The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth.

Chapter 788 Blood-stained

"Damn it!" Adolf Heinrich rushed up to Roland in a rage, gritting his teeth as he spoke to him.

“I knew those dwarves were unreliable! They let an orc army pass through! That northern orc army passed through their territory! They ambushed most of the orc infantry! But they didn’t notify Swiftstream City!” Adolf Heinrich’s anger was enough to set Thorin on fire. This news was still very important. Although it wouldn’t change the kingdom’s strategy, it would at least allow Caslo to use a forbidden dragon spell on them before they got close, thus weakening their forces, instead of them only reacting after being slapped in the face.

"Forget it, those orcs and dwarves can't stop them anyway! They've done more than enough by holding off some infantry, and besides, they don't even know the orcs are coming towards us!" Roland shook his head, taking it all in stride. After all, the dwarves' small numbers were enough to help the kingdom fight two battles against the orcs in the north, weakening their forces—that was enough to do the alliance a favor. As the saying goes, "Even three arrows in battle are enough to honor the emperor!" At least the dwarves actually fought two real battles!

“That being said… alas!” Adolf Heinrich sighed and shook his head helplessly. The lack of coordination between the dwarves and humans reduced the kingdom’s chance to inflict greater losses on the orcs. Thorin probably never imagined that his attempt to avoid troubling the Kingdom of Lagrange would result in such a huge problem.

"Have the soldiers all climbed the city walls?" Roland asked, watching the soldiers filing in one after another on the city walls.

"Everyone is taking their positions!" Duke Joelsteria said calmly, flicking his sleeves.

“Alright, the command is now in your hands, Your Excellency Adolf. From this moment on, all of us, including myself, will follow your command!” Roland said solemnly to Adolf Heinrich.

“Thank you for your trust! My first order is... to disarm the city’s shield!” Adolf Heinrich said firmly.

"..." After Adolf Heinrich finished speaking, he immediately attracted the attention of everyone. "I haven't even started the game yet and you're already planning to surrender?" Omske's clear and foolish eyes made Adolf Heinrich feel uneasy. He always felt that Omske was plotting to create a hole in his back.

"Activating the shield under a clear sky would only waste our limited magic crystals!" Adolf Heinrich said with a headache. The questioning gazes from these people almost drowned him. He could only explain with a dark face, after all, except for the Great Forbidden Spell, the entire battlefield was now under a no-fly zone! Activating the shield to illuminate the enemy Ringwraiths?

"Listen to him!" Roland nodded after hearing the reasonable explanation, indicating that he had handed over command and that everyone should do as he instructed.

"Prepare for melee! Hold the city walls! Archers? Archers! Put away your bows and arrows! You can't lift your armor-piercing hammers anymore?" Adolf Heinrich felt a surge of anger as he looked at the rows of Battanian archers holding longbows. At this moment, a longbow was less useful than a stick!

"Wow!" The Battanian archers were overjoyed. They never expected to encounter an opportunity in their lifetime that was the place for their side hustle!

"Swish, swish!" They drew their armor-piercing hammers from their waists, their eyes filled with joy and delight!

"Boom!" The Swift Infantry pressed their large shields against the city walls, ready to use their five-meter-long chevaux-de-frise to push down the orcs and Dongyi people clinging to the city walls!

Over the past five years, the Swift Infantry have undergone equipment upgrades. Their original infantry armor has been replaced with heavy plate armor made of refined steel! The large shields made of leather and wood have been replaced with tower shields made of leather and steel, and the chevaux-de-frise have been extended to five meters! Roland's role for them has been completely transformed into that of a tank! After all, with a scarce population and limited manpower, Roland wanted to use each soldier as if they were an entire squad! Moreover, the extravagant act of using Swift Infantry as "line-filling babies" like in the game was clearly not something Roland would do! So, it's not surprising that Roland made the decision to arm cannon fodder units when equipment was plentiful but manpower was scarce.

"The southern defense line is yours, Lord Verin Angus! You will lead a thousand Lagrange City Guards to hold off those orcs! Lord Mogus will provide cover for you! Hold the walls! Fight to the death!" Adolf Heinrich ordered Verin Angus, the third-tier Lagrange City Guard Commander (formerly the Palembang garrison commander), while simultaneously sending Mogus to reinforce the defenses and prevent the orcs' sixth-tier forces from rushing in. Those orc totem shamans were definitely crippled, and the continued existence of Clear Skies required their magic to sustain them, so the orcs would certainly need someone to keep an eye on them. Therefore, Adolf Heinrich was betting that the orcs wouldn't be able to spare more than two sixth-tier forces to attack the southern wall!
"Yes, sir! Fight to the death!" Verin Angus nodded, pounded his chest, and left. "Be careful! Don't launch an attack first!" Adolf Heinrich pulled Mogus back and warned him.

"Don't worry! I will not tarnish the honor of the Swifthand family!" Mogus nodded to Adolf Heinrich.

“General Luke Leopold! General Merk Leopold, each of you take 1500 Swift Infantry to guard the east and west walls! Be ready to support us at any time!” Adolf Heinrich turned to Merk Leopold and Luke Leopold and said solemnly.

"The rest of you, guard the south wall!" Adolf Heinrich narrowed his eyes after watching the two men split up and leave.

"The war has begun!" Adolf Heinrich said solemnly as he watched the orcs and Dongyi people slowly approach.

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"Kill!" The Dongyi chariot people launched the attack first. They drove their chariots and pulled ladders to the foot of Laglang City. Because the arrows and crossbow bolts had become weak and powerless, they were not attacked halfway. Only when they appeared at the base of the wall with the ladders did the stones on top suddenly come down.

"Bang!" The skull shattered instantly. A head-sized boulder falling from a height of twenty meters was enough to smash a person's head so badly that even their own mother wouldn't recognize them.

"Kill!" The Battanian archers on the city wall, because of their short arms (archers can't believe their arms are shorter than warriors... sob sob sob!), could only carry stones to smash people. Fortunately, Roland was well prepared. Guess how many logs and rolling stones Roland prepared in five years? Roland even had the leisure to have the dwarves help polish the quarried stones to be round.

"Smash! Smash these bastards to death!" Omske carried the stone like a bomb, and with a flick of his arms, he flew out, smashing an approaching ladder in half.

"Infantrymen, clear away the ladders! Don't let them get up there easily!" Adolf Heinrich commanded. Ladders were already approaching the city wall, but the falling rocks made it impossible for them to climb.

"The orcs have moved!" Kaslow's dragon couldn't fly, but its eyes weren't blind. He patted Adolf Heinrich on the shoulder.

"Kill them if they come!" Adolf Heinrich's face was filled with murderous intent, and to Roland's horrified gaze, he drew a longsword with a "whoosh".

“What Gandalf of Middle-earth…” Roland muttered to himself, looking completely bewildered. “The mages of Middle-earth are a bit too martial.”

"Then kill!" Maple Forest Orchid, a dragon rider commander who had been overwhelmed by the mobs, was an honest man. He felt he should do something, so he drew his Dragon Slayer Sword and prepared to jump off the city wall.