"How about we go up there and slaughter him first?" Grand Duke Ocrean Yaso gestured with his hand, making a chopping motion.
"I suggest you hold back for now. At the very least, we need to wear down those Warg Riders... I don't think unrestrained Warg Riders are much less dangerous than Warg Riders moving in organized groups..." Okrian-Lujin hurriedly stopped Grand Duke Ocrean Yaso. If they charged out, the two of them could certainly hold back the enemy's sixth-tier Orc Overlord, but those Warg Riders scattering in all directions would be enough to turn this region into a complete mess for years to come!
Large formations of Warg Riders could still be wiped out head-on by concentrated forces, but once vast numbers of them turned into scattered raiders living by plunder, the damage they caused would be far from minor! Anyone familiar with history knew that the hardest part of occupying land was maintaining public order, especially against Warg Riders capable of crushing ordinary militia and even regular armies! It was not that Okrian-Lujin looked down on Count Laimon's territory; they simply had no ability to swiftly eliminate these mobile Warg Riders...
The battlefield did not shift according to human will. While the two spoke, the Wandering Orcs had already charged forward carrying crude wooden ladders. No one expected Orcs marching long distances to bring much in the way of Siege Engines, nor did anyone overestimate their fine craftsmanship. Without accompanying craftsmen, asking Orcs to make a large Siege Engine by hand was no different from asking for their lives!
"Archers! Loose!" On the city walls, Okrian-Lujin gauged the distance and immediately ordered the archers to fire! Count Laimon did not have many professional soldier archers, but he could still scrape together several dozen. For Lagrange, an arrow barrage