"Boom."
"Boom."
"Boom!"
The dull sound of drums came from the ground. A frightened prairie goshawk emitted a clear and sharp whistle, flapped its wings vigorously, broke through the thick clouds and flew away far away. Under it, the endless On the prairie, several huge phalanxes are slowly advancing.
The dull drum sound came from the Thunder Beast in the center of the square. Each Thunder Beast had a huge basket-like thing on its back. There was a giant war drum in the middle, and two orcs stood on one side. , beating the drum head hard, and around them, countless orc warriors followed the sound of the drums and stepped forward, forming a very rhythmic sound of trampling the earth.
After three months of silence, the Beastman Barbarian Bear Clan finally began to move south. Before that, the Beast King finally integrated the power of all the Orc clans with force, and sent all the disobedient people to the Star Luo Islands on sea ships. When the Barbarian Bear Clan marched southward, the Beast King already had 400,000 fighting men. Naturally, this number was not as good as the one more than 4 years ago. But this time, there were no more warriors in the orc army. Without a second voice, the combat effectiveness has been greatly improved.
When the Beast King returned south, Alexandra, the leader of the Black Hawk Clan, fled with a small number of her clan members to the area controlled by the Imperial Capital. This also made humans alert enough to the upcoming second attack by the orcs. It’s just that no one expected that the orcs could be so calm. Three months after retaking the new city of Thunder God Fortress, they officially marched into the control area of the imperial capital. This is obviously not good news, because the longer the orcs delay, the more likely they will be. The upcoming offensive will become even more fierce.
When the main force of the orcs was still 50 kilometers away from the northern defense line of the imperial capital and the three northern forts, Sharik, the supreme commander of the three northern forts of the imperial capital and commander of the first army of the imperial capital, had already learned the news. At this time, he was leading the entire third The officers of the first legion stayed in their military tents, studying countermeasures with the help of the sand table, and beside him stood an old orc, but it was Alexandra who had fled to the imperial capital-controlled area.
Since humans and orcs have completely different appearances, it is impossible for both sides to plant spies into each other's hinterland. Therefore, Alexandra, who fled to the imperial capital, became an excellent guide, and Alexandra naturally hopes that humans can defeat them. The Beast King avenges his tribe, of course he knows everything and talks about it.
Sharik stood in the center of the sand table, watching his staff officers busy non-stop. The Three Northern Forts would release more than 1,000 scouts every day. So many people would naturally bring back a large amount of intelligence, and Sharik's staff officers All you have to do is sort them out and display them on the sand table,
Seeing the model representing the orc army slowly approaching the three northern forts, Sharik frowned slightly. The imperial capital built the entire northern defense line based on the three northern forts. As the supreme commander of the entire defense line, Sharik could command everything. There are a full 200,000 troops, but the number of orcs on the opposite side is at least between 350,000 and 450,000, which is almost twice the number of the imperial army. According to the calculation method of combat strength that 5 human warriors can fight against 1 orc, Sharik At this time, it is equivalent to facing 2 million enemy troops.
According to Alexandra's description, the Beast King's return to the south was planned for a long time, and he spent a lot of time staying at the Thunder God Fortress. It should be to integrate the power within the orcs. Now the Beast King is directing his army to the north. For the three forts, I believe that there will no longer be any internal strife among the orcs similar to the battle at the Thunder God Fortress. The three northern forts are just temporary fortresses. Their main material is wood, not solid stone like the Thor Fortress. The defensive effect is Naturally, Xia Ruike was not optimistic about the upcoming battle.
After looking at the entire sand table, there was still no trace of the Imperial City's reinforcements, but the soldier models representing the orc army were placed at the far north. Xia Rick couldn't help but sigh in his heart, even though he had already had it a few months ago. After hearing the news about the return of the Beast King, the Imperial Capital was still unable to concentrate its forces because Senat's army launched a fierce attack on the southern defense line of the Imperial Capital at almost the same time.
The imperial capital has a standing force of 1 million, but the only ones that can really be used are ten formal legions with 600,000 soldiers. The rest are reserve legions and garrisons. Sharik was ordered to garrison the three northern forts, so he naturally brought the troops of the first legion with him. All soldiers, after learning the accurate news about the return of the Beast King, Orlando urgently mobilized an elite legion and a reserve legion one month later, bringing the total strength of the entire northern defense line to 200,000. This number is already difficult to increase. After all, the southern front was also very depleted. Senat's army held back almost 300,000 troops in the imperial capital in the Mori town area, and then eliminated an elite regiment guarding the imperial capital, and went on an expedition against Jonas of the Clay tribe. In addition to the legion and the garrison that defends the area ruled by the imperial capital, Orlando's troops are also stretched thin. I'm afraid it will be difficult to dispatch more soldiers to Sharik.
