When the first huge rain of arrows fell, Deyong sneered behind him. If it were an ordinary army, they might be afraid of a rain of arrows of this scale, but now he is leading a well-built hoplite wing that his father has exhausted almost all of his war resources.

Orcs lack iron!

It's not that their empire doesn't have mines, it's just that the empire's overall industry is very backward, and there are very few large-scale smelting of steel.

The vast majority of orcs are equipped with these relatively backward armors, and as for the scarce iron armor that is too demanding for industry, it can almost only be plundered from other races, especially the human race. However, due to the relative weakness of human beings, most of the orcs are tall and strong, and the armor taken from the dead is actually unusable, and the result of forcibly wearing it is to burst!

Just because these rare pieces of iron equipment can't be used directly doesn't mean they aren't useful. As long as there are craftsmen who return them to the furnace and transform them, these problems can be solved. Therefore, in the later period of orc plundering, there was also a need to plunder craftsmen, mainly human and dwarven craftsmen, who were imprisoned after being caught, and forced to transform equipment for orcs in various ways.

Some people will have questions, how to transform? Could it be that the iron was melted and rebuilt? So what's the difference between this and reforge? It's hard for ordinary craftsmen to do it, right?

You're not wrong, if you follow this method, the difficulty and yield are really limited.

Let's actually transform a piece of equipment, shall we?

Suppose an orc picks up a trophy from a poor human hoplite, which is a pair of iron bracers! Both the workmanship and the materials are superior. What if the orcs want to use it?

How big are human arms and wrists? How big are the arms and wrists of an orc? You can't put it in directly!

It melts directly into molten iron and then recasts. How difficult is that? How much manpower does it take?

That's how you actually did it?

Iron bracers produced by humans are generally cylindrical. The whole is a piece. As long as these captured craftsmen heat it, break the cylinder with tools, and then break it while it is hot, expand its diameter, and then drill some small holes on both sides......

Once cooled, thread some leather ropes through these little airs and you're done!

Orc warriors use it because the bracer has been torn open. The wrist can be accommodated, adjusted and tied with a leather rope, and you're done. These processed iron bracers are not low in actual defense...... Loved by orc sergeants!

What if there is a set of heavy iron cuirasses? The physique of an orc sergeant is completely different from that of a human......

There are ways too! As long as the shoulders of the iron armor and the part of the chest and back are separated after treatment, and then the waistline on both sides is sawed and the corresponding leather ropes are installed. With such modified armor, there is a monolithic piece of iron armor on the chest and back. The middle is all fixed with leather ropes, and the shoulder area can also be made into the recommended shoulder armor to be fixed, which is also a good orc cuirass.

Someone is going to ask, what about the lower body?

The way the leggings are handled is a bit cumbersome. It had to break down the iron trousers of a human being into strips, which were then lined with a leather skirt and tied with a leather rope. An iron skirt type was formed, which also played a certain protective role. Similarly. The same can be done for other parts of the helmet. In order to prevent someone from saying that I cheated on the number of words, I will not repeat them one by one here! In summary, orcs don't have the ability to craft steel armor in bulk, but they can "copy" something.

However, there is still a gap between genuine and knock-offs. If it is a genuine human heavy armor, it can completely ignore the rain of arrows, because it has almost no defensive dead ends. These are simply processed through the cottage is different, and the gap between these leather ropes is the real dead end!

The orc hoplites themselves understand this better than anyone else. They will be careful to dodge the arrows that are fired at these areas, and the Minotaurs can put up large shields to cover them, while the Tigermen have no shields equipped, so they will have to think of other tricks......

These guys expose the highly defensive parts of their bodies to the surface, and the dangerous areas are covered with weapons or their own arms. This may reduce the speed slightly, but the harm will be minimized.

In fact, this round of seemingly amazing arrow rain down, or caused some losses to the orcs, it is impossible for everyone to protect themselves so well, there are always some unlucky guys, who are shot by a certain unlucky arrow, the lethality rate is not high, but the injury rate is still some......

Lynch was not satisfied, because he felt that he had put so much effort into organizing the ranged troops, and the attack did not achieve the intended purpose. Deyong was also dissatisfied, in his opinion, the last thing his hoplites should be afraid of is the baptism of arrows, and the casualties should be controlled to a very small extent.

Leaving aside the thoughts of the commanders on both sides, the fighting has to continue......

Lynch is going to make a killing move......

The Royal Mage Regiment, which was established by Lin Tian with great efforts, has not had a large number of people, and has been maintained at a scale of 10,000 people, and the strength of the personnel is not very strong, on average, it is the peak combat power of level 3, which is converted, that is, the strength between junior magicians and intermediate magicians. Due to the relative rarity and greater power of mages, Lin Tian rarely let them show up.

There may be some differences from what we generally think of as honorable mages, the mages of the Royal Mage Corps don't know much magic, and the magic level is not high, and there are generally some small fireballs, ice arrows, wind blades, electric balls, stone bullets, these small magics, and a small number of more powerful ones may launch some large fireballs, lightning, ground thorns, or something, but these people are considered captains or elite-level, and the number is even rarer, and the real scale is still some small magic!

Don't think that just because it's all little magic, these royal mages don't work......

If you want to talk about defense, mobility, and even vitality, these mages are the scum of the scum. In order not to affect the absorption of magical elements, almost all of them wore cloth robes, and the few who wore leather armor were already different, not to mention the metal equipment that obviously affected the elemental pooling. This directly restricts their ability to resist attacks by ordinary means, and it is normal for their defense to be low!

In terms of vitality, these mages prefer to spend a lot of time meditating, to comprehend the Elemental Realm, and at the same time, their spiritual power exceeds that of others, and they can't do it like a warrior at all, so they are also at a disadvantage in terms of physical strength and mobility.

The only thing they could be proud of was the instantaneous explosiveness of that terrifying attack...... (To be continued......)