Lord Harland.

The battle was already very intense, and the orcs didn't have time to put out the fire. The orcs hiding inside the ladder car instantly turned into fire men, and they kept fleeing under the city wall, letting out bursts of shrill roars.

Some brave orcs braved the fire, climbed the city wall, and were killed by the elite soldiers.

Seeing the stalemate in the battle, Morsa immediately dispatched elite orc troops, hoping to break the situation with elite troops.

Ten squadrons of snake-like men were scattered on all sides of the city wall, attacking from all directions.

The snake-body man participated in the battle and immediately put a lot of pressure on the defenders.

Obviously, Morsa hoped to overwhelm the defenders in one fell swoop, and hastily invested in the trump card in his hand, hoping to quickly break the balance.

Seeing the snake-shaped man quickly approaching the city wall, the soldiers of the Northern Legion remained calm.

"Where's the bed crossbow? Hurry up and push it up. The archers are equipped with exploding arrows and focus on shooting the snakes."

A series of ferocious-looking heavy-duty crossbows were pushed out by the soldiers. The crossbows were cocked in advance. The giant arrows installed were more than three meters long, and the steel arrows were more than a foot long.

The arrow flashed coldly, waiting fiercely for the snake-body man to approach.

Based on the orcs' past combat experience, the snakemen would be relatively dispersed when attacking the city.

Although the snake body array is very powerful, it is easy to break through the defense line of human soldiers, but it will also be hit by heavy human weapons.

Catapults, bed crossbows, alchemy bombs, monster cavalry, and mage groups can all effectively attack the snake-body army formation.

Generally speaking, when the orcs are fighting in the field, the serpentine professionals will fight in formation, and they will be scattered most of the time when attacking a city.

Only when the commander hopes to make a final decision, will he concentrate the Snake Scorpion Squadron, climb to the top of the city in one fell swoop, and defeat the defense line of human soldiers.

This time, the serpentine professionals attacked from all sides and were scattered among the ordinary orc army.

If the defenders are inexperienced, it is easy for the snake-bodied man to climb to the top of the city without noticing for a while.

Dozens of snake-body professionals climbed to the top of the city, and relying on their strong melee combat strength, they could defeat the defenders at the top of the city, stabilize their position, open the gap, and wait for follow-up reinforcements to break through the city in one fell swoop.

If the defending army is the Feiyan Legion, the number of sharp archers is relatively small, and they are not equipped with too many bed crossbows.Once the orcs attack the city with all their strength, the defense will inevitably be under great pressure. As long as there is a loophole in one place, chaos will appear on the front line.

It was for this reason that Flying Eagle Castle fell back then, and the core reason was that the defenders were weak, allowing the snake-bodied men to break through the line of defense.

Second-line legions like Feiying and Feiyan have a large difference in combat effectiveness from the main force. Even if they fight in a city defense battle, they can't stop the attack of a single orc army.

Feiyan Castle now has reinforcements from two elite brigades of the Northern Army, as well as the Cavalry Regiment of the Kingdom's Knight Academy. The number of elite reinforcements is as many as 5,000.

With the main legionnaires serving as the backbone, the strength of the city's defenders has almost doubled. Under the aim of the sharp archer, the snake-shaped man was continuously shot by exploding arrows, and the casualties suddenly increased a lot.

Huge arrows shining with cold light shot down from the top of Feiyan Castle. As long as they were shot by the bed crossbow, even if the body of a snake was thick and the skin was thick, it would be like wearing candied haws. They would not survive at all.

With the heavy attack of the defenders, the casualties of the snake-body people gradually increased.

Seeing this scene, the orc commander Morsa's face became very ugly.

The defenders did not break up as easily as he had expected, on the contrary, the battle was stalemate, and the casualties of the orcs continued to increase.

The orc army has always been bullying.

Seeing that the enemy was fighting to the death, the orc brigades kept reporting on the battle situation and made plans to retreat.

But Morsa's will to fight was very firm. Even though the orcs suffered heavy casualties, they still demanded to continue the siege and crush the defenders in momentum.

The orcs defeated a squadron, and Morsa immediately reorganized.

The snake-bodied people also continued to climb to the top of the city, the casualties of the defenders were also increasing, and the resistance became more and more fierce.

Even commanders Veron and William, two high-level professionals, went to the front line to put out the fire and led the team to hunt down the snake-like people who climbed to the top of the city.

The soldiers of the First Brigade and the Sixth Brigade were also very brave. William witnessed with his own eyes many familiar grassroots officers, the backbone of the soldiers rolled down the wall with the snake-body man in their arms, and died together.

The fighting continued cruelly and fiercely until the evening.

