Chapter 858 Gunsmoke under Luolong City (Part 2)
boom! boom! boom!
The continuous roar of artillery fire, even on the extremely fierce battlefield, is still very harsh and makes people's hearts tremble uncontrollably.
I saw magic cannons lined up one after another, and the dazzling red light emitted from the muzzles appeared one after another in the pitch-black night.
Where the dark muzzle pointed, the right legion responsible for guarding the Orcs' formation immediately erupted into balls of rising flames.
Then it quickly spread to the surroundings, like a sudden fire storm, dangerous and deadly.
Devoured by the blazing flames, the orc soldiers immediately screamed across the field and turned into struggling fireballs.
Prior to this, in order to minimize the damage caused by the arrows of the horse archers, the orc soldiers had already closed their formation and huddled behind the heavy infantry.
Such a dense position just maximizes the lethality of the magic cannon.
For a moment, the smell of gunpowder smoke and burning was everywhere, severed limbs and corpses were flying together. The orcs' right legion suffered heavy losses in an instant, and it became extremely chaotic like a headless fly.
I saw the panic-stricken Orc soldiers, although they still showed murderous intent on their faces, they had no choice but to let the blazing flames continue to explode around them.
What caused all this was the 100 second-order fire magic cannons that Lei Xiao carried with him.
Since most of the limited number of magic light crystals have been deployed in various places, this is already the limit of Lei Xiao's firepower.
Lei Xiao clearly understood that for an army of 100,000, even 100 second-order magic cannons could have a limited effect.
But this is not his main attack method, it is just a prelude to attract others.
As for the real highlight, it hasn't officially debuted yet, waiting for the opponent to reveal his flaws on his own.
Not long ago, taking advantage of the dark night, Lei Xiao unabashedly deployed rows of magic cannons not far from the Orcs' right legion, but he was not worried that the other party would attack in large numbers.
Because there is an invisible barrier between the two, which is the swamp defense line deployed by the orcs before.
By the time the orc soldiers crossed the mud, he had already fled elsewhere.
At the same time, since Huzhang has already fought against the opponent, there are fifth-level experts on both sides.
The orc leader will not easily fight, or send other elite and strong men to die.
After grasping the opponent's thoughts, Lei Xiao even threw a fifth-level magic scroll "Wrath of the Flame Dragon" into the chaotic and dense formation of the orcs, which directly caused more than a large group of orcs to instantly evaporate.
"This hateful human race makes me angry!"
Seeing that the legion on his right was immersed in a sea of fire, while the legion on the left was struggling to avoid the rain of arrows from the sky, the orc leader finally understood the intention of Lei Xiao's series of actions while roaring angrily.
After annihilating all the jumping dragon cavalry as a mobile force, Lei Xiao used the cavalry archer legion that no one could check to constantly harass the orcs in all directions.
Due to the extremely fast speed of the horse archers, some of the orc longbowmen, harpooners and orc shamans who were transferred back to defense were unable to hit their targets accurately.
As for the catapults, most of them were lost due to the targeted attack by red stones on the city wall. In addition, their slow movement speed made them even more unable to deal with the horse archers coming and going freely.
This forced the orc leader to completely shrink his formation and deploy a circle of swamp traps around the perimeter of the military formation to prevent Lei Xiao's unscrupulous horse archers from approaching further.
But now, under the bombardment of magic cannons with a longer range and beyond the reach of bows and arrows and ordinary spells.
The swamp trap that was originally used to defend Lei Xiao has become a cage to trap the Orcs themselves. This is tantamount to drawing the ground as a prison, and there is no way to avoid it.
The most critical thing is that the orc leader doesn't know how many magic cannons Lei Xiao has on his body and how long he can last.
After sorting everything out in his mind, a trace of panic finally appeared on the orc leader's rough and calm face.
If the opponent takes out some more magic cannons and fires them from multiple directions at the same time, plus the cavalry archers, wouldn't his 100,000-strong army become a turtle in a urn at the mercy of others?
"Human race, this leader will never let your conspiracy succeed!"
