Thirty thousand soldiers trapped in the camp began to charge.
In the early stages of the attack, before the troops were deployed, the first batch of soldiers who rushed forward could receive very limited support.
The air force could not be dispatched immediately due to the unknown number of crossbows on the enemy fortresses and city walls.
Moreover, although the Orc Alliance's air force commander died in Hogaka Fort, a large number of air forces still fled back, and it would take some time to deal with them.
As for long-range troops such as archers and magicians, the melee troops must rush out first to put pressure on the enemy before attacking. Otherwise, they will be exposed to the enemy's range and become living targets.
As for the giant beasts, the Wolf Spider Troop is the only giant beast unit in the South Army. Filia intends to use them as a decisive means of victory, and she will definitely not attack at this time.
Therefore, the only thing that can accompany the trapped camp in the charge is the flaming stones that roar overhead from time to time.
For the warriors trapped in the camp, this is enough. Even without the cover of the trebuchet, they will still charge to the death!
The trapped camp quickly rushed to within a kilometer of the fortress group and entered the shooting range of the crossbows and trebuchets on individual fortresses.
The soldiers could only dodge against the huge crossbow arrows and stones falling from the sky.
There are soldiers in the trapped camp who are responsible for observation. They almost follow the footsteps of their comrades in front and focus more on the sky.
Their eyesight is very good, and every three people scattered in the army are responsible for an area. Once a stone is thrown, the first thing to do is to quickly estimate the landing point of the boulder. If the landing point happens to be in the area he is responsible for, he will raise his hands and deep Red flags and loud warnings.
After hearing the warning, the soldiers immediately dispersed to other areas to avoid being hit by stones.
This method requires observers to respond quickly, have good eyesight, and have strong judgment. Arranging three observers in one area can increase fault tolerance. Observers can mostly accomplish their tasks, but if something goes wrong or something unexpected happens...
A young observer, Garr, followed his master and watched intently as the stone was thrown.
He is the most accurate observer in the trapped camp and has the potential to become the best observer.
The stones were thrown down one after another, but none of them landed in the area that Garr was responsible for. While he was thankful, he also felt a touch of regret.
I regret that my talents were not put to use.
At this moment, three more stones flew in. Suddenly, a strange wind in the sky changed the flight path of the stones, so that Gal's master and another observer felt that no stones would fall in their area.
But after Gal quickly recalculated the path, he concluded that the landing position of two stone throws would be exactly on the boundary of the front and rear areas.
An early warning must be given and comrades in the front and rear areas must be notified, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!
"Master..."
Gal made a wrong decision. He did not directly raise the flag to warn, but called his master first.
As soon as his master turned around, Garr saw a black shadow approaching at great speed from his master's shoulder.
It's the crossbow arrow of the bed crossbow!
Throwing stones can be avoided through tactics, but avoiding extremely fast crossbow arrows requires great strength.
Many warriors are unable to dodge crossbow arrows, and Garr and his master are two of them.
Moreover, his master was half-turning his head and did not even notice the crossbow arrow located in the blind spot of his vision.
"careful……"
Gal made a wrong decision again. He still didn't warn him, but wanted to push his master away.
But his speed as a junior warrior could not compare to that of a crossbow. As soon as he stretched out his hand, the huge crossbow penetrated half of the master's chest, passed his arm and continued to shoot backwards.
The power of the bed crossbow cannot be resisted by the human body. The huge kinetic energy caused the other half of the master's chest to twist, dislocate, and then break. His head and shoulders flew over Gar's head, and his lower body fell to the ground and became an obstacle to his progress.
Gal's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that the master who seemed to know everything died so miserably.
At this time, the master's instructions quickly flashed through Gal's mind: "Early warning is your first priority!"
Warning…warning!
Gal's eyes moved upward, and the stone had arrived!
He was about to raise the flag, but found that he could not lift his arm. It turned out that when the crossbow arrow passed by, his arm had already been taken away!
Gal stared at the stone and shouted, "The stone is coming, dodge!"
