The orcs pouring out of the pine forest stopped more than 700 meters directly in front of the city wall. They were a large area of darkness that could not be seen to the end. On the right side of the orc group, there is also a large group of barbarian warriors. They are tall and stout, equipped with leather helmets, and carry wooden shields and hand axes. Their formations are tight and orderly, and they are clearly different from the ugly and primitive orcs.
Bottom visually estimated that the number of barbarian warriors was around 800, and the size of the orc group was at least three times that of the barbarians. Looking at the number of orc butchers, there were about thirty or forty. Calculated based on the fact that each Orc Butcher leads 50 to 100 fighters, warriors or coolies, the total number of Orcs in the group will not be less than 3,000.
There are more than 4,000 half-orcs and barbarians on the opposite side, while in Braun Town, there are less than 900 half-elves who can take up arms and participate in the battle.
The invaders had an absolute numerical advantage. Their ferocious and savage aura made the half-elves guarding the city wall feel frightened. Perhaps, the enemy only needs to launch a strong attack, and the town of Braun will fall.
Bottom couldn't figure out why the local barbarians would join forces with the orcs from the outside world, but he had fallen into deep despair. Vertok pulled him out of the whirlpool of despair.
Those amber eyes had magical power. When Bottom came into contact with Vertok's eyes, his mind instantly returned to calmness, but he still said pessimistically: "Vertok, I regret not listening to your advice yesterday. But now, What's the use of giving money to everyone? The enemy is too powerful and we have no chance of winning. If the city wall falls, everyone will die. Wealth can no longer boost everyone's morale..."
Wiltok was not in the mood to explain more, and said calmly in an almost commanding tone: "First give everyone money, the sooner the better, and then find a way to break out. Don't be too anxious about this."
Bottom didn't understand Wiltok's intention for a moment, but he also knew that the wealth hidden in the town by the Adventurer's House would definitely not be preserved. Instead of leaving it to the intruders, it would be better to share it with everyone. Following Wiltok's request, he ordered his men to take out the most valuable treasure from the treasury.
Not long after, several iron boxes were carried to the city wall. At this time, Boss Bottom had figured it out and gave up. He asked his men to carry the box and follow him on the city wall, distributing the treasures in the box to each soldier. All the half-elves who defended the city walls were given a handful of amber, emeralds, black glazes, blue diamonds, and colored phosphorus beads, enough to fill both their pockets.
Looking at the dazzling treasure in their hands, the half-elf soldiers, especially the adventurers, had complicated expressions. These are the specialties around Braun Town and are the main reasons why adventure groups come here to take risks. For example, bean-sized, crystal clear multicolored phosphorus beads are a kind of crystal found in krill. Only old krill that have grown for more than five years can produce multicolored phosphorus beads. Apart from their beautiful appearance, they actually have no special value. But Dragon King Philumat liked such shiny things, so much so that the colorful phosphorus beads were included in the list of tributes by the Dragon King Palace. A high-quality colorful phosphorus bead can be sold for 5 to 10 gold pagodas in the market of Luoye City.
A medium-sized adventure group could collect more than 600 colorful phosphorus beads after working at Lake Braun for several months, which was not enough to fill two pockets. Adventure groups usually sell the phosphorus beads they worked so hard to collect to the Adventurer's House Hotel at a price of two gold pagodas. Simply because Boss Bottom can provide things that cannot be bought in the main city market, including sophisticated weapons and equipment, life-saving secret medicine, and the most important promotion opportunities.
Treasures such as amber and gemstones are more valuable than phosphorus beads, but they are not hard currency and market prices fluctuate greatly. Only those who have the channels for enshrining in the Dragon King Palace can turn treasures into strength and power, while those without channels can only accept layer upon layer of exploitation. Therefore, adventurers would rather sell the harvested treasure to the adventurer's house at a low price in exchange for a quota for awakening expertise or sublimation expertise.
Over the years, Boss Bottom has accumulated a huge fortune, and now he has taken out all the accumulation over the years and distributed it to everyone here.
If the adventure group collects all the treasures that the members have received, even if they sell them cheaply on the market, the money they get will be enough to buy a plantation, and they will live a stable life with no worries about food and clothing, and they will never have to worry about going anywhere again. adventure.
However, they are going to die soon, so what's the point of getting more treasures?
After Batom distributed the treasure, he walked back and forth on the city wall. As he walked, he shouted, attracting the attention of all the half-elves: "The purpose of dividing the treasure with everyone is not to let everyone defend Braun Town, but to break out! Only by breaking out can we Enjoy the wealth! Everyone, cheer me up and stick to their posts. We have high walls and ballistae. The orcs and barbarians will not be able to fight for a while. The leaders of each adventure group come with me to discuss this. Breakout stuff.”
