"Divide the troops? Those damn orcs divided their troops?" With a weird smile, I gently fiddled with the magic map in front of me. And behind me, Musa's face was also full of excitement.
"Sir, should we then execute the next battle plan? However, according to our investigation, about 3/4 of the 2 million orcs have been allocated to accelerate towards the Andrel Canyon, while the remaining 500,000 troops are steadily advancing forward... But, isn't 500,000 troops a bit too big a piece of meat?" Although he sincerely admired my strategy, Musa was still a little worried about the proportion of the orcs' troops. 50,000 human troops, against 500,000 orcs, this ratio is not a simple 1:10.
"It's no big deal. If there were no threat from the magic crystal cannon, I wouldn't care how many troops the orcs have. As long as I can maintain my speed advantage over the orcs, no matter how many orcs there are, I won't care.
Now, Musa, you must closely monitor the movements of the two orc troops. I don't want more garbage to emerge behind me when I'm dealing with those 500,000 garbage. Also, keep a clear line around Kadoc Canyon to prevent any humans or orcs from entering the area. I don't want something there to be discovered by irrelevant people.
Matthew, from now on, you must immediately deliver all the obsolete honeycomb ballistas and continuous bomb throwers that we have stockpiled over the past few years to the designated location. I think they will give those beasts a big surprise. . . . .
Also, Shen Xiang, you must return to our Iron Fortress immediately. In addition to making thorough preparations for war, you must also let Andriel's garrison contain the 1.5 million orc troops. We must not let them discover the Iron Fortress before us.
Otherwise, with the few combat troops in the Iron Fortress, there is no way they can stop the terrifying number of orc troops. . . . . . "
As my orders were issued one by one, in my eyes, those 500,000 orcs were getting closer and closer to death.
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Two days later, as the troops were deployed one after another, the shadow of war also enveloped the entire Anpu region. In this small fiefdom less than 20 kilometers away from my fiefdom, there are not many villages and towns, but its only city is a super city with a population of 500,000 (hehe, relative to that world).
When I was leading the decoy troops and was about to approach the city, a small fleeing group coming towards us caught my attention.
"The team in front, stop immediately and get inspected..." At my instruction, Shen Qiang immediately asked a soldier to run up and stop the team.
To my surprise, after seeing the people we sent to stop them, the team actually ran away, and those men dressed as armed warriors even tried to attack the soldiers who were trying to stop them. Of course, the result was self-evident. After shooting the rebels off their horses with several arrows, the resistance was quickly suppressed, and their leader was brought to me.
"Hey! Who are you? Why are you attacking us? Tell me where you come from and where you are going..." Before I could open my mouth, Shen Qiang asked impatiently. After all, we are now doing a big operation, and too much delay will make us lose the opportunity to fight.
"You are human? Yes, human... Brothers, they are human... We are saved... We are saved..." To all of our surprise, when the prisoners who were kneeling in a circle saw Shen Qiang taking off his fully enclosed helmet, some of them immediately jumped up in excitement, as if they had seen their savior.
"What's going on?" I frowned slightly, and suddenly I had a bad omen. At the same time, in order to show our identities, I also took off my helmet to show my identity.
"Oh my God! They really are our own troops... General, sir, please go and save our city of Anpu! Oh God! Those damn orcs not only plundered our property, but also massacred the people of our entire city..." Seeing that they were indeed a group of human warriors, the middle-aged man seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw, and regardless of the threat of dozens of long arrows, he quickly crawled in front of the horses of Shen Qiang and me and cried.
"Damn, we're still a step late..." After exchanging a glance with Shen Qiang, I suddenly whipped the horse's butt hard and ran to the front of the army. At the same time, I ordered the soldiers who were on guard around: "Bandage them and bring them to the outside of Anpu City..."
Soon, 10,000 former Flame Legion soldiers wearing magic armor and holding magic bows followed me to the outside of Anpu City. However, facing the more than ten-meter-high city wall and the wailing and screaming that continued to come from the city, the soldiers and I were powerless.
Not to mention that there are only 10,000 magic archers now, even if all 50,000 warriors are in place now, I don't have the courage to order an attack on the city to rescue people. After all, there are nearly 500,000 beastmen inside. Even if I can safely climb over the city wall, the street fighting in the city will not be something my troops can withstand. Advanced weapons and reasonable tactics cannot narrow the gap between us and the beastmen at this time.
"******, call up the magic artillery troops and blow up the entire city... Also, find a way to blow down all the gates of this city..." In a rage, I gave an order that shocked everyone.
"Sir, isn't this too crazy? There are at least hundreds of thousands of civilians here!" After hearing my order, Shen Qiang was the first to doubt the correctness of my order for the first time.
"******, how long have those orcs entered Anpu? Even if the humans inside are not all dead, there probably won't be many left. And those orcs, how much loss do you think they will suffer if they capture a city like this where most of the defenders have been withdrawn? No, they will basically not suffer any loss... So, bomb it! The number of orcs killed in the bombing will definitely exceed that of humans... And even if we don't attack the humans inside, they will be slaughtered by those cruel orcs in a short time..."
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No one raised any objections, and under my command, thousands of carriages drove towards Anpu City from afar. . . . . . (To be continued)