Since entering Broken Dragon Peak and entering the Central Mountain Range, Chief Grom's Warsong tribe has always been the vanguard of Dane's army.
This powerful orc army performed very well in the previous eradication of the undead army that besieged Emhar. Moreover, Dane's legion itself is in an offensive situation, and the vanguard army is fighting fiercely and aggressively, which is not a bad thing.
This time, however, Grom was a little out of touch.
When he was advancing ahead, he found a small army of undead, about a thousand people. Originally, this was nothing. On the marching route, when getting closer and closer to the Green Dragon Mountain, it is indeed easy to encounter some small groups of undead troops.
He led the army to catch up directly.
It wasn't a big deal at first, and the undead army was defeated by Grom's team very smoothly.
Grom then gave chase.
Appropriate pursuit, expanding the results of the battle, this is nothing special.
But the problem is, this time, Grom chased a little deeper.
So, the problem arises.
It now appears that this is the enemy's tactic to lure the enemy into depth. After Grom led more than 5,000 orc warriors to catch up, he was blocked by superior forces. And when he wanted to retreat, a small group of undead troops copied their back route from the complicated mountain roads, blocking the orc troops.
The mage accompanying the army passed the news back. Now, Grom's troops are in a mountain depression, facing fierce attacks from demons from three directions. The enemy's momentum is very fierce, and casualties are not counted. It is obvious that they want to eliminate Grom's troops as soon as possible.
Now it is meaningless to investigate whether Grom's pursuit was blind, reckless, or wrong. The key is what to do next.
Rescue is definitely necessary.
Dane asked, "Which team is closest to Grom's besieged army?"
Verina quickly replied: "It's another part of the Warsong tribe's army, and the three regiments are nearby. In addition, Colonel Pearl's team of the Cormyr sub-corps is also nearby, and there is also a drow regiment .”
Dane thought about it, and said: "Let Pearl lead the drow team to open the siege of the undead as soon as possible, and respond to Grom's troops. At the same time, let the other troops of the Warsong Legion seal off the surrounding area of the mountain to prevent those undead. Big ambush."
"In addition, let the three regiments of the Fifth Army on the left press forward to control the southwest of the col, and let the 20th, 21st, and 22nd regiments of the White Wolf Legion on the left wing go to the northeast of the col to deploy defenses. I want to make sure that the army will not encounter enemies from both wings on its way."
"The air unit cancels all rest and enters a state of combat readiness. It conducts flight reconnaissance at the maximum number of rounds, and must try its best to find out the movements of the surrounding undead. If you encounter the enemy's air force, don't stay behind and wipe them all out!"
"Order the entire army to advance faster! I feel that the war may break out completely without waiting for us to reach Green Dragon Mountain."
The war broke out completely, and this incident was always a premonition of Dane, without any tangible evidence. However, he felt that his premonition was not groundless.
Obviously, it was impossible for him to give up Grom's army that was besieged in that mountain depression. Five thousand elite orc warriors, plus a legendary orc chieftain, this is something he can't give up no matter what.
As for the undead, they finally seized such a good opportunity, so naturally they were unwilling to give up.
Of course, it is still unknown what strategic choice the undead will make after being pressured by the human army. However, as the commander in chief of the army, Dane must of course prepare for the worst.
In the worst case scenario, the siege of Grom's department will become the trigger for the final battle.
For this, he must be ready to fight a decisive battle.
In fact, Dane is now in contact with the Green Dragon on Green Dragon Mountain.
Some time ago, an adult green dragon of level 16 broke out of the encirclement and came to Dane's army with serious injuries all over his body.
After he was healed by the priests with holy spells, Dane met him immediately, and learned about the current battle situation in Green Dragon Mountain from his mouth.
Since two years ago, the green dragons have been fighting the monsters in the dark forest.
At the beginning, they noticed the deterioration of Nancy's royal court. At that time, Ignier had personally gone to the royal city to warn Nancy's elf king. But in the end, they still failed to stop the spread of the undead.
Later, after the entire dark forest collapsed, the green dragons who had been hiding from the world for many years finally couldn't sit still.
Two or three years ago, Ignir had his eldest son, Kapnos, who had reached the legendary level, personally lead the green dragon army into the dark forest. That time, seven real dragons and three thousand dragonmen dispatched together, hoping to solve the troubles in the dark jungle.
But in the end, Kapnos failed. Of the six real dragons including him, only two escaped, and the green dragon army was also defeated, with only a few hundred people returning.
Ignier realized the seriousness of the problem, he didn't waste much time, and soon began to prepare for the second attack against the dark forest.
But, before that, the undead came out.
The green dragons fought endlessly with the undead at the border of the Broken Dragon Peak near the dark forest. The undead army faced by the green dragons at the same time had reached 150,000 at the most!
Hearing this number, Dane couldn't help feeling a little chilly.
After doing the math, counting the strength of the undead army in places where undead natural disasters broke out in various parts of the mainland, a very terrifying figure can be obtained.
From Blackwood City, 30,000 undead emerged at the beginning, and then another 20,000 came out to the territory of Pudli Kingdom, and recently another 20,000 emerged, which is 70,000.
On Broken Dragon Peak, the undead army that first attacked Emhar numbered forty thousand. And according to Green Dragon, the undead army they faced had 150,000 at its peak.
All of this added up, not counting the troops temporarily converted by the Church of the Curse after it invaded the human world, there are already 260,000 troops just coming out of the dark forest!
According to the latest news, the undead army in the west has expanded to 150,000 troops after capturing the silver capital. The 150,000 undead are basically transformed from killed humans.
