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(Chapter 2!)
GOR Chapter 541 Despite Victory, Defeat
Roland Empire, Year 965, August 4th.
On this morning, the soldiers guarding the walls of the Kaspersky Main Fortress finally saw the enemy they had been waiting for for a long time.
Borrowing the light of the rising sun, they were able to see a mass of black figures appearing on the northern horizon.
In the beginning, it was only a black line. Then, as the black line slowly moved forward, it transformed into an ant-like mass of black clouds.
Atop the walls, the soldiers could hear the sounds of movement carried by the wind. The heavy footsteps trampling the ground, the clanging sounds of weapons and armour as the large group of enemies moved forward. Then, there was the sound of heavy breathing … … the movement of tens of thousands of enemies was carried by the wind. Looking down from the walls, the large mass of enemies was like a black flood. They moved along the flat plains of the north and pressed toward the Kaspersky Main Line.
Swords and spears were like a forest and armours were like clouds.
Although it was August, the weather in the north was still not warm. That was especially true for the tens of thousands of orcs. As the tens of thousands of orcs moved forward, the white air they exhaled could be clearly seen. Then, what shocked the soldiers on the city wall was that in the front row of the Orcs, there was a huge monster that they had never seen before walking in front of each huge square formation!
The height of the monster appeared to be at least five to six metres. Its body was large and sturdy like a giant bear. Its body was also covered with giant-like armour. Although it appeared crude, it exuded a sense of toughness.
Thick iron chains hung around the necks of these giant beasts. Hanging from the side of each giant beast's waist was a large hexagonal iron hammer.
As they walked, their huge bodies trampled on the ground step by step, causing heavy thumping sounds to be heard. Each of these giant beasts held a large drum in front of their chest. As they moved forward, they would raise up a wooden stick and beat the drum with all their might, creating a peculiar rhythm.
The tens of thousands of orcs followed the rhythm of the drum and slowly moved forward until they reached the Kaspersky Main Line.
When there was still a distance of one kilometre between them and the trenches beneath the walls, the orcs finally stopped.
Atop the walls, an officer was using a telescope purchased from the Northwest. He nervously observed the enemies before him.
As expected, the report sent back by the scouts was correct. It was a monster that no one had ever seen before! They all looked like humans with the heads of beasts, but their bodies were much stronger and sturdier than humans. Fangs, mouthfuls of blood, fur all over their bodies, weapons and armor …
When the Beastmen army finally stopped, a huge flag was raised from their ranks.
From the perspective of human civilization, the flag was so crude that it was almost laughable. It looked like a huge piece of animal skin, and the fur on the surface of the animal skin had all fallen off. On the surface of the animal skin, there were all kinds of messy drawings that humans could not understand.
After the human officer saw the flag, he was about to make fun of it to ease the tension of the soldiers around him …
When the flag was raised, the tens of thousands of Beastmen seemed to have received some kind of great encouragement. The Beastmen suddenly raised their weapons and let out a soaring roar!
It was as if tens of thousands of wild beasts were howling at the same time. The commotion and sound waves immediately caused the expressions of many human soldiers on the city wall to change.
Ten thousand beasts howled, and the weather changed!
"Make way for the general!"
Following a majestic shout, a group of people quickly walked up from behind the city wall. The soldiers on the city wall quickly moved to the sides.
Many generals of the Tempest Legion surrounded their commander-in-chief, General Rostock, and walked up the city wall.
The commander-in-chief of the Northern Defense Line of the Empire stood by the city wall and stomped his feet with his hands on the wall. He coldly looked into the distance and took a telescope produced in the Northwest from his attendant's hand.
"There aren't many of them," General Rostock said coldly.
"Yes, sir. It seems that there are no more than 20,000 of them," a division commander immediately replied.
"Humph, they are not 'people'. I think it should be '20,000 of them'! Hahahaha! " A mighty general deliberately laughed loudly. His voice spread far and wide with incomparable confidence, making many of the fearful soldiers immediately relax a little.
