Before the war began, Harland Territory stockpiled 500 alchemical bombs.
Some were consumed in the last battle, but the reserves are still very sufficient.
In order to defeat the orcs this time, Richard carried two hundred alchemical bombs.
Half of them are in the hands of the Warcraft Cavalry Squadron, and the other half are in the hands of the First Squadron.
The 1st Squadron is the squadron with the most veterans in the territory and has many bombardiers.
The bombardier's strength exceeds five points and can throw alchemical bombs sixty meters away.
Now the orcs have just entered the attack range of the bombardier.
I saw the soldiers raising their arms and throwing a hundred alchemical bombs.
One hundred alchemical bombs fell from the sky, looking like an iron lump.
This squadron of serpents had never seen an alchemy bomb before and were inexperienced, so they did not protect themselves with shields immediately.
The alchemy bomb was thrown next to the snake-shaped man and exploded suddenly, sending up billowing smoke and dust.
In this round of attacks, the snake-shaped man was unprepared and suffered heavy casualties immediately.
One hundred alchemy bombs killed more than twenty third-level snake-like people on the spot, and injured a dozen more.
Richard brought reinforcements from the First Squadron to the top of the city, turning the tide of the battle in a short time and killing more than fifty Snakehead heavy infantry.
Relying on Richard's powerful spells and the Alchemy Bomb of the 1st Squadron, the two killers killed the Snake Man in an instant and suffered heavy casualties.
The serpentine heavy infantry was shrouded in smoke, and the formation immediately became chaotic.
The second and third squadrons also climbed up to the top of the city.
In these two squadrons, more than ten soldiers were equipped with enchanted crossbows. The sharpshooters in these armies drew their bowstrings and shot at the snake-shaped man.
At the same time, ordinary archers also fired arrows one after another, shooting out rounds of arrow rain, suppressing the advance of the snake-like heavy infantry.
Seeing that the casualties were increasing, more and more defenders were on the city.
The orcs were suffering more and more casualties, especially the losses suffered by the serpentine professionals, which made Maruland feel heartbroken. He assessed the situation and felt that it would be difficult to capture the castle, so he made plans to retreat.
Maruland roared angrily, pushed back Sharp with great courage, and quickly jumped off the city wall.
Platos Castle is more than ten meters high, and the minotaur was unhurt after jumping.
When Richard saw the tauren retreating, he immediately decided to fight a counterattack and defeated his opponent in one go.
He ordered the city gate to be opened, and the Warcraft cavalry swarmed out.
The cavalry suppressed their speed and slowly moved forward in a dense formation, approaching the snake-like squadron and throwing out the alchemy bombs in their hands.
Another hundred alchemy bombs were thrown into the Snake Formation, killing and injuring twenty or thirty Snake professionals.
Then Thoros commanded the cavalry to bypass the snake-like people and attack the kobold squadron on the flank.
The serpentine heavy infantry is a professional army. Like the Warcraft cavalry, it is an important force in the orc army.
Attacking the Serpentine heavy infantry will definitely cause a lot of casualties.
Soros is also an officer who has led troops for many years and will not make such stupid mistakes.
Warcraft cavalry swept past. They were well-equipped and powerful, and their numbers were larger than the kobold squadron.
The two sides fought, and the Warcraft Cavalry rushed past and easily defeated the opponent.
The orcs were originally in retreat, and faced with the powerful impact of the Warcraft cavalry, they could not withstand it at all.
In the span of a stick of incense, four orc squadrons were defeated, and more than 400 soldiers were killed or injured.
As for the cavalry losses in Harland Territory, there were only more than thirty people, and more than half of them were auxiliary cavalry.
The Warcraft Cavalry is chasing in front, Richard is following behind with the infantry from Harland Territory, and the Heihe County Allied Force is the third echelon.
The Castle of Pratos was given to the two barons of Sharp and Leon to garrison it.
This pursuit battle went very smoothly. It was not until Maruland returned to the camp that he barely stabilized his position and blocked the counterattack.
The orcs had the advantage of the camp, and Richard was unwilling to fight a brutal attack on the camp with the orcs.
In this way, even if you defeat the orcs, you will suffer heavy losses and it will be difficult to recover in a short period of time.
After weighing it for a while, Richard chose to leave it as soon as possible.
After the war, Maruland counted the casualties and found that there were 1,400 casualties, and almost a large group of orcs were killed outside Platos City.
What deplored the most was the casualties suffered by the serpents. Thirty-nine were killed and fifty-six were injured.
This siege failed, and more than half of the Serpentine heavy infantry suffered casualties. Fortunately, most of the injured Serpentine were able to recover after being treated by the orc shaman.
The orcs suffered heavy casualties. The total casualties of the Pratos defenders were only five hundred, and most of them were soldiers under the command of Barons Sharp and Leon.
Because the soldiers who used the trebuchets behaved very badly, after returning to the castle, Richard immediately ordered that several officers who commanded the trebuchets be executed by military law to serve as a warning to the monkeys.
After Maruland's defeat, he temporarily stayed in the camp and could not leave.
Richard sent cavalry to attack the retreat of Maruland's army.
It was easy to defeat a squadron of food transport teams and rescue a group of human slaves who were transporting supplies for the orcs.
This group of slaves were all captured by the main force of the orcs from the Earl of Martins. The total number of slaves exceeded 6,000.
The food routes were unstable, and the Maruland camp only had less than a month's worth of food stored.
Although he wanted to retreat, Richard was unwilling to let him go and even set up camp two kilometers behind the orcs.
The total number of soldiers under Richard's command was more than 3,000. These people were all fresh troops. They had just won a battle and had good morale.
The main force of the orc soldiers under Maruland's command is only two thousand, and the remaining one thousand are wastes such as sheep-headed men.
He is now barely holding on to the fortifications of the camp, and is no match for Richard in a field battle.
Seeing that the situation was deteriorating day by day, Maruland could only place his hope on Gunderson.
He sent harpies to deliver a message to Gunderson, hoping that Gunderson would send troops north to attack Harland's territory.
Once the Harland territory is lost and the soldiers' relatives, wives and children are captured by the orcs, the morale of the army will inevitably be chaotic. The two orc armies can attack from the front and back to defeat Richard in one fell swoop and eat the wealth accumulated in the Harland territory.
Unfortunately, Gunderson's tribe was also restrained by a coalition of nobles led by Viscount Romen of Gedda Province.
Gunderson received a strict order from the commander of the orc army, Drancy, to ensure the retreat of the main orc army.
It is impossible to complete this task without dealing with the coalition of nobles led by Viscount Luomen.
Gunderson's position and strength surpassed Maruland's. Of course, it was impossible for him to accept Maruland's request to give up his combat mission and go north to deal with Richard.
Seeing that food is getting less and less, morale is getting lower and lower.
Maruland finally decided to have a field battle with the army led by Richard. Only by defeating the opponent head-on could the orcs commanded by Maruland have a chance to survive.
When the situation reached this point, Maruland had no choice but to make a desperate move.