Before coming here, Zhang Xiaoman consumed too many spiritual stones in the black mist world, and now he does not have enough in stock.
The formations he deployed in Kuhan City and the Wall of Sighs were a kind of magic ore from the continent of Erin, called Emerald Magic Crystal.
It has a similar effect to the spirit stone, but its overall quality is not as good as the spirit stone in the world of immortality. Therefore, the effect of the formation formation is also much worse, so it can only be used as a makeshift.
There are now three days left before the Advent Festival. I don't know if it's a coincidence or not. The sky has darkened visibly to the naked eye. The sun is hidden behind the dark clouds. The air is so oppressive that it's almost suffocating. It's like a calm scene before the storm.
Ever since Zhang Xiaoman created the Wall of Sighs, the orc army has not continued to attack in the past two days, and the two sides have entered a rare confrontation.
However, everyone knows that this confrontation can easily be broken, and a more tragic war is inevitable.
According to the scouts' reports, the remaining record armies of the orcs have arrived one after another. What they face now is no longer the 700,000 orcs before, but the entire orc tribe.
Three million troops, this is a very terrifying number, even Zhang Xiaoman was moved by it.
He stood on the Wall of Sighs and looked across. He saw a sea of people, boundless, as if the entire Beifeng Grassland could no longer accommodate them.
Unless you see such a scene with your own eyes, it is really difficult to understand the shock of it.
At this moment, Zhang Xiaoman couldn't help but think of the Desolate Zerg race he had seen on the moon, and the white devils in the black mist world.
If a dimensional crack is opened on the North Wind Grassland, allowing the orcs to cross the crack and enter the first universe, then it is conceivable that such a number of orcs can be considered a threat to the civilization there.
But the specifics still depend on where the dimensional crack is opened. If it is on the Aquamarine Star, maybe the orcs can catch humans off guard at the beginning.
But when the two sides really started to collide in the form of war, those three million orcs were just a matter of a few nuclear bombs.
Compared with the endless swarms of wild insects, the orcs' numerical advantage is actually nothing more than this.
It is even said that even the white devils can crush them in this aspect.
White devils appear in the black mist. The most frightening thing is not their number, because the black mist obscures your perception and you can't see clearly how many there are.
The most frightening thing is the despair of being in a world of black fog, because you don't know how many monsters like this will come next, and when will it end.
His thoughts drifted away, and a horn sound came to Zhang Xiaoman's ears, which brought him back to his senses immediately.
"The orcs have launched an attack! Everyone is in position! Prepare to meet the enemy!!"
The voice of the Alliance Commander sounded from various locations in the Wall of Sighs.
The soldiers quickly came to the edge of the barrier, loaded up the defensive items prepared in advance, and were ready to launch an attack at any time.
Crossbows, catapults, rolling oil, rolling wood...
These things are no different from the weapons of ancient warfare in Zhang Xiaoman's impression. I heard that there used to be fantasy weapons similar to magic crystal towers. However, due to the loss of ancient alchemy, all these powerful devices disappeared. in the long river of history.
Now, the defensive equipment on the Wall of Sighs is basically transported from Kuhan City.
The original "Empire Gate" obviously couldn't handle this level of battle, but this Wall of Sighs seemed to be able to handle it with ease.
This is the first time the orcs have launched a frontal attack in the past two days. Facing such a barrier, they have no experience and can only keep trying.
The first is long-range weapons such as catapults and city-breaking crossbows.
These devices, which originally had powerful destructive power in siege battles, still looked so pale and powerless when faced with the Wall of Sighs.
The maximum range of the catapult is more than 60 meters. In front of the barrier of more than 300 meters, it can't even hit halfway up the mountain, let alone cause damage.
The same goes for the heavy siege crossbow. It may be able to cause some damage when attacking city gates and walls, but if it is a mountain range with a thickness of more than fifty meters, it is really no different from scraping.
Immediately afterwards, the orcs tried a lot of other methods, such as letting shamans use earth spells to disintegrate it, or directly sending troops to start digging tunnels at the bottom, etc.
But these actions all ended in failure. Again, in front of such a huge "mountain", these "small actions" can only be of no use.
Moreover, the soldiers on the Alliance side are not just stupid. When the orcs launched an attack, they also took advantage of the high ground to launch a powerful counterattack against the enemy forces below, making it impossible for the orcs who were digging to concentrate on their work.
Coupled with Zhang Xiaoman's formation blessing, the Wall of Sighs can be said to be impregnable.
The Wind Cavalry Regiment, numbering nearly 300, attempted to launch an attack from the air. However, as soon as these orcs flew to the top of the wall, they were fired upon by dozens of crossbows, causing them heavy casualties in an instant.
This time, they don’t even need their old rivals, the Griffin Knights, to appear. The crossbows and archers alone can keep them at bay, not to mention the elves’ aerial combat ace Hippogryph. .
In the end, the orcs had no choice but to choose the most primitive, least efficient, and most casualty method, which was to climb by force.
Millions of orcs began to use various crude and crude climbing tools to climb from all directions on the Wall of Sighs. The scene was quite spectacular. From a distance, it looked like a dense ant colony climbing. A vertical wall.
However, it is not so easy to climb to a height of more than 300 meters. Orcs are not ants after all. They do not have the ability of insects to easily climb vertically.
It became extremely easy for the Alliance soldiers to guard such a city wall. In many cases, there was no need for them to attack at all. The orcs would fall down on their own due to physical strength and other reasons.
However, the orcs are not stupid. Their advantage is their huge numbers, so they naturally know how to take advantage of them.
The orc commanders dispersed the orc army on a large scale. They attempted to reduce the defense density of the alliance soldiers by lengthening the front.