William saw that the orc army had lost its energy, exhausted all its strength, and was very tired. Immediately and decisively deploying the last reserves, he ordered the soldiers to open the city gate and let the Knight Academy Cavalry Regiment launch a counterattack against the orc army.

Although the Knight Academy Cavalry Regiment is equipped with not many Warcraft horses, the quality of its officers and soldiers is very good. The soldiers are all students of the Knight Academy, mainly middle and high-level apprentices. They are young and energetic and have certain combat experience.

The officers are all teachers and principals of the Knight Academy. There are dozens of professional officers in the academy, and the principal is a powerful silver knight.

Although this new force has a small number, less than a thousand, its combat effectiveness exceeds that of an infantry brigade of the main army.

This new force was put into the battlefield and immediately achieved immediate results.The soldiers of the Cavalry Regiment of the Knight Academy were very brave. After leaving the city, they resolutely charged at the orc formation and pierced the orc defense line fiercely.

The orc army had been fighting for most of the day, and was very tired in the evening. Facing the charge of the cavalry, they were powerless to stop it.

The soldiers of the Knights held long spears and fiercely pierced through the defense line of the orc brigade.

Seeing that the battlefield situation had changed, the orc captain personally went to fight, hoping to block the enemy and maintain the front line.

Conde, the leader of the cavalry regiment, was a seventh-level silver knight. He rode a fourth-level fire beast and took the lead, leading the young soldiers from the Knight Academy to the front.

The dean of the Knight Academy has rich experience in the battlefield. With a turn in his mind, he immediately grasped the key to the battlefield.He urged the fire beast, and immediately spewed out a fire dragon, hitting the fifth-rank werewolf captain.

This fire dragon is the fire dragon spell that the fire beast is born with, and the spell level is already at the fourth level. The power of the fire dragon is similar to that of the fireball, but it can be controlled by the fire beast and can automatically pursue the enemy.

The fire dragon attacked, and the orc captain hurriedly dodged.Barely dodged a blow, and before the orc captain was happy, the fire dragon made a circle, struck from behind, and hit the orc captain hard on the back.

The armor on the back of the orc captain's defense was weak, and when he was hit by the flame energy, he immediately vomited blood.

Kongde, the dean of the Knight Academy, was experienced. He jumped hard on his horse, raised the spear in his hand, and stabbed the fifth-level werewolf's chest fiercely.

In a blink of an eye, Kongde killed the captain of the werewolf squadron. Under his leadership, the cavalry figure broke through the defense line of the orc squadron in one fell swoop.

After seeing the enemy's cavalry entering the formation, Morsa could only order the soldiers to retreat.

Withdraw now, the orcs still have the initiative.Otherwise, being pinched back and forth by the enemy will turn into a big defeat.

The Knight Academy Cavalry Regiment charged forward and fought a successful counterattack.

The orcs at the south gate of Feiyan Castle were routed thousands of miles away, and many orcs were driven into the Leite River.

These orcs were not killed by human soldiers, but more than a thousand were drowned.

The orcs from the south gate failed completely in attacking the city, and the orcs from the other three gates finally realized the reality and retreated to the camp before the night.

If all the soldiers led by William were from the Northern Legion, taking advantage of the retreat of the orcs to counterattack the orc camp, they would definitely achieve great results and severely damage the orc legion.

However, the main force of Feiyan Castle's defenders is the Feiyan Army. William looked at the eyes of the soldiers of the Feiyan Army after the catastrophe, and knew that the counterattack mission was difficult for the soldiers of the Feiyan Army.

Relying on the three elites of the First Battalion, the Sixth Battalion, and the Knight Academy Cavalry Regiment, the number of soldiers is too small. Once they are besieged by the orcs and suffer a loss, the orcs may turn defeat into victory.

After weighing the pros and cons, William decided to give priority to stability, and accept as soon as it was good. After hunting and killing some orcs, he cleaned up the battlefield and treated the wounded soldiers.

After the battle, the sun had set and torches were lit on top of the city. William returned to the temporary residence, took off his armor that was stained red with blood, and asked his soldiers to apply medicine to wrap the wounds while he personally cleaned the armor and repaired the damaged armor. piece.

Two wounds were left on William's body, one was injured by a spear. The spear pierced William's enchanted armor, pierced the chest flesh, and was blocked by his ribs. If William hadn't dodged in time and taken a step back, reducing the kinetic energy of the spear, this shot would have pierced his body and punctured his lungs.

The other wound was a blunt force wound, and the shoulder was hit with an iron rod, which was already black and blue.

The blunt injury came from the snake-body man. Although the snake-body man is only a third-tier professional, he is good at close combat.Even a high-level professional like William would still be injured by the snake-body man in close combat.The club hit the head, and William couldn't survive.

The gunshot wound came from a seventh-rank kobold. This kobold was so insidious that he disguised himself as an ordinary soldier, climbed up the city wall slowly, and shot William unexpectedly, almost killing him.

