The war in the world has slowly fallen into a strange state.
On the frontal battlefield, facing the Great Wall of Defense built by humans over many years, the orc army was helpless even with the assistance of divine magic.
The walls of the Great Wall are high and thick, and the entire body is reinforced with magic. An ordinary sword attack would only leave an inconspicuous mark, which would disappear after a while. These walls are not simply connected together, but are uneven depending on the earth's veins. There are many twists and turns in the urn city structure. If you want to rush in along the road, you will fall into the urn city and be attacked from several sides. It is easy for the whole army to be annihilated.
Therefore, to attack this line of defense, one must and can only rely on equipment such as ladders to climb the city wall.
However, when it comes to the level of siege equipment, the technology of the orcs is really terrible. After so many years, they have not been able to invent anything more powerful - there is really no need for it. The orcs themselves are not in the habit of building high and thick city walls, and they also have no habit of attacking cities. What's more, even if you are facing a towering and steep city wall, there are still flying monsters and mid-to-high-level experts.
But for the Great Wall's defense line, flying monsters are useless, and mid-to-high-level experts are equally useless.
Humans also have flying troops, and their numbers are also very large. Perhaps the total number is not as high as that of the orcs, but at least it is enough for defense.
In terms of the number of strong people, the human side has an absolute advantage. In the last great battle, the confrontation between the legendary powerhouses from both sides ended with the defeat of the orc side. It's a pity that the battle dragged on for a long time, and in the end it was not of any decisive significance to the battle situation.
At this point, the situation is exactly the opposite of that of the flying soldiers.
But if the Great Wall defense line is used as the battlefield, and the legendary strongmen from both sides engage in a long battle, then the orcs' numerical disadvantage will be fully exposed. At that time, I am afraid that the legendary powerhouses will suffer a lot, and this is something that the orc emperor cannot accept.
The loss of some ordinary soldiers is not a problem for this kind of clan war, but the number of legendary powerhouses is not large to begin with. If there are more losses, the situation will be even worse.
Since the legendary strong men cannot go out to fight, the orcs are naturally at an absolute disadvantage. If you want to attack the city, you can only do it at the expense of human lives.
Do they have enough lives
Of course there is.
But the orc emperor did not intend to use human lives to fill that terrifying line of defense.
"It's not necessary." In the military meeting in the evening, he said, "On the human side, there are more people than us, and food must be tighter than us. Moreover, they lack enough spellcasters, treatment of the wounded, and cultivation of the sick... These are all Very disadvantaged.”
"More importantly, their logistics line is about to have problems." The emperor had a cold smile on his old face, "Tens of thousands of people are constantly destroying their rear, and your Majesty's envoys are even attacking temples and altars. They won’t last long!”
This is the result of the discussion of the staff group. According to their estimates, the human side's military rations will only last about another month. After one month, millions of troops will face the dilemma of food shortage.
At that time, humans will either take the initiative or retreat. There will be no other choice.
Emperor Yiluo is not worried about the safety of the mobile troops. They are not as isolated and helpless as the mobile troops of the Gold Coin Federation's Southern Legion. Behind them are the great gods and a large number of divine envoys.
These divine envoys will provide them with sufficient intelligence and support in time, allowing them to maintain good condition, and even transport supplies for them. With the help of the divine envoys, even though they go deep alone, they are not alone.
On the contrary, based on the actual situation, they may live a more nourished and comfortable life than the main army that is staring at the human army to the west of the Great Wall defense line.
After all, the enemies they have to face are not strong, they are just some militiamen or private armies of nobles. Humanity's elite troops have either gathered at the Great Wall defense line, or are guarding various points on the supply line. It is impossible to dedicate enough troops to deal with them.
As for the issue of recruiting a few strong men, what is the use of a few strong men in the face of an army of tens of thousands and strong men who may be hidden in the army? It's nothing more than sending yourself to death.
In fact, humans can also mobilize several troops to encircle and suppress them. With the advantage of military strength, this is not impossible. But the orcs had divine envoys to help collect intelligence, and they easily escaped two encirclement and suppression attacks by the human army. The second time, they even took the opportunity to lay a trap and made a beautiful counterattack.
As the days passed, the weather gradually became warmer, but the hearts of the commanders on both sides were cold.
What is cold is not despair or fear, but murderous intent.
The humans have already suffered huge losses. The losses in the previous positional battles were nothing more. During this period, they were harassed by the orc mobile troops in their own hinterland, which really caused heavy losses. At least hundreds of towns and villages were reduced to ruins, and more than 100,000 civilians became refugees and needed assistance—and all of this was just the beginning.
One hundred thousand people are not many, but it is not so easy to provide food and shelter for an additional one hundred thousand people.
After repeated considerations on the human side, they finally had no choice but to move these 100,000 people toward the Great Wall defense line. Only there can they get enough food and shelter.
As for the issue of danger, if the army is defeated, then what else is not dangerous
As for the orcs, the mobile troops were also a little tired after more than ten days of continuous combat. The most important thing is that their biggest goal of this trip has not yet been completed.
For the orc mobile troops, attacking the hinterland of humanity and creating a large number of refugees is just a casual goal. Their main goal is to destroy human supply lines. However, humans have certainly expected this. Every stronghold along the entire supply line is heavily defended. Almost all of them are fortresses and are heavily guarded. The mobile troops of the orcs are enough to attack noble castles or towns. They can be used It's not enough to attack a heavily guarded fortress.
Under this situation, these orcs who were deep behind enemy lines couldn't help but become agitated.
According to tradition, they should capture a large number of humans at this time, force these civilians to attack the fortress, and use their lives to consume the weapons and morale of the fortress defenders. This method is cruel, vicious, and very effective.
But not this time.
When the Orc Mobile Force held a military meeting at night to discuss this plan, they heard a roar from the sky.
The sturdy tent was torn into pieces, and the huge green jellyfish looked at them with terrifying big scarlet eyes.
Sui Xiong didn't say anything, but his attitude was already very clear.