Chapter 558: Ascending to the City

Because Prince Grantham is not the eldest son, he has joined the army since he was a teenager in accordance with the traditions of the Holy Griffin Empire, and has spent almost his entire youth fighting with orcs. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

If the orcs don't attack the humans, then the surplus population in the country will become more and more until the last grain of food is eaten, so in order to consume the population, and in order to be able to open a road to the hinterland of the continent, the orc empire will regularly attack the Fortress of Dawn.

In normal times, humans always send iron horses deep into the wasteland to eliminate those orc tribes who are trying to survive near the borders of the wasteland, in order to reduce the pressure when the orc empire attacks. The war between two countries and between two races has nothing to do with right or wrong, good or evil, it is purely for survival.

Due to years of fighting against the Orc Empire, Prince Grantham was very familiar with the tactics of the Orcs, and when his archers fired three in quick succession, he immediately ordered the heavily armed warriors to raise their shields to prevent the Orcs from retaliating against them.

In fact, just as Prince Grantham had predicted, almost as soon as the rain of arrows from the human archers had stopped, the sword-antelope pitchers of the Orc Empire immediately came out from behind the pig warriors, raised their hands and drew their short spears from their backpacks behind their backs, kicked forward slightly, threw their arms forward, and threw their short spears hard at the humans on the walls of the fortress.

The swordantle's pitcher was superior to human archers in strength, vision, and accuracy, and when it was fired, the short spear whizzed like a cannonball towards the walls of the fortress. If Prince Grantham's order had been a few breaths late, I am afraid that the defenders of the fortress would have suffered a major blow. Fortunately, the heavy warriors of the Golden Army erected a huge shield in time, just in time to block the attack of the Antelope pitcher.

Unlike the primitive and rugged wooden shields of the orcs, the giant shields used by the defenders of the fortress are made of fine iron and lined with cork and animal skins to prevent shocks.

Even so, the brutal force of the short spear thrown by the Swordang pitcher still made many heavily armored soldiers unbearable, and they were knocked flying and knocked down by the powerful impact. Fortunately, the Golden Legion was very experienced in this, and the heavily armored fighters were divided into several rows, and the fighters in the front row were knocked out, and the back row was immediately added to continue to keep the line intact. However, the human defenders naturally did not take a beating in vain, and the archers and ballistas in the various arrow towers in the fortress began to exert their might, trying to suppress the orc pitchers.

In just a few rounds, casualties began to occur on both sides. From time to time, a short spear happened to pass over the heavily armored warriors, piercing into the archers behind them, and a short spear would have to penetrate two or three people before the momentum could be stopped. And on the orc side, there are constantly warriors falling because of the human bow and arrow suppression and the existence of giant ballistas, especially those swordantelope pitchers who are focused on by archers, and the pitchers who have no armor are completely exposed to the rain of arrows, but the temperament of the orcs is fierce and fearless, even if the clansmen fall one by one around them, they will not only not be afraid, but will stimulate the blood even more.

In the midst of the scuffle, the team of the pig orcs finally approached the fortress walls, and a series of log ladders were built on the city wall, but due to the desperate cover of the swordantle pitcher, the human defenders had no time to push these ladders away for the time being.

The pig warriors, who were much more burly and sturdy than ordinary humans, began to climb upwards with two fangs in their mouths, maces in one hand and escalators in the other. However, although the pig warriors struggled to climb, their agility was really problematic, and under the influence of the mud armor, these pig warriors were quite sluggish, and it would take a long time for them to climb the long ladder.

At this time, the canine warriors played their role, and one by one the canine orcs braved the rain of arrows and strode towards the long ladder, and they did not need to climb one by one, they lightly tapped a few times on the body of the pig warrior, and then crossed the pig warrior and climbed the long ladder.

When the head of the first canine soldier poked out from under the arrow stacks of the fortress walls, one of the hundred men of the Golden Legion commanded loudly: "The orcs have landed in the city, spearmen come forward and stab them down!"

When the canine soldier heard this, he was in a hurry, and hurriedly kicked the long ladder under his feet, and climbed the city wall with one lunge. But before he could get up, a sharp spear pierced its body, lifting him high and throwing him off the city.

With the first soldier to reach the city, there will be a second, a third, a steady stream of canine orcs relying on their agility to climb the wall, trying to open a gap in the wall. However, this wish was not fulfilled until the pig warriors ascended the city walls.

As soon as the burly pig orc emerged from the city wall, he waved the mace in his hand horizontally, whether it was the canine warrior or the human soldier in front of him, all of them were drawn aside, and the pig orc staggered slowly up the city wall.

Looking from the bottom of the castle, after seeing the first pig orc climb the city wall, the patriarch of the pig clan, Drew Blackhoof, had a sure smile on his face. He is very confident in the strength of his own people, and in terms of physical strength, although the pig clan is not as good as several well-known strong races such as the bear clan and the cow clan, it is also among the best among the many tribes of the orc empire. With the weak physical quality of humans, it is impossible to withstand the attack of the pig warriors.

On the command platform of the fortress, seeing the orcs breaking through the defense for the first time and ascending the city wall, the generals of the Holy Griffin Empire were shocked, and hurriedly suggested to Prince Grantham: "Your Royal Highness, the situation is critical, please send reinforcements to rescue the city wall immediately!"

Prince Grantham's face was also a little ugly, but he knew in his heart that this was just an appetizer for the Orc Empire, and what vassal races such as pigs, dogs, and sheep had not been seen, and if even these vassal races could not resist it, then the Dawning Fortress might not last for a few days.

"No, order the Golden Legion to hold its ground, drive the orcs down immediately, and never let the orcs step on the wall again!" Prince Grantham did not take the advice of the generals, but chose to trust the Golden Legion.

"The Silver Legion is now on rotation, and if there are no major incidents, they are not needed to fight for the time being. Otherwise, tomorrow the soldiers of the Silver Legion will have no physical strength, what will they use to defend against the orcs?" Prince Grantham explained to his generals the reason for this, as the defender of the city, it is necessary to keep the soldiers have sufficient physical strength and energy in order to better deal with the enemy's invasion.