Chapter 18: The Battle of Rhea City

Roque nodded and said, "Now, everything is ready, it is to see if you can survive these two hours!"

At this moment, one of the observers stood on the watchtower and shouted, "Commander Roque, the orcs are attacking!"

When Roque and Frank heard this, they immediately looked down at the city, only to see that the orcs were indeed surging, and one phalanx after another was pushed out, and the dense orcs were like ants, making a deafening roar while tapping the weapons in their hands. More than a dozen orc phalanxes slowly moved forward, exuding a compelling momentum.

Next, the formation of the orcs changed suddenly, and the orcs of several phalanxes instantly turned into a shuttle formation and quickly rushed towards the city wall, while the rest quickly retreated and returned to the camp. Deter the head of the city while preparing for the next attack.

"Archers, crossbowmen, ready to shoot, ballistas, catapults ready!" the herald nervously passed orders to the city. Suddenly, on the entire section of the city wall, the sound of the noose of the giant crossbow and the filling of the chain ball clicked and clicked on the city wall

Soon, the orc's vanguard approached the walls with a rapid run.

"Steady...... Put them closer. Frank held up his left hand and motioned to the soldiers around him not to release the arrows yet.

At this time, the orcs had already rushed to the huge horses under the city.

"Now, shoot!" roared Roque.

"Archers, Iron Spine Heavy Arrows Ready, Forty-five Degree Angle Throw, Release!" At the head of the city, a group of well-trained archers took off their longbows one after another under the command of the observer, drew out the Iron Spine Heavy Arrows and threw them out, forming a dense rain of arrows like locusts. On the other side, the giant crossbows and ballistae also roared, and the giant crossbowmen and ballistaemen defending the city at the head of the city fired those expensive crossbow arrows and chain balls with all their strength as if they didn't want money, anyway, Rhea City is an important border defense town, and all kinds of weapons in the treasury are well stocked, and their purpose is to delay the orcs for two hours, so they don't have to spare weapons.

Suddenly, a two-meter-long giant crossbow bolt made of black iron and a heavy chain ball were shot at the rushing orc vanguard. Under the bombardment of all kinds of powerful defense equipment, the first group of orcs quickly suffered almost all casualties. And seeing those orc vanguards who were completely wiped out, Frank's heart was not easy. Generally speaking, the first orcs were cannon fodder, and the purpose was to fill the trenches under the city and clear the obstacles. And now, those so-called "cannon fodder" are wearing iron armor. You know, iron is a rarity among orcs. Those who can equip iron armor are still highly combative, even if they are not elite. It seems that these orcs are really first-class elites, and even cannon fodder can be equipped with iron armor. And what about the main force? Isn't it even more terrifying?

After the first wave of cannon fodder fell, the second wave of orcs rushed forward again, continuing to brave the rain of arrows to clear the obstacles under the city.

"Hurry, catapult ready, fire!" the officer at the head of the city urged with his sword waved.

The archers had already been instructed by the observer to quickly mount the heavy arrows again, and drew their bows to fire. "The enemy is rapidly approaching, the second wave of bows and arrows is thrown, seventy-five degrees, release!" There was another buzz, and a large rain of arrows accompanied by boulders thrown by catapults and chain balls of ballistas formed a second wave of attacks. But this time, the orcs were prepared, and those who rushed to the front raised their heavy shields to resist the rain of arrows. Those who were holding the planks and preparing to build the pontoon bridge also raised the planks to resist the rain of arrows.

The second wave of arrow rain significantly reduced the damage to the orcs. Most of the Iron Spine Heavy Arrows were blocked, and only the heavy sprockets and boulders were effective against the Orcs. So, with the exception of the hapless orcs, who were smashed into flesh by boulders and chain balls, most of the others rushed to the wooden stakes at the bottom of the city that were used as obstacles.

Seeing the stake, the orcs who rushed in front raised their hammers and axes one after another, and smashed them casually. I saw a piece of sawdust flying under the city, and soon, the wooden stake was smashed. However, in order to smash the stakes, almost all the orcs dropped their shields. How could Roque let go of such a good opportunity, he waved his hand and shouted: "Archer, iron spine arrows are overfired, the target city is down, release!"

The archers listened to the order, mounted their arrows again, and shot at the orcs below the city. The orcs, who were building a pontoon bridge over the moat, didn't react at all, and the rain of arrows arrived, and they were shot into a hornet's nest before they could raise their shields. But some orcs are really not afraid of death, and they still lift the plank and put it on the moat after several arrows in their bodies. And before this wave of orcs died, a group of orcs holding wooden planks rushed out of the orc phalanx and ran towards the moat......

Despite the fierce and deadly charge of the orcs, the defenders of Rhea City were unable to stop them from building a pontoon bridge. The orcs returned the pontoon bridge over the moat for the cost of three thousand troops. Both sides are buying time. The orcs want to break through the city of Rhea in the shortest possible time, but the defenders of the city of Rhea are to hold the orcs until reinforcements arrive. Therefore, as soon as the pontoon bridge was built, the orcs immediately launched an attack with all their might.

