It was getting dark, and the orcs who had been marching for dozens of miles on the Great Plains throughout the day stopped and set up camp. Even if the orcs did not have night blindness, the commander was not willing to let hundreds of thousands of troops march for a long time at night unless necessary.
, Adequate rest is also one of the guarantees of combat effectiveness. Cold weapon warfare not only tests the will of the soldiers, but also places high demands on the physical strength of the soldiers. You cannot expect a group of soldiers to march day and night for several days and then lead them.
Fighting fiercely with dozens or hundreds of kilograms of equipment.
Under the night, the orcs sat around the campfire in an orderly manner according to their own teams, enjoying dinner. Except for a small number of elite troops on the plateau, the orcs generally could only maintain the habit of two meals a day, and only consumed meat and animal offal.
There are more supplies. After entering the central plains, the supplies become richer, and a meal is added in the evening.
Not only was the staple food enough for the evening meal, but there was also a lot of meat and fish. Many orc warriors had their mouths full of oil. This shows how much supplies the orcs had grabbed after entering the central plains. Most of them did not have many such open mouths on the eastern plateau.
After entering the Central Plains, there was no chance to eat. Therefore, no matter from any aspect, the morale of this orc army was quite high. Even due to military discipline, no orc warriors raised their voices.
Noisy, but the pleasure on his face could not be hidden.
However, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army in the Great Tent, the Great Shaman, the supreme commander of the millions of orcs, or the ancestor of the orcs, Gro. At this time, Gro's expression was particularly solemn, and a trace of emotion appeared on his young face.
There is a sense of maturity and vicissitudes that is not for this age. Even if he changes to a younger body, the old temperament cannot be worn away, so that other people except for the moment they saw Groxin's body, they had a look of astonishment.
Besides, they quickly got used to the young-looking Gro.
At this time, in addition to Gro, there were several high-ranking orc generals and the elusive Envoy of the Rising Sun, Adelillo, in the camp. They took advantage of this time in the evening to analyze the map and analyze the current battle situation bit by bit.
"General Skar acted very decisively after receiving the order. He immediately gave up the city of Kleis and headed north. According to the current situation, he should be able to reach the city of Sirgrad at the scheduled time."
"Our army is now in good condition. We won't need to rest and recuperate when we arrive in Sirgrad four days later. We will be able to join the battle immediately."
"More than 100,000 centaur warriors will also arrive with General Skaar."
"Okay, don't be careless these days. Come with me to inspect the camp before resting."
Grotto was quite satisfied with the speed at which the various armies were gathering together. After all, the orc army was an elite army, and even if it dispersed, it could still gather together quickly.
"Master Great Shaman, we are only attacking the city of Slgrad. Do we need to use so many troops?"
Just when Gro was about to leave the camp, someone among the officers present finally expressed the doubts that most people had. Gro's sudden order seemed unreasonable to most of the orcs. Intelligence showed that the defender of Slgrad City
There are only more than 200,000 troops, and more than half of them are soldiers who escaped from the Longxingguan battlefield. In their eyes, this group of people just lost the battle. Even if some masters among them have several giant dragons, they will not let them do this.
A big fight.
The troops mobilized by Gro this time, in addition to his own east-route army of nearly 500,000, he also mobilized half of the corps, which was also close to 500,000, from the corps that was originally planning to take down Clay City and approach the human capital.
Humans, including centaurs and some scattered teams. In order to attack Surgrad, Gro gave up many areas that were originally supposed to be occupied and gathered more than 1.2 million troops. This force was close to the orc army that entered the pass.
Half of it.
Not to mention, there are also the most important white dragons in this team. More than a hundred white dragons are following the Eastern Route Army under the leadership of the new patriarch Yisr. This force actually inexplicably went north to attack Sirgrad. If it were directly
If we attack Clay City, we can capture it in a few days at most. With the time we have to march north, we might capture all the Golden Dragons.
