There are three elite legions in the Byron Empire, among which the Giant Legion is particularly eye-catching in mountain warfare and foot combat.

This legion has only 5,000 people in total, and it can't even form a phalanx of 10,000 people, but just such a marine legion with less than 10,000 people is extremely fearful. The Legion of Giants, as the name suggests, is made up entirely of "giants". Among them were four thousand nine hundred and fifty minotaur warriors, as well as fifty true giants.

The height of the minotaurs is already much higher than that of humans, and the shortest minotaurs are all over two meters, and the average height of the minotaurs in the giant army is between two and a half to two meters six. These minotaurs can easily lift one or two hundred kilograms, and their weapon is an axe gun weighing fifty kilograms, once they enter the combat state, the thousand-person minotaur phalanx is simply a meat grinder on the battlefield.

Any elite legion, without prior preparation, is no match for the Minotaurs. All they had to do was stand together, keep raising their axes and guns and slashing them down, and even the siege equipment would turn into a pile of parts in a very short time.

Of course, the Minotaur phalanx is not invincible, its own weight plus heavy equipment and heavy weapons make the Minotaur phalanx advance slowly, and the relatively soft terrain such as deserts or wetlands completely deny the Minotaur to enter, only in the mountains, dry plains and Gobi, the Minotaur phalanx can exert enough power.

In addition to this, each phalanx of 1,000 people will be equipped with ten true giants, who claim to be descendants of the Titans, beloved remnants of the Earth Goddess. These giants were about eight to nine meters tall and weighed more than three thousand pounds, and some strong giants even weighed as much as two tons. Their huge bodies also give them even greater strength, they can throw 300 kilograms of stone at will, and the force of a single punch is the same as that of some small siege chariots.

They never carry any weapons, because wherever there are woods, it means that there is something they need.

There is a very special tactic in the Giant Legion, the descendants of these Titans will throw the Minotaurs as cannonballs on the enemy's walls, if they can't quickly eliminate these minotaurs who can't tell the direction and can't even stand steadily, when they come to their senses, it will definitely be a disaster!

So as soon as the news of the Giant Legion's knock on the gate was transmitted back to the imperial capital, Empress Pars's already unsightly face became even more unsightly.

The Weimar Corridor is under tremendous pressure, requiring a large number of soldiers and supplies to be sent to the province of Bell, as well as some heavy defensive magic equipment, otherwise it will be difficult to withstand the attack of the Giants.

The reason why Byron chose to attack at this time was because they, including the Great Chieftain of the Full Moon, discovered a problem at the same time, that is, it would be too late if they didn't launch again. They had originally planned to launch an invasion of the Orlando Empire when the Orlando Empire fell into a civil war, but the changing situation in Orlando was a little confusing every day, so they dragged the time down.

Then the massacre of the city by the Grand Duke of Joan of Arc took place, and the situation became tense again, and both Byron and Full Moon felt that this was a good opportunity, as long as the Grand Duke of Joan of Arc did not obey the call of Empress Pars, there would be a battle between the royal family and the Grand Duke, and it would be a fierce battle. Once the two sides go to war, in order to solve a series of problems caused by the Archduke of Joan of Arc as soon as possible, it is very likely that the young female emperor of the Orlando Empire will requisition Grace over and use it to suppress the Archduke of Joan of Arc.

At that time, the Western Front, which had just undergone a round of purging, could not defend itself against the attack of the Full Moon at all, as long as the Full Moon broke the defensive circle of the Western Front, the Byron Empire carried out landing operations by sea, and at the same time penetrated the Weimar Corridor, and the three invasion roads attacked at the same time, coupled with the chaos within the Orlando Empire, Grace was divided into two, and it was too late to put out the fire.

But what they didn't expect was that the Grand Duke of Joan of Arc couldn't afford to fall ill, which suddenly alleviated the situation within the Orlando Empire, and if they didn't make any more moves, they would lose this opportunity after the Northern Expedition was over.

The Byronic Empire had already lost more than one chance, so the Byron Emperor decisively ordered and informed the High Chieftain of the Full Moon, thus starting a war.

Empress Pars's first reaction after learning the news was to let Wren join Bell Province, and in the current situation, only Wren has the prestige to take over the military and political affairs of the entire Bell Province and has the ability to unify Bell Province.

It didn't take long for Nengalel to cooperate with Grien to drive the landed Byronians back into the sea, and then he could draw his hand and lead the elite army to Ortlenburg to help Wren hold the pass and beat the other side back.

The key to the fact that the Byronic people have not been able to fight through the Weimar Corridor for so many years is that the terrain of the Weimar Corridor is not suitable for large-scale marches, not to mention the undulating terrain, the narrowness of the Weimar Corridor alone is enough to make it impossible for the other side to have large-scale sergeant movements.