The Wall of Sighs spans hundreds of kilometers, and the Orc army has more than three million people. Even if the alliance has new recruits, the total number is only half a million.
If the orcs are determined to attack from the weak defense of the Wall of Sighs, then the Alliance really can't stop them.
It must be said that this method was very effective. After about three hours of siege, the orcs finally successfully climbed onto the east and west sides of the Wall of Sighs.
However, this efficiency is still a bit low. Even if there are people waiting to come up, the number is still very few, and there are countless hidden on this bare wall. They can't wait for more companions to come to join, and the patrolling lions are killed. The Eagle Knight was harvested in advance.
"We can't continue like this! Greg, let those rock demons go up, aren't they all good at digging holes! Let them lead our warriors right through!"
On the command platform of the orcs, Ogtanlong, who had recovered most of his injuries, said to the great shaman beside him.
This time, Greg rarely questioned his words, but nodded, turned around and left.
Half an hour later, among the orc army, forty or fifty tall figures came out from behind. These were the rock demons of the rock demon tribe. Under the desperate protection of a group of orcs, they arrived at the bottom of the Wall of Sighs and began to attack. Destroy the wall.
Although the Rock Demons are good at escaping from the earth, they are actually not good at digging holes. The ability they use is more like the earth evasion technique, integrating their bodies into the earth to move.
However, in the current situation, simply escaping to the ground is obviously not enough.
Because then they can only go there by themselves, and cannot bring the orc army with them.
You must know that the alliance's army has set up a trap and ambush behind them. Although these rock demons are powerful, they are too few in number. Even if they pass, they will just give away their lives.
In the end, under Greg's suggestion, the rock demons used the most brutal digging method and dug a set of four- to five-meter-high tunnels under the Wall of Sighs.
Due to Zhang Xiaoman's formation, these rock demons suffered a lot while digging the tunnel. In the end, they succeeded in opening the tunnel with their numerical advantage.
More than fifty rock demons worked together to dig three tunnels for passage.
"The orcs are digging over! Stop them!!"
Behind the Wall of Sighs, after seeing these uninvited guests, the human defenders drew their swords and surrounded them.
As the king of the human kingdom, Romell took the lead and led the alliance's army to snipe these orcs.
In fact, Zhang Xiaoman still couldn't understand his behavior.
After all, he is the king of a country. Although taking the lead can boost morale, if something unfortunate happens, the blow to morale will be huge.
But even if he can't understand it, this is indeed the tradition of this world. Not only humans, but also elves, dwarves and other races all have the custom of kings going into battle to kill enemies, but different races can do it to different extents. That’s all.
In the end, Zhang Xiaoman did not dwell too much on this issue. He just regarded it as a seemingly ignorant phenomenon in this cold weapon world, but it had its own unique style.
At this moment, the battle had lasted for more than four hours, and it was noon, when the scorching sun was shining.
The orcs successfully opened three passages under the Wall of Sighs, and two more were closed by human mages. Only one was picked up by the shamans in time for the orc army to break through.
"Very good, now the Third Army, the Sixth Army, and the Ninth Army have all deployed their troops at the entrance of the passage. The archers and mages are ready to kill orcs as soon as they appear!"
On the human command tower, Dustin Watts was directing and coordinating the deployment of the defense. From his face, there was no trace of the panic after the Orcs opened the passage. Instead, there was a faint smile.
In fact, what the orcs don't know is that the alliance's defense equipment has been almost exhausted. Coupled with the orcs' dispersion tactics, this has made the defense at the top of the Wall of Sighs increasingly difficult. Orcs have appeared in many places. Scenes of successive logins.
But now, this group of orcs actually cleverly opened three tunnels under the Wall of Sighs. In this way, the orc army that was gradually dispersed began to swarm here like a flood that had found an outlet.
But the tunnel is only so big in total, and with such a large orc army, it is impossible for all the orcs to come over at once. They can only pass through in batches.
In this way, the alliance has formed a natural canyon, and they only need to stay at the exit to attack the orcs who rush out. It is simply that one man can guard the barrier, and no one can open it.
It is even said that the reason why the magicians from the alliance did not close the third channel was because they were ordered by Dustin and deliberately released the water.
There is a saying that goes well, it is better to block than to open up. Give these orcs a place to vent, so that you can kill them more effectively.
In fact, the orcs also had some brains. At least the great shaman Greg could see what the other party was up to.
But he had no choice. Compared with climbing directly, such a strong attack was obviously more in line with the orcs' fighting method.
Zhang Xiaoman stood at the top of the city, and his far-sighted spell allowed him to clearly see the fighting below.
However, to him now, although such a scene feels spectacular, it cannot shock him as much as it did at the beginning.
Compared to the battle between the orcs and the Alliance, he had seen more brutal killings and more grand scenes, and everything here could no longer move him.
He did not personally participate in the battle because this was a battlefield belonging to the Alliance and the Orcs, not his stage.
As an outsider, in his eyes, humans, elves, and orcs are the same. They are all essentially natives of this world, and there is not much difference to him.
Of course, as a human being, he obviously needs to get closer to the Alliance, otherwise he wouldn't be standing here now.
Moreover, Zhang Xiaoman had set a rule for the Star Alliance, which was that they were not allowed to participate in wars between indigenous people unless necessary.
As the founder of this rule, he naturally cannot take the lead in breaking it. Even if he does, no one will know.
Maybe he could ignore the fighting between the two armies, but he definitely couldn't sit back and watch the orcs kill human civilians.
The former is the rule and the latter is the bottom line.
However, if it is for some other reasons, such as a true god threatening his safety...
Or maybe the orcs regard him as an enemy, etc.
Even an exchange based on some important interests, just like McAlevey's secret of immortality...
Even so, he doesn't mind intervening to some extent.
But now, this inevitable condition has appeared.
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