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Episode 1 of Eternal Night in the Prehistoric Chronicles: The Age of Legends Chapter 54: The Siege Begins "...What a huge battle."

Gu looked down from the sky and saw that almost all the plains where he entered were densely packed black and various variegated colors.

These black and variegated colors are the torrent of the orc army.

So far, more than hundreds of millions of orcs have surrounded the Steel Fortress. Naturally, there are many ordinary orcs among them. They are similar to the orcs who participated in the first siege battle when the Steel Fortress was still a mine fortress. Most of them are actually various

Civilians in cities and towns are the largest group, and there are not many professional soldiers among them.

But when the number of orc groups reached hundreds of millions, even though the vast majority of them were civilians, professional armies still appeared in an organized manner. In ancient times alone, there were thousands of organized armies of various sizes, and among them

There are also many famous elite armies of orcs and even ancient orcs, or strong fighting races, such as the ancient orcs' woolly mammoth heavy infantry. Each soldier is fifteen meters tall.

, covered in fine steel plate armor, and the weapons in their hands are at least ten meters long. Although there are only about three thousand in number, their power is enough to rival an army of one million. This is a powerful fighting race among the ancient orcs. In terms of individual combat power and battlefield

The impact power is only second to the Behemoth Beasts, but there are too few Behemoths. There are hundreds of millions of orcs here, and the total number of Behemoths and Beasts is only three hundred.

In terms of combat effectiveness, the combat effectiveness of each of these woolly mammoth heavy infantry is at least as strong as a third-level extraordinary warrior. Except that most of them are mortal objects, they do not have extraordinary energy and other factors, but their physical strength and physical fitness are enough to make them

They can fight against Tier 3 extraordinary warriors without losing, and they are really armed to the teeth, with enchanted fine steel plate armor all over their bodies, and enchanted ten-meter giant heavy weapons in their hands. As long as they run on the battlefield, they will be the well-deserved battlefield overlords.

In addition to this kind of woolly mammoth heavy infantry, which can be called the overlord of the battlefield, there are also the Moon Wolf Clan light cavalry, Thunder Rhino Clan charging heavy cavalry, Yak Clan heavy infantry, Behemoth warriors... and other powerful fighting races and troops.

As for the number of other conventional orthodox armies, they are at least close to ten million. These are not the kind of civilians who will rush madly under the influence of the war tide. These armies often belong to various cities and the private lives of various lords before the war tide.

The army is all professional soldiers who are out of work, even if they are

Under the influence of the war tide, they often have discipline and formation, and will not launch a charge blindly, but this is the most terrifying thing. They have the fear of life and death under the influence of the war tide, and the characteristics of getting stronger with death.

With the combat skills and combat discipline of a soldier, this is a very scary thing.

In fact, neither Gu nor Zhang Haohuan knew that when the war broke out, the surrounding area of ​​the orc territory had been wiped out. The orcs launched a full-scale attack, destroying at least hundreds of cities, large and small, and even had conflicts with three powerful clans.

local wars, among which the

The royal capital of the Elf clan has been defeated. It can be said that the influence of the orc war has begun to spread to the entire ancient continent. Many powerful clans have already set their sights on this area, and these powerful clans have already set their sights on this area.

Military preparations have begun.

Gu looked at the countless orcs below. Although his face was cold and seemed to be disdainful, the vigilance in his heart had already reached its peak.

Even if he hasn't started attacking yet, just looking down from high altitude makes him feel a faint threat. It is the huge sense of threat generated after the number of clusters reaches a certain critical point. Once he dares to personally attack the people below,

If the orc army makes a direct attack, then the sky thunder will fall, and maybe one or two shots will not be able to kill him, but if it is bombarded by the continuous blue thunder of punishment, then he will have black flames to recover, and he will only end up in ashes.

Ash.

Gu thought for a moment, but he couldn't imagine that scene, but he had a hunch that perhaps such scenes would happen frequently in the future.

When the number of the outer orc army exceeded 150 million, at noon that day, the first round of attacks finally arrived.

The first thing that appeared was not the scene that appeared in the previous two sieges. There were no low-level orcs all over the mountains and plains starting to attack. In fact, the orcs who besieged the steel fortress this time were very careful. They did not even set foot on the metal ground.

The camps are also established hundreds of kilometers away... Although they are also within the shooting range of Gauss cannons, the orcs don't know, and they are already very cautious.

Catapults appeared in the first round. They were large catapults that looked very primitive. Those who controlled these catapults were also some low-level orcs. Occasionally, there were a few high-level orcs or ancient orcs as commanders, and occasionally there were some orc magic systems.

Professional.

The actual range of these catapults is only two to three hundred meters at most, but with the blessing of magic, it is different. Depending on the strength of the blessing magic, the range can exceed one thousand meters or even reach up to nearly 10,000 meters. Just don’t think about the power.

It just depends on how strong it is.

