Chapter Fifty-Eight: Maruland
The news brought back by the orc heralds let the orc vanguard brigade know that in the valley they passed through last time, the humans had built a strong fortress.
The orc captain Maluland knew that the orc army was not good at attacking fortifications.
Every time you conquer a fortress garrisoned by humans, you have to pay a lot of blood, and a large group of orcs may not be enough.
Soon several of the routs fled.
Maluland inquired about the rout, and he knew immediately that the human soldiers who had defeated the forward squadron were only soldiers of two squadrons.
Whether he admits it in his heart or not, the human soldiers fought a beautiful victory.
Through the narration of the rout, Maluland knew that the defenders relied on the power of long-range projection, and the forward squadron was broken.
It is impossible for the defenders to come out of the nest, and there should be soldiers stationed in the castle.
The human soldiers on the defensive, there were at least three squadrons, and the number was around five hundred.
Maluland commands a large group of orcs, with ten fully equipped orc squadrons, as well as guard squadrons, snake heavy squadrons, harppogriff patrol squads and other direct forces, adding up to more than 1,800 people.
In addition, Maluland also has a squadron of human slaves, with more than 160 human soldiers.
These human soldiers are either captives captured by the orcs in previous wars, or human tribes living in the northern part of the Eagle Mountains. “
The more civilized areas of the Orc Empire, such as the areas managed by the Beamon, Minotaurs, and Sky Foxes, are inhabited by many human tribes.
There are also some dragon lords in the orc empire, and there are also some humans under the command of the dragon who serve the dragon lord.
Compared to the Walder brigade that Richard had annihilated in his last encounter, Maluland commanded more troops, and there were human traitors under his command to serve him.
Comparatively speaking, civilized orcs like Maluland are more difficult to deal with.
Despite the loss of a squadron, Maluland believed that his side had a chance of victory.
"If it's a head-to-head battle, our side has a very big advantage."
Now that the enemy situation is unknown, Maluland transcribed the information, handed it over to the headquarters of the orc legion, and then led the orc army and stationed it north of Fort William.
Seeing that the orc army was huge, a large brigade came with a full load.
Richard did not dare to slack off, and immediately wrote a letter asking for help, which was sent to Fort Black River and the Fort of Pratos respectively.
An orc brigade is already a very strong force, except for a few powerful baron families in the north, ordinary hereditary nobles are often unable to stop it.
The last time the Stopa Baron's domain was breached by an orc brigade.
Fort William was equipped with a counterweight trebuchet and a bed crossbow if the orcs did not care about life and death.
In the ongoing war, Fort William, which has fewer troops, will eventually be unable to withstand it.
The orc army hurriedly ate a meal, and Maluland gave an order, and the two squadrons of orcs slowly walked out of the camp, followed by the squadron of snakes.
The Harpy also flapped its wings and hovered over Fort William. While scouting the enemy, if you have the opportunity, you can also raid from the air to help the orc infantry capture the city.
Quietly above the city, Richard watched the orcs carefully, and saw that the serpentine hoplites entered the range of the trebuchet, and Richard waved his hand violently.
The herald waved a bright red order flag.
The auxiliaries cut the ropes from the trebuchet, and the counterweight box slammed into the heavy straw mats.
Sixteen boulders weighing 200 pounds were thrown high and smashed into the open space 200 meters away.
Two hundred catties of boulders fell from the sky, even if it was a snake with great strength, this huge stone would be shattered if it fell down.
Because the firing table is marked in advance, the counterweight and stone projectile are fixed, and the trajectory is calculated, the stone projectile can be projected into a fixed area.
Sixteen stone bullets fell, killing six snakes in an instant.
At the same time, the bed crossbow at the head of the city also began to fire, and four long crossbow arrows shot down from the city, easily piercing the heavy shield held high by the griffin and piercing the throat of a glex.
The attack came suddenly, killing seven third-order professionals at once, and even an orc army with a large number of professionals could not withstand it at all.
A squadron of serpentine heavy infantry, adding up to only forty soldiers.
The Harpy Patrol Team has only twelve Harpy Patrol Officers.
These two orc elite soldiers, who are already the most elite forces of the orc brigade, have not yet climbed to the top of the city, and the casualties have been so heavy.
Luckily, the heavy trebuchet fires slowly, and it only takes two rounds of stone bullets to cross this devil's path.
The northern canyon of Fort William is relatively narrow, with a width of about three hundred meters, and even if the snake-body heavy infantry wants to dodge, there is no place to hide.
Besides, the bed crossbow and the sharpshooter are all staring here, and instead of wasting time by dodging, it is better to gamble on luck and rush under the city wall.
Maruland's eyes widened, and he realized that the second round of stone bullets had caused even more damage, killing eight snakes.
Narrowly dashed past the trebuchet's range, and the snakes were almost half of the casualties.
Seeing that the trebuchet was so terrifying, Maluland immediately conveyed to the Harpy the task of destroying the trebuchet.
The Harpy swooped down from a high altitude, and Richard and Soros shot cold arrows that killed them.
A terrible cry came.
"Kill a third-order Harpy and reward 2,000 experience points."
Richard's archery skills have been upgraded to the fifth order, and in the main army, they can be regarded as one in a thousand archers.
Soros's archery skills are no weaker than Richard's, and the two of them manipulated the enchanted bow and crossbow in their hands, and easily shot the harpy under the sneak attack.
The remaining ten harpies swooped down and unleashed their fireball spells.
Dozens of soldiers were killed and wounded in an instant, and even four trebuchets caught fire.
Just as the Hippogriff was ready to continue firing fireballs and burning all the trebuchets.
Wendy and Richard have released wooden vine winding spells.
Two wooden vines suddenly appeared, wrapping the eagle man's wings around at once.
The Harpy has average strength, and it can't break free from the winding technique in a short time.
In an instant, he fell from the air like a kite with a broken string, and was stabbed to death by the soldiers at the head of the city.
The Harpy is a noble soldier, and his own IQ is also very high, seeing Richard and Soros once again open their bows and arrows, they know very well that if they must complete the task of burning the trebuchet, I am afraid that there is only one way for the whole army to be wiped out.
Although the Harpy Squad is under the command of Maluland, they have a lot of autonomy.
The orc army fights without the Harpy Scout.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the team leader who commanded the eagle man immediately cried a few times, passed the news to each other, and flew away one after another.
In just a few minutes, the Harppogriff assaulted the city, causing dozens of casualties and burning four trebuchets.
If the harpies attacked the city regardless of casualties and cooperated with the orc infantry besieging the city, it was really possible to defeat the defenders and capture Fort William.
But the harpy was afraid of casualties and was unwilling to bear them.
Although Maluland was angry, he had no choice but to urge the infantry to speed up.
Finding that the orc infantry was within range, the defenders at the head of the city shot arrows to kill the orcs who approached the walls.