Chapter 14 Sneak Attack on Xiguan Pass
Valen Pass, located in the mountains of the northern part of the Yus Empire, guards the choke point of the northern part of the Empire. Together with Hulamur Pass and Congo Pass, it is known as the three major Xiongguan of the Noah Continent. Among them, Hulamur Pass is in the hands of the orcs, Kongosi Pass is in the hands of the Holy See, and Valun Pass has been in the hands of the Yus Empire for three hundred years. Although Valen Pass lags behind the first two in terms of size and danger, this does not affect its position on the mainland in the slightest. Because in the past 300 years, there have been few wars in both Hulamur Pass and Congo, only Warren Pass has been continuous, and here, human beings have forged the majesty and greatness of Waren Pass with their lives and blood.
If you trace the origin of Valen Pass, it is even earlier, it was built by the orcs during the war between the orcs and the elves, and it is the front line of the orcs against the elves. Later, it changed hands to human hands and was built several times before it became the current scale. There are also several small checkpoints in the mountains that together form the Valen Line, which is only the most important link in the Valen Line. In the past years of human-beast wars, these small levels have sometimes been lost, and the orcs will go around to the south side of Valen Pass. It is precisely for this reason that Valen Pass is different from Capra Pass, it is not a one-way defense level, except for facing the north side of the Sunset Meadow, the south side also has a thick wall and a strong gate.
At this time, as the commander of the orc's southern expedition to Valen, the first warrior of the orcs, Nag Rush, stood on the high south gate and looked into the distance. The human army had been on the southern horizon since noon, and it was now dusk, and the human vanguard had reached a mile beyond the city gate, but there was still a steady influx of new human troops on the horizon, and the empty fields south of Valen Pass were covered with flags and horns.
Looking at the human coalition in the distance, which was still increasing in number, Nag Rush couldn't help but frown. The news of the annihilation of Sarzu's army had reached four days earlier, and the wolf cavalry was still terrified when he recalled what had happened that day, and his heart was beating when he heard it. It is not surprising that Sarzu has fallen into the trap of human seduction, intrigue is the human forte, and what really amazes him is the use of magic by humans. It has been a long time since human mages appeared on the battlefield, although the number and frequency of mages appearing on the battlefield have increased significantly in recent years, but they are only auxiliary, mages have never really played a leading role in the battle, and this time is different, humans almost use magic to wipe out an entire orc army, which is simply sensational.
In order to find out where the opponent came from this time, Nag Rush sent multiple groups of scouts to reconnoiter the human army, trying to find out the identity of the other party, but the human army was heavily guarded and had extremely strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities, so the scouts did not dare to get too close, and could only observe from a distance. Judging from the information they brought back, this human army is a coalition of different legions, in fact, this can be judged from the military flags fluttering in the wilderness outside the city, there are knightly flags representing the northern legions, and there are military flags embroidered with dragons, wolves, crossed swords and wooden sticks, I don't know which army it belongs to. These legions have come together from different directions, and it is not known if more will join in the future.
According to the plan, the orc high priest Horsa Moon and the second warrior Drakebar should have conquered Capra Pass, leveled the ancient city of O, and the army should be heading towards Nice City, Yuss army should be tired of dealing with them, how can it be possible to send a large army to help Valen Pass?
"Where did the humans bring in so many troops?"
Nash Gru hadn't heard from Capra Pass yet, so he couldn't figure it out.
However, bewilderment to confusion, Nag Ruth still did not pay much attention to the human alliance, he did not wait for darkness to go down the city wall and return to the barracks, and only after dinner did he gather his men to discuss specific defense strategies. However, the news brought by the scout the next morning made him uneasy again, according to the results of the reconnaissance of the bipedal wyvern, a new human legion began to drive outside the city this morning, and the total strength of the human alliance continued to increase, and by ten o'clock in the evening, according to the preliminary statistics of the number of human camps by the scouts standing on the heights, the total strength of the human race was close to 200,000.
An army of 200,000 attacked the city, and even if it was consumed, it could consume itself to death.
Nag Ross finally panicked, and while he stepped up the defensive preparations for the southern city gate, he ordered the scouts to take the bipedal wyvern to Hulamur Pass with his own handwritten letter to Hulamur Pass for help, asking for at least 50,000 additional men, and they must arrive at Valun Pass within a month, otherwise he could not guarantee that he would not give up the Xiongguan that had just arrived.
Everything is ready, just waiting for the frantic counterattack of the human army. However, contrary to Nag Ruth's expectations, the human alliance slowly built siege equipment outside the city, and on the first day, they only sent dragon knights around the city walls, and there was no intention of attacking at all.
The next day, the humans attacked, but only with a small number of newly built trebuchets bombarded the walls, and then sent some infantry to make a tentative attack on the walls, but immediately retreated after being attacked by the orc ranged troops.
On the third day, the human attack finally took a toll on the defenders, and several flying magic ships sent the magician and some archers a hundred paces away from the city wall and launched a magical attack on the defenders on the wall. The lizard shooter killed and wounded hundreds of people in the counterattack, and Nag Rouss had to order all the ballistas to attack the magic ship, which retreated, but the golden dragon took the opportunity to fall from the sky and reap the lives of hundreds of people.
Although the humans' tickling attack had a certain effect, it did not cause any real threat to the defenders, but the orc commander Nag Ruth smelled the strong conspiracy hidden behind it.
"Humans must be playing tricks. ”
Nag Ruth suddenly thought of something, "Not good!" He hurriedly called the heralds, asking them to immediately send orders to several small checkpoints nearby, asking the checkpoint guards to be careful of human sneak attacks.
Before the heralds reached the farthest pass of Xiguan, Nag Rousch's fears came true.
The Xiguan Pass is built between the mouths of two mountain ranges, and is flanked by steep cliffs, which are difficult for even high-level swordsmen to climb. But in the second half of the night, in addition to the soldiers on duty, the other orcs were asleep, some humans suddenly fell from the sky, they were composed of senior swordsmen and magicians, although the number was not large, but the combat effectiveness was extremely strong, and soon killed the hundreds of orcs guarding the door, and then opened the gate, and let the human soldiers who had been hidden not far away enter the pass, and then a fierce battle unfolded in the narrow space of the pass.