In the dense forest, a group of kobolds barked incessantly. A mixed team composed of phantom shooters, war dancers and ordinary half-elf soldiers had a fierce battle with an orc team. Several orc warriors lurking in the forest held up
Hatchet rushed out and fought with two war dancers and kobold half-elf soldiers.
From time to time, cold arrows shot out, each one capable of taking away the life of an orc warrior.
Originally, this ten-man orc team took advantage of the home field advantage to lurk in the forest and prepare to eliminate the human army scouts first, but they were smelled by the kobolds in advance and locked their position.
Immediately, more than ten sharp arrows were shot into a bunch of dense leaves of trees. It would have been difficult for these ordinary bows and arrows to cause effective damage to the armored orcs unless they were lucky, not to mention that they were shot by half-elves in the forest.
No matter how accurate it is, it cannot directly pass through several pieces of wood and then complete the armor breaking.
But just when these orcs thought that these arrows were not threatening, a sharp arrow with completely different strength was shot like a white rainbow. An orc who looked up to observe was directly hit by this kind of face armor. The thickness of the face armor was not as thick as the body.
His heavy armor was immediately shattered when the arrow was focused on the front, and then the sharp arrow went straight into his face, and finally shot through.
Before the orc warrior had time to let out a cry of terror, he just opened his mouth and was speechless. He was half-bent and facing forward, but was carried backwards by this arrow.
He fell down.
The other hidden orcs also knew that they were exposed and no longer hid in the leaves and weeds. Several powerful crossbows that had been strung up shot out, whistling and shooting down the three closest kobolds and the two standing semi-humans behind them.
The elf warriors, but the phantom shooters and war dancers evaded faster and quickly hid behind a few thick trees without suffering any losses.
Then the orcs stopped winding the string and rushed out with the short axes at hand. Obviously they were more confident in their melee capabilities, or perhaps the phantom archer's magical arrows made them useless against each other's long-range mutual consumption.
confidence.
After all, in just a short period of time, the phantom shooter hit twice, both of which hit the vital point directly and killed him with one arrow. The armor on the orc can obviously offset the damage of ordinary bows and arrows, but in front of the phantom shooter, it was like paper, completely unable to resist.
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It seems that the casualties of the orcs in the first round were smaller, but one orc life can be exchanged for the lives of at least four or five elite human soldiers on the battlefield, not to mention that the orcs in the forest are still elite, and they are compared with the kobolds and half-elves.
The exchange ratio is a humiliation.
The two sides were actually very close. The orc warriors rushed up within a distance of less than 20 meters, and the two war dancers who were originally hiding behind the trees also waved two heavy scimitars and brought more than a dozen barking dogs.
The barking kobolds and several half-elf soldiers rushed forward, but only the phantom archer continued to fire cold arrows from behind.
Then the first scene appeared, in which a few eight orc warriors and a mixed team under Richard's command fought together in the dense forest.
The kobolds moved very quickly in the forest and rushed in front of the war dancers. At this moment, they seemed to have turned into fierce hounds and rushed towards the orcs.
"boom!"
However, the absolute power gap between kobolds and orcs is still too big. Although these kobolds are the strongest group in the group, they are still vulnerable to the orcs. They don't even wave the short ax in their hands. The orcs in front of them can kill them with just one kick.
Kicked away a kobold.
This kobold, which was less than 1.5 meters tall, had no ability to resist in front of the orcs who were more than 2 meters tall. It turned into a parabola in mid-air. After landing on the ground, it trembled and could no longer stand up. It was obvious that it had suffered internal injuries.
He was kicked and his spine was broken.
"Woo...woof!"
But at this moment, the kobolds showed their ferocity in battle. When they recognized that they were soldiers under Richard's command, the kobolds' desperate posture was no weaker than when they were driven by ogres, and even
Under Lint's training, they became even better at cooperating.
While the orc was kicking his companion away, he didn't use the poor short spear in his hand to try to pierce the orc's thick armor. Instead, he directly possessed and dodged the orc's battle ax and bit it.
On the opponent's lower legs that are not protected by armor.
