Heroes of Might and Magic: Knight Chapter 614: Defense 4

"Kill!"

On the fourth day of the battle, both sides suffered heavy casualties in the aerial battle. Nearly half of the White Dragons were killed, and even the saint-level clan leaders were injured. They have been shrinking and licking their wounds these days, waiting for follow-up support. Adelillo and Gro did not force Bailong to fight anymore. Moriel was also not feeling well. Not only was he seriously injured and needed to recover slowly, but the losses of his subordinates were also very serious. The Griffins were almost completely lost, and Yin Fei More than half of the horse knights were lost, and even one of the poisonous dragons, the ancient golden dragon, was killed. If it hadn't been for the angel's great resurrection technique to save the lives after the war, both poisonous dragons might have been in danger.

The two sides collided in the sky and both sides suffered losses. The focus of the battle was only the ground battle. This was undoubtedly more beneficial to the orcs. After all, the orcs had too great an advantage on the ground.

The cries of killing have basically come from the city wall. The decline of the defenders has been very obvious. The orcs have basically established a firm foothold on the city wall. At this time, although the defenders are still fighting with the orcs repeatedly under the leadership of the system army Control of the city wall, but everyone knows that if no miracle happens, the orc army will be able to completely take down the city wall by tonight at most.

From the foot of the wall to the top, there were almost all corpses. The two parties had been fighting over the corpses since the third day. No one had time to stop and collect the corpses. At first, the orcs passed outside the city wall. They used wells and ladders to climb the city. On the third day, some orc warriors even rushed up the city wall in two steps, stepping on piles of corpses several meters high.

"Explode thunder!"

"Throw it over and blow up these green-skinned monsters for me."

On a section of the city wall, several orc warriors led dozens of soldiers in heavy armor to attack. The Crusaders who were originally the backbone of the city defense fell to the ground, apparently dead. During the siege of the orc warriors, the human soldiers without the leadership of the Crusaders were retreating steadily under the impact of several orc warriors, and they were about to be completely wiped out.

But at this moment, several human soldiers came over holding large thin iron cans. Under the command of the officers, they cautiously lit the rope on the can, and then immediately took off their hands, as if they were afraid of something. When the soldiers around them saw them coming up, they even took a few steps back and covered their faces with their hands.

These iron cans are mostly filled with a mixture of black powder, iron sand and iron bullets. Once exploded, the surrounding five to six meters are within its killing range, and the splashed iron beads have a certain chance of breaking armor.

But the shortcomings are also obvious. This early experimental firearm has insufficient power of gunpowder. In order to cause damage, it is not necessary to load a large amount of gunpowder into it. This causes each mine to be made like a pickle jar. , the soldier needs both hands to hold it firmly, and he cannot throw it far. And the stability is very poor. Looking at the frightened looks of the soldiers, you can tell that this thing must have blown up one of your own people. Originally, these black powders were only carried in the army and not used much. Now, they don't care about their shortcomings. When fighting on the city wall, hot oil and gold juice have no big effect. These thunder bombs can still be used against those who like to fight on the city wall. The intensive charge of the orcs had some effect.

This time the defenders were lucky. The mine did not explode during use, and it successfully landed among the orcs, removing the user's arms and legs. The attacking orcs looked at several dark objects thrown by the humans, and subconsciously dodged them for a moment. Then they didn't pay much attention when the objects with burning sparks landed. After all, there was no threat after they landed, and they continued to attack the humans on the opposite side.

Why are you just looking at the expectant eyes of the remnant human soldiers across from you?

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

In the next few seconds, the thunder bombs thrown by the human soldiers exploded one after another, and several black smoke rose up in the orc team. The orc warriors next to the thunder bombs only felt their ears buzzing, shaken by the sound of the explosions around them. They were a little confused, and then there was a stinging pain on their arms. The iron sand after the explosion did not penetrate the thick helmets and the armor in front of them, but the weakly protected parts of the arms could not withstand the splashing iron sand and pieces of iron. , a third of the dozens of orc warriors fell on the spot, and the remaining ones also suffered varying degrees of injuries.

"Kill!"

Gunpowder weapons of this level are definitely unqualified in Richard's eyes. The opponent had such a dense formation and several mines with such large charges exploded in the queue, but two-thirds of them were able to stand.

But the human defenders were greatly encouraged when they saw this result. The knight leading the team took the lead and rushed towards the orc warriors who were still in a state of shock without saying a word.

Most of the orc warriors who were just blown up by the thunder have not recovered yet, and they are still somewhat injured. Now they are naturally retreating after being counterattacked. In the follow-up Only with the support of the orc warriors did they stabilize their position, and the human defenders also took advantage of the situation to regain a section of the city wall that was dozens of meters long.

"Quick, get some more thunder."

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

From time to time, there would be explosions on the city wall. The use of a small amount of gunpowder weapons slightly improved the local battle situation. Most of the orc warriors who had never seen gunpowder weapons were a little confused when they encountered an explosion for the first time.

"The effect of these mines is not bad."

"It's a pity that the power is a little weak, and it can easily hurt our own people. These things can't stop the orcs."

"I heard that Sir Richard already has an improved version. The power and stability have been increased. A batch of throwing ones have been built for the Dragon Army to use."

"Unfortunately, we can't use it now, the city wall is almost undefendable."

"Send a signal, prepare to retreat, give up the city gate, and act as planned."

"Yes, sir!"

Faced with an army of millions of orcs besieging all sides, a city wall more than 30 miles long cannot be defended no matter what. Even if it is commanded by figures like Gru and Taize, facing this kind of force that overcomes skill, The situation also makes it difficult to defend the city wall, so we can only delay for a while and cause as many casualties to the orcs as possible.

