NOVEL NEXT Chapter 76
Chapter 76: A mere 20,000 troops… How is that possible! [4/7]
【ps: The fourth update, and there are three more to come! 】
The Los soldiers easily captured the city wall, the city gate opened, and the other troops outside the city directly poured into Halma!
Because most of the troops were taken away by Longdangor, there were only a few thousand defenders left on the Halma city wall. They roared and waved axes, swords and other weapons, and all rushed in. However, under the fire of rifles, submachine guns, and machine guns, they collapsed directly!
“Hurry, hurry! We must defend the palace in the city!”
Fox strategist shouted loudly in the palace castle. He had received the news that the city wall had been breached. At this moment, he led the last thousand defenders to defend the palace castle to the death.
“Back then, the Gutong Empire’s million-strong army failed to capture this castle, so we can definitely hold it! They are just a group of mortal humans!”
The fox strategist roared loudly with a long sword in his hand.
At the same time, he had to accept a bloody fact in his heart, that is, Longdangor’s 500,000-strong army had been defeated!
But he couldn’t say this to the soldiers in the castle. He knew that if this fact was made public, the morale of the soldiers in the castle would probably drop to the extreme.
“His Majesty is leading an army of 500,000 soldiers on the way to support us! They are just a group of sneak attacks from humans, there is no need to be afraid, we just need to defend the castle, and His Majesty will definitely come to support us!”
“That will be the death of those humans!”
The fox strategist deceived the soldiers and boosted their morale.
Although it was a deception, it did boost morale. The morale of the orc soldiers was high, and some even shouted,”Let’s just attack! There’s nothing to be afraid of a group of tiny humans who can only launch sneak attacks!”
The soldiers of the Kingdom of Los advanced rapidly all the way, and the defenders who blocked the way were no match for them at all.
Halma, the capital of the Orc Empire that had been peaceful for decades, was now filled with gunfire, screams, and explosions.
“What weapons are they holding!”
“This is terrible! We have already lost!”
Many of the crippled orc soldiers retreated step by step, and soon they retreated to the gate of the castle in the center of the city.
“Lord Steward! Open the door and let us in!”
“Open the door!”
The defeated soldiers kept knocking on the door, but the defenders on the castle just watched coldly.
To them, the defeated soldiers were of no value at all!
A series of bullets swept over and killed all the defeated soldiers at the city gate.
The orc soldiers on the castle looked at this scene and were a little shaken. The weapons used by this group of humans were too terrible. An ordinary human soldier could kill so many orc warriors so easily.
If I am hit, can I survive?
Such thoughts began to spread among the orc soldiers in the castle.
But then he thought again, these humans can’t get in!
Impossible!
A hundred years ago, the millions of troops of the Gutongs Empire besieged the castle and failed to take it down. How could this group of humans take it down?
Absolutely impossible!
There are only a dozen or so left in the castle. The orc wizards began to maintain the magic formation to protect the castle.
But usually this formation requires at least one hundred orc wizards to work together to activate the full defense, and Longdangol had taken most of the wizards away before, leaving only a dozen wizards in the castle.
Therefore, the castle formation can only be maintained with difficulty.
Gu Yuan looked at such a majestic castle in front of him and exclaimed in admiration. This castle is at least fifty meters high.
There is also a huge magic formation to protect it at full power, and countless food and treasures are stored in the castle. No wonder the millions of Gutons Empire troops besieged it a hundred years ago and failed to take it down.
However, Gutons is Gutons, and his Gu Yuan’s Los Kingdom army is not a cold weapon army. There were not many magicians in Gutons’ army back then, and in terms of firepower, it is impossible to compare with Gu Yuan’s army now.
“”Bring up all the mortars and fire at the castle!”
Gu Yuan waved his hand and gave the order.
The mortars in Gu Yuan’s army were not the small tubes in the previous life on Earth.
They were 120mm in caliber!
Their power was no less than that of ordinary artillery!
The firepower configuration in Gu Yuan’s army was even more luxurious. In a short while, hundreds of 120mm caliber P-38 mortars were mobilized and began to bombard the castle from four angles!
“No matter how busy these humans are, it’s all in vain.”
Under the protection of the magic circle, an orc royal warrior on the top of the castle looked at the Los Kingdom army below and sneered.
“A hundred years ago, the million-strong army of the Gutongs Empire failed to defeat it, so I don’t believe that the firepower of this mere 20,000 human troops can match that of the million-strong army of the Gutongs Empire.”
Another orc royal warrior looked at the Los soldiers busy in the distance with a mocking look on his face
“It’s a pity that the magic circle is open and we can’t attack, otherwise, I would have gone down and killed them all.”
“These humans look so weak, and the armor they wear is only on the upper body. What a bunch of poor bastards!”
“”Hahahaha, I think I can kill them all by myself.”
The orc royal warriors, who were wearing full heavy armor and were impenetrable, laughed.
They thought that the castle’s defense was impregnable and that the 20,000 troops of the Los Kingdom would never be able to attack it in their dreams.
“”Ready!”
A Los officer shouted loudly.
At the same time, a row of 120mm P-38 mortars were neatly placed next to him.
“Fire!”
At the command, all the soldiers put the shells into the muzzles, then immediately turned around and covered their ears.
“Bang Bang Bang…..”
A series of dense noises rang out.
Under the shocked gaze of the orc royal warriors, hundreds of explosions suddenly rang out on the castle’s defense magic circle!
The flames of the explosions instantly covered the entire magic circle’s defense barrier.
“Click…..”
The orc soldiers were shaken and fell to the ground one by one. They struggled to get up.
Suddenly, an orc soldier seemed to hear something and shook his ears. He thought he had heard it wrong.
But when he turned his head, he saw a scene that frightened him!
Cracks were constantly appearing on the defense barrier above his head!
“Very good, let’s fire another round.”
Gu Yuan nodded and gave the order again!
“put!”
“”Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!”
Another round of bombardment, and this time the magic circle’s defense barrier couldn’t even withstand half of the bombardment, and it shattered!
Countless magic fragments instantly fell from the sky, and then turned into light spots and dissipated in the air.
More than a dozen orc wizards in the castle who maintained the center of the magic circle were instantly backfired by the magic, vomiting blood and dying on the spot!
The fox strategist looked at the countless magic light spots falling in the sky in shock, he opened his mouth in horror, and let out an unbelievable roar:”How is it possible! A mere 20,000 humans!!”
The magic circle that a million troops of the Gutons Empire failed to capture a hundred years ago was broken by a mere 20,000 human troops!
He knew that these humans were powerful, but he didn’t expect them to be so powerful!
There was no other way. A hundred years ago, this magic circle was maintained by three hundred orc wizards, but now, they have less than thirty orc wizards, and most of them have been taken away by Longdangol. How could the strength be as strong as a hundred years ago.
But even if it is really a magic circle presided over by three hundred wizards, it is just a matter of a few more rounds of artillery fire.