Chapter Twenty-Three: An Unexpected Sneak Attack
Once the fortress falls, it not only deprives the strongest Roaring tribe in northern Shamania of a foothold and a place to train recruits, but also makes the orcs completely lose the initiative in this battle, let alone counterattack, and even the gateway to the hinterland of Shamania is opened
At this time, more than 3,000 human troops were violently attacking the city, more than a dozen giant trebuchets launched boulders smashed the gate of the fortress to a thousand holes, and the human beings rushed in from the smashed gate with two heavy cavalry squadrons with strong impact as the pioneers, and forcibly tore apart the defense line composed of flesh and blood of the orc defenders, followed by the light infantry mainly swordsmen who were good at street fighting, and a large number of strong crossbowmen to defend the gap that was torn apart, and the human soldiers who swarmed forward quickly occupied each commanding building, they used the connection between the various commanding heights to control each other and control a large block near the city gate, and the Polish army even put two giant ones outside the cityThe trebuchets were dismantled, transported in wagons to the neighborhoods they had charged, assembled, and then hurled flaming boulders into the depths of the fortress
In the Zoroaster Valley, the orc army that fights the human army is a multi-tribal coalition, but 80% The strength of the Roaring Tribe, as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, the leader of the Roaring Tribe, Geba Roar, took all the main forces of the tribe out when he set out on the expedition, and the combat strength left in the fortress at this time was only a few hundred orc boys in the orc training camp, although they did not even deserve the official name of the orc warriors now, these orc boys still bravely rushed forward to fight the human army that invaded their homeland, but they were outnumbered, and these orc boys who held the hope for the future of the Roaring tribe finally ended up in a complete end
In addition, there were more than 20 air force units of the Double Dragon Wyvern in the fortress, but only eight of them could take off and fight, leaving them for communication purposes, and the rest were either Wyverns who had not recovered from their injuries in the sneak attack on the border, or the wyvern cubs who had not yet reached adulthood, and the mounts on which the eight bipedal Wyverns rode heroically took off to kill the enemy, but they were besieged by more than 40 griffons, and the eight bipedal Wyverns, after taking down five griffons, were killed along with their mounts
After two hours of fierce fighting, the humans finally completely occupied the Fury Fortress, and the Polish army did not settle down immediately after taking control of the orc fortress, on the one hand, they swept the city everywhere for any remaining sporadic resistance, and on the other hand, the sappers were speeding up to repair the fortifications such as the city gate that they had destroyed not long ago
When the fortress was besieged, the orcs who stayed behind sent several groups of death squads to break through the siege, trying to notify the orc army in the Zoroaster Valley to come back, but on the way to help, the Polish army set up an ambush in advance, and under the interception of a large number of highly mobile light cavalry, the orc messengers who broke through the siege were killed one by one, and within a few hours, the news of the attack on the fortress was not reported to the orc alliance in the Zoroaster Valley
At this time, in the Zoroaster Valley, the commanders of the two armies were engaged in the fiercest heads-up duel, and on the distant hill, two men each with a telescope were watching the battle coldly
Du Mang, do you think that puppet king will win?
I don't know, but it looks like I can't lose for a while
The royal knights and warlords are both top powerhouses in their respective fields, and in the eyes of this battle, it is difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat for a while
But it's really puzzling, judging from the current battle, it seems that the three battles just now are hidden, and he doesn't play his full strength
When you say that, I think it's the same thing, and this Duris seems to be stalling for time
What Hathaway, you said that the three battles just now were deliberately delayed by the puppet king, but what is the use of doing this, if he wants to stimulate the morale of the soldiers in the way of single-handing the opposing general, wouldn't it be better to defeat the opponent in a shorter time
I don't know if this Duris is a person that even His Majesty the Pope can't guess, just as no one expected him to raid the orcs not long ago, everyone thought that he would run back to the Fayele Empire to get a handful while his two brothers were fighting in the dark, but who would have thought that he would run south and attack the orcs without warning
It was precisely because he couldn't guess that His Majesty the Pope sent the two of us here to monitor the war between the Polish army and the orcs
By the way, Duman, why did His Majesty the Pope send the two of us here, although the strongest paladins are treated as treasures, but aren't there still a group of blessed knights below, just send them to watch the matter of surveillance, we are the prayer knights whose strength is second only to the paladin, isn't this a big deal
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Duman, why do you look at me with such eyes?
