The situation in Feiyan Fort was critical, and the commander of the Rabeh Legion could only divide his troops to rescue. He transferred the 1st and 6th Brigades from the Northern Legion and appointed William as the commander of the rescue force.

William led his troops down the river by boat, and joined up with the Cavalry Regiment of the Knight Academy and the Wrightshire City Defense Army west of Fort Leyter, and rushed to Fort Flyer to reinforce them.

The First Brigade commanded by William was the most combat-effective infantry brigade in the Northern Legion, although this brigade was not as equipped as the First Brigade in Harland's territory, and there were no alchemy bombs.

But ten squadrons of infantry were fully loaded, more than three hundred pieces of enchanted armor, and the quality of the soldiers was very good, and the ten squadrons together had more than a hundred professional officers.

If you go head-to-head with the orcs in a positional battle, the first brigade can defeat the orc brigade head-on, and use it in the defense of the city, with the first brigade as the backbone, which is enough to block the attack of the three orc brigades.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Sixth Brigade is not as good as that of the First Brigade, it is also the main brigade of the Northern Legion, plus the cavalry regiment of the Knight Academy, with these three elites as the backbone, and the Feiyan Legion cooperates with the main force to fight. Unexpectedly, the orc legion was blocked to the east of Feiyan Castle.

The orcs attacked fiercely for several days, but with 4,000 troops, they still couldn't conquer Feiyan Fort and break through the defenders' defenses.

The orcs also tried to sneak across the Wright River to bypass Feiyan Castle, trying to break into the Dragon Canyon with light troops.

As a result, the grain route was cut off by the naval forces of Geda Province.

Although the naval forces in the northern region of the Grant Kingdom are very weak, they are not as good as the counts in the south. In the naval army of Geda Province, there are few professional naval warships. Most of this naval army are requisitioned merchant ships, and even the Haaland territory has been requisitioned by Heihe County with ten transport ships.

But humans are better at water warfare than orc armies. In the orc army, there is almost no water army. This naval army, which is mainly composed of merchant ships and transport ships, is still an insurmountable obstacle for the orc army, and easily burned the grain ships of the orc smuggling troops.

Having lost their logistical baggage and having to climb the mountains on both sides of the Dragon Canyon, the orc smuggling force will face countless difficulties.

Moreover, even if they barely penetrated the Dragon Canyon and lost the suddenness of the attack, they fought with the coalition of tens of thousands of nobles in the canyon, Brenner, Rohmon and other counties, and the three thousand orc army had no chance of winning at all.

After careful consideration, the orc commander could only return to the north bank of the Leyte River in a gloomy manner.

The smuggling operation failed, with 600 soldiers lost. stormed Feiyan Fort, losing 4,000 soldiers before and after.

The main force of the orc legion is only 20,000, and the auxiliary soldiers are 10,000, and outside Feiyan Castle, they have lost nearly 5,000 troops.

The loss of one-sixth has already demoralized the orcs a lot. The orc invasion is mainly for plunder, and they are not willing to fight a brutal and bloody battle with the main human force.

Because of the heavy losses, during the military discussion, the orc captains spoke enthusiastically, and the meaning of the words was to give up the attack on Feiyan Castle, divide the troops to attack the nearby human noble castle, and plunder in the province of Lahe.

The orcs who attacked Feiyan Fort were numbered the Eighty-Sixth Legion. Obviously, this number is relatively backward, and its combat effectiveness is weaker than that of the orc legion at the top.

The leader of the Eighty-Sixth Legion of Orcs is named Morsa, a ninth-order boar man.

Boar people are always rude and savage by nature, and although Moelsa is already a legion, his temper is still savage.

He banged on the table fiercely and scolded viciously: "The Feiyan Castle in front of us has 20,000 human troops in it. Under the noses of 20,000 human troops, you still dare to divide your troops and plunder?

This time, under the command of Tusum, although we inflicted heavy losses on the Grizzly Legion, we fought a small victory. You are so proud and arrogant, and you don't think much of anyone else. If you want to plunder, you must first defeat the human legions in Swift Castle.

I order more trebuchets to be drawn up to attack Feiyan Fort from tomorrow, even if we bite with teeth and hit our heads with our heads, we will conquer Feiyan Fort and break the defense line of human soldiers. ”

At the strong request of Morsa, the 86th Legion of the Orcs unified their opinions and strengthened the siege.

Dozens of trebuchets continued to throw huge stone projectiles at the walls of Feiyan Castle.

Looking at the heavy trebuchets equipped in the orc army, William's face became ugly.

This thing was made by Richard and presented to the Grant royal family after being exposed.

