Lord Harland.

Chapter 251 Defensive Flank Battle III
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 snakes 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-body man quickly approaching the city wall, the soldiers of the Northern Legion remained calm.

"What about the bed crossbow, push it up quickly, the archer is equipped with bursting arrows, and focuses on killing the snake-body man."

A heavy ballista with a hideous face was pushed out by the soldiers. The bed crossbow was fired ahead of time. The huge arrows installed were more than three meters long, and the steel arrows were more than one foot long.

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

Based on the orcs' previous combat experience, the snake-bodied people would be relatively scattered 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 snake-body professionals will fight in formation, and most of the time they will be scattered when they attack the 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 snake-body professionals attacked in all directions, and they 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.

Now Feiyan Castle has two elite brigade reinforcements from the Northern Legion, as well as reinforcements from the Cavalry Regiment of the Kingdom Knight Academy. The number of elite reinforcements is as high as 5000.

With soldiers from the main army acting as the backbone, the strength of the city defenders has almost doubled.Under the aim of the sharp archer, the snake-body man was continuously shot by the bursting arrows, and the casualties 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 and not retreating, the orc brigades kept reporting the battle situation, and they all planned 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.

A squadron of orcs was routed, 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 the two high-level professionals, Commander Veron and William, also came to the front line to fight the fire, and led the team to kill the snake-bodied man 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 has been brutal and fierce until the evening.

William saw that the orc army had lost its spirit and exhausted all its strength, and was very tired.Immediately and decisively joined the final reserve team, he ordered the soldiers to open the city gate and let the cavalry regiment of the Knight Academy launch a counterattack against the orc army.

Although there are not many Warcraft horses equipped by the cavalry regiment of the Knight Academy, the quality of the officers and soldiers is very good. The soldiers are all students of the Knight Academy, mainly middle and high-level apprentices, young and energetic with 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 the number of this new force is small, less than a thousand, its combat effectiveness exceeds that of an infantry brigade of the main force.

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 situation on the battlefield had changed, the orc captain went out to fight in person, hoping to block the enemy and maintain the front line.

Kong De, the head of the cavalry regiment, was a seventh-rank silver knight. He rode a fourth-rank fire beast, took the lead, and led the young soldiers of 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 is born with the fire beast, and the spell level has already reached the fourth level.The power of the fire dragon is similar to that of the fireball, but it can be manipulated by the fire beast and can automatically chase 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.

Kong De, the dean of the Knight Academy, had rich experience. He leaped vigorously on his horse, raised the spear in his hand, and pierced fiercely into the chest of the fifth-level werewolf.

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 Flying Swallow Castle collapsed thousands of miles away, and many orcs were driven into the Wright 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 first brigade, the sixth brigade, and the cavalry regiment of the Knight Academy, 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 already set, and torches were lit on the top of the city. William returned to the temporary mansion, took off the blood-stained armor, and let the soldiers apply medicine to the wound, while cleaning the armor himself and repairing the damaged armor. piece.

Two wounds were left on William's body, one was wounded by the spear. The spear pierced through the enchanted armor on William's body, pierced the flesh of his chest, and was blocked by his ribs.If William hadn't dodged in time and took a step back, reducing the piercing kinetic energy of the spear, the spear 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 the vitals were not injured, William did not let the chaplain use healing spells, but used the hemostatic ointment from Harland's territory, trying to use the magic power to treat the critically injured backbone.

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 the armor, bandaged the wound, and finally had a little leisure.But his adjutant Noel was very busy, constantly going back and forth between each squadron to count the results and casualties.

"Have the casualties been counted?"

"86 people were killed in the first brigade, 210 people were slightly or seriously injured. 53 people were killed in the sixth brigade, 130 people were slightly or seriously injured. Knight Academy Cavalry Regiment, 26 people were killed in battle, and [-] were slightly or seriously injured."

Hearing the number of casualties reported by Noel, William immediately sullenly asked, "What about the casualties of the Swallow Army?"

"The casualties of the Feiyan Legion have not been counted yet."

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

After Noel left, William thought to himself: "The main casualties have exceeded 160, and there are [-] five people killed in battle. There should be some casualties today and tomorrow. The total strength of the two brigades is only [-]. There are only [-] elite soldiers, and the casualties in one battle exceed [-], it seems that it will take a while to make up for it."

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

"The statistics of the casualties of the Feiyan Corps have come out. About 400 people were killed and nearly [-] were injured."

"There is 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 200 orc corpses after counting. The 900 orcs captured, including more than 400 wounded soldiers, were all the results of the battle at the South Gate. The orcs who were driven into the Wright River and drowned , estimated to be more than a thousand. In addition, when the orcs retreated, they also took some corpses and wounded with them."

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 ratio of casualties on both sides was not so serious.About 500 human soldiers died in battle, and more than 1000 orcs died directly in 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 six thousand 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 Gerda Province stabilized and fell into a stalemate.

After the flanks entered a stalemate, the thirteen brigades, the main force of the orcs, also entered the south bank of the Heihe River from Lahe Province, approached Heihe Fort, and started an outpost war with the Army of the North and the coalition forces of the Viscount Luomen nobles.

The situation has developed to the present, and the Ninth Army Corps commanded by Platt also began to tentatively attack the Fortress, exerting pressure on Richard, restraining the soldiers in Harland's territory, preventing Richard from dispatching troops to the south, and cooperating with the Northern Legion to encircle and wipe out 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, so it was obvious that Pratt had to shoulder the difficult task.

(End of this chapter)