Chapter 90: The battle heats up
"Woo-" The trumpets sounded in the enemy's camp to signify the attack, and when the signal was given to attack, the orcs roared, took their weapons, and rushed to the city wall with siege ladders. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Shoot! Shoot! "Without the commander's order, when the orcs entered the firing range, the commanders of the archery legion roared and urged their men to attack.
At this time, there is no such thing as a salvo, and the orcs running in order to avoid the bow and arrow shooting are extremely scattered, and free fire is more effective at this time!
Infrequent but dense crossbow bolts roared like locusts, and shot at the enemy with fury against the orcs.
Without any hesitation, the first team of crossbowmen immediately bent down to reload, and the second team of crossbowmen behind them quickly shot the arrows in their hands.
Because the walls were too narrow and there were some infantry in the middle of the archers, it was a pity that the archers could only be divided into two teams, and the slow reloading of the heavy crossbow caused a brief pause after two waves of blows, and then the first team of crossbowmen who had finished loading began to attack.
Even so, the orcs in the charge could no longer care about dodging the enemy's long-range attacks, and the not wide front of the city wall forced the orcs to become dense again in the charge.
In the face of crossbow arrows falling from the sky, those with shields can raise all kinds of shields in their hands to cover their vital points as much as possible, and those without shields can only roar loudly and angrily, adding some courage to themselves, and stepping on the bodies of their companions on the ground to charge forward.
Even if it is such a strong body as an orc, even if it is a blackstone orc wearing black heavy armor, in front of the heavy crossbow, he cannot escape the fate of death.
Under the blows of the crossbowmen, the charging orcs fell from time to time due to arrows, and there were constantly gaps due to the death of the orcs, but they were quickly filled again, and eventually, a siege ladder was erected on the city wall.
"Damn! The crossbowmen step back and prepare for hand-to-hand combat, and the Legion Guards step forward! Slashing his sword into the cover, Isabel cursed with a frown, and then gave the order for hand-to-hand combat.
Although the crossbowman's attack caused at least 300 casualties to the enemy, the heavy crossbow's huge power combined with full reload speed and short range made it impossible to continue the attack.
Isabel now really hopes that these shooters are holding the marksman's chain of heavy crossbows! The kind of powerful crossbow that can be loaded with three crossbow arrows at a time, even if it is placed in the hands of this kind of rookie now, dense and continuous blows, she dares to guarantee that the enemy will not even be able to touch the edge of the city wall!
With neat steps, the silver shield of the legion guards built another steel wall behind the cover, and from time to time you could see the cold light of the sword from behind the shield, the wall was too narrow, so the legion guards discarded the spears that were customary.
A faint golden glow surged from their bodies, and the power of prayer gave them a stronger amplification.
It was not the orc infantry that attacked the walls first, but the red dragons that had been hovering in the air, and they swooped down on the walls the moment the orcs began to charge.
In the same way, the griffons, who had been blessed with the acceleration of the group's attack and prayed, had already risen into the air, and when the dragon pounced on the wall, the number of griffons, which had just reached twenty, immediately pounced on the dragon, entangled two of them.
The explosion of the griffon swarm successfully intercepted the two dragons, and the remaining dragon, under the control of the dragon knight, deftly rolled and evaded the griffon's interception. With his back down, he threw his head back and breathed.
Suddenly, a group of legion guards parted from it, and a tall warrior wrapped in hideous armor and with this clump of blood on his body leaped out of it, and he raised his two-handed greatsword in the air, and his body bowed into a C-shape, like a stone, and pounced towards the red dragon like a stone.
The golden flame flashing on the two-handed greatsword made the orc dragon knight's heart suddenly lift, and without hesitation, he pulled the reins, making the red dragon stop breathing, and at the same time, the dragon rolled again, and the strong barbed tail was like a steel whip, with the help of the inertia brought by the tumbling, it smashed fiercely at the outstanding swordsman!
"Bang-" The superb swordsman in the air made a difficult parry, although the giant sword successfully blocked the dragon's tail and cut off most of the thick dragon's tail with a single sword.
However, there was no point in the air, and in the wailing of the dragon, the power of the Superior Swordsman's shock was thrown out fiercely, sweeping over the heads of the legion guards on the city wall, and smashing into the inside of the city wall.
"Ahh Several unlucky crossbowmen were hit by the Superior Swordsman, screaming and killing instantly!
Shaking his head, Arux shook off the viscous liquid that had stuck to his wound, and from not far away, he pulled out the greatsword that had severed the thigh of his crossbowman, and roared over the wall.
"Kill!" The first orc finally emerged from the siege ladder, and the Xiquan Fortress, which was hastily encountered, did not prepare the city defense equipment such as throwing stones and oil, and a small amount of suitable wood had been consumed by the orc servant army just now, so the orc warriors climbed the city wall effortlessly.