Any half-elf in his right mind is afraid of death. Half-elves who engage in adventurous activities are afraid of death and even more afraid of poverty. When they were poor, they dared to risk their lives for wealth; when they were rich, they became afraid of death again. But it is undeniable that adventurers have courage and courage far beyond ordinary people.
Vertok's logic to boost the morale of the adventurers and prevent them from rebelling on the battlefield is simple: for the huge wealth they have obtained, they must break out even if they risk their lives. The people in the Adventurer's House were also besieged, and they also had to rush out. This is what everyone has in common. Even if the adventurers are resentful of Bottom, they should work together at this time and find a way to get out first.
After Boss Bottom regained his composure, he quickly understood Wiltok's intention. He took out all the most valuable belongings in the warehouse and decisively distributed them to more than 400 adventurers to eliminate their grievances and inspire them. fighting will.
The adventurers looked at the sparkling gems, amber, and phosphorus beads in their hands, and their eyes gradually took on a different look, revealing a fierceness. They put their treasures into their pockets one after another, tied their pockets tightly, picked up their weapons again, and shouted viciously: "This time we will fight hard!"
"It was meant to be fought tooth and nail."
"With so much treasure, it's worth dying."
"Bah! I want to rush out with the treasure..."
"Yes! Let's rush out. If anyone dares to block our way, we must kill him!"
Bottom laughed loudly and shouted: "There will be more treasures to be moved here soon. I will give it all to everyone and let your group leader divide it up, lest you take too much and you can't run away."
The adventurers applauded one after another, and did not forget to tell their leader to get as much treasure as possible.
Seeing this situation, Bottom's heart dropped halfway. He whispered to Wiltok beside him: "Vell, what should we do next?"
Wiltok was really questioned. He relied on the "Knowledge Puzzle" to analyze intelligence and provide countermeasures. In fact, he had no idea. Although the "knowledge puzzle" is part of his soul, it is in a state of fragmentation. The "knowledge puzzle" contains many reorganized memories and the ability to logically deduce, but it does not have emotional cognition and can instead think rationally. But due to the split between the "knowledge puzzle" and the soul, Wiltok seems to have an extra soul. Most of the time, he couldn't control the "Knowledge Puzzle". He could only give it preset problems and let it solve the problems on its own while collecting information.
"Knowledge Puzzle" takes a certain amount of time to solve problems, and it also takes time for Wiltok to collect relevant information. Under normal circumstances, the higher his mental attributes, the more comprehensive the information he collects, and the faster the "Knowledge Puzzle" can solve problems.
What should we do after we distribute treasures and stabilize people’s hearts?
Regarding this issue, due to the incomplete information collected, the "Knowledge Puzzle" did not provide a specific action plan. Wiltok could only follow the general direction of solving the problem and said vaguely: "We can only find a way to break out now... Let everyone use their brains. I will listen first and then think about what to do."
His answer was in line with the personality of an amnesia patient. Bottom nodded and said, "That's right. We have all calmed down. We should come up with ideas together and find a way... Maybe the situation is not as bad as we thought, but we haven't discovered it yet."
When the leaders of each adventure group arrived at the city tower, Bottom looked around at everyone and said without hesitation: "That day, Hurant from the famous Golden Oak family revealed my identity in public. Everyone now knows that I, Bottom, the red lion, was once a rock The elite sergeants of the Giant Legion fought against orcs, barbarians, and alien orcs in the dark land for more than two months... The 'February' War was the most brutal war in the Alliance in recent decades."
"...In that war, my comrades-in-arms suffered numerous casualties, but a few old comrades and I managed to survive..."
Boss Bottom sighed and said boldly: "I didn't expect that more than 20 years later, I would encounter the siege of Orcs again in Braun Town. If I fight to death this time instead of dying on the bed, it will be considered A lucky thing."
"I dare say that no one among you knows better than me how orcs and barbarians fight. According to the current situation, we may have to break out to survive. I ask everyone to obey my unified command. I can guarantee you two things . First, if you need to charge, the half-elves from the Adventurer's House will be at the front; if you need to break up, we will be at the back. Second, all intelligence and decisions will be shared. You can each send a member here to take charge. Contact me, I will never hide anything from them!”
"If someone doesn't want to advance and retreat with everyone, I won't stop you. I'll give you a few ropes, and you can climb over the wall now. It's your luck to escape the pursuit of the orc butcher; if you can't escape, forget it. You are in trouble. However, those who are willing to stay and break out together must obey my dispatch. Otherwise, don't blame me for turning my back on you!" Bottom said loudly.