But two wrong decisions made this warning too late.
"Boom! Boom!"
The impact point of the stone was exactly as Gal calculated, located on the edge of the front and rear areas.
Without warning, the charging warriors were unable to dodge, and several warriors at the landing point disappeared directly under the boulder.
The rocks in the rocky desert wasteland are not as hard as the rocks in the Iron Bi Mountain. On the contrary, their texture is somewhat brittle, like pig iron containing impurities.
Therefore, the stone disintegrated after being hit, which actually increased its lethality.
Large and small pieces of gravel flew away, and nearby warriors who had not had time to raise their shields to block were immediately knocked down in large pieces. Some had only broken heads and bleeding, some had broken bones, and some had lost their breath.
The main body of the stone continued to roll forward under the influence of inertia, ruthlessly running over the soldiers.
Two slings fell and killed almost half of the people in Garr's area. He was in the middle of the area and was not affected.
But Garr's life was worse than death.
Because of his mistake, no, this is already a serious dereliction of duty! Because of his serious dereliction of duty, he incurred losses that were instinctively avoidable. The casualties are not just a number, but also living comrades! And he watched with his own eyes as his comrades were stoned, smashed into meat pies and crushed into pulp!
The charge of the trapped camp did not stop because of the falling stones. Garr mechanically moved his legs, stepped over half of the master's body, passed by the main body of the stone that had not stopped rolling, and continued to move forward.
The regional team leader in charge of Gal came to his side and yelled at him: "Gall, cheer up! Les and your master are both dead. Before rushing to the fortress, the safety of the team depends on you!"
Gal still didn't hear anything, his eyes were unfocused.
The squad leader slapped Gal on the side of the face and roared: "Look at your ability! Your mistake killed half of my team members. Do you still want the other half to die on the way to charge?"
"Killing...half...yes, it's all my fault!"
The squad leader slapped him again and looked at Garna's broken arm, which was still bleeding. He couldn't bear it.
He pulled out the backup warning flag behind Gal, intending to act as an observer himself, but Gal snatched it away.
"Don't touch my flag!" Gal roared angrily, suddenly stunned, and his eyes regained some sparkle.
"Gall." The squad leader patted him on the shoulder, "People need time to grow, but there is not much time left for you and me. Now, take on your responsibility and protect us through the last stretch!"
Gal's lips trembled and he wiped away tears.
"Yes, Captain!"
From a distance of one thousand meters, it only takes three minutes for the soldiers trapped in the camp to sprint with all their strength. But under the firing of crossbows and the projection of trebuchets, the speed was slowed down by 30%.
The road to the fortress has not been explored by the scouts, and there are endless traps.
Although the trap was very simple, it was a great hindrance to the trapped camp. The soldiers had to stop during the charge and deal with the trap before setting off.
During this period, stone throwing and crossbow arrows did not stop. The casualties caused by stone throwing were actually not many, but mainly the bed crossbow arrows, which were difficult to prevent, and their lethality was really amazing.
In the last three hundred meters, the trapped camp entered the shooting range of the enemy archers. Large arrows fell like rain, covering the trapped camp with firepower.
The soldiers raised their shields and increased their speed again, hoping to quickly rush through the most dangerous death zone in front of the fortress. Xiu Shuzhu
However, the sudden collapse of the ground and the sudden rise of spikes blocked their charge.
In order to deal with the trap, the trapped camp is equipped with earth magicians.
They are the treasures of the entire battalion and are the key targets of protection.
At this point, it's their turn to make an effort.
Under the protection of the shield bearers, the earth magicians quickly cast spells, filled the traps, eliminated the spikes, and continued the charge.
The warriors at the front were finally about to touch the city wall, and they were greeted by rolling stones, wood and hot oil.
The three-piece city defense suit that fell on the heads of the orc army a few days ago now falls on the heads of the imperial warriors.
The rolling stones and wood were nothing special. The hot oil was black kerosene. After a burst of flames and arrows, the bottom of the fortress suddenly fell into a sea of fire!
