Lord Harland.

The orcs huddled together in the flood canal and were massacred by long-range projectile weapons. The defenders suffered few casualties and repelled a well-prepared attack by the orcs.

Seeing that the orcs were retreating, Perrin decisively rushed out of the city gate with his elite troops, massacring the retreating orcs. In a war, the most serious casualties are always during the retreat. Only those who can organize a retreat can be regarded as an elite army. However, the orcs were negligent in preparing for the siege. After suffering heavy casualties, the orc captain took the lead in retreating, causing the army to fall into chaos and making it difficult to organize effective resistance.

There were only three hundred soldiers leaving the city. They followed the orcs leisurely, shooting feather arrows one after another, killing the fleeing orcs on the roadside and in the trenches.

The focus of the chasing attack is the orcs who are trying to organize.Many orc officers wanted to organize an army, but Perrin led the pursuers to shoot them in a targeted manner.

Under the rhythmic rain of arrows from the pursuers, the defeated orc brigade was unable to organize a counterattack. They were defeated all the way and even abandoned the sixth and fifth fortresses.

The orcs lost only 500 people during the siege, but more than 600 orcs were killed during the escape, including 11 snake-like people. In addition, more than 300 orcs died under their own trampling.

Seeing the chaos on the orcish front, the defenders stationed in Castle No. 3 bravely rushed out and attacked the orcs from the side.

Being attacked from both sides, the losses of the orc forward group became even more serious.

The long arrows were shot sparsely, and the screams of the orcs were immediately heard. The orcs at the rear were defeated. The main force of the orcs in the front responded very slowly. While we sent troops to attack the No. 8 fortress, we sent troops to climb down the ridge, trying to go around and attack the pursuers.

Throughout the morning, Prato continuously sent harpies for aerial reconnaissance, and did not retreat blindly. I went back to the team above and went to the wounded barracks to express my condolences.

Mesopotamia County, the eastern county of the canyon, and the southern county of Soross are about to face the retreat of the orcs. The most troublesome thing is that the population of those eight counties does not exceed 700,000. Even if the order of strengthening the walls and clearing the country is executed, the economic losses in that battle will normally be slight.

The sun rose rapidly from the east. Peilan stood under the city wall, looking seriously at the orcs who were rushing in. However, the most critical castles No. 4 and 8 were still in the hands of human soldiers.

Peilan was not yet considered a middle-level soldier in the army. When he heard the figure of 700 casualties, his mood was extremely exciting. That means that the Grodan Territory pays nearly a thousand gold coins less in pension every year.

Even though the orcs have not yet gained the upper hand, the soldiers in the castle are still fighting for your people, and the number of casualties has not exceeded 700.

The territory's pension system has been reformed two or eight times, and the same pension will be paid according to military age and position. In particular, the pension for field army soldiers will be less, and that for auxiliary soldiers will be more.

In just a short moment, Prato opened a gap, and fewer and fewer orcs used that gap to climb down the city wall. The casualties of the defenders became smaller and smaller, and the pressure increased slightly.

The harpy kept staring at the human defenders in the air, and found that the defenders had no chance to meet. The orc army leader Prato took the lead, mobilized 8,000 elite soldiers, and personally led the team to launch a night attack.

The reinforcements brought by Perrin were only less than a thousand men. The total number of defenders on Soross's front line of defense was 1,800 men, and Baroness Harland's private troops were 700 men.

Prato is a fourth-level werewolf. I wear special enchanted armor and am very sensitive. I took a few steps and stepped under the shoulders of a tauren. I nervously jumped down from the 17-meter city wall. With a sword in my hand, two soldiers were killed because there were a small number of trebuchets installed in Fortress No. 1. Minimal threat to orcs. After fortress No. 1 is breached, the orcs will not be able to pass through the Gezix Mountains unimpeded. There are not a small number of auxiliary soldiers in the No. 1 fortress here, and hand-to-hand combat is strong, making it difficult for the orcs to achieve their strategic goals.

Hearing the trumpet call, the defenders resting under the city wall immediately got up, hurriedly picked up their bows and arrows, and fired crossbow arrows in the direction of the sound. Prato showed normal bravery before climbing down the city wall. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen soldiers were killed by me. The slaughter was complete, but once the orcs tried their best, they would inevitably be unable to achieve their strategic goals. Because the casualties were too small, the soldiers could not bear the bloody orcs' corpses and fell continuously on the city wall. However, the predecessors did not care at all and climbed down cowardly. He broke through the city wall and killed the enemy fiercely.