The leaders of each adventure group looked at each other. No matter how beautifully Bottom said it, they did not dare to entrust the fate of the entire group to each other easily. However, except for Bottom, there is no one here who can assume the responsibility of commander. Moreover, the risk of breaking out alone is indeed too great. Everyone still understands the principle of breaking out together and covering each other.
Just as the leader of the adventure group was communicating vaguely with his eyes, Charlie took the lead and shouted: "Sir Bottom, our Qin and Whistle adventure group believes in you and is willing to obey your orders!"
Bottom glanced at Charlie gratefully, smiled and nodded.
The other group leaders immediately hated Charlie and gritted their teeth. Since someone is taking the lead, they cannot lag behind. If those who lag behind are taken care of by Bottom, they may become cannon fodder for others. As a result, everyone agreed, and they all clapped their chests loudly, expressing that their adventure group absolutely supported Bottom.
When Wiltok saw the leaders of the adventure group competing in the chest-slapping competition, he found it very interesting and naturally smiled and rolled his eyes. Bottom found that Wiltok was smiling, and for some reason, his anxious heart finally returned to its original place.
He smiled calmly and said: "In a moment, someone will bring gold, weapons and armor, dry food and combat medicine. You can take the gold as you like. The other things will be distributed according to the needs of each regiment. Do you have any questions? ?”
Of course, the group leaders said it was okay. Bottom glanced at Wiltok and said, "Well, let me first introduce the situation of the orcs and barbarians..."
The orc tribe is roughly divided into six classes: chief, eldest mother, butcher, female shaman, fighter, and coolie.
Generally speaking, the orc chief is the most powerful butcher in the tribe. He is not only powerful in combat, but also highly intelligent.
Great Mothers are fertile half-orc females, and nearly all Great Mothers are shamans. Their status in the ethnic group is very high, second only to the chiefs, and some female shamans even have more say than the chiefs. However, the eldest mother is obese and has difficulty moving. She does not participate in battles. She is usually responsible for raising offspring and belongs to the protected core of the group.
If the orc chief dies, the Great Mothers choose a new chief from among the butchers. If all the big mothers die, this orc group can basically be declared disintegrated.
The Butcher is also known as a high-level Orc. He is generally around 2.2 meters tall, and his strength, speed, and intelligence are much stronger than ordinary Orcs. The life level of butchers starts from level three, which is the same as that of adult Hemer female warriors. They master the advanced blood rage talent, have keen combat intuition, and are murderous. Every time the Butcher kills an enemy in battle, the power of blood rage will be increased, but different individuals have different upper limits for improvement. The Butcher is without a doubt the most fearsome of the orc warriors.
Shaman here mainly refers to young half-orc female shamans who are not qualified to have children. They are rare in number and are naturally agile warriors who often use bone blades imbued with cursed power. As long as the skin is scratched by the orc shaman's bone blade, the wound will continue to rot, will not heal easily, and may even cause mental confusion.
A fighter is a half-orc male who is not qualified to reproduce. He has strong explosive power but weak physical fitness. He has mastered the primary or intermediate blood rage talent. Fighters are the main force in the orc army. They are oppressed by the ethnic butchers and cannot grow. Half-orc fighters are more powerful than most half-elven awakeners, but not as good as professionals.
Coolies are half-orcs who have not developed gender characteristics. They are stupid and weak, and their status in the ethnic group is quite slaves. Half-orc coolies form the basis of the half-orc tribe. When the butchers in the tribe suffer heavy losses, the coolies have the opportunity to develop again, separate their genders, and be promoted to fighters. A very small number can be promoted to shamans.
It is worth mentioning that the blood rage of the orcs is an active talent. The more they fight, the stronger they become, and the weaker they become when they encounter setbacks. Orcs always charge headlong into battle, either winning a great victory or being completely defeated. Based on the characteristics of the orcs, the regular legions of the Disa Alliance prioritize attacking the opponent's coolies. This severely dampens the vigor of the orcs, which often causes the fighter's blood rage to plummet, thereby reversing the situation of the battle.
The situation of the barbarians is exactly the opposite of that of the orcs. Their gender is born, and they have the ability to reproduce after adulthood. The average height of men is 1.9 meters, and the height of women is over 1.7 meters. Adult barbarian warriors are particularly strong. Their basic strength, physical fitness, and intelligence are higher than those of orc fighters. The thick and strong body gives the barbarian warrior a special ability. When he is hit hard, he will hardly faint. Instead, the pain will lead to anger, and the anger will burst out with stronger power. When this power breaks through a certain limit, the barbarian warrior awakens the talent of blood rage.
