About half an hour later, the orcs also joined the reserve team.
Although the battlefield is huge, it is still not enough for both sides with more than one million troops. Neither humans nor orcs can put all their troops into the battle line at once.
Of course, the most elite troops must be the first to step onto the battlefield. After all, everyone wants to be the first to win. But since the first wave failed to defeat the enemy, the battle had to be turned into a continuous positional war and a war of attrition.
It's like a millstone of flesh and blood.
The training of the orcs was not as good as that of the humans. When their reserve team stepped onto the battlefield and the vanguard, exhausted from the fierce battle, was preparing to retreat, the humans also put in a new reserve team at the right time and stepped up the offensive on a large scale. As a result, the battle situation was immediately stopped, making it impossible for the orcs' leading troops to withdraw in time.
What will happen if an army that is tired and ready to retreat has to turn around and fight the troops that are replenishing their strength
In just a few minutes, the most elite vanguard of the orcs suffered heavy losses, and many prestigious legions were almost completely wiped out.
The orc emperor watched all this in silence and did not issue an order. He just let the staff group composed of veteran generals and counselors from all races who were familiar with military affairs discuss and decide on their own.
He knew that he was not a thoughtful person. Compared with previous emperors, his strength is that he has gained great prestige after serving in the army for many years. When it comes to fighting, he can only see the situation at best. What to do in any situation is really beyond his ability.
Most famous orc generals are like this. When they fight, they just say "come with me", "charge with me", "withdraw from me"... that's all. They are indeed unambiguous when it comes to charging ahead and retreating behind, but when it comes to assessing the situation and adapting to changes, they are really not good at it.
Of course, humans are not much better, but population advantage means talent advantage. Of course, the number of talents that can be selected from three hundred people will be much more than that from one hundred people. Not to mention that the educational level of human society is generally higher, and the success rate is also much higher.
Therefore, although the level of bravery of human commanders may be worse than that of orcs, their observation of the battle situation and grasp of fighter opportunities are much better than those of orcs.
Just like now, the orcs did not urgently mobilize troops to respond until the staff group made a decision. In the end, the leading troops that were able to successfully withdraw were less than one-third of the total number of participants in the battle, and it could almost be said that they were completely defeated.
Reality is not about playing games. If an army's battle losses reach about one-tenth, it can rejoin the war after a rest; if it reaches one-third, it must recruit new soldiers or reorganize; if it exceeds half, it must not only replenish its troops. and reorganization, it will take a long time for them to recover their fighting spirit; if they lose two-thirds, it is almost the same as collapse, and they cannot even be broken up and reorganized into other units, because they are low. morale may affect others.
Such an army must return to the rear to recuperate for a long time, allowing a stable life to heal the panic and pain in the hearts of the soldiers before they can return to the battlefield again.
Seeing the once-mighty troops retreating in panic with faces full of fear, the orc emperor frowned and his face was as dark as water.
He knew that at least in this war, these troops had no chance of fighting a tough battle.
They had almost collapsed when they were attacked when they were planning to retreat. The reason why they were able to hold on to the battle until reinforcements arrived was due to the sacrifices of elite members of the army and the courage they mustered up temporarily in desperate situations. Now that they were safe, their courage dissipated.
This is like many soldiers who were very brave on the battlefield. After returning to the rear, they appear nervous. They are afraid of this and that all day long. This is simply because the courage from danger has dissipated, and all that is left is panic.
The old emperor said nothing, but stood silently under his royal flag, staring at the battlefield.
He didn't think much about this war, he just wanted to fight with all his strength.
If you can win, that would be the best. If you can't win, then you will die on the battlefield and write a decent ending to a lifetime of fighting.
As for whether he could win... he had no idea at all.
The orc gods did not tell the mortals about their plans. Even the orc emperor, who has the highest status among mortals, has just received the news that the great main god "Sky-Swallowing Dog" has driven the orc clan's kingdom of "Endless Wilderness" ”, went to die together with the “Glory Plains”, the divine kingdom of mankind.
According to the plan of the orc gods, this blow will definitely severely damage the human gods. What is left is to lead the gods of various races who came to fight the drowned dogs and join forces to strangle the group of seriously injured human gods.
Of course, the beasts in desperate situations are the most ferocious. Especially an extremely powerful person like the Lord of Glory, even if he was seriously injured due to the explosion in the Kingdom of God, it is not that easy to deal with. Therefore, the orc gods also became ruthless this time. Even if they had to sacrifice all their high-end military force, they would still kill the Lord of Glory.
Only by killing the Lord of Glory can this war truly be won.
But before that, all the mortals have to do is to fight with all their strength, taking advantage of the opportunity that the human gods are temporarily unable to build divine power channels because of the destruction of the Kingdom of God, to weaken the combat effectiveness of the human side as much as possible.
Just like simple arithmetic, everyone subtracts each other, but what is subtracted is all living life.
Time passed little by little, and the battle situation gradually tilted towards an unfavorable angle for the human side.
The advantages of divine assistance are really great!
Orc soldiers often equip themselves with auxiliary spells before going into battle. This makes them stronger and faster, and also fills their hearts with courage. Their weapons are sharper and their armors are stronger. Even when they are injured, they often receive a certain degree of treatment and can fight longer.
In contrast, although human soldiers are well armed and well trained, first of all, their innate physical fitness is far behind. Coupled with the gap caused by auxiliary spells, they often need several people to fight against one orc.
Some time before the war started, the human spell casters could still use spells to provide assistance, but the amount of spells was limited. Soon their mana was exhausted, even after using various props prepared before. Not much, so the gap in auxiliary spells became wider and wider, and the combat power of both sides gradually became higher and lower.
Although the human soldiers were still brave and fought with all their strength, their battle line was slowly pushed back, bit by bit, step by step.
Every step of the battle line was soaked in blood. At the back, soldiers from both sides even stood directly among the piles of corpses to fight.
This bloody battle shocked and disturbed everyone.