Three kilometers outside the Stone City, the cyclops summoned by the Beast King Sax once again were throwing huge rocks in their hands towards the distant city wall.
However, even with the blessing of ballistics, this distance is the limit of the one-eyed people.
Most of the boulders thrown would miss, and even if they did, the damage would be extremely limited.
It’s not that Sachs doesn’t want the giants to move forward, but if they move forward, they will not only be attacked by catapults from the Stone City, but also attacked by crossbows and turrets.
In addition to catapults, there are also a number of high-end crossbows in the Stone City, all of which have a range of more than one kilometer.
These ballistae, with the support of ballistics, city walls, and arrow towers, the attack distance is exactly about 3 kilometers.
Compared with the extremely poor hit rate of the catapult, the hit rate of the ballista is much higher, and the operators are all veterans of the logistics force and are used to controlling it.
Even if they were only ten meters forward, the blows suffered by the Cyclops would be more than twice as high. The key is that the damage to the city wall is still not obvious.
Unless you can enter the half-arrow range, which is within 1500 meters.
But in that case, the phantom archers with the blessing of city wall arrow towers and ultimate archery skills can also exert their power.
With that terrifying arrow rain, Sachs never dared to try it again after easily dropping hundreds of Cyclops corpses.
So the two sides could only stand at such a long distance, unable to cause any fatal harm to each other.
On the human side, because of the advanced catapults, the range is extremely long. Three kilometers is considered to be within half an arrow range, and it can cause full damage.
However, compared to the orcs in the stronghold, the number of human catapults is too small.
After all, Stone City has not been built for a long time. There are barely 8 catapult gun emplacements on the city wall.
However, behind the city wall, there are also many temporary catapults being assembled.
Although these catapults will be blocked from view by the city wall, the hit rate will not be too high, and the ammunition may be consumed a little more.
But even if ten trebuchets can hit one target and kill one Cyclops, the threat of the orcs to Stone City will be reduced by one point.
The resources that Xu Lai had piled up for Stone City in the early stage finally had a place to be put to use, which was also the confidence that Reina dared to consume like this.
Whether it is Reina or Xu Lai, they are both heroes who would rather consume more resources and reduce casualties as much as possible.
There is no way, there are too few people available on the grassland, and every one of them is extremely precious.
Besides, the city wall has lost some durability. They only need to consume the energy of the civilians and the ore inventory.
The orcs are really using the lives of the Cyclops to compete with their own side.
That is to say, the formation of the orcs at this time is not tight. Otherwise, if the explosive bombs on the human side are fully bloomed, the orcs may not be able to hold on long ago.
Even now, the battle has started for more than an hour. In addition to causing some durable damage to the enemy's city wall, the stronghold has also lost hundreds of Cyclops corpses.
Counting the Cyclops left behind during the previous test, nearly a thousand Cyclops were lost in the morning.
Although the troops from the rear are still advancing continuously, they have not made any achievements. It is not a problem to waste human lives on the opponent.
There was a truce for a while at noon, and there were several battles with humans. The current situation of the stronghold is also short of major generals.
The sword master and the axe, who could take the lead in ascending the battlefield, were killed one after another. With the loss of troops, the beast king Sachs also became hesitant.
But after a short meeting at noon, Sacks also understood that the time had come when the stronghold had to be released.
The flying legion, the wolf cavalry legion, and the infantry legion were all seriously depleted.
If you give up at this time, with such a huge cost of silence, even if he is the Beast King, even if he still controls the Beamon Army, he will still have to pay the price.
At least abdication, or more seriously, the chiefs in the stronghold were afraid that they would have to kill him directly to vent their hatred.
The stronghold is different from the empire. The stronghold is tribal, and the power is more dispersed than that of the feudal nobles.
Not to mention anything else, York, one of the commanders, had already expressed his extreme dissatisfaction with the death of so many Cyclops at the temporary meeting at noon.
At that moment, Sachs decided to try a charge in the afternoon.
The Wolf Cavalry Corps went deep into the enemy's hinterland and did not carry any baggage or supplies. Although it successfully destroyed the enemy's logistics route, it also mobilized the enemy's main cavalry regiment.
But if you go deep alone, you won't be able to hold on for long. What's more, in order to save food, the wolf cavalry has to fend for itself, which increases the danger several times.
