Mist Lord

Chapter 69 The Fall of Suyab: A Brutal Battle

On the first day of the trial, both sides remained at peace.

Upon arriving at the southern outskirts of Suyab, the orc army busied themselves setting up camp and preparing meals. They also gathered local materials, digging up soil and filling bags, making various preparations for tomorrow's great battle.

Of course, it's impossible for Suyab to launch a surprise attack.

Although they have flying units like the Eagle Warriors, the opposing side also has a combination of Bone Wing Bats and Wyverns, as well as many archers, making it difficult to withstand their attacks.

Early the next morning, the orc army launched a probing attack.

Bone-winged bats carried caveman warriors into the air and launched an attack on Suyab from all sides, forcing Suyab to deploy elven archers along the four walls of the city.

Otherwise, if the bone-winged bats break into the city, they will drop oil canisters or cavemen warriors, causing chaos and slaughter within the city.

The eagle warriors also frequently took to the air, resulting in aerial battles.

Meanwhile, the main force of the orc army moved eastward from the southern suburbs to establish an advance base, set up catapults, and launched a probing attack on the barbican on the opposite bank of the protective river.

Centaurs, archers, and others provide ranged fire support.

Their real purpose was to cover for the Dog Meat People, Jackal People, and others, who threw sacks filled with earth and stones into the moat, cutting off the river's upstream and downstream flow while simultaneously creating a passage for the army to reach the barbican.

This one step alone requires risking your life.

For the next six days, the orc army repeated similar actions, but after suffering heavy casualties, they only managed to fill in half of the riverbed.

The two thousand or so elven archers of Suyab were an insurmountable barrier for the orc army.

On the eighth day, the situation suddenly changed.

During the day, they continued their normal probing attacks, but just before nightfall, they sent out a group of kobolds and gnolls.

There's nothing strange about that.

No one expected that a large number of new lords had infiltrated this group of kobolds and gnolls. They used their storage space to suddenly dump large amounts of earth and rocks.

In the blink of an eye, they filled in the remaining section of the river, creating a passageway.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The elven archers on the city walls were no pushovers either, and they immediately launched a counterattack, resulting in the deaths of many orc lords who became the most costly cannon fodder.

"Military observation group!"

Upon receiving the message, Pei Ye hurriedly climbed the city wall and immediately saw through the enemy's scheme.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Logically speaking, both sides' military observation groups of 300 people would try to arrange third- or even fourth-tier experts to assist them.

Unexpectedly, the orc lord who attacked this time did not play by the rules. He directly brought more than a hundred new lords and used loopholes in the storage space rules to carry out a brilliant surprise attack.

Similar plans have been conceived before, but implementing them has been fraught with difficulties.

Not only do they have to disguise themselves and infiltrate the troops, but they also have to risk being killed to do something that only cannon fodder should do.

This is absolutely unimaginable in the Yanxia Alliance; no new lord would agree to it.

It's estimated that only orcs with their strict internal hierarchy could do something like this.

"This battle will not be easy."

Having received the news, Xia Yuan was practicing his swordsmanship in a side courtyard of the city lord's mansion.

After the war began, he did not stay on the city wall indefinitely. Although he was protected by elite guards and there were dedicated fortifications around him, allowing him to retreat at any time, his safety could not be guaranteed.

A wise man does not stand under a dangerous wall; there is no need to stay on the city wall all the time.

Judging from the enemy's actions these times, they clearly came prepared, with the ultimate goal of attacking Broken Leaf City, destroying the Black Stone Altar, and obtaining the Black Crystal Stones needed to advance their territory to level 9.

Any sacrifice is worthwhile in the face of this grand goal.

"I don't know if we can hold on..."

Xia Yuan had not expected that he would encounter such a change on his first time participating in the observation group. If the city were to fall, the consequences would be catastrophic.

On the ninth day, the orc army unexpectedly chose to rest.

This is actually the calm before the storm.

really.

As the trial entered its tenth day, the fierce attack arrived as expected.

Besides the attack combination of bone-winged bats and cavemen, this time, the terrifying wyvern has finally made its appearance, a shimmering behemoth—

With its large wings, it charged straight at the defenders of the barbican.

