Chapter 16: The Long Day (3)

General Kisson saw a few hundred meters away, tens of thousands of orc soldiers flocking to the Thor Fortress like a tide, although most of the orc siege equipment was destroyed by the human stone throwing vehicles, but those orc soldiers could not see fear on their faces, and they still rushed towards the Thor Fortress in a mess, they didn't even think about how to climb the nearly ten-meter-high wall of the Thor Fortress, as if their goal was to die under the Thor Fortress.

"A hundred thousand cowards are not as good as ten thousand fearless warriors. General Kissernst whispered a famous quote from Fernando I, and his voice was so small that even the lieutenant Hans, who was standing beside him, did not hear clearly. Just as Adjutant Hans was about to ask General Kissernst what he had said, General Kissernst gave another order: "500 meters in front of the target, indiscriminate projectiles." ”

The 10,000 archers released the bowstring in their hands and shot the feathered arrow, which was already pointing to the sky, and then drew another arrow from the quiver behind them, put it on the bowstring, and then pulled the bowstring, and shot it again...... The sky was suddenly covered by a "dark cloud". The archers stationed in Thor's Fortress are the most elite archers of the human race, they have undergone years of rigorous training, if they are aiming at the enemy, they can fire an average of 12 arrows per minute, and if it is an indiscriminate projectile regardless of the target, these shooters only need to shoot arrows at the enemy sky with force, in that case, they will shoot at least 15 arrows per minute.

10,000 marksmen, 15 shots per minute, that's 150,000 feathered arrows that can take the enemy's life. The orc attack force did not have much protection at all, and under such a dense attack by human archers, the losses were extremely large, like raindrops, no, it should be said that feathered arrows denser than raindrops fell from the sky, inserted into the head or chest of the orcs, and immediately took a life.

The rain of arrows shot by the human archers covered the entire sky like dark clouds, and the attacking orcs were attracted by this sudden sight, and they all raised their heads to watch, and the hundreds of orcs who bore the brunt of the attack did not even hum at all, and were shot by dense feathered arrows and withered on the ground.

Seeing this, many orcs with homemade wooden shields immediately raised the simple wooden shield in their hands and blocked it in front of them to block the attack of the "rain of arrows". But the feather arrows fired by the human archers are too dense, and with a small wooden shield alone, there is no way to completely wrap themselves in, and the front end of the feather arrows thrown out has sharp arrows, coupled with the attack power that fell from a high altitude, a small number of feather arrows directly penetrated the rough wooden shields made by those orcs, and directly ** the heads of the orc soldiers.

"Ahh

Another clever orc soldier saw that he had been hit by several arrows, and he was so fierce that he lifted the corpse of a companion from the ground and put it on his head, using his dead companion to block the rain of arrows for himself. He is dead now, and he only has some cattle and sheep, but if he can climb the ten-meter-high wall and kill a human soldier, he can get a war horse and a good weapon.

Inspired by him, the other orcs picked up their fallen companions and filled them with shields, and even a few orc soldiers who were not dead were held above their heads by his companions. The screams of their companions aroused the ferocity of the orcs even more, and they let out a series of monosyllabic shouts from their mouths, carrying the corpses of their companions, with a few more or less feathered arrows on their bodies, and ran frantically towards the Thor Fortress.

Behind these orc soldiers, the advance speed of several battering rams also increased a lot, because there were many orc soldiers hiding in the battering rams, using the thick planks of the battering rams to avoid bow and arrow shots, and at the same time, these orcs pushed these siege machines together, which naturally accelerated their advance.

There are also many orcs picked up the weapons in their hands, smashed down those scrapped stone-throwing vehicles and siege ladder parts, even a wooden plank, it is better than a charge without any protection, and the wooden ladder of the siege ladder was completely dismantled by the orcs, several orcs carried forward and forward, one person fell after the arrow, and immediately the orcs next to him took the ladder and continued to rush forward.

By this time, there were less than 20,000 of the Black Eagle Clan's 30,000 troops left, and most of them were more or less wounded, but their desire to fight became stronger and stronger, and their running speed became faster and faster, and they gradually forced under the walls of Thor's fortress. Behind the orcs, the large open space was full of the corpses of the orc soldiers, densely packed with bows and arrows stuck in the ground, and the white tail feathers pointed high into the sky, like a large lush forest.

