Heroes of the Invincible Knight

Chapter 707 Extinction

In April, the ice and snow outside Longxi Pass gradually melted away, revealing a light blue color on the ground, a scene full of vitality.

Outside Longxi Pass, apart from the highland pastures, there are also some arable lands, but they are not as fertile as the land in the Central Great Plains.

But the orcs who have been driven out of the customs are not qualified to pick land. If they can get some harvest, it would be nice to feed a few more people.

At this time in the past, the orcs had already started to work, because the kingdom was once in decline, and the orcs working could be seen more than ten miles away from the Dragon's Breath Pass.

It's just that at this time, there is no trace of planting on the cultivated land, and there are no orcs in thousands of miles.

The iron gates of Longxi Pass that were supposed to be closed were opened wide, and carriages carrying luggage drove out of the pass continuously, forming a long snake on the vast land.

In the air, a team of griffins hovered constantly, guarding against all orcs who might harass the transport team. From time to time, a giant dragon roared past, cutting off all the enemies' unreasonable thoughts on the transport team.

Monaya, the capital of the orc king, this mighty city that has existed for five hundred years, is now facing its final test.

Outside the city, more than two million human troops have completed the final encirclement of the orc king's capital, and all the last living forces of the orcs have been blocked around the king's capital Monaya.

Looking out from the nearly 30-meter-high city wall of Monaya, there are endless camps outside, densely packed with horses and pits, making people feel desperate just by looking at it.

"Your Majesty, the 100,000 wolf riders are ready, and we will protect you to break through the encirclement under the cover of night!"

On the city wall of the orc capital Monaia, the blond orc king Haldane looked at the seemingly endless army below the city with a calm expression.

Kneeling behind him were a few strong orc generals in advanced armor.

Compared to Haldane, who had a calm face, these generals, who looked mighty and powerful, had expressions of anxiety or panic, and even a little confusion.

He didn't know how things had developed into this way. Since five years ago, the number of orc warriors had begun to increase on a large scale. Almost one out of every ten orc warriors could break through to the level of a warrior.

Great warriors and even higher-level masters also appeared in a blowout. Including Haldane himself, in the past five years, three new masters of the holy rank appeared among the orcs, and they can communicate with ancestor spirits and perform witchcraft There are also more than a dozen real shamans born, and there is a feeling that outstanding people are born in large numbers, and luck is in their hearts.

In terms of the number of masters alone, it is already close to the orc kingdom that once controlled the Central Great Plains in its heyday.

Although the number of troops is not as good as it is, the quality is much higher because of the increase in the proportion of warriors.

Because of the sudden emergence of masters in the country, many orcs even proposed to attack Longxiguan again.

Although the orc executives knew that there seemed to be some terrifying existences on the human side, they were relieved a lot as the national power was flourishing.

The human army should not be the opponent of their own legion. If there are a few holy masters to restrain the human masters, they will always be able to hold the current territory.

However, more than a year ago, the new kingdom of human beings suddenly launched an expedition, and the national fortune of the orcs was immediately poured with ice water.

In the battle outside Longxiguan, more than a dozen sky-level 0-guard warriors died in the battle, and two of the three holy-level masters of the Orc Kingdom died in battle. Only Haldane, the only one who was sitting in the capital of the king, was left.

It's okay to be crushed at the master level, and the most elite army of more than half a million is no match for the human army in a head-to-head battle.

There are not only a large proportion of knight-level masters in the human army, but also a tubular weapon that fires explosives.

Fire can be erupted at a distance of more than ten miles, and the explosion on the ground is a big hole, and ordinary soldiers fall a large area.

Even a master at the warrior level will die immediately if he gets too close to the explosion point. Only at the earth level can he have a certain resistance to this kind of weapon.

In the battle between the two sides, thousands of pipes on one side of the human army spewed fire and roared, instantly blowing up the forwards who came out of the battle.

No matter how brave a soldier is, he can't maintain his morale when he encounters such a tragic scene where his comrades around him fall in pieces before they even see the enemy clearly.

In less than ten minutes under the artillery fire, more than half of the dense camp of the orc vanguard was killed or injured. The giant shield and heavy armor were of no use at all, and the remaining half of the orc warriors ran back.

Before the rear line had time to drive away the rout, they were immediately subjected to extended bombardment. Before the human army could press up, the entire orc army had already formed a group.

In cold weapon wars, especially large army wars, the most important thing is the formation. Once it falls into chaos, there is basically nothing to fight.

It was a good head-on battle, which eventually became the pursuit of the orcs by the human army.

After several battles, the human army relied on the thousands of pipes to easily defeat the orcs. In just a few months, the victory was completely established. At this time, the encirclement of the king's capital Monaya was just the last magnificent curtain call. .

"Your Majesty, don't hesitate any longer! The scouting wolf riders report that there is still a gap in the south of the encirclement, so there is still a chance to run out at this time!"