A massive black shadow tore through the clouds, swooped down, and quickly swept across the moat.

The bluish-green poisonous flames roared out, the poisonous stinger at the tip of the tail swept across, and the sharp claws tore apart the catapults, ballistae and other defensive equipment, while puffs of pungent, fishy mist rose up all around.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The elven archers were no pushovers either, and a barrage of armor-piercing arrows whistled through the air.

"roar!!!"

The wyvern, writhing in pain, let out a deafening roar, its scales shattering and dark red blood streaming down its body. In its agony, it spewed forth poisonous flames once more, showering down a torrent of fire that forced the city's defenders to retreat.

"Hoo-cho-la!!!"

The orc warriors, who were already prepared, pushed siege ladders under the cover of catapults, centaurs and archers, and quickly reached the foot of the barbican.

Using the chaos created by the wyverns, the orc berserkers quickly scaled the city walls and established an advance outpost.

"bump!"

On the city wall, the spearmen and rattan armor soldiers who tried to resist were immediately knocked away.

They were no match for the orc berserkers.

However, the elven archers standing on both sides of the main city wall, bordering the barbican, still used their wide field of vision and crossfire to relentlessly attack the orc berserkers.

To breach the city, the orc berserkers had no choice but to advance through a hail of arrows from both flanks, with no way to avoid them. Once struck and fallen, they would be mercilessly kicked off the city wall by those behind to make way for the attack.

The two sides engaged in a brutal tug-of-war on the city walls.

Meanwhile, the ogres, pushing siege engines and braving a hail of arrows, began their assault on the city gates of the barbican.

"Jingle bell!!"

The ogres, tall and thick-skinned, once clad in full iron armor, resembled moving lumps of iron, completely unafraid of the threat of arrows.

Even with boulders falling from above, they still pressed on relentlessly.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The terrifying battering rams, propelled by the ogres, pounded against the city gate again and again, producing a dull yet chilling sound that echoed throughout the entire battlefield.

"Hoo-cho-la!!!"

The orc army launched wave after wave of attacks, seemingly without end. They appeared willing to sacrifice their entire army's lives to conquer Broken Leaf City.

"kill!"

On the city walls, besides the defenders of Suyab, there were also reinforcements from various affiliated tribes. Under these circumstances, they were all naturally engaged in defensive combat, and the sounds of battle shook the heavens.

Since the enemy has launched a strong attack, no one has any way to retreat and can only push forward on all fronts.

"BOOM!!!"

As evening approached, accompanied by a deafening roar, and after suffering heavy casualties, the barbican gate was finally breached with great difficulty.

This foreshadows a new turning point in the war.

"Hoo-cho-la!!!"

The roar of the orcs' celebration seemed to pierce the sky and make the earth tremble.

This is an evil yet powerful force.

The next morning, after a night of rest, the orc army launched another continuous offensive. The vast army poured into the city through the broken city gates.

To be precise, it was inside the barbican.

To truly storm into Suyab, they must first breach the main gate at the east gate.

"Woohoo~~~"

The wyverns that had previously retreated broke through the clouds once again and swooped down.

Another day of fierce battle.

"Sister, order the thousand-pound stones to be lowered and the city gates sealed off!"

Pei Shuang looked somewhat anxious.

Unlike the barbican gate, the main gate was secured with a heavy stone, serving as a final safety measure. Once lowered, it was extremely difficult to open from the inside, let alone breach from the outside.

"Wait a little longer!"

Pei Ye, as expected of one of the three giants of the alliance, is still able to remain calm.

Although the orc army that attacked this time was somewhat unexpected, she had been managing Suyab for nearly ten years and had her own confidence. It was not something that could be easily broken through.

We are not at our wits' end yet.

As the orc army poured into the narrow barbican, they were immediately met with a hail of arrows from all sides, and casualties increased at a visible rate.

The ground of the barbican was quickly stained red with blood.

In a corner unnoticed by anyone, the blood flowing on the ground, including the corpses discarded on the ground of the barbican, were all pierced by tentacles, as if they were enjoying a gluttonous feast.

Pei Ye was waiting, waiting for it to have eaten and drunk its fill...

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