But this in itself is a test. These orcs are very wary of technology. It can be said that the biggest nemesis of the orc war tide is actually the flow of technology. There were enough cases at the end of the war of all races in the old era. Because of this

, the orcs and ancient orcs of the old era hated the so-called civilization and technology so much that they even regarded civilization and technology as their mortal enemies because they suffered so much. They even stopped developing civilization and technology on their own side.

At this time, these catapults were blessed with high-level magic. Thousands of catapults were arrayed thousands of meters away. Thousands of catapults were launched at the same time. Thousands of huge rocks flew in the sky. This scene

It can also be called spectacular.

But this is of no use at all. The current steel fortress is no longer the mine fortress of the past. It is made of all alloy trenches and fortifications. Not to mention throwing stones, even powerful artillery shells cannot break it.

The primitive humans in the position had two different reactions. Most of the primitive humans had their eyes straightened and their legs trembled as they watched the stones flying towards them. Even though there were extremely solid defenses above their heads, these primitive humans were

Many humans still shouted out, and even dozens of people directly shouted

He threw away the firearm in his hand and began to run away. Before he could run a few steps, the primitive human soldiers who had been waiting for him immediately came forward with a sneer, easily knocked them to the ground, and then directly pulled them to the pillar next to them and tied them up.

When they got up, the first ten people who dropped their guns and ran away were shot directly, while the remaining people were beaten with whips.

Different from most of the primitive humans, there are also primitive human soldiers who account for about one-third of the soldiers. They are silent and just hold their guns and quietly watch the falling stones on the metal ground and in the fortifications.

They were smashed into pieces on the surrounding metal cliffs, but they didn't even blink. They were all calm and composed. Some primitive humans even took something out of their arms and put it in their mouths to chew.

There are sweet grass roots, some dried fruits, and some compressed dry food.

Yuan stood at the back and watched all this. He watched about one third of the soldiers nodding their heads, and looked at those pale Yuan soldiers looking around with disgust. As for the ten people who were shot, he even

Didn't even take a second look.

"...There's no need to be so violent, right?"

Bei Mingkun didn't know when he appeared behind Yuan Yuan. He looked at the whipped primitive human soldiers and said: "We just don't have enough time, otherwise we wouldn't even need to shoot those ten people. The army needs to be raised and trained.

As for combat, it is a process of qualitative change, just like the metals you see, after they are smelted, they still need to be quenched, beaten, and forged..."

Yuan Yu turned around and said: "But with the advancement of technology, these processes are no longer needed. According to engineers, as long as there is enough energy, we can even create things in the void."

"Well, that's what I said." Bei Mingkun said with some embarrassment: "In short, those primitive humans who just joined are just afraid of being killed. As long as they face the battle of the orcs, tell them that the orcs

In fact, it's nothing more than that. As long as they have weapons, organization, and dare to fight, the orcs are just scum in front of them. If they continue to fight like this, those who survive will be tempered, and they will have the heart to dare to fight. For example, you see

Those veterans are not afraid of the orcs now, so what you did before was too cruel."

Yuan Yu remained silent for a while, then said: "I admit that I was a little too impatient before, but I don't think it is cruel. These days, I have also heard some thoughts from the humans in the forbidden areas. Internal purges are necessary at any time.

If necessary, I am willing to use it as a knife for internal purges. Even if it causes hatred from thousands of people, it is better than letting those alien races massacre my race."

Bei Mingkun sighed. Looking at Yuan Yuan now, he inexplicably thought of Prime Minister Ziya.

Seriously speaking, the two people's thoughts are very close, but Ziya, as a wise man, knows the pros and cons better in many cases, and his ideals are more ambitious, so even if he wants to kill all the races at once, he

I am also willing to obey the orders of the great lord and plan for it slowly.

But Yuan Yuan is different. His self-destructive tendencies are so extreme that he will attack immediately whenever he gets a chance. Fortunately, Yuan Yuan still has reason. Although it is crazy reason, he still has some bottom line towards his own people.

, the bottom line is never to involve all races, such as sympathizing with all races, protecting all races, or fearing all races, etc. Human beings with these thoughts are no longer regarded as human beings here in the primitive world.

As for himself...as long as he can destroy all races, it doesn't matter what happens to him. This is exactly the same as Ziya.

On the other side, the thousands of huge rocks projected by the catapults had no effect at all. There was no collapse of fortifications or collapse of the defensive walls. Even if the huge rocks hit the ground, no obvious dents could be seen.

After about ten rounds of continuous throwing, most of the catapults had fallen apart. At that moment, an order was passed to slowly pull the catapult back, and then the magic crystal cannon appeared again.

As the most widely circulated weapon with high technological content, even the orcs have it. Although the quality and performance are definitely not as good as those of the wealthy and powerful clans with technology, there is actually not much difference in power.

The range of the magic crystal cannon is usually about four to five thousand meters, so you have to step on the metal ground.

