"Chapter 44: The Hard War, Part I"

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—Sigmund Freud (Austrian Jewish psychologist, psychiatrist, founder of the psychoanalytic school)

The most combat-ready hoplite cavalry unit and Cabaye's cavalry brigade were left behind by Bai Feng in the camp of the wounded soldiers at the rear of the fortress, and the battle on the city wall was not something that the cavalry could mix, so it was a good choice for them to defend the barracks.

Three groups of Cretan archers once again ascended the giant watchtower on the wall, and four imposing Roman youth and two fierce Spartan hoplites became the reserve force on the wall, which was in fact the main reinforcement.

Because it was the five thousand tiger warriors in the orc army who attacked the left flank wall, compared to the attack on the fortress and the right flank wall, the defensive pressure on the left flank city wall was undoubtedly huge, which was the reason why Bai Feng personally led his own guards to come.

Ordinary orc warriors have a combat effectiveness far beyond the soldiers of the imperial army, and the imperial soldiers can only withstand the attack of the orc army under the premise of relying on fortresses and various defensive tools;

Although the six brigades under Hans's command were the officers and men of the Seventh Wing equipped with the standard weapons and equipment of the Roman heavy infantry, their real combat effectiveness was not comparable to that of the Roman heavy infantry, and with these 6,000 soldiers alone, there was almost no possibility of stopping the frenzied attack of the 5,000 tiger soldiers.

Even the existence of Hans, a system general born as a Germanic berserker, could not fundamentally change the gap in combat power between the Imperial soldiers and the Tiger warriors;

The 5,000 Tiger warriors paused their attack 800 meters away from the left flank wall, while the other 40,000 ordinary orc warriors launched an unrelenting attack on the fortress and the right flank wall, and the fierce battle unfolded as the battle horn sounded.

The asphalt that was not used up last time had been dried in the sun for more than ten days waiting for the orc army to attack, but Bai Feng, who had lost this defensive weapon, deployed more fire oil on the fortress and the two wings of the city wall.

The orc warriors, shouting the slogan of the charge, carried the ladders on their shoulders and made their way to the fortress and the walls, and when their ladders were set up on the walls, the defenders smashed the rolling stones and sassalwood that had been prepared into the ladders.

The heavy rolling stone and wood smashed the heads of countless of the most ferocious orc warriors into blood, and the corpses were all over the field, and even the seemingly sturdy cloud ladder could not withstand the blow of the sassal wood, and they were smashed one after another, and fell down with the orc warriors on the cloud ladder.

Orc warriors, who are hard-to-be wounded by bows and arrows, are born with skin that is incredibly defensive, and the Rolling Stones and Oakwoods, which are enough to kill and intimidate human soldiers, seem to be completely unable to stop their attacks.

Inspired by a small number of shamans, the orc warriors rushed to the fortress symbolizing death like madmen, and watched the orc warriors once again erect ladders, forcing the defenders to use fire oil!

"Fire oil, ready, pour!"

With López's loud shout, the soldiers of the defending army who were ready to attack instantly released the ropes in their hands that were holding the oil pot, and dozens of pots of boiling oil fell on the orc warriors who were climbing the ladder in an instant, and they screamed fiercely!

"Ah!!" An orc warrior who was directly doused with fire oil only had time to let out a heart-wrenching scream, and then he had already turned into a corpse without breathing, and fell down the ladder and smashed into the orc warrior below the ladder.

What is terrifying is not the death-threatening screams of these orc warriors who were directly burned to death by the oil, but the deaths of the orcs who were burned by the oil but did not die immediately, their terrible screams and faintly visible skeletons are really chilling!

However, the defenders on the city wall did not pity the orc warriors who attacked them, and as soon as dozens of pots of fire oil were poured on one side, the defenders on the other side dropped the city wall with lit torches.

"Smack...... Syllable...... ......The crackling flames not only temporarily blocked the attack of the orc army, but also burned countless orc warriors into fireballs fleeing in all directions!

The 25,000 orc warriors who attacked the fortress and the 15,000 orc warriors who attacked the right flank wall were all severely damaged by the fire oil, and the orc army had to retreat a little and wait for the fire to finish before continuing the attack.

The previous months of fighting allowed the Imperial army to accumulate experience in attacking the Sunset Fortress while allowing the Imperial army to accumulate experience in dealing with the orc army.

Of course, the main fortress in each fortified area has a certain number of mages to assist the defenders in their defense, but unfortunately, this luxurious configuration has nothing to do with the defenders of the other twelve small fortresses, and everyone still has to deal with the orc army in the same old way.

Just when the orc army attacking the fortress and the right flank city wall suspended the attack, the 5,000 tiger warriors who had not moved finally took action, and Hans, who was in charge of the command of the left flank wall, immediately issued a targeted order to prepare for battle.

800 meters, 600 meters, 500 meters, 450 meters, 400 meters...... Before the 5,000 Tiger warriors could enter the range of the Cretan archers, a shaman in a different costume chanted a low incantation for hundreds of meters among the Tiger warriors!

Bai Feng and Hans on the city wall are both 'newcomers' who have just arrived at Sunset Fortress, and they don't know much about the most feared shaman in the Orc Empire, until the shaman's chant grows louder and louder, and Bai Feng quickly takes measures to restrain him.

A starfall wind-chasing arrow shining with silver light was shot by Bai Feng at a singing orc shaman, but it turned out that the tigerman warriors who suddenly rushed out blocked this killer arrow for their shaman, and the death of the four tigermen in exchange for this sharp arrow returned in vain.

So, Bai Feng did not hesitate to shoot the second Starfall Chasing Wind Arrow, and it was still the tigerman warrior who was still not afraid of death who blocked this sharp arrow;

At this time, the tigerman warriors, who were charging faster and faster, successfully rushed to within 300 meters of the left flank wall, and the Cretan archers on the watchtower immediately began their volleys;

"Great Beast God, please bless your followers, and let the blood of the enemy fulfill your prestige!" a leader of the shamans, with a fanatical look and a language that Bai Feng could understand, shouted, "The wrath of the beast god is coming!!"

"Wrath of the Beast God?" In this magical world, words related to gods are not so easy to appear, and Bai Feng, who was slightly condensed in his heart, had just put the seventh Starfall Wind Chasing Arrow on the bowstring, and saw a blood-red vortex gathered above the city wall!

This blood-red vortex that was spinning faster and faster made everyone, including Bai Feng, feel an extremely strong coercion, but what made Bai Feng feel even more terrifying was the blood-colored vortex that appeared above the other fortresses!

Could it be that the orc army has been plotting for so long just to release this 'beast god's wrath'? As soon as he thought of this, Bai Feng felt a slight chill rising from his back; in today's battle, the attacking orc army was afraid that they would have to go all out.

PS: There was a power outage in the morning, just called, sorry......