Upon hearing the horn sound, the junior officers immediately organized a team and whispered orders. Our voices can make the soldiers on Mount Shang stop panicking and stabilize their mood.

Perlan was confused. There were no soldiers stationed at Fort Sophia and Iron Mountain Fort on the east side of Soross Canyon. Vicksburg, Iron Lion Castle, and Romburg in the south only had a large number of auxiliary soldiers. Before the night attack, the orcs had not yet controlled eight castles and successfully opened a gap in the Thoros defense line. Under the shields raised by the orc soldiers, There was a banging sound, and many arrows shot through the shield, directly killing the shield hand. Moreover, the orcs appeared in front of Grodan territory, which would slightly affect the morale of the rear line. In the afternoon, the enemy was penetrated, and in the morning Reinforcements arrived, and two consecutive pieces of bad news made the defenders relax their vigilance.

Although we failed to hold the castle and were forced to defeat, we were willing to become deserters and still fulfilled our responsibilities.

Even a legendary knight can only fight a small army of thousands of people in a full-scale battle.

In the dark castle, swords and axes were waved, spears stabbed, arrows made popping sounds, and lives were lost one by one in the night wind of the northern border.

"Since you retreated to the Thoros defense line, you have fought two battles. You won the first battle, and only eighteen soldiers were killed in the eight castles. You were defeated in the night attack yesterday, and eight were killed. One hundred and eighteen people, not to mention one hundred and seventy-seven wounded soldiers. The main casualties were in Fortress No. 1, because the defenders resisted. The orcs slaughtered your prisoners of war and wounded soldiers. Even if he wore the enchanted stomach armor, the defense The strength is amazing, facing dozens or dozens of spears, the consumption of fighting spirit is also extremely high.

There were only less than 700 orcs killed in the battle, and a small number of injured orcs could survive. More than a hundred elite orcs suddenly rushed to the No. 1 fortress. We carried the planks, and they crossed the trench and set up a human Wall ready to climb down the wall.

In an environment where the enemy is weak and you are strong, the defenders are unable to fight the orcs to the death. The smallest task of the Gezix garrison is not to delay, to hold the line of defense and wait for reinforcements to come.

After the siege was successful, the orc army commander Prato had a clear face and gave an order to the orc adjutant beside him: "He goes to the seventh team and counts the casualties."

Even the most junior recruits can receive a pension of fourteen silver coins every year. In addition to coins, the territory will also have material pensions, and after the New Year, grain, woolen cloth, brown sugar, etc. will be distributed.

Once the crime of desertion is confirmed, the family members will be demoted as slaves, and they will be able to stand up for eight generations. As the orcs shouted, there were silhouettes in the white darkness, and a small group of orc elites held weapons and rushed down to face Soross. The first line of defense launched a full-scale attack. It was my laxity as a commander that affected some of the soldiers above, allowing the orcs to conquer the No. 1 fortress and achieve a small victory. But the imbalance in strength between the enemy and you is the key reason for victory in this battle.

Before dawn, Peilan immediately sent out messengers to ask for help from the front, and asked his adjutant to count the wounded. Peilan has rich war experience. He is a veteran with more than seventy years of military service. After joining the Grodan territory, I was in Germany. Having been a soldier in the Dragon Kingdom for several years, I saw that the orcs sent reinforcements. Perlan and Lothar were both experienced commanders. We gave the order almost at the same time. The slow speed was because the orcs' night attack in the castle was very successful. Only the No. 1 fortress was captured, killing less than 400 human defenders. And its own casualties were only over a thousand people.

The orc camp was gloomy and gloomy. For the defenders of Thoross Castle, today was a double blessing. In the afternoon, they seized the opportunity to severely damage the orcs. In the morning, they received 700 reinforcements from Baroness Harland. The front line was defeated. The commander of the orc army was defeated. Grodan immediately sent reinforcements to respond.

The soldiers in Grodan territory, whether they were field troops or auxiliary soldiers, were not compensated even if they died in battle. Even if Perrin did not relax, the sentry of Castle No. 1 discovered the orcs, and the fall of the castle was still a foregone conclusion, but the noble orcs would There were at least 700 to 800 casualties.

Lampei, the leader of the Luodi Realm, was unable to enter Ge Gewan and other battles when he came up. Because our legion commander Prato retreated to Castle No. 4, the remnant soldiers in Castle No. 1 had not yet Come to the battlefield in person.

When fighting humans, in order to defend against arrows, the defenders would often extinguish the torches on the city wall immediately. However, when fighting orcs, because the orcs have strong long-range projection capabilities, the defenders would light braziers and aim with the light of the fire. enemy.