Hathaway, you have to forget what you just said, and I will forget it, and don't let a third person know that you have said this, because you are questioning the decision of His Majesty the Pope, you must know that His Majesty is the embodiment of God, and his decision is always right and cannot be questioned
Hearing Hathaway say this, Dumang immediately fell into silence, from the conversation between the two of them just now, it can be known that Dumang and Hathaway are both prayer knights sent by the Central Holy See to monitor the battle between the Pole Kingdom and the orcs, and the prayer knight armor covered under their robes also fully proves their identity, when the Holy See made the decision to send troops to the Yale Empire, Dumang and Hathaway were both excited for a while, thinking that they finally had the opportunity to make a contribution, but they did not expect to be sent to this kind of place where birds don't, and the only difference is that the outspoken Hathaway spit out this evil breath, and the slightly scheming Dumang cleverly took the Pope's order as an excuse that could not be questionedThe mouth holds it in the heart
The two looked at each other for a long time, and saw that in the valley both sides of the duel had hit each other many times, but none of them were fatally wounded, and it seemed that the duel would last for a long time, and it would never end until one of them fell
Dumans was tired of seeing, he put down his binoculars and let his eyes rest for a while, but when he opened his eyes again, he was surprised to find billowing smoke rising more than twenty kilometers to the southeast
Hathaway, take a quick look over there with your binoculars
What's there to see over there...... Ah, that's it......
Well, that's the orc base under the Fury Keep
Could it be that someone is attacking the Fury Fortress?
There is this possibility
Who the hell is it?
Who else but that puppet king
It is impossible that the main force of his army is all in this valley, how can there be enough troops to attack an orc fortress
Now, whatever the situation may be, Hathaway, your feet are better, now run to the Fury Fortress and see what is going on, and I'm going to stay here and continue to observe
Good
Forty minutes later, a sweaty Hathaway ran back to Duman
How about the puppet king who died, Hathaway did not wipe the sweat from his head and asked his companion
Still fighting, Dumang put down his binoculars and asked Hathaway, what are you doing, is there something wrong with the orc fortress
Dumang, I really convinced you, you guessed it right, the main force of the puppet king's army attacked the Fury Fortress with all its might, there were at least 3,000 people, and now they have completely controlled it, and they have also set up a large number of light cavalry on the way to intercept and kill the orc messengers, I finally managed to cross the blockade without alarming these soldiers, and it is really difficult to do this without praying for the strength of the knights, Duman, I really admire the foresight of His Majesty the Pope
Sure enough, this Duris was bold enough to lure himself as a decoy to lure the main force of the orcs into the valley, and then take the opportunity to capture the defenses of the empty Fury Fortress, forcing the orcs to disarray and rout...... His plan must have been like this
But how did he get so many troops out of thin air, as far as we know from our investigation, Duris did not transfer more troops from the Pole Kingdom, and all his most effective main forces are gathered here
Hathaway, do you see that large cloud of yellow smoke hanging over the heads of the Polish army, Dumang pointed to the Polish position
I saw Hathaway nodding, it was supposed to be the result of the brimstone
To be precise, nodding his head, the sulfur produced by the hay covered with water, from the very beginning of the battle, Duris let his army be shrouded in that large cloud of smoke, so that the opposing orcs could not see the exact number of the army, and then shouted in front of the battle to make the orcs believe that there were almost 5,000 human soldiers standing on the opposite side, and then let more than 3,000 of them slip away from behind the formation unnoticed, taking the opportunity to attack the orc's fortress, which is why Duris did not do his best to fight and delay the time just now
However, I did not understand how cavalry could move quickly, but how slow infantry and siege weapons went, and I saw a lot of Polish infantry and giant trebuchets outside the Fury Fortress
The puppet king brought with him a lot of large wagons, which could transport infantry quickly, as well as dismantled siege weapons
It turns out that this is the case, this is cunning enough, this kind of battle plan has never appeared in the history of Olopa, God knows how that guy came up with it, Hathaway nodded, and then showed a dark smile, but the good fortune of the pseudo-king has also come to an end, and he will definitely die here today
What do you mean, Dumang asked suspiciously
I just did a very constructive thing: secretly helped an orc messenger to pass the blockade of the Polish light cavalry, if according to what you said, the puppet king transferred the main force away, then now there are only more than 1,000 Polish soldiers left in the valley, if you let those orcs know that they are being toyed with, what do you think they will do.