The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth.

Chapter 547 Siege!

"Let the soldiers go first!" the orc lord advised.

“Alright! We have enough men to surround this fortress, but I suggest we attack from all sides!” Adonafi glanced at Lulong Fortress with a melancholy expression.

"Those towers are incredibly powerful, capable of felling even demonic dragons in a single blow. The cost of activating them must be immense! If you swarm them like you always do, those things will probably land right on your heads!" Adonafi's voice was gentle and warm, giving the impression of a valiant knight, if one ignored his decaying, mangled body…

"I will crush them! Those bastards dared to hurt me!" Akhorn's battle sword emitted a faint glow.

"Attack! Worms! Charge!"

"You trash! Don't back down!"

"Forward! Tear apart the humans in that city!"

"Slaughter!" the orc lord roared, slamming his mace into the ground.

Then, everyone squinted and saw the most magnificent battlefield scene they had ever seen in their lives. The overwhelming number of orcs surged in like a black torrent. In the distance, huge catapults were set up by the orcs. When Renault saw the fresh wood shavings on the catapults in the distance, his face instantly darkened.

"If I'm still alive after this battle, remember to remind me to cut down all the trees within a hundred miles!" Renault's facial muscles twitched; it was obvious that this thing was made by the orcs overnight by cutting down trees in the surrounding area!
“Oh! Dragon God!” Merck Leopold exclaimed in shock.

"What happened... Holy crap!" Renault exclaimed in surprise, even using the catchphrase he had learned from Roland.

"Boom!" Flying stones rained down outside the city. Fortunately, the shields of Lulong Fortress were intact and withstood the attack of the boulder. After that, the rectangular shields quietly dissipated and became transparent.

"Thank God! Thank you, Ancestor, for equipping the war fortress with a magical shield! Ancestor, you are wise!" Luke Leopold had already begun to shout "Long live the Ancestor!" in gratitude for his ancestors' protection.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" But the scene that followed silenced everyone. The continuous rain of stones made everyone frown. The shield that had been appearing and disappearing was now "permanently" in the fortress. Ripples of magic appeared on the shield, but the sturdy epic shield was not something these things could easily mess with!

"What are our men doing? Counterattack!" Renault's eyes twitched as he watched the surging black tide. In fact, he had misunderstood the soldiers. What they had just witnessed had completely shocked these soldiers who were seeing the true nature of the Lord of the Rings War for the first time.

"Woo woo woo!" The war horn of the fortress sounded, and the loud horn began to inspire the soldiers' fighting spirit and morale.

"Boom boom boom boom!" The orcs also pounded their war drums. Amid the deafening sound of the drums, many orcs were surrounded by blood energy, clearly having been blessed or given a skill.

"Keep an eye on those glowing targets! Those are all high-level orc professionals! Shoot them down!" Merck Leopold shouted as he ran along the city wall.

"They've split up! They're going to besiege the city! Damn it!" Luke Leopold's pupils contracted.

"Damn it! They're going to besiege us! Our defenses will be scattered! Damn it! We don't have enough commanders either!" Renault slammed his fist on the city wall.

"Luke! The west wall is yours. Merck! Watch the east wall! I'll take care of the south!" Renault quickly ordered.

"What about Nancheng?" "Let a team leader look after it..." Renault hesitated for a moment.

"I'll take care of the South City!" A voice rang out behind Renault, and the three of them turned around and were immediately shocked.

"Lord? You?"

"what?"

"Lord Lafitte Antony, shouldn't you be in Stream City?" Renault asked, his eyes wide with surprise.

"I stayed here a couple of days ago while mobilizing troops, but you guys have been busy so I didn't bother you. I've been helping to take stock of the inventory for the past few days! I was planning to leave in the next few days, but... as you can see, I was blocked by orcs!" Lafit Anthony had a black line on his face. After all that, was he really that insignificant?

“You should have returned to Swiftstream City with the scouts to report!” Renault frowned. The inexplicable death of a noble from a dragon rider family here was a troublesome matter, especially since there weren’t many nobles left in the kingdom.

"Don't worry, the Anthony family is full of loyal martyrs! Even if I die here, Ajax won't say a word." Lafitte Anthony waved his hand. He could see Renault's concerns; after all, this war wasn't his responsibility. (Lafitte Anthony wasn't assigned to the Lulong Fortress; the task of guarding Lulong was unrelated to him. Without the king's order, if he died here, the Anthony family had the right to hold Renault accountable.)
"Alright, I'm counting on the south! Protect yourselves!" Renault didn't waste any more words; defending the city was the priority now.

……

"They're coming!" a reconnaissance soldier shouted.

"Fire!" The heavy crossbows in the arrow towers suddenly unleashed deadly heavy arrows.

"Roar! Shields up!" As the sky suddenly darkened, the leading orc officer immediately roared. This orc force from Mordor was strong and well-equipped, brimming with martial spirit! The 100% armor coverage speaks for itself!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The sound of arrows striking the shield like firecrackers rang out, the powerful arrows making the orc's shield-holding hand go numb.

"Swoosh—" A bloody path three or four meters long suddenly appeared in the middle of the orc formation. Heavy crossbows mixed in with the arrows began to reap the lives of the orcs. However, the gap was quickly filled by the orcs behind, and pairs of big feet trampled over the corpses. In no time, the orc corpses became one with the soil...

"Boom!" Another catapult hit the shield. Looking at the swaying shield, Renault's face turned green. Then, looking at the dozens of catapults standing outside, Renault's face turned black.

"If it weren't for the Meteor Dragon Tower... Damn it! I would have burned them all!" Renault said angrily.

"Where are our catapults? Return fire!" Renault roared. The catapults were located at the very top of the hundred arrow towers, but the soldiers preferred the various heavy crossbows built into the towers to the catapults, which were notoriously inaccurate!

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~" With a whoosh, one after another smooth stone flew out of Lulong Fortress.

"Awooo!" At that moment, an orc under a catapult was frantically loading it, and the next second...

"Boom!" The falling rock instantly returned it to its original state. Its round shape allowed it to generate more momentum, and it rolled away, causing a series of howls and screams to erupt from the direction of the orcs.

The dozen or so stones caused at least several hundred casualties among the orcs.

(End of this chapter)