If we don’t attack the city at this time, there will be no chance when Xu Lai arrives with a large amount of support.
Sachs not only formulated the siege strategy for the afternoon, he even wanted to fight on his own, taking the lead and rushing to the forefront.
No matter how brave Behemoth is, it is basically useless without breaking the city.
However, all the tribes in the stronghold suffered serious military losses. If he and his Behemoth tribe did not take responsibility, it would be difficult to deal with them both publicly and privately.
Of course, Sachs is the king of beasts after all, so it is impossible to really ignore his safety.
As soon as the battlefield opened in the afternoon, the orcs launched a full-scale attack.
The Stone City has great benefits. After the defense line is lengthened, the main force of the orcs will not dare to easily bypass this important city.
However, the city wall has become longer, and there are more places for the orcs to climb and more directions to attack.
It would be okay if the defense force in the city was sufficient, but now that the main knights are gone, the strength of the stronghold must be two to three times that of the empire.
The key is that the strongholds can continue to be replenished, but on the Stone City side, every loss is gone.
The woods on both sides of Hard Rock City were originally used to set up ambush, so that the stronghold did not dare to bypass this long line of defense, and also provided wood for the construction of Hard Rock City.
This strategic goal was achieved, but it also provided great convenience for the orcs to attack the city.
In this attack, Sachs failed to bring many orc craftsmen and could not produce more advanced siege weapons.
But simply building a wooden ladder out of wood and making a large wooden shield to prevent arrow rain is not a big problem.
After the orcs rolled out in full force and launched a massive attack, Reina was under great pressure.
She has mobilized all the infantry and archers to the city wall. Even the 4th and 5th level knights left by Xu Lai have dismounted and blocked the city gate.
The Qingfeng Legion, which was originally relatively strong, was scattered on this several kilometers long city wall, and it was basically weak everywhere.
The archers went up to the arrow towers, while the griffins fell behind. On average, only one or two infantrymen could be placed per meter on the city wall.
The key point is that there are many fierce orcs. If the orcs rush up on any section of the city wall, it will have a huge impact on morale.
"Let me guard a section of the city wall. As long as I'm here, the orcs will never be allowed to rush up." Elvi said.
Leina shook her head firmly, and first used the Dragon Heart to summon more than ten green dragons, plus the ones Xu Lai recruited for her, a total of 15 green dragons.
These green dragons occupy the top of the wall and breathe poisonous breath downwards from a high position.
The orc infantry who clambered up melted into pieces on the wooden ladder. "No, you are the only reliable reserve force in my hand, and the opponent's flying force has not taken action yet, so you must not move.
In the morning, I had already contacted all the major forces The leaders of the mercenary group have discussed that I will open a section of the city wall and hand over the defense to them."
Xu Lai used the bounty to recruit a large number of mercenaries, which played a great role in the early stage. .
But in the later stage, the orc army arrived, and it was not easy for the mercenaries to continue to appear alone.
Today, there are at least tens of thousands of mercenaries gathered in the stubborn stone city.
Anyway, Xu Lai's bounty mission has never been assigned. Although the city defense battle is dangerous, it is not much different from hunting in the wild.
The presence of these mercenaries can greatly reduce Reina's pressure.
Although the orcs are in full bloom, it seems that there are orcs climbing every city wall, but in fact, the orcs also have main attack and cover.
Otherwise, the orcs would not be able to support a full-scale attack after losing a large number of troops before.
The real main direction of attack of the orcs is naturally those high-level orcs, such as the beast king who holds the flag high and charges forward.
Giselle brought a large number of high-level Phantom Arrow Saints with her and focused her main energy on these high-level orcs.
Suppressed by the powerful arrow rain of the Phantom Arrow Saints, and being cared for by the dozen green dragons, the main attack force of the orcs has made little progress.
The orcs in other places who are responsible for creating momentum and covering the main force in the battle have already climbed up the wooden ladder, passed through the crossbow bolts, and appeared at the top of the city.
The main force, let alone the city wall, has not even gotten close to the moat.
Finding that an orc had climbed onto the city wall, Elvi once again called for a fight eagerly:
"Rena, the one under that banner must be the king of the orcs, let me kill him!"
Elwee has always been responsible for capturing the thieves first, but now that the situation is unfavorable to her side, she must repeat her old tricks.
However, Rena disagreed.
