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(Today's update. This is a two-in-one chapter. As this is a complete war drama, I have linked them together. Separating them will affect the flow of the reading.)
GOR Chapter 546 Bloody War!
Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!
Heavy drumbeats rang out again and again. Every drumbeat seemed to strike the hearts of the imperial soldiers standing on the walls. The drumbeats gradually grew more urgent, like a death knell.
The roars of the orcs were no longer disorderly. Instead, several square formations of orcs let out orderly and rhythmic roars.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
Standing on the walls, the imperial soldiers could clearly see the white gas coming out from the mouths of the orcs and the ferocious faces of the orcs.
"Bistine! Show us the bravery of the orcs! "
Standing on the high platform of the camp, one of the leading orcs, the Rhinoceros King, Boulder, roared out.
Below the platform, a giant rhinoceros man who was over two heads taller than the orcs around him roared out as well. This rhinoceros man's name was Bistine. He was one of the leaders of the Ox Tribe that Boulder trusted deeply. He was a hero who excelled in battle and was the most powerful leader among the Ox Tribe in terms of training and commanding warriors.
Unlike the ordinary members of the Ox Tribe, this rhinoceros man known as Bistine was an extremely rare white rhinoceros among the orcs. His rough skin was covered with hard keratin and not even a sharp blade could cut through his skin. Additionally, his body was covered with a thick layer of iron armour. The rhinoceros horn at the tip of his nose was pierced with a large silver metal ring. That was a symbol of his noble lineage and status within the rhinoceros race.
In addition to his naturally thick skin, he also possessed a strength that was more terrifying compared to the ordinary rhinoceros warriors. After receiving Boulder's order, Bistine roared out and grabbed his weapon – it was a spiked mace with a length of nearly two metres. Then, he strode forward.
The battle had begun!
Bistine was a renowned warrior and commander amongst the orcs. He ran to the front of the line and raised his right hand up high. Then, he shouted in a hoarse voice, "Prepare the stone cannons! Adjust the angle! "
Outside the camp, under the row of catapults, the ox warriors immediately got busy. They moved the polished round boulders onto the catapults. There were also some ox warriors nervously adjusting their angles.
The catapult was pushed forward again. Under the heavy stone, the wooden wheels beneath it creaked under the weight of the heavy stone.
"Remember to hide!!! Catapults! Stick to your posts! Unrelated personnel, please enter the tower! "
Miro was still standing at the highest point of the tower. Behind him, on the city wall, the Thorned Flower flag of the Empire fluttered in the morning breeze.
Bistine saw the fully armored human on the city wall in the distance. That guy didn't even try to avoid standing at the highest point of the city tower. He even stepped on the battlements.
Bistine grinned viciously, then raised his arm high and swung it down viciously!
Dense rumbling sounds immediately rang out from behind it! One after another, the trebuchets launched boulders after boulders at the human city walls!
In the sky, dozens of arcs were drawn in the air. As the boulders slammed into the city walls, the rumbling sounds of mountains collapsing and earth splitting could be heard!
The human's Kaspersky Wall was built extremely sturdily. The boulders that slammed into the city walls could only crack the outer walls, causing stone fragments to scatter in all directions. Yet, the main body of the city walls remained majestic and unmoving.
However, when the boulders landed on the city walls, many human soldiers who were still defending their posts were smashed into pieces! Each of the boulders had a diameter of close to two meters. Moreover, under the superb craftsmanship of the dwarves, they were shaped into a round shape. Once they landed on the city walls, not only would they cause the walls to crack, if they landed on the city walls, they would roll due to inertia! Amidst the miserable cries, many soldiers on the city walls couldn't dodge and were crushed by the rolling boulders, turning into meat paste!
"Seek cover!!!" General Miro's dignified voice rang out from the highest point of the city tower. When the city walls of the Kaspersky Wall were built, they left behind enough design to deal with the enemy's trebuchets!
