Chronicles of Ryan the Wizard

Chapter 414 Decisive Battle at the Royal Observatory (5)

Soon, the orc's vanguard forces, after paying a certain amount of casualties, broke into the temporary line of human defense.The human warrior emerged from the makeshift shelter he was hiding in, armed with spears, swords, shields and other weapons and began to fight the orcs.In the battle with the orcs for such a long time, humans have also figured out a lot about the orcs. When the two sides are in short-term combat, the best way for humans to fight is to form a multi-level defense system in small teams. Power to stop the orcs.

A squad in a human army is generally 50 people. Warriors with long swords and shields are in the first row and second row. Warriors with long spears are in the third and fourth rows. If there are archers, they are in the last row. row.In this way, the sword and shield warrior in front can block the attack of the orcs, and then rely on the three-meter-long iron spear in the hand of the spear warrior behind to attack the orcs.

Orcs mainly rely on personal force for combat. Even those fighters of the Wild Bear clan who have undergone rigorous military training and are able to organize some cooperation can not fundamentally change this phenomenon.There are two main reasons for this. One is that the population of orcs as a whole is far less than that of humans, and their individual combat power is far greater than that of humans. Therefore, they must rely on their personal combat power to fight. The other is the life of the orcs. Hard work. If you want to change the future of yourself and your family, you must rely on the military merits on the battlefield, and the only way for them to calculate the military merit is the enemy's first rank.

This has certainly caused the orc warriors to fight for the first place in the battle, but it also fundamentally prevented them from forming a whole like human beings and relying on collective strength to survive.Since the rise of mankind on the mainland, it has been destined that this race must rely on collective power to survive. Whether it is facing ancient giants or other humanoid races, mankind ultimately relies on their united strength.

The central square, which was originally used for grand ceremonies, has now become a huge battlefield. Humans and orcs have invested more than 500,000 troops in a decisive battle here.The majestic Royal Observatory, has experienced Fernando I’s nation-building ceremony involving millions of people, has experienced the coronation and wedding ceremonies of more than ten emperors of the Holy Alliance Empire, and now it has witnessed the survival of mankind. And the tragic battle.

When the humans and the orcs met in hand-to-hand combat, the stone dumpers on both sides began to extend their firing boundaries to avoid accidentally injuring their own people.Now that humans have temporary shelters, they are not susceptible to attacks by orcs. If the orcs want to break into the central square, they must pass through the fixed roads in the surrounding blocks. It is the target of the human stone dumping vehicle.As long as the human rock dumper adjusts the angle and strength of its throwing, it can easily smash hundreds of kilograms of stone bullets on the head of the orcs, so that the orcs' follow-up forces cannot comfortably support the front operations.

The orcs' offensive was very fierce. When they prepared for this battle long enough, the Beast Emperor used his 20,000 descendants and 30,000 elites from other clans as attack arrows to forcefully rush into the defensive positions of humans, and soon broke through. The first line of human positions in that area.On the other hand, the human commander Orlando immediately responded. On the one hand, human beings resisted on the spot by the army in the area where the orcs broke, and had to be bright and not allowed to retreat. At the same time, they transferred tens of thousands of elites to the forward position and began to strengthen the second The thickness of the third line of defense, on the other hand, launched a quick attack from the two directions of the orc's intrusion part, trying to intercept the orc army that entered its position.

The focus of this battle came together in two places at once. If the orcs break the existing human defenses before the completion of the subsequent human defenses, it will directly threaten the safety of the royal observatory, and once the humans can successfully remove the orcs The division and encirclement of the army means that this elite force of more than 40,000 orcs can be encircled and annihilated. This is almost one-third of the orcs' power to launch this battle.

"Hurry up!" The Jonas legion commander gave a loud order. The area where his Jonas legion was ordered to garrison is the north of the royal observatory, and it is also the shortest route for the orcs to reach the human command center. Now the orcs are facing here. A fierce attack was launched, which made Jonas both happy and worried.

Fortunately, the Jonas Legion returned to the imperial capital from the Thor Fortress in a desperate manner. It did not miss others' eyes from behind. Now I finally have an excellent opportunity to prove to others that the failure of Thor Fortress was not their fault, but Because of the rape.The worry is that the orcs’ offensive is extremely sharp. Compared to their attack intensity under the Thor Fortress wall, they are two different armies. However, in more than 30 minutes, the line of defense of Jonas’s legion was broken. 500 meters, if the opponent breaks through another 500 meters, he will completely break through his defense line and directly face the Royal Observatory.If the orcs break through their defense zone easily this time, the Jonas Legion will never have the opportunity to wash away the shame on their heads, so Jonas did not hesitate to send in his reserve team and mobilize all the crossbows. Cannon, fully intercept the orcs attack.

