On the human position north of the royal viewing platform, the orcs launched another attack. At the beginning of the battle, both orcs and humans used trebuchets to fire at each other to carry out long-range attacks on the enemy. The stone bullets flew through the air with a whistling sound caused by piercing the air, and then fell to the ground, reaping the lives of enemy soldiers.
However, the killing effect caused by this method has become worse and worse, because as the war continues, both sides have summed up a set of methods to reduce the damage caused by trebuchet attacks, such as hiding the body behind a strong bunker as much as possible , people should not gather together, try to spread out and avoid, etc.,
In fact, the scene of the two sides firing stone bullets at each other was quite spectacular, but the biggest effect of the falling stone bullets was to destroy the opponent's position. Even if the stone bullets fell on the ground and bounced continuously, they would soon be crisscrossed. The bunker blocks it, and as long as it is not a direct hit, it will not be very effective in killing people.
After firing nearly tens of thousands of stone bullets in one breath, the orcs finally launched a ground attack. Tens of thousands of orcs, wearing messy armor and holding various weapons in their hands, rushed towards the human position like a tide. The orcs' equipment was all It is taken from the human material warehouse. However, due to the large size difference between the two races, most of the standard armor of human warriors cannot be worn by orcs. Therefore, most of the orc warriors wear the standard chain armor used by human warriors, or only wear the standard armor that can be worn. Those parts that go in,
The protection of the orc warriors was somewhat effective in close combat, but it was of no use when faced with human catapults and ballistae. However, the orcs still shouted and launched a charge, because they had no way out. Under the strict order of the Beast King Next, the orc stag, gray wolf and lynx clans are using all their strength. If they run away timidly, they will surely die in the hands of the Barbarian Bear clan supervising team behind them. They can only move forward with all their strength. If they can capture the human position , there is still a glimmer of hope,
With the belief of death, the orc warriors exploded with great fighting power. Originally, the orc warriors were stronger than humans individually, but now they launched an attack with the determination to die. The stag, gray wolf and lynx clans For the sake of their own lives, the clan leaders also promised their soldiers that as long as they died in battle on the way forward, their families would receive generous pensions. However, if they were found to have turned their backs to human positions, they would immediately be killed by the clan leader's own soldiers. Enforce military law mercilessly,
When the battle began, the human warriors were surprised to find that the orcs on the opposite side suddenly became fearless. This was supposed to be the winning weapon for the human warriors to defeat the orcs, but now it appeared on the human enemy. The human warriors were not frightened. I found that even if the roaring crossbow arrows penetrated the orcs' bodies alive, they would still struggle to crawl towards me.
The overwhelming stone bullets and the endless flow of crossbows could not stop the orcs from advancing. Often the first orc would fall to the ground and die due to serious injuries, and then another orc would come forward tenaciously. Many orcs with shields in their hands would directly Put this shield on top of your head to prevent small stone bullets and feather arrows from falling from the sky. As for the crossbow arrows flying from the front, they are at least as thick as an adult human waist. Even if you take a few more shields, you can't stop them. Just let nature take its course.
Of course, the orcs will not use a dense formation. They still use a relatively loose formation to reduce the damage caused by human trebuchets and ballistae. Of course, the orc formation cannot be too sparse, otherwise it will form a Without sufficient impact, even if the vanguard invades the human position, all previous efforts will be wasted due to inability to follow up.
A crossbow arrow penetrated the orcs' charging formation with a whistling sound. The powerful impact not only cut off the orcs running at the front, but also continued to fly forward until the five orcs were pierced through. At the same time, when the crossbow stopped moving forward, a small gap appeared in the orc formation, but it was quickly replenished by the orcs in the back row.
As the orcs approached, the human catapults were unable to do anything, and had to focus their attacks on interfering with the progress of the orcs' follow-up troops. All the ballistae accelerated their firing frequency in an effort to stop the orcs before they rushed up. Possibly weakening the opponent's strength,
However, a scene that surprised the human warriors appeared. Even if the human ballistae accelerated the firing frequency, it was still unable to suppress the orcs' offensive. There was even a scene where the ballistae hit more orcs. This was because the orc warriors discovered that if they wanted to The best way to survive is to reach the human position quickly. As long as you can do this alive, you can directly face the human soldiers and no longer become the target of human crossbows.
Therefore, even though the human ballistae kept firing, the orcs were running faster and faster. Many warriors who were originally in the back row rushed to the front. This also caused the guards of the three orc clan leaders to also run faster and faster. , but in order not to be overtaken by the supervising team behind them, all the orcs ran desperately, and soon the leading troops set foot on the human position,
The hand-to-hand combat began. The humans gave up the use of ballistae and instead used infantry to form a simple phalanx to resist the orc attack.
