The string moved and arrows came out, and more than a dozen sharp arrows shot at a group of fleeing kobolds.
Although the ogres, under the leadership of Grugesh, have begun to look like an army, they still have shortcomings. They are still very weak in the area of investigation.
Although the kobold scouts are agile and can run fast, their speed is in vain against the mounted northern scouts. As long as these scouts are determined to chase, how can the kobolds outrun the horses?
With the sound of several sharp arrows piercing the flesh, several kobold scouts who were still running away howled and fell to the ground. Without much delay, more than a dozen scouts trampled past the kobolds who were still wailing.
A man quickly lost his life after being trampled by a war horse.
"Hurry up, Lord Richard ordered that no kobold scouts can be placed within ten miles."
After wiping out this small team of kobold scouts, the scout cavalry began a new round of search.
According to Richard's order, they wanted to kill all the snooping kobold scouts and make the ogre army completely blind and deaf.
After more than ten days of marching, the army has approached the central area of the wilderness where the four major tribes are located. The four major tribes did not wait for Richard to come to the door, but took the initiative to greet him after completing the merger. Now the main force between the two sides is
The distance was no more than thirty miles, and the bolder scouts had already circled the ogre camp.
Originally, the ogre tribe could be regarded as a nomadic civilization, or a relatively backward nomadic civilization.
After several years of hard work by Grugesh, as well as the guidance and help of the orcs and the robbery of a large number of craftsmen from the North, the level of civilization of the ogres has been greatly improved.
The four major tribes have even reclaimed some arable land on their respective territories. Although they have not yet built a city, they still have some stone houses and semi-fixed craftsman workshops.
It can be said that it has progressed from a nomadic civilization to a semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic civilization. The land in the middle of the wilderness may be crude in the eyes of humans, but it is no longer easy to abandon in the eyes of the ogres.
Even afraid of being destroyed by humans, he has already taken the initiative to welcome him.
Of course, there is another big reason. They do not feel that the tens of thousands of human troops are a threat at all. If the loss of Grugesh is not included, their current strength is more than twice as strong as when they fought against the Jingbei Army.
Ogre Camp
The four ogre chiefs sat together on high seats in the big tent. The tables and chairs were no longer the casual stone blocks in the past, but were specially made by craftsmen according to the body proportions of the ogres.
The decorations inside the big tent are also much more elaborate than before. They are all fine products used by human nobles, and they look very luxurious.
If it weren't for the fact that the size of human jewelry is not suitable for ogres to wear, it is estimated that several ogre chiefs and ogre warriors can wear several large gold rings with gemstones by now.
Because of Grugesh's death, no one among the ogres has absolute prestige to serve as leader, and only four ogre chiefs can decide some things together.
There was originally only one stool on the high platform of the big tent, but now there are four chairs side by side, and the positions are also standard. No one can sit in front or behind.
"Let me take the lead this time, and I must avenge Lord Grugesh!"
"Don't argue with me. I will personally take off the head of the murderer of Grugesh."
"Let me take the lead..."
Several ogre chiefs competed to take the lead, seemingly eager to fight regardless of gains and losses.
Perhaps they could do this when Grugesh was alive. After all, when Grugesh was around, whichever tribe suffered too much in the war would naturally be replenished with smaller tribes that had been incorporated into it.
But now each family is clearing its own path. They want to take the lead now. They just want to defeat this human army to avenge Grugash and gain greater prestige and become the new leader of the wilderness ogres.
That’s all.
Now they feel that tens of thousands of human troops are not a big threat. There is no problem for a tribe of more than 5,000 warriors to win the first battle. If the losses really reach a level that is unacceptable to them, I am afraid no one will put in the effort to pull them.
They all ran away.
"Okay, okay, each of our tribes will send out a thousand warriors, gather 4,000 fully armored elites, and then each will send out 10,000 kobold vassals to test the depth of the humans on the opposite side."
"That's fine."
"Everyone go down and make arrangements."
The ogre chief Wuha proposed a plan that everyone could accept, finally ending the dispute in the big tent.
Then the four people walked out of the tent almost simultaneously. Although the camps of the four tribes were camped together, the four chiefs had their own camps. The four camps were clearly separated.
The big tent in the middle that originally belonged to Grugesh now does not belong to anyone. Instead, it has become a symbol. It can only be used when the four chiefs are discussing matters. What is even more funny is that the four chiefs have to wait one after another in order not to appear.
In order, the doors of the big tent were expanded several times to facilitate the simultaneous entry and exit of the four chiefs.
This superficial balance can only be maintained when facing external threats from humans. Otherwise, after Grugesh's death, the four major tribes may have fought for certain inheritances.
Not long after, more than 4,000 armored ogre warriors lined up. These ogre warriors had arms much thicker than human thighs and were extremely tall. It was a nightmare for ordinary soldiers to face them.
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It can be seen from the outside that the ogres have made great progress. However, in the eyes of humans a few years ago, they were just a group of barbarians with simple minds and well-developed limbs who drank blood from their hair. Now these barbarians have learned to line up, wear iron armor and use
Standardized weapons, we really want Grugesh to lead the ogres to develop further.
Once he has integrated the hundreds of thousands of ogres in the wilderness, I am afraid that the entire Northland of humanity will be in danger.
Fortunately, Richard's punch caused the ogres to lose their most important leader. Now that the four major tribes have been eliminated, the hidden danger of the ogres has basically been eliminated.
"Lord Richard, more than four thousand elite ogres are out, as well as a large number of kobolds."
The spies can easily distinguish between ordinary ogre warriors and elites. A team with almost 100% armor coverage is nothing if not elite.
"Order the Tiger and Leopard Army and the Flying Bear Army to spread out on both wings and gradually push towards the ogre camp."
"yes!"
After receiving the order, Quill and Kerry were actually a little confused. According to Richard's order, it was not a direct combat action, but an encirclement action.
Excluding the two legions, there were only a few thousand people left in the front, including attendants with heavy cavalry.
Although they vaguely knew that this army, like Richard's personal army, was small in number but extremely elite, and had hundreds of equally elite heavy cavalry, they seemed too confident to directly fight against the ogre army with this small force.
A little more?
However, the military orders were overwhelming. After Richard gave the order, the two of them spread out to the two wings in accordance with Richard's order no matter how doubtful they were.
"Wear armor!"
After the two legions spread out to the two wings, Richard raised the Vulcan Sword in his hand and shouted orders. The attendants who had been guarding the Red Flame Knights and the heavy cavalry skillfully put on heavy armor on them.
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After a while, the knights and heavy cavalry behind Richard turned into moving iron mountains.
"rise!"
"Da da da…"
As the order was issued again, hundreds of heavy cavalry approached the ogres in slow and orderly steps, accompanied by hundreds of elite centaurs also wearing armor...
This team that Richard spent a lot of money to build is about to be tested in actual combat...