"ah!"
The orc cried out in pain and tried to kick the kobold away with his legs, but the kobold bit him tighter.
"Despicable kobold, die!"
After saying that, the orcs simply struck down with an ax and smashed the heads of the kobolds. Although these kobolds are fierce, they can only cause some trouble to the orcs at most. If there are only these kobolds, the orcs will have to work hard and suffer a little.
A minor injury can completely resolve them.
But it was enough that these kobolds caused them some trouble. The orc warrior who had just killed the kobold looked up and saw that as the arc light approached, War Dancer's heavy scimitar was in front of him. The orc warrior quickly raised his axe.
He resisted, but the War Dancer's scimitar changed its direction strangely and slashed directly towards his wrist. With one cut, the orc warrior's hand holding the battle ax was cut off at the wrist level. Then one of them turned around and used another scimitar.
The bully slashed the orc warrior's throat.
Originally, as a second-level promoted unit, war dancers should be on par with orc warriors in strength, and even weaker than orc warriors in formation battles. However, with the addition of Richard's own advanced offensive skills, his attack power has increased by a factor of 1.
In addition, Richard was now wearing the power of the Dragon King and several treasures. In terms of individual strength, the war dancer had already surpassed the orc warrior by a lot. With the help of the kobold, he easily killed an orc warrior.
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The phantom archer on the other side was not idle either. In less than half a minute of the battle, he shot two more arrows, and the two orc warriors fell down in response.
"Kill the archer first!"
"Bang! Bang!"
After saying that, some orc warriors threw flying axes in the direction of the phantom shooter, but the phantom shooter nimbly dodged them, and the ax hit the tree. After all, not everyone has the power and accuracy of the phantom shooter.
The threat of the phantom shooter is much greater than that of war dancers and kobolds. It was luck to shoot one at the beginning, but then he shot four of his own people in succession. That is not just luck. It is simply a terrifying existence.
The leading orcs wanted to deal with this threat first, but two war dancers and a dozen kobolds and half-elf warriors blocked them tightly. There was no chance of getting close to the phantom shooter, and they were attacked again.
The dancer killed two people.
When the last orc warrior died under the arrows of the phantom archer, this mixed scout team hid in the forest again and began to continue exploring forward.
This small conflict ended with Richard's scout team winning a great victory and annihilating an elite team of ten people at the cost of only six kobolds and three half-elf warriors.
Similar battles continued in this dense forest. Most of the time, the scout team, led by the phantom shooter, won a great victory. In a short time, the orcs who relied on their familiarity with the terrain and environment were defeated one after another.
There is a small open space in the middle of the dense forest. Richard, Kuz, four army commanders and a few of their heroes are stopping here. Behind them is a dense army. However, in this forest, the number of people cannot be seen. It is just in the open space.
Everywhere you look are heads.
After completing the military parade, Richard did not stop at Dragon Scale Castle. His mission was not to guard Dragon Scale Castle, but to lead the Northern Route Army to attack the eastern plateau occupied by the orcs, so he did not pay any attention to Dragon Scale Castle and the surrounding terrain.
After learning more about it, he led the Northern Route Army into the dense forest on the third day.
As for him taking action earlier than the time when Thor's middle route army was dispatched, Kurtz was even more happy to see it. The north route army was originally a cover to attract the attention of the orcs. The faster Richard moved and the bigger the noise was, the more likely he was to attract the orcs' attention.
Attention is drawn to the north lane, thus sharing more pressure on the middle and south lanes.
It's just that Richard's action was not supported by the four army commanders at the beginning, especially the veteran Alsi. According to him, the orcs had been operating in the northern dense forest for many years, and there were camps and hidden sentries everywhere. The battle in the forest had already begun.
This is extremely disadvantageous. We should not lead the army headlong into the forest without thinking. Instead, we should set up a stronghold outside the forest, slowly send out elites and scouts to explore, and explore the way for the army before entering the forest.
This was indeed Lao Zhong's suggestion, but Richard did not adopt it. He very stubbornly ordered the army to directly enter the forest. Because of Richard's forced order, several army commanders could not resist and could only follow Richard's order and directly enter the forest.