Thinking of this, the Orc leader did not hesitate and immediately began to order the herald to have the Orc Shaman Group refill a swamp at the rear, left and right sides of the military formation.
Then, three legions, mainly light and heavy infantry, were mobilized to form an array outside the circle, forming a horn-like situation with the other siege legions inside the circle.
In this way, no matter which side the hateful human scum attacks, the other side will provide timely support until the other side is completely eliminated.
Of course, the progress of the siege still cannot be slowed down.
As long as Luolong City is defeated, no matter how powerful the human horse archers are, once the city gate is closed, the opponent will have no use for it.
"Human race, let me see what tricks you can come up with this time! If you want to shake my leader's 100,000-strong army, this little trick is not enough!"
After arranging everything properly, the half-orc leader snorted and continued to watch the situation on the battlefield closely.
"Lord, the opponent has indeed filled in part of the swamp traps and chosen to divide their forces to deal with it!"
At the corner of the magic cannon position, Ariel saw that the opponent's military formation was changing rapidly, and couldn't help blurting out: "Everything is exactly as you expected! As long as the opponent reduces the defense of the main formation, everything will be fine next Done! ”
"It seems that the real highlight is about to begin."
Lei Xiao smiled faintly, then put away all the magic cannons, and disappeared into the darkness with Ariel and others again.
Since everything is as expected, it is natural to give the other party a taste of the sweetness at the beginning to prevent the other party from making other changes.
"Hahaha, the magic cannon offensive has indeed stopped!"
Seeing that his method of dividing his troops to deal with it had worked, the orc leader laughed wildly, obviously extremely satisfied.
Overjoyed, the orc leader divided up another three legions, each guarding the filled swamp areas on the left, rear, and right to prevent any unexpected events.
At this point, except for the two long-range legions who continued to attack the city under the cover of the two melee legions, the orc leader had no other reserve forces except a small number of personal guards.
However, the peace around the orc army formation did not last long.
Not long after, the cavalry archers once again appeared on the right side of the orc formation in a yoke formation, and attacked the orc formations in two directions.
"How dare you provoke a provocation from both sides, with archers, harpooners and shamans attacking from both sides, trying to kill this hateful horse archer!"
The orc leader waved his hand, and the three peripheral legions and the right legion immediately began to encircle the horse archers.
Because the cavalry went too deep into the Orc formation, they suffered a lot of losses for a while.
The archer puppets were not to be outdone and began to retreat and counterattack.
"Press them all up on this leader!"
Seeing that his formation was further effective, the Orc leader was overjoyed and immediately ordered the four legions to press forward in an attempt to wipe out the puppet cavalry legion in one fell swoop.
But at this moment, the earth-shattering bombardment of the magic cannon rang out from the diagonal rear of the formation.
"The entire rear army is pressing forward, and together with half of the army on the left, they will attack the opponent's magic cannon position!"
The orc leader hardly hesitated and chose the same response method as before.
At this point, most of the six orc legions responsible for defense have deviated from their original defensive positions, leaving only half of the legion on the left, still holding on to their position.
"The cunning human race still wants to attack this leader from both sides, so let this leader use a two-pronged approach to wipe out all your power!"
The orc leader sneered, his cloudy eyes narrowed slightly, and he closely watched the development of the battle on the right and diagonally behind.
However, in the next second, something happened that the orc leader did not expect.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The rapid and heavy sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded continuously from the left side of the orc army formation.
Before the half-legion orc soldiers remaining on the left side of the military formation could react.
One by one, the heavily armored knights, who were like moving fortresses, had already broken through the darkness of the night, coming with overwhelming momentum.
Under the illumination of the cold moon, the sharp lances shining with the cold light were particularly dazzling, causing the orc soldiers who were caught off guard to turn pale.
"Array up! Defense...ah!"
Before the orc commander in front of the formation could finish speaking, a crystal clear ice lance had already pierced through his chest, bringing out a shocking bright red.
Then, more blood began to bloom in the camp of the orc soldiers, like blooming red lotuses, causing the pungent bloody smell to spread crazily in the battlefield.
