Bringing the Farm to Live in Another World

Chapter 545: The Hope of the Church of Light (Subscription Requested)

The next day, the orc tribe's attack suddenly intensified. The beast king knew that if the orc tribe continued their slow approach, the human race would surely become suspicious. Therefore, he decided to increase the intensity of the orc tribe's assault, which would better cover the actions of another team.

Indeed, the beast king's strategy immediately drew the attention of everyone on the continent towards the Iron Wall Fortress. The human race was very familiar with the orc tribe; they knew that in terms of combat power, the orc tribe was superior. Moreover, the orc tribe was not just mindless in combat; they would first scout the human forces, especially since the orc tribe had the Eagle Clan as aerial scouts, giving them reconnaissance capabilities stronger than those of the human race.

This was why the Church of Light had stationed heavy troops in the Iksa Family Territory, leaving the Versailles Family to face the orc tribe alone. Thus, the orc tribe would realize that there were heavy troops in the Iksa Family Territory, making an attack there risky. Instead, they would focus their full strength on attacking the Versailles Family, perfectly following the script laid out by the Church of Light.

At the same time, the orc tribe was putting on a show, launching a frenzied assault on the Iron Wall Fortress. The casualties for the Versailles Family were significant, of course, but the orc tribe also suffered losses. However, this was characteristic of the orc tribe’s aggressive style: a reckless assault, pushing forward relentlessly until they breached the defenses.

Few human armies could withstand such a crazed attack from the orc tribe. Thus, under normal circumstances, human armies would avoid open battles with the orc tribe, as this would only maximize the advantage of the orc cavalry.

While heavy infantry on the continent could deal with the orc cavalry, it depended on the type of orc cavalry they faced. Regular orc cavalry could be managed, but when truly confronted with the cavalry of the Great War Tribe, the heavy infantry would find themselves helpless.

Of course, the human race continent was not without methods to counter the orc tribe. The orc tribe usually lacked armor, while the humans possessed heavy armored cavalry. These heavy cavalry could deal significant damage to the orc tribe when charging, but the cost of such heavy cavalry was extremely high. As a result, even in powerful nations like the Aksu Empire, the number of heavy armored cavalry was not large.

However, the orc tribe was not particularly skilled at attacking; they lacked cities, and their wars typically took place on the plains, consisting of cavalry battles. Therefore, they were not very adept at siege warfare.

In contrast, the human race had extensive experience in defending cities. Humans lived in cities, and wars often centered around urban areas, making them very familiar with both defense and attack. Thus, in the battles between the human race and the orc tribe, the key for humans was to rely on cities to establish a series of defense lines to halt the orc tribe's advance.

Everyone was watching, waiting to see when the orc tribe could breach the Iron Wall defense. After all, the Iron Wall Fortress was famous on the continent for having previously repelled an orc attack, and now people were curious if the Versailles Family could create another miracle.

The orc tribe had been attacking the Iron Wall Fortress for seven days. Although seven days was not long, it was certainly not short either. The orc army sent this time exceeded one million, while the defending forces at the Iron Wall Fortress numbered less than 100,000.

However, this 100,000 was all the warriors the Versailles Family could muster, and each of them was determined to fight to the death, resulting in a fierce battle.

In these seven days, nearly 50,000 of the Versailles Family’s defenders had died, while the orc tribes' casualties approached 100,000. The casualty ratio was one to two, which was unusual in the wars between the orc tribe and the human race. The humans generally faced a disadvantage, so they typically had higher casualty rates. It was rare to see the orc tribe having a higher casualty rate than the humans.