The removal of all the outer fortresses means the beginning of the Orc Alliance's general attack.
For the Nalan Empire, they must not only defend the western defense line and repel the Orc Alliance's offensive, but also destroy the Holy Descendant Gate before it is fully opened, otherwise there will be no chance.
It sounds like an impossible task, but the Orc Alliance is not without worries.
In the northeast of the orc territory, the high elf commander Ivo led an elf army to occupy the edge of the forest. They did not rush to enter the defense line of the imperial fortress group, but kept harassing the flanks of the Orc Alliance troops.
The elves are the darlings of the world and the race with the strongest average strength in the world of Hess. Every elf has the talent to become an excellent archer, a powerful natural magician, and a nimble warrior. What he wants to become depends on the elf's own wishes.
Ivo leads the First Army of Hesol Loren. Usually, the army with the title of "First Army" is the ace force of a certain country, and the same is true for the high elves.
The First Army of Hersol Loren is extremely powerful. Although there are only 50,000 people, these 50,000 people are all professionals above the intermediate level, and among them there are actually 10,000 high-level professionals!
In fact, when it comes to cultivation speed, humans and sea tribes deserve to be first and second. Elves have long lifespans, very good talents, and a high upper limit of individual strength, but their cultivation speed is not fast.
But the living environment of elves is much better than that of humans, sea tribes, blood tribes and other races. No race dares to mess with the elves in the forest, so the Hess Forest, except for some specially allowed caravans, is a restricted area for other races.
The major elven cities centered on Hesol Loren are a well-deserved paradise for the elves, and elven citizens rarely die in accidents.
Elves are peace-loving and rarely conflict with other races unless their vital interests are seriously harmed.
There are only a handful of cases in history where elves have sent troops to conquer other races, but without exception, they have shown great strength in the battle.
The Elf Kingdom had such an unreasonable rule a long time ago, that is, every Elf must choose a direction to practice. This created another scene that was completely different from the Orc Alliance, where everyone was an army.
The orc alliance was forced by the harsh living environment, and the elves were trained by themselves.
The First Army of Hersol Loren is a very special force. All of them carry bows and can move and shoot. Even the magician can shoot two arrows from a distance.
The Orc Alliance does not have any cavalry units. The more powerful ones are the Goblin Wolf Cavalry and the Orc Boar Cavalry. One of these two types of cavalry is insufficient in strength and the other is too slow, making them unsuitable for fighting elves.
Therefore, from the beginning of the battle until now, the orc alliance has not been able to confront the elven troops head-on. They were beaten by waves of arrows and lost their temper. Their battle axes and machetes were stained with the blood of their own people.
After a lot of back and forth, the Orc Alliance simply stopped pursuing him. They... also started a guerrilla war. When the elven troops came, they retreated. Since there were so many people, it was expected that the elven troops would not dare to pursue them deeply.
This tactic worked well. The losses of the Orc Alliance were greatly reduced, which temporarily solved the problem.
But as long as the elven army makes other moves, the orc alliance will bear a new round of blows, and the results may be fatal.
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North of Cartagena.
An elite force of black orcs armed to the teeth stood in a neat battle formation, facing off against an equally heavily armed dwarf force.
No race can match the level of formations of the dwarves, and the battle formations composed of black orcs are very ordinary compared with the dwarves.
There is a saying circulating in the world of Hess: Never attack a dwarf who is well arrayed.
The Orc Alliance should feel lucky that they are not the attacking party.
In front of the dwarf battle formation, the Dwarf King of Lonely Peak "Stoneheart" Malkem was giving an impassioned speech:
"My most brave and invincible warriors! Let us crush the orcs! Let this compatriot from the Holy Peak see the heroic appearance of our Lonely Peak dwarves in battle! Lobida!!"
"Lópida!!!"
Luobida means charge in the dwarf language of Lonely Peak. Malkaim took the lead in charging, followed by dwarf warriors covered in heavy armor.
They all maintained a neat formation when charging, each square formation maintaining its shape and pressing towards the black orcs, as if they were one body.
Demon hunter Xander followed Malkem with a smile on his face. He used unfair means to win the bet and tricked him into sending troops. Although he felt guilty because of the stubborn and loyal character of the dwarf, he had no regrets.
After all, when the war reaches the global level, no one can survive alone, and it is necessary to do something.
Neither the orcs nor the dwarves were good at magic. There were no "fancy" magic exchanges before the battle, so the dwarves' musketeers fired two rounds of volleys. Yi Qu Kuo
The close-range shooting of the musket is extremely powerful and has extremely strong penetrating power. Even the elite black orcs cannot withstand the heavy armor of an iron can, and the person who was hit was killed by the armor.
Two groups of iron cans collided fiercely. Giant axes and heavy shields, flat axes and heavy armors, and even heavy armors and heavy armors collided with each other, making a deafening sound of metal clashing, like thunder coming from the ground.
The combat effectiveness of the two sides... is almost evenly matched. The dwarves with the blessing of the leader are a little stronger, but not much. The elite black orc troops are worthy of being the trump card of the orc alliance. If they continue to fight like this, they can really block the Lonely Peak dwarf army from Cartagena.
Sander split a black orc with heavy armor into two pieces with an axe. He looked around at the anxious battle situation and murmured to himself: "It should be almost there, right? The empire... must hold on."
