Volume III Kuroshio 107 There are no flukes
I know what kind of people the Warlocks are, and how they differ from our Dalaran mages.
But orc warlocks are still a mysterious existence in my mind, and I don't remember how many orc warlocks I have killed, and it seems that there are only a handful. And there are not many such people in major battles.
But in the fortress where the Kultiras were to charge, there were twelve warlocks killed. Twelve ...... Tsk, it seems that there are not many warlocks in the defense of Tarummere than this
That fortress was actually quite large. The outer wall of the fortress must be a kilometer long, and it can be said that it is a city. It is also because this place is large enough that the defenders of the city are pitiful. And Khultiras thousands of people poured over, looking at it, there was indeed a huge disparity in strength.
I thought we were winning. Looking at the orcs at the head of the city, it felt like victory was easy. But when our warriors rushed to the city with a ladder, Khadgar cried out that it was broken.
I didn't see what was wrong, but a few seconds later a fire broke out under the city. I really didn't expect the orcs to set a trap under the city in advance. But Khadgar says it's not a trap, it's magic. He pointed to the city and said that there was magical energy flowing there.
As soon as Commander Dai Lin saw that it was not working, he asked the soldiers to pause the attack, just shoot arrows at the head of the city, and send people to change directions and attack at more points. Anyway, the griffin knight reported that there seemed to be only these orcs in this fortress.
That's really the case, if you want to do perfect defense work with such a large and long city wall, it is estimated that it will never work without a few thousand people.
Our armies have withdrawn, and they can't reach them anymore, and we're outside the city waiting for news of the breach. It was only two hours before the drawbridge of the fortress was lowered.
What about the orcs that Dalin asked? The answer was that I didn't know where to go. Dai Lin pointed at the officer and shouted, dig three feet into the ground, find it for me! Then all the troops poured into the city, but as soon as I entered the castle I was going to vomit.
Usually I feel that my concentration on this kind of thing should be relatively strong, and I can endure how disgusting it is, but soon after entering this city gate, I found that this is a castle fortress, isn't this a prison, and this is a prison! This is a slaughterhouse!
In the middle of the city there are two avenues that divide the city into four parts, and on either side of the avenue are cages, crosses, stakes, etc., all of which are hung with corpses. It's been a long time since I saw the extent of the decay.
If it's just one or two, then forget it, and it's really a bit unbearable to see this kind of scene on both sides of the road. Although the place was not very warm and humid, it did not delay the growth of maggots, and the rotting flesh was peeled off from the bones and drooped, and the organs that had dripped all over the ground had become a puddle. The taste is simply ...... I'd rather stay in a pigsty!
There are three rows of houses on each side of the middle road, which look like prison cells, and at the end of the road is a small castle. The corpses on both sides lined up in front of the castle. There is no one who can smooth the pavement of the stone pavement like this.
We covered our mouths and noses and went straight to the little castle, but the doors of the building were open and empty.
The orcs just vanished.
I searched the castle and searched the place, which is supposed to be where the ruler of the castle lived, but I really couldn't understand what kind of people could tolerate such conditions. Not to mention what the weather is like, even if it is sunny every day, how can you feel good looking at the buildings and appliances below.
No anything of value was found here, and there was a high probability that all of them were snatched by the orcs, and even the candlesticks were gone.
In the end, the soldiers found the basement of this castle, but the soldiers who entered the basement quickly retreated, this is not a basement, it is a dungeon!
The city is just that on the surface, but there seems to be a place under the land that is not visible. And it's not one floor, it's three!
The ground is damp, but the ground is not so damp. I'm talking about the first layer, which gets wetter and wetter the further down the floor, and the third layer is full of water seeping out of the ground. And the smell in it can no longer be described as unpleasant, it is simply suffocating. Stairs in the basement
Curiosity is instinctive, especially when there are more people, curiosity has enough support. I also wanted to know what was in there, but Khadgar said that he had a bad feeling about not looking for him, and he told Commander Dalin that he suggested that he just seal this place and get out of it.
But Commander Dai Lin no, he snorted and said that the thousands of people under his command still don't understand this place? Dai Lin has to dig three feet into the ground. He wanted to know what was down there.
The soldier went down with a torch, and I was a little curious, but I didn't go down. I don't want to get involved, and even if I find gold and silver treasures, I'm not uncommon.
I'd rather stay in the lord's room here and enjoy the slightly less smelly air.
Khadgar looked a little agitated, it wasn't like him. I asked him what was wrong, and he said he just didn't feel at peace. I said, you're feeling the energy fluctuating again? He said yes. I asked him curiously, what does it feel like to have energy fluctuations? He said it was like heart palpitations.
