Chapter 336: The Battle of Lancaste (2)

Hathaway stood motionless and watched the enemy's advance, the Orc Empire was barren, and most of the soldiers had their own armor and weapons. However, after invading the Odiga Empire, they captured a large amount of weapons and equipment, so they also wore the standard equipment of the Empire, which looked quite powerful.

"I don't know how those guys defend the city, if they can't beat the orcs, why do they still have so much armor? If I were the emperor's old man, I would have to ask them a charge of being an enemy! "Alia. Forgu said with some disdain.

Although the emperor is noble, in fact, it is not impossible to say, especially since she is a dwarf, and there are no taboos, Hathaway is not impressed, and the soldiers around her pretend not to hear. And in the hearts of everyone, they are also very dissatisfied - if those materials are destroyed, the combat effectiveness of the orc army will be weakened by a few points, and in the final analysis, it is those people who are not able to plan.

According to the normal rules of defending the city, outside the moat, it is usually necessary to dig a dry trench, which is buried with various spikes to block the enemy's advance. The moat was about half to a third as wide and one third as deep as the moat, and there was a wall beyond the moat. In addition, Hathaway also arranged for people to dig some traps in front of them that were not too deep, and the ground was also potholed, so that both pedestrians and cars could rest smoothly.

At this moment, those orc warriors pushed the shield carts to protect the infantry forward, but the ground was potholed and difficult to walk, Rao is orc warriors were strong, and it was extremely difficult to push, and it didn't take long for six or seven shield carts to sink into the pit.

The pit is not deep. However, after the heavy shield cart was trapped, it was difficult to push out, and the lizard archers hiding behind could only continue to move forward in a group, past the rejection of the horses. At this time, they had already entered the attack range of the defenders of the city, but to do cover shooting, they were still too far away from the city wall. Therefore, they had to seize the position where they could fire at any time from the danger of being fired by the defenders, and then cover the infantry to quickly approach the moat and prepare for the crossing.

The lizard archers are estimating the distance they will shoot. The archers at the head of the city were also estimating the distance. The two sides did not seem to be fighting at all at this moment. But the invisible battle is going on all the time.

"Shoot!" Thomas. But Hawk couldn't wait any longer, and he struck first...... Speaking of implementation, he didn't think that the archers of the city defense army could compare to the lizard archers, which were the best races in the Orc Empire.

After all, the city defense army has a geographical advantage. With a good range advantage. The first wave of arrows was fired. Dozens of lizardmen who rushed to the front were shot to the ground.

The infantry, who had been following behind the archers, immediately rushed forward with shields waving their shields to cover them. The rest of the archers ran as fast as they could, taking the firing position before the defenders' second wave of bows fell.

They pulled the horned bows in their hands. Shoot a rain of arrows towards the walls.

The orc army has gained a lot in Zimbuwe Province this time, but it is not enough for the whole army to change its equipment, especially weapons such as bows and crossbows, which are originally quite expensive, and the capture is not enough to distribute, and the power is not as good as that of the city defense army. Thomas. Hauk commanded the archers to shoot non-stop, and for a while, the arrows above and below the city were like flying locusts, and the shooting was so lively.

At the same time, the large crossbow in the city also began to be used, and the crossbow arrows with the thickness of the arm shot into the crowd, bringing a rain of blood, and the crossbow arrows were slanted into the ground, and the tail of the crossbow was still trembling slightly, making a 'buzzing' sound.

"Over the years, the Orc Empire has taken many craftsmen from human countries, and some people have taken the initiative to join in order to be greedy for money. Just ten years ago, the orcs relied mainly on capture of siege equipment, but now they are able to make their own. "Sicconi. Sheldon's words were quite painful.

"So what? It's just a spectacle. Hathaway disagreed.

Everyone next to him pouted secretly...... What does it look like? Even the crossbow bolts of the city defense crossbow can't be broken, so it's too good!

Hathaway smiled slightly, flipped her hand, and a short bow appeared in her hand, and then took out a quiver.

Magic Arrow!

The eyes of several city defense officers next to him flashed slightly, they had thought that Hathaway would perform magic, but they didn't expect her to use arrows...... However, despite the large size of the shield cart, if you want to shoot, you have to be skilled in the bow and arrow.

Hathaway didn't say much, took out an arrow, put it on the string, and with a little aiming, she let go of her hand...... and with a 'whoosh' sound, the arrow shot out.

In a rain of arrows, such an arrow does not give people a different feeling, but when that arrow hits the target, it is different.

Rumble!

In the loud noise, a burst of fire rose, and the entire shield car was blown apart, and dozens of orc soldiers around him, some of them were shocked and killed, and some were blown down by the fragments of the exploded shield car, and in the raging fire, the orc soldiers behind were greatly panicked.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!!

