Chapter 11 Surprise Attack (Part 2)
White Rose, the city of White Stone. The building is an expanded town in the military fortress Grig at the tail of the Gilkut Mountains.
The north, west and east of the city are all vast and vast sandy seas of Krien. Because the walls of Gilkut are too high and steep, and there are a large number of flying dragons living in the mountains, humans and even most tribes cannot cross them. Therefore, the white roses guarding the end of the Crescent Canyon are the only way for the desert to lead to the rich plains and human countries in the south.
As an important military fortress against orcs, Grieg has a very complete defensive military service. Whether it is the location of the city, the construction is carried out according to the strictest standards.
Nowadays, the destruction is no longer enough to describe this historic town. The siege for six consecutive months has left it full of devastation.
The stone thrower, crossbow arrows, spears and magic arranged in densely on the walls of Bai Yingshi, indicating how harsh battles it had experienced.
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Hero Calendar 3235 Red Month
In the early morning, two yawning soldiers replaced their companions on the night shift.
"Moon, do you think those orcs will attack today?"
"I don't know, it depends on the operation of the light of the sky. This defensive barrier is too old, sometimes good and sometimes bad. You'd better pray that it can operate properly today, otherwise... I'll tell you that the consequences are clear." The veteran explained to the young boy who just became his partner, "Anyway, the orc's attack is also determined based on the operation of the realm knot." The last partner was killed in the last orc attack. This young man named Xiao replaced him and became a new sentinel. In order to defend his home, even such a peasant child was a child born in the farm.
All of them have come to the front line. What are the senior officials and generals of the empire doing? Why don’t they send troops to support? If this continues, the white rose will be captured by orcs within a month. Frontier towns such as Merry, Ryan, Sharma, and Domester will fall one after another. By then, more than 100,000 residents will die. This high-yield grain area in the Eastern continent is one of the largest population density areas in the entire continent. What kind of disaster will the orcs go south? Mun dare not imagine that he can only pray that Ming Su’s army will arrive as soon as possible.
"Bilfit, is there any news about military support?" Rearing against the exquisite floor-to-ceiling window, Sistale stared at the rising sun. He was supposed to return to the Southern Continent six months ago, but in order to retrieve the files in Grigg Prison for Moya, he encountered an orc attack. He stayed there and never left again.
Fortunately, Bai Qiangwei had a secret passage to Meili. After siege, Meili sent a large number of mercenaries, which relieved Bai Qiangwei, who had been trapped for more than a month. Food, weapons, and city defense equipment were transported continuously, and even some farmers and adventurers living nearby volunteered to participate in the battle to defend Bai Qiangwei.
"There is no news... There are rumors that the Emperor of the Su Empire was not the orthodox heir. He usurped the throne of his brother, the first prince, Willen. Now the party that supported the two heirs in China was having a big fight with the warlords and nobles, so naturally there was no time to care about the safety of our small town on the border."
"Ah..." The internal struggle of the night elves is not the same. Many families and lives have been buried in the war of fame and power. Sistall sneered helplessly, because half of the white elves' academic discipline, while being attracted by power and killing, he also dislikes meaningless bloodshed and war.
Suddenly, the ground began to shake violently. The towering octane trembled in the center of the city, and the white light symbolizing the movement of the barrier on the top slowly faded away - the defensive knot failed again.
Bilfit walked into the minaret anxiously. More than a dozen mages wearing robes in various colors formed a circle in the magic control room with a depressed expression. They maintained the operation of the boundary knot for many days and had exhausted all the magic power in their bodies.
"No, we can't support it anymore... This world knot is already..." The mages were unable to clearly say the rest because of their magic overdrawn, but Bilfit already understood what they meant, so he turned and left.
"Guards! Pass the order! The whole city prepares for war!!"
The urgent preparation bell rang out throughout the White Rose. When everyone began to prepare before the war, the brown orcs camped outside the city also began to act.
"Your Majesty, the enemy's defense knot has failed again." The Notting Orc Grand Priest Navan, who had been observing the White Rose, reported to the great orc king Krumah; "It's time to sound the horn of attack."