On the city walls, there were towers that were spaced apart from each other, becoming fortifications for the soldiers to take cover. More and more soldiers were squeezing into the towers in large batches.
Those towers were built using the sturdiest boulders and were adequately designed in terms of resistance. Moreover … … the trebuchets were ancient heavy siege weapons. Although they were powerful, their biggest flaw was their low accuracy!
Even the most outstanding warriors couldn't control where the boulders would land. Therefore, they could only use the method of dense coverage to deal the greatest amount of damage to the enemy. It could be said that a weapon like trebuchets didn't rely on technique, but on luck.
After the orc army's first wave of projectiles, no less than a hundred boulders were blasted towards the human stronghold! The city walls were cracked and looked to be in a sorry state. Stone fragments flew everywhere, and miserable cries rang out one after another.
However, when the orcs finished this round of projectiles, although the human city walls looked to be damaged everywhere, the main structure didn't seem to have been damaged at all. Some of the stone fragments on the surface didn't reduce the defensive capabilities of the city walls by much.
However, some of the boulders that were thrown into the human stronghold flew over the city walls and landed in the city. After the boulders landed, they rolled and caused some unexpected trouble for the humans.
When the dust gradually settled, General Miro was still standing on the city walls!
The human soldiers who hid in the towers rushed out again. For a moment, the city walls were packed with human soldiers. No one knew who started it, but the human soldiers began to loudly laugh at the orc army in the distance. They cursed and scolded, as if they were mocking the orc army.
"Haha! Monsters are monsters! "
"Did you see that? Your grandfathers didn't even lose a single hair! "
"Do you only know how to throw stones?!"
Some soldiers even lifted their leather armors and turned around, slapping their buttocks at the orcs in the distance, doing all sorts of humiliating actions.
The human soldiers on the city walls shouted and laughed crazily. This was a way to boost their morale.
Although the orcs in the distance didn't understand what the humans were shouting about, they were also angered by the actions of the human soldiers.
At this time, Miro, who was standing high on the city walls, issued an order.
"Let those barbaric monsters who only know how to throw stones have a taste of our power! Prepare the ballistae! "
As his order was quickly passed down, elite heavy ballistas equipped by the Empire were pushed out from the towers on the city wall. From the openings of the towers, huge ballista bolts protruded out of the city wall like steel thorns one after another.
"Aim at their catapults!"
The ballista gunners immediately began to adjust the scale on the ballistae. These precision heavy weapons made by the humans were naturally much more advanced than the primitive catapults. The experienced cannoneers aimed their crossbows at the enemy's catapults that were positioned behind the phalanx formation in the distance.
After a while, the humans launched their powerful counterattack!
From the towers on the city walls, dozens of ballistae fired at the same time. In the sky, dozens of giant ballistae shot out! These giant ballistae used the mechanical elastic force of the noose to fire. The range of these ballistae could reach up to 1500 meters. They were originally the sharp weapons of the naval battleships. They could easily pierce through the enemy's hull from 1000 meters away! One could see how powerful they were!
More importantly, these ballista cannons were much more accurate than the ancient catapults. Under the control of experienced gunners, the accuracy of the ballista cannons could reach more than 30%. Compared to the catapults that could only bombard with a large area of effect, these ballista cannons were naturally much better!
The dozens of giant ballistae shot out powerfully. The metal arrowheads reflected the sunlight and streaked across the sky like dozens of meteors!
Following the cheers of the humans on the city walls, the catapults in front of the orcs in the distance were hit one by one!
Clearly, this time, the humans were far better than the orcs in terms of luck! Normally, the accuracy was only about 30%, but today it was as high as 50%!
The huge impact. When the ballistae hit the enemy's catapults, the powerful force immediately pierced through several of the enemy's catapults in an instant! Then with a boom, the tall catapults suddenly collapsed.
In the orc camp, Bistine and many orc soldiers roared in anger, but they couldn't do anything about the long range weapons of the humans.
