The war drums of the gnolls were pounding, and the elite squadrons and gnolls on standby raised their heads one after another, and let out a piercing wolf howl at the sky, hearing the wolf howls of the masters, the wolves in captivity by the gnolls tribe also began to howl loudly, cooperating with their masters, while raising the morale of their own side, intimidating the enemies on the wall.

Led by several gnoll officers wearing chain mail, the gnoll archers began to move in the direction of the camp trenches, the gnolls divided more than 80 archers into two rows, lined up in a thin formation, the archers in the front row were the same as the infantry in the front row, trying to wear armor, the better ones were wearing simple leather armor, and the worse ones were indiscriminately draped in a layer of raw animal skin, and most of the bows and arrows used were short bows made by the tribe, only a small number of captured longbows, and most of the arrows were bone arrows。

Hundreds of orc slaves and more goblins began to form a team in the glade, a small number of people held logging axes that were originally used to make siege equipment, and many more only had rusty short swords or sharpened wooden spears in their hands, many orc slaves looked at the gnolls angrily, trying to make a move, but under the threat of a large number of wolves wandering around, they still clenched the rudimentary weapons in their hands in humiliation, ready to obey orders, and a large number of goblins had no intention of resisting, and all of them cowered and hid behind the orcs as much as possible, and from time to time they were forcibly pulled to the front by the irascible orcs, and let out a miserable scream。

The most elite squadron of gnolls, led by the chief, descended behind the orcs and goblins, howling ill-willedly behind them, forcing them towards the trench.

The glade in the woods was noisy, the howls of the gnolls inspired by the drums of war continued to echo, different teams were led by officers to different positions, there were wolves wandering around from time to time, black smoke was still emitting from the burning charcoal kiln, and the chieftain glanced at the black smoke from time to time, and he couldn't decide whether the main force of the commune saw this smoke column or not.

The surrounding mountains and forests are very dense, the jackals can only take a scattered formation from the mountain road, after entering the mountain forest, the jackals must be vigilant against the swamps that may appear under the fallen leaves, and from time to time they must be vigilant against the orcs and goblins who intend to escape, and also take care of the stragglers, it takes a lot of effort, the charcoal kiln built by the commune and the trees cut down during this time helped the gnolls, originally there was only a forest path through the forest on the periphery of the camp, and there was a trench not far ahead, the construction of the commune during this time gave the gnolls the space to gather their troops, so that the gnolls were no better than the arrows that braved the wall to line up in front of the trench。

The chief glanced coldly at the wall, licked his furry lips, and the gnoll priest began to wear armor with the help of his attendants, first a layer of well-fitting leather armor, then a chain armor, and finally a slightly large cuirass, on which the family coat of arms of a certain Cormier nobleman was replaced by a hideous black wolf head, the priest prepared his own emblem, picked up a heavy steel shield and mace, put a rather funny horned helmet on his head, nodded heavily at the chief, and walked to the front of the line。

Seeing that the priest was ready, the chief let out a high howl, which was clearly audible even in the noisy glade, and hearing the chief's command, the gnolls were eerily quiet for a moment, and then let out an even more violent wolf howl, and began to speed in the direction of the trench.

Hearing the howl of the gnoll, Niata cried out, "Come, prepare!"

Looking at the frightened defenders around her, Niata said quite sternly: "This is our home, we have no way out, do you want to be bullied by these beasts, watch your home occupied by them, your wife and daughter being taken over, and you yourself become slaves?"

Glancing majestically around, Niata continued: "Besides, we now have more than five hundred orc goblin mercenaries alone, and there are also high-level mages of the Yin Soul people standing on our side, they must have seen the wolf smoke burning in the charcoal kiln, and they must already be on their way, as long as we hold on for a while, we can defeat these gnolls!"

The gnoll priest moved quickly, and immediately walked to the side of the archer team, the priest took a deep breath, crossed the marching archer team, and accelerated towards the trench, Niata saw the well-equipped priest, and her blue pupils contracted suddenly: "Attack that guy!"

The trench in front of the wall was about ten feet deep and twelve feet wide, and it was covered with sharpened wooden thorns and iron bumps coated with human and animal feces.

The tactics of the gnolls were simple, that is, the priests flew to the wall under the cover of the archers, and together with the archers, they interfered with the defenders of the wall, while the orc slaves and goblins took the opportunity to jump into the trench and find a way to solve the traps in the trench, and at the same time act as a human ladder to help the gnolls cross the trench, and then swarmed up and worked with the gnolls to dig the wall and break through the wall, regardless of casualties.

The gnoll priest stopped within range of the wall's bow and arrows, pulled out the emblem of the gnoll king and began to chant the incantation, glancing at the ranks of archers and slaves who were getting closer and closer to him, the priest took a deep breath and began to charge.

When the priest reached the range of the arrows, the gnoll archers, who had been slow-moving, began to charge faster, drawing their short bows as they charged, and rushed towards the trench to shoot at the defenders of the wall.

Faced with this situation, the defenders of the walled wall had to turn their bows and arrows aimed at the priests against the gnolls, relieving the pressure on the priests.

"Don't dodge! fire!" Niata commanded as she threw the fireball in her hand at the gnoll priest who had already flown into the air and crossed the trench.

The gnoll priest used the fourth-level divine skill to volley in the air, and suddenly jumped up in front of the trench, although he dodged most of the arrows, but was hit by the prepared Niata with fireball technique, the priest could not avoid it in the air, so he had to protect the outline shield in front of him, and the bright yellow fireball exploded violently in the air, the gnoll priest was well-equipped, and he used the protective magic skills such as the pious shield on his body, although it was inevitable that there were some burns on his body, but the priest staggered and continued to fly towards the wall.

The archers on the wall and the archers of the gnolls let out a loud scream at the same time, and each was wounded by each other's arrows.

The archers of the Jackals suffered more casualties, and the archers of the Commune, either men who had been tested by warriors in the desert, or hunters among the mountain people, were no worse than the gnolls in their marksmanship, and they were covered by a wall, so they were much luckier than the gnoll archers who had no shelter.

The priest who was flying in the air withstood the attack of seven or eight arrows in succession, landed heavily on the wall, and began to howl and charge at the defenders of the wall.