As the Cretan Emperor's recruitment order arrived, the earls and viscounts of several nearby large territories immediately organized all the nearby lords, large and small, and a large number of soldiers put on armor, picked up long swords, and knights stepped on The war horses gathered in a hurry, and under the emperor's call, obeying the lord's order, launched the war horn.
A large number of cavalry and soldiers, led by the lord, gathered into a mighty army, and many marching merchants followed them. The logistics team stretched out a long line. In every war, the materials consumed and looted The property, as well as the needs of soldiers and knights, all need to be provided by these traveling merchants. Every war will bring them a lot of wealth.
The cavalry walked in front, followed by the infantry, archers, and spearmen wearing chainmail and carrying long swords, forming a neat queue, with their footsteps staggered together, making the earth seem to make a roaring sound.
Smoke and dust filled the air along with the horses and footsteps, the collision between armors, the knocking between swords and shields, all these sounds gathered together, making the air exude a tense and depressing atmosphere.
Flags fluttered in the dusty sky, and the army crossed the border of the Arabel province and entered it, kicking off the war.
At this moment, within the Arabel Province, there were flames and killings everywhere. All the city gates were closed, and all the young men in the city were mobilized to participate in the defense.
"Come on, come on, let us in."
"I heard those orc slaves will be here soon."
"Can we hold on?"
Civilians from all the villages and towns outside the city brought their families and all their belongings with them and hurriedly crowded at the gates of these big cities and entered the cities to hide.
Not long after, a large orc army began to appear in the distance. They were cutting down trees. The orcs, who had a large number of craftsmen themselves, built various siege equipment and quickly launched an attack on the city.
A large number of orcs with red eyes, roaring and howling madly climbed to the top of the city, and fought fiercely with the city defense troops and young men who were armored and armed on boats in the city, while more ordinary people were hiding in the city. Shivering.
The village was burning with flames, shining in the sky, and the thick black smoke could be seen dozens of miles away. Two hundred thousand orc slaves broke free from their shackles, leaving thousands of the suffering and blood and tears that the Cretan Empire had given them. Return to them twice as much.
A large number of orcs fell into madness, controlled by hatred and anger, slaughtering and plundering everything in sight, venting all their anger and hatred.
A large number of cities were destroyed in the crazy roar of the orcs. They plundered wealth wantonly, burned, killed and looted. At this moment, an army of nearly 100,000 orc slaves was surrounding Maple Leaf City, the ruling center of Arabelle Province. Under the leadership of the slave leader, they attacked the city frantically.
But those who started the rebellion and planned it secretly disappeared without a trace. The out-of-control orc slave army was like an angry beast, bringing huge disaster to the entire Arabelle Province. Everyone was trembling under their carnage and madness.
The army that entered Arabelle Province was not in a hurry to confront the orcs head-on. Instead, it surrounded the city and continuously strangled the small groups of orcs scattered outside, constantly compressing the space for the orcs to survive.
The orcs had lost their organization and control, and their scope of activity was constantly being compressed. Maple Leaf City, which was jointly attacked by nearly 100,000 orcs, continued to attack for more than half a month, but it was still not defeated. In addition to leaving a large number of corpses at the top of the city and under the city wall. In addition, they want to plunder a large amount of food supplies in Maple Leaf City, and their wish to rely on Maple Leaf City's geographical environment seems to be very difficult to realize.
The entire situation immediately tilted towards the control of the Cretan Empire. Under effective organization, the suppressive army composed of nobles was like a dull knife cutting flesh, and nearly 200,000 orcs were tightly surrounded in the center of Arabelle.
The isolated orc slave army seemed to have fallen into the final madness. A large number of orc remnant troops were temporarily formed. Armed with the stolen weapons and armor, their slave army was constantly defeated and could not break through the siege.
They began to set their sights on Maple Leaf City, which would be their last hope. At the same time, they also sent envoys, hoping to get rescue and support from the orc country, their hometown, the powerful Holy Sevier Empire.
In the Holy Sevier Empire, a large number of generals and noble knights crowded into the palace hall in the orc holy city of Saga, and the crowd was excited, but Verdanti, as the emperor, never showed up.
"Damn humans, do they think we are still decades ago?" A werewolf noble slapped the stone table.
"You dare to humiliate His Majesty the Emperor. We will never tolerate it. The hatred decades ago, the destruction of the Menkaure Kingdom, and the lives of hundreds of thousands of orcs have come to be avenged." The speaker was a leopard man general. , with deep hatred in his eyes, the Leopard People will never forget the harm caused to them by the combined forces of the Cretan Empire and the Church of Light.
"It's time to decide who is the real master of the Alan continent between humans and orcs. We have to tell them that we are different. We are no longer the orcs who let them bully us. We are the powerful holy Sevier Empire." An old noble from Verdanti's own tribe, the Lion Man, also spoke.
"We have already lost our patience in fighting out of the Red River Plain. It is time to restore the glory of the orcs in ancient times."
Everyone was excited, and the voices of the war faction had completely suppressed the peace faction. The noble generals of the Holy Sevier Empire had long been impatient to launch a war against mankind, but they just lacked a reason. It was only through His Majesty's suppression that the dispute between humans and orcs was suppressed.
Verdanti had previously thought about establishing diplomatic relations with the Cretan Empire and launching border trade and cooperation to maintain peace and suppress the voices of the war faction within the Holy Sevier Empire. However, Aaron went on a mission to Crete. After the special empire, everything changed.
The attitude of the Cretan Empire, coupled with the sudden outbreak of a rebellion of hundreds of thousands of orc slaves, gave the voice of the war faction the upper hand. A large number of Holy Sevier orc civilians became more sympathetic to these orc slaves and hoped that the empire could rescue these orcs. The slaves shouted for the empire to send troops.
Just listening to the voice, it seems that war is inevitable, but in the end, Verdanti, the emperor of the Holy Sevier Empire, must make the decision. As long as she does not speak, no one will dare to send out a single soldier.
Verdanti stood in the lounge behind the palace hall. Inside were eight Templar Knights who were canonized by Verdanti herself. It was with the knight legions controlled by these people that Verdanti was able to control the entire Holy Sevier Empire.
The Templar knights wearing armor did not dare to say a word. They sat on the long table in the lounge, but from time to time they looked at His Majesty the Emperor standing in front of the window. It could be seen that they were not at peace in their hearts.
Verdanti also wore a skirt armor, a gorgeous fur-tanned cloak, and a crown on her head. Her golden hair was tied back, and she had a solemn expression on her fair skin and soft face. Beautiful golden eyes looked at the clouds in the distant sky.
She knew that she had to make the next decision. Even the emperor could not ignore the voices of so many nobles and civilians in the Holy Sevier Empire, and the hundreds of thousands of orc slaves could not be abandoned by them.
But she also knew that if she decided to start a war easily, the consequences would be countless human and orc lives. 8)