If it weren't for his strong strength, the timely rescue of the soldiers of the first brigade, and several veteran officers desperately blocking the seventh-rank kobolds, William would have been very dangerous in today's battle.

Because there was no critical injury, William did not ask the army chaplain to use healing spells. Instead, he used the hemostatic ointment from Harland's territory, trying his best to use the magic power to treat the critical and critical wounded.

William has always led the army by example, so he can win the hearts of the soldiers and make the soldiers willing to fight for him.

"Compared to the terrible heavy-duty trebuchet, I feel better about this invention." William has always had resentment about Richard's invention of the heavy-duty trebuchet, and he often keeps talking about it.

William finished cleaning his armor and bandaging his wounds, and finally felt a little more relaxed. But his adjutant Noel was very busy, constantly traveling to and from various squadrons to tally results and casualties.

"Have the casualties been counted?"

"The First Battalion had eighty-six killed and 211 lightly and seriously wounded. The Sixth Battalion had fifty-three killed and one hundred and thirty-two lightly wounded. The Knight Academy Cavalry Regiment had twenty-six killed and one hundred lightly wounded. three."

After hearing the number of casualties reported by Noel, William suddenly became gloomy and continued to ask: "Where are the casualties of the Feiyan Legion?"

"The casualties of Feiyan Legion have not been calculated yet."

William waved his hand and said: "Go and urge them to hurry up."

After Noel left, William thought to himself: "The casualties of the main force have exceeded 600, and there are 165 killed. Today and tomorrow, there should be some casualties. The total strength of the two brigades is only 4,000, plus the knights The Academy Cavalry Regiment only has 5,000 elite soldiers and suffered more than 600 casualties in one battle. It seems that it will take some time to replenish its troops."

After waiting for about an hour, Noel returned to William's mansion.

"The casualties of Feiyan Legion have been calculated. About 400 people were killed and nearly 1,000 were injured."

"No exact number of casualties?"

Noel shook his head and said, "The Flying Swallow Legion gave me this rough figure. I guess their casualty statistics are a bit confusing."

After listening to Noel's report, William was a little annoyed at the Feiyan Army's procrastination and carelessness.But he is not the head of the Feiyan Army, so it is not easy to directly get angry with the Feiyan Army.

"Has the battlefield been cleaned? Has the battle result been counted?"

Noel nodded and said: "We cleaned the battlefield and counted 3,200 orc corpses. Nine hundred orcs were captured, including more than 400 wounded soldiers. They were all the results of the South Gate. They were driven into the Leite River and drowned. The number of dead orcs is estimated to be more than a thousand. In addition, when the orcs retreated, they also took away some corpses and wounded people."

William estimated in his mind: "It seems that the loss of the orcs is about , of which about are the main force, and the loss of the auxiliary soldiers should be ."

When the two armies fought, the winning side could keep the wounded soldiers, which led to the difference in casualties between the two sides.

In fact, before the orcs fled, the casualty ratio on both sides was not so serious. About five hundred human soldiers died in the battle, and only more than a thousand orcs died directly in the battle.

As soon as the orcs retreated, all the wounded soldiers were thrown to the defenders of Feiyan Castle, and they were ambushed once by the cavalry. The casualties were extremely heavy, which caused such a serious casualty ratio.

After the defenders of Feiyan Castle finished cleaning the battlefield, the orcs also counted the casualties.

William's estimate was more accurate. After this battle, the orc army lost no less than 6,000 people in one day.

After this battle, Morsa finally realized the reality, knowing that relying on his army alone, it was impossible to conquer Feiyan Castle.

Because the defenders of Feiyan Castle had strong combat effectiveness and an elite cavalry, Morsa did not dare to divide his troops to plunder.

The situation on the east side of Geda Province stabilized and fell into a stalemate.

After the flanks entered a stalemate, the thirteen main brigades of the orcs also entered the south bank of the Heihe River from the Lach Province, approaching the Black River Fort, and started an outpost war with the Northern Army and the noble Viscount Roman army.

The situation has developed to this point. The 59th Army Corps under the command of Platt has also begun to tentatively attack the depot and put pressure on Richard. He is trying to contain the soldiers in Harland's territory and prevent Richard from moving his troops south to cooperate with the Northern Army. Encircle and annihilate the orcs.

It has been nearly two months since the war started, and a main army was blocked by the human Viscount in the Eagle Mountain Range, which cannot be explained at the upper level of the Orc Empire.Killam, the commander of the orc army, severely reprimanded him, making the head of Platt's army a little ashamed.

However, the top management of the Orcs did not know the situation on the front line, and it was obvious that Pratt had to shoulder a heavy task that was difficult to complete.

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