Chapter 251: Flank Defense Battle 3
The battle was already very intense, and the orcs had no time to put out the fire. The orcs hiding inside the ladder trucks instantly turned into firemen, constantly fleeing under the city wall, making bursts of shrill roars.
Some brave orcs braved the fire and climbed up the city wall, but were killed by elite soldiers.
Seeing that the battle was stalemate, Morsa immediately sent out the elite orc troops, hoping to open the situation with elite soldiers.
Ten squadrons of snakemen were scattered on all sides of the city wall and launched attacks from all directions.
The snakemen participated in the battle, which immediately put a lot of pressure on the defenders.
Obviously, Morsa hoped to crush the defenders in one fell swoop, and rashly used the killer in his hand, hoping to quickly break the balance.
Seeing the snakemen approaching the city wall quickly, the soldiers of the Northern Legion remained calm.
"Where are the crossbows? Push them up quickly. Archers are equipped with explosive arrows. Focus on shooting the snake-bodied people."
The soldiers pushed out a series of ferocious heavy crossbow carts. The crossbows were strung early. The giant arrows installed were more than three meters long, and the steel arrowheads were more than one foot long.
The arrowheads flashed with cold light, waiting fiercely for the snake-bodied people to approach.
According to the orcs' previous combat experience, the snake-bodied people would be relatively dispersed when attacking the city.
Although the snake-bodied people's formation is very powerful and can easily break through the human soldiers' defense line, they will also be hit by human heavy weapons.
Catapults, crossbows, alchemical bombs, Warcraft cavalry, and mage groups can all effectively attack the snake-bodied people's army formation.
Generally speaking, when the orcs fight in the field, the snake-bodied people will fight in formation, and they will be dispersed most of the time when attacking the city.
Only when the commander wants to make a final decision, will he concentrate the snake-bodied people squadron, climb to the top of the city in one fell swoop, and defeat the human soldiers' defense line.
This time, the snake-bodied professionals attacked from all sides and were scattered among the ordinary orc army.
If the defenders were inexperienced, it would be easy for the snake-bodied people to climb the city wall if they were not careful.
Dozens of snake-bodied professionals climbed the city wall and relied on their strong close combat strength to defeat the defenders on the city wall, stabilize their position, open a gap, and wait for subsequent reinforcements to break the city in one fell swoop.
If the defenders were the Feiyan Legion, there would be fewer archers and they were not equipped with too many crossbows. Once the orcs attacked the city with all their strength, it would be extremely stressful to defend it. As long as there was a loophole, the battle line would be in chaos.
The reason why Feiying Fort fell was because of this. The core reason was that the defenders were weak, allowing the snake-bodied people to break through the defense line.
The combat effectiveness of the second-line legions such as Feiying and Feiyan was much different from that of the main legions. Even if they fought a city defense battle, they could not stop the attack of an orc legion.
Now Feiyan Fort has two elite battalions of reinforcements from the Northern Legion, as well as reinforcements from the Cavalry Regiment of the Kingdom Knight Academy, with the number of elite reinforcements reaching 5,000.
With the main legion soldiers as the backbone, the strength of the city defense almost doubled. Under the aiming of the archers, the snake-bodied people were constantly shot by explosive arrows, and the casualties suddenly increased a lot.
One after another, the giant arrows flashing with cold light were shot down from the top of Feiyan Fort. As long as they were hit by the bed crossbow, even if the snake-bodied people had thick skin and flesh, they would not survive at all, just like piercing a candied haws.
As the defenders focused on the attack, the casualties of the snake-bodied people gradually increased.
Seeing this scene, the orc commander Morsa's face became very ugly.
The defenders did not collapse as easily as he expected. Instead, the battle became stalemate, and the casualties of the orcs continued to increase.
The orc legion has always been bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
Seeing that the enemy was fighting to the death, the orc brigades kept reporting the battle situation and had plans to retreat.
But Morsa's will to fight was very firm. Although the orcs suffered great casualties, they still demanded to continue the siege and crush the defenders in momentum.
After the orcs defeated a squadron, Morsa immediately reorganized.
The snake-bodied people also kept climbing up the city walls, and the casualties of the defenders became more and more serious, and the resistance became more and more fierce.
Even the commanders, Belon and William, two high-level professionals, went to the front line to put out the fire and led the team to kill the snake-bodied people who climbed up the city walls.
The soldiers of the first and sixth battalions were also very brave. William witnessed many familiar grassroots officers and backbone soldiers holding snake-bodied people and rolling down the city walls, and died together.
