The first river crossing operation was directly beaten by Zhenbei City, and the orc coalition did not give up, and the Hongsha River and Baishui River could not stop the huge coalition army.

The climate of the Northland Wasteland is cold, only Zhenbei City because of the harvest altar, the nearby ice and snow melted, and then separated from the vicinity of Zhenbei City, the two rivers have re-frozen, and the cold climate of the Northland Wasteland allows the army to come from the ice.

Therefore, after seeing that the crossing of the river was blocked, the orc army did not force the crossing, but led the army downstream along the river, looking for a strong enough ice surface to cross the river.

Suren was not surprised when he saw the actions of the orc army, although the orcs generally have low intelligence, but the shamans among the orcs are more shrewd than most humans.

It is very difficult for an army of five or six thousand to hide their tracks, Su Lun's scouts can easily monitor their every move, plus the army in Zhenbei City all have horses to travel, and their mobility ability is far beyond these orc coalition forces, Su Lun did not follow them closely.

Let Harrison return to the north of the town with the security team and 2,000 militia to guard the city, while Suren began to move downstream with the army.

The Hongsha River and the Baishui River began to flow in different directions after flowing through the range of Zhenbei City, the Hongsha River to the south, and the Baishui River to the east, after leaving the range of Zhenbei City, the two rivers had frozen again, and the orc alliance was to find a strong enough ice surface, and then cross the river to have a decisive battle with the humans in Zhenbei City.

The cold wind is howling! Night has crept down.

After day's fighting and marching, the orc coalition set up camp on the north bank of the Whitewater River, about three kilometers away, in a dense forest.

The trees in the dense forest were cleared out of a clearing, a large number of bonfires were lit in the camp, the orc coalition only had a few tents, and the rest of the monsters could only sleep in the snow, but fortunately, there were many pine trees around, and the exuberant bonfires dispelled the cold around them.

In the central tent, a bonfire has been lit, and some meat is roasting on the bonfire, and the smell of meat fills the tent. Scattered around the tent were several stout orcs, who were silently munching on the food in their mouths.

The orc alliance does not have food, their food comes from other monsters, goblins, kobolds, gnolls, which they killed when they gathered the monster army, in fact, the orc tribe has long been out of food, in order to win, they have already done it to other monsters to get food.

The monsters that were collected not only served as cannon fodder, but also as food after death, all monsters had no objection to this cruel way, in fact, some monsters would even take the initiative to kill their companions and then eat them.

The bitter north wind blew through the woods, blowing the bonfires to the ground, except for the orcs who kept vigil, the other monsters had already rested, as the descendants of the Fireblade Clan, they knew the predicament that the tribe was facing now, and without food, they would probably lose the war with the centaurs.

If you want to defeat the centaurs, you can only rely on them to plunder, and the people who have the most food around them are humans, and their goal is Zhenbei City.

Munching on the roast meat in his mouth, Saron Fireblade looked indifferently at the other monsters in the camp. The meat of the Gnoll Man does not taste good, let alone the Gnoll Man who has been hungry for a winter.

The meat was dry and hard, with a fishy smell, and he preferred to eat the meat of the Bighorn deer, whose fat meat was roasted over the bonfire, and the hot fat was steaming, and from time to time a drop or two of the fat would drip into the campfire, and just thinking about it made it drool.

As a sapient race, orcs are also reluctant to eat other humanoids for food, but when times come to hard times, there is no other way to obtain food, and they don't mind eating these. There was not much food in the tribe, all the food was left for the warriors, and the women, children and children could only eat one meal a day.

Some of the weaker ones couldn't resist this winter and died, and the rest were yellow and thin. As the second son of the clan leader Goron Fireblade, one of the high-ranking members of the Fireblade Tribe, he knew very well what this war meant for the entire Fireblade Tribe.

If the Fireblade Tribe wants to grow and grow, it must defeat the Centaur Tribe, and only by defeating the Centaurs can they get enough land, and if they fail, they will be expelled, and the Fireblade Tribe can only wander and then compete with other tribes for more living space.

As the key to this war, defeating the humans and getting enough food is the most important thing at the moment, and only by getting enough food can the Fireblade Tribe go on and then defeat the centaurs once and for all.

It can't fail! It doesn't qualify to fail!

If they don't get enough food this time, then the Fireblade Tribe will have to watch the centaurs win, and the Fireblade tribe, which has lost a large number of soldiers and suffered heavy losses, will have to flee under the pursuit of the centaur tribe. There are no vast pastures for them to raise their livestock! Every winter, a large number of people freeze to death, and every heavy snowfall kills a large number of livestock.

