Warlord: King of All Clans

The savages of the Great Falls Tribe and the Wolf Fang Savage Camp number nearly a thousand in total, almost all of them are archers, and nearly half of them are qualified archers.

In addition to the 150 Basaka longbowmen who serve in the lord's army and receive pay, members of the wild folk hunting team and guards of the wild folk camp can also be called out to fight at any time.

During the past few months, the military training of the Basaka longbowmen had also shown results. They were no longer wilderness hunters who could only shoot randomly and in bursts, but had also mastered the group projectile skills that only regular troops could master.

After several months of shooting training, they are now able to throw arrows to cover the area designated by the commander.

Their rain of arrows can accurately cover any area between fifty meters and four hundred meters in front, with an error of no more than five meters!

These savages who grew up with longbows, some of whom are skilled in archery, can even hit the target by throwing arrows.

Their quivers were also replaced with two bags of light arrows and heavy arrows, and they would choose arrows based on the shooting distance and the thickness of the target's armor.

One hundred Basaka longbowmen and the wild hunters who had caught all the big fish soon joined in and unleashed a heavy rain of arrows on the enemies under the city wall.

Heavy arrows as thick as fingers flew up into the sky in large numbers, almost disappeared, and then fell down like a rainstorm.

A wailing suddenly sounded from under the city wall, accompanied by the sound of sharp blades piercing flesh and wood.

The power of the wild folks' heavy arrows is far beyond that of the militia's crossbows. Even if they are projectiles, they can easily penetrate an inch-thick wooden shield due to the potential energy of gravity.

The arrowheads of their heavy arrows had long been replaced with three-edged armor-piercing arrowheads mass-produced in workshops, instead of the stone, bone or bronze arrowheads used for hunting in the past.

The arrow shaft is two meters thick and the three-inch long three-edged arrow head can be used as a short spear by the gnolls.

Wave after wave of arrows rained down, and the infantrymen waiting for help below the city could only hold on with their shields until the falling arrows pierced their shields, arms, shoulders, heads, and necks.

Only regular infantry and knights wearing iron helmets, chain mail, and iron shoulder pads could survive under such a rain of arrows.

Those militiamen who had no shields or armor suffered heavy casualties in an instant.

This is not arrows raining down, this is spears raining down!

They could only squeeze under the wooden fences and ladders, praying that the first troops above would quickly break through the situation so that they could climb up and kill the enemy instead of waiting to die in the hail of arrows.

Unfortunately, the first troops were in a worse situation. They were about to break through the defenders' human wall and shield formation and break the situation.

Suddenly, a large group of strong men in iron armor and with muscular build appeared, forming an even tighter shield wall and slapped him directly in the face.

These soldiers, equipped with more luxurious equipment than regular infantry, can kill people as skillfully as killing chickens.

Every elite infantryman who entered the first echelon of the river bend had personally killed at least five bandits or aliens. They were already able to easily deliver the steel swords in their hands into the target's vital points with the smallest movement and the most precise stab.

The siege troops were slowed down by the rain of arrows and lacked the strength to follow up. The soldiers who climbed up the city walls were quickly killed, leaving a vacuum period.

Perhaps this wave of arrow rain was too fierce. Knight Edward, who was watching the battle from a distance, saw that the defenders of Gravel Castle had once again filled the city walls. He could only wave his hand in frustration and ordered his men to blow the retreat horn.

After hearing the horn, the siege troops, which had suffered heavy losses, retreated quickly. Under the pointed fire of the militia crossbowmen and Basaka archers, they left behind a field of corpses before retreating back to the legion camp.

When the battle was over, Leo jumped down from the watchtower and stood on the battlement of the city wall. He watched the enemy retreat like the tide, feeling a little worried.

He said to Vici who was approaching, "Isn't it that I revealed too much of my strength just now?"

Vicchi was not sure. "It's just a few waves of arrows. It won't scare the enemy away. The battle on the wall probably can't be seen from below."

"I don't know if there will be another wave of attacks from the other side. It would be a pity if they just ran away like this."

"Yes, yes, there are still many people in the militia who have not seen blood yet."

As they were chatting, the ogre Krog came over carrying a human thigh. He scratched his back with the stiff toes on it and asked in a simple manner, "Is dinner ready?"

Leo yelled, "Go away! Throw your legs away!"

"Oh..." Kroger threw away his thigh reluctantly and walked away scratching his belly.

If Edward heard their conversation, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood on the spot.

You think I am accompanying you to fight, but actually I am training the troops!

Warmly welcome the Gladstone Regiment to participate in the large-scale military exercise in the River Bend!

In view of the fact that the militia of Gravel Castle lacked actual combat experience and had weak combat power, Leo deliberately put the elite troops at the back this time in order to let the militia see blood.

After a whole year in the other world and having experienced battles of all sizes, Leo gradually became indifferent to life and death.

In the cold weapon era, it is impossible to have wars without casualties. The only thing Leo can do is to achieve the greatest victory with the least casualties.

Gravel Fort is the wilderness frontier of the Riverbend Territory, and the defenders need enough combat power to hold off the attacks from the alien races coming from the Wolf-Driving Plains.

If we don't take advantage of Gladstone's Legion's attack to let the militia experience the baptism of war, who knows whether this group of militiamen converted from refugees will collapse at the first blow the next time the foreign coalition forces rush to the top of the city?

It is impossible for the defenders of the other two towns to abandon their homes and come here to help at any time. There will always be a day when they cannot take care of both.

As the saying goes, a merciful army cannot be commanded, so considering the long-term, Leo had to be ruthless.

If we don't take advantage of the overconfident Gladstone Legion's siege of the city and use the casualties of 10% of the militia to exchange for the bloody battle upgrade of 90% of the militia, are we going to wait to be swept away by a more powerful enemy in the future?

Taking advantage of the fact that all the elite troops of the River Bend were present and had enough control over the direction of the battle, Leo organized the new recruits who had just joined the Lord's Army, the Gravel Castle Militia, and some young and strong men, and mobilized 600 people as the main force of this city defense battle.

Four hundred elite troops stood behind them, ready to take over the battlefield at any time.

Because the inner side of the wall of the Rubble Fort is a flat square, there is no need to worry about congestion caused by the support and replacement of soldiers.

In order to train talents, even the commander of this city defense battle was appointed by Vicchi, the army leader of Gravel Castle.

Six hundred low-level soldiers were fighting fiercely in the front, while four hundred elite soldiers were sitting in the back bored, until Leo shouted to stop.

In almost ten minutes, the first soldiers to climb the city wall were slaughtered by the elite infantry from the river bend, and the follow-up troops under the city were also massacred by the Basaka longbowmen.

Taking advantage of the defeat of Gladstone's army, the replacement young and strong men, under the command of Vetch, quickly moved the corpses on the city wall and cleaned up the scattered weapons and equipment and broken hands and feet.

Move the stored boulders and arrows to the placement points near the city walls.

The casualties were quickly counted. In this battle, the city defense force composed of new recruits, militiamen, and young and strong men suffered 21 deaths and 67 minor and serious injuries.