, but I felt very uneasy.
Although the Duke has many dragons under his command, the northern dense forests are not plains. They are densely packed forests with large trees more than ten or twenty meters high. This complex terrain greatly limits the dragons' ability to perform.
If you take your time and advance little by little, you will be more confident, but you have to take such a radical action. Several army commanders can only attribute this to Richard's youth and vigour.
Not long after entering the forest, they noticed the source of Richard's confidence. The army marched very smoothly. Not only was it not disturbed at all, but even the traps were destroyed in advance. The entire march was extremely smooth, and the only obstacle was the rugged terrain.
The mountain road was over, and the scouts under the Duke actually cleared away the orcs in the forest. It was simply unbelievable.
Facts have proved everything. After Richard has proved his wisdom with actual situations, these army commanders no longer dare to question Richard's orders. At this time, Li Cha stopped in this open space and they did not move.
He stood by the side obediently and waited for Richard's next order.
After a while, several figures emerged from the woods ahead.
"Sir Richard, the orcs in the forest have completely retreated, and the road ahead has been cleared."
The person who came back to report was none other than Gru, a legendary hero. At this time, he was actually wearing a disguise and leading some of his men to clean up the orc scouts in the forest. He was completely bullying the small ones and attacking them with a reduced dimension.
Gru's behavior also accelerated the orcs' defeat in the forest. The army had not paused for long before it was about to move forward again.
"Command the army to continue marching towards Langshou Village! Take the Langshou Village for me, I don't want to sleep in the forest tonight."
"Yes, sir!"
"Send the order! Continue marching towards Langshou Village!"
Soon, the orders were passed down one level at a time, and the whole forest began to make rustling noises again...
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Langshou Village
Most of the scouts who were dispersed have returned to the stronghold, and the outer checkpoints have either been eliminated or withdrawn to the stronghold. All the surrounding orcs have gathered in this small stronghold.
Including the original 1,000 defenders, the number of orc warriors in the Wolf Head Village now reached about 1,500. Although it sounds far from the number of human troops of 100,000, generally speaking, with the Wolf Head
The stronghold's geographical location and the orcs' fighting power already provide them with a lot of strength. If they really want to fight, it's the humans who should have a headache.
But now, the situation was completely reversed. Almost half of the orcs' outer checkpoints and forest patrol teams were lost, and the remaining half who ran back were all panic-stricken. It was obvious that they had suffered a big loss in the forest.
The orc general was listening with a serious face as the retreating team described the situation on the battlefield.
"Those kobolds can spot us from a long distance away. It's completely useless for us to hide in the bushes. We have no chance of a sneak attack."
"The human team is equipped with a marksman. The arrows are not only accurate, but also very powerful. I saw an arrow piercing directly through the captain's breastplate. We wanted to kill the marksman first, but we would be killed by the kobolds.
If some tall-looking half-elf swordsmen stop us, half of them will die directly under the arrows, and if we don’t run, we will all die in the forest..."
"This is not the reason for your retreat."
After asking the question, the orc commander of Langshou Village shook the battle ax in his hand. According to the rules, the captain of this team has been killed. The ordinary soldiers ran back without snatching the body. All that awaits him is death.
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It's just that now is the time when the troops are insufficient. After hesitating for a moment, the orc commander put down the battle ax in his hand, waved his hand and ordered:
"All soldiers who have returned from the rout will be organized into punishment camps. When humans attack, they will all be on the front line."
"Yes, sir."
"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"
Although he was included in the punishment camp, a team with the highest casualties, he was the greatest luck to be able to escape and survive for a while. This orc soldier who escaped did not complain at all and honestly
Then he was taken to a punishment camp by two soldiers to report.
After the defeated troops were escorted away, the orc commander's serious expression gradually turned to worry.
These ranger soldiers who were familiar with the terrain and laid ambush in advance did not even slow down the footsteps of humans. They all collapsed in less than a day. I am afraid that the vanguard of humans will arrive soon.
"Command the army to cheer up and prepare for battle!"