Soon, the vanguard of the orcs, after paying a certain number of casualties, broke into the temporary defense line of the humans, and the human warriors emerged from the temporary bunkers where they were hiding, armed with spears, swords, shields and other weapons and began to fight the orcs. In such a long battle with the orcs, human beings have also figured out a lot of things about the orcs, and when the two sides are in close combat, the best way for humans to fight is to form a multi-level defense system with squads as a unit, and use collective strength to block the orcs.

A human army is usually a squad of 50 people, with warriors with swords and shields in the first and second rows, warriors with spears in the third and fourth rows, and if there are archers, in the last row. In this way, the sword and shield warriors in front of them can block the orc's attack, and then rely on the three-meter-long iron spear in the hands of the spear warrior behind him to attack the orc.

The orcs still rely mainly on individual force in their operations, and even the warriors of the Barbarian Bear Clan, who have undergone rigorous military training and are able to organize some cooperation, cannot fundamentally change this phenomenon. There are two main reasons for this, one is because the overall population of orcs is far less than that of humans, and the combat effectiveness of individuals far exceeds that of humans, so they must rely on their personal combat effectiveness to fight, and the other is that orcs live a hard life, and if they want to change the future of themselves and their families, they must rely on military merit on the battlefield, and the only way for them to calculate military merit is the enemy's head.

This point of course leads to the fact that everyone of the orc warriors fights bravely, but it also fundamentally prevents them from being completely like humans and relying on collective strength to survive. And since the rise of human beings on the continent, it has been destined that this race must rely on collective strength to survive, whether it is in the face of ancient behemoths or other humanoid races, human beings ultimately rely on the strength of their unity.

The central square, which was originally used for grand ceremonies, has now become a huge battlefield, where more than 500,000 troops of humans and orcs have committed a decisive battle. The majestic royal viewing platform has experienced the state-building ceremony of Fernando I, the coronation and wedding ceremonies of more than ten emperors of the Holy Alliance Empire, and now, it has witnessed a tragic battle for human survival.

When the humans and orcs came into close combat, the catapults on both sides began to extend their firing range backwards to avoid accidentally injuring their own people. Now the human side is not vulnerable to the attack of the orc catapult because of the temporary cover, and the orc side must pass through the fixed roads in the surrounding blocks if they want to attack the central square, which is just a target for the human catapult to attack. As long as the human stone throwing vehicle adjusts the angle and strength of the projectile, it can easily smash hundreds of kilograms of stone projectiles on the top of the orc's head, so that the orc's follow-up troops cannot comfortably support the forward battle.

The Orc's offensive was very fierce, and when they had been preparing for this battle long enough, the Beast Emperor used his 20,000 descendants and 30,000 elites of other clans as attack arrows, and strongly broke into the human defensive position, and soon broke through the first line of human positions in that area. Orlando, the commander of the human side, immediately reacted, on the one hand, he ordered the human army in the area broken by the orcs to resist on the spot, and was not allowed to retreat, and at the same time transferred tens of thousands of elites to the forward position and began to strengthen the thickness of the second and third lines of defense, and on the other hand, launched a rapid attack from the two directions of the orc breakthrough part, trying to cut off the orc army that attacked his position.

The focus of this battle was gathered in two places at once, if the orcs broke the existing defense line of the human race before the follow-up defense line of the human race was completed, it would directly threaten the safety of the royal viewing platform, and once the human army could successfully divide and surround this orc army, it would mean that the elite orc army of more than 40,000 people could be encircled and annihilated, which was almost one-third of the strength of the orcs to launch this battle.

"Hurry up!" ordered the commander of the Jonas legion, the area to which the Jonas legion he belonged was ordered to be stationed was the north of the royal viewing platform, and it was also the shortest route for the orcs to reach the human command center, and now the orcs launched a fierce attack on this place, which made Jonas both happy and worried.

Happily, the Jonas Legion returned to the imperial capital from the Thor Fortress, and now they finally have a perfect opportunity to prove to others that the fall of the Thor Fortress is not their fault, but because of the mole. The worry is that the orcs' offensive is extremely sharp, compared to the intensity of their attack under the walls of the Thor Fortress, it is simply two different armies, but in more than 30 minutes, the defense line of Jonas's legion has been broken through 500 meters, and if the opponent breaks through another 500 meters, it will completely break through his defense line and directly face the defense area of the Royal Viewing Platform. If the orcs easily broke through their defense zone this time, then the Jonas army would never have a chance to wash away the shame on their heads, so Jonas did not hesitate to send his reserves, and mobilized all the ballistas to intercept the orc attack with all his might.

