Chapter 50: Night War Beasts
Tonight's night was hazy and silent, except for the occasional noise from small insects. The watchtower attic on the city wall is still constantly patrolling the surroundings, and the light shining from above is not very high, so it can only illuminate the range of about 100 meters outside the city. This distance plays a warning role at most in a real outbreak of battle, and this monitoring method has too many loopholes and does not have much practical effect.
Most of the soldiers on the city wall had serious expressions, and every night came, they had to be vigilant to beware of the orcs sneaking in while the night was dark. Maybe during the day, when they are on duty, they can hide in a corner somewhere and be lazy. Not at night, if something goes wrong, it's a matter of losing your head.
Tonight is not a very good thing for the soldiers guarding the Thousand Iron Castle, as the darkness will affect their vision, making it difficult for them to see any suspicious targets in the distance.
In the middle of the wall, which is several hundred meters high and ten meters thick, there is a particularly tall and sturdy tower, which has windows of different sizes on each floor, which are not used for decoration, but for the defense of siege warfare. On each floor, there are artillery, crossbows, bows and arrows, and other combat equipment. In addition, bells, drums, gongs, whistles, flags, and other items are placed in the top floors, and orders are issued from here.
In a building near the top floor, Sun Xiaofei, Lucia, Fergrimm and others, many young members of the God of War Temple, several elders of the God of War Temple, the guards of the Thousand Iron City and more than a dozen powerhouses were all here.
In the middle of the several elders sitting in the hall, there was one of the Elder of the War God Temple who was in charge of their actions tonight, called Koli. Kou Li is a high-level War Emperor powerhouse, good at earth-based attribute attacks, and his defense and combat experience are higher than those of the elders present. Therefore, with him as the commander, everyone has no objection.
In addition, the Thousand Iron City side also sent several commanders with rich combat experience to assist them in defense and troop deployment.
Sun Xiaofei and Lucia and the others sat on the side, talking in a low voice. Everyone else was closing their eyes or meditating, doing something to kill their boredom, waiting for the battle to come tonight. The people present seem calm on the surface, but in fact, only they know it.
The elders of the Temple of War, the city guards, and the powerful men gathered around the table, looking at the military layout and facilities here at the North City Gate, and discussing various battle plans and ways to deal with attack and defense.
Sun Xiaofei's attention was all on them, listening attentively to the conversations of their people, and knowing how the elders arranged this battle.
When arranging for them, the God of War Temple gave priority to everyone's expertise and strength. Sun Xiaofei was arranged here, mainly because his own strength far exceeded that of the same level, and he was also a demon martial artist of the fifth lineage, and this kind of combat power was enough to be on his own. Therefore, as the north gate to resist the attack of the beast clan this time, it is natural to arrange him here.
If it weren't for the fact that they had come here, Jirui, the defender of Thousand Iron City, would have drawn a large number of elite soldiers and strong men to guard the northern gate to ensure that this place was impregnable and impregnable.
The night had been waiting for such a long time that the patience of the crowd had been gradually eroded as the night passed. In the first half of the night, there was almost no movement, and the city gates were silent, and no signs of orcs were found.
Sun Xiaofei never thought that he would wait for the dark night to pass so quietly. The expected orcs did not appear, and those who were often accustomed to fighting would know that as long as the night did not pass, the enemy could attack them at any time. Therefore, the closer to dawn, the more likely the danger is to come, and everyone does not dare to take it lightly.
In the second half of the night, when everyone thought that the beasts would not come, the strength of the defense in various places made some adjustments, and according to the orders of the plane, a layout was formed that was tight inside and loose outside. At this time, the two soldiers on the guard tower on the city tower made an unexpected discovery.
"What's that?"
"Orcs, orcs are coming, send a signal to everyone. ”
"Yes. ”
The two soldiers on the watchtower noticed some dark shadows faintly appearing in the distance, and upon closer inspection, they recognized a large number of orc warriors. The two were shocked and informed the soldiers of the castle tower in a special way.
Suddenly, a sharp alarm suddenly sounded on the castle tower, and the sentry tower found the vanguard of the beast clan under the city, which was slowly approaching the Thousand Iron City. Hearing the siren, the elders of the Temple of the God of War walked to the window and looked out of the city. In the dark land outside the city, a large number of orc warriors appeared, and their thick hands held a heavy shield and slowly approached, these ordinary orc warriors were obviously the vanguard of the orcs, just cannon fodder for war.
Then, a low war drum sounded on the surrounding city towers, the drum sounded, the battle was about to begin, everyone immediately entered the combat state, Sun Xiaofei and the others also walked over and looked at the city outside. The first wave of battle had already broken out, and many large ranged weapons in the city locked onto the enemy, and as soon as they entered the attack range, they immediately burst out.
All kinds of arrows, fire bullets, and stones fell on the orc warriors in front, and the orc warriors who were in the range of the attack bowed their heads and raised the huge shield in front of them to resist.