Krumah stood up from the throne, lifting the long red horns hanging around her waist, taking a deep breath of the orc's magic power, and pouring it hard into the breath it blows.
“Dou…Dou…Dou”
The distant horn echoed throughout the orc army, and the orcs who heard the horn began to have their eyes congested.
The "Blood-Devouring Furious" was fully utilized under the expansion of the beast artifact "War Horn". The orcs, who were originally more advantageous than humans, have now completely abandoned their fear of death and rushed to the riddled Rose City with the steps of destroying everything.
"Hey...hey..." The tall Tama beast pushed the huge bumping wood slowly pushed the surrounding beast soldiers under the protection of the surrounding beasts.
"Takes!" The commander of the legion, Idson, who had retreated to the last front, commanded the catapult in the rear to launch a first round of attacks.
Huge stones popped out with the sound of wind, and each piece smashed a bloody pit in the orc army. But even so, the orcs still did not stop moving forward.
"There are too many... Could it be that the entire Notting's were sent to this battle?" The soldiers on the city wall were full of fear. The number of the two sides was so different, could they still survive the army's rescue?
Originally, when the first siege, the number of orcs was far less than that now, which was about 80,000 to 90,000. It only increased one after the unanimous resistance of the White Rose military and civilians. Within six months, it increased from 90,000, 120,000, 170,000, and 230,000 to 290,000. Although it was reduced to 210,000 after several sieges, there were only a few of Bai Rose's regular troops left.
In addition to the mercenary groups and volunteer farmers and adventurers, the prisoners who were guarding the city now also had prisoners.
Since the serious offenders at the bottom had almost escaped during the last escape, most of these prisoners were left to resist the orcs with others. It can be said that the reason why White Rose Town was able to persist in Meili's support was largely due to these prisoners who were known as "garbage".
"Dou...dou..."
After slow advancement and a small part of the sacrifice, the orcs finally came to the city wall. Thirty karlins (meters) long bumps were hugged by fourteen beasts, and the fiercer impacts made the soldiers inside the dead gate increasingly unable to bear it.
The huge rocks reflected back from the orc camp also destroyed many buildings in the city, but their purpose was neither the city wall nor the house, but the towering magic minaret in the center of the city - the Light of the Heavenly Realm.
If it is destroyed, it would be a delusion to try to defend against the orcs.
"Arrow retreat, infantry! I have to hold it back anyway!!" Idson directed the soldiers to fight against the orcs who were climbing the city wall with stones, boiling oil, and bows.
The skillful Sistaer held the magic sword "Lie Yan" and the giant shield "Pomf"; he shuttled back and forth between the gates that were most attacked, and orc warriors were constantly hit by him.
"Great Saint, blow that human down!" The orc king Zhan Quan waved, and the priests worked together to send out five consecutive pearl fireballs and rushed to Sistaer who was fighting with the enemy.
"careful!!"
The soldiers nearby noticed the fireball emitting hot and high temperatures and quickly warned him.
"Boom!" The fireball with a diameter of Kalin (meters) hit the Giant Shield. Although it had excellent defense capabilities, it had conducted many consecutive unrepair battles. The fierce battles exceeded the limit of its capacity. After dodging one and resisting three fireballs in a row, the last one knocked Sistale away from the city wall and fell heavily to the ground.
"Hisser Paladin!" Two soldiers in charge of the catapult rushed forward to visit his injuries. Although they were protected by the God of War, Sistale still broke his left leg. In the White Rose Town, which lacks advanced life sacrifices, there is no possibility of demobilization in a short period of time.
Looking at Sistale who was carried back to the official residence on a stretcher, Bilfit's despair became wider and wider.
"Boom!!!"
Finally, the huge rocks emitted by three trenchers approaching the city walls finally completely shattered the last hope of all the soldiers who were fighting to the death.
"The light of the heavenly realm is over... Do we still have any help..."
Looking at the collapsed octave, the hope in people's hearts was also destroyed. The defensive barrier of the light of the sky was their last hope. If you want to wait for the empire to rescue, it was the only way to rely on it, but now it was ruthlessly hit by the orcs, and I was afraid that the White Rose would break the city tomorrow.
Chapter completed!