Soon, the vanguard of the orcs, after paying a certain amount of casualties, broke into the temporary human defense line. The human warriors emerged from the temporary bunkers where they were hiding, holding spears, swords, shields and other weapons and began to fight the orcs. In such a long period of fighting with the orcs, humans have also figured out a lot about the orcs. When the two sides are in close combat, the best way for humans to fight is to use small teams as units to form a multi-level defense system, using collective Strength to stop the orcs,
A squad in the human army usually has 50 people. The warriors holding swords and shields are in the first and second rows. The warriors holding spears are in the third and fourth rows. If there are archers, they are in the last row. Platoon, in this way, the sword and shield warriors in front can block the orcs' attack, and then rely on the three-meter-long iron spear in the hands of the spear warriors behind to attack the orcs.
The orcs mainly rely on personal force in combat. Even the warriors of the Barbarian Bear clan who have undergone rigorous military training and can coordinate in an organized manner cannot fundamentally change this phenomenon. There are two main aspects. One reason is that the overall population of orcs is far less than that of humans, and their individual combat effectiveness far exceeds that of humans. Therefore, they must rely on their personal combat effectiveness to fight. The other aspect is that orcs live a difficult life. If they want to change themselves and The family's future must depend on military merit on the battlefield, and the only way they can calculate military merit is the enemy's head.
This certainly caused the orc warriors to fight bravely to be the first in battle, but it also fundamentally prevented them from being able to form a whole like humans and rely on collective strength to survive. Since humans rose on the continent, It has been destined that this race must rely on collective strength to survive. Whether facing ancient behemoths or other humanoid races, mankind ultimately relies on their strength of unity.
The central square, which was originally used for grand ceremonies, has now become a huge battlefield. Humans and orcs have invested a total of more than 500,000 troops to fight here. The majestic royal viewing platform has experienced the battle of Fernando I with millions of people. It participated in the ceremony of founding the country, and experienced the coronation and wedding ceremonies of more than ten emperors of the Holy Alliance Empire. Now, it has witnessed a tragic battle for survival of mankind.
When humans and orcs were in close combat, both sides' trebuchets began to extend their firing range backwards to avoid accidentally injuring their own people. Now that the humans have temporary bunkers, they are less vulnerable to the attacks of orc trebuchets. If the orcs want to invade the central square, they must pass through several fixed roads in the surrounding blocks. This just gives the human trebuchets a target for fixed-point attacks. The human trebuchets only need to adjust the angle and angle of the projectile. With such strength, hundreds of kilograms of stone bullets can be smashed onto the heads of the orcs quite easily, making it impossible for the orcs' follow-up troops to comfortably support frontline operations.
The orcs' offensive was very fierce. They had prepared for this battle for a long time. The beast king used his 20,000 direct descendants and 30,000 elites from other clans as attack arrows to forcefully break into the human defensive positions and quickly break through. The human frontline position in that area was occupied, and the human commander Orlando immediately made an emergency response. On the one hand, he ordered the human army to resist on the spot in the area where the orcs broke through, and they were not allowed to retreat. At the same time, they mobilized tens of thousands The elites were enriched in the forward position and began to strengthen the thickness of the second and third lines of defense. On the other hand, they launched a quick attack from two directions of the orc invasion part, trying to intercept the orc army that had invaded their own position.
The focus of this battle suddenly focused on two places. If the orcs break through the existing human defense line before the human follow-up defense line is completed, it will directly threaten the safety of the royal viewing platform. Once the human beings can successfully destroy this orc The division and encirclement of the army means that this elite force of more than 40,000 orcs can be surrounded and annihilated. This is almost one-third of the orcs' strength in launching this battle.
"Quickly release." Commander Jonas Legion loudly issued an order. The area where his Jonas Legion was ordered to station is to the north of the Royal Auditorium. It is also the shortest route for the orcs to reach the human command center. Now the orcs have no control over this area. launched a violent attack, which made Jonas both happy and worried,
Fortunately, the Jonas Legion returned to the Imperial Capital from the Thunder God Fortress in disgrace. Behind the scenes, they were often looked down upon by others. Now they finally have an excellent opportunity to prove to others that the fall of the Thunder God Fortress was not their fault, but the fault of the Thunder God Fortress. Because of the traitor, the worry is that the orcs' offensive is extremely sharp. Compared with the intensity of their attack under the walls of Thor Fortress, they are simply two different armies. However, in more than 30 minutes, Jonas's army's defense line was It was broken through 500 meters. If the opponent breaks through another 500 meters, it will completely break through his defense line and directly face the Royal Auditorium defense area. If the orcs easily break through their own defense area this time, Jonas Legion will never have a chance again. In order to wash away the shame on his head, Jonas did not hesitate to send his reserve team, and mobilized all the ballistae to intercept the orc attack with all his strength.