I said, how can you tell if it's a palpitation or an energy fluctuation? He said that energy fluctuations are not a reaction of the body's organs, but a feeling. I couldn't figure out what he was feeling, but he looked at me and said it was here.
He rushed out of the room to find Commander Dalin, but Dalin was not there, and we came to the bottom of the castle and bumped into someone who had come to report that the person who had entered was now silent. The man who was sent to find it was nowhere to be found!
Dalin was about to go crazy when he was stopped by Khadgar, who used his vast knowledge to let Dalin know that this place he might not be able to provoke. Even if you stuff everyone into it, it's like sprinkling sugar in the ocean. There's something unsavvy in this.
Although I don't know if Khadgar's account is true or false, but it is quite bluffing, Daylin no longer let his men go inside, and then let his men burn down the castle completely.
And all who were alive withdrew from the city, and it began to rain in the sky. But we withdrew and waited to see the smoke coming out, but we couldn't wait, until at last the person who kept the fire ran out and said that the fire was lit, but the fire didn't love it. They can't help it.
This series of strange things makes me feel very strange, this place is so evil? Khadgar was urging him to go quickly. This is a bit abnormal, this guy is a mage who has been with the Guardian, what happened today?
After meeting up with Lothar, Lothar didn't say anything afterwards, but said, "Prepare for the siege." ”
There weren't many orcs on the walls, and the siege was over after more than two hours. There is no suspense, and there are no twists and turns, just rush up and cut, but in order to reduce casualties in this battle, the paladin is the vanguard. Reggie fought very bravely, he was not a paladin, he was still standing on the wall with two arrows in his body, but he was still in danger without the protection of the Holy Light, but Gavinrad also saved his life.
After the war, I asked him if he was stimulated by anything, but he didn't say, I guess he was stimulated by something. Anyway, since then, this guy has been fighting all kinds of deaths. When I said you were suffocating to death, he never explained it but laughed it off.
The island was thus captured, and we did not want to lose time, and we really did not find many traces of the living, so we hurriedly retreated. In order to prevent any more moths from appearing on this island, some people were also sent to continue to reconnoiter on the island, but later it was concluded that there were still some traces of orcs, but there were not many of them, and there were no surviving humans, and this place was abnormal. Rumor has it that the island is haunted and full of abnormal objects, but it has become more and more evil. Because then we have to face the fortress of Ogaz, that is, we have to land in the south, and there will be no one to go here.
The island has not been heard from since.
We had expected another battle, and we would lose 1,800 casualties, but when we left the island, our losses were less than expected.
In the blink of an eye, our fleet pounced on the opposite shore, and as a result, the battle at the fortress directly replenished all the strength of the previous province.
Tulayan's guy almost lost his life on the Saldo Bridge, and the remaining bridge became the only passage for the infantry, but you also walked across the bridge, which is actually a bunker and a sentry. That bridge was originally long, if the orcs were holding back, we would rush onto the bridge, and blow up the bridge like Tulayan, and it would be all over!
So our plan at that time was to suppress the fortress of Maud and try to keep the bridge.
It's not that without that the bridge will not work, but that it will be more beneficial for us to have that bridge in the future.
Therefore, our original plan to seize the bridge was to rush to the beach in front of Maude Fortress, seize the beach, and cut off the connection between the bridge and the fortress to control the bridgehead.
In the battle plan proposed at that time, the air force was used to assist in getting on the bridge, mainly to prevent the orcs from blowing up the bridge without stopping. But I never expected it! It wasn't the orc troops we encountered!
The Saldo Bridge is built in the closest place to the two landmasses, and it is not as close to the mainland as we think. So in order to pass on the message, some small boats were sent to transmit the attack signal between the straits. And lay the Hammer Dwarf in ambush on a ship in the middle of the sea and wait for news.
The attack was launched at night, and we don't know if the orcs still have cannons, and we don't know if there are cannons in Maude Fortress, and Dai Lin said that there should be, after all, the origin of their cannons is the dwarven kingdom.
A landing at night may reduce the casualty rate of beachgrabbing.
But the reality was completely unexpected.
Under the cover of night, our boat came to a halt on the edge of the not-so-long coastline, but our first group had just disembarked and were still dripping when there was a loud cannon fire on the cliff on the right.
This was not discovered during the reconnaissance before the attack!
This cannon directly stunned us who grabbed the beach, not a cannon, but a platoon of artillery. And that cannon is not hitting us, it is hitting the ship! It was impossible for the hit ships to turn around and flee in a short time, and the dense ships became a live target for the orcs.