January 2, 415 in the Laux calendar.
After celebrating the beginning of the new year and taking a period of rest, the Wansheng Kingdom's recapture army restarted its recapture plan.
The Fifth West Army also set out to recapture Dongwang City.
Early this morning, the Luhua Army gathered all its troops and tried to launch the first attack while the clouds in the sky had not yet dispersed.
Due to his promotion to the temporary capital, Yang Yu had his own place in the previous meetings, was able to express his own views and opinions, and also knew the strategic layout of this siege in advance.
Generally speaking, it was no different from the previous siege strategy, but it was refined for the huge Dongwang City.
The dark wall of Dongwang City is like a cliff, which is daunting. There are black heavy cannons mounted on it, as if integrated with the city wall. Anyone who dares to think anything wrong about this city will be blown to pieces by these cannons. .
It was not the orcs who built these cannons, but the human forces occupying Eastlook.
In order to completely keep the orcs at bay, these cannons used the most cutting-edge technology of the Luoze Empire. They had long range, strong firepower, and wide coverage. Apart from being bulky, they had almost no other significant shortcomings.
Even if they can successfully scale the city wall, it will be difficult for the orc troops to destroy these cannons in a short period of time.
This means that the Fifth Western Army must advance under heavy artillery fire to recapture it.
In order to reduce losses, the Western Fifth Army decided to first send various small-sized orcs with strong skills as the vanguard to find the blind spots covered by artillery fire.
Then, send an elite siege force to the city to harass them, creating as many attack blind spots as possible and allowing more people to board the city wall.
The person who received this important task was none other than Yang Yu.
Taking this into account, the Luhua Army did not dismantle Yang Yu's army after his return, but reinforced it on the original basis.
After careful consideration, the Luhua Army also gave Yang Yu a hundred striped gecko demi-humans.
The remaining two hundred or so soldiers were personally led by him to carry out the siege.
Facing special soldiers who were unfamiliar with their place of origin, Yang Yu naturally worked hard. He first dragged them out to compete and gain experience, and then carefully studied their abilities and formulated a battle strategy plan.
After the war begins, Yang Yu and his elite siege team will blend in with all the siege troops and act together.
Wait until you are close enough to the city wall before acting alone to prevent the defenders of Dongwang City from reacting in time and hindering the climb to the city.
As time passed, the gloomy clouds became lower and lower.
A middle-aged general in heavy armor had just finished admonishing his officers. He faced the vast plains, looked at the orc troops gathered in the distance, and gently stroked his thick, curved mustache.
"This year is about to begin. These orcs really don't make people worry. How many people will they have to die before they can learn not to attack the stone with an egg?"
A messenger hurried down the stairs to the middle-aged general and conveyed the words of another general:
"General Piruf, General Cardbox asked you to check the cannon again before the orcs actually attack, in case there are 'traitors' who have tampered with the cannon."
"I understand. Tell that old man, don't let him down. When you need to go out to fight in the city, you can leave it to the young people. He is so old, so don't fight so hard. Just be careful of the bones falling apart and just take command. ”
"I will convey it to the general. Please be more careful, general."
After saying that, the messenger hurriedly left the city wall and returned to the inside of the city gate.
There, a skinny white-haired old general was gathering his troops. If anything happened, he would lead the city's defenders out to relieve the defensive pressure on the city wall.
Piruf's dark face showed no emotion or anger, but he snorted behind his back.
Looking at the heavy cannons arranged in an orderly manner, Piruf felt confident.
At the end of the year, they inspected the cannon over and over again, and carefully checked for possible traitors. They did not allow anyone suspicious to get close to the cannon. Now is the time to test the results.
Suddenly, a thundering drum beat broke the peace on the snowy field, and the troops of Wansheng National Army officially launched an attack.
Even if he really wanted to check, it seemed that there was no time to check, but that was all. Piruf raised his hand high, flicked his index finger at the oncoming Western Fifth Army, and shouted loudly:
"All the troops! Prepare for war!"
Give these lowly savage races a good look at our greatness as humans!
I hope you can use cannon to blow up all the orcs who dare to approach the city wall.
Just like every year! "
Hearing Pirouf's voice, all the Roze soldiers cheered up and returned to their posts to fill and fire the cannons.
With a loud "bang", countless artillery shells flew out from the black muzzle and fell into the Western Fifth Army who entered the cannon range.
Suddenly, dust was flying and there was a constant roar.
The exploratory troops of the Fifth Western Army estimated the trajectory of the artillery shells and tried to avoid them before the cannon exploded around them.
But as they got closer to the city wall, they entered a dense firepower point.
Even if they have dexterous bodies, losses are inevitable.
Everyone in the trial unit knew this before they went into battle.
Most of them had already resigned themselves to death and continued to brave the harsh artillery fire and risk their lives.
Just so that someone in the army can calculate the range that each artillery can cover, and the time it takes for the Luoze Empire to load and adjust the artillery.
Beside the Luhua Army, a short actuary of the Lemur Orcs gritted his teeth and watched the battle. Every time he saw a shell exploding in the crowd, he was frightened and worried about the safety of the Orcs.
In order not to let their sacrifice go to waste, the actuary was also looking at the overall situation, scribbling calculations on the book, confirming how each cannon had changed from its position in the previous year, and what adjustments had been made. .
finally
"General, I have roughly found the blind spots covered by their artillery fire."
The lemur orcs drew two routes on the map that could avoid the fire.
"Thanks for your hard work."
The Luhua Army quickly remembered one of them, and asked Yang Yu not far away to remember the other. Then he commanded the siege troops, followed the probing troops, and launched a charge.
In an instant, the mighty siege troops, carrying ladders one after another, braved fierce artillery fire and headed straight for the city wall without any distractions.
"The real army is coming! Increase the firepower!"
Pirufu ordered, but at this moment, something unexpected happened.
When a group of soldiers loaded the cannon shells into the cannon according to routine operations, they could no longer fire the cannon shells as before.
"Report, the incoming gun No. 015 is temporarily unable to attack due to unknown reasons. The fault is currently being investigated."
(End of chapter)