Looking at the cheering humans on the city walls, the orc general Bistine waved his hand fiercely: "Attack! Advance troops, fill the enemy's trenches! "
The drums sounded again. Following the shouts, the first two rows of orc soldiers held all kinds of things in their hands. There were sacks full of dirt, huge rocks, and some abandoned wood. Under the beating of the drums, they roared and rushed towards the human city walls!
Miro's face immediately sank. He turned around and roared: "Archers, ready!"
"Archers, ready!"
"Archers, ready!"
In this era of cold weapons without a battlefield communication system, the general's orders could only be passed down one by one through the shouting of the soldiers.
Below the inner side of the fortress walls, the humans had already gathered more than 2000 archers. They were arranged in three neat rows. Upon receiving the order, these elite archers of the Tempest Corps immediately drew their longbows in a neat motion!
Every archer in the human army was prepared. They all maintained absolute silence with a determined expression. Every archer was equipped with a military bow, leather armor, a short sword at their waist, and 15 heavy iron arrows.
At this moment, there were already five arrows stuck in the ground in front of each archer. After hearing the command, the three thousand archers instantly pulled out an Iron Spine Heavy Arrow from the ground in front of them at the same time.
Then, the 3000 imperial archers nocked their arrows.
At this time, there was a commander standing on the city walls for the archers in the imperial army. He shouted with a thick voice, and news of the enemy came.
"Enemy approaching! 800 meters! 40 degrees in the sky! Shoot! "
Weng!
3000 bowstrings vibrated at the same time, and a terrifying buzzing sound was heard! Following this sound, countless sharp arrows soared into the sky from below the city walls like locusts. They were densely packed and rushed towards the sky!
The thousands of arrows instantly soared into the sky. In an instant, it was as if a dark cloud had soared into the sky. This dark cloud seemed to have blocked out the morning sun!! Then, due to inertia, the thousands of sharp arrows fell one after another like raindrops filling the sky!
The Orc suicide squad was running with all their might. They were panting heavily as they carried heavy sacks, stones, and lumber in their hands.
But before they could get close to the human trench line, the rain of arrows had already fallen from the sky!
In an instant, the rain of arrows that resembled dense rain and dark clouds accurately covered the heads of the charging orc suicide squad! In the blink of an eye, the orcs at the front fell like wheat being harvested!
Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh sounds were endless. On the battlefield below the city walls, the orcs continued to run dauntlessly. Miserable screams and angry roars could be heard. One orc after another fell to the arrows. Some orcs relied on their strong bodies and thick skin to continue running for more than 10 steps before falling down after five or six arrows.
Some orcs were shot in the ankle and fell to the ground, howling like wild beasts.
Even though the Orcs had innately strong physiques, their thick fur and muscles made them naturally resistant to arrows, but the Orcs were unable to withstand the attacks of the Archers. But the humans had obtained enough information from the first battle with the 3000 cavalrymen!
In that battle, the cavalrymen who came back alive brought with them a full evaluation of the orcs' fighting strength. After evaluating the orcs' sturdiness and the hardness of their armor, the human commander immediately ordered the abandonment of the majority of wooden arrows! So today, the 3000 elite archers below the city walls were using the more expensive but more lethal iron spine arrows!
After a round of arrows, nearly a third of the orcs had fallen. As for the remaining orcs, they immediately spread out and continued to charge into the trench fearlessly.
"Enemy approaching! 600 steps!! Shoot!! "
The observers above the city walls issued another order! The observers who could become archers were the most experienced old warriors and old archers. They had undergone strict training to observe the enemy from a distance and had learned all the shooting range of an archer. In the observation post, they would faithfully serve as the archer's "eyes"!
"Enemy approaching!! 400 steps! Shoot!! "
Weng!! Bowstring vibrated!!
Arrows were shot out one after another, taking the lives of orcs one after another.