It may seem that the situation in the Weimar corridor is a little more dangerous, but in fact, the real threat level is the lowest - no matter what kind of formation the opponent puts on, there will always be only fifty or sixty people in unison, and with the size of the minotaur and the giant, this number is even lower. All they need to face is a short attack surface for these forty or fifty people.

For this reason, Empress Pars deliberately canonized him as a third-class supreme knight before Wren's departure, and in this way she showed her attitude.

At this time, the atmosphere in Ortrenburg was particularly solemn, and after 70 years, the Byron Empire once again knocked on the gates, which made many old Ortrenburgers recall that time. Under the leadership of Orlando V, they established the city in the wilderness and braved the enemy's arrows and attacks to build a magnificent pass. Seventy years later, the Oltlenburg and Weimar Corridor passes are still carrying out their original mission.

This has never wavered.

The bells of the enemy attack continued to echo over Ortlenburg, and Alma had already sent a shipment of supplies to the pass, as well as a thousand city defenders. But everyone's hearts have no bottom, with the appearance of the giant army, looking at those tall and full of oppressive minotaurs and giants, many people's calves are trembling.

The pass of the Weimar corridor is fifteen meters high, and the highest point is twenty meters, but looking at those giants eight or nine meters high, it seems that as soon as they stretch out their hands, they can touch the wall, and with a little more force, they can climb up directly. Actually, these people are mistaken, and the giants who are too big and too big actually have no ability to bounce at all. The weight of one and a half tons allows them to produce much more force when they reach the apex of the jump and fall than the limit of their leg bones, and they don't need to jump very high, jumping two or three meters is very likely to break their bones.

As for climbing up, it is even more nonsense, although their arms are indeed very thick, but their arms are difficult to bear their weight, not to mention that there are people harassing them on the wall. Once you fail to climb the wall, it is likely to end up with a large fracture of the whole body. Even if the people at the pass let the giants climb the wall, they wouldn't do it.

After a short rest, the army of giants in the Weimar corridor began the first round of siege.

The siege warfare of this legion was not quite the same as the normal form of siege warfare, and they tended to violently destroy the walls and then rush through them. Of course, this has something to do with their weight. The heavy minotaurs and giants could not ride any mounts at all, and their weight was enough to carry the wildebeest, which was specially used for transportation, and the extremely heavy mounts could not be moved directly, so how could they rush up the city wall from the ramp?

The first phalanx of 100 men approached the pass, and the archers and crossbow carts on the pass began to calibrate the range, and when the minotaur approached the pass, about sixty paces, that is, a distance of about a hundred meters, they stopped. They pulled out a stubby javelin from the javelin basket they were carrying behind them.

The javelin was about 1.5 meters long, and the arms of a child were as thick as a child's arm, and these minotaurs were ready to throw under the orders of the officer. When the officer roared, the hundred minotaurs roared and tensed their muscles, sliding back and forth like rocks. They roared and took a step forward sideways, then threw their javelins with all their might.

Under the action of huge force, the javelins made of steel buzzed and shot towards the city wall at a speed no weaker than that of crossbow arrows.

The soldiers on the city wall immediately raised their tower shields, and for a time the entire city wall was kicked up with dust and mist, and at the same time there was a loud noise, as well as the sound of people screaming.

Some javelins were stuck in the walls, some were pierced a centimeter through the shield and pinned the shield bearer to the ground, and some missed, slanting into the stone slabs of the wall.

In just a simple confrontation, two ballistas were destroyed, more than two dozen people were injured and several died.

These city defenders, who had never experienced war, felt the horror of the national war for the first time!

The monsters on the other side don't know what mercy is, and they are here to destroy the Orlando Empire and compete for the population of the Desi.

The petty officer of the garrison stood up from behind the battlements of the city wall, his hat fell to the ground in a panic, he didn't even look at it, his bloodshot eyes widened, he looked at the soldiers who specialized in controlling the ballista and roared, "Counterattack, counterattack quickly! No need to aim, almost!", he waved his hand vigorously and shouted a word of release.

Eighteen soldiers on the city wall tightly wrapped the rope around the ballista machine around their arms, and after aiming at the minotaur on the opposite side, they pulled hard. The two-meter-long crossbow arrow was ejected with a thud of a taut steel cable, and the huge reaction force caused the ballista to slam into the back, and the petty officer was knocked on the heel without checking for a while.

He stood up with a roll, rushed to the edge of the city wall and looked at the 100-person phalanx of the Minotaur outside the city, wanting to see if there was any meritorious service in this round of volleys!