A full five thousand iron party formation of five thousand heavy orc warriors lined up to kill, Roke's heart sank, and he immediately ordered: "Don't save bows and arrows, archers, shoot with all your might, catapults, ballistas, and giant crossbows to defend the city, fire them with all your might, stop them, and don't let them rush up the city wall!"

Suddenly, the northern wall of Rhea City emitted a series of explosions like a stabbed hornet's nest, and finally, the defense line of Rhea City broke out in full force. In an instant, an overwhelming rain of arrows, crossbow arrows, chain balls, and boulders were all aimed at the five orc phalanxes, followed by a stormy attack.

However, how could the elite army of the orcs be so easy to resist? I saw that those orcs raised their heavy shields one after another, blocking most of the arrow rain, and although the giant crossbow arrows were hugely powerful, they were only suitable for attacking a single body after all, even if they could penetrate the heavy shield and kill the orcs inside, it would be difficult to cause a lot of damage. The only ones that can cause effective damage are ballistas and catapults. However, ballistas and catapults were extremely expensive, and even frontier towns such as Rhea City did not have a large amount of equipment. There were only a few dozen ballistas and a dozen catapults.

After killing a certain number of orcs, the 5,000 heavily armed orc warriors had crossed the pontoon bridge and reached the bottom of the city walls, and then a dozen siege ladders were erected. As soon as the plane was stable, the orc warriors who had been eyeing it for a long time climbed up one after another along the siege ladder like ants.

The soldiers on the city wall were a little stunned, they didn't expect the orcs to put up the siege ladder so quickly, and it had only been less than half an hour since the battle began! Roque was also stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted: "What are you doing standing there stupidly? The archers shoot down and knock them down! The others hurry up and smash their siege ladders! Hurry up!" With that, he also drew his long sword and rushed towards the nearest siege ladder.

Frank, who was standing on the side, was faster than him, and jumped directly, the power of the silver dragon god burst out, and the heavy sword in his hand slashed hard, and an iron-wooden siege ladder was declared useless. The dozen orcs above immediately screamed and fell into the moat. However, not all soldiers have such quick reflexes. In addition, the orcs were extremely cunning, and they scattered more than a dozen siege ladders and placed them, which made it impossible for the soldiers to destroy them. As a result, nearly one-third of the dozen siege ladders were destroyed, and the remaining two-thirds of the siege ladders were destroyed before the orcs climbed the city walls......

Finally, the first orc warrior climbed the walls and let out a roar. With his strong strength, a human warrior with a heavy axe was about to destroy the siege ladder and flew out, and the power of the hammer directly burst the warrior's breastplate, and I am afraid that even the sternum would be shattered, and the brave warrior fell without even snorting.

At the same time, the surrounding human soldiers also arrived, and five or six spears stabbed at the orc. But none of them were able to pierce the heavy armor on the orcs. The armor of orcs is much worse than that of humans in terms of sophistication, but their armor has one characteristic, that is, it is heavy. The iron armor of orcs generally weighs hundreds of catties, let alone ordinary humans, even the warriors of the warrior temple may not be able to wear it and move freely. And only the orcs, a race of infinite strength, can wear it.

However, the heavy armor of the orc warrior could not block all the attacks, and more spear blades stabbed at the orc. Finally, the orc roared unwillingly and slowly fell. And he still stood up to the siege ladder to the death. But his efforts paid off, and after his corpse, more orc warriors poured in.

There was chaos on the walls, and every now and then orcs or human soldiers fell off the walls. No sooner had Roque cut off the head of an orc with the sword in his hand when he heard thunderous footsteps in the distance. He looked up and saw that the remaining orcs had all raised their weapons and rushed towards Rhea City. This time, however, the city could no longer launch an attack as before. The orcs who had just rushed up had already caused great trouble on the city walls.

However, this chaos did not last long, after all, only three thousand orcs rushed up. Moreover, in order to climb the city wall as soon as possible, the siege ladders were scattered, which caused the dispersion of troops. No matter how strong the orc warriors were, they were quickly wiped out in the face of the siege of the Imperial soldiers and the assistance of the Dragon Temple professionals. But at the same time, a large number of orcs under the city have been killed, and dozens of siege ladders have been erected.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Frank raised his cross sword, jumped to the top of the city, cut off the head of an orc with a sword, and shouted loudly: "The knight temple and the warrior temple belong to the order! block the siege ladder for me! magicians and archers assist in defense!" At Frank's roar, the professionals of the Dragon Temple quickly joined the battle. On the city wall, the power of the dragon gods of various colors bloomed. The professionals are divided into small groups, with knights and warriors in front, magicians unleashing magical attacks, and archers sniping strong enemies to block the frantic attacks of orcs.

The battle has almost entered a white-hot state. The most tragic fight began.