Under the overwhelming force of lances and horse hooves, the horrified Orc soldiers were either penetrated by lances, knocked away, or fell to the ground and trampled beyond recognition. There was no room for them to fight back.
In the blink of an eye, the left defense line was completely penetrated by the sudden heavy cavalry, leaving only Orc corpses scattered on the ground.
Needless to say, this is Lei Xiao's real highlight, the Loren heavy cavalry legion summoned by Sarah's [God Stone].
The previous defeat of the horse archers was just to attract the opponent's attention.
Moreover, before the archer puppets officially attacked, Lei Xiao had already ordered Bai Zhi and other half-elves to withdraw in order to avoid unnecessary losses.
As for this king's heavy cavalry regiment, in accordance with Lei Xiao's instructions, they adopted a standard conical formation, but the formation was appropriately shrunk when passing through the relatively narrow entrance to the swamp.
At the same time, Lei Xiao also deployed 30 third-level peak ice knights, all at the forefront of the formation.
In this way, the combat effectiveness of this heavy cavalry regiment can undoubtedly be brought into full play.
The target of Lei Xiao's attack was the two orc long-range legions that were still focused on attacking the city.
Only by successfully cutting off the opponent's pair of iron pincers can the losses on and below Luolong City be greatly reduced.
At that time, the distance to completely defeat the opponent will no longer be far away.
"Another heavy cavalry of ten thousand, ten thousand people?! That cunning bastard!"
Looking at the mighty Loren heavy cavalry, the orc leader's bloodshot eyes almost bulged out.
He never thought that that humble human race could actually summon two legion-sized cavalry forces at the same time!
For a moment, extreme surprise and anger caused the orc leader's rough face to become skewed and twisted, and he had no choice but to roar and order the herald to recall the pursuing legions back to defend.
Just when the orc leader was incompetent and furious.
The heavy cavalry legion commanded by Lei Xiao had already reorganized their formation and galloped straight towards the two long-range legions.
Because it all happened so suddenly.
Feeling the earth-shattering killing intent, the two long-range legions at the front who were focusing on attacking the city and the two infantry legions responsible for guarding reacted and turned around to check.
A pair of extremely sharp lances were already pointed at the tips of their noses.
Heart-rending screams mixed with the sound of galloping horses suddenly made a mad noise below the city.
At the same time, Hongshi, who had received Lei Xiao's order, had temporarily stopped attacking the city and began to seize the time to rest and redefine.
The Loren heavy cavalry and the crystal-clear ice knights in heavy black armor were like a torrent of steel, and they quickly crushed the four orc legions that had already lost a lot.
Especially the two long-range legions with weak defenses were already exhausted and had no room to fight back. They had no choice but to let the knights whizzing by pass them to their core.
The two infantry regiments, after the initial panic, quickly reacted and began to form formations to counterattack.
However, since the defensive power of Loren's heavy cavalry is extremely good, the ice knights are almost invulnerable, and the two infantry legions are not the attack targets of our cavalry.
Therefore, the role it can play is undoubtedly extremely limited.
"Asshole! This leader wants to deal with these hateful puppets personally!"
After giving the order, the Orc leader did not hesitate, picked up the giant warhammer in his hand, and fired towards the city at high speed.
But before he could take a few steps, he was forcibly stopped by a burly figure holding a sword. It was the knotweed that had been waiting here.
"It's you again, this leader must smash you into mud!"
The orc leader roared angrily, and with endless murderous intent, he launched a fierce attack on the knotweed.
But the two sides had just fought fiercely for a few rounds when another slender figure exuding a vast aura appeared out of thin air behind the orc leader.
Needless to say, this is Jiang Li who has just eliminated all the orc guards.
Seeing this scene, Lei Xiao, who was hidden under the invisibility cloak, nodded with satisfaction.
At this stage, the pursuing legions have not yet come back. This is undoubtedly the best opportunity to kill the orc leader.
As long as you kill it successfully, everything will be solved naturally.
However, just when Jiang Lei was quietly concentrating on casting spells, Lei Xiao thought that the overall situation was decided.
Another black shadow exuding a vast aura suddenly fell from the sky and stood between the orc leader and Jiang Li. (End of chapter)