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Cartagena Occidental.
An endless sea of skeletons and zombies is slowly swarming towards Cartagena.
The prince of the Evernight Kingdom, Vidnina, sat on a huge zombie mammoth, wrapping herself tightly in a black cloak.
She had two blood-red eyes, staring at the hot land with some laxity.
"Your Majesty the Prince!" A servant suddenly appeared in front of Vidnina, knelt down on one knee and reported, "There are a large number of Goblins ahead. Judging from their weapons and equipment, they seem to be cannon fodder."
"Kill them all." Vidnina didn't even blink.
"Yes!" The servant took the order and left.
Widnina's mouth curled up under the black veil, "I really don't know who asked the goblins to die. It's so stupid. I don't know that beating the undead army as cannon fodder will only make it worse... This is good. I can’t go home right away.” xynkj.ċöm
"Ah, it's so hot, it's going to melt away. Hurry up and bring me something to beat me home..."
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Fort Hofra.
Filia caught the fish, but she couldn't avoid the Orc Alliance launching a general attack.
The boulder-throwing Cyclops has less range and more maneuverability than the trebuchet. Overall, it is an enhanced version of the trebuchet.
Because once they move, it will be difficult for the city-defending trebuchets on the imperial city wall to hit.
The enemy shoots fixed targets, and we shoot moving targets. Although we have a range advantage, we are still at a disadvantage overall.
However, Filia came up with a solution. Multiple trebuchets covered a target with firepower at the same time. The accuracy was not enough to make up the number. After several rounds of volleys, they would always be able to hit the target.
The trebuchet design of Fort Hofra is relatively advanced. There is a rotatable base under each trebuchet, so there will be no embarrassing situation of insufficient shooting angle.
It is precisely because of this that Filia's solution can be effective.
The trebuchet and the Cyclops fought against each other for several rounds, with a battle loss ratio of nearly three to two. They exchanged machines for lives, and the empire made a small profit.
If the trebuchet is the defense method with the longest attack range of Fort Hofra, the bed crossbow is the second longest. It's a pity that even the strongest Dragon-Mocking Crossbow cannot attack the Cyclops, otherwise the Cyclops would no longer be a threat.
Despite this, the bed crossbow is still a weapon for defending the city and is the best choice for attacking high-value targets, especially large targets.
Taking advantage of the time when the Cyclops and the defensive trebuchet were exchanging, the bed crossbow aimed at the ladder and battering ram team rushing forward.
"Swish swish!"
The giant crossbow arrows as thick as a teacup shoot out, and just watching them fly out gives you a violent beauty.
A crossbow arrow hit the "waist" of a ladder, and with a "boom" sound, the ladder was shot in half by the huge kinetic energy carried by the crossbow arrow!
The same scene happened to other ladders, and the battering ram was not much better. Before it reached the city wall, it was shot into a hedgehog.
But fortunately, the opponent's city gate opened by itself without hitting it.
As for whether the city gate would be closed again when they rushed to the city gate, the orcs didn't seem to think about it.
Anyway, what they saw was a girl in red armor standing alone inside the city gate, guarding the gate with a sword, her appearance was extremely heroic.
As the orcs advanced without fear of death, the third barrier of the castle's defense was activated, and the rain of crossbows and arrows was activated.
The ones rushing at the front were still the heavily armored orcs. Ordinary bows and arrows were completely useless against them. The damage that the crossbows could do was also very limited. If they penetrated the heavy armor, there wouldn't be much kinetic energy left.
After a brief taste, the crossbowmen changed their target to the subsequent siege troops.
They hold special weapons, and their equipment is different from that of ordinary troops, being lighter and more sophisticated.
A few waves of arrows rained down, which had some effect, but not much, because the average strength of the siege force was actually very strong. I'm afraid not everyone was above the junior level, but it was about the same.
Intermediate warriors are rarely injured by ordinary arrows, and junior warriors are not afraid of scattering if they are prepared. These siege personnel were also accompanied by shield bearers holding giant heavy shields in both hands, specifically used to defend against arrows, reducing a large number of casualties.
Going forward, you will enter the attack range of cluster magic.
In previous siege battles, countless orcs died under the bombardment of cluster magic. The reason was that the orcs were not good at magic and were not good at defending against magic attacks.
On the walls of Holk City, several groups of magic lights flashed violently, and violent magic energy gathered on the heads of the orc siege troops.
In the orc formation, the frontline commander let out a roar of unknown meaning. If Rogge were here, he would definitely feel bad.
Hearing this roar, a goblin poked his head out from behind each shield-bearer's heavy shield. Except for a few unlucky ones who were shot to death by bows and crossbows, the rest threw a purple-black ball into the sky. Stone.
The red and black stones exploded, quickly forming a layer of lavender mist above the orc's head. The mist is different from ordinary poisonous mist. There is a small cyclone at the location of each exploding stone, and the mist rotates around the cyclone at a medium speed.
Looking down from the city wall, each cyclone has a different direction, size, height, and speed. At first glance, it just seems chaotic, but after looking at it for a long time, it feels like the entire purple mist is unified.
But the warriors didn't look at it for too long. The cluster magic finally finished chanting. Flames, thunder, strong winds, boulders, and rushing water appeared in different locations, erupting with the same destructive energy!
