the only savior

Chapter 967 The Wall of Sighs
Before coming here, Zhang Xiaoman had consumed too many spirit stones in the black mist world, so he didn't have enough in stock now.

And the array he arranged in Kuhan City and the Wall of Sighs is a kind of magic ore from the Irene continent, called Emerald Magic Crystal.

It has a similar effect to spirit stones, but the overall quality is not as good as spirit stones in the world of cultivating immortals, so the effect of arranging formations is also much worse, so it can only be said to be used at will.

There are still three days left before the God's Advent Festival. I don't know if it's a coincidence, but the sky has darkened visible to the naked eye.

The sun was hidden behind the dark clouds, and the air was oppressive, almost suffocating, a scene of calm before the storm.

Since Zhang Xiaoman created the Wall of Sighs, the orc army has not continued to attack in the past two days, and the two sides have entered a rare state of confrontation.

But everyone understands that this confrontation can easily be broken, and a more tragic war is brewing.

According to the report of the scouts, the remaining armies of the orc clan have arrived one after another.

What they were facing now was no longer the previous 70 orcs, but the entire orc tribe.

300 million troops, this is a very terrifying number, even Zhang Xiaoman was moved by it.

Standing on the Wall of Sighs, he looked around and saw a sea of ​​people everywhere, boundless, as if the entire North Wind Grassland would not be able to hold it.

Such a scene, unless you see it with your own eyes, it is difficult to appreciate the shock.

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoman couldn't help thinking of the Zerg tribe he had seen on the moon, and the white devils in the world of black mist.

If it is said that a dimensional crack is opened on the North Wind Grassland, so that the orcs can pass through the crack and enter the first universe.

It is conceivable that such a large number of orcs is definitely a huge threat to the civilization there.

However, the specifics still depend on where the dimensional rift is opened.

If it was on Water Blue Planet, maybe the orcs would be able to catch humans by surprise at the beginning.

But when the two sides really started to collide in the form of war, the 300 million orcs were nothing more than a few nuclear bombs.

Compared with the endless Zerg race, the number advantage of the orcs is actually nothing more than that.

It is even said that even the white devils can crush them in this respect.

The white devils haunt the black mist, the most frightening thing is not their number, but their ability to appear and disappear.

The black mist obscured perception, and it was impossible to see how many of them there were.

The desperation in the world of black mist makes people wonder how many monsters like this will be faced next, and when will it end.

His thoughts drifted away, and Zhang Xiaoman heard the sound of a horn, which brought him back to his senses immediately.

"The orcs are attacking! Everyone is in position! Prepare to meet the enemy!!"

The voice of the alliance commander sounded from various positions on the Wall of Sighs.

The soldiers quickly came to the edge of the barrier, loaded the defensive items prepared in advance, and were ready to attack at any time.

Crossbow arrows, catapults, boiling oil, rolling logs...

These things are no different from the ancient war weapons in Zhang Xiaoman's impression.

I heard that there used to be fantasy-level weapons similar to the magic crystal tower, but because of the loss of ancient alchemy, these powerful devices all disappeared in the long river of history.

Now, the defense equipment on the Wall of Sighs is basically transported from Kuhan City.

The original "Gate of the Empire" obviously couldn't cope with this level of battle, but it seemed a bit more than capable when it was replaced by the Wall of Sighs.

This was the first time the orcs had launched a frontal attack in the past two days. They had no experience in facing such a barrier, so they could only keep trying.

The first is long-range weapons such as catapults and city-breaking crossbows.

These devices, which were originally powerful in siege battles, looked so pale and powerless in the face of the Wall of Sighs.

The catapult has a maximum range of more than 60 meters. In front of the 300-meter-high barrier, it can't even hit the halfway up the mountain, let alone cause damage.

The same is true for heavy siege crossbows, which may do some damage when attacking city gates and city walls.

But when the target is changed to a mountain range with a thickness of more than 50 meters, it is really no different from scraping.

