Chapter 553: Attacking Orcs
Suddenly, the alarm bell rang and reverberated in the city of Layena in Bergen's territory. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The people had not even come to their senses after the initial doubts, because the war was so far away that people did not believe that there could be any emergency. But when the guards belonging to the Mirno family hurried to the walls, the people began to smell danger.
The lieutenant who defended the city gave a loud order, and the several gates that had been opened began to slowly close, the drawbridge over the moat was hoisted, and the only remaining north gate was completely closed after a team rushed into the city, and the whole city was immediately declared to be on the defensive.
Because everything came in such a hurry, many commoners and even seven or eight nobles were locked outside the city, but no matter how much the crowd below shouted, the captains on the city walls were indifferent, and refused to lower the drawbridge and open the city gates.
Knowing the inside story, the captain's face turned a little pale, and some of the soldiers trembled with nervousness - who would have thought that the orc army would suddenly cross thousands of miles and suddenly appear in Bergen's territory?
Count Mirno, who had just fled into the city in disarray, could not find an answer to this question.
Sweating on his face, he didn't have the shrewdness he used to have, because he had been planning various plans against Evta, and he had been staying in the town of Moral, the westernmost part of the territory. It was the transportation hub for Bergen's territory and several important territories throughout the kingdom of Karen, as well as a large number of caravans and pigeon coops. Although it is a "town", it is no different in size from a small city.
This is the hinterland of the kingdom of Karen, so the entire town has not been organized with much armed force. And because of this, when more than 3,000 orc troops suddenly rushed out of the forest, the entire town of Morel was wiped out without even the slightest ability to resist.
Because of the desperate protection of the guards, Mirno finally escaped at the cost of more than 20 people. Although he was unharmed, his spirit was completely stimulated, and he still hasn't come back to his senses.
"How... How did you end up here..."
The Count of Mirno knew that he was really interpreting what it meant to "raise a tiger for trouble".
What Charles II asked him to do was to "drive tigers and devour wolves", how could he have imagined that this group of "tigers" who could not bite the shell of the turtle of Evtata would dare to take the risk of being besieged and bite back directly!
The technology they gave to the construction machinery, and the defense map they gave to Ivota would definitely bite like blood-sucking locusts if they tasted the sweetness. But why would they change their goals to themselves?
This kind of paralysis made Mirno regret it, but the huge gap in strength made him feel cold!
It's not that the kingdom of Karen doesn't have troops, and it's not that it can't muster a knight order that can confront the orcs head-on. But the key problem is that these soldiers and knights usually stay in their own estates, and when there is no conscription order, no lord can directly pull up a team of thousands to fight.
This is not Ivta, not only did there be no conscription, but there was not even a pre-war preparation for the erection of the wall. Therefore, after the orc troops poured in, the momentum was completely like chopping melons and vegetables, and no one could stop it.
There is no shortage of those pretentious knights who are really powerful, but what is the use of a knight in the territory? When the peasant auxiliaries didn't even have time to wear their equipment, they were directly bloodied by the orc army...
Mirno's mind was in a state of confusion at this time, and he didn't know where to start if he wanted to recruit soldiers, because half of his knights had already been hacked to death by orcs. Even if the rest of the people start to order the assembly now, it is estimated that it will be five days before they can see the figures.
But there was no other way, so he immediately ordered the rest of the army to be gathered, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, rushed into his study and began to write a report to Charles II.
"Lord Earl! the orcs rushed under the walls!"
The sudden arrival of military intelligence made his hand tremble, and the tip of the quill snapped, and the ink stained the entire parchment black.
Mirno was there for a long time, and suddenly he began to think about the root of everything:
Why did the orcs rush here?
If his son had befriended Ivta, would this still be the case?
But now there is no room for regret. He leaned back in his chair and said no more, silently waiting for the verdict of fate.
"Great Chief, four towns are already under our control!
The adjutant excitedly reported the results of the battle, and his voice was so loud that he wanted to hear the soldiers of the whole town when he said these words. And in fact, he did, and the cheers of the orcs around him suddenly became one.
If Evta is a turtle with nowhere to go, then these places outside of Ivota are simply dishes that have already been cooked and are waiting to be eaten!
