"It's the Hyena." Someone whispered, some orcs who had been resting on the spot also stood up one after another, a howl of wolves sounded, and the females who were still in Qi Ze City came quickly On the wall of the ice city, they all held wooden bows in their hands and a quiver full of arrows on their backs. Some of the females who were assigned to operate the catapults and siege crossbows also quickly took their positions, ready to fight at any time. Prepare.
Chen Qi watched the hyena dragon's movements solemnly. The hyena dragon did not approach Qi Ze City, but following the roar of the beast, the hyena dragon behind slowly stepped forward and began to spread around, faintly The trend of encircling the entire Qi Ze City.
The traps are arranged around the city wall. The hyena dragons have always kept a certain distance from the city wall. This distance is beyond the range of the siege crossbow. The orcs on the city wall can only quietly watch the movements of the hyena dragons. And unable to act.
"Why are there so many hyena dragons?" Ah Chu frowned, but no one could answer his question.
The hyena group this time was more than double or triple the previous time, and it felt like all the hyenas in the forest ran out at this moment.
The hyena dragon's movements were not fast, and it was already close to noon when they were about to surround Qi Ze City.
"Is there someone in the hyena group?" A Xu, who had been squatting on the battlements and keeping an eye on the movements of the hyena group, suddenly turned around and asked.
Chen Qiwen said that looking in the direction of A Xu's finger, his eyesight is not as good as that of the female son, and the fur color of the hyena dragon is also closer to that of the snow field. In addition, there are too many hyena dragons, so densely packed that it is impossible to see clearly Are there orcs in there
"There is a person there, and the hyena dragon that gave the order just now has returned to that person." Aze rubbed the bowstring in his hand, and replied.
"Who is that person? Could it be a transformed hyena dragon?" Chen Qi guessed.
When the others heard the words, they turned their gazes to Chen Qi, their faces were solemn and mixed with some complicated emotions, but now no matter whether that person is an ordinary orc or a hyena dragon, among the hyena dragons, there are also some complex emotions. The only possibility is the enemy.
"Seeing so many hyena dragons makes my scalp feel a little numb." Ale took out a small pastry stuffed with chili peppers from his pocket and put it in his mouth. The hot taste was eaten by his stomach, and the coldness from the inside to the outside was all over. Been scattered a lot.
"What now? Wait?"
"The range of our weapons is not enough, let's wait and see what the hyena dragon does." Azhang, who had been silent all the time, ordered.
After waiting for another hour, Chen Qi only ate a little dry food to pad his stomach at noon, and now it was windy again, so he could only move to the fire plate next to him to keep warm. Next to him to shield him from the wind.
"Do you want to go back and warm up first?"
"No, don't worry." Seeing Aze's worry, Chen Qi comforted him.
"Bang." At this moment, another explosion sounded. This was the remaining landmine that was too late to trigger yesterday. Chen Qi looked outside the city, and saw a hyena dragon walking towards the ice city wall. Its hair was torn apart by the explosion, and a few traces of bright red blood leaked from the wound. It is particularly conspicuous.
Chen Qi narrowed his eyes. As expected, these landmines were too simple to do much damage to the hyena dragon.
Perhaps the hyena dragons also discovered that these things that make loud noises have no effect other than making them louder, so they became more courageous. A small group of hyena dragons came out of the team and tentatively approached the city wall.
Because there are too many hyena dragons, this time the test is no longer just at the main entrance like last time. This time, apart from the main entrance facing the direction of Chishui River, there are also hyena dragons marching towards the city wall on the other three sides.
That kind of simple landmines were not made in many quantities, but now there were a few continuous explosions and then it was calm. After the mines were a few rows of trip ropes, the trip ropes were covered by snow, and the hyena dragons didn't notice it at all. , the few hyena dragons walking in the front fell to the ground first, and at this time they had entered the range of the siege crossbow. Azhang gave an order, and the siege crossbows with arrows had already been prepared on the four walls. The bows were fired in unison, and shot towards the approaching hyena group.
On the originally still extremely quiet plain, with the sound of the arrow piercing the sky, the scream of the hyena dragon resounded.
The trip rope is only to restrain the hyena dragon's footsteps, and it is less lethal than those simple mines. Some hyena dragons dodge flexibly the moment they are tripped, and the trip rope is exposed to the ground after being triggered. The hyena dragon that fired the arrow nimbly bypassed the trip rope and continued to move forward.
The hyena dragon's attack has officially begun, and the orc's defensive battle has also begun.
I don’t know if it’s because of the large number of hyena dragons, they don’t mind the life and death of the forward hyena dragons at all. After the first wave of tentative attacking hyena dragons were all buried under the arrows, the thick-skinned and thick-skinned hyenas The Iron Armored Dragon officially entered the stage slowly, and now, except for a few rows of deer villages and horse rejection near the ice city wall, all other traps have been trampled by the Hyena Dragon.
"Do you think these hyena dragons have become smarter?" Chen Qi, who had been observing the movements of the hyena dragons, shot an arrow and walked up to Azhang and asked. The females use wooden bows that are far away, but the lethality at close range is not bad, and can be used to disrupt the pace of the armored dragon.