The blood rage of the barbarians is a passive talent, closely linked to the vitality. Improving the level of the blood rage talent means increasing the life level.
The blood rage effect of high-level barbarians is the same as that of ordinary barbarian warriors, only violent counterattacks, but high-level barbarians are incredibly strong and can fight with wild monsters in hand-to-hand combat without losing.
Perhaps, the blood rage talent of the barbarians is actually a growth talent, and the violent counterattack is just a side effect.
The barbarian shamans who master the power of heavenly fire and have the ability to predict call themselves the daughters of the heavenly spirits, while high-level barbarians are called the warriors of the heavenly spirits.
Barbarian warriors always become more courageous with every setback. The Alliance Legion hates fighting barbarian infantry groups. Fortunately, the fertility of barbarians is low, and their number is much smaller than that of orcs. Barbarian warriors who have awakened the talent of blood rage are even rarer. As long as half-orcs develop normally, they can master the talent of blood rage and become half-orc fighters.
"After the half-orc warrior activates blood rage, his strength, speed, and defense are greatly enhanced. However, the power of blood rage rises and falls quickly, and it also consumes physical strength. The method to deal with the half-orc warrior is very simple, avoid When their blood rage is turned on, they have no energy, their hands are soft and their feet are weak, and they cannot even defeat ordinary awakened ones. With the help of high walls, we first shoot the half-orc coolies who have no blood rage talent. The half-orc warriors are frightened, and the blood rage power They will also decline quickly. They failed to charge three times and all turned into soft-footed shrimps. It will be easy for us to break through again. How many of us can be intercepted by the more than forty orc butchers on the opposite side? "
Bottom added with some annoyance: "The barbarians on the opposite side are our big trouble. They are strong and full of energy. Even adventurers can't outrun them."
He mainly told Wiltok that he regretted that he could not adopt Wiltok's opinion. Now it is difficult to run away even if he wants to.
The leader of an adventure group said excitedly: "I have experience in dealing with barbarians. Avoid close combat with them, use crossbows and javelins to shoot from a distance. As long as you hit a dozen arrows, they will almost die... "
Everyone looked at the leader with cold eyes. His voice became lower and lower, and a sly smile appeared on his face. Apparently, he realized that Braun Town was facing a war, and the barbarian warriors on the opposite side were not sporadic. The looters, the previous tactics are useless in this kind of scene.
Bottom turned and asked Wiltok, "Virtok, what do you think?"
Wiltok shook his head, walked straight to an iron box, bent down to lift the box, raised it above his head with one hand, and asked: "How is the strength of the barbarian warrior compared to me?"
Everyone was shocked by Wiltok. This box was filled with gold, weighing at least 1,100 pounds. Seeing Wiltok lifting the gold above his head with one hand, he still looked like he had enough strength left. The strength might be comparable to that of a fourth-level shield guard.
Bottom said quickly: "Put it down slowly, be careful not to hit your feet... An average barbarian warrior should be able to do this with two hands."
Vertok put down the box, nodded and said: "I need to eat a lot of food in one meal, and I remember that Yog's appetite is not small. It seems that the barbarian warriors need a lot of food."
Boss Bottom slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "I was so panicked just now that I forgot such an important thing! With three thousand orc warriors and a thousand barbarian warriors, they must consume more than usual. It takes twice as much food to maintain fighting fitness. Mayor Mayne left some food in the plantation, which was only enough to feed 500 barbarian female slaves for more than ten days. The orcs snatched all the food, but they couldn't withstand the consumption of the battle. For two days at most, the orcs and barbarians must use their own food reserves to fill the gap. This will definitely affect the tribe’s livelihood! I estimate that they can’t hold on for five days. We only need to hold on for five days, and they won’t be able to survive!”
This news made everyone feel excited. Charlie from Qin and Whistle further said: "Orcs and barbarians lack food and large equipment. They are not good at attacking cities! But we have abundant supplies, war bows and crossbows, and also There are medium-sized ballistae, which can be used to hold on for 5 days relying on the city wall. Now, the back door to the west of Braun Town has not been blocked by the orcs and barbarian coalition forces. It seems that they very much hope that we will abandon the city voluntarily. This also shows that their offensive persists. It won’t be long!”
Previously, the adventure group leader who commented on the barbarian marauders asked again: "The back door is not blocked? Then why don't we withdraw?"
Charlie said coldly: "You can go and see if the orcs and barbarians will chase you? If they catch up with you, you can just have a wild battle with them."