Relying on the power of heavy trebuchets, the Legion of the North has struck a legion of orcs in one fell swoop. William's old prefect, Martins, also used a heavy trebuchet as bait to hunt down orc legends and rise to the rank of hereditary earl.

Unexpectedly, in less than ten years, the orc legions began to equip heavy trebuchets on a large scale, and with heavy trebuchets, it became easier to attack fortified castles. This invention obviously enhanced the national strength of the orcs, which made William look particularly upset.

"Richard's invention can be said to be terrible, in his words, it is to shoot himself in the foot." William held the buttress with his hand and muttered a few words to himself.

The population of the Orc Empire with advanced mathematical knowledge is very small, and of course there will be no scholars who are proficient in mathematics and can calculate parabolas with the army.

In fact, the gravitational acceleration of the Dawn plane was calculated, and only a small number of people in Haaland's territory could calculate the trajectory.

Ballistics cannot be calculated, and the use of trebuchets can only rely on primitive experience.

The 86th Army had only been equipped with trebuchets for two years, and the soldiers who operated them had relatively little experience. The projectiles were not very accurate, and not a single shot hit the front of the wall.

William waved his hand violently, and the trumpeters around him sounded the hiding trumpet, and the soldiers entered the hiding caves one after another, and those stationed at the head of the city were also bent on their waists and hid behind the battlements.

When William commanded the battle, he liked to be on the front line. Seeing that the stone bullets were constantly flying from the north, he carefully hid behind the battlements of the city wall.

was hit by a stone bullet of three hundred catties, even an eighth-order warrior like William would lose his life if he didn't do it well.

In the face of the rain of bullets fired by heavy trebuchets, even a high-ranking professional officer like William cannot be distracted on the battlefield and must be careful at all times.

"Inform Solanda and order him to suppress the orc trebuchet, not to let the orcs fire stone projectiles without scruples, if there is no interference, the accuracy of the orc trebuchet will become higher and higher, once the wall is smashed through the breach, we must fight the orc army head-on. Our trebuchets are located on high ground, have a range advantage, and are no less numerically than the orcs, if we can't hold down the orc trebuchets, I'm going to enforce battlefield discipline and ask for Solanda's head. ”

"Legion Leader, Solanda is the brother-in-law of Belon, the leader of the Feiyan Legion, can you order it tactfully."

William's aide-de-camp, Knoll, stepped forward and offered his opinion.

Knoll is also a distant member of the Haaland family, he is the grandson of William's personal butler Gibson, he is thirty years old, his talent is good, the warrior level is already three ranks, and he is now William's adjutant.

"No, the order should be more straightforward, tell him directly, if you can't suppress the orc trebuchet, I will ask his head to boost the morale of the army. After the war, I will also report to King Roger and hold Peron accountable. The Swift Legion is a force that needs to be fought and cannot be messed up by nepotism. ”

William's opinion is very decisive, although he likes to hold banquets on weekdays, he is also very good at building relationships, and he has a very good relationship in the Northern Legion.

But at critical times, William was able to prioritize and give orders very decisively.

If he was just a good old man, no one would dare to offend, and William would not have been promoted to the deputy commander of the Northern Legion. His current position is not weaker than Veron, and his treatment is slightly better than Veron.

Solanda shivered and hid in the cave.

A heavy stone bomb that had just flown in directly smashed a trebuchet, and the flying wood fragments swept away the trebuchet, and an unlucky egg was hit by a stone bullet and turned directly into a meat patty.

Seeing this scene, Solanda's legs suddenly weakened.

After receiving William's order, Solanda immediately cried and mourned, although he was timid, he was not stupid, and he had some political vision.

After receiving the order, Solanda knew in his heart that if the situation could not be improved, William's butcher's knife would immediately fall.

Don't say that he is just the brother-in-law of the captain of the Belon army, even if he is the prince of the Grant family, those iron-blooded officers, he will not be soft when it is time to attack.

The Kingdom of Grant is a classical militarist country, and even King Roger climbed up from the rank and file of the Royal Praetorian Guard, and has participated in many major wars in northern Xinjiang.

Every year, some members of the main army of the Northern Frontier come down from Nolan to experience gilding, and these people rarely die at the hands of orcs, but often die under military law.

If you can't pass this level, you are not a qualified member of the nobility.

If you continue to avoid the battle in fear of death, and fail to lead the trebuchet troops to improve the situation, you will definitely die.

On the contrary, commanding the trebuchet troops to fight, there is still a chance to survive.

Solanda gritted her teeth, her lips dripping with blood, but now he felt no pain. He stumbled to the front line to make a pre-war mobilization of the soldiers operating the trebuchet.