After three rounds of shooting, the orcs' suicide squad finally reached the edge of the human trenches after losing nearly half of their numbers! More than half of the surviving Beastmen were injured. Some Beastmen were hit by a few arrows, but the arrows didn't hit their vitals. Nevertheless, they still managed to rush to the edge of the trench despite being covered in blood due to the Beastmen's innate sturdiness.
Sandbag after sandbag, stone after stone, and pile after pile of lumber were thrown into the trench.
However, the fate that awaited them was still not safe!
Above the city walls, human archers also rushed out from the towers one after another! The bows in the hands of these archers were shorter than the bows in the hands of the longbowmen behind the city walls. However, it was enough to deal with the enemies who had reached the trenches!
"Shoot!!"
As soon as the order was passed down, sharp arrows accurately shot towards those beastmen who had already completed their mission! One by one, the black coloured orcs fell down. Some fell to the ground but did not die. Instead, they issued out roars that humans could not understand.
After being hit by the arrows, some orcs roared and simply jumped into the trenches dug by the humans! The trenches had long sharp thorns arranged by the humans! The orcs' heavy bodies fell and were immediately pierced by the thorns!
However, even more orcs who were hit by the arrows had no intention of retreating after dropping the things in their hands to fill up the trenches. More orcs roared and jumped into the trenches. Even after dying, they used their own bodies to try and fill up the trenches!!!
Even though it had been a long time since humans had faced such a fearless enemy, but under the strict orders of the officers, those archers who had been through strict training still suppressed the shock in their hearts and continued to shoot the sharp arrows in their hands!
On this morning, under the almost suicidal charge of the orcs, row after row of death squads roared as they charged towards the humans' defensive line under the dense rain of arrows that filled the sky. They charged towards the humans' defensive line wave after wave in a suicidal manner! They used the things in their hands and their own bodies to desperately fill up the trenches dug by the humans!
The longbowmen team behind the city walls had already been transferred to the reserve team and had been rotated several times! Even an excellent archer would only be able to shoot about ten arrows before their arms would go limp and they would no longer be able to continue shooting.
Transfer the reserve team! Shoot!
The reserve team was withdrawn and the main team was redesigned!
Rotate! Rotate again!!
For the whole morning, even the voices of the observers on the city walls were hoarse from shouting. Those orcs seemed to have no regard for their own lives at all. Wave after wave of death squads, like the waves, came crashing over again and again!
On the battlefield, more than five thousand orc corpses were left, and the trenches that the humans had painstakingly dug were almost filled up to the bottom of the city walls!!
In the face of the almost numb suicidal charge of the orcs, even the strictly trained officers and the arrogant warriors among the humans could not help but be moved!
In the end, the orcs' death squads even seemed to have stimulated their bestial nature. The death squads at the back even took off their armor and went into battle bare-chested, just to get rid of the armor so that they could run faster!
The battlefield was littered with orc corpses!
General Miro, who had been standing on the city walls, had a gloomy expression!
It had been hundreds of years! When had the humans ever encountered such a powerful enemy?! In hundreds of years of peace, when had the human army ever encountered such a powerful enemy?
Compared to these orcs, the grassland cavalry that had once been enemies of the empire immediately seemed to be nothing!
More than six thousand orc death squads were sacrificed! Just to fill up the trenches! And the death of thousands of orcs made the orc general Bistine, who was standing in front of the command, still maintain a cold and calm expression. This noble white rhinoceros general simply ignored the casualties!
Because those orc death squads were just some criminals and people of low birth among the orcs. According to the orcs' tradition, these people were organized into death squads. Only by sacrificing their lives and completing the mission could their sins be offset. Or after they died, their families' status in the orcs would be promoted!
They were standard cannon fodder! Just cannon fodder!
Bistine looked at the originally winding trenches that were a hundred meters deep under the city walls. After most of them were filled up, he finally gave the order to attack!
