Zakli won a great victory, which played a decisive role in the safety of Geda Province.
There are eight orc legions under Kilam's command, with more than 170,000 main orcs and 80,000 auxiliary troops. The war has continued until now. There are still about 140,000 main orcs and 60,000 auxiliary troops.
The Grant royal family is the strongest in the province of Lach, followed by the province of Gedda, and the weakest in the province of Gascoigne.
The Lach Province not only has the main force of the Grizzly Bear Legion, but also the two second-line legions of the Flying Eagle and the Feiyan. Together with the strongest noble coalition, it has contained three orc legions, with a main force of 60,000 and an auxiliary force of 30,000.
Even Kilam's headquarters is located in the Lakh Province.
In addition, the Dukedom of Jonathan, which borders the province of Lach, is the most powerful duchy in the Kingdom of Grant.
Once the war in Lach Province is unfavorable, reinforcements can also be requested from Duke Jonathan.
Kiram did not dare to weaken the troops in this direction.
If troops are mobilized from the province of Lach, they will immediately be unable to suppress the Grant royal family's army.
In addition, in the northeastern part of the Lach Province, there is also the Earldom of Roger.
The strength of Earl Roger is not weak, and with the support of Duke Jonathan, it withstood the attack of an orc army.
Kilam invested about 20,000 troops in Earl Roger's territory.
If you don't plan to conquer Earl Roger, you can mobilize several brigades from this direction to join the battle in Gedda Province.
Of the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops, the orcs from Geda Province invested one legion, eight brigades, and about 50,000 auxiliary troops.
The heaviest losses were suffered in this direction. Zachary killed 14,000 of the main force, and the army commanded by Richard killed 5,000 in two battles. Counting the defeated orcs, the orcs' losses had exceeded 30,000.
Now there are only 17,000 troops left, of which 6,000 are still auxiliary troops with weak combat effectiveness.
In the province of Geda, the aristocratic coalition of Heihe County commanded by Richard had three thousand troops, the aristocratic coalition commanded by Viscount Luomen had five thousand troops, and the main force of the Northern Army was still intact with 20,000 troops.
The comparison of military strength and combat effectiveness has become imbalanced.
If you want to maintain the front line, you must send reinforcements to Gedda Province.
Kilam invested heavily in the direction of Gascoigne Province this time. Including an orc army attacking Count Martins, the total number exceeded 84,000. Among them, the main orcs numbered about 54,000.
Although there were many casualties in the battle, there are still 48,000 main troops and 26,000 auxiliary troops.
Of the 48,000 main troops, 30,000 are used to suppress the main force of the Wild Lions in Gascoigne Province, and 10,000 are used to fight against the aristocratic coalition. The remaining 8,000 are prepared to be invested in the Duke of Edward to support the battle of another orc front.
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This time in the invasion of the Grant Kingdom, the Chinese Front Army commanded by Kilam was the main force, and the orcs in the other two directions needed to cooperate with the Chinese Front Army.
Now that he had received a letter from Drancy and Gunderson asking for help, Kilam could only take care of himself first. He mobilized five brigades of 8,000 orcs from the Gascoigne Province for main support. He also mobilized 5,000 auxiliary troops to cooperate.
This supports soldiers fighting.
The Felic Castle where Richard was stationed was not far from the Black River Castle, and the battle report was received the next day.
After the orcs retreated, Richard restored communication with Black River Fort. He immediately sent the report of meritorious deeds, along with more than 5,000 orc heads.
Now Drancy, Gunderson, the remnants of the orc army, are all besieged by Zachary in Graveson Castle.
Richard and Viscount Luomen also received orders from Zachary.
Zachary ordered their two armies to join forces, go north from Fort William, and station troops at the northern entrance of the Harland Valley to cut off the orcs' food routes and block the orcs' reinforcements.
The Northern Army is preparing to siege Graveson Castle for a long time and eat the orcs in western Dren.
It is very dangerous to expose your back to the enemy.
The orc army of Drenxi had a strength advantage in the early stage and fought too smoothly, so they ignored this weakness and made this serious mistake.
After receiving the order, Richard reunited with Viscount Romen, and eight thousand soldiers marched north along Fort William and once again came to the north entrance of the canyon.
The north entrance of Harland Canyon is a three-way intersection, which is considered a relatively important traffic artery in the Eagle Mountains.
Gunderson once established a military station here and left a brigade to garrison it.
However, this brigade was defeated by Richard. Because the situation was unclear and the territory was threatened by Gunderson's tribe, Richard gave up this strategic point after the war.
Although the orcs have regained the military station now, there are only a few hundred garrison troops inside.
These hundreds of garrison troops were all defeated by Richard. Of course, they could not withstand the attack of the 8,000 noble coalition forces in Geda Province. They were quickly killed and their heads were exchanged for merit.
The coalition forces of Richard and Viscount Roman cut off the retreat in western Delenn. Zachary led the Northern Army to surround the remaining troops in western Delennium at Graveson, but was unable to attack the city.
The main force of the Northern Army is more than 20,000 people, and there are about 17,000 orcs in Graveson Castle. The orcs in the castle are still capable of fighting. If they want to conquer this fortress, the Northern Army must kill at least half of the soldiers.
After analyzing the battlefield situation, Zachary believed that the time was not ripe for a decisive battle and chose a long-term siege.
Although there is not much food stored in Graveson Castle, there are about 8,000 captured human slaves. The orcs can rely on cannibalism to survive for two or three months.
It sounds cruel, but this is a life-and-death race war.
It is not uncommon for humans to eat humans in wars, let alone orcs to eat humans.
Time passed like this day by day, and by late April, five groups of orcs had just completed the 300-kilometer mountain road, from the territory of the Earl of Martins to the north entrance of the Harland Canyon.
Facing the heavily prepared noble coalition, the eight thousand orc reinforcements had no chance of winning and could break through the defense of the noble coalition.
In the past ten days, under the auspices of Richard, Richard strengthened the defenses by using the camps left by the orcs.
The orcs made a tentative attack and retreated after suffering hundreds of casualties.
The coalition of nobles in the Gedda Province has blocked the northern entrance of the Harland Canyon. If you want to get around here, you have to walk at least 200 kilometers more on the mountain road.
The logistics line is too long, and the food route may be cut off at any time.
If you want to rescue the remnants of Drancy, you must pull out this nail.
If you want to pull out the nail, five brigades of orcs are simply not enough.
The orc reinforcement commander once again sent harpies and wrote a letter asking for help to Kilam.
As time dragged on to May, the situation in the northern frontier of the Grant Kingdom changed again.
Duke Jonathan led the troops to repel the orcs.
The Orc Eastern Front could not resist and moved closer to Kilam.
In order to deal with the enemy in the east, Kilam now has no reinforcements at all.
For a time, the province of Geda fell into a long-term sit-down war. No one, no matter humans or orcs, took the initiative to attack.
Instead, they constantly dispatched scouts to investigate the opponent's actions.
In order to deal with the harpies, Richard and Thoros even led a small group of scouts to set up traps and hunted down six or seven harpies.
The harpies quickly learned their lesson after suffering a loss and did not lower their altitude easily. The efficiency of obtaining intelligence from the orcs was also a bit lower.
Time passed slowly like this and lasted until July.