After several golden roars, the defenders who were still holding on on the city wall immediately withdrew the city wall in an orderly manner and got into the streets of Sirgler. The attacking orc warriors only pursued briefly and then stopped. Once down, controlling the city wall and opening the city gate is their main task.

"Master Great Shaman, the city wall has been taken down!"

"The city gate is opening!"

When the human army took the initiative to retreat, the orcs quickly took over the city gate, hung the flag on a high place, pulled the noose, and slowly pulled up the large iron gate weighing several thousand kilograms.

The orc generals saw clearly from behind, and the joy on their faces was beyond words. In order to capture this city, they suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties in a few days. The casualties almost caught up with the total since they entered the Central Plains.

"Let the troops on the city wall control the high points to prevent human counterattacks. Let the seventh and eighth legions enter the city immediately, kill all the humans they can see, and use the fastest speed to clear out the remaining humans in the city. Army."

"Yes, Lord Great Shaman!"

Gero, who had always had a tense face, breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the city gate open.

Finally, we managed to capture the city before the human reinforcements arrived, and then we just had to clear out the remaining enemies and wait for the human army in the north. Gro had seemed calm before, but the strength of the defense of Slgrad City that far exceeded his imagination still made him nervous for a while, fearing that human reinforcements would arrive before the city could capture the city.

However, does breaking through the city wall count as taking the city of Slgrad?

If it is really that easy, then it would be to underestimate the system heroes of Gru, Taize, and Elena.

In ancient battlefields, the battle was generally over when the city wall was breached. In many cases, it was not because the effective strength of the defenders was wiped out, but more because of the collapse of faith and morale, which led to the weak will of the remaining defenders to resist. That's all. The orcs have fought so many battles and captured countless human castles and cities. Although they have encountered sporadic resistance from the defenders in the city, they have generally been insignificant and have never caused a recurrence of the situation. Therefore, Gro and the orc generals It is normal for us to have such misconceptions.

In the city, there is a more brutal battle waiting for them.

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"Kill!"

The first two legions, an army of nearly 50,000 orcs, entered the city at noon when the sun was at its strongest. They advanced all the way along the main streets of Sirgrad City. The whole process went extremely smoothly. Although they encountered some resistance from human soldiers on both wings, they were quickly repulsed. The orc generals did not even send people to occupy the houses on both sides, but directly commanded the army to rush towards the center of the city.

"Speed ​​up, don't worry about those little mice, our mission is to directly occupy the city lord's palace in the center, don't fall behind the Eighth Army!"

The orc forwards who entered the city moved very quickly and soon penetrated more than ten miles into the city, becoming out of touch with the orc army on the city wall.

"Lord Gru, the orc army entering the city was very careless. They advanced along the central avenue and did not notice the ambush on both sides. They have now reached the predetermined position."

"Humph!"

Gru snorted lightly, a little disdainful of the orc's careless behavior. Fortunately, he had praised the other party before, but he didn't expect to start making mistakes so soon.

"Mlak and Taris can launch an attack. Didn't they already say that they were almost exhausted? They also sent signals to General Elena and General Rhodes, and the two wings began to close the net. Destroy these orcs as quickly as possible."

"Taize organize your defense line and don't let the orcs on the wall support you too quickly."

"Yes, sir!"

Although the city wall has been lost, there is still no problem with the command system of the human army. The hundreds of thousands of troops are still well organized in the city. Tens of thousands of backbone veterans of the Northern Route Army and system troops have suppressed the hundreds of thousands of troops. The support was extremely strong, and the toughness of the army was terrifying. The situation that the orcs imagined, where all the defeated troops were slowly cleared, did not appear at all. In other words, there was no so-called human defeated army at all. The so-called defeated human soldiers in the city were all defeated at the first touch. The careless orc officers did not notice how different these human armies were from other human armies.

"General Mrak, the signal from Lord Gru, it's time for us to set off."

"Hey! Come on, trample these orcs into a pulp for me!"

"Da, da, da..."

Following Sir M'Lak's order, there was a burst of intensive horse hoofbeats in the city. Following M'Lak, in addition to Talis, there were more than a dozen champion knights and more than two hundred centaur elites. Lu did not choose to turn the champion knights into super soldiers and take them to the city wall for consumption. Instead, he found a suitable scene for them in the city.

A group of cavalry came out of a compound, and then rushed in the direction of the orcs along the 30-meter main road in Sirgler...

Why are there the sounds of horse hooves?

At this time, the distance between the two sides was not too far, and the hoofbeats of the heavy cavalry were quite heavy. As soon as Sir M'rak moved, the orcs could already vaguely hear the intensive hoofbeats. Although the orc general was confused, he still The first thing I wanted to do was organize a defense.

"There are human cavalry, form a formation, hurry up!"

Because the advance was too fast before, some orc soldiers even ran into the houses on both sides. They said they were searching for the remnants of the human army, but in fact they were plundering. Now he did not have many people around him to face the surprise attack, and there were still some They dispersed, and after a loud roar, only five or six hundred people were confused and formed a not-so-strict formation. They didn't even have a few spears. After all, who would bring a five- to six-meter spear when they entered the city to clean up the remnants of the army? .

This can stop the devil's cavalry. Just when the commander of the orc army was considering whether to order the troops to retreat to both sides and temporarily withdraw from the main street, another soldier came over and reported to him:

"Legion Commander! A large number of human troops were found on both sides, and they surrounded us!"

"Damn! Didn't I say that the two wings only resisted sporadicly and have been repulsed!"

"Commander! Go and ask for help!"

"Each flag regiment organized its own soldiers and prepared to fight!"

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