"Puff puff!"
The sound of various explosions continued to sound, and the thick bow and crossbow slammed into the shield in front of the orc warrior, instantly penetrating the shield and shooting through the bodies of several orc warriors, and finally the strength was exhausted and stopped.
Under the attack of these large long-range weapons in Thousand Iron City, many orc warriors screamed and died.
"Boom...... Boom ......!"
The fireballs fired from the cannon exploded among the orc warriors, and the blazing flames instantly spread to the surroundings, causing those low-level orc warriors to cry wolf and howl in chaos. Dozens of catties to hundreds of catties of boulders, and then come, adding more damage to them.
For a while, the light under the city flashed violently, bows, crossbows, and arrows flew one after another, making a whining and killing sound, and every shot would take away some lives. Boom! Violent explosions continued to sound, and the orc warriors used to make cannon fodder suffered countless casualties, and the corpses of the orcs could be seen almost everywhere outside the city.
Many of the orc warriors died miserably, either with broken hands and feet, or with no bones left, even if the people of Thousand Iron City saw it, no one would feel unbearable. Because this is a war, there will be a war where people die, no matter who wins and who loses, both sides are destined to die a lot on the battlefield, there is no right or wrong on the battlefield, only the winners and losers.
The orcs paid a huge sacrifice before they advanced dozens of meters to the Thousand Iron City, seeing the fierce attack in front, some rumbling loud noises sounded behind the orcs, and a large group of demonic beasts with tall bodies and thick skin appeared in front of everyone, rushing towards the city gate in a frenzy.
Many strong men appeared on the city wall one after another, looking down at the fierce battle scene below, for them, the attack of the beast clan has not yet dispatched the main force, and they will not make rash moves, the strong will naturally keep to deal with the other party's strong man.
The guards of Thousand Iron City had a way to deal with it, and a large number of iron fences, spikes and other hidden weapons were thrown down from the city wall and sprinkled in front of the monster herd. These are just to slow down the opponent's sprint, and the moat under the city will block the opponent's attack.
Those demonic beasts stepped on the hidden weapon, and suddenly a group of people turned on their backs, and the front one just fell, and was trampled by the back and died. This kind of scene is very visually striking and shocking. Under the wild rush of a large number of demonic beasts, even if the Thousand Iron City tried their best to block them, they were still washed into the moat by the demonic beasts, and the moat was quickly filled with the corpses of demonic beasts and beast warriors, forming a wide road, and the elite troops of the beast clan rushed out from behind, rushing to the city along the road paved with the corpses of demonic beasts. The orcs sacrificed a large number of demonic beasts, only to open a way for the orcs behind to attack.
No one is allowed to leave their posts without permission, and those who violate the order will be killed!"
Ji Rui, the defender of Thousand Iron Castle, gave a loud order, and the voice resounded on the city wall through the increase in the strength of the fighting qi in his body. Hearing his order, all the soldiers were in high spirits, and in response to his order, they fought hard to launch wave after wave of fierce attacks against the orcs.
The minotaur of the beast clan led the charge at the lead, the elite wolf cavalry, eagle cavalry, and snake people of the beast clan appeared one after another, and the rat clan also poured towards the Thousand Iron City one after another.
Seeing such a terrifying attack of the beasts, the strong men in the city had to take action.
In the face of the royal troops dispatched by the beast clan, the ordinary soldiers of Thousand Iron City could not resist it at all, and could only rely on the strength of these strong men. Before Kou Li's order, Sun Xiaofei and the others could only stare dryly, watching how those strong men fought against the beast clan.
The golden magisters in the city chanted, and all the metals under the city and the surrounding gold power were mobilized, turning into sharp blades, whistling and flying among the enemy groups. With a brilliant light of death, all kinds of magic beckoned to the orcs, blood splattered, corpses strewn all over the field, and the scene of battle was horrific.
The counterattack of the beast clan was also quite terrifying, taking advantage of the speed advantage of the royal troops, they rushed to the bottom of the city wall in one breath, and then there was a crazy attack. The individual strength of ordinary orcs is already much stronger than that of humans, let alone the royal family of beasts.
However, in half a day, the human casualties were serious, and Sun Xiaofei and others also began to join this tragic war under the order of Kou Li.
With Sun Xiaofei and many other young strong men taking action, the situation in Qiantiecheng quickly stabilized, and the two sides entered a stalemate battle, with many strong men guarding the city wall, so that the beast clan tried their best, but they couldn't cross the city wall. If you continue to fight like this, for the beast clan out of disadvantage, the result can be imagined.
When the sky was slightly bright, the beast clans who had fought fruitlessly had to start retreating, and they could only retreat in defeat in the face of a thousand iron cities with strong men like mountains and copper walls and iron arms. The orcs retreated, and cheers rang out everywhere in Thousand Iron City.
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