Chapter 36
When Wu Wei and his guards approached the battlefield and could observe the battlefield, the orcs' siege army had already approached the wall of the Quarry Fort. With more than 10,000 people, it was a mighty force, let alone an army of 200,000. After spreading out, it was really endless and there was no end in sight.
The orcs in this world were not in the image of human bodies with beast heads, but were similar to the orcs in World of Warcraft.
Each one was burly, full of fangs, and muscular, looking ferocious and violent.
In fact, the orcs were indeed the most brutal race among the major overlord races.
Among the middle and low-level arms of all intelligent races, the orcs had the strongest combat effectiveness, and one was equivalent to 1.5 to 2 arms of the same level.
So this 200,000 orc army was comparable to a legion of 300,000 or 400,000. The defenders of the Quarry Fort were only 50,000 at most, and the strength was very different.
If it weren't for the advantage of the defenders, the garrison of the Quarry Fort would not have lasted long.
But even so, the situation on the human side did not look good.
On the towering and magnificent city walls, countless archers stood on the tops of the city walls and arrow towers, shooting arrows crazily at the city.
Large and small crossbow carts were running at full capacity, either waving a rain of arrows or shooting giant arrows like spears.
A small number of sixth-level magic mages stood in the safest and best output position, releasing football-sized fireballs at the orcs below the city. Each of them was as powerful as a grenade, blowing people and horses down.
A wall became the most terrible meat grinder, crazily devouring the lives of the orc soldiers.
However, the orcs' attacks were also fierce.
The first-level orc soldiers were just cannon fodder to attract the attention of the archers.
They rushed forward with ladders, and were then shot down by the rain of deadly arrows.
The second-level strong orc warriors with stronger defense and stronger bodies held thick wooden shields and formed a defensive wall in groups to protect the orc spear throwers behind them.
The third-level orc spear throwers hid behind the defensive wall and continuously threw sharp spears at the human soldiers on the wall.
The spears were accurate and deadly.
Once they hit the target, they could penetrate it on the spot.
If the angle was enough, they could even cause a spear to hit the target.
The double penetration effect means that even the magic defense layer on the surface of the mage's body will be penetrated if it is fired upon by several spears, harvesting the fragile life of the caster; the sixth-level orc priests communicate with the spirits of their ancestors in the rear, and bless the main soldiers who are attacking the city with enhanced spells, doubling their combat effectiveness; the enhanced orc warriors are fearless and brave, howling and screaming while carrying battering rams to attack the city gates under the rain of arrows, or rushing to the bottom of the city to help the cannon fodder build ladders, even if they are full of arrows, they don't care, and they will complete the task at the cost of their lives.
With their efforts, ladders were built one after another.
The enhanced strong orc warriors and the fifth-level orc berserkers howled as they climbed up the ladders to the top of the city and started killing.
Although the archers in this world are not fragile, they are more powerful melee soldiers than the second-level sword and shield soldiers when they throw down their bows and arrows and draw their waist knives, but the fifth-level berserkers are not something they can contend with.
Especially when these orc berserkers climbed onto the top of the city wall, they activated their exclusive ability to go berserk without saying a word, and the degree of violence soared. The human soldiers would die if they were close to them or touched.
Every orc berserker that climbed onto the city wall was a killing machine, and would inevitably cause the deaths of a large number of soldiers in an area. Even if the orcs' own soldiers accidentally broke in, they would also be torn into a pile of shapeless flesh and blood.
Their presence greatly affected the defensive rhythm of the defenders, and naturally they could not be allowed to do whatever they wanted.
At this time, the fifth-level swordsman of the human race would take action, but it often took more than three swordsmen to work together to control and kill a berserker. If you were not careful, you would have to sacrifice the lives of one or two swordsmen, which was not cost-effective. In such a battle, the longer it dragged on, the more corrupt the situation would become.
The defenders on the city wall continued to reduce their suppression force, and the more ladders were successfully built, the more orc soldiers climbed onto the top of the city wall.······
The orcs relied on their abundant manpower and didn't care about the lives of their soldiers. They kept sending them to the city walls to die.
As the cycle went on, the situation became increasingly unfavorable to the human garrison.
"My lord, if this goes on, the city wall cannot be defended. Once the city gate is lost, the orc army will go straight into the city, and Quarry Castle will inevitably fall!"
The adjutant of the garrison quickly came to the commander-in-chief Marcus and urgently advised:"We can't wait any longer, my lord, let the knights go up to the city wall!"
Marcus took a deep breath, and finally ordered in a deep voice:"Pass my order, the knight squadron dismount and go up to the city wall!"
The adjutant was overjoyed and hurried down to pass on the order, but he didn't see the gradually gloomy expression on Marcus' face.
Although the seventh-level knights still had a dominant suppression force on the soldiers below the seventh level after dismounting with their strong individual strength and extraordinary fighting spirit, in terms of infantry combat, it was obvious that the orcs' seventh-level soldiers, the totem warriors, were more powerful.
The knights of this squadron were the last trump card of the defenders of the Quarry Fort, and he really didn't want to see them being sent into battle so soon.
Once the extraordinary soldiers were on the field, the orcs would naturally know that the Quarry Fort was short of troops, and would immediately send out high-level soldiers to quickly end the battle with absolute strength.
But he had no choice, the orcs' offensive With such fierceness, once the city wall is lost, the outcome will only be worse. The orcs can wear down all the defenders in the city with the number of low-level soldiers. It is better to fight them to the end!
Soon, more than a hundred seventh-level knights climbed up to the top of the city with great swords in hand. With their fighting spirit shining, they quickly killed the orcs who were making trouble on the city wall.
The battle situation immediately stabilized.
Seeing this, the soldiers finally breathed a sigh of relief and were about to resume the battle line, but the orc army in the distance began to beat the drums.
The thunder-like drumbeats seemed to hit the hearts of the defenders, making them tremble in their hearts.
Everyone knew that the orcs' general attack had begun!