Immediately afterwards, the Orcs tried a host of other methods.

For example, let the shaman use earth magic to disintegrate it, or directly send troops to start digging tunnels at the bottom, etc.

But these actions all ended in failure.

Again, in front of such a huge "mountain", these "little actions" can only be of no avail.

Besides, the soldiers on the alliance side are not wood.

When the orcs launched an attack, they also took advantage of the high ground and launched a powerful counterattack against the enemy troops below, making it impossible for the orcs who were digging to concentrate on their work.

Coupled with the blessing of Zhang Xiaoman's formation, the Wall of Sighs can be described as impenetrable.

The wind cavalry regiment, which numbered nearly [-], attempted to attack from the air.

But as soon as these orcs flew to the top of the wall, dozens of ballistas were fired upon, causing them heavy casualties in an instant.

This time, they don't even need their old rival Gryphon Rider.

The crossbow and archers alone can keep them out, not to mention the elves' air combat ace Hippogryph.

In the end, the orcs had no choice but to choose the most primitive, least efficient, and worst casualty method, and that was to forcibly climb.

Millions of orcs began to climb from all sides of the Wall of Sighs with all kinds of crude climbing tools.

The scene of this scene is quite spectacular. From a distance, it looks like a dense colony of ants climbing a vertical wall.

However, how can it be so easy to climb up to a height of more than 300 meters.

Orcs are not ants after all, they do not have the ability of insects to easily climb rocks at vertical angles.

It became extremely easy for the soldiers of the alliance to guard such a city wall.

In many cases, they don't need to attack at all, and those orcs will fall by themselves due to various reasons such as physical strength.

However, the orcs are not stupid. Their advantage is the huge number, so they naturally know how to use them.

The orc commanders dispersed the orc army on a large scale in an attempt to reduce the defensive density of the alliance soldiers by lengthening the front line.

The Wall of Sighs spans hundreds of kilometers, and the army of the Orcs has more than 300 million.

And even if the Alliance waited for new additions, the total would only be 50.

If the orcs are determined to attack from the weak defense of the Wall of Sighs, then the alliance really can't stop them.

It has to be said that this method is very effective.

After about three hours of siege, the orcs finally managed to reach the top of the wall on the east and west sides of the Wall of Sighs.

However, this efficiency is still somewhat low.

Even if someone waited to come up, the number was still very small, and there was no way to hide on this bare wall.

They couldn't wait for more companions to come to join them, so they were harvested in advance by the patrolling Griffin Knights.

"I can't go on like this! Greg, let those rock demons come on, aren't they all good at digging holes! Let them lead our soldiers through directly!"

On the podium of the orcs, Ogg Tanron, who had recovered most of his injuries, said to the great shaman beside him.

It was rare for Greg to question his words this time. He nodded, turned around and left.

Half an hour later, among the orc army, forty or fifty tall figures came out from behind.

These are the rock demons of the rock demon clan. Under the desperate escort of a group of orcs, they came to the bottom of the wall of sighs and began to destroy the wall.

Although the rock demons are good at escaping from the ground, they are actually not good at digging holes.

The ability they use is more like the escaping technique in the novel, integrating the body into the ground to move.

But in the current situation, it is obviously not enough to just escape.

Because in that case, they can only go there by themselves, and cannot bring the orc army with them.

You know, now the alliance has laid an ambush behind them.

Although these rock demons are powerful, they are too few in number, and even if they pass by, they are just gifts of heads.

In the end, the rock demons used Gregor's suggestion to use the roughest excavation method, and dug a set of four or five-meter-high tunnels under the Wall of Sighs.

Because of Zhang Xiaoman's array formation, these rock demons had to suffer a lot when digging the tunnel, and in the end they managed to get through the tunnel by relying on their superiority in numbers.

With the concerted efforts of more than 50 rock demons, three passageable tunnels were dug.