There was another series of loud bangs, and the remaining dozen or so shield carts were destroyed by Hathaway one by one, and she kept moving on the city walls, and the enemy couldn't capture her location at all, and it was simply unrealistic to destroy this magic archer who had caused them huge casualties.

The destruction of the shield cart increased the casualties of the lizard archers, forcing the Orc Empire to accelerate the pace of siege...... When these orc infantry attacked, they all carried a burden filled with soil, and at this time, they rushed to the dry trench in front of the rain of arrows in the city and threw the burden into it.

In a matter of moments, the trench had been filled. The siege sergeants had already rushed close to the moat.

Woo~~~

The desolate sound of the horn resounded in the sky, echoing across the Buchar River, and the orc warriors, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, looked excited, took out the tools they had brought to cross the river, and began to cross the river...... The orcs have a good way of dealing with the moat. When they killed the sheep, they dug up all the flesh and bones of the sheep, leaving only a whole skin, sewn it up, and filled it with air to use as a floating tool. Of course, in the presence of ships, no one will choose such a stupid approach. However, there were no boats available on the moat, and with the width of the river, it was impossible to fill it up like a trench for a while, so only this tool called a puff sac could be used.

The river was wide, and groups of wolf soldiers, holding scimitars in their mouths, holding floating sacs in one hand and round shields in the other, jumped into the moat while striking arrows. In an instant, human heads appeared on the surface of the river, and everyone rowed forward, completely oblivious to the fact that the house was a shiny substance floating on the surface of the river.

Reddis, who was in charge of the Chinese army, was also watching the soldiers attacking the city, although he did not have a telescope, but the sharp eyes of the high-ranking warriors made him see the progress of the siege soldiers very clearly. For some reason, when the werewolf soldiers jumped into the moat, he had an ominous premonition and almost opened his mouth to ask them to withdraw.

Just as he hesitated, he suddenly noticed that something seemed different in the city...... Like, some of the archers switched to rockets.

Fire...... Edith's face suddenly turned ugly, and he understood where the danger was coming from.

"Withdraw immediately!" He shouted loudly and ordered the horn to be sounded for the withdrawal of troops.

However, it was too late for this qiē, and rockets roared into the moat...... Hathaway's alchemy chamber isn't just in the Mage's Tower. In the fairy garden, there is also an alchemy room, and between coming to Lancaith City, she also prepared a large number of alchemy materials, including many materials for refining incendiary potions.

After arriving in Lancastes, Hathaway met with Siccone. Sheldon and others have studied how to cross this moat, which is a little unbelievably wide.

The traditional stuffing with earthen bags certainly won't work, because the moat is too wide, and the defenders won't watch it when the enemy fills it.

Building a bridge or using a boat is also unrealistic, and the rest is to cross the river with swimming equipment alone, so Hathaway hit the idea on the surface of the river and refined a batch of incendiary potions.

This agent can float on the surface of the river, is not easy to drift, and is less reflective, so it is difficult to spot from a distance. Unless it's an isolated space, it burns the target to the ground.

At this moment, the fire on the river was blazing, as if the city of Lancastes was besieged in a sea of fire, countless figures screamed in the sea of fire, rolling, the smell of meat curled, the purgatory-like scene frightened the soldiers on both sides of the city and the city, and the whole battlefield looked very strange, except for the screams from the sea of fire, there was only the desolate sound of the horn...... It's as depressing as a funeral.

"Collect the troops!" Edith looked at the city with gloomy eyes, and it took a long time for him to spit out these two words again.

"Marshal, we want revenge!"

More than a dozen generals of various ethnic groups were like a nest blown up.

"Shut up!"

Reddis shouted, his gaze swept over the faces of the generals: "This is in front of the two armies, what do you want to do?" Well?! ”

All the generals were silent and did not dare to speak again.

It's not that they despise the marshal's authority, it's that the wave of soldiers just now died too miserably - at least two thousand!

They were burned alive!

The fire on the river had been extinguished, and there were dense corpses floating on the water, except for a very few people on the shore who were able to escape to the shore in time, all the soldiers who entered the center of the river died, and none of them were able to rush to the other side alive.

"It's cruel!" Hathaway's face was also ugly, there were too many casualties in the war, and it was all helpless. But the ...... is in front of you Those people had little room for resistance, not even a chance to surrender.

"My lord, this is war. Killing the enemy with a single means is the result that is the most concerning. "Next to Sicconi. Seeing her face, Sheldon seemed to understand something, and whispered comfort.

"My lord, the enemy army has withdrawn, is it chasing and killing?" Thomas. Hauke asked.

"No, let them go down." Hathaway waved her hand and hurriedly turned around and walked down the city...... There was no need for her to sit in the town, and those orc soldiers would probably not be able to organize another attack for a while. (To be continued......)