The human ballista has a sturdy bracket. The main beam is placed on the bracket. On both sides of its front end are crossbow arms. The ends of the crossbow arms are connected to the bowstring. The end of the main beam is equipped with a winch. The user can operate the winch to change the bowstring. Pull back.The ballista is different from the drapery in that it can hit the target quite accurately, so it has very high requirements for the ballista used. The unqualified quality of the ballista will definitely affect the accuracy of the launch.

After the ballista is launched, the crossbow can be shot hundreds of meters away under the action of the elastic force of the bowstring. The crossbow flying in a straight line can penetrate all objects on its flight path. As long as the launching direction is grasped, a crossbow can wear three or four Orcs are also very normal, and the bronze shield in the hands of the orcs cannot stop such terrifying power.

Under the repeated bombardment of dozens of ballistas, the orcs were still approaching Jonas’s line of defense step by step.During the time when the orcs were fighting with humans, they naturally learned about the human situation and knew that the power of the human ballistas was amazing, but this kind of ballistas had a fatal flaw, that is, its ballistics were straight. In other words, as long as you crawl on the ground, you don’t have to worry too much about being pierced by the crossbow.Although crawling on the ground is very shameless, compared with his own fate, the orcs know how to choose no matter how stupid they are.

Originally, according to the corresponding rules, Jonas, as the commander of the army, should not be on the front line, but at this time, Jonas is standing in the direction of the main attack of the orcs, which also greatly stimulated the morale of his men.Jonas watched the orcs approaching him step by step, and Jonas roared loudly, letting his men speed up the release of the ballista.At the same time, Jonas kept deploying troops to strengthen his line of defense, and must suppress the orcs' offensive.However, in Jonas’s heart, he naturally missed the short time of fighting with Ryan in Thor Fortress. No matter how fast the orc offensive, as long as Ryan takes action, the flames in the sky will ruthlessly crush the orc’s body and lift the line of defense. Crisis.

"Unfortunately, Ryan is protecting Queen Catherine. If he can be here, what should I worry about?" Jonas said to himself silently in his heart.As the commander of the army, Jonas, of course, understands Luke’s intention to arrange for Ryan to protect Catherine. In this chaotic scene, with Ryan’s record in Thor Fortress, I’m afraid he will definitely be in the most dangerous front line. What about Ryan’s girlfriend Faras in case something happens?

Queen Catherine’s side is currently the safest place for mankind. In fact, even if Ryan does not protect Catherine, Catherine will never do anything, because most of the best magicians in the empire are royal magicians, and among the royal magicians Elite will definitely be by the side of the ruler of the empire.There are more than a dozen powerful magicians who have opened the magic defensive array of the royal observatory to protect Catherine. Unless the orcs attack Catherine and consume all the vital power on the human side, they will have no chance to touch Catherine.

And Jonas also guessed Luke's other intentions. As a soldier, he has the responsibility of defending the soil. Even if the imperial capital falls, he must fight hard without getting orders.And Luke asked Ryan and the others to protect Catherine as a mercenary. If the mercenary finds that the task is too difficult when executing the task, it can be given up. Although it will pay a high price, it will not die.Of course Jonas would not talk nonsense about this. He believed that Ryan was not the kind of person who was greedy for life and fear of death, but it was always right for Luke to make some complete plans for his daughter.

"Quickly, the boulder is ready to launch!" Jonas watched the scene of the orcs using the bunker to move forward slowly. He suddenly moved in his heart and called out the order loudly. Beside him, a messenger asked suspiciously: "The orcs are too It’s near, there’s no way to attack, and they’re behind the bunker." Jonas said casually, "Idiot, you let them use a few kilograms of small stone bullets, load a dozen at a time, and launch them at once. Remember Live, use the smallest range!"

"Understood!" The messenger agreed loudly, and then quickly passed on Jonas's order.

Soon, the long-awaited human rock dumper began to prepare for launch. Such small stones of a few kilograms are not difficult to find. Anyway, it is not a so-called art, and there is no need to ensure that they are even in size. You can get enough numbers by directly smashing those big stone bullets.