"The orcs are digging over! Stop them!!"

Behind the Wall of Sighs, after seeing these uninvited guests, the human defenders drew their swords and surrounded them.

As the king of the human kingdom, Rommel took the lead and led the alliance army to snipe and kill these orcs.

In fact, Zhang Xiaoman still couldn't understand his behavior.

After all, he is the king of a country, although it is said that taking the lead can improve morale.

But if something happens unfortunately, the blow to morale will be huge.

But even if he couldn't understand it, it was indeed a tradition in this world.

Not only humans, but also various races such as elves and dwarves have the custom of the king going to battle to kill the enemy, but the degree to which different races can do it is not the same.

In the end, Zhang Xiaoman didn't dwell too much on this issue.

It is only regarded as a seemingly ignorant phenomenon in this cold weapon world, but it has its own unique style.

At this moment, the battle has lasted for more than four hours, and the time has come to noon, which is the time when the scorching sun is on the head.

The orcs successfully opened three passages under the Wall of Sighs, and two more were closed by the human mages.

Only one was saved by the shamans in time for the orc army to break through.

"Very good. Now the Third Army, Sixth Army, and Ninth Army are all deploying their forces at the entrance of the passage. Archers and mages are ready to shoot and kill the orcs as soon as they appear!"

On the command tower of the human race, Dustin Watts is directing and coordinating the deployment of the defense.

From his face, the panic after being opened up by the orcs could not be seen at all, but a faint smile appeared on his face.

In fact, what the orcs didn't know was that the alliance's defense equipment was almost exhausted.

Coupled with the dispersed tactics of the orcs, this has made it more and more difficult to defend the top of the Wall of Sighs. There have been scenes of orcs landing one after another in many places.

But now, this group of orcs cleverly opened three tunnels under the Wall of Sighs.

As a result, the orc army that was gradually dispersed began to swarm here like a flood that had found a vent.

But the tunnel is so big in total, with such a large number of orc army, it is impossible to run over all at once, they can only pass through in batches.

In this way, the alliance formed a natural channel.

You only need to stand at the exit to attack the orcs who rushed out.

It is even said that the reason why the mages on the alliance side did not close the third channel was that they were ordered by Dustin to release the water on purpose.

There is a saying that is good, blocking is worse than sparse.

Give these orcs a place to vent, so that they can be killed more effectively.

In fact, there is no lack of brains on the side of the orcs. At least the great shaman Gregor saw the other party's intentions.

It's just that he can't help it. Compared with climbing directly, it is obvious that such a strong attack is more in line with the orc's fighting style.

Zhang Xiaoman stood at the head of the city, and his long-sighted spell allowed him to see the fight below very clearly.

However, for him today, although such a scene feels spectacular, it cannot be as shocking as it was at the beginning.

Compared with the battle between the orcs and the alliance, he has seen more brutal killings and more grand scenes, and everything here can no longer move him.

He didn't go down to participate in the battle with his own hands, because this is the battlefield belonging to the alliance and the orcs, not his stage.

As an outsider, in his eyes, humans, elves and orcs are the same.

They are all natives of this world in essence, and it doesn't make much difference to him.

Of course, as a human being, he obviously needs to get closer to the alliance, otherwise he wouldn't be standing here now.

Moreover, Zhang Xiaoman had established a rule for the Star Alliance, that is, not to participate in the war between the natives unless necessary.

And as the founder of this rule, it is naturally impossible for him to take the lead in breaking it—even if he does it now, no one will know.

Maybe he can ignore the fighting between the armies of both sides, but he absolutely cannot sit back and watch the orcs kill human civilians.

The former is the rule, the latter is the bottom line.

However, if it is for some other reason, such as a certain true god threatening his safety...

Or the orcs regarded him as an enemy and so on.

Even an exchange based on some important interests, just like McAvey's secret of longevity...

As such, he doesn't mind intervening to some extent.

But now, this inevitable condition has appeared.

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