"Commander William has just passed down the military order, if we can't suppress the orc trebuchet, all of us will be put to death. You see, I'm so afraid of death, or I'm being pushed to the front line. ”

Hearing Solanda say this, the soldier who operated the trebuchet burst into laughter.

"Don't laugh, don't laugh!" Seeing that the soldiers were still laughing at themselves, Solanda cried and said, "Everyone can laugh if they want." But the military order is not discounted. The commander of the Northern Legion was William, who gave the order, and the military discipline of the Northern Legion was extremely harsh, and there was no possibility of accommodation at all. For the sake of their own fate, everyone should be careful when firing stone projectiles, we are on the city wall, we have the advantage of range, and we will definitely be able to complete the task. ”

Soldiers are mobilized before the war, if the officers do not have prestige, empty words, big words, and depicting strategic prospects are useless, but it is Solanda's down-to-earth words that have a little effect.

William's strict orders still worked, and the officers like Solanda went to the front line to command, and the soldiers who operated the trebuchets were more attentive and more efficient.

In the end, relying on the advantage of range, he smashed the four orc trebuchets and suppressed the orc trebuchet troops.

After all, compared with the human kingdom, the productivity of the orc empire is backward, and the number of craftsmen who can make trebuchets is also small, and even the craftsmen who assemble trebuchets are considered excellent talents in the orc empire. The loss of four heavy trebuchets was already a big hassle for the orc army.

Under the cover of trebuchets, the orc army formed a dense formation and slowly approached Feiyan Castle.

In the siege battle some time ago, although the orcs suffered many casualties, they also achieved some results, pulling out the antlers outside the city, filling the trenches, and even the moat was cut off by the orcs.

Having destroyed some of the fortifications and distracting the trebuchets at the head of the city, Moresa organized a lean force and launched another siege battle.

Groups of orcs lined up in formation, pushing ladder carts and shield carts to approach the city wall.

"Array, forty-five degree projectile."

At the head of Feiyan Castle, the officer commanding the archers estimated the distance between the two sides, and immediately gave the order to organize soldiers to shoot crossbow arrows at the orcs.

The soldiers of the 1st Brigade are in very good physical condition, and the vast majority of the soldiers are proficient in archery.

The two armies fought, with the bow and crossbow taking precedence.

Regardless of whether it is ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, the most important thing for any army is the long-range attack arms.

Humans are not as physically as good as orcs, but they can often win with less, and the most important reason is that human soldiers are good at using bows and arrows.

Archery requires a lot of strength, and soldiers who are good at archery usually have large shoulders and round waists, and have excellent physical fitness.

Whether an infantry is strong or not is usually determined by the armor and the archery skills of the soldiers.

The crossbow arrows shot by the soldiers of the first brigade were very accurate, and in an instant, the dense orcs were shot to the ground.

Even a fifth-order werewolf was targeted by more than a dozen archers, and the enchanted arrows pierced through the werewolf captain's armor. With the slightest carelessness, this fifth-order werewolf was targeted by ordinary soldiers, and his body was filled with dozens of arrows.

Before the orc shaman could be filled, he died in battle.

In this kind of war of thousands of people, even mid-level professionals, they must always be careful, and the slightest carelessness will lead to death in the war

"Sharpshooters aim freely, looking for valuable targets, others shoot horizontally, and release arrows!" Rank and file officers constantly give orders, methodically, without a hint of panic.

In recent years, the Northern Legion has won several battles in a row, and has received the best addition from the Grant Kingdom, because of the repeated victories, the spirit of the officers and soldiers is extraordinary.

When fighting in an army, morale is a very important factor, because with the reputation of a victorious army, the morale of the soldiers of the Northern Legion is high. The muscle memory that has been cultivated in daily training can be perfectly used in war.

The archer drew the string and fired a steady stream of feathered arrows.

The sound of the bowstring pulling neatly sounded like a drumbeat that kept beating the hearts of the orc soldiers.

In a short distance of two hundred meters, the orc soldiers continued to fall, and before they got close to the city wall, the orc casualties exceeded a thousand.

As soon as the ladder cart reached the city wall, barrels of fire oil were poured on it, and then the ladder cart was lit by torches.

Despite the fact that the ladder is covered with wet cowhide, it can be used to defend against rockets. But wet cowhide can't stop the oil at all.

Once the oil is ignited, it cannot be extinguished even if it is watered, but can only be extinguished by covering it with sand. Burned by the oil, the orcs were immediately killed and wounded, and let out a terrible cry.

(End of chapter)