"The trenches are filled up! Push the siege weapons up! Warriors, charge! I want to take down the human city walls before sunset today! The first to climb the wall will be promoted by three levels! Reward them with a hundred kilograms of golden bones! "
After the general's order was passed down, the orc phalanxes at the rear immediately started moving!
After the leaders roared, the orc warriors in the phalanxes immediately took off the huge iron shields on their backs. The orcs in the front row raised their shields in front of their faces, the orcs on the left and right raised their shields to their sides, and the orcs in the middle raised their shields above their heads!
Soon, the phalanxes slowly crept towards the defensive line of the city walls!
The orc phalanxes that were shielded from the front, back, left, and right were like tortoises hiding in their iron shells as they slowly approached the human city walls!!!
After the longbowmen under the city walls fired the first round of arrows, the dense rain of arrows fell on the phalanxes and hit the dense iron shields, but could only make 'ding ding dong dong dong' sounds! Only a few unlucky orcs at the edge of the formation were shot in the calves by accident. Some of them were shot in places that were exposed outside of the shields, or in places where the formation wasn't tight enough. The arrows penetrated through the gaps and caused sporadic casualties. But other than that, they could do nothing to the 'iron phalanxes' approaching the city walls!
The commander of the city walls, General Miro, immediately saw the power of the opponent's phalanxes. He immediately ordered the longbowmen to stop shooting. The archers on the city walls were free to aim at the exposed calves of the orcs.
At the same time, the ballistae in the surrounding towers fired at full force!
Xiu xiu xiu xiu, arrows kept flying in the air. There was the sound of heavy ropes when the ballistae were fired. One after another, the ballistae were fired. Only such heavy weapons could penetrate the enemy's iron phalanxes. But after all, the power of the ballistae was more about penetration, not about killing.
Although a few heavy ballista bolts occasionally hit the enemy's square formation, the huge penetrative power of the ropes caused every single one of the bolts to pierce through the orcs in a row, as if they were meat skewers!
But these phalanxes were obviously the elites of the orcs. As soon as there was a gap in the phalanxes, the orcs inside immediately squeezed out and raised their shields to fill the gap!
As for shooting the enemy's calves under the shields … After all, it was too difficult. Not every imperial archer was a godly archer who could shoot a willow leaf from a hundred paces away.
Killing the orcs' iron phalanxes was still very limited. At this time, the enemy's phalanxes finally rushed to the bottom of the city walls!
At this time, the orcs removed their shields and dispersed the tortoise-shell-like iron wall. At this time, the humans on the city walls were surprised to find that under the protection of the iron shields of each phalanx, there were several teams of orcs carrying long ladders hidden in each phalanx!
At this time, the archers on the city walls started shooting vertically. And even more soldiers carried stones that they had prepared beforehand and threw them down the city walls!
Although the soldiers on the city walls fought back with all their might, the ladders were still set up one by one! Those orcs also had courage that wasn't inferior to the previous suicide squads! After the orcs removed their shields, some were hit in the head by stones, some were hit by arrows, but as long as they didn't die, they would fiercely use their shoulders to block the ladders!
Soon after, more than a dozen scaling ladders were quickly set up on the city wall. Beastmen with bloodshot eyes climbed up the ladders with all their might.
"Counterattack with all your might! Beat them down! Beat them down! "
Miro had already raised his sword and was continuously issuing orders.
One order after another was quickly passed down. The human soldiers used their longswords to hack at the enemy ladders, trying to cut them down or push them down. Occasionally, a few orcs could be seen climbing up a ladder, but they would suddenly be pushed away by the humans. Then, the orcs on the ladder would scream miserably as they fell from the sky.
Moreover, pots of boiling oil were also poured down. Some of the Orcs who were climbing the ladders with their heads up were splashed in the face by the hot oil. They instantly emitted a terrible smell like roasted meat. They fell down with a wail, and some even fell down with their companions behind them!
But all of this didn't seem to be able to shake the orcs' desire to attack! When the ladder fell, the dozens of orcs below would immediately disregard the arrows and stones from the enemy and try their best to lift it up again and push it up fiercely!