Without any hesitation, the Legion Guards in the front row took a step in unison, and the iron cross on the impermeable shield represented their determination and strong combat strength to face the enemy head-on!
"Boom!"
The big shield in the hands of the legion guards was imprinted on the faces of the orcs who were still climbing without hesitation, and the orcs who were hit screamed and fell off the city, and the tragic siege began!
"Poof!" One of the Legion Guards was about to push away the siege ladder with a hook when a long-handled battle axe suddenly flew out from under the city walls, slicing through the Legion Guard's metal visor and imprinting deep into his skull.
A sturdy orc warrior leapt up the siege ladder and landed beside the corpse of the Legion Guard, quickly reaching out to retrieve his weapon, but the other Legion Guards on the side stabbed him in the chest.
With a wall behind him, the orc warrior had no room to move, so he gave up his intention of retrieving his weapon, and reached out to fend off the sword attack with a bracer made of the huge fangs of an unknown animal.
After blocking the enemy's attack, the orc's thick, thick-haired nostrils erupted two white gases, pulled out the short-handled hand axe at his waist, and clenched his left hand into a fist, and the huge fist slammed into the surface of the shield that another legion guard had slapped.
"Bang!" The sheer force of the flesh caused a loud noise between the fist and the shield, and it also repelled the Legion Guards, giving the orc warrior a glimmer of room to maneuver.
Despite the bloody slices of his fists from the metal spikes of his shield, the experienced orc warrior took advantage of his short-handled battle axe in one hand and used his massive body to press forward, trying to gain more space for his companions to climb the walls.
Without any contact with the orcs, the legion guards easily let the orcs break through to the middle of the city wall, and then the legion guards on both sides quickly filled the gap caused by the orcs, and resisted the subsequent orcs on the siege ladder!
When the reckless orcs found themselves in the encirclement, four legion guards had already surrounded him with large shields, and the huge shields formed a small space.
The orc frantically waved the short axe in his hand, the metal shield that hit it thumped, and the legion guards who received the blessing of prayer, even if they were still a little lacking in strength, but with the help of the dense formation of their companions behind them, they still firmly narrowed the encirclement.
Finally, the orc was completely crushed and almost immobile, and a shield broke through the orc's shrinking defensive circle and hit the orc in the shoulder, causing him to nearly fall.
"Boom!" In a hurry, the orc grabbed the sword that the legion guard in front of him had hit, and then felt a chill in his lower back, and then the hot pain made him cry out in pain.
The pain made him unconsciously shrink his waist, and the rudimentary armor only protected the vital parts, unable to block the attack of the long sword in the slightest. Another long sword pierced him in the chest, causing him to lose the strength to resist, and the short axe in his hand fell to the ground due to the loss of strength.
A legion guard grabbed the orc's head, the sharp blade slitting his throat, and finally the legion guard kicked the orc's body off the wall and landed in front of the prepared archers.
When the brave orcs attacked the city wall, they were horrified to find that the army in front of them was no less well-equipped than the most elite human infantry they had ever encountered before!
And the strength is much stronger than those of the human soldiers, and good teamwork can firmly hold the orcs against the landing point of the city wall.
The siege ladder is full of orcs who can't advance an inch because of the failure of the attack, and the siege ladder that is pushed down from time to time can often bring down several orcs!
The low walls hold back the warriors of the tribe! This made the orc commander furious, and constantly urged the infantry to increase their attack. At the same time, the dragon's horn sounded again, ordering the dragon to support the besieging infantry as soon as possible.
A dragon's breath once again dispersed the fly-like griffons, and the orc dragon knights clearly felt that the griffons were dodging farther away this time than before!
He stepped on the saddle fiercely, trying to take advantage of this gap to break out of the griffin's encirclement, and suddenly, the orc dragon knight heard a thunderous explosion, and before he could react, the red dragon suddenly rolled over and almost threw him out!
The magical element of the sword in Isabelle's hand gradually dissipated, and just now she took advantage of the enemy's horn to sound and the red dragon was distracted, and released a thunder blast at a red dragon.
It's a pity that even if it was distracted by the urging of the dragon knight, the red dragon's intuition that penetrated into the soul allowed it to narrowly avoid this blow of magic!
A thunderbolt with a diameter of more than five meters fell to the ground with great power, and a crater with a diameter of more than ten meters appeared in the enemy group, and a violent shockwave swept all living creatures within a radius of fifty meters on the ground!
Enemies in the crater have been reduced to flying ashes, and all enemies within the shockwave's reach are instantly killed!
The enemy's attack was frightening, and the powerful magic of the blow scared them out! Even the most reckless and impulsive orcs are torn apart by such an attack!