The human crossbow has a sturdy bracket. The main beam is placed on the bracket. There are crossbow arms on both sides of the front end. The ends of the crossbow arms are connected to the bow string. The end of the main beam is equipped with a winch. The user can operate this winch to move the bow string. Pulling it back, the ballista is different from the trebuchet. It can hit the target quite accurately, so it has very high requirements for the crossbow arrows used. If the quality of the crossbow arrows is not up to standard, it will definitely affect the accuracy of the launch.
After the crossbow is fired, the crossbow arrow can be shot hundreds of meters away under the elasticity of the bow string. The crossbow arrow flying in a straight line can penetrate all objects on its flight path. As long as the firing direction is grasped, a crossbow arrow is equipped with three or four arrows. Orcs are also very normal, and the bronze shield in the hands of the orcs cannot block such a terrifying force at all.
Under the constant bombardment of dozens of ballistae, the orcs were still approaching Jonas's defense line step by step. During the period of time when the orcs were fighting humans, they naturally also learned about the relevant situation of humans and knew that human crossbows were fired. The power of the ballista is amazing, but this kind of crossbow has a fatal flaw, that is, its ballistic trajectory is straight. In other words, as long as you crawl on the ground, you don't have to worry too much about being pierced by the crossbow arrows, although you are crawling on the ground. It's very shameless, but compared with his own life, no matter how stupid the orc is, he still knows how to choose.
According to the corresponding rules, Jonas, as the commander of the legion, should not be on the front line. However, at this time, Jonas is standing in the direction of the main attack of the orcs, which also greatly boosted the morale of his men. Jonas Si watched the orcs approaching him step by step. Jonas roared loudly, asking his men to speed up the release of the ballistae. At the same time, Jonas kept dispatching troops to strengthen his defense line, making sure to defeat the orcs' offensive. Suppress it, but in Jonas's heart, he naturally misses the short time fighting with Ryan in the Thunder God Fortress. No matter how fast the orcs attack, as long as Ryan takes action, the flames in the sky will crush the orcs' bodies mercilessly. Relieve the crisis on the defense line,
"It's a pity that Ryan is protecting Queen Catherine now. If he can be here, then I have nothing to worry about." Jonas said to himself silently in his heart. As the commander of the army, Jonas certainly understands Luke's arrangement. Ryan's intention to protect Catherine. In this chaotic scene, with Ryan's record in Thor Fortress, I am afraid that he will be on the front line of the most dangerous place. If something unexpected happens, what will happen to Ryan's girlfriend Faras? ,
Queen Catherine's side is currently the safest place for mankind. In fact, even if Ryan does not protect Catherine, nothing will happen to Catherine, because most of the best magicians in the empire are royal magicians, and among the royal magicians Elites will definitely be by the side of the ruler of the empire. There are more than a dozen powerful magicians who activate the magic defense array on the royal viewing platform to protect Catherine. Unless the orcs attack Catherine and consume all the living strength of the human side, otherwise they will There is no chance to touch Catherine,
Moreover, Jonas also guessed another intention of Luke. As a warrior, he has the responsibility to defend the territory. Even if the imperial capital falls, he must fight to the death without receiving orders. Luke asked Ryan and the others to use their servants as servants. As a soldier, the mercenary protects Catherine. If the mercenary finds that the task is too difficult when receiving the task, he can give up. Although he will pay a high price, he will not lose his life. Of course, Jonas is not convinced about this. He will talk nonsense. He believes that Ryan is not the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but there is nothing wrong with Luke making some complete plans for his daughter.
"Quick, the trebuchet is ready to launch." Jonas saw the orcs using the bunker to slowly advance. His heart suddenly moved and he shouted the order. Beside him, a messenger asked in confusion: "The orcs are too They are too close to be attacked, and they are behind a bunker." Jonas said casually: "Idiot, you asked them to use small stone bullets of several kilograms each, load a dozen at a time, and fire them out at once. Stay, use minimum range."
"Understood." The messenger loudly agreed, and then quickly passed on Jonas's order.
Soon, the long-awaited human trebuchet began to prepare for launch. Such small stones of several kilograms each were not difficult to find. Anyway, it was not a so-called art, and there was no need to ensure that they were even in size. Even You can get enough quantity by just smashing those big stone bullets.