The battle was very cruel and fierce until the evening.
William saw that the orc army had lost its spirit and used up all its strength, and was very tired. Immediately and decisively invested in the last reserve, he ordered the soldiers to open the city gate and let the Knight Academy Cavalry Regiment launch a counterattack against the orc army.
Although the Knight Academy Cavalry Regiment was equipped with few Warcraft horses, the quality of officers and soldiers was very good. The soldiers were 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 inside, and the principal is also a powerful silver knight.
Although this fresh force is small in number, less than a thousand, its combat effectiveness exceeds that of an infantry battalion of the main legion.
This fresh force was put into the battlefield and immediately achieved immediate results. The soldiers of the Knight Academy Cavalry Regiment were very brave. After leaving the city, they resolutely charged at the orc army and fiercely pierced into the orc defense line.
The orc army had been fighting for most of the day and was very tired in the evening. Facing the cavalry charge, they were powerless to stop it. ₆₉ₛₕᵤₓ.cₒₘ
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 personally went to the battle, hoping to stop the enemy and maintain the front line.
The leader of the cavalry regiment, Kongde, is a seventh-level silver knight. He rode a fourth-level Fiery Beast and led the young soldiers of the Knight Academy to the front.
The dean of the Knight Academy has rich battlefield experience. He thought about it and captured the key to the battlefield in an instant. He urged the Fiery Beast and immediately spit out a fire dragon, hitting the fifth-level werewolf captain.
This fire dragon is the Fire Dragon Spell that the Fiery Beast is born with. The spell level is already fourth-level. The power of the fire dragon is not much different from the fireball spell, but it can be controlled by the Fiery Beast and can automatically chase the enemy.
The fire dragon attacked, and the orc captain dodged in a hurry. He barely dodged the attack, and before the orc captain was happy, the fire dragon turned around and attacked from behind, hitting the orc captain's back hard.
The armor on the back of the orc captain had weak defense, and was hit by the flame energy, and he immediately vomited blood.
The experienced dean of the Knight Academy, Conde, leaped hard on his warhorse, raised his spear, and fiercely stabbed into the chest of the fifth-level werewolf.
In a flash, Conde killed the werewolf captain. Under his leadership, the cavalry broke through the defense line of the orc brigade in one fell swoop.
After seeing the enemy cavalry enter the formation, Morsa could only order the soldiers to retreat.
Now the orcs still have the initiative to withdraw. Otherwise, they will be attacked from both sides by the enemy and will turn into a big rout.
The Knight Academy Cavalry Regiment rushed forward and fought a successful counterattack.
The orcs at the south gate of Feiyan Fort collapsed thousands of miles, and many orcs were driven into the Leite River.
These orcs were not killed by human soldiers, but more than a thousand were drowned.
The orcs at the south gate failed completely in their siege, and the orcs at the other three gates finally recognized the reality and retreated to the camp before nightfall.
If all the soldiers William brought were from the Northern Legion, they would have been able to achieve significant results and severely damage the Orc Legion by counterattacking the Orc camp while the Orcs were retreating.
However, the main force of the Feiyan Fortress's defenders was the Feiyan Legion. William looked at the eyes of the Feiyan Legion soldiers who had survived the disaster and knew that it would be difficult for the Feiyan Legion soldiers to undertake the counterattack mission.
Relying on the three elite troops of the First Battalion, the Sixth Battalion, and the Knight Academy Cavalry Regiment, the number of soldiers was too small. Once they were besieged by the orcs and suffered a loss, the orcs might turn defeat into victory.
After weighing the pros and cons, William decided to play it safe and stop when he saw the good. After hunting down some of the orcs' defeated soldiers, he cleaned the battlefield and treated the wounded.
After the battle, the sun had set and torches were lit on the top of the city. William returned to the temporary mansion and took off the blood-stained armor. While letting his personal soldiers apply medicine and bandage the wounds, he personally cleaned the armor and repaired the damaged armor.
William had two wounds on his body. One was caused by a spear. The spear pierced through William's enchanted armor, pierced the flesh on his chest, and was blocked by his ribs. If William had not dodged in time and stepped back, reducing the kinetic energy of the spear, this shot would have pierced his body and punctured his lungs.
The other wound was a blunt weapon wound. An iron rod hit his shoulder, which was already black and blue.