A Zhang nodded, "They seem to know how to avoid bows and traps better than last time."
"How do I feel that these hyena dragons are learning." Chen Qi frowned, thinking about what words to use to express his guess, "It's not so much that they are detecting danger in advance, it is better to say that they are learning the experience of dealing with traps and then passing it on to others. Later hyenas did."
Azhang shot out the arrow that had already drawn the bow, and the arrow drew a mark on the back of a hyena dragon, and then fell to the ground, and the hyena dragon that was hit by the arrow seemed to feel no pain at all, and continued Head down and walk forward. After listening to Chen Qi's words, Azhang paused.
"Then they will become more difficult to deal with?" A Le, who was operating a siege crossbow next to him, turned his head and asked.
"They are indeed more difficult to deal with." Aze turned around and put arrows into his empty quiver, signaling them to pay attention to the situation of the armored dragons that had rushed over, "Have you noticed that this is the second batch of arrows?" The armored dragons charging over, they took half the time to rush under the city wall than last time."
The few orcs who were busy fighting with each other discovered this problem.
As the armored dragons approached, the first row of deer villages was quickly ignited. Under the action of the suddenly ignited wall of fire, the actions of the armored dragons and hyena dragons stopped. Waiting in front of the burning deer village, forcibly carrying the rain of arrows falling from the sky, waited until the burning fire on the deer village was completely extinguished before continuing to attack.
There were no pits and traps dug outside the ice city wall at all, and only three rows of deer villages were arranged. After the three rows of deer villages were burned, the sun was about to set, and those horses buried in the snow were also knocked aside by the armored dragon, and the snow piled up. Accompanied by the reddish-brown soil being turned up. The Iron Armored Dragon was not in a hurry to attack the city, and only knocked out a few huge gaps in the rows of rejecting horses.
When the afterglow of the setting sun fell on the plain, the dragons' attack finally stopped, and there were no traps outside the ice city wall that could stop the hyena dragon's footsteps except for the scattered refusal horses.
"Why did they stop?" Ah Chu, who had just gone to the other side to direct the battle, returned to the main entrance. Taking advantage of the pause, Ah Zhang was letting people take turns to rest, and to eat something to fill his stomach.
Chen Qi boiled some soup for everyone on a simple fire plate, and added a lot of ginger slices to it to drive away the cold, but the taste was not very good, but no one cared about it now.
Azhang sat down on the spot, resting with his eyes closed against the cold battlements. He hadn't closed his eyes since last night, and he was a little tired after a day and a night. Fortunately, his fur was thick and he was not afraid of the cold of the ice city wall. Ah Chu's voice slightly opened his eyes, "Because the hyena dragon is not moving, let them rest for a while, I'm worried that the hyena dragon will attack later."
"Can the fat be boiled first?" Chen Qi handed a bowl of steaming soup to Ah Zhang and asked.
There were still a few thickly sliced pieces of meat in the bowl, and Azhang took them without using chopsticks. He held his wooden bow in one hand and the clay bowl in the other, and drank from the edge of the bowl. Afterwards, he twisted the piece of meat with his hands and stuffed it into his mouth, "Let's boil it."
Clay pots and iron pots were lifted out of the watchtower and put on the fire plate. The flammable oil that had been prepared inside began to melt slowly, and there were people guarding each fire plate.
Taking advantage of the temporary cessation of the fighting, Chen Qi went to the nearby watchtower to hide from the wind. Although his exercise has not fallen, and his physique is getting stronger day by day, he is not as good as the orc after all, and it is still a bit unbearable to stay outside in such severe cold conditions.
The hyena group didn't seem to be in a hurry, and there was no next move until after dark.
The night on the first day of the month was very bright, even under the moonlight Chen Qi could vaguely see the figures of the hyena dragons.
The night of the first day passed amid the fear of the orcs, and the night was peaceful, but the group of hyenas that surrounded them far away remained motionless, as if they had turned into ice sculptures. If they hadn't seen their ferocious appearance when they attacked, they would probably have been deceived by their harmless appearance.
During the period, the snowflakes kept falling, but they were not big, but they were enough to cover most of the corpses of the hyena dragons and armored dragons that fell on the ground. Those dry bloodstains were long gone, and the original calm was restored on the plain, except for the crackling sound of the firewood burning in the fire plate and the breathing of the people around, no sound could be heard anymore.
Chen Qi thought that the hyena dragon would continue to attack like yesterday, but to his surprise, the hyena dragon was still standing quietly outside the shooting range. This station stood for four consecutive days.
During the period, Chen Qi and Aze went back to the cellar to check on the situation of the little bun. Because the tribe was still surrounded by hyena dragons, even if the hyena dragons did not attack, the orcs were still hiding in the cellar.
There were not many fires lit in the cellar, so the temperature was naturally not as comfortable as at home. Fortunately, Xiao Baozi's body was not weak, and he was in good spirits after staying in the cellar for a few days.