Sirgrad does have a strategic position. After all, it is an important city connecting the north and south of the human kingdom. However, in their eyes, attacking a city of Surgel where more than 200,000 human troops are stationed will not mobilize so many forces. At most, they can arrange a
A partial army of 200,000 to 300,000 people can be won with a few white dragons, but there is no point in setting up such a formation.
"Of course it is necessary."
Before Gro could respond to the officers' questions, Adelillo, who had remained silent, spoke first. Everyone present except Gro was focused on Adrilo, and no one would question him at this time.
Is Adrilo qualified to speak on this occasion? As the most senior officers of the corps, they know very well that it is this elf who is responsible for the White Dragon and Centaur's ability to unite with the orcs.
"The King of the North has mobilized an army of 500,000 from the North to move south along the Golden Dragon River. If you don't capture Surgal, maybe when you attack the Golden Dragon City, his army will appear behind you.
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"A mere 500,000 human troops will not pose any threat to us even if they appear in Golden Dragon City."
"It would be fine if there were only 500,000 human troops, but there are nearly twenty giant dragons and more than thirty giants in the army going south. Besides, you have also had some dealings with the King of the North at Longxi Pass.
The giant dragon has many strong men under him."
To say that the most hated human general by the orcs is definitely not the Dragon Knight or the Rose Duke of the West. Richard must be ranked first with an absolute advantage, regardless of the fact that he led the Northern Route Army to burn, kill and loot on the orc plateau in the first place.
The losses caused to the orcs in one pass or in several rounds of pulling at Dragon Breath Pass are all deeply remembered by the orcs.
When they heard the name King of the North, they had already taken it seriously. Now Adelillo said that the other party had nearly twenty giant dragons and more than thirty giants, which made the orcs who were originally extremely confident
The officers calmed down a bit.
"There are more than twenty giant dragons. Doesn't it mean that the golden dragon has torn up its agreement with humans? Why are there so many giant dragons in the human army? Why do giants also appear in the human army in the North?"
The orcs are definitely not unfamiliar with giants. The snowfield is vast, not only bordering the north, but also the orc kingdom. The orcs even sent a small team to infiltrate the north through the snowfield, but they gave up after being educated by Richard.
On this route, they knew how powerful the giants who were more than ten meters tall were in combat. It was definitely not a good thing for these guys to appear in the human army. What made them even more confused was that those giants who had always huddled in the snowfields and refused to come out.
Why did it suddenly go south? Aren't they afraid of the heat?
"Are you sure your information is accurate?"
"Absolutely no problem."
The Rising Sun Cult, which is well-organized and has been passed down for hundreds of years, is definitely an intelligence organization as powerful as the Black Prison in a sense. Although Richard has been deliberately concealing the number of dragons and giants, the size of these two creatures
They are all so huge that spies from the Rising Sun Cult can easily find their traces in the North.
Although Adriello couldn't figure out how the dragons and giants appeared in Richard's army, it did not affect the discovery of their huge figures by the spies of the Rising Sun Cult in the Northland army.
"Don't think so much for now. Before the human northern army arrives, quickly capture the city of Sirgrad, and then destroy the human army going south. After that, no human army will be able to resist us. By then, Adelillo
Envoy of God, your purpose can be accomplished."
"yes!"
Several orc officers followed Groh out of the camp to inspect the camp, while Adelillo did not move in the camp, with a serious look on his face.
The orc army has broken through the Dragon's Breath Pass, and most of the central plains of mankind have been lost. The situation should have been decided. The decline of mankind is inevitable. There will no longer be a race that masters magic to threaten the gods. At the same time, he can
Leading the orc army to eliminate the Hunter family in the North, a family that protected blasphemers. Although some accidents occurred in the process, the development direction was always based on their own ideas.
However, why is it still so uneasy when hearing the intelligence about the Northland army?
Is it because of the powerful men who always appear inexplicably in the North, or the dragons and giants that seem to appear out of thin air, or the funny god who fell into the North just after waking up?
Just when Adelillo felt inexplicably agitated, he suddenly noticed something seemed to be around him and immediately shouted:
"Sir Sulper, why don't you show up when you suddenly appear?"
