Chapter 13: Fierce Battle on the City Wall
Richard looked around and found that Ron was also standing on the top of the city wall. He looked nervous and gloomy.
Hayden's team was the reserve team, under Brown's command. Because the city wall blocked his view, Richard could not see the specific situation.
It didn't take long before hundreds of orcs rushed towards Castle No. 3 in a scattered formation.
There were about three squadrons of orcs rushing over, and the types were quite messy. There were not only the snake-bodied heavy infantry that Richard had seen, but also low-level soldiers such as dog-headed people and sheep-bodied people. The leader was a fourth-level minotaur commander.
Four eagles kept circling in the air, and it seemed that they wanted to dive on the top of the city. Cooperate with ground forces in combat.
"Oh no, the orcs actually used Fort No. 3 as the focus of attack! In the first battle, they actually strengthened the special troops and invested more than half of the troops."
Richard was shocked and immediately ordered the messenger to ask Diara for reinforcements.
Squadron leader Diara was also quite decisive. He immediately believed Richard's judgment and invested in the reserve team to the front line of city defense. And blew the horn for help, asking Captain Sharp for help.
Richard roughly counted and found that there were more than 20 orc professionals attacking Fortress No. 3.
Four third-level eagles, six third-level snakes, one fourth-level minotaur, and the remaining dozen professionals were all first- and second-level soldiers.
If this group of orc professionals were allowed to climb the wall, the Sixth Squadron would suffer heavy casualties in a short period of time, and the fall of the castle was imminent, and they were simply unable to resist.
There was no time to think about it. Seeing that the orc vanguard had entered the range, Richard immediately drew his bow and shot the first arrow.
Before the battle, William sent an enchanted bow and arrow.
This enchanted bow and arrow is already fourth-level.
The bow arm uses the antlers of the third-level monster long-horned deer and the trunk of the fourth-level sun god tree.
The bowstring material is a bit inferior, only the animal tendons of the second-level monster are used. If it is replaced with high-level materials, the quality of this bow and arrow can be improved.
This bow and arrow is the equipment William has used for many years. It is worth more than 200 gold coins, which is more expensive than the second-level Warcraft horse.
This arrow was aimed at the first-level dog-headed man. The arrow cut through the air, making a sharp sound, and instantly pierced the dog-headed man's eyes.
The battlefield was in chaos. The dog-headed man had no time to react. A scream came, and he immediately crawled to the ground limply and died on the way to the siege.
The dog-headed man just died, and Richard's mind dinged.
"Kill the first-level dog-headed man, reward 500 experience."
Richard silently opened the attribute panel.
Richard Harland
Strength: 8.7
Agility: 2.6
Physical strength: 3.8
Mental strength: 9.1
Mad Lion Legion Breathing Method: Level 4 (216/10000)
Grant Kingdom Basic Swordsmanship: Level 3 (521/4000)
Archery: Level 4 (523/10000)
Riding: Level 3 (456/4000)
Northern Legion Fighting Method: Level 2 (581/2000)
Recently, Richard has been training hard every day, especially the Mad Lion Legion Breathing Method, which took a lot of time. Even when he was busy, he didn't stop for a day.
His efforts were not in vain, as shown in the attribute panel, and the experience of each skill increased a little.
The war was urgent, and Richard received the killing experience prompt. He hurriedly closed the attribute panel in his mind and focused on the battlefield.
Richard fired the first arrow, and more than a dozen veterans of the Sixth Legion with accurate archery followed closely, drawing their bows and shooting arrows at the orcs who were rushing in the front.
Veterans who have been in the army for many years have already reached an extraordinary level of archery. According to Richard's estimation, many people have very good archery skills and have reached the third level of basic archery. There are a few powerful ones whose archery skills can be compared with Richard.
More than a dozen arrows were extremely accurate and shot down seven or eight enemies in an instant.
Eight heavy arrows were aimed at a first-level goat-headed man. Two arrows pierced the lower limbs of the goat-body man, four arrows hit the torso, and the other two missed.
