Chapter 45 The first tentative attack

Then, more than a thousand gnolls came out, holding a variety of weapons in their hands.

The tall and mighty gnolls held high-end weapons such as iron flails and chain hammers, while the thinner ones held wooden maces with some iron sheets inlaid on the outside, and a large number of them held wooden sticks and stones.

"Attack."

At Rogers's command, thousands of gnolls launched an attack.

The chaotic formation, with an attack width of several kilometers, rushed towards the castle in a mighty manner.

At the highest point of the castle, Weilin stood with his sword, calmly looking at the attacking gnolls below.

Twenty three-bow crossbows were placed on the inner wall, ready for a long time, and the personnel were in place, waiting for the lord's order.

Weilin raised his right hand and calculated the distance. When the gnoll vanguard was only 600 meters away from the outer wall, he decisively put down his hand.

Twenty strong soldiers holding wooden hammers slammed the triggers, and twenty iron arrows flew out with a whizzing sound.

"Awoo--"

Several tall jackals were pierced by the iron arrows, and the strength did not decrease. They pierced several jackals in succession before stopping.

Rogers looked at the twelve blood-red roads in the attacking team expressionlessly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The smell of blood spread on the battlefield, stimulating the violent blood source of the jackals, losing the last of their sanity, and speeding up the attack regardless of everything.

Baird, who was standing on the outer wall, saw this and ordered loudly: "Stand up the shield."

More than two hundred soldiers heard the order, stood up wooden shields wrapped in iron sheets, held their spears tightly, and prepared to meet the first wave of attack.

The three-bow crossbows on the inner wall kept firing, causing casualties to the attacking jackals.

When they came to the edge of the city wall, some of the gnolls threw stones in their hands, and other gnolls began to climb the city wall with their claws, preparing to climb over the six-meter-high outer city wall.

The stones hit the wooden shields, making bangs, and from time to time, chain hammers and flails were thrown onto the city wall, knocking the soldiers supporting the wooden shields away.

Baird was also helpless about this.

Some of the soldiers were serfs and freemen who had just been recruited. Although they had a period of training, they did not successfully practice the warrior awakening method to become a warrior. Their combat capabilities must not be as solid as a real warrior.

Seeing that some of the gnolls had already climbed halfway, Baird immediately ordered loudly: "Throw stones."

The warriors hiding behind the shields held the boulders and came to the city wall, throwing down the stones weighing hundreds of pounds in their hands.

Many gnolls were hit by stones, fell off the city wall, and wailed in pain.

The battle lasted from noon to afternoon. As it was getting dark, Rogers ordered his men to issue a retreat order.

"Ah--"

The attacking gnolls stopped, dragging the bodies of their companions, and retreated like a tide.

Seeing the other side retreat, the soldiers defending the outer wall collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath and wiping the sweat from their foreheads.

Baird shook the blood off the knight's long sword, put it back into the scabbard, counted the casualties, and reported the defense situation later.

The more than 600 surviving gnolls dragged the bodies of their companions back to the camp. The long-awaited gnoll chef took the bodies and started to make a fire to cook.

Along the way, they used the goblin and dog-headed slaves accompanying the army as food. From time to time, they encountered a goblin tribe and looted it to expand their food reserves.

When they arrived at the border of human territory, the dog-headed people and goblins had finished eating. They thought they could capture a piece of human territory as quickly as possible to solve the food problem.

I didn't expect this to happen. In addition, the surroundings were bare and there was no bark to eat. I could only eat the corpses of my compatriots.

"Commander, food."

A tall gnoll handed a roasted wolf leg to Rogers respectfully.

"A reward for you." Rogers looked at the roasted wolf leg in front of him with disgust and said expressionlessly.

"Thank you, commander."

After hearing this, the gnoll took the roasted wolf leg and left the place happily.

Rogers looked at the other gnolls who were eating their own kind and acting happy, and his contemptuous eyes were not concealed. Although he didn't regard these beasts as his own people.

"From the situation in the afternoon, humans used a bow and crossbow with a long range. I don't know if it is large-scale equipment or a unique technology of this human noble."

"It is definitely impossible to capture this human castle with ordinary gnolls. Those small clan leaders must be put on the field."

Tomorrow, Rogers is going to make a test. If he can't capture this castle in one go, then bypass this place and continue to move eastward.

He came here with a reconnaissance mission, so there was no need to fight to the death with humans.

Moreover, even if the enemy cut off his retreat on the way back, he only needed to abandon these idiots and lead his confidants away.

He still didn't believe that humans could completely block all the passages leading to the restoration of the gray light.

In the castle, Weilin inspected and listened to Baird's report.

"My lord, in the defensive battle this afternoon, we consumed a total of 160 iron arrows, one-fifth of the stone reserves, and suffered 86 casualties, including 23 deaths, most of whom died in the fight with the jackals."

"In addition, we took advantage of the night to go out of the city to harvest the heads of the jackals, and obtained 167 ordinary heads and 57 bronze heads. The rest of the bodies were taken back by the enemy. According to incomplete statistics, this battle killed and injured more than 400 jackals."

Wei Lin stopped and said in a deep voice: "Today may be the opponent's test, tomorrow is the key, let all knights be prepared, tomorrow the silver-level wolf man may be on the field."

"In addition, pickle the wolf man's head with lime. This hard-won military merit must be stored well. It is a good thing to be promoted to a noble title and sold to other nobles."

"I know."

After Baird left, Wei Lin went around and returned to his room.

Sitting on the chair, Wei Lin closed his eyes and rested, recalling what he observed during the day.

"The leading wolf man has a certain level of wisdom. Whether it is detouring the village, avoiding unknown dangers, or attacking and using cannon fodder, exploring the enemy's strengths and weaknesses, it can be regarded as a certain level."

This point does not conform to Wei Lin's stereotype of the wolf man being violent and brainless.

"I wish the other party had no brains." Wei Lin covered his head and said helplessly.

In order to prevent the gnolls from attacking at night, the entire castle was brightly lit. All the soldiers kept their weapons with them and rested on the city walls with blankets, which was convenient for changing shifts and for joining the battle at any time.

Baird, the chief steward of the Praying Star Lake, inspected the outer city walls every two hours to ensure that there were no mistakes.

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