"Reuenthal, don't underestimate the enemy." Rostock glanced at the subordinate who was laughing loudly … This general looked about 30 years old. He had a majestic figure, a square face with sharp corners, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a beard that was not shaved clean. Moreover, his appearance was 60% to 70% similar to General Rostock.
"Yes … Father." The general named Reuenthal immediately replied in a low voice. He looked into the distance with an eager look in his eyes.
"Call me sir." Rostock's face was serious. "Remember your identity! General Reuenthal! "
The surrounding generals looked at the father and son, but no one interrupted. Everyone knew that the old general was strict and impartial.
Rostock stood on the city wall and squinted his eyes as he looked into the distance.
At this time, the tens of thousands of orc soldiers had spread out. They left a square formation at the front and quickly spread out to form a human wall.
Behind them, the orc army began to work quickly. They carried a large amount of wood from the rear and began to set up camp in the distance …
"This is only the vanguard. It seems that they are going to set up camp here." Rostock sneered.
"General Andre's airship sent news that there are no reinforcements nearby! Obviously, this is their vanguard. "A general said," Humph, it seems that these monsters also know how to fight. "
"They are smarter than the magical beasts." Rostock snorted and looked into the distance.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the Beastmen had already built a crude wooden wall. The Beastmen had strong bodies and were excellent laborers. Banging sounds could be heard as a large amount of wood was transported up.
"Father … Sir!" Reuenthal immediately shouted, "Sir! This is their vanguard. They are here to set up camp and be the vanguard. In my opinion, we should take advantage of the current situation and send some people to charge out and kill their spirit! If we are lucky, we might be able to eat them all! "
"There are 20,000 of them." Another general said, "But it seems that half of them are working as engineers. Moreover, they are setting up camp in front of us. They are looking down on us!"
"It is not easy to eat them." Rostock made a decision, "Since they have strong walls and fortifications, we don't need to waste our soldiers' lives and blood to fight them in the field."
His son, Reuenthal, showed an expression of disappointment at these words.
But the old general changed the topic, "But if we just watch them set up camp and do nothing, it will be too weak and will hurt our morale! I need someone to lead some people out to fight them. I don't need too many people. Do you see the long formation in front of them? That is their battle formation to defend against our attack. Send a cavalry battalion out to teach them a lesson. "
"Sir, please send me!" At the same time, four or five generals loudly requested to fight.
Rostock glanced at the faces of these people, especially his son, Reuenthal, whose face was full of excitement and expectation.
"Don't delay. Don't be greedy. I don't want to eat these 20,000 people in one go. I just want to teach them a lesson. More importantly, I want to test their combat effectiveness in the field! I want to see how strong they are … I need someone smart, not someone who doesn't know when to advance or retreat. "
The old general purposely ignored his son as he spoke slowly.
Reuenthal was anxious. He squeezed two steps forward and said, "I'll go! Sir, I won't be impulsive! "
"Milo!" The old general called out a name. An officer of about 40 years old came up from behind and said, "Sir!"
"You go with a cavalry battalion. 3,000 cavalrymen are enough. Remember, I just want to test the combat effectiveness of these enemies! Of course, if you can increase the combat effectiveness, you don't have to be polite. But be careful! "
The officer called Milo was excited. He immediately saluted and turned away. Reuenthal sighed helplessly and looked at his father pitifully.
"Look carefully, boy. You are too fierce and impulsive. What I want now is to get the accurate combat effectiveness of the enemies. You are a brave general, but you don't know how to use your brain! "
Following the order, the three gates at the back of the main city of Kabasky opened at the same time. A cavalry battalion of the Tempest Legion came out from the three gates.
There was a passage among the many trenches. The 3,000 cavalrymen quickly gathered under the city wall.
The cavalrymen of the Tempest Legion raised the sharp spears in their hands and shouted, "Fight for Roland!"
The tens of thousands of defenders on the city wall also responded to the shout. In the midst of the uproar, the horses trampled!
The most elite cavalrymen of the Empire, the Tempest Legion, quickly galloped. Like a torrent, they fiercely rushed towards the formation of the Orcs at the front!