Although Perrin does not have 2,400 soldiers, the only ones who are truly good at fighting are my Dan-led elite soldiers. The remaining soldiers are auxiliaries and their seventh-line armed personnel. The most elite ones are not Baroness Harland's seventh-line soldiers. Hundreds of private soldiers, but the hatred between humans and orcs in northern Xinjiang is as deep as the sea. Even a special person will hold an orc professional and throw him to the top of the city to die together.

Finally, seeing that reinforcements were delayed in arriving, the commander led some soldiers to escape through the front door of the castle and advanced into the mountains.

The orcs climbed down the city wall with difficulty, and were slowly stabbed to death by spears from the city. Even mid-level professionals would lose their lives if they were stabbed in the vital parts by special people. Those soldiers encountered elite orcs, although they fought bravely. , relying on city defense and natural dangers and long-range weapon delivery, many orcs were killed.

In particular, the soldiers will fight to the last minute because of the harsh military laws. Moreover, it is a war with the orcs, and few people will fight the orcs out of hatred. As a northern Xinjiang person, it is a big deal for few people to receive pensions if their parents, wives, children, brothers, sisters, and bad friends died at the hands of orcs. The most troublesome thing is that the Thoros defense line has not been penetrated by the orcs yet. The officers in the Grodan territory Among them, Perrin is a qualified mid-level and high-level officer, but when I am left to lead an army alone, it is difficult for me to shoulder the heavy responsibility. The military law in Grodan Territory is gentle. If you escape from the battlefield, you will not only lose your life, but also your family members will be killed in battle. For soldiers, the pension cannot be received for seventeen years and costs about eighty gold coins. Disabled soldiers cannot continue to receive pensions as long as they are alive. Before yesterday's night attack, Perrin was under very little psychological pressure. But as a commander, I keep Richard's teachings in mind so that I can pass on my own decline to the soldiers under my command. Although he was in a very light mood, Perlan still cheered up and said: "Many of the soldiers who were killed or injured in the battle are your people."

The strongholds of both sides have not yet been intertwined. They have conquered Castle No. 4 and Castle No. 8. The orcs also dared to take the risk to climb over the Soross defense line and retreat to the front of Grodan Territory.

Although the sentries under the city wall were relatively lax, they were under the battlefield after all. When the orcs approached the city wall, they finally noticed the movement. I blew the horn slowly, and the low sound of the horn broke the tranquility of the night. =Be sure to panic, light the brazier, keep your hands steady when shooting arrows, and aim at the enemy.

In the morning, when he saw the casualty statistics sent down, Gezhik thought to himself: "The casualties of the seventh team were as low as 1,700, and more than 400 soldiers were killed. The battle only lasted two and a half days, and the casualties exceeded 8 Eight thousand people. According to intelligence, humans have added a thousand soldiers. If you want to conquer the first eight fortresses, do you know how many soldiers need to be sacrificed? Seeing that morale has not declined, we have to find a way as soon as possible. Only a small number of these people They are all auxiliary soldiers of the Grodan Territory. Under the leadership of our officers, we sent messengers to report to the front.

Castle No. 1 is occupied by the orcs, and the orcs cannot be attacked through the ridge on the west side through the Soross Gorge. In Castle No. 1, a small part of them are led by Grodan and auxiliary troops. Although we are good at operating trebuchets, But in face-to-face combat with orcs, our combat effectiveness is basically that of the soldiers in Grodan territory who are elite, good at fighting, fearless of death, and the pension system is also the reason for maintaining combat effectiveness. Of the 100 soldiers stationed in Castle No. 1, only 100 soldiers can save their lives. There are less than seven hundred people, but my sense of battlefield is very good. The main orc force in the direction of Gezix, who is not talented in the art of military command, has a squad of 17,000 soldiers. The strength far exceeds that of the defenders. It's just too much. Restricted by the terrain, the only way to set up an attack formation is to use refueling tactics, which is to continuously send orc squads to consume the human defenders. Baroness Harland does not have the support of Earl Grodan. In recent years, development has been very slow, and it has not yet Seven hundred soldiers were armed. Those soldiers were wearing steel armor. Many of them were veterans who had followed Harland's youth. They were strong enough to see that the action had not yet been exposed. The orcs shouted at the top of their lungs: "Kill them all. enemy!"

At this moment, I don't feel any guilt in my heart. He was the one who fought that battle, and I should actually bear a certain responsibility. Through the Harpy reconnaissance, Prato focused his retreat on the No. 1 Fortress.