The blunt weapon wound came from the snake-bodied man. Although the snake-bodied man was only a third-level professional, he was good at close combat. Even a high-level professional like William would still be injured by the snake-bodied man in close combat. This stick hit William on the head, and William would not survive.
The gunshot wound came from a seventh-level dog-headed man. This dog-headed man was very insidious. He disguised himself as an ordinary soldier, slowly climbed up the city wall, and shot William unexpectedly, almost killing William.
If it weren't for his strong strength, the timely rescue of the soldiers of the first brigade, and the desperate efforts of several veteran officers to stop the seventh-level dog-headed man, William would have been in great danger in this battle today.
Because he was not injured in the vital parts, William did not let the chaplain with the army use healing spells, but used the hemostatic ointment of the Harland Territory, trying to use the power of spells to treat the backbone and seriously injured soldiers who were in danger of death.
William always led by example in managing the army, so he was able to win the hearts of the army and let the soldiers fight for him willingly.
"Compared to the terrible heavy catapult, I feel better about this invention." William has always been resentful of Richard's invention of the heavy catapult, and he often talks about it.
After cleaning his armor and wrapping his wounds, William finally had some free time. But his adjutant Noel was very busy, constantly going back and forth between the squadrons to count the results and casualties.
"Have the casualties been counted?"
"The first battalion had 86 dead and 211 wounded. The sixth battalion had 53 dead and 132 wounded. The Knight Academy Cavalry Regiment had 26 dead and 103 wounded."
Hearing the casualty figures reported by Noel, William's face suddenly darkened and he continued to ask, "What about the casualties of the Flying Swallow Corps?"
"The casualties of the Flying Swallow Corps 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 600, and there are 165 dead. There should be some dead and wounded today and tomorrow. The total strength of the two battalions is only 4,000, plus the Knight Academy Cavalry Regiment has only 5,000 elite soldiers. The casualties in one battle exceed 600. It seems that it will take some time to reorganize."
After waiting for about an hour, Noel returned to William's mansion.
"The casualties of the Feiyan Corps have been counted. About 400 people were killed and nearly 1,000 were injured."
"No exact casualty figures?"
Noel shook his head and said, "The Feiyan Corps gave me this rough number. I guess their casualty statistics are a bit confusing."
After listening to Noel's report, William suddenly became angry at the Feiyan Legion's procrastinating and careless style. But he is not the commander of the Feiyan Legion, so it is not easy to get angry directly at the Feiyan Legion.
"Has the battlefield been cleaned? Have the results been tallied?"
Noel nodded and said: "We cleaned the battlefield and counted 3,200 orc corpses. Nine hundred orcs were captured, including more than 400 wounded soldiers. They were all the result of the South Gate. They were driven into the Leite River and drowned. The number of dead orcs is estimated to be more than a thousand. In addition, when the orcs retreated, they also took away some corpses and wounded people."
William estimated in his mind: "It seems that the loss of the orcs is about 6,000, of which about 4,000 are the main force, and the loss of the auxiliary troops should be 2,000."
When two armies fought, the victorious side was able to keep its wounded soldiers, which led to the difference in casualties between the two sides.
In fact, before the orcs fled, the casualty ratio on both sides was not so serious. About five hundred human soldiers died in the battle, and only more than a thousand 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 by the cavalry. The casualties were extremely heavy, which led to such a serious casualty ratio.
The defenders of Feiyan Castle finished cleaning the battlefield, and the orcs also counted the casualties.
William's estimate was more accurate. After this battle, the orc army lost no less than 6,000 people in one day.
After fighting this battle, Morsa finally recognized the reality and knew that relying on the power of his own legion, 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 Geda Province stabilized and fell into a stalemate.
After the flanks entered a stalemate, the thirteen main brigades of the orcs also entered the south bank of the Black River from the Lach Province, approaching the Black River Fort, and started an outpost war with the Northern Army and the noble Viscount Roman army.
The situation has developed to this point. The 59th Army Corps under the command of Platt has also begun to tentatively attack the depot fort, exerting pressure on Richard, containing the soldiers in Harland's territory, preventing Richard from sending troops south, and cooperating with the Northern Army. Encircle and annihilate the orcs.
It has been nearly two months since the war began, and a main legion was blocked by the human viscount in the Eagle Mountains, which the upper echelons of the Orc Empire could not handle. Killam, the commander of the Orc Front Army, severely reprimanded him, making Commander Platt Army somewhat disgraced.
However, the top management of the Orcs did not know the situation on the front line, and it was obvious that Pratt had to shoulder a heavy task that was difficult to complete.