Chapter 253: Attack and Defense 1
"Tread, step, step, step..."
"Hurry up, hurry up!"
"Bear hunting crossbow! Get ready! ”
"Rush the stones!"
Bands of city guards and militia were preparing for battle on the walls of Tiemu City, but Tiemu City was actually not a too majestic city, it was a small city, and the walls were relatively not tall enough, far less solid than military castles such as Iron Wood Fort and Boulder Fort.
But as the starting place of the Hunter family, the city defense materials and facilities are absolutely over-spec, there are seven or eight bear hunting crossbows fixed on the city wall alone, boiling gold juice has been boiled on the iron pot, the soldiers are in high spirits, and the materials in the city are sufficient.
Although the city is small, it will definitely take a lot of effort to break such a city in ancient China, but now the attacking side is an orc after all, and no one dares to be careless.
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Under the city, when the iron and wood city was ready to mobilize for battle, the orcs were not idle, unlike ogres, orcs have their own civilization, and they are much stronger than ogres in making siege tools, and they have their own style.
For a short time, the orcs did not build any large siege equipment, only some tools such as flying hooks and ladders, and some shield carts to help get close to the city walls.
If these siege tools are used to deal with a fortified city like Herburg or Zhenbeiguan, which is completely military, it is definitely not enough, but it is more than enough to deal with Ironwood City.
With the strength of the orc warriors, it is completely possible to throw the flying hook directly onto the city wall and hang it, and the city wall is more than ten meters high, for these elite orc warriors, it is the height that can be climbed in a few seconds, and after taking the cloud ladder, their speed can even be faster.
"Lord Nuno, the guards of this human city don't seem to be weak."
In the distance, the orc side is also carefully observing the iron and wood city, of course, the movement on the city wall can not hide the eyes of the orcs, those iron pots hanging high and the big crossbow arranged at the head of the city, the orcs can be regarded as seeing a lot, this set, in the Dragon Breath Pass defenders are the most basic.
"Hmph, stubborn resistance."
"Send a team of 100 people and test it first."
"Yes, sir."
In the past, the orcs faced the Dragon's Breath Pass, which was claimed to never fall, and any military fort there was several levels more difficult to gnaw than the walls of Ironwood City, and it was normal for Nuno to look down on the city defense of Ironwood City.
However, Nuno is indeed a good commander, and even if Ironwood City doesn't look very good, he still cautiously tries it first.
Under the walls of Ironwood City, a group of orcs of more than 100 people began to approach the walls of Ironwood City with shield carts and siege equipment, and there were more orc troops behind them carrying siege equipment such as ladders, ready to follow up at any time.
"Bear hunting crossbow, prepare!"
"Put!"
"Buzz, buzz..."
Although the orcs were still far away at this time, the bear hunting crossbows mounted on the city wall had a longer range, and these crossbows were not miniaturized, and they could be operated by four people at the same time directly on the city wall.
The effective range of this large bear-hunting crossbow can already reach a distance of 1,000 steps.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Seven or eight giant arrows landed more accurately near the orc team pushing the shield cart forward, one of which also pierced directly into the front of a advancing shield cart, and several orcs in charge of the cart were shocked and fell to the ground, and they didn't recover for a long time.
Unfortunately, although the giant arrow proved to have hit the shield cart, it did not destroy it, and the orcs who were covered by the shield cart did not suffer any substantial damage.
"Bear hunting crossbow, prepare!"
"Reloaded!"
"Put!"
"Buzz, buzz..."
Regardless of whether it did damage or not, the bear-hunting crossbow on the city continued to rain arrows at the advancing orcs.
Because of Richard's obsessive-compulsive disorder, the bear-hunting crossbow has a set of standardized processes from loading and pulling strings to aiming and firing, and the soldiers have become quite proficient in this set of processes in the day-to-day training, which has virtually accelerated the firing speed of the bear-hunting crossbow.
Twenty seconds after the first arrow was fired, the Bear Hunting Crossbow was once again ready and completed another round of firing.
This time the orcs were not so lucky, although a giant arrow was still stuck in the shield cart, but the orc hiding behind it was still stabbed by half of the giant arrow that passed through the shield cart.
In addition to the naturally powerful creatures such as the dragon, the creatures of normal flesh and blood are difficult to withstand this kind of giant arrow, half of the giant arrow penetrated the iron armor in front of the orc in an instant, and submerged into its heart, and the powerful giant arrow completely shattered its heart, but the orc is also extremely vigorous, and he pulled himself out of the giant arrow, only to fall to the ground and convulsed a few times to die, and the other orcs completely ignored the death of their companions, and soon an orc took his place and continued to move forward, These carefully selected orcs are all elites who have long been accustomed to life and death, and on the battlefield, they don't even care too much about their own life and death, how can they care about others.
However, Nuno, the orc legion leader who was watching the battle from the rear, his eyes jumped, as a commander, he naturally saw more things,
The powerful range and launch speed of this giant arrow are much stronger than the giant arrow on the Dragon's Breath Pass, is there any great progress in the human war equipment, and even such a small city can be equipped with such a sharp weapon?
"Bang, bang..."
The bear-hunting crossbow on the city wall once again completed a salvo, this time it actually caused two casualties among the orcs, and in just a hundred paces of advancement, three elite warriors died, and Nuno still felt a little pain in his heart,
These are the elites who can serve as even chiefs in ordinary legions, and it is really a bit of a loss to be killed by human long-range equipment like this.
"When the shield chariot approaches the city wall, let the whole army press it together, and be sure to take the city wall with a thunderous blow."
"Yes, sir..."
Nuno felt that he had almost seen the opponent's hole cards defending the city, and he was waiting for the shield cart in front of him to attack with all his strength if he found a safe path.
After all, they still have a lot of tasks to come to the Northland, and it is impossible to delay too long in this small city.
"Gam, you and I will prepare, wait for a few great warriors, and rush to the city wall when we find a suitable opportunity."
"Also, wait and order the troops in front to protect those big crossbows after taking the city wall, so that no one can destroy them."
"Yes, sir!"
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On the other side, just when Nuno was distressed by the loss of several elite orc warriors, the human officers watching on the city wall were not very satisfied,
"Why are these wooden carts pushed by the orcs so strong? Prove that you haven't broken even if you have been hit by a bear hunting crossbow! ”
"That's right..."
"The orcs are coming up, each holding his place!"
"Yes!"
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