits. But those people are criminals for her, and they are innocent of death. However, what was in front of her was war, and whether she admitted it or not, not all of these fallen soldiers were innocent.

"In war, there is no innocent." Hathaway sighed softly, gradually realizing the feeling of those soldiers who had come from the war years.

"Roar!"

In the distance, dozens of orc priests cast a furious aura on their siege warriors, and those orc soldiers immediately bulged their muscles, their eyes were full of blood, and their entire bodies seemed to swell in a circle, and they rushed towards Lanches City with a beast-like roar from their mouths.

Probably the most depressed is the orc commander Radix, almost a third of the priests they sent to the front were killed by the enemy by inexplicable means, and almost no shield could protect the safety of the priests, otherwise why would this be so?

Hathaway, who was standing at the head of the city, saw those orc warriors with a furious aura rushing over, and she did not panic like the other city defense generals...... The orc has a special physique, and once it is blessed with a furious aura, its combat effectiveness can be increased exponentially. In the open area, often a small group of such orc warriors can defeat a powerful human army, which is also the most troublesome place for human generals.

However, just as these rampaging orc warriors crossed the moat and came to the bottom of the city, a green halo flew down from the city's head...... This green aura seemed to carry the fresh breath of grass and trees, gently brushing over those raging orc warriors.

In an instant, a burly body was like a leaking ball, quickly recovering to its original state, and the blessing effect brought by the furious aura disappeared completely, and a dense array of arrow stones overwhelmed these soldiers in an instant.

"Praise to nature! How can it be a tribute to nature?! Radix tugged at his beard in pain.

Who the hell is this guy guarding the city?

A natural salute that almost abolished nearly one-third of the orc priests' combat power. You know, the Priests' attack spells are not their strong point, and their most powerful point is to bless the warriors with various buff auras. However, nature praises this divine art as the nemesis of a qiē auxiliary spell, and having such a person on the battlefield means disarming most of the priests' combat power, and this battle ...... It's getting tougher!

"Marshal, we can protect the priest from stepping forward, how many times can she perform magic alone?" Said one of the generals.

"Don't come up with such a bad idea!"

Another general shouted, "Don't you see that humans have a weapon that can penetrate even a shield?" There have already been a number of priests returning to the arms of the god of war, and we can't afford to risk losing a large number of priests again! ”

Originally, Reddish also had the same idea and wanted to take a risk, but after listening to the whispered discussions of several generals, he was also surprised: the priest of the orcs is the most loyal spokesman of the god of war, and its birth ratio is smaller than that of human magicians, and the number of priests lost in the previous battle is enough to dismiss him, and if the remaining priests lose any more, I am afraid that even if the city is captured, it will not be as simple as dismissal.

"Stop the siege!" Radius finally made up her mind. (To be continued......)