total war rise of empire

Chapter 31 The Brave and Mindless Orc
The hand crossbow is the first long-range weapon in Lei Zihao's hands. He has already tested the range of effective lethality. For long-range weapons such as crossbows and even throwing javelins, no one cares about the maximum range on the battlefield. Qin If the range of the national crossbow is counted, it is no problem to fly more than 100 meters, but the distance that can really cause lethality is less than 50 meters!
This is still when the enemy is not armored!
Of course, Lei Zihao's enemies for the time being are mainly orcs, 50 meters is enough!
The half-orc with blood-red eyes roared and waved his battle ax and rushed forward. With the half-orc's physique far surpassing that of a human, it is no problem to cut people after a [-]-meter sprint!

jump jump jump……

A hundred crossbow arrows made a crisp sound when the hand crossbow was released, and the sharp triangular cone arrows easily crossed a hundred steps and penetrated into the orc's naked muscles!

Obviously, the bulky muscles on the orcs are far from reaching the level of muscle armor...

The half-orc warrior with the best physical strength, the greatest strength, and the fastest speed was the first to bear the brunt, and the half-orc friends behind the fearless stand-in blocked more than a dozen crossbow arrows...

Who told the half-orc warrior that the giant double-edged ax was so shiny and dazzling, even if the Qin crossbowmen didn't focus on taking care of him, I would be sorry for the half-orc warrior's cool appearance...

The half-orc warrior who had experienced many battles instinctively wanted to dodge and block crossbow arrows, but with his huge target, it was really difficult to face a dozen crossbow arrows...

Since ancient times, crossbows have been able to keep pace with bows and arrows, and even almost replaced bows and arrows, not only because of the ease of operation of crossbows, but most importantly, the armor-piercing ability of crossbows fired under mechanical force is much better than that of bows and arrows!

If it weren't for the fact that bows and arrows have a longer range than crossbows, and can also perform pleasing projectiles for covering shooting, I am afraid that bows and arrows have long been replaced by a large number of mechanical crossbows!

At close range, the Qin hand crossbow can easily penetrate the chain armor specially designed to protect against arrows, let alone the muscle fibers of the half-orcs?
The half-orc warrior who was pierced by more than a dozen crossbow arrows suddenly felt his whole body lose strength, and the double-edged battle ax in his hand became extremely heavy. After being hit by the arrows, the half-orc warrior fell to his knees within a few steps. !

A half-orc warrior who could kill all directions in melee, just fell under a round of crossbow arrows!
Death is worthless!
The half-orc warriors were easily wiped out, thanks to Freya's contribution. If there was a fox under the command, this kind of half-orc warriors would follow behind the charging half-orc warriors. With the thick meat shield in front, the half-orc warriors would not Could be killed so easily!
Although the range of the hand crossbow was shorter, the hand crossbow that only needed to be wound with both hands was much faster than the kicked crossbow. When the half-orc warrior rushed to about 20 meters, another round of crossbow arrows shot past!
Under two rounds of crossbow arrows, nearly half of the more than 200 orc warriors crowded together have been removed!
In this world, all races rely on long-range crossbow weapons to block the locust-like half-orc army!
"Javelin Throwing!"

After shooting the second round of crossbow arrows, it is naturally impossible for the Qin crossbowmen to stay where they are and rewind, waiting for the half-orc warriors to rush under their noses and shoot again...

Hand crossbowmen don't have the courage to die with orc warriors!
When Qin's crossbowmen retreated, 120 Spartan general guards skillfully threw short spears in their hands!
The short spear in the Spartan warrior's hand crossed a standard parabola and shot into the chest, arms, thighs, and mouth of the charging half-orc!
After the remaining half-orc warriors experienced the baptism of javelins, there were only less than a hundred left!
If these half-orc warriors were replaced by human soldiers, they would have completely collapsed by this time!

However, for the brainless orcs, only food and the desire to kill are in their eyes!

"Pikemen go up! Spartans outflank!"

The well-trained elite spearmen quickly completed the team change, and the Spartan warriors pulled out their daggers and ran to the two sides of the orcs' charging formation in a single file!
Orc warriors without a brain would have the idea of ​​defending the two wings...

The ferocious half-orc warrior slammed into the tip of the elite spearman's spear unsuspectingly, and the elite spearmen in the first two rows immediately felt the force of the impact far surpassing that of the wolf man!
The corners of Lei Zihao's eyes twitched as he stood on the raised slope behind him. This group of half-orc warriors fought much better than those jackals of the same height!
The elite spearmen who were originally lined up neatly were pushed out of several gaps by the body of the half-orc warrior!

Although the elite spearmen pierced through more than 20 brainless half-orc warriors in one encounter, their spear phalanx was pushed out with small gaps!
100 elite spearmen can't list enough depth at all, there are only three thin rows. After the brave half-orc warriors rush into the gap, half of the elite spearmen next to them can fly up with a single axe. !
Even half-orc warriors can kill and stun elite spearmen with one blow!

Half-orc warriors fight completely by instinct, without any defensive posture. Under the huge force, a fragile human body can basically get a lunch...

The elite spearmen that Lei Zihao placed high hopes on didn't even block it for 10 minutes before being smashed into pieces by the orc warriors!

Fortunately, the devious Spartan warriors had inserted into both sides of the half-orc warriors, holding back the half-orc warriors!

There was a chaotic battle on the battlefield, the roars of Spartans and orcs kept coming and going, the Spartans relied on superb combat skills to dodge and hack, while the orc warriors only knew how to slash and kill!

In addition, several Spartan warriors cooperate to face a half-orc warrior, and they can kill a half-orc warrior without damage in just a few moves!

It's a pity that after the elite spearmen lost their phalanx, they were as powerless as children in front of the 2-meter-high half-orc warrior!
Compared to the half-orc warriors on the side and rear who were steadily slaughtered by the general Spartan guards, the dozen orc warriors who went deep into the array of spearmen were like gods descending from the earth, beckoning!

The elite spearmen collapsed faster than Lei Zihao imagined!

Lei Zihao has already realized that when the number of spearmen is too small, it is very easy to break through the phalanx. Once the phalanx is lost, the combat effectiveness of the spearmen will undoubtedly be reduced by half!

However, the elite spearmen had fulfilled their duty. They successfully delayed the half-orc warriors for more than ten minutes, allowing the Spartan warriors to kill all the follow-up half-orcs!

As for the sporadic orc warriors who followed the spearmen's rout and continued to charge forward, the Qin crossbowmen who re-formed in the rear gathered and shot, turning into a bunch of hedgehogs!
As the breeze blew by, the strong smell of blood constantly stimulated Lei Zihao's sense of smell. More than 200 orc warriors were all wiped out!
(End of this chapter)