In the countryside near Piaoxue City, several scouts were chasing a small group of escaping kobolds.
Cleaning out kobold scouts has almost become a regular entertainment program for the Northland cavalry.
"puff!"
Another kobold was chopped down from behind by human cavalry,
Kobolds basically use their lives to conduct reconnaissance. As long as they encounter human reconnaissance riders, they can only flee.
In the past, these kobolds could still get away with a few by virtue of their numbers and their own agility, but this time the situation has changed a little.
"Bah!"
The griffin in the air flew down quickly, and the kobold who had already fled away was picked up in the air by the griffin without the ability to resist. It circled around a few times playfully and then dropped it.
Although these griffons are very docile in front of Richard, they are actually extremely ferocious omnivorous animals.
"boom!"
With a heavy sound of landing, the kobold's screams suddenly stopped, and the entire kobold investigation team was wiped out.
This was the order Richard issued to cover the battlefield after approaching Piaoxue City. He used his own cavalry and air superiority to completely clear out the ogres' eyes and ears.
The more than a thousand cavalrymen in the coalition army and the dozens of griffins in Richard's hands have been operating at high load, trying not to let go of a single kobold.
In this way, even if the ogre army wants to kill him first, it will not be able to find the specific location of Richard's army.
…
Ogre Camp
"Lord Grugesh, nearly 50,000 human troops have appeared in the south."
A few days after Richard's army arrived near Piaoxue City, the reinforcements from the valley, which were obviously much closer, finally slowly approached the battlefield.
Compared with Richard, who sent troops and only a dozen lords sent troops to rely on him, after Saul set out from Zhenbeiguan, dozens of nobles from the south followed him, bringing their own dry food.
On the road from Zhenbeiguan to Piaoxue City, the number of troops actually increased, from more than 40,000 people walking to more than 50,000 people, so that Sol had to stop for a few days on the road.
The army reorganized before setting off, and it was only now that the ogre discovered its specific location.
"Let Amu lead three thousand-man troops, and then recruit a few tribes to keep an eye on them."
Grugesh paused and told his arrangement,
Grugesh's goal is clear. Eliminating the human army is no longer his main purpose.
Attack Piaoxue City, seize the city's wealth and craftsmen, and then return to the wilderness. Only after completely integrating all the ogre tribes will you be qualified to continue the fight against the Golden Dragon Kingdom.
"Yes, sir."
Amu is one of the ogre chiefs under Grugesh. For him to lead 3,000 armored ogre elites and a larger number of tribal warriors to keep an eye on Thor is considered serious.
Even if they can't defeat the River Valley Legion, they can still contain it and wait for Grugesh to send people for support.
"Lord Grugesh, all the kobolds in the northwest direction have lost contact."
A thousand-man team was trapped in the northwest direction, and several tribes were wiped out. Of course, Grugesh would not ignore this threat.
It’s just that Richard is much slipperier than Sol. The terrain in the river valley is not suitable for cavalry combat, so there is no tradition of cavalry.
In the earliest days, heavy infantry was the dominant force in the river valleys. Of course, the heavy infantry in the river valleys are not that good now.
The consequence is that there are not enough reconnaissance cavalry in Sol's army. They can only rely on the attached Northland nobles to organize a light cavalry, and without enough air power to cooperate, it is difficult to do what Richard did.
Completely obscure the battlefield.
"Continue to send kobolds for reconnaissance. Regardless of whether there are kobolds returning to camp, send kobolds to the northwest every day to double the number."
"Yes, my lord"
In response to Richard's use of cavalry and air superiority to cover the battlefield,
Grugesh quickly figured out a way to deal with it,
Anyway, the lives of the kobolds are not taken seriously by Grugesh. As long as the kobolds are continuously sent out for reconnaissance, if the kobolds in which direction cannot come back, it will naturally mean that the enemy is in that direction.
Although we can't completely determine the location, we can have a rough idea and be prepared.
…
"Fire the arrow!"
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
On the top of Piaoxue City, it finally became noisy after being calm for a while.
Under the commander's orders, the defenders on the top of the city rained down arrows in waves.
Each volley can bring out the screams of countless kobolds. Bows and arrows, which are almost ineffective against ogres, are still very effective when used against kobolds.
But these kobolds seem to be endlessly killing them. No matter how many corpses they leave behind, they can always replenish enough of them in time.
Under the supervision of the ogres in the camp, they continued to fill the moat with soil, sand and gravel. In a few days, they almost filled in a passage for the seven to eight feet wide moat.
In the distance, the ogres pushing the huge manhole rails and ladders also began to move. When several passages were filled in, the real attack began.
…
"Master Richard, we have contacted the reinforcements in the valley. Master Saul asked us to act easily on our own."
In the coalition camp, Richard has also been paying attention to the fighting situation in Piaoxue City. Although most of the griffons participated in the battle to cover the battlefield,
But Richard still retained two griffons to closely monitor the situation in Piaoxue City.
He could see that in the past few days, the ogre's attack preparations were about to be completed, and then he would find an opportunity to enter the battlefield. If nothing was done, Piaoxue City would not be able to survive with the ogre's current combat power.
Stay for a few days.
"Pass my order. The entire army is ready to leave. Don't make any changes to the camp. Bring as few personnel as possible and move quickly!"
"All cavalry will stay where they are and continue to clear out the kobolds. Try to expand the coverage area to another five miles."
"Yes, Lord Richard!"
Of course, Richard would not carelessly lead his troops under Piaoxue City. If he was bitten by the ogre, all his troops would be trapped.
Just through the advantage of investigation, Richard was keenly aware of a hint of opportunity, and the opportunity to break the situation was right in front of him.
…
Valley Reinforcement Barracks,
A sword eagle knight landed on the open space in front of the camp gate,
"Lord Saul, news about the Hunter family..."
The letter on the Sword Eagle Knight was delivered to Thor as quickly as possible.
After reading the letter, Saul fell into thinking for a long time, seeming to be weighing something, and finally made up his mind:
"Tell the Hunter family that we will cooperate with their actions and let them do it with confidence."
"Yes, Lord Thor."
"Lord Thor, are they really that strong?"
Watching the messenger go away, Kurtz on the side couldn't help but say that he was confused,
In the letter, the Hunter family claims to have 8,000 elite warriors, more than 60 knight-level warriors, and three great knights.
This kind of strength is not inferior to some of the top nobles in the kingdom. It is hard for Kurz to imagine that a small noble from the North can have this kind of strength.
"It doesn't matter, he doesn't dare to lie to us."
Even if there is intelligence from other channels showing that the Hunter family is powerful, it is certainly not as detailed as the intelligence provided by Richard himself, who is so arrogant.
Saul is actually doubtful about the strength of the Hunter family, but he believes that the nobles who can manage such strength are definitely not crazy.
If he didn't have the strength to show off, let alone being accused of lying about military intelligence, Saul could have sold Richard directly on the battlefield. In this case, bragging was meaningless, and no one would joke with their own lives.
"Go down and prepare, be ready to send troops at any time."