At the same time, the cost of magic crystal cannons is very expensive, more than a hundred times more expensive than catapults. Therefore, the number of magic crystal cannons in the second round is only more than 400. This is definitely not the total number of magic crystal cannons in the orc army. But now it is just a trial stage. After these more than 400 magic crystal cannons were launched, a large number of low-level orcs mixed with ordinary orcs as command sergeants and a small number of high-level orcs, in the size of a hundred-man team, began to move towards the metal ground. Go up.

These teams were not walking very fast, and as soon as they stepped onto the metal ground, they were already within the effective shooting range of the Gauss rifle.

It's just that Zhang Haohuan still ordered to remain silent. These are just tests. Just killing these orcs is a complete waste of ammunition in terms of cost performance. You must know that the number of orcs surrounding the steel fortress exceeds 150 million, and they are still there. The time is increasing, and the agreed time with Jun is when the first ray of sunshine appears ten days later. They still have a long war to fight.

As for the power of the magic crystal cannon... maybe for a rocky city wall, the magic crystal cannon is a powerful weapon. Even a granite city wall reinforced with the magic of turning mud into stone cannot withstand the power of the magic crystal cannon.

But what these orcs are facing is crushing by at least two levels of technology. Now that the high-level transcendent beings are being resisted by Gu, they are trying to use magic crystal cannons to break down the fortifications. This is just a dream. These all-alloy The defense indicators of fortifications can benchmark the depth of attack in the legendary stage.

Hundreds of magic crystal cannons gradually approached, and then bombarded them. The energy beams ejected by the magic crystal cannons bombarded the defensive position in front. They looked extremely powerful, and seemed to be able to penetrate the defenses immediately, but in fact When the explosion dissipated, there were very few scars on the fortifications, with only a little blackening, a few cracks, and not even many deep pits.

This shooting and bombing lasted for dozens of minutes. Each magic crystal cannon fired at least twenty attacks, until all the spiritual stones or high-concentration magic crystals carried by these hundreds of magic crystal cannons were destroyed. After being exhausted, in addition to looking charred and miserable, only a few human soldiers were knocked unconscious due to bad luck. That's right, they were not killed by the explosion, but the shock of the explosion happened to penetrate the fortifications. So weak that they were stunned.

This situation is obviously beyond the understanding of the orcs.

In their understanding, weapons like magic crystal cannons are actually weapons that can hurt or even kill extraordinary people. If hundreds of magic crystal cannons are fired in volley, even the legendary strong man will be careless. Be seriously injured or even killed.

And these hundreds of magic crystal cannons fired more than twenty rounds, but they didn't even break the outermost defensive position of the steel fortress, and they didn't even cause much damage. This scene not only horrified the orcs who controlled the magic crystal cannons.

Unexpectedly, the commanders who had been watching the front line from the rear were also shocked.

Soon, these magic crystal artillery troops retreated, and the commanders of the orc army, the ancient orcs, extraordinary beings, lords and nobles, all noticed that the orc army who was watching all this had signs of declining morale.

.

Although there was a war tide, the result of the two rounds of testing was that the enemy was unscathed. As for the onlookers who did not go to the battlefield, their war tide had little impact, so it was absolutely possible that morale would drop.

And this is intolerable. This is almost like a backlash from the direction of the war tide. If we continue to test, this situation may actually happen. And those high-level extraordinary beings, as well as the great nobles and the like, they are

It is impossible to let this happen. The war tide is an extremely rare opportunity for them to climb the ladder to the sky. They cannot let the war tide fail, and death can trigger the war tide feedback. As for the death, is it the enemy or the enemy?

The huge number of low-level and ordinary orcs... it doesn't really matter.

Ever since, after the second test, no long-range weapons or long-range troops appeared.

Viewed from a high altitude, the orc army hundreds of kilometers away began to move forward intensively. They were not moving very fast. Infantry, cavalry, long-range units, various war weapons, Behemoths or other behemoths in the army,

There are also troops formed by those powerful fighting races, all moving towards the steel fortress.

At dusk, the orc army stopped moving and set up camp about 20 kilometers away from the mine fortress. Everyone could see that early tomorrow morning, the crazy siege of the orc army would begin.

but……

"Why have to wait until early tomorrow morning?"

Zhang Haohuan looked at the stars on the ground and at the camp where the company and battalion could not see the distance. He said coldly: "They can attack us, why can't we counterattack them?"

"Those low-level orcs, as well as most ordinary orcs, actually all have night blindness. Even if they have the blood of beasts, they cannot reverse the reality of malnutrition. And who stipulates that there will be no roaring during the war? No.

, rather, as the number of deaths increases, their sanity will gradually decrease, their strength will increase, and they will become more crazy and bloodthirsty. In this case, once a camp roar occurs..."

"Pass my order to charge all Gauss cannons, confirm ammunition, and check the cannons again..."

Zhang Haohuan looked at the orc company under the night again and again, and finally said: "In five minutes, all the Gauss cannons will fire a salvo. Let these orc bastards take a good look at what war is!"