The human ballista has a sturdy bracket with a main beam on top of the bracket flanked by a crossbow arm at the end of which is connected to a bowstring, and the end of the main beam is equipped with a winch, which the user can pull back by operating this winch. The ballista is different from the stone throwing car, it can hit the target quite accurately, so it has very high requirements for the crossbow arrows used, and the quality of the crossbow arrows is not qualified, which will definitely affect the accuracy of the launch.

After the ballista is fired, the crossbow arrow can shoot hundreds of meters away under the elastic force of the bowstring, and the crossbow arrow flying in a straight line can penetrate all objects in its flight path, as long as the direction of the launch is grasped, it is also very normal for a crossbow arrow to wear three or four orcs, and the bronze shield in the orc's hand can't stop such a terrible power at all.

Under the bombardment of dozens of ballistas in turn, the orcs were still approaching the defense line where Jonas was located step by step. During the period of fighting with humans, orcs naturally learned about the situation of humans, and knew that the power of human ballistas was amazing, but this kind of ballista had a fatal shortcoming, that is, its trajectory was straight, in other words, as long as it crawled forward on the ground, there was no need to worry too much about being pierced through the chest by crossbow arrows. Although crawling on the ground is very shameless, compared to their own lives, no matter how stupid the orcs are, they know how to choose.

Originally, according to the corresponding rules, Jonas, as the commander of the legion, should not be on the front line, but at this time, Jonas stood in the direction of the orc's main attack, which also greatly boosted the morale of his subordinates. Jonas watched the orcs approach him step by step, and Jonas roared loudly, telling his men to speed up the release of their ballistas. At the same time, Jonas kept deploying troops to strengthen his defense line, and he was sure to suppress the orc offensive. However, in Jonas's heart, he naturally misses the short time when he fought with Ryan in Thor's Fortress, no matter how fast the orc attack was, as long as Ryan made a move, the flames in the sky would mercilessly smash the orc's body and relieve the crisis on the defensive line.

"It's a pity that Ryan is protecting Queen Catherine now, and if he can be here, then what else do I have to worry about?" Jonas said to himself silently in his heart. As the commander of the legion, Jonas certainly understands Luke's intention of arranging Ryan to protect Catherine, in this chaotic scene, with Ryan's record in Thor's fortress, I am afraid that he will definitely be on the front line of the most dangerous situation, if there is an accident, what will Ryan's girlfriend Faras do?

Queen Catherine's side is currently the safest place for human beings, in fact, even if Ryan doesn't protect Catherine, nothing will happen to Catherine, because most of the best magicians in the empire are royal magicians, and the elite of the royal magicians will definitely be by the side of the ruler of the empire. There are more than a dozen powerful magicians who open the magic defense array of the royal viewing platform to protect Catherine, and unless the orcs attack Catherine's side and consume all the living power on the human side, they will not have a chance to touch Catherine.

And Jonas also guessed another intention of Luke, as a warrior, he has the duty to defend the territory, even if the imperial capital falls, he must fight to the death without receiving orders. And Luke asked Ryan to protect Catherine as a mercenary, if the mercenary finds the task too difficult when he receives the task, he can also give up, although he will pay a lot of money, but he will not die. Of course, Jonas won't talk nonsense about this, he believes that Ryan is not the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but it is always wrong for Luke to do something completely planned for his daughter.

"Quick, the catapult is ready to launch!" Jonas watched the orcs use the cover to slowly move forward, and suddenly his heart moved, and he shouted out the order, and beside him, a herald asked suspiciously, "The orcs are too close to attack, and they are behind the cover." Jonas said casually: "Stupid, you should let them use a few kilograms of small stone shells, load a dozen at a time, and launch them at one time, remember, with the smallest range!"

"Understood!" the herald replied loudly, and then hurried to deliver Jonas's order.

Soon, the long-awaited human stone thrower began to prepare for launch, this kind of small stones of a few kilograms are not difficult to find, anyway, it is not a so-called art, and there is no need to ensure that they are uniform in size, and even directly smash those large stone bullets to get enough of them.