Calculated in this way, the total force that the Cursed Church can control, from the beginning of the war to the present, is as many as 400,000!
An army of 400,000 undead, what a terrifying number is this
No wonder, starting from the Fir Collar, all the way to the Silver City, and now even to the territory of the Holy Empire, this group of undead is so overwhelming. Their military strength is indeed a bit too strong.
Dane must also be thankful that in the east of his kingdom, there is such a magical mountainous area as Broken Dragon Peak, and there is the ancient dragon Igniel. Without this group of green dragons standing in their way, if the 150,000 undead army surged out of Broken Dragon Peak at its peak, the Kingdom of Schindler, which was suddenly attacked by such a huge undead army, would not know what would happen. What has become.
The green dragons have fought very hard against the undead army in the past few years.
Ignier made a lot of preparations for this war. However, these preparations were not able to deal with the devil's attack in the end.
The green dragons who have been under siege have reduced the number of undead in front of them to only 90,000. This is because there is a demigod lich and a legendary death knight on the opposite side. The record played under the circumstances.
However, the price for such a victory is that the green dragons also suffered heavy casualties.
A few years ago, there were more than twenty real dragons and eight or nine thousand dragonmen on Green Dragon Mountain. Up to now, the number of green dragon army is only more than 2,000 to less than 3,000, and the real dragons have already lost two-thirds. Currently, only seven real dragons can still be active on the battlefield.
It is conceivable that if it were not brought by Dane, the green dragons might be wiped out.
However, in the recent period, the life of the green dragons has been easier.
As Dane's army continued to approach, the Church of the Damned obviously felt threatened. Their suppression of the Green Dragon Army is no longer as pressing as before. Judging from the observation results of the green dragons themselves, a large number of undead are being mobilized, and it is estimated that there must be some major military action.
After bidding farewell to the green dragon, Dane's heart became heavier.
The information brought by the green dragon is basically consistent with the situation his army is facing now. The intensity of the battle on the Green Dragon Mountain decreased, and the undead withdrew part of the army for other purposes, while on their own side, Grom's army happened to be ambushed.
In this way, it is obvious where the troops who evacuated from Green Dragon Mountain went.
There should be tens of thousands of undead still besieging Green Dragon Mountain, and that demigod lich must not move around. Otherwise, Ignier will rush out.
Then, another army composed of more than 70,000 undead is the opponent I will face next. And their commander should be the legendary death knight named Sofield.
A realization dawned in Dane's mind: Sefeld might end up in person and attack Grom directly! The orc chief, I'm afraid it's going to be dangerous.
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Bloody Battle Col, the Warsong tribe is in Bloody Battle Col.
This name was chosen by Grom. In the past few days, in this small mountain depression, his clan warriors have already stained this place with blood.
When he was introduced into this mountain depression, there were strong enemies on the front road, and the back road was blocked by undead, no matter how reckless Grom was, he realized that he had been caught in a trap.
At first, he wasn't too worried. He went into battle himself, leading an elite Kor'Kron troop, and tried to launch a powerful assault from the south of the col, where the small group of undead who had copied his back were stationed.
At that time, the enemy army he faced did not exceed two thousand. As for the Kor'Kron warriors he brought with him, there were more than a thousand people, not to mention that there were a large number of centaur raiders behind him.
However, his assault failed.
The fighting power of those two thousand undead exceeded his imagination.
This is obviously an elite unit of an undead army. Standing in front of Chief Warsong and his Kor'kron troops, the lowest level of undead was at the level of black warriors. There wasn't even a single ghoul, let alone low-level skeletons and zombies.
These black warriors are no longer easy characters to deal with. In one-on-one battles, although the Kor'Kron warriors can still gain some advantages, sometimes they can kill an opponent with a single blow. However, the armor on their bodies and the martial arts they inherited from their lifetime did make the elite orcs suffer a bit.
In addition to the black warrior, in the enemy's formation, there are also some elite undead that have not appeared on the battlefield in the past-flesh puppets.
Grom had chosen the name himself, too, but he felt he hadn't made a mistake.
These flesh puppets look disgusting. Except for the head, which still looks like a head, almost no part of the whole body looks like a living thing. It looks like a sutured corpse that can be stitched together from various rotting corpses. Huge in size, only one size smaller than the mammoth warrior, with several distorted limbs growing from the tumor, wielding heavy weapons such as barbs and bone-crushing knives.
The flesh and blood puppet is very strong, so strong that even the warriors of Kor'Kron can hardly withstand one of its heavy blows with all their strength. Even against the mammoth warriors, they were only slightly behind by three points.
There are quite a few such flesh and blood puppets, there are hundreds of them!
Coupled with the surprise attack of a certain number of vampires, the Kor'kron troops fell into a bitter fight that time.
Grom himself, too, is haunted by a vampire lord.
The combat power of the vampire lord should be at the peak of the sixteenth level, and it is only one step away from the legend. The elusive figure made Grom feel powerful and useless. But if that's all it is, with his strength at the legendary level, he won't be unable to deal with the opponent. However, if there is a Dark Mage and a Grand Lich behind this vampire lord, then things will become very difficult.
Three undead creatures standing at the peak of the sixteenth level blocked the legendary chief Grom.
Grom killed the dark mage with a throwing axe, but he lost his weapon and was seriously injured. The Kor'Kron troops under him failed to break through in the end, and were beaten back by the black warriors and flesh puppets with the support of a group of corpse monsters, and suffered heavy losses.
And before he could organize a second breakout, the enemy increased their troops!
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Two in one big chapter.