Hunger and cold weaken the Fireblade Tribe, and if there are no stronger people in the tribe, then the Fireblade Tribe will eventually die out or be swallowed up by a more powerful tribe.

Now the hope of winning is in sight.

Humans have plenty of food, and the land they occupy is even more amazing, in the cold northern heath, there is actually no snow and ice, if they can occupy this place, the whole tribe will no longer have to worry about children freezing to death in winter. Cattle, sheep and livestock can also survive the winter here.

What's more, after occupying this place, the Fireblade Tribe can attack the Centaur Tribe from both sides, and the best option for the Centaur Tribe, which already has the upper hand, is to retreat.

And the Fire Blade tribe that completely occupies this place only needs a few years of cultivation and recuperation to develop and grow into the most powerful tribe in the nearby wasteland.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Fireblade Tribe, whose life is extremely difficult. Even leading more wilderness monsters to the south to defeat humans and occupy better places is not without a chance.

......

In Suren's tent.

After summarizing the collected information, Su Lun began to think about the problem, he was not afraid of the orc alliance in front of him, although there were many of them, but in his opinion, except for the thousand orc warriors, the others were all rabble, not to mention Su Lun, a legendary powerhouse. The Fireblade Tribe also has legendary powerhouses, but with centaurs on their side, they can't pull their hands out.

"Those drow elves are all arranged. Enjoying Chrissy's massage, Suren asked.

"It's already arranged. ”

In this war, Suren asked the drow elves to send a large number of people to participate in the war, in fact, they didn't have much trust in these drow elves Su Lun, in the system interface, most of these drow elves were loyal to the level of sixty-five to seventy, and only a small number of drow elves were loyal to seventy-five or more.

These drow elves are good in all aspects, the only drawback is that their loyalty is low, although they haven't done anything out of the ordinary for the time being, but Suren is not sure if they will stab them in the back when there is a crisis in the territory, and this war in front of them is a test for them.

The test is to confirm their loyalty, and if they have not been able to put themselves in their place, then the rights they enjoy today will soon be reclaimed. He doesn't need to be without a loyal army, even if it's strong.

The Drow Elf with the highest loyalty is the first Ayton to be loyal to him, and after joining Suren's command, his strength has broken through to the third order, and his loyalty has reached 92, and even the Drow Elf scouts he leads have a loyalty of less than 80.

Male drows are generally more loyal than female drows.

Tapping his fingers lightly on the tabletop, Su Lun immediately said in a deep voice: "Have you brought all the fire oil in stock?"

"It's all here. ”

"Tomorrow will surprise those orcs. ”

......

After passing through Zhenbei City, the Hongsha River began to flow southward, and at a distance of thirty kilometers from Zhenbei Fort, the river began to deflect to the south, and the river became gentle, and the cold wind howled in the northern wasteland at this time, and the river water had frozen all when it reached here. This is where the orc coalition will cross the river.

Su Lun and his army were already ready, and the orc legions in the distance continued to advance towards the Hongsha River after crossing the ice of the Baishui River, which was the battlefield chosen by both sides.

"Ding, a large number of hostile monsters have been detected near the host army, please pay attention to the host. ”

"Ding, our army has discovered the orc alliance, and the encounter has officially begun, with more than five thousand enemy troops and 302 of our participants. ”

Su Lun opened the strategic map, and at a glance he saw a large area of red areas, these red areas were formed by the convergence of a large number of red dots, and now they had crossed the Baishui River and were thinking about the Hongsha River here.

"My lord!" With the sound of horses' hooves, a scout galloped towards his horse, the horse exhaled a piece of white mist, and when he rushed closer, the scout turned over and dismounted and said: "Five kilometers to the northeast, a large number of enemies are coming, most of them are jackals and kobolds, a small number of orcs, among them there are two hundred orc wolf cavalry!"

"Let's go down and rest!" Su Lun waved his hand to return to the team.

At this time, the army of Zhenbei City had completed the formation, speaking of which, the battle formation of Zhenbei City was very simple, the first row was the longbowmen, behind the longbowmen were the heavily armed barbarian warriors, and finally the pikemen phalanx.

The attack routine is also simple, when the enemy charges, first let the longbowmen rain arrows, wait for the enemy to get closer, the longbowmen retreat, and then the barbarian warriors launch a counter-charge, the pikemen phalanx goes up, and the longbowmen re-release the arrows in the back. Although the routine is simple, it is easy to use.