At this moment, the human archers can no longer use projectiles to shoot the enemy, but they can lower the launch angle and continue to harvest the lives of the orcs with more accurate shots, but the bows and arrows that shoot out do not have the impact of falling from high altitudes, and it is difficult to shoot through the corpses of the orcs.

"Your Excellency, the orcs are only 100 meters away, I beg you once again, for your safety and the safety of the Thor Fortress, please enter the command post immediately!" Adjutant Hans said anxiously in General Kissern's ear, he had even signaled to follow the commander of the General's Guard next to him, if the General still insisted on standing on the barely defended wall, he would force General Kissernst away at all costs.

Fortunately, General Kissernst did not hold out any longer, and after giving the order to "prepare for battle", he hurriedly left the city wall with his guards and hid in a strong command post. Under the southern walls of the Thor Fortress, there is a small and extremely strong defensive fortress, which is the command post. This small fortress is close to the city walls, due to the angle problem, it is almost impossible for the stone projectiles thrown by the orc army to hit here after crossing the walls of the Thor's fortress, as for the bow and arrow shot by the orcs, even if they really fall on the fortress, how can it be possible to penetrate the wall at least one meter thick?

When defending against orc attacks, especially in hand-to-hand siege battles, the supreme commander of Thor's fortress will be here to understand the battle situation and command the battle through the heralds. If the Supreme Commander is stationed on a wall with relatively weak defense and is facing the attack of the orc army, if an orc stray arrow hits the Supreme Commander of the Thor Fortress, how will the next defensive battle be fought?

When General Kissernst withdrew from the city walls, the front commander, General Clark, assumed the responsibility of commanding the battlefield, and he issued a series of instructions in accordance with the orders given by General Kissnst:

"The First Brigade stepped forward and took over the position!"

The four heralds standing beside General Clark immediately raised the small red and white flags in their hands, and quickly transmitted General Clark's orders to the heralds on both sides of the city wall through the flags.

In a few minutes, General Clark's order spread throughout the entire city wall of Thor's fortress, and a large number of human warriors holding sharp iron swords in one hand and iron shields in the other hand walked neatly to the north side of Thor's fortress walls, staring intently at the enemy who was less than 50 meters outside the city wall.

"All the archers gave up their positions, withdrew from the walls to rest, and replenished their bows and arrows. ”

The archers who had just fired continuously immediately withdrew from the first line of defense, their bows and arrows were of little use in hand-to-hand combat, and besides, they had basically finished shooting the feathered arrows in their quivers in the round just now, and it was time to replenish them.

"The second brigade stepped forward, crossed positions with the first brigade, and cooperated in the battle!"

Groups of human soldiers armed with spears almost trotted all the way to the edge of the city wall, these spear warriors are good at attacking enemies from afar, their spears are at least 3 meters long, and if they are the length of their arms, they can attack the climbing orcs if they are stabbed with all their might. However, the spear warrior has poor protection for himself, and needs the protection and cooperation of a sword and shield warrior who is good at close combat and has good defensive ability.

"The Fourth Brigade is on standby, ready to support!"

A few meters behind the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers, groups of soldiers brought in heavy stones and wood, ready to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy.

A long wooden ladder was set up on the walls of Thor's fortress, and a bloodied orc let out a strange cry and climbed up the wooden ladder, holding a leather whip in his hand, which his son used to graze, but it could still roll up a long wound if it was pumped a man.

The orc had just climbed halfway with his head up, when he saw the faces of human soldiers emerging from the city wall, and the orc picked up the leather whip in his hand vigorously, and was about to pull it out, when he saw a spear pierced down, he stood on the wooden ladder, there was no way to dodge, and he was suddenly pierced through the chest by the spear.

The spear was swung vigorously by the human soldiers, and the orc was so badly wounded that he could no longer grasp the wooden ladder, so he fell straight down and smashed into his companion's body. His companion cursed loudly, pushing the orc away from his head, grabbing the ladder with one hand and climbing up quickly, while the other swung the bronze axe in his hand, swinging it over his head to fend off the spears stabbed by the human soldiers.