Just before leaving for the expedition, Jolu was almost frightened by Mathias' words and lost his hair.
Unexpectedly, less than a month later, his hair almost fell out again.
He just heard the sound he least wanted to hear, the cry of the giant wasteland wolf.
There are no such giant wolves in the White Tower Kingdom. There is no doubt that these wolf howls come from the orc war cavalry, and the leader is probably the demon orc.
Qiao Lu looked at the surrounding wasteland, which was an excellent place for cavalry to engage in battle.
But can the cavalry of the White Tower Kingdom resist the giant wolf war cavalry? This depends on the comparison of the numbers of the two sides.
When the numbers are equal, the giant wolf warriors will win.
If the force is twice the opponent's, it may be a draw.
Only when the strength of the opponent reaches three times that of the opponent, Joruus can be sure of victory.
He brought five hundred cavalry. If he wanted to win, the number of enemy troops could not exceed 200. If he wanted to leave alive, the number of enemy troops could not exceed 300.
The question was answered quickly, and the giant wolf war rider appeared in front of Qiaolu a few minutes later.
His guess was correct, the leader of the army was indeed a demon orc.
The number of cavalry was about two hundred, which surprised Qiaolu and gave him a headache.
I really didn't expect that the King of Orcs only had such a small number of troops, and this number made Qiaolu very confused.
If we fight, we are not sure of victory. If we don't fight, it will be a pity.
But if you think about it carefully, even if you can't win, the chance of defeat is not high. Cavalry and infantry are different. In many cases, you don't have to fight to the death. At most, you will fight until both sides are injured and each retreats. Such a battle is worth a gamble.
Qiaolu simply arranged tactics for each officer. One horn meant to stay put, two horns meant to attack, and three horns meant to retreat.
The reason why he had to arrange a separate order for standby was because Qiaolu wanted to give full play to the advantages of the musket. In close combat, it would definitely be too late to change bullets. The quality of the first round of shooting determined the success or failure of the battle, so he could not attack rashly.
Before the battle began, Quesha shouted loudly: "Is that General Joruus on the other side?"
Qiaolu smiled and said: "It's a great honor that the Lord of the Orcs actually knows my name."
"I promised a person to spare your life, so go away."
Qiaolu was startled, turned around and shouted to the soldiers: "The Lord of the Orcs wants to spare my life, look how merciful he is!"
The soldiers burst out laughing, and Kui's face turned as frosty as he squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "Why don't you get out?"
"I just attacked the fire demon's camp and captured a few alive." Qiaolu asked the soldiers to bring over the simple fireplace, which was still flickering with faint firelight. "They are your allies, don't you want to save them?"
"
Kui Sha nodded and said, "You asked for it."
"Come on, I'll wait for you." Qiaolu's goal was achieved. He wanted to anger Kui Sha and force him to take action first. The distance between the two sides was about five hundred feet. During the charge, this distance was enough for the soldiers to shoot.
Five rounds completed.
But when Kui Sha was about to take action, Qiaolu immediately regretted it. The giant wolf warriors did not rush over, and they pushed the artillery to the front of the formation.
Where did they get the artillery? Why do these artillery pieces look so familiar? Could it be that their camp...
The bad guess was soon confirmed. Qiaolu not only saw his own artillery, but also his own artillerymen. Driven by the orcs, they loaded the cannonballs and pulled the match ropes.
When Qiaolu attacked the Fire Demon's camp, Kui Sha also attacked his camp. He captured Qiaolu's artillery and also captured Qiaolu's artillery.
Qiaolu really regretted that he should not have designed the retreat command to be three trumpet blasts. The trumpeter only blew two blasts and was blown to pieces by artillery shells.
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At dawn, Joruus escaped from the wilderness with thirty-three cavalry, and these thirty-three cavalry became his only remaining force.
With no possibility of continuing to fight, Qiaolu led the soldiers on their way home.
This time there was no need to avoid the mountain road or the forest. Qiaolu fled along the nearest road back to the city on the top of the tower. He really hoped to encounter an enemy ambush on the way and die in a glorious battle far away.
Better than this humiliating defeat.
Quisao was very concerned about his promise to Florian. He let Qiaolu go and did not arrange any ambush along the way.
The moment he reached the city gate, Dettlaff burst into tears on his horse.
"Sir, please kill me."
Qiaolu smiled and said: "We are all home, why are we still saying such stupid things?"
"The head of state will not let us go. I don't want to die on the execution ground."
All the soldiers cried, including the officer who captured the fire demon. He kept the two fire demons with him. This was their only hope of atonement for their crimes.
In fact, Qiaolu knew very well that if Matthias really wanted to kill them, nothing could compensate for their sins. The only thing that could really save them was the law of the White Tower.
"Stop crying, no one will die," Qiaolu said loudly, "According to the laws of the White Tower people, the defeated will not be punished. Have you all forgotten?"
"The Kingdom of the White Tower has changed," one of the cavalrymen cried, "the laws of the White Tower are no longer useful."
"Don't say such stupid things, just calm down," Qiaolu shouted, "Stand up your chests, you are heroes who escaped from death. You are qualified to return home with your chests held high and your head held high, even if someone wants to go to you."
In the execution ground, that person can only be me!"
After settling the soldiers, Joruus came to Matthias's mansion alone.
Matthias had already received the news of his defeat. He was silent for a long time. The head of state sighed and said: "It seems that the God of War also fails sometimes."
"Everything is my fault. I made wrong judgments. I am willing to bear all responsibility for this war."
"Five thousand soldiers, two airships, five artillery pieces and more than two hundred rounds of artillery shells..." Matthias hid half of the sentence but did not say it, but Qiaolu could guess it.
How can you shoulder such a responsibility?
The hall fell into suffocating silence. Jolu was prepared to die, but he didn't expect that Mathias showed unimaginable tolerance.
"Leave a gold coin and go back."
I originally thought that these ten free gold coins were just a formal reward, but I didn't expect that I actually saved my life.
Jolu left a gold coin and left the head of state's mansion. Matthias thought for a long time and asked the guards to call Dettlaff over.
"Before the battle with the demon orcs, they seemed to have said something. Tell me what they said?"
Dettlaff said: "The demon orc said that he promised a person to spare the life of Marquis Joruus."
"Who?"
"I don't know, the Marquis has never mentioned it."
"I'll give you a month to tell me that person's name."
"But..." Dettlaff never wanted to go back to that nightmarish place.
"You are lucky to have escaped from the hands of death twice. Do you think you can escape a third time?" Mathias picked up the gold coin left by Qiaolu, "Give me the answer in one month, this one