Then, a black figure appeared out of thin air in the camp without warning. This envoy of the Lord of Shadows also sided with the orcs and wiped out the human kingdom, which seemed to be the consensus of all the awakened gods.
"Your Excellency Adelillo's senses are still so sensitive."
"Your Excellency Surper, if you have this free time, why not go and get rid of the human commanders in Surgrad City."
"Assassinating a saint who is good at close combat in the middle of the army, Sir Adelillo will really find something for me to do."
"If it succeeds, the Rising Sun Cult can give up part of its missionary area."
"I can try."
The envoy of the Lord of Shadows left as quickly as he came, disappearing into the night in an instant. Even Adriello could no longer feel his breath...
As the night progressed, there was no sound in the orc camp except for the occasional footsteps of patrol teams passing by.
...
Northland
Due to extremely good preparations, except for a small number of cavalry troops and advance troops who followed the Golden Dragon General on land, it took only three days for the half-million-strong army to board the ship and set off from Piaoxue City. The last group of soldiers had already boarded the ship, and five soldiers had already boarded the ship.
One hundred thousand troops went south along the Longjiang River. This river with an average width of 20 kilometers was covered with large ships transporting troops. The white sails on the ships almost completely obscured the river surface. The soldiers on the ships were all brightly clad and in posture.
It was tall and straight, and under the sunlight, it glowed with golden scales along with the blue waves in the river. It was so majestic. The fleet flying the golden three-arrow flag was mighty along the way, and the people in the Northland on both sides of the strait spontaneously chased the fleet and cheered.
, it can be seen that the Hunter family is quite popular among the people in the Northland.
Compared to traveling by land, heading south by water was the fastest and cheapest way, but even so, Richard encountered something that gave him a huge headache.
"Sir Richard, nearly one-third of the soldiers on the ship are suffering from seasickness today. They vomited out the food they ate in the morning before they were digested. They have lost all their strength. After traveling thousands of miles, if we don't get there when we get there,
After taking a rest, I’m afraid it will be difficult to jump directly into the battle.”
Among the generals who were on the same ship as Richard, in addition to system heroes like Sandro, there were also early confidants like Quill. This large ship, which carried nearly 3,000 people, was mainly made up of Navy crew members and the old Flying Bear Army.
soldiers.
Richard's army encountered a common problem among all northern armies, which was seasickness.
Although there are several large rivers in the Northland, and the Jinlong River runs straight through it, in the end it is still a Northland where water transportation is not very developed. Most people do not know how to swim or have done a boat. Suddenly, when they get on the boat, they only
One-third of the people were seasick. These soldiers were already in good physical condition. If it were ordinary people with weaker systems, at least half of them would be seasick.
Even Quill's face in front of him didn't look too good. Although he was not as seasick as an ordinary soldier due to his strength as a knight, he was obviously not used to staying on a ship and did not rest well.
"Let the camp prepare an extra dinner at night. If the seasick soldiers want to eat at night, they can have another one. Don't let them go hungry."
"Yes, sir!"
Richard doesn't have a good way to deal with seasickness. For most people, just get used to it, but the habituation process is a bit painful. The only thing Richard can do is to have people prepare some extra food to wait for seasickness.
The soldier has almost vomited. If he feels hungry, he can eat something. If he vomits a few more times, he will get used to it.
"Hey, life is really fragile. If the ship is full of undead troops, Lord Richard will not have such troubles. They don't need food and grass, and they won't get seasick. As long as Lord Richard leads them with one command, as long as the flame of the soul is not extinguished.
, they will be able to fight unconditionally for Lord Richard."
After Quill went down, Sandro praised the benefits of the undead army next to Richard, but Richard still had no reaction. He just looked at the direction of the fleet and calculated how long it would take for the army to reach its destination.
With a distance of thousands of miles, it would take an unknown amount of time for half a million troops to arrive by land, but it would only take three days for the fleet to travel down the river.
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