From start to finish, the orcs felt like they hadn't encountered a decent army. Occasionally, some nobles tried to resist with their own guards, but the soldiers who stayed in this greenhouse for a long time were really indistinguishable from civilians in front of the orcs, and they were basically crushed at the touch of a button, and they had no combat power at all.
The only hard stubble encountered was also overwhelmed by the army blessed by the Great Chieftain with shamanic spells. These included two low-level mages, two high-level knights, and a mid-level mage who had been smashed to pieces by Sauron himself - at least so far, the soldiers had not suffered any defeats, and all of them were so strong that they even felt invincible...
"Let the besieging soldiers retreat, don't waste time there, we need to conserve our strength. ā
Sauron's calm words were like a basin of cold water poured down. The adjutant's excited expression cooled down a lot, he scratched the back of his head, and hesitated: "Great Chief, that city is obviously not guarded by many guards, if you believe me, I promise to break it before dark tomorrow!"
"I believe in your abilities, Carbincer, but have you thought about it... What will we do after we take this city?" Zoro paced slowly, pointing to the guide, "We haven't fought against the real elite forces of this country yet, and the biggest advantage right now is to rush in when they are undefended. ā
"When we were in the Nehemian steppes, humans did something similar, don't you forget?"
The bloodbath of several tribes by Roddy and his army was clear to all of Sauron's descendants, so these words immediately made the adjutant sober up.
"This is not a paradise for take-and-take, and if they react, this is the place that can sink you and me into the quagmire of death. Got it?"
Carbinder nodded deflated, "I see, Grand Chief." ā
"What's the catch in town?"
The topic immediately brought the latter to his senses, and Carbinse excitedly said, "Great Chief, we have grabbed more than five hundred horses and countless grains. Thirteen blacksmiths have enough inventory for the entire legion to renew their equipment!"
"Not bad. ā
This is only a superficial gain, the slaughter of the population and the blow to the nobility will also have an extremely serious impact on the Karen Kingdom, but these situations are no longer for Sauron to consider. After sending out the soldiers to report back the information from the eastern part of the kingdom, he had already begun to plan his next route.
Sauron knew where his army was strong, so he wouldn't do anything stupid about besieging a city. The morale of the soldiers now seems to be high, but in fact "physical strength" will eventually become a problem that cannot be ignored. No matter how weak the enemy is, it is not a stake, and although the battle has been fruitful, it is an indisputable fact that the entire main force is tired of attacking.
What's more, the presence of those mages made Sauron have a more and more bad premonition. He could clearly sense that there were more than ten mages who had stood in his way, but most of them were apparently loyal, and had chosen to protect themselves and leave.
But what if they choose to stop themselves collectively?
When there are enemies on all sides, one wrong step can be the result of no return. "Fighting to feed war" is a good model, but you must leave room for yourself, and there will definitely be no good results for rushing around.
He took out the map of the kingdom of Karen that he had searched from a nobleman's house, and thought about the next attack plan, although his eyes always glanced at the palace sign in the south from time to time, but after much thought, he finally gave up the idea of daring forward...
"There will be a chance. ā
He slowly closed the map and got up and walked outside.
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While Sauron's attack was a success, the orcs outside Elson were also preparing for an imminent general assault.
These days, a large number of orcs have been sent to cut wood, and siege ladders and siege engines have been crafted, far more than any other siege. Obviously, the long-term defeat and the difficult logistics made the Overseers Racol and Duda determined that they could not fail again, and that this attack must be completely assured!
The werewolf scouts continued to make their way around Elson and were quickly driven away by the dragoons, though they had apparently observed the "ruined" city from a distance, and reported to the Overseers that the walls of the city were poorly repaired, and that it was nothing of great deal other than its high walls.
The only thing that puzzled the Overseers was the stones floating in the sky. No one could explain what the floating tower was, and when they got used to it, they realized that it didn't affect them, so in the end, it didn't matter.
After all, orcs don't know anything about magic, so it's not surprising that there is such a result.
And for Elson City, these days it is still the case that the gates of the city are wide open and the farmers on the periphery should be farming. The existence of the "Phantom Enchantment" makes those orc reconnaissance troops always see a simulated illusion.
There was no suspense in such a war, and even Houdini silently felt sorry for the orcs.
And on the central floating tower, Camilla, who was finishing her daily business, was on the edge of the floating tower - compared to the orcs who were about to be completely destroyed, Roddy's current situation was obviously more worthy of her attention. (To be continued.) )