Chapter 158: Werewolves' Siege Tactics
"Will it freeze when you pour hot water? Shouldn't it be burned? "Well, Ashuk wasn't really stupid after all, and Arthur thought of burns as soon as he talked about temperature.
However, in his opinion, the hot water of 100 degrees is not harmful to the giant wolf cavalry wearing heavy fur, as far as he is concerned, the physique that has been tempered by fighting spirit, let alone hot water, even the flames are difficult to hurt the skin.
Although the orcs and the giant wolf are not as perverted as Ashuk, it is obviously difficult to cause great damage with hot water alone, and at most they will be burned to the point of being startled and delayed for some time, and in the end, they will rush up.
Arthur looked at Ashuk with a look of wanting to speak and stopped, and had to wonder if there was an important part missing from the knowledge system of this world, otherwise he couldn't figure out such a simple logic.
"Naturally, the hot water will get colder, and in this hellish weather, what do you think the orcs covered in water will do?" Arthur had to continue to lead, he really didn't want to wait for those people to boil the water and bring it up, and then meet a non-knowing Aschak and mess up his plan.
When the hot water becomes cold, it is naturally cold water, and this kind of day is soaked in cold water? Ashuk couldn't help but tremble, even the surface of the river was frozen in this weather, and if the orcs dared to attack the city, it was estimated that it would not be long before they would all freeze into a lump of ice picks.
Ashuk showed a look of sudden realization, obviously he understood what Arthur meant, but immediately showed doubts, since he wanted to freeze the orcs, why not use hot water instead of cold water faster?
"Alas...... It's not clear to you uneducated people, hot water absorbs heat faster than cold water, and takes away more heat, in a word, the orcs will feel colder than pouring cold water directly, and the hot water can also play a defensive effect in the first place, so that the orcs will not rush directly to the city. Arthur directly explained the reason, as for whether Aschuk can understand it, it is not up to him.
In fact, in this cold winter, both cold water and hot water can be used as city defense, and the difference is only the defense effect of the moment when it is poured.
If you really want to burn the orcs directly, boiling water is obviously not enough, at least you have to burn the boiling hot oil, in order to have the same power as a fireball released by a magician.
Morado was clearly not rich enough to use boiling oil as a weapon, and hot water was already the cheapest and quickest item to be found.
In addition, there is no shortage of water in the city at this time, and the snow water all over the ground is boiled in a big iron pot, which can directly give the orcs a top-level 'enjoyment' in the ice and snow.
On the side of the city, under the leadership of everyone, boiling water was boiling hotly, and outside the city, the giant wolf cavalry also began to slowly assemble, the original leaving orc cavalry has returned, and with them, there are more than 24 wolf cavalry, obviously this is the real forward force.
The 12 wolf riders are just one of the separate pathfinders, and when they find the town, they naturally have to gather the other two teams, and the subsequent wolf riders will follow the marks they left all the way, after all, unlike their light chariots, the wolf riders with a large number of trophies are naturally slower.
Different from the Demon Spot Orcs, this orc can see stripes extending downward from the middle to the side on the face of this orc, and they all belong to one of the five major tribes, and the combat power of the tabby orcs is also one of the best among the northern orc tribes.
"There are human towns ahead, the walls are not low, and there are quite a few weapons." At this time, the three squad leaders gathered together, sat on the wolf horse, and observed the town's defense more than 300 meters away from the town.
"It's just a bunch of waste with pieces of iron, and a single charge can tear through their defenses, Tuta, if you're afraid, let me go first, but the loot won't be yours at that time." The orc who spoke looked arrogant, his white leather armor was stained with a lot of blood, they had ransacked many towns along the way, and there were already some blackened blood stains on his body, which was the trophy he had brought along the way.
"I'm scared? Tuos, how many people are you going to sacrifice to storm down this wall? Have you forgotten the lessons of your ancestors? Tuta leaked out the canine teeth at the corners of his mouth, and the white fangs were clearly laughing at this fool who only knew how to charge.
"Do you want to die? Tuta believe it or not, I bit your throat and went to worship the ancestors? Tous felt that he had been greatly insulted by the fact that he had used his ancestors to teach him a lesson.
"Enough is enough......! Tuos is right, it's not time to attack, Tuta you bring someone to inform the captain. The orcs in the middle shouted heavily, and the two orcs on the side fell silent.
Orcs are not only respected for their strength, but also for their brains, of course, compared to the intelligent mages of humans, only shamans can be compared among orcs, but humans are smarter than orcs, and even the orcs themselves admit it.
The city wall in front of him is not high, but no matter how cunning humans calculate, the city wall of such a height is just stuck at the limit of the giant wolf cavalry jumping, maybe the giant wolf king sitting on the captain can jump to this height, but relying on an orc alone to rush up, even if the enemy is weak, it will only be sent to death.
Orcs are here to plunder, not to give human heads, and in the face of such a wall, storming is definitely not the first choice.
"Cut down trees, prepare for the ladder to climb the city, and be prepared before the adults arrive!"
"Yes, yes!"
At the head of the city, Arthur only saw the orcs that had gathered on a large scale, and they scattered again, not knowing whether to relax or be uneasy, if the city was attacked with more than thirty orcs, Ashuk alone could kill most of them.
But apparently these orcs are not all, Arthur vaguely saw the orcs in the wind and snow, and actually began to cut down trees, which was obviously intended to make tools for climbing the city.
"It's a ladder to the city, and the orcs will push the side by side stakes towards the wall, so that the beasts can rush up the wall." Ashok did have some knowledge, although he was in the Middle Kingdom, but when he was young, he didn't fight against orcs.
"Don't we have ranged weapons? Just watch them build ladders? "Arthur thought it was incredible when he heard it, aren't there a lot of archery in the city, and it's probably not easy for orcs to build ladders, right?
"Hehe, where will it be so easy to stop, these orcs will let the wolf rider drag the stake around the city, as long as there is no place to shoot arrows, build a ladder to attack the city, two days if there is no chance in one day, three days if there is no chance in two days, as long as they find a chance to rush to the city wall in one breath." Speaking of this, Ashuk didn't say more, thinking that with the wisdom of the Demon King, he should understand what the consequences would be.
The siege ladder didn't need any stout logs, the wolf riders only needed to borrow a handful of force, and dragging them on the snow was not too much of a burden, and when hundreds of wolf riders ran around the city walls at a rapid pace, Arthur could already imagine the terrible scene.