The group leader stopped talking. No one dared to take the risk of fighting a field battle with the allied forces of orcs and barbarians and take the initiative to break away from the protection of the high wall.
Bottom smiled and said: "Vell, what do you think?"
Wiltok said before that the money should be distributed quickly and the breakthrough should be slow, but he was right. The Red Lion Bottom admired Wiltok's foresight and now pays special attention to his opinions.
In fact, Wiltok said that "breakthrough should be slow" because he has not yet thought of a specific breakout plan. The "Knowledge Puzzle" also took the food factor into account just now, but it is only a reference factor and does not mean that the enemy is really short of food.
No matter what, there is nothing wrong with weakening the enemy's effective strength with the help of complete fortifications and waiting for work.
Wiltok shook his head slowly and said: "We still need to be prepared to break out... Let the old, weak, women and children in the town gather at the back door first. We will hold on for a while and then make the final decision based on the situation."
Bottom nodded and said: "Well, this is the safest way to do it. Just do as you say. But I think we have a great chance of holding on to Braun Town..."
Is there any hope of saving Braun Town?
So far, the results of the "Knowledge Puzzle" analysis show that there is hope for a breakout, but the probability of holding Braun Town is less than 10%.
Wiltok shook his head again and said: "There is little hope of defending Braun Town... I have a key question that I have not figured out."
Bottom frowned and asked, "What's the problem?"
Wiltok said blankly: "I don't know."
As they were talking here, the sentry responsible for keeping an eye on the enemy suddenly shouted in panic: "Boss, boss... come and take a look."
Everyone rushed to the wall together, looked closely, and saw several groups of barbarian warriors slowly walking out of the snow forest carrying six medium-sized ballistae.
Everyone's expression changed, and Boss Bottom's face turned livid. He squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "The barbarian slaves in the plantation betrayed us! Our crossbows must knock out the other party's crossbows first!"
The effective range of the medium-sized ballista is within 400 meters, and it is basically inaccurate at a distance of more than 300 meters. But the metal crossbow bolts fired by the crossbows are enough to penetrate the city wall, helping the orcs and barbarians to climb up and attack the city!
It is not an easy task to completely disassemble the medium-sized ballista from the arrow tower. Without the help of the barbarian slave girl, the orcs and local barbarians would not be able to do this.
Now that the enemy has these six ballistae, it becomes much more difficult for Bottom to defend the city wall.
Vertor tried his best to find Yog in the barbarian camp. His tense mood relaxed a little. This was not because of his feelings for Yog, but because the barbarian boy was very smart. At this moment, Yog actually aroused Wiltok's fear.
"Hey, I discovered an interesting phenomenon." Rhodes, the slave trader of the Iron Cross Regiment, suddenly pointed to the opposite side and said, "Look, the barbarian camp and the orc camp always maintain a distance of 5 or 6 hundred meters. Those ballistae And they are all controlled by the local barbarians... If the plantation was taken down by the orcs from the outside world, how can they safely hand over all the crossbows to the local barbarians?"
Bottom's eyes flashed, and he turned around and asked: "Captain Rhodes, what do you mean..."
"Lord Bartome, I am familiar with the barbarians on the other side of Lake Braun. They are divided into more than a dozen tribes. The total population does not exceed 6,000, and the adult warriors are at most 2,000. There are less than 1,000 barbarian warriors here. Where will the other thousand warriors be? ? I think they must defend their hometown. Although I don’t know why the local barbarians joined forces with the orcs from the outside world to attack Braun Town. But since the barbarian warriors did not mobilize in full force, it means that they are still wary of outsiders. "
"Looking at the orcs, a rough estimate is that there are more than 3,000 orcs here, most of them are coolies, and there are less than 2,000 orcs butchers, shamans and fighters with combat effectiveness. If we say that the local barbarians still have more than 1,000 warriors left In the rear, here will not be the full strength of the Orcs from the Outland. Their population size is probably more than 8,000, which is a very large Orc tribe!"
"Orcs and barbarians united on the front line, and were wary of each other in the rear... Haha, the chief of the Outland Orcs is really a powerful character. He gave all the crossbows to the barbarians so that these barbarian warriors could fight with peace of mind. So, The orcs in the rear must have the strength to overwhelm the local barbarians!"
"What I mean is that the local barbarians are coerced by the orcs from the outside world... In this case, I have an idea." Captain Rhodes said with a reserved smile.
Wiltok felt the insidiousness and viciousness from the slave trader's smile, and he muttered secretly: "This guy doesn't look like a good person."