The horses trampled on the ground, causing dust to fly everywhere. The heavy armor of the cavalrymen made a crisp sound as it collided with each other.
Dust flew everywhere. A thousand steps, a hundred steps … The cavalrymen lowered their bodies and stuck close to the backs of their horses. Their spears were pointed forward horizontally, like a sharp forest!
"Kill!"
Thousands of voices shouted in unison!
The formation of the Orcs at the front quickly gathered together. The Orc soldiers quickly took down the huge iron shields on their backs! Each iron shield was close to two meters tall!
Thousands of iron shields were fiercely inserted into the ground. The Orcs' enormous strength was enough to make these iron shields stick into the hard frozen ground!
Then, the Orc soldiers at the back squeezed together and used all their strength to block the shields! The long row of iron shields gave off a cold metallic luster under the sunlight. It was like an iron wall!
Boom!
The flood of cavalrymen finally slammed into the iron wall!
After the vanguard of the Empire's cavalrymen smashed into the iron wall, blood splattered everywhere! The cavalrymen at the front tried to break through the iron wall with the help of the horses. However, less than half of the cavalrymen successfully broke through!
The Orcs had strong bodies. Although they were infantry, the average height of each Orc was over two meters. As for the stronger ones, when they stood there, they were almost as tall as the cavalrymen sitting on their horses! Coupled with their ferocious beast-like strength, the Empire's cavalrymen's first wave of attack was able to break through the iron wall with the help of the charging warhorses. However, they immediately paid the price of over a hundred casualties!
After some gaps were created in the shield wall, the Empire's cavalrymen broke through. However, they found themselves in a helpless situation … the enemies were too tall!
If it were human cavalrymen against human infantry, as long as they broke through the enemy's front fortifications, the cavalrymen's charge would be able to cause great damage to the enemy, even if it was just charging and trampling. However, these enemies were no less tall than the horses when they stood on the ground. Some of them were even taller!
Some of the cavalrymen broke through the shield wall. After breaking through a gap, what awaited them was the merciless blades of the Orcs!
The first wave of charge caused the frontmost cavalrymen to be thrown off their horses!
However, as the most elite northern army of the Empire, the cavalrymen of the Tempest Legion did not lack courage and loyalty! Despite the miserable cries, the cavalrymen at the back did not show any fear. They charged forward wave after wave with the courage to die!
Soon, the originally connected shield wall was broken through. In the center, the main force of the cavalrymen broke through a huge gap in the iron wall! The cavalrymen at the back quickly rushed in. The cavalrymen stabbed their spears viciously at the huge monsters beside them. Although the monsters were huge, the cavalrymen on horseback had an advantage because they didn't need to observe the monsters. Although the monsters' huge bodies had great strength, they were clumsy and cumbersome!
Finally, no matter how strong the Orcs were, their defenses began to crumble when faced with the cavalrymen.
However, the speed of the cavalrymen's charge had been completely reduced. The cavalrymen who broke through the enemy's shield wall seemed to have fallen into a swamp! They were surrounded by people, people pressing on people. Their horses could not be used at all!
The cavalrymen's charge had turned into a battle of attrition!
The fighting strength of the Orcs was far beyond the imagination of the human soldiers! Often, when the cavalrymen used all their strength to stab the Orcs with their spears, they could not immediately make the Orcs lose their fighting strength!
More Orcs showed a strength that made the humans helpless! There were even some Orc warriors who had several spears stuck in their bodies. However, they could still roar and cut down the spearmen with their swords. Then, they used their huge bodies to pounce on the cavalrymen and throw them off their horses!
"Draw your swords! Draw your swords! Kill them! "
General Milo, who was leading the cavalrymen, was covered in blood. The blood on his armor could no longer be distinguished between his own and the enemy's!
He quickly realized that the cavalrymen could not use their spears in this entangled situation. He had already grabbed his cross shaped sword. As an Intermediate Knight, this general's sword was already bursting with the light of qi!
He used all his strength to cut the head of an Orc in front of him in half and shouted loudly.