It's not that Sharik doesn't know these situations. In fact, he can calculate how many more people General Orlando can send to him without even asking. Based on the travel time of the messengers he sent, he can also roughly calculate how few reinforcements will arrive in the north. The time of the Three Castles, and these can't alleviate the pressure in Xia Reik's heart.
Sharik is under a lot of pressure. This is not because he is timid. In the past few years, many officers in the imperial capital have been working hard to learn the language of the orcs and understand the history and fighting style of the orcs. Sharik is naturally no exception. After countless After the war game deduction, Sharik and the others did not find any particularly effective method. The only consensus was to use superior forces to conduct a war of attrition, or to use a large number of magicians to carry out indiscriminate bombings. These, for the current northern defense line, It's not realistic. There is no effective plan to deal with the enemy. This is why Xia Rick is under great pressure.
"Legion Commander, the latest information." The adjutant who came over quickly took stock of Xia Reike's thoughts. The adjutant came to Xia Reike's side in a few steps. After performing a military salute, he took out a small document from the intelligence folder in his hand. Bo read the letter quickly: "The information we just received is that the Jonas Army has dispatched 10,000 soldiers to quickly support our side. The messenger said that these 10,000 soldiers are all shooters, led by Colin and Thomas. They There will be constant exchanges of war horses along the way, and they will probably arrive between midnight today and early tomorrow morning, and the follow-up troops of Jonas Army will also arrive in the next three days."
After hearing the news, Sharik couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. The First Legion and the Jonas Legion have always had deep conflicts. After all, the First Legion has always been the strongest army in the imperial capital besides the Royal Knights, but when the law After Russ came to power, he vigorously supported Jonas, giving priority to both manpower and material resources, so that the combat power of Jonas's third army quickly caught up with Sharek's first army, and even exceeded it.
On the surface, neither Sharik nor Jonas could say anything, but the soldiers of the two legions were constantly competing behind the scenes. Fights in bars were naturally a common occurrence. Sharik's subordinates had stronger combat capabilities. After all, they had always Both are the strongest force in the imperial capital, and the Jonas Legion is unusually united. Therefore, the two sides are constantly fighting, and it is difficult for anyone to completely gain the upper hand. Such small frictions will not affect the overall situation, but will stimulate competition between the two legions. Awareness, so although the top management is very aware, they pretend not to know,
What Xia Rick never expected was that Jonas sent reinforcements to him without reservation at this time. This moved him very much. At the same time, Xia Rick was also a little surprised. According to the distance, the three northern forts where Xia Rick was stationed Of course, it is closer to the imperial capital of Fernando City, but Jonas's legion stationed in the distant Mirror Lake area arrived first. This has to show the importance of mobility. It seems that this time his first legion will be defeated by Jonas. The comparison is over,
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"It's all damn good for me. There are two of you in a team. The one in front has a shield and the one in the back has a sword. If anyone dares to turn around, he will be chopped down directly. All his family members will be executed. If anyone rushes forward, there will be meat to eat at night. For women." Kobe, the bearded little leader, shouted loudly at the large group of cowering men in front of him.
Kobe is a captain of Senat's army. What he has to do now is to command his men to supervise the battle team and drive the captured strong men in front of him to attack the imperial army's positions. Today, Senat's troops have suffered a great loss, but no matter how everyone tries, Despite his persuasion, Senat refused to change his order. In desperation, he had no choice but to resort to this method of cannon fodder attack.
These ragged guys were all ordinary people. After being captured by Senat's army, they were forcibly driven to the battlefield. Due to the defection of Free Paradise, Senat's army was extremely short of supplies. These cannon fodder troops could only use the sword and shield of two warriors. weapons, the mortality rate is naturally extremely high,
In fact, Senat himself knew very well that an attack of this level was already an attack by an external force, but he had no choice. If the defection of Free Paradise caused Senat's army to lose its logistical supplies, then the departure of Mochizuki City completely caused Senat to lose. In order to lose the possibility of winning, Senat could only put all his hopes on his chief magician Safanas.
Senat is very aware of the power behind Sarfanas. In order to get its support, Senat is willing to pay any price. Anyway, he will lose his life after defeat, and if he wins, it will be nothing more than dividing a large piece of the final result. That's it, those things don't belong to him now, and there's no need for him to feel bad about it.
According to Sarfanas's request, Senat dispatched his own killer organization to eradicate several important druid tribes in the mainland. At the same time, he commanded the army to storm the southern defense line of the imperial capital. Then Senat even attacked in his own area. Extremely harsh and draconian laws were promulgated in the country. Whether it was a thief who stole a copper coin, a beggar begging on the street, or a grumbler who cursed the Senat regime behind his back, they were all arrested. Many of these guys They will be sent to the Star Luo Islands by ship, and those that exceed the transport capacity will be escorted to the front line to be used as cannon fodder to put pressure on the Imperial Army.