Xu Lai may agree to this kind of thing, but Reina cannot.
Reina would not think that Xu Lai left Elvi and the Angel Troops to her, so she really felt that her status in Xu Lai's mind surpassed that of Elvi.
“The Beast King is not the witch Moriel. Moriel is not good at close combat, and I disabled her spellcasting ability.
And at that time, except for some unreliable black dragons, she In addition, there is not even a personal guard.
Even so, you almost fell into the hands of that woman.
The hero Beast King is not weak in melee combat. They are all masters of the stronghold.
Even if you can rush in with the Seraphs, how many of them will come back alive? "
Without waiting for Elvi to speak, Reina said:
"Don't worry, the orcs just climbed up the city wall. Do you think their morale has increased by how much? ”
Similar to killing generals and capturing flags, ascending first can also greatly boost morale.
But as far as Elvy could see, the morale of the orcs was not only lower than at the beginning of the war, but It didn't increase, but dropped a lot
After all, the battlefield is too big, and even Elvi can only make basic judgments based on the flags of both sides.
When the orc flag appears at the top of the city, it must have been carried up by an orc, which also means that the own troops who originally occupied these positions must have been defeated.
In the end, Yu Lan, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, explained with a smile:
"Sister Elvi, just be careful. The orcs just seem to have the advantage. In fact, both of us The battle-loss ratio is not on the same level at all.
The orcs are powerful. If they force themselves to squeeze in, they can naturally squeeze in.
But in terms of combat effectiveness, we clearly have the advantage. The middle and low-level orcs are not even qualified to break the defense, so they can only stare blankly when they come up. "
Elwee thought and it was true that during the charge just now, the orcs were completely beaten.
Even if each of them was carrying a big log, they could not withstand the powerful crossbow. Cars cannot resist crossbowmen with armor-piercing capabilities.
That is, the damage of mid- and low-level archers will be greatly reduced, and the phantom archers in the arrow tower will not be affected at all.
Just by being close to the city wall, the orcs suffered at least over 10,000 casualties, and the healing totems that appeared on the battlefield were often clicked by the phantom shooters who were sure to hit them.
As for our own warriors, they have heavy shields and armor in front, priests at the back for treatment, and Rena's defensive skills to protect them.
It’s not that the attack is extremely high, or the attack effect ignores defense, the orcs don’t even have the ability to harm their own warriors.
So, Reina was not worried at all about the orcs who climbed up the city wall.
Just let the heavy armored pikemen guard the crossbowmen and priests, and let the swordsmen, mercenaries and crusaders fight the orcs.
The only thing worth noting is the beast king who tried to attack the gate of Stone City.
The Beast King braved the arrows, his shields were broken one after another, and the high-level orc warriors around him also fell one after another.
His purpose is also very clear, which is to get close to the city wall.
Although it was difficult to advance, dozens of the Behemoth beasts he brought with him had already died, and he also killed two green dragons blocking the way, but he finally came closer slowly.
If the distance is too far, Sachs is not very sure yet. At this time, it is less than a hundred meters away from the city wall, so it should not be a big problem.
He took out an earthy yellow scroll from the space ring.
With the advantage of the city wall and being an authentic elf, Reina has excellent eyesight.
Although Saxophone's scroll has not been unfolded yet and no one can see the content on it, Reina instantly guessed a terrifying spell just by the earthy light.
Sure enough, as Sachs finished casting the spell, everyone on the city wall felt the ground shake.
"Earth level 3 spell, the earth shakes and the mountains shake."
The earth shakes and the mountains shake is a powerful destructive spell, but it destroys cities and city walls.
Although the walls of the Stone City were at the castle level and had been strengthened, a large section of the wall still collapsed under the Earth Shaking spell.
However, although the Earthquake spell can collapse the city wall, it cannot fill the moat.
With the huge size of the Behemoths, there is no chance that they will drown in the moat. However, the poison in the river water is eating away at the lives of these Behemoths every minute and every second.
However, the city walls have already been opened at this time. If we don't take the opportunity to occupy this section of the city wall, and then prevent the Stone City from being repaired, wouldn't it be a waste of tens of thousands of orc lives?
Even if the city wall collapsed, Reina did not show any panic.
She even had enough time to watch these huge Behemoths competing to cross the extremely poisonous moat. (End of this chapter)