An army of nearly 50,000 people was marching in a neat formation in the wilderness. In addition to elite infantry, this army also had a powerful heavy cavalry team marching together. However, none of the heavy cavalry were wearing armor at this time.
They all wore only light clothes, and their heavy armor was carried by accompanying attendants. They had to stay in the best condition until the moment of battle.
Behind the team were a considerable number of auxiliary soldiers and civilians who were transporting baggage for the army. After all, this time the army was fighting deep into the wilderness, and the army was mainly infantry. Unlike before, when Richard brought a small team and could directly support the battle,
Without enough supplies, the team would starve before fighting the ogres.
Among the army's baggage teams, dozens of draft horses and many bear-hunting crossbows could be seen walking behind the team. This time, Richard used an upright military force to completely destroy the ogres brought by Grugesh.
the fire of civilization.
In addition to the ground troops, the air units are not the Sword Eagle Knights originally equipped in the human legion. The Sword Eagle Knights are too thin and cannot carry a high load. They are almost only used for reconnaissance, and their ground attack capabilities are almost non-existent.
Richard's army has a large number of air units and looks much stronger than the sword eagle. The griffon with its strong limbs and sharp claws can directly attack ground targets, even if it has no air superiority and only operates on the ground.
, the Royal Griffin, which is nearly four meters in size, can easily kill elite soldiers,
There is also a group of more magical aerial units filling Richard's army. Those elven girls riding silver Pegasus are stronger than griffins in the air. Their close-fitting silver chain armor accentuates their slender and graceful figures.
It stands out even more charmingly, but the exaggerated long knife in the hand creates a strange sense of dissonance.
The Silver Pegasus warriors who can inspire fighting spirit are much more threatening than the Royal Griffin when they dive.
As for Richard himself, he was very coquettish and rode the Flying Dragon King for a few laps in the air. It was okay that the knights came from the royal capital. After all, he had been hanging around in the corner of the royal capital for so many years. Although dragon knights were rare, he had always seen them.
After a few times, I know what a giant dragon should look like. Although this flying dragon is not too small, it is still smaller than the weaker green dragon. The head seems to be a bit deformed, and the body is a bit
The appearance of the giant dragon is probably where Master Richard obtained the sub-dragon species. Anyway, the giant dragon has produced many sub-species. It can even create its own ecosystem. It is not surprising that there are any species.
But the warriors in the Northland have never seen so many. In such a corner of the Northland, how can a dragon knight come to visit? When the trouble was so fierce before, Thor came without a dragon.
Let them see what a real dragon looks like,
Now Richard rode the Flying Dragon King and circled in the air for several times, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Army and the Flying Bear Army. After all, although these soldiers from the North had never seen a giant dragon, as people from the Golden Dragon Kingdom
, I have been instilled with the power of the dragon knight almost since I was a child. Now that Lord Richard is also a dragon knight, there is still a reason to win this battle.
Even if a small number of officers recognized that it was not a giant dragon, they remained silent at the moment. If the soldiers misunderstood it, just misunderstand it. Of course it would be a good thing to boost morale, so why talk too much.
After swinging in the air for a few times, Richard returned to the ground and rode alongside many officers, making it easier to dispatch the troops at any time.
It is worth mentioning that Priestess Elena is also among the senior officers, and she is even located very close to Richard, which is enough to show that Richard attaches great importance to her.
Elena did not accept the red flame horse offered by Richard, and still rode the white horse she brought with her. She was much shorter when walking alongside Richard.
Elena, wearing a battle dress and silver mail armor, looks somewhat similar to the Silver Pegasus Knight, but her strength is not the same.
After arriving at Demon Suppression City a few days ago, Elena walked around the Demon Suppression City and its surroundings a few times while Richard was busy with matters in the city. Although she didn't say anything when she came back, she took the initiative to express her gratitude to Richard on his expedition this time.