The cavalrymen also abandoned their spears and grabbed their cross shaped swords to fight the Orcs! Miserable cries and blood were everywhere!
The human cavalrymen fell into a bitter battle! This was because the Orcs' armor was very hard and thick! Because they were born with excellent physique, their fighting strength was not reduced at all when they wore armor that weighed dozens or even hundreds of kilograms!
Compared to humans, although the Orcs' armor was crude, it was very thick!
Many Roland soldiers found that they could not break through the Orcs' hard armor even though they fought with all their might. However, in this short moment, the Orcs had already cut off their heads!
Humans could not wear that kind of thick armor. These cavalrymen were not really heavy cavalrymen. Their armor only weighed about 20 kilograms, but it was thicker in some vital areas.
However, these Orcs had great strength. With one slash, they could even dent the armor of a human soldier!
There were also some Beastmen who used sledgehammers. Even if one's chest armor was thicker, one's chest would still be deeply dented by the sledgehammers!
More and more cavalrymen were thrown off their horses.
In the distance, General Rostock, who was on the city wall, had a gloomy expression! Behind him, Reuenthal, who was full of confidence just now, was also shocked!
A frontal charge between cavalrymen and infantrymen!
This was a frontal charge between cavalrymen and infantrymen! And both sides had almost the same number of troops!
In the past, when both sides had almost the same number of troops, once the cavalrymen charged in front of the infantrymen, it would be a massacre!
But these beastmen monsters used their super sturdy physique and flesh to block the frontal charge of three thousand cavalrymen!!
The humans used the horses to barely break through the enemy's formation, but they could not penetrate it! They were actually trapped in a strangulation!
Finally, the Beastmen began to slowly retreat while the Cavalrymen behind continued to charge forward. More and more Cavalrymen rushed in from the gap like waves after waves, fiercely beating the Beastmen's formation.
Looking from the city wall, the Orcs' formation began to get thicker and thicker, more and more scattered, and then they kept moving back.
But every time the cavalrymen moved forward, they paid a huge price in blood!
Finally, after Milo, who was leading the troops, cut down the last Orc in front of him, there were no longer any living enemies around him.
As for the beastmen warriors, they retreated in large numbers, one after the other. Milo was about to shout and chase after them, but when he looked around, his vision suddenly turned dark!
Around him, there were almost no soldiers who could stand properly!
Most of the Roland Empire's soldiers who rushed into the Orc formation were dismounted.
Although the Orcs retreated, they did not panic. Milo had many wounds on his body, his warhorse had been killed long ago, and his longsword had been deformed after colliding with an Orc warrior's hammer.
The beastmen soldiers retreated, and from behind the wooden wall, a group of beastmen soldiers came out in formation.
Milo looked around and saw that only half of the 3,000 cavalrymen were left. He fiercely clenched his teeth and said, "Retreat!"
This was the first time in 10,000 years that the human army and the Orc army fought in a large scale open field battle.
3,000 cavalrymen against 4,000 Orc soldiers, but the casualties on both sides were almost the same … However, the casualties on both sides were heavier!
Under Rostock's command, another battalion of cavalrymen moved out of the Stronghold, but they did not fight. Instead, they supported Milo's troops and retreated.
The Beastmen were behind the recently built wooden wall, coldly looking at the actions of the human army.
They knew that the Orcs ate human flesh. Therefore, Rostock ordered to bring back as many corpses as possible from the battlefield.
The 3,000 cavalrymen lined up and confronted the Orcs in the distance, while the others nervously carried the corpses. The Orcs did not come forward, but General Rostock, who was standing on the city wall, had a serious expression!
"Strong enemy."
Reuenthal suddenly said.
"Indeed, strong enemy." The old general sighed and looked at the generals behind him with different expressions. "They used less than 4,000 infantrymen to resist the frontal charge of our 3,000 cavalrymen for more than half an hour! I don't think a human infantry army could have done this. "
After a pause, the old general suddenly muttered in a low voice, "This is the first battle … Although we won, we still lost."
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