Lord Harland

Chapter 58 Maruland
The news brought back by the orc messengers let the orc forward brigade know that in the valley they passed last time, humans have built a strong fortress.

Maruland, the captain of the orcs, knew that the orc army was not good at attacking fortifications.

Every time a fortress garrisoned by humans is conquered, a lot of blood has to be paid. A large group of orcs may not have enough troops.

Soon a few broken soldiers fled back.

Maruland asked about the broken soldiers, and with his rich combat experience, he immediately knew that the human soldiers who defeated the forward squadron were only soldiers from two squadrons.

Whether he admits it in his heart or not, the human soldier won a beautiful battle.

Through the narration of the broken soldiers, Maruland knew that the defenders relied on the power of long-range projection, which made the forward squadron hurt.

It is impossible for the defenders to come out in full force, there should be soldiers stationed in the castle.

There are at least three squadrons of human soldiers defending, and the number is about 500.

Maruland commanded a large group of orcs. Under his command, there were ten orc squadrons fully staffed, as well as guard squadrons, snake-body heavy squadrons, and harpy inspection squads. The total number of them exceeded 1800.

In addition, Maruland also controlled a squadron of human slaves, with more than 160 human soldiers.

These human soldiers were either captives captured by orcs in previous wars, or human tribes living in the northern part of the Eagle Mountain Range. "

There are many human tribes living in the more civilized areas of the orc empire, such as the areas managed by Beamon, Tauren, and Sky Fox.

There are also some dragon lords in the orc empire, and some humans serve the dragon lords under the command of the dragons.

Compared with the Wald brigade that Richard fought and wiped out last time, Marurand commanded more troops, and there were human traitors serving him under his command.

Relatively speaking, a civilized orc like Marurand is more difficult to deal with.

Although he lost a squadron, Marurland still believed that his side had a chance of winning.

"If it's a head-on battle, our advantage is very large."

Now that the enemy's situation was unknown, Maruland copied the information and handed it over to the headquarters of the Orc Legion, and then led the orc army to station in the north of Fort William.

Seeing the huge size of the orc army, a large group came with all the people.

Li Cha didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately wrote letters for help, and sent them to Heihe Fort and Platos Fortress respectively.

A brigade of orcs is already a very strong force. Except for a few powerful baron families in the northern border, ordinary hereditary nobles are often unable to stop them.

Last time, Baron Stopa's territory was breached by a brigade of orcs.

Although Fort William installed counterweight trebuchets and bed crossbows, if the orcs attacked regardless of life and death.

In the ongoing war, Fort William, which has fewer troops, will eventually be unable to withstand it.

The orc army had a meal in a hurry, and Marurand gave an order, and two squadrons of orcs walked out of the camp slowly, followed by the snake squadron.

The harpy also flew high, circling over Fort William.While scouting the enemy's situation, if there is a chance, you can also make a surprise attack from the air to help the orc infantry capture the city.

It was quiet on the top of the city, and Li Cha carefully observed the orcs. Seeing that the heavily armed snake-body soldiers entered the range of the trebuchet, Li Cha waved his hand violently.

The orderlies waved bright red order flags.

The auxiliary soldiers cut off the rope on the trebuchet, and the weight box hit the thick straw mat heavily.

A huge boulder weighing 16 yuan and weighing two hundred catties was thrown high and smashed into the open space 200 meters away.

A huge boulder of two hundred catties fell from the sky. Even a powerful snake-body man would be crushed to pieces when such a huge boulder fell down.

Because the shooting table is marked in advance, the counterweight and the stone bullet are fixed, and the trajectory is calculated, the stone bullet can be projected to a fixed area.

The 16 yuan stone bomb fell down, killing six snake-bodied people immediately.

At the same time, the bed crossbow at the top of the city also started to fire, and four long crossbow arrows shot down from the top of the city, easily piercing the heavy shield held high by the snake-body man, and piercing the throat of a snake-body man.

The attack came suddenly and killed seven third-tier professionals at once. Even the orc army with a large number of professionals could not bear it at all.

A squadron of snake-bodied heavy infantry has only forty soldiers in total.

The harpy inspection team only has twelve harpy inspectors.

These two orc elite soldiers are already the most elite force of the orc brigade, and they have not yet climbed to the top of the city, so the casualties have been so heavy.

Fortunately, the launch speed of the heavy trebuchet is relatively slow, as long as it withstands two rounds of stone bomb attacks, it can cross this devil's road.

The canyon in the north of Fort William is relatively narrow, with a width of about 300 meters. Even if the snake-bodied heavy infantry wanted to dodge, there was nowhere to hide.

What's more, the bed crossbow and the sharp archer are all staring at this place. Instead of dodging and wasting time, it's better to be lucky and rush under the city wall.

Maruland's eyes widened, and he realized that the second round of stone bombs caused even more damage, killing eight snake-bodied people.

By luck, they rushed past the range of the trebuchet, and the snake body was almost half dead.

Seeing that the catapult was so lethal, Marurland immediately conveyed the task of destroying the catapult to the Harpy.

The harpies swooped down from high altitude, and Richard and Soros shot deadly arrows one after another.

A shrill cry came.

"Killing the third-tier harpies will reward you with 2000 experience points."

Li Cha's archery skills have been upgraded to the fifth level, and he is regarded as one of the best archers in the main army.

Soros's archery skills were no weaker than Li Cha's, and the two manipulated the enchanted crossbow in their hands, and easily shot and killed the Harpy under a sneak attack.

The remaining ten harpies swooped down and released fireballs one after another.

Dozens of soldiers were killed and wounded in an instant, and even the four trebuchets caught fire.

Just at the critical moment when the harpy was about to continue firing fireballs and burning all the catapults.

Wendy and Richard released the wood and vine winding spell one after another.

Two wooden vines suddenly appeared, wrapping the harpy's wings all at once.

Harpy's strength is average, and he can't get rid of the entanglement in a short time.

In an instant, it fell from the sky like a kite with a broken string, and was stabbed to death by the soldiers at the top of the city.

The harpy is an aristocratic unit, and their own IQ is also very high. Seeing Li Cha and Soros shooting their bows and arrows again, they know very well that if they must complete the task of burning down the catapults, the only way is to wipe out the entire army.

Although the Harpy Squad is under the command of Marurland, it has a lot of autonomy.

The orc army cannot do without the harpy scouts.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the team leader commanding the harpies immediately yelled a few times, conveyed the news to each other, and flew away one after another with fluttering wings.

In just a few minutes, the harpy assaulted the city, causing dozens of casualties and burning down four trebuchets.

If the harpy attacked the city regardless of casualties and cooperated with the orc infantry attacking the city, it was really possible to defeat the defenders and capture Fort William.

But the harpy is afraid of casualties and is unwilling to bear casualties.

Although Maruland was furious, he had no choice but to urge the infantry to speed up.

Finding that the orc infantry had entered the range, the defenders on the top of the city shot arrows one after another, shooting and killing the orcs who were close to the city wall.

(End of this chapter)