468: Chapter 70, “Longevity thod”_1 468: Chapter 70, “Longevity thod”_1 The sound of the horn charge echoed, amidst the shout of ‘kill’, the Orc Army launched yet another attack.
Under the personal supervision of the commander, the frenzied Orc soldiers, shielding their heads with wooden shields, t with crossbow arrows, rolling stones, gold juice… and charged upwards with siege equipnt.
If the front squads fell, the later ones would imdiately co up.
The supervisory team watched from behind, daring no one to step back.
On the city wall, so Human soldiers held sharp weapons to kill Orcs who were climbing the wall, while others were work hard throwing huge stones, and occasionally pouring a bucket of oil downwards.
Raging fires were soon lit below the city wall and quickly spread.
The ill-fated Orc soldiers who fell into the sea of fire turned into fuel.
Sporadic bursts of a aty fragrance could also be heard.
Both sides’ catapults and Magic Crystal Cannons carried out the most intense bombardnt.
The defending army had the upper hand in firepower, but the hawkn in the sky pulled back the score for the Orcs.
Generally speaking, there was hardly any difference in the long-range strike capabilities of the two sides.
Now it ca down to strength.
The defenders have the advantage of the city, but the Orcs also have the advantage in terms of military strength.
While the front line was charging, the Ratn and Antn at the rear transford into “earthwork engineers” and started earthwork construction.
But the land near the city was treated, surprisingly hard, and contained many huge rocks, causing great inconvenience to these “earthwork engineers”.
Especially when near the city wall, the magicians guarding the city also kept interfering.
Countless “earthwork engineers” were permanently buried underground before they had a chance to touch the city wall.
After repeated attempts failed, the Orc leader who commanded the army did not get angry, but showed a satisfied expression.
War is most capable to cover problems, but it also easily exposes problems.
The seemingly impregnable defense line, along with the aftermath of the high-level commanders’ deaths brought by the continued war, gradually get revealed.
When it cos to the coordinated operations of different regional armies, the reaction capacity is obviously much slower, far less flexible than before.
Without a powerful commander pressing down, the substitute commanders lack prestige, and the nobles underneath lack enough reverence, and they inevitably have to discount when they execute orders.
In addition, the familiarity of the new commander with the troops is far less than the previous commanders.
When assigning tasks, there is often so jokes made, which further exacerbates this contradiction.
It is determined by human nature.
An army can only have one supre commander.
The major nobles, while maintaining their own prestige, are subconsciously reducing the presence of the vice commander.
Even if everyone is nobles of the sa province, it is routine for the boss to suppress the second.
Nobles below can be forced to choose sides.
If the boss suddenly passes, and the second gets up to command the army, if there is no problem, that is the biggest problem.
This is an insoluble problem.
It is difficult to command nobles from the sa province, and it is even more difficult to command an air-dropped commander.
A mont of dullness doesn’t matter, but a series of operations, all slower by half a beat, will eventually result in major accidents.
Looking at the bloody battlefield, Abraham gave a cold smile, ready to order the Orc sacrifice shaman to take action, when suddenly a figure appeared that frightened him.
“Your Majesty, why are you here?”
As soon as the words ca out, Abraham realized his lapse.
As the emperor of the Bimon tribe, the head of the five giants of the Orc Empire, Bimon Emperor doesn’t need to report to anyone for any action.
Fortunately, the thoughts of the current Bimon Emperor were all on the battlefield, and he didn’t pay attention to the indiscretion.
“I don’t trust you youngsters and decide to co and see myself.
The war has been going on for such a long ti, but the defense line of the Alpha Kingdom is not yet torn apart.
Abraham, your performance is not very good!”
What seed like a light-hearted comnt, was like a heavy blow for Abraham.
The outco of the battlefield is not sothing he, a commander, can decide.
His own Crown Prince and the four emperors of the clans decided to break through from the Moxi Duchy, and the troops deployed to the frontline of Alpha Kingdom were naturally reduced correspondingly.
But so things can be thought of, but cannot be said directly.
If this is used as an excuse, it’s like accusing the Crown Prince and the four emperors of decision-making mistakes.
As a subordinate, blaming the leader is a big taboo in the workplace.
Moreover, it’s not wrong to pick on the soft persimmons.
Alpha Kingdom’s progress was slow, but that of Moxi Duchy was advancing rapidly, and now they even proceeded to attack the Warhamr Kingdom.
If the plan is successful, they can destroy the Warhamr Kingdom in one fell swoop, wipe out the Moxi Duchy on the way, and then it will be much easier to turn around and deal with the Alpha Kingdom.
On the contrary, if we entangle with the Alpha Kingdom and ultimately mired till the human reinforcents arrive, that would be the big mistake in the military.
“Your Majesty, the defending army of the Alpha Kingdom is like a stinking and hard stone.
The Empire’s Army has to pay a painful price for each step it takes.
However, now the enemy’s command system has problems.
We are sure to seize the opportunity and tear open their defense line in one fell swoop!”
Abraham’s assurance did not gain the approval of Bimon Emperor, on the contrary, it resulted in a shake of his head.
“Ah, you still can’t change this bad habit!
The Alpha Kingdom is really easy to deal with, but it would have been extinguished by the Empire ten tis already, and we were not be able to keep it till now.
If a few high-level commanders die, at most there will be a short-term chaos, and we are given a few defense lines.
There are countless small and large fortresses along the way from here to Canglan City, and more than ten or twenty new defense lines can be organized casually.”
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