Because the humans had received advance warning that the orcs would launch a large-scale attack on them, they sent reinforcements to support Bloodbath City early on.
At this moment, nearly ten thousand human warriors were already stationed atop the first wall of Bloodbath City. Behind the wall, nearly one hundred thousand more warriors awaited the order to join the battle.
Moreover, on the road from the human territory to Bloodbath City, under the orders of the Human Emperor, the city lords of various human cities have dispatched reinforcements to support Bloodbath City, which are arriving in an endless stream.
Looking out from the westernmost wall of Bloodbath City, the orc army, arrayed in square formations, was surging towards the city. From afar, the orcish army stretched as far as the eye could see, an endless expanse.
As they approached, the human warriors stationed on the walls of Bloodbath City realized that these orc warriors were only covered by animal hides. They carried rusty weapons and, apart from a small wooden shield, had no armor whatsoever.
In addition, the orc army did not carry any large siege engines, only some crudely made wooden siege tools.
In contrast, the human warriors were clad in sturdy iron armor from head to toe. Their faces were also covered by masks, revealing only their eyes, and their weapons were all of exceptional quality, meticulously crafted by the dwarven masters.
In addition, the city walls and the towers behind them are covered with large war machines jointly crafted by dwarven masters and human artisans.
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On the walls of Bloodbath City, the human general in charge of commanding this battle was a powerful human warrior whose cultivation had reached the level of a high-level warrior.
His eyes were icy as he stared at the approaching orc army, his voice filled with murderous intent as he addressed the soldiers beside him: "Fire the ballistae and catapults! Let these hairy beasts taste our might!"
After the human general gave the order, the human warriors stationed on the city walls, operating ballistae and catapults, launched an attack.
Instantly, countless crossbow bolts the size of spears and iron lumps the size of human heads appeared on the walls of Bloodbath City, attacking the direction of the orc army.
Those enormous crossbow bolts, due to their faster rate of fire, struck the orc army before the iron lumps launched from the catapults.
At the forefront of the orcish army, crossbow bolts as large as spears pierced straight into their ranks. The orcs at the very front were riddled with holes the size of fists. After piercing the foreground orcs, the bolts continued their relentless assault on the ranks behind them. Driven by their immense force, these massive bolts only stopped after piercing several orcs in succession. Some bolts even strung together multiple orc warriors after killing several.
But this wasn't the end. After the crossbow bolts inflicted heavy casualties on the orc army, a barrage of iron projectiles launched from catapults rained down on them.
As soon as these iron lumps landed, they caused massive explosions, resulting in devastating damage to the surrounding area. The number of orcs killed by these iron lumps far exceeded that of the previous wave of ballistae attacks.
These lumps of iron are alchemical bombs painstakingly developed by the dwarven weapon-smithing masters.
Alchemy began to emerge a few decades ago and is a branch of the cultivation system of magic.
Alchemy is the art of combining energy-rich objects with magical materials using various auxiliary facilities and methods. In the hands of an alchemist, these elements combine to create magical reactions, resulting in items and potions with unique and powerful effects.
Unfortunately, the profession of alchemy was not valued by the winged race that created it. Instead, it flourished under the rule of the goblins and dwarves who lived underground.
After the orc army at the forefront was bombarded by a barrage of alchemical bombs, the orc troops at the rear, witnessing this horrific scene, experienced some commotion.
However, with the suppression by the powerful orcs, after killing some panicked soldiers, the riot was gradually quelled, and the orc army continued its charge towards Bloodbath City.
Under the overwhelming barrage of giant crossbow bolts and alchemical bombs, the orc army suffered heavy casualties before even reaching the walls of Bloodbath City.
Moreover, for the orc warriors, the brutal battle had only just begun when they finally charged to the walls of Bloodbath City.
The Blood Station City was 200 meters high, with walls covered in barbs, and the simple wooden ladders brought by the orcs were simply not high enough.
Large numbers of orc warriors began to use their strong bodies to violently ram the two black iron gates on the walls of Bloodbath City.
Unfortunately, the human general who was commanding the war had already anticipated this, and he had ordered his men to pile up sand and stones behind the gates of Bloodbath City.
With no other choice, the orc warriors, relying on their strong physiques, put their weapons in their mouths and began to climb the walls of Bloodbath City with their bare hands.
However, the barbed walls of Bloodbath City were like an insurmountable chasm for these orc warriors.
During the climb, the barbs covering the walls of Bloodbath City inflicted deep, bone-revealing wounds on the orc warriors scaling the walls.
Blood flowed from the numerous wounds, staining the bodies of the orc warriors crimson. Many orc warriors, due to the excruciating pain, fell from mid-air off the walls of Bloodbath City.
While a large number of orc warriors were scaling the walls of Bloodbath City, the human warriors stationed atop the walls were rapidly firing arrows at the orc warriors below. Furthermore, many human warriors were lifting heavy objects such as rolling stones and logs, hurling them down on the heads of the orc warriors below.
In this fierce siege, countless orc warriors perished beneath the walls of the human Bloodbath City.
Under these circumstances, the commander of the orcish army remained unmoved. Moreover, he sent even more orcish warriors to join the attack, intensifying the offensive on Bloodbath City.
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Chapter Fifteen Air Force
More orc warriors fell beneath the walls of Bloodbath City, and behind them, wave after wave of orc warriors launched attacks on Bloodbath City.
More orc warriors joined the fierce battle. The orc warriors who followed began charging towards the human city of Bloodbath, trampling over the slopes formed by the corpses of their kin.
After leaving behind countless corpses, some fearless orc warriors finally began to scale the walls of Bloodbath City.
However, due to the barbs covering the walls of Bloodbath City and the constant barrage of arrows overhead, the orc warrior who had climbed the walls of Bloodbath City was already covered in wounds.
As soon as he stepped onto the walls of Bloodbath City, he was pierced through the body with spears by several human warriors who were already prepared, and then pushed off the walls.
However, for the orcs, this was a good start. After that orc warrior became the first to scale the walls of Bloodbath City, a few more orc warriors followed suit and climbed the walls one after another.
After climbing the walls of Bloodbath City, these already badly wounded orc warriors posed no threat to the well-equipped and powerful human warriors on the walls.
"Chief! Send the archers! Our warriors are suffering too many casualties; this can't go on!"
Beside the commander of the orc army, an orc warrior of his own kind looked at his comrades fighting valiantly ahead, his heart bleeding.
"No! We don't have many iron arrowheads left. Those wooden arrows won't pose any threat to the human race's heavy armor."
The orc chieftain rejected his subordinate's suggestion.
Time passed slowly, and more and more orc warriors were able to scale the walls of Bloodbath City, inflicting casualties on the human warriors.
However, the situation did not improve for the orcs. The number of human warriors killed or wounded was negligible compared to the number of orc warriors they killed.