Being willing to go out with the army already shows the problem. She should be quite satisfied with the situation in Richard's territory. When Richard builds the temple of the Dragon of Light, Elena should be completely loyal to Richard.
"Report!"
At this time, several scouts rushed back from a distance. These scouts were still riding ponies from the North. After all, Richard was not rich enough to afford the luxury of equipping all riders with Western horses and Red Flame horses.
Although these small Northland horses are weak in terms of weight-bearing and impact power, they have the advantage of being easy to maintain and have good endurance, so they can barely be used to ration the reconnaissance cavalry.
"Sir Richard, the four major ogre tribes are showing signs of merging. It is estimated that nearly 15,000 to 20,000 ogres are gathering."
"Well, continue to observe."
"Yes, sir."
Richard had already discovered the movements of the four major tribes through the Royal Griffin before the reconnaissance cavalry reported back.
The current location of Richard's army is nearly a week away from the nearest tribe among the four major tribes. However, a human army of this size set foot in the wilderness and marched undisguisedly, and was discovered by the ogres in advance.
This is normal. Although the ogres are relatively backward in terms of system, they still have conventional investigation methods.
If Richard had not been discovered, then their large ogre tribes would have been unworthy of Grugesh's training.
"Do you need me to fight?"
After hearing the news about the scouts, Elena on the side took the initiative to express to Richard that she could help in the battle.
Ogres, a species that can feed on humans, are simply absolutely evil and dark existences in Elena's eyes, and they are all things that need to be purified with holy light.
Even though she has not formally pledged her allegiance to Richard yet, Elena is still willing to help eliminate the ogres.
"Okay, I hope Ms. Elena will also follow my command after the war begins."
Richard was not polite and immediately agreed to Elena's request. Such a powerful fighting force should not be used in vain.
"good."
Elena also nodded and answered with a good word, which was regarded as accepting Richard's command.
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middle of wilderness
A large group of ogre warriors gathered together again, and the four major tribes rarely joined together again. Since the accidental death of Grugesh, the four major tribes he left behind have developed independently, and even vaguely competed with each other for the small tribes.
Somewhat conflicting,
Now facing the pressure from the human army, they have no choice but to gather together again.
After a period of development, several tribes have become stronger. The total number of young ogre warriors gathered here is close to 20,000. This is the result of their annexation of small tribes during this period.
Moreover, with the craftsmanship and forging skills accumulated by Grugesh, the armor-wearing rate of the warriors of the four major tribes is not low. Among the 20,000 warriors, there are at least five to six thousand elites wearing iron armor.
It can be said that after Grugash, the cannibals truly became a huge threat to the North. Even if Grugash died, the legacy he left behind made the four major tribes a lot stronger.
The devil took half a step into civilization from the barbaric state of ignorance.
"Wuha, why are you becoming more and more timid? There are only 100,000 human beings in total. Is it worthy for our four major tribes to gather together? I thought it was such a big deal, so I brought more than half of the warriors from the tribe.
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"That's right, our tribe can take care of these weak humans."
It’s no wonder that the ogre chiefs have grown in size. Now one of their tribes can pull out five to six thousand capable ogre warriors, and their armor coverage is not low.
Recruiting tens of thousands of kobolds, a normal human army of tens of thousands is really not enough.
Especially after severely damaging the Jingbei Army, they felt that no lord in the North had the strength to attack any of their tribes.
Not to mention the elites of the four major tribes gathered together. With this force, they even felt that they could launch another eastward invasion.
Seeing the indifferent expressions of his fellow tribesmen in front of him, Wuha shook his head slightly helplessly, and simply used a big move at them to attract their attention.
"This army came from that border castle. The humans who despicably attacked Lord Grugesh last time should be among them."
"What?"
"Wuha, are you sure?"
"Destroy them, kill them in the most brutal way, and avenge Lord Grugesh!"
Regardless of whether it was true or false, upon hearing that it was related to Grugash, several ogre chiefs became excited and wanted to fight Richard's army immediately to avenge Grugash, for fear that Richard would escape.
