Although the Harpy is only at level three, it is actually very difficult to deal with because it is an aerial unit.
When a small group of scouts encounter a harpy, they are no match for them. They cannot escape and generally disappear and die.
A large group of scouts are easily discovered by the harpies. They have no intelligence advantage and fall into the trap of the orcs.
Only sharp archers like Richard and Thoros have the chance to shoot the harpy.
But Richard is the lord of the Harland family and the commander of the entire army, and Soros is also a sixth-level warrior and commander of the Warcraft Cavalry. It is impossible for the two of them to participate in every reconnaissance mission.
In the entire northern Xinjiang region, including the three main legions, more than 200,000 officers and soldiers, and the number of sharpshooters who can reach the sixth level of archery, the total number does not exceed a hundred.
These people are basically mid- to high-level military officers and rarely participate in frontline investigation missions.
Moreover, the northern Xinjiang region covers nearly one million square kilometers of land, and there are only more than a hundred sharp archers who can deal with the harpies. There is no way to deal with the large number of harpies.
As long as the harpies are careful and fly high-altitude for reconnaissance, even the sharp archers cannot threaten the safety of the harpies. Only warcraft cavalry such as griffons and wyverns can restrain the harpies.
Without the power of aerial monsters, battlefield information is almost transparent to the orcs.
Losing the initiative in information will certainly make it difficult to be passive in fighting a war.
When the orcs marched and fought, they relied heavily on the harpy's reconnaissance. Now that the harpy was shot and killed by Richard and Thoros, the orcs were not aware of it and did not send other scouts.
Richard led his troops out at four o'clock in the afternoon, shot the harpy, and then ran all the way. When he arrived at the orc military station, it was already evening.
This time, Richard and Thoros came to investigate in person. They observed the amount of smoke in the orc camp, and after doing some calculations, they found that the number of orcs in the military station was indeed not many, only slightly more than a complete brigade.
It's time for the orcs to have dinner now, and the guards at the military station are not very strict.
Seeing the opportunity, Richard thought to himself: "This opportunity is rare. A sneak attack will have a good chance of winning."
Richard has a very decisive character. After discovering the fighter plane, he did not delay and immediately commanded the cavalry squadron to raid the orc military station.
The cavalry of the Dawn Continent. Ordinary cavalry are divided into three types: heavy, medium and light based on the level of armor.
Heavy cavalry is naturally tall horses, both men and horses are armored. Medium cavalry, men are wearing iron armor, but the horses are not. Light cavalry, men are wearing leather armor, but the horses are not.
When it comes to long-distance marches, light cavalry is faster, but for short-distance explosive power, heavy cavalry has better explosive power because they choose the best horses.
Warcraft cavalry also need to wear heavy armor. The armor on the Iron Wildebeest weighs more than 180 kilograms. It cannot be cut with swords, cannot be penetrated by spears, and cannot be penetrated by arrows.
Coupled with the powerful strength of the Iron Wildebeest, it looks like an iron can on the battlefield.
Ordinary soldiers have nothing to do with the Warcraft Cavalry. They can make a profit by exchanging dozens of soldiers for one cavalry.
Only professional officers, enchanted crossbows, alchemy bombs, magicians and other extraordinary powers are suitable for dealing with the Warcraft Cavalry, causing the Warcraft Cavalry to suffer casualties.
Baron Harden's Warcraft Cavalry Squadron attacked the Orc Brigade several times, leaving Gunderson exhausted.
Of course, if the Warcraft cavalry is hit by a stone bullet dropped by a heavy trebuchet, it will be difficult for them to survive.
The cavalry unit under Richard's command is a mixed squadron, consisting of forty monster cavalry, eighty heavy cavalry, and two hundred medium cavalry.
Forty Warcraft Cavalry, plus Richard, there are a total of eighteen professionals. In recent months, four more veterans have advanced in the Harland Territory.
These advanced professionals, as long as their riding skills were just passable, were transferred to the cavalry squadron by Richard to enrich the Warcraft cavalry personnel.
Almost all of the remaining twenty-two Warcraft Cavalry are high-level apprentices.
Among the heavy cavalry, there are also many intermediate and advanced apprentices. Among the medium cavalry, there are mainly junior apprentices.
By this year, the strength of the cavalry in Harland's territory was very close to that of Baron Harden's cavalry.
The Warcraft Cavalry charged, with a momentum like thunder, stirring up large amounts of dust and smoke.
Richard took the lead and rushed to the front.
In the orc military station, most of the orcs had not finished eating, when suddenly a fierce horn sound came from the camp.
Countless orcs put down their jobs in panic and began to gather outside the camp.
Unfortunately, the orcs' organization was mediocre, and the emergency assembly resulted in chaos.
Richard raised his hand and fired a standard magic missile, destroying the door of the military station.
The professionals rushing in the front row also threw two alchemy bombs.
The orc soldiers who had just organized themselves and climbed up the wall were attacked by twenty alchemy bombs and were instantly killed and injured.
The Warcraft Cavalry was as powerful as a tiger and easily broke into the Orc camp from the camp gate.
Thoros drew his bow and arrow and shot an orc commander who was about to rally his troops.
Richard glanced around and saw that the orc captain had successfully organized two squadrons. He immediately turned his horse's head and wanted to lead his troops to disperse the enemy.
The iron horned horse snorted continuously, and under the command of the knight, it fired energy missiles almost indiscriminately.
Forty energy missiles were fired at the two orc squadrons, killing seventy or eighty orcs in an instant.
Before the two sides could fight at close range, the orcs suffered serious attrition.
The orcs used slings and threw stone bullets one after another. Some of the orcs who knew how to use bows and arrows also pulled the bow strings.
The stone bullets hit the armor of the Warcraft Cavalry, making a clanging sound, turning the muscles of a dozen cavalrymen black and blue. The arrows could not penetrate the steel plate armor, and did not cause any casualties.
The Warcraft Cavalry was extremely fast and slammed into the Orc formation in an instant.
Richard held a spear in his hand and picked up the orc who was blocking the front. At such a close distance, he even saw the orc's fearful eyes and heard the orc's miserable wail.
Richard had no sympathy for this tragic scene. Years of war in northern Xinjiang had tempered his heart as hard as iron.
When Richard first traveled through time, he was still a little unable to integrate into this world.
I once felt miserable when I saw many people selling their children and daughters. On the streets of Heihebao, I would even give some money to the poor people I saw.
Unexpectedly, just because he exposed a few silver coins, a few thieves killed him and robbed him of his money. If it weren't for the secret protection of his second uncle Powell, Richard might not have survived to adulthood.
After this incident, Richard no longer had too much sympathy. He actively began to integrate into the times, and he would not be merciless in killing people.
If this is true for humans, Richard will not be overly sympathetic to the orcs. When necessary, Richard will not hesitate to issue an order to massacre the city.
In this world of fierce racial competition, if you don't kill others, others will kill you.
In the plane of dawn, one cannot stand firmly without ruthlessness. Richard has understood this since he was thirteen years old.