At this time, an orc general with half of his fangs uttered, pulling Haldane back from his thoughts.

"Run? Even Monaya can't hold on, so where can she go if she runs out?"

Haldane knew very well at this time that this human expedition was aimed at the destruction of the country and the species. It is said that some of the land that was lost earlier was relatively suitable for farming. It is said that building cities and settlements has already begun.

Once the orc king is lost, I am afraid that human immigrants will settle in immediately, and if they escape, they will only become stray dogs and live for a few more days.

"Besides, the general leading the army on the opposite side is the Red Dragon General. How could it be possible to leave us with such an obvious loophole."

"..."

Hearing the name of the Red Dragon General, all the orcs present fell silent, and a trace of fear could not be restrained on their faces.

The first battle in which the orcs were defeated was personally commanded by Molier. In that battle, Molier turned into a red dragon and beheaded two orc holy ranks in the air. Wu De's direct attack on ordinary orc warriors melted at least a thousand orc warriors with a few dragon breaths, leaving a great shadow on many orcs present.

Seeing the silence of the orc generals present, Haldane continued:

"The city walls of Monaia are all built with the hardest snow rocks on the plateau. Even the new weapons of humans can't break through the city walls of Monaia. At this time, it is better to defend Monaia than to take the risk of breaking through."

Monaya's terrain was already easy to defend and difficult to attack. After hundreds of years of improvement and reinforcement by the orcs, some places were more than ten meters thick. At this time, the artillery did not have the ability to break down the city wall.

"The cost of maintaining a large army for human beings will inevitably consume countless food. As long as we stick to it for a while, when the blizzard comes, the human army will naturally retreat when the food and grass can't keep up."

The blizzard on the plateau is likely to come in July and August. If there is a blizzard, even if the soldiers can withstand the cold, the logistics will not be able to keep up. The snow will block all roads. Back near Dragon's Breath to give the orcs a chance to breathe.

"Defend Monaya to the death!"

"Defend Monaya to the death!"

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No matter whether he can really wait until the blizzard comes, at least Haldane must keep the people under his hands a little hopeful. Nine deaths are better than ten deaths and none.

"Stay until the blizzard comes! Let those humans go and never return!"

The orcs on the city wall seemed to regain some morale under the encouragement of the higher-ups.

At the same time, in the human camp, Moliel was sitting on the main seat with great determination.

Although it is already April, the temperature on the eastern plateau never exceeds ten degrees. Monaia is already considered a place with a pleasant climate on the plateau, and the temperature is also close to zero at this time.

The bone-chilling chill didn't seem to affect the people in the big tent, and Molly herself was wearing a skirt armor that was better than nothing, and her slender but muscular thighs were leaning on the steps like this.

Supporting the head with one hand and looking down, laziness and majesty gather on the body at the same time.

"The orcs didn't take any action to break through. Facts have proved that the orcs are not fools, and they wasted another precious day doing useless work."

"There is a chance of attracting some orcs to break out of the siege, weakening Monaia's defense force, and reducing casualties. It is worth trying."

"As long as you are a half-elf with a lot of guts, the orcs are not willing to move their nests at all, so they should prepare to attack."

With Molier's prestige, only Gelu could speak to Molier in this tone in the big tent. The other generals could only nod in agreement in front of Molier, without raising any objections.

Seeing that the tactics of luring the enemy failed, Gelu didn't say much, and everyone's attention was shifted to how to attack the city. After all, it was Moliel who completely destroyed the orc kingdom this time.

There are many heroes under Li Cha, most of whom are of the level of famous generals, but there are only three or four handsome talents who can perfectly control a million-dollar army. Caitlin and Moliel each count as one, Sandro counts as one, and Gru counts as half.

Caitlin is suitable to sit in the south, suppress and appease, and calm down the sieve-like old aristocratic forces infiltrated by the church.

And this kind of battle of massacring the city and destroying the country is naturally more suitable for Molier to lead the army.

"Tal, let the half-orc army take charge of the defense line outside Monaia City. I will let the magician army and artillery clear the way for you."

"Yes, my lord!"

The burly half-orc Tal stepped forward and bowed to accept the order.

Richard's attitude towards orcs is to kill them all, but he is lenient towards half-orcs. Their appearance is more similar to humans and the half-orc Tal who took refuge in the early days saved their lives.

A large number of orcs captured during the war turned against Tal's persuasion to surrender. After a few weeks of food and equipment training, their combat effectiveness quickly recovered, and they even became one of the most capable legions.

The entire expeditionary force was filled with more than 100,000 half-orcs, because most of them had defected from the orc kingdom, and their fighting enthusiasm was not even inferior to that of the dragon army.

