A column of wolf smoke rose into the sky, which was extremely obvious in the clear sky.
In the quarry, Zhang Yang was on full alert, while Wu Yuan and others were dumbfounded.
What the hell
"Village Chief, looking at the direction of the smoke, it should be about forty or fifty miles southwest of the quarry. If we go by our previous guesses, this should be related to the jackal village."
Wu Yuan was the first to speak.
"Is there any conspiracy here?" Tao Yong, another shield captain, said. After all, their group was executing a plan to lure the enemy.
So everyone turned their attention to Zhang Yang. After all, due to the extreme lack of intelligence in this primitive forest, no one dared to predict what would happen next, and no one could afford the consequences.
Therefore, the only one who can make the decision is Zhang Yang.
"First of all, we can confirm that after the previous battle, the jackal village did not have enough power to launch a new round of war against us in such a short period of time. Therefore, it is impossible for the three reconnaissance imps discovered by the ghost priest before They were sent by the Gnoll Village."
At this time, Zhang Yang pondered.
"Secondly, the wolf smoke is a full forty or fifty miles away from us. At this distance, I am more inclined to think that it is some kind of signal for help or a signal with other meanings, but no matter what, it is a trap. It’s highly unlikely.”
"Third, we have been busy consolidating ourselves in the past period of time, and thus lacked exploration and understanding of this area. This may cause us to misjudge when encountering enemies in the future, so I decided that the change will start from now on. Are we going to figure out what’s going on there?”
"Tao Yong, you take two people to escort the craftsmen back, and the others come with me."
After hearing Zhang Yang's decision, Wu Yuan said: "Village Chief, is it too risky for you to go there in person? Why don't I take people to check it out in person?"
"What kind of adventure is this? From now on, more dangerous things will happen every day. Am I going to hide in the fortress forever and wait to die? If our village wants to develop, it is not enough to rely on the surrounding area of a few kilometers. We must at least The territory of the deer demon and the territory of the jackal must be merged in."
"And now, an enemy appears in our future territory. Are you embarrassed to ask me to hide back? I don't even know who the enemy is and I'm scared to death. Then I'm going to be a shitty village chief and just surrender." .”
Zhang Yang had a resolute look on his face and refuted Wu Yuan with righteous words, immediately winning the respect of the soldiers. But little did he know that these words were his words to cheer him up. Damn, he was also afraid of death.
But is it useful to be afraid of death? If we don't find out at this time, then maybe a more powerful enemy will come to the city in a few days.
"Walk!"
Zhang Yang waved his hand, and the quarrying team immediately turned into a scout team, running away in the direction of the smoke.
If it were in the plains, the distance of forty to fifty miles could be covered in ten minutes at most, but in this forest, it took Zhang Yang and the others almost an hour to arrive, and in the process they killed several animals above level 10, including some. The monster who had the guts to challenge them.
However, when they saw the place where the smoke was burning, they all gasped.
There was indeed a jackal village there, and it was larger than Zhang Yang imagined.
This jackal village was built on a hill, with a stream at the foot of the mountain. In the center of the village was a huge stone castle with a diameter of more than 500 meters. Outside the castle, a two-meter-high stone wall was built along the stream.
Outside the stone wall, at least a thousand acres of farmland have been reclaimed, and traces of mining can be seen further away.
There is no doubt that the prosperity of this jackal village is at least 500 points, and the livability index must be above 50 points.
But the Jackal village with such a high degree of prosperity was now invaded by a more powerful enemy.
There is no longer a Gnoll farmer to be seen in the farmland. The crops that were growing happily have been trampled into mud, and the seemingly solid stone walls have been violently blasted open with more than a dozen large holes.
At least hundreds of green humanoid monsters are attacking crazily.
It's only a matter of time before we capture this castle.
"The village chief is a monster whose body is covered with green scales. Although he has a human appearance, his facial features are that of a beast. He is very powerful and has high defense. The arrows shot by the jackal archer captains are very powerful. It is difficult to cause fatal damage to them. In addition, there should be three heroes among these green-skinned orcs to supervise the battle."
"As for the wolf smoke we saw before, it should be some kind of spell or some kind of belief ritual of the jackals, because I saw green wolves constantly rushing out of the forest, biting those orcs like crazy, but unfortunately there was no such thing. It had no effect, those orcs killed these green wolves easily."