More than a dozen veterans in the sixth squadron, although they have not advanced to professionals, have practiced breathing methods for several years. Most of them are middle-level apprentices, with strength exceeding 4 points, which is stronger than Hayden.
Most of these people are team captains, deputy captains, and serve as grassroots officers. They joined forces and cooperated very well, and immediately killed the goat-body professional. In the chaotic battlefield, low-level professionals are also cannon fodder and are equally worthless.
The casualties and blood made the orcs' desire to attack even stronger.
Archers kept drawing their bows and shooting arrows.
Each round of volleys would take away more than a dozen orc soldiers. After three rounds of volleys, more than 30 orc soldiers had fallen, three professional soldiers had died, and two were injured, weakening their combat effectiveness.
After three rounds of arrow rain, the orc army was already 50 meters away from the city wall. Sheep-headed people and wild boar people swung slings and fired stone bullets at the top of the city.
The stones came over and immediately injured and killed some soldiers, causing a bit of chaos on the city wall.
Even Richard was hit by a stone in the chest, and he felt a sharp pain and his body was already black and blue.
Richard endured the pain, widened his eyes, and stared at the battlefield carefully. He saw a new soldier with weak legs, and it seemed that he was about to drop his weapon. Richard kicked him hard, with a fierce look in his eyes, as if he was eating people.
"Draw your bows and shoot arrows, don't be weak.
Whoever dares to take a step back, the long sword in my hand will not recognize him.
If I, Richard, take a step back, you can also hack me to death.
Today I will stand on the top of the city and kill the orcs with you.
Victory belongs to us! Honor belongs to the Sixth Squadron!
We are invincible and brave! "
Richard shouted loudly on the top of the city wall. A dozen veterans were experienced and knew that morale should be boosted at this time. They immediately shouted with Richard, which boosted the morale of the new recruits.
Two more rounds of arrows were fired, killing and wounding more than thirty orcs.
At this moment, the orcs had approached the top of the city wall and climbed up with simple ladders.
The snake-bodied professional squeezed his companions, flicked his tail, and jumped hard onto the city wall. At the same time, they opened their mouths and fired venom missiles.
The snake-bodied people are very powerful and have long tails. They stand up and move around. Five meters high. They jumped up and jumped to the middle of the wall in one go. They could hit the wall by stretching their arms upwards, and then they climbed up with half of their bodies.
The snake-bodied man climbed up, and Richard immediately ordered the shield bearers to raise their shields and block the venom missiles.
Although they took six venom missiles, the splattering venom still hit eight or nine soldiers.
The venom burned the soldiers' skin, and there was a wailing on the wall in an instant.
"The wounded soldiers who can walk should help their companions down quickly, and the medical soldiers should ask the priests for antidotes and treat the wounded quickly. "
Diara was not flustered at all. He took the push rod with the veteran backbone and wanted to push the snake-bodied man off the city wall.
At the same time, the harpy began to dive down, shooting out a ray.
The ray swept over the top of the city and immediately killed five soldiers. Even Ron was hit by the ray, his armor was damaged, and he fell to the ground and became a wounded soldier.
Seeing the harpy swooping down, military judge Owen remained calm and commanded the three soldiers with the best archery skills in the squadron to shoot magic crossbows.
The three magic crossbows lit up blue light, and the crossbows exploded in the air instantly.
Two harpy fell from the sky, and the seriously injured third-level harpy was hit by the sixth The soldiers of the team rushed forward and stabbed to death.
The squadron's magic crossbow was only a second-level enchanted crossbow arrow. The reason why it was so powerful was the arrowhead.
This special arrowhead was called an explosive arrow, and its grade had reached the fourth level.
A squadron was only equipped with nine arrowheads. If they were used up, it would be difficult to replenish them in wartime.
Three enchanted crossbows, equipped with nine arrowheads, were the killer of the main legion infantry squadron. Hitting the vital points was enough to kill a mid-level professional. More than half of the casualties in the dive to the top of the city, the remaining two eagles panicked and dared not approach the top of the city. They could only helplessly hover in the sky.