When they learned that they were the main attacking mission for the first round, not only were they not afraid, but they screamed, and their morale rose instead of falling.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Soon, thousands of cannons fired at once, the deafening explosions almost covered the noise of the army, and the dense black smoke quickly covered the entire battlefield.

The power of the artillery is not small. The power of each explosion is equivalent to the power of a bursting fireball. If it is directly hit by the shell, it will be even more serious. The orcs of the earth rank will either die or be disabled.

Intensive artillery fire quickly overturned the horse-rejection pit outside Monaya. After more than ten rounds of artillery fire, the several lines of defense placed by the orcs outside the city were all plowed. The old-fashioned fortifications were not much different from paper.

Only the strong city wall of Monaya is still standing. Although it has been pitted by shells, this kind of powerful artillery is not enough to smash down the strong city wall of Monaya.

"Raise the flag! Attack!"

With the waving of the command flag, the half-orcs with high morale launched an attack in order. Looking down from the city wall of Monaia, the half-orc army in blue and white armor charged densely, smashing like waves. come up.

"kill!"

Facing the army of half-orcs swarming in the future, the remaining orcs got out of the bunker.

The orcs were not fools either. After being bombarded several times by dense artillery, they were also thinking of countermeasures. This kind of fortress built underground was the solution they thought of after being bombarded several times.

Hiding in the bunker under intensive artillery fire, as long as you are not too unlucky, you will be fine, wait for the human army to press up and then rush up to fight hand-to-hand, or hide in the bunker, wait for the human army to pass, and then emerge from the rear attack.

But this time there was obviously no room for them to sneak attack. Under the leadership of Tal, the half-orc army with an absolute numerical advantage cleared the bunkers built by the orcs outside the city little by little.

These hastily built bunkers themselves did not have many functions other than anti-cannon, and most of them were quickly cleared.

"Damn! These lowly bastards, they betrayed the kingdom!"

Although standing at a height of nearly twenty meters and several miles away, Haldane could still clearly see the attacking army below the city.

Traitors are more hateful than enemies.

Although the orcs didn't take the half-orcs as their own.

"The trebuchet!"

In the city of Monaia, hundreds of large trebuchets began to operate.

"put!"

Seven or eight orcs were required to operate the complicated counterweight trebuchet, and its power should not be underestimated.

Because the location had been calculated in advance, hundreds of stone bullets emitting black smoke fell down, and landed very accurately on the attacking orc team.

Except for a few masters who were able to react to avoid or split the stone bullets, most of the half-beasts who were hit fell to the ground immediately.

The splashed gravel could cause a lot of casualties, and this alone caused two or three hundred casualties to the attacking orc army.

Orcs are not an uncivilized race, and their civilization level is not much lower than that of humans. Regardless of artillery, orcs are not inferior to humans in terms of war equipment. As the capital of orc kings, Monaia must not underestimate the various war equipment in the city. .

"Continue to attack!"

In a short period of time, the orc's trebuchet fired three rounds of stone bombs at the half-orc army clearing the bunker outside the city, causing nearly a thousand casualties.

After slashing through the oncoming stone bullets with a single knife, the head of the legion, Tal, continued to order the charge.

Although Molier let the orcs take the main attack to bear the casualties, she definitely did not think of using them as cannon fodder. There would be no shortage of necessary support, and now it was just a necessary loss for the siege.

"Master Christine! The position of the enemy's trebuchet has been calculated."

"The muzzle of the third regiment is raised by ten degrees, and the position is moved forward by ten meters!"

Christine, the handsome old man with a big brown beard, had a Northland specialty cigarette dangling from his mouth, and within the time he exhaled the smoke ring, he gave an order to adjust a regiment of hundreds of artillery pieces.

The ballista-savvy hero was quick to embrace new things, quickly turning from a ballista and trebuchet master to a cannon master.

He has most of the credit for the artillery support of the expeditionary army so accurately.

After the order was issued, the well-trained artillerymen completed the adjustment in a very short time.

Then, waiting for Christine to give an order, the muzzle of the black hole roared, a hundred cannons fired in unison, and the trebuchet that had just caused trouble to the attacking orc army went silent instantly.

"Lord Moliel has an order to keep the artillery suppressed to the maximum and cover the siege!"

"With this thing, fighting a war is like playing a rogue."

"Master Li Cha said, technology and magic, I really don't know how far we can do it in the future."

In the evening, the shouts of killing outside the city gradually disappeared, and in just one day, all of Monaia's outer positions were lost.

The artillery positions of the human army began to move forward, and almost the entire Monaia was within the range of the artillery. Thousands of artillery bombarded in turn, and Monaia could not find a moment of stability.

Haldane sat in the temporary house with bloodshot eyes, unable to fall asleep listening to the rumble of cannons.

At this time, everyone knew that it would not be a surprise that Monaya would be destroyed immediately, let alone when the heavy snow fell.

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