Even if the orcs on the ladder were knocked down, there would be even more orcs below who would desperately climb up again!
Under the orcs' fierce attacks, some orcs finally succeeded in climbing up the wall. What awaited the orcs were countless sharp swords that had already been prepared on the wall!
The first, the second, the third … … The orcs who had just jumped up the wall were immediately dismembered by the human soldiers, or had dozens of bloody holes pierced through their bodies. But the orc warriors, even if they had to risk their lives, would do their best to charge towards the dense swords in front of them! Even if they had to use the weight of their own corpses, they would try to push the human soldiers away even a little bit! So that when their companions came up, they would be able to reduce some of the pressure!
Finally, the human soldiers began to suffer casualties!
The orc warriors' powerful close combat ability was undoubtedly revealed after climbing up the wall! Especially some of the higher ranked orcs. After they climbed up the wall, they would often face the simultaneous attacks of seven or eight human soldiers, but they would still be able to resist tenaciously!
The orcs' powerful strength, their weapons, and their strong resistance to attacks. Often, when a human soldier went up to stab an opponent with a sword, it wouldn't cause any fatal damage. The orcs only needed to turn around and slash a human to death!
This was a huge gap in individual combat strength!
On the city tower, Miro saw a scaling ladder on the left side of the city wall. The human defenders there seemed to be unable to resist. Among the Beastmen, there were a few tall Warriors. They were clearly the brave warriors of the enemy. After they rushed up, they leaned against the city wall and resisted the humans around them. This allowed more and more Beastmen to rush up from the scaling ladder!
Every time an orc rushed up, the pressure on the humans would become greater and greater! Because in terms of individual combat strength, even the most elite soldiers of the Empire, the Tempest Legion, would need three human soldiers to deal with an orc warrior in terms of combat strength compared to an orc warrior!
And when encountering a high ranked orc warrior, the human soldiers would suffer even more casualties!
"Draw your swords!"
General Miro fiercely spat out two words from his mouth! Behind him were his personal guards!
In the army, those who could serve as the personal guards of a general were the strongest warriors selected from the army! These warriors were a level higher than ordinary soldiers in terms of combat strength. Many of them had the rank of a Warrior! At this moment, Milo gave the order. He led the elite guards behind him and jumped down from the stairs of the city tower. They squeezed their way through the dangerous section of the city wall with all their might!
Dang!
Miro's sword fiercely slashed on the sword of an orc warrior. The general's sword burst out with the light of dou qi, and the orc's sword immediately broke into two pieces. At the same time, the sword directly cut into the orc's shoulder!
Puff! Warm and smelly blood sprayed on Miro's face. He didn't care. He pulled out his sword and stabbed the orc warrior hard. He kicked the corpse over and rushed to the next orc with a roar!
This general with the strength of an Intermediate Knight was like a tiger in a flock of sheep. With a group of personal guards behind him who had the strength of a Warrior, he immediately snatched back the orc that was about to lose control of the city wall!
Milo's longsword slashed horizontally, chopping down a beastman. The beastman let out a long roar as he unwillingly fell down. Milo took a step forward and ruthlessly kicked the beastman's ladder. This kick directly broke the ladder in half! Then he stuck close to the city wall and slashed down with his sword. Suddenly, more than a dozen wooden steps in the middle of the ladder were cut off! The ladder was finally dismembered and scattered.
Miro's face was covered in blood. His long hair was also stuck in clumps of blood. Some pieces of flesh hung on the originally bright general's armor. Under the desperate cry, the morale of the human defenders was greatly boosted!
"Kill! Drive these monsters down the city wall! "
Below the city wall, the orc formations were like a black mass of ants. They raised their shields high and continuously shot arrows in the air. Wave after wave, they continued to close in on the city wall!
(War scenes are a little slow to write. In order to create the atmosphere of a cold weapon war, this chapter took a lot more time than usual.
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