Hiding at the edge of the forest, Zhang Yang frowned as he listened to the intelligence returned by an archer captain. Sure enough, the worst happened. Before he, the self-proclaimed regional overlord, could clear out and take control of this area, an overall strength Forces that far surpassed the deer demons and jackals intervened forcefully.
The gnoll village must be wiped out today, and this powerful orc village will definitely discover his village in the next few days. No, maybe it has already been discovered. A new war is inevitable.
"Village Chief, what's wrong, we have been discovered. Two orc squads are outflanking us, one on the left and one on the right. There are about 50 troops, and they are very fast."
The soldier on guard suddenly shouted.
"Well done, ready to fight!"
Zhang Yang gritted his teeth and issued an order. Since war is inevitable, let's first weigh the strength of these orcs.
"Wu Yuan, you lead the team, let me defeat the orc team on the left wing first! Don't give them a chance to outflank."
"Yes! Mr. Village Chief." Wu Yuan said solemnly.
The morale of all the soldiers was high, because during this period of time they were not only patrolling, but also guarding the quarrying team. The occasional monsters that appeared were not enough to satisfy them. Now it was just a matter of comparison with these equally powerful orc soldiers.
At this time, Wu Yuan took the lead, followed by two spearmen captains and six archer captains, followed by nine shield troop captains, each in two rows. They were like wild geese flying south, showing off their ease. This simple combat formation was Wu Yuan's. Designed far away.
If you advance, you can attack quickly. He is the vanguard, the archers output suppression, and the shield soldiers collide with their shields, destroying the opposite array in a blink of an eye.
If you retreat, you can quickly form a shield formation and alternately cover your retreat.
However, Zhang Yang and the others had only rushed out a few dozen meters when they saw another group of about thirty orcs break out from the besieging orc army and rush over directly.
"Mr. Village Chief, there are little ghosts around here, watching our every move!"
Wu Yuan shouted in a low voice, because this was the only possibility.
"Can you fight?"
Zhang Yang asked in a low voice. As soon as he said these words, he felt a little cowardly and despised himself. Before Wu Yuan could answer, he shouted viciously: "Charge up and kill them! Fight quickly!"
Fortunately, my own soldiers would not show off with jokes, so they all sped up and showed murderous intent.
At this time, the three orc teams on the opposite side happened to be located in three directions: north, west, and south. The straight-line distances were more than 600 meters, more than 800 meters, and more than 1,000 meters respectively.
Among them, the orc teams from the north and west rushed towards them in a straight line, while the orc team from the south moved in a large circle to block Zhang Yang's retreat.
This tactic is very smooth.
At this time, Zhang Yang would be lying if he said he wasn't afraid. The enemy on the other side was equivalent to three times his own force, and this battle was of a completely different nature from previous battles. It was a veritable field battle.
"Nima, this is my first time going to a brothel. How could I be so timid?"
Zhang Yang's teeth clenched loudly, but he rushed forward without saying a word, and the blood all over his body gurgled upwards. I don't know whether it was fear or bloodthirsty, but he risked his life anyway.
Because there is no way out.
In the blink of an eye, the two sides were approaching quickly. The six archer captains on Zhang Yang's side suddenly stopped while running, stretched their bows, nocked arrows, and fired them all in one go.
The six reinforced golden eagle armor-piercing arrows instantly exploded at the speed of sound, spanning more than 400 meters with a shrill sound of breaking through the air, and directly hit the three orc soldiers rushing at the front.
This rate of fire is too fast, faster than that of the Jackal's archer captain. After all, the big bow that Zhang Yang used to strengthen them with magic power is no joke. Even a 10% increase is enough to be fatal on such a battlefield!
In particular, they also used evil-busting golden eagle armor-piercing arrows with a sharpness of +3.
Although the orc soldiers covered with green scales had strong defenses, they were easily killed under such concentrated fire without any suspense.
"Uh-huh!"
A flash of white light flashed, and the loot was snatched back in seconds.
This is also the inherent benefit of the village founding order. No matter where it is, as long as the monsters killed by the village soldiers, they have the ability to recover the loot.
"Strangulate the level 15 orc captain."
"Capture 3 incomplete captain-level demon souls."
"Get 1800 energy points."
"Obtain 3 Hope Fragments (Gray)"