The soldiers trapped in the camp have the same standard equipment, which is cheap fire extinguishing bombs.
The fire extinguishing bombs were not filled with water, and water could not extinguish oil fires. They were filled with cheap special sand.
This kind of sand can quickly isolate the air, thus extinguishing fires. At the same time, the high temperature will cause the sand to emit bursts of thick smoke, providing a layer of cover for the soldiers.
The flames cover a large area and cannot be completely extinguished by fire extinguishing bombs alone.
After the soldiers trapped in the camp threw out fire extinguishing bombs, thick smoke billowed out. From the thick smoke came unsuppressed screams of pain.
Amidst the choking smoke and the remaining flames, the soldiers gritted their teeth, threw hooks and locks, and set up ladders.
The orc warriors on the fortress were shouting excitedly just because they lit a fire, but they were restless because they couldn't see the scene below the city. The archers shot arrows randomly in an attempt to suppress the siege of the imperial warriors.
After a moment of confusion, several black shadows emerged from the smoke. They were biting sharp knives, with ferocious faces, and varying degrees of burns all over their bodies, like evil ghosts who had just emerged from a fire!
The front row of soldiers trapped in the camp climbed up against the wall of the fortress. Although nearly half of them were killed by the orc warriors who were waiting for work as soon as they emerged, the remaining half still thrust out the swords in their hands!
The soldiers who were in better condition followed up and fired their small hand crossbows. The hand crossbow shots at close range were deadly enough, and the first row of orc soldiers blocking the city suddenly suffered heavy casualties.
Before the orcs behind them could take up their positions, they had already jumped onto the top of the city, fighting to the death in the face of orcs that were twice as many as themselves, trying their best to open up some space for their comrades following them.
The brutal hand-to-hand fighting on the city began.
When the trapped camp showed their determination to trap the enemy, it didn't take long for Filia to move the army forward.
It is impossible for the 30,000 trapped camp alone to destroy all the outer fortresses. Their task is to open up the situation and pave the way for the deployment of large forces.
It can be said that the trapped camp has completed the task perfectly, and then it depends on the large army.
The army presses forward, and the targets of the enemy's defense equipment are either very concentrated or very scattered.
Concentration is because we need to focus on destroying the troops that pose a great threat to the city wall, while dispersion is used to destroy enemy morale.
The Orc Alliance uses dispersed attacks because they have no intelligence and don't know which force poses a greater threat to the city wall.
Archers and magician troops can take this opportunity to approach the city wall with the help of infantry cover. They will be safe until they rain arrows or release swarm magic.
Most of the traps have been discovered and dealt with by the trapped camp, and the army's advancement is very smooth.
When the modified and powerful bed crossbow and the catapult equipped with a power system approached, the firepower of the orcs' city defense equipment seemed a bit weak.
The quality of the orc fortress is average, but the power of the bed crossbow has been increased three times. Each crossbow arrow is like a ballista, and it can shoot directly through the weaker parts of the fortress!
Those extremely fast catapults illustrate how terrifying firepower can be when it has excellent mobility. They can approach the fortress arbitrarily, throw catapults and then fly away without worrying about the enemy's counterattack. .Ь.
And when those huge charging carts were pulled by dragon horses and land-based dragons, advancing along the paved wooden rails at a speed comparable to a warrior's charge, and appeared on the battlefield, all the orc warriors who saw them only had in their hearts despair.
The pressure brought by the giant charging car is greater than that of the Thundertusk and Stonehorn. If this kind of thing is close to the fortress, what is there to defend?
The archer troops and the magician troops engaged in battle. When waves of arrows and brilliant and deadly magic came from behind,
When it was sent out, the soldiers in the front siege immediately felt a lot more at ease.
With the support of long-range troops, siege will be many times easier.
Soon, the army from the south route uprooted all the first-level fortresses in the attack section, and one-fifth of the second-level fortresses collapsed under the bombardment of heavy trebuchets.
The time spent... was only four hours.
It was getting late and the war was still going on.