This simple infantry phalanx of the human army, which usually only has three to five layers, is very effective against the orcs. It is difficult for the orcs who fight on their own to break through. They often fall into hard battles in local areas, and are then defeated by local human forces. Encirclement and annihilation with superior forces. After achieving a partial victory, the human army will slowly move the superior forces under the commander's dispatch and continue to divide, encircle and annihilate more orc warriors, thus maximizing the destruction and damage of the orcs' effective strength.
However, this time the human combat method was not very effective, because the orcs who attacked this time were different from the past. They were still brave when standing, and they became more indifferent to life and death. There were often seriously injured orcs. He jumped up high and used his body as a weapon to throw himself into the sky above the human infantry square. When the human spear warrior stabbed the orc's body with his spear, the dying orc would grab the gun barrel desperately, making it extremely difficult to break free. come out,
A spear that has not penetrated is a threat to the enemy, and a spear whose head is already inside an orc's body and cannot be pulled out is completely meaningless to other orcs. Due to the sacrifice of some seriously injured orc warriors, it was immediately disrupted. In the order of the human phalanx, because the spear heads thrust out by the human spearmen were deeply embedded in the bodies of the orc warriors, the barrels of the spears were exposed and became the targets of the orc warriors.
Soon there will be strong orc warriors raising their double-edged battle axes high and slashing hard at the protruding spear shafts. The heads of human spears are naturally made of steel, but the barrels are generally made of wood. Otherwise, the weight will be too heavy, which is not conducive to long-term combat, but everything has advantages and disadvantages. This wooden gun shaft with the thickness of a human child's arm is light to use, but it cannot withstand the slashing of an orc's double-edged battle ax.
In order to protect the weapons of their own pikemen, the sword and shield warriors in the front row of the human phalanx had to grit their teeth and come up, desperately blocking the chops of those double-edged battle axes. The quality of human shields is very good, even if this kind of ax has a similar surface Even a double-edged battle ax half the size of a human man's chest cannot completely damage it, but the beast's manpower is overwhelming. Human sword and shield warriors can block the double-edged battle ax, but they cannot block the huge attack power. He was hit so hard that he vomited blood and stumbled back.
During the short period of time when the human sword and shield warrior stumbles back and loses the ability to protect his comrades behind him, the orc spear throwing warrior will seize this gap and throw the short spear in his hand with all his strength. From a distance of more than ten meters, this kind of spear throwing can The effect is astonishing. It is not uncommon for a short spear to penetrate two people in succession.
With the effective cooperation of the orc warriors, the human phalanx faced an embarrassing situation. When attacking, it was easy to stab the spear out but difficult to retrieve it. It was also easy for the orcs to cut off the gun barrel, resulting in a sharp decrease in the attack power of the entire phalanx. The entire phalanx could only be passively beaten by these pikemen's thrusts.
If they don't attack, these human spear warriors can only sit back and watch the sword and shield warriors in the front row fight alone. Once the sword and shield warriors in the front row get into a hard fight, they will be too busy to take care of themselves and cannot give the spear warriors in the back row the protection they deserve. As a result, the spear warriors in the back row were repeatedly killed by the spears thrown by the orcs.
Although this life-threatening combat method is not cost-effective for the orcs, as long as they can break through at a few points, the orcs can severely damage human morale, and then collapse the human defense line as much as possible. Once the human beings cannot If an effective square formation can be formed for defense, then this war will become a one-sided massacre by the orcs.
Finally, a human warrior holding a spear couldn't stand the fear of wandering between life and death anymore after his companion in the front row was pierced by a spear and his body was sprayed with blood. He suddenly dropped the weapon in his hand. weapons, holding his head in his hands, screaming and turning around to run away.
This action immediately triggered a chain reaction. The soldiers around the human spearman were also affected by him. They dropped their weapons and ran to the rear, followed closely by the nearby human soldiers who saw this scene... When the front row was locked in a bitter battle The sword and shield warrior found that his comrades behind him had abandoned him and had no regard for his rear. He also lost the will to fight and began to retreat.
When the first phalanx in the human position collapsed, a seriously injured orc raised the clan war flag in his hand high and rushed in through the hole after the collapse of the human phalanx. The battle flag of the Gray Wolf clan was raised high above the human position.
"Breakthrough."
"Breakthrough."
Although they are two identical thoughts, they are two completely different results for human warriors and orc warriors. After realizing that they have broken through the human defense line and invaded the human position, the morale of the orc warriors is even higher. , the offensive became more fierce, but the human warriors no longer had the will to fight, because once the position was breached, no matter how brave they were, it would be of no avail. If they did not retreat quickly, they would definitely be divided and surrounded by the superior force of the orcs. At that point Time, as far as personal combat power is concerned, is completely useless.
More and more human warriors joined the defeated ranks, and more and more orc warriors set foot on human positions. When the patriarchs of the orc stag, gray wolf and lynx clans came here with their personal guards, , only to see more than a thousand orcs surrounding more than a dozen human warriors.