Chapter 20: The Silverhorn Cavalry
The orc wasteland is dotted with countless orc tribes.
In order to survive in the wasteland of the jungle, the structure of the orc society is that the small tribe is attached to the large suzerain-lord tribe, and the large tribe is attached to the three major orc tribes, and only the leader of the three major tribes can be called the beastmaster.
Wars rarely occur between tribes belonging to the same suzerain, and even if there are occasional disputes over interests and territory, they are often resolved through the mediation of the patriarch of the large tribe, and the conflict between the large tribes will be mediated by the envoy sent by the Beast King.
Although orcs are irascible and warlike, conflicts between tribes, and casualties are inevitable, but because of the dependency between tribes, it is rare for an entire tribe to be wiped out and a certain orc tribe is cut off.
But the sudden intrusion of the Terran soldiers completely shattered the tranquility of the orc tribe.
Since uprooting the Jackal tribe, the Seventh Squadron has broken through into the depths of the Orc Wasteland, and within a few days, it has bloodied four orc tribes in succession.
All the orcs in the four orc tribes were slaughtered, the tribe's slightly valuable items were looted, and the orc corpses and tribal camps were burned when they left.
Even in the case of a war between the two clans, this massacre of women and children is outright banditry.
It's just that the 7th Squadron, blinded by hatred, has no guilt from top to bottom except for Alia.
The huge gains from the looting further fueled the madness and killing of the Seventh Squadron, and the next two attacks on the orc tribe did not even choose to do it at night, and directly broke into the orc camp and went on a killing spree.
The overconfidence also made the seventh squadron pay the price, and the scale of the werewolf tribe that attacked this time was obviously larger than the previous ones, and the werewolf patriarch of the remaining tribe was actually a fifth-level orc warrior, and in addition to the patriarch, there was also a fourth-level orc warrior.
When Arthur was entangled by the werewolf chief, and Jose and Lund laid siege to another orc warrior, the battle in the Seventh Squadron was not as fierce as before. Although he was victorious, he killed two soldiers and wounded six or seven others in the fight with the orcs.
Without any addition, the sacrifice of every soldier was a huge loss for the squadron.
The soldier's death also calmed Arthur a little. For several days after that, there was no movement from the 7th Squadron.
The transmission of information between the orc tribes was then blocked, and the sensational information that several tribes were uprooted one after another was also rapidly brewing and fermenting in the past few days, and a panic began to spread in the orc border area.
Some of the larger orc suzerains have received news from the smaller tribes below, speculating that a small Terran army has broken into the orc wasteland and is carrying out large-scale looting and slaughter.
The patriarchs of most of the orc tribes casually threw the news aside, what kind of storm can a small Terran army that broke into the orc wasteland set off, and sooner or later it will be wiped out if it is isolated. But there are also large orc tribes that send out scouting or hunting teams to look for traces of this Terran army.
To be sure, the more movement the 7th Squadron makes, the more difficult the situation will be.
The Seventh Squadron reappeared a few days later, already three hundred miles away from the orc tribe that had been attacked last time, and the target was the ranch of a large orc suzerain.
The ranch was guarded by three teams of orc cavalry, and with the orc civilians grazing the tribe, there were fifty or sixty orcs in the ranch.
This time, the 7th Squadron figured out the patrol rules of the orc cavalry, and eliminated the three teams of cavalry one by one through refueling tactics, and then killed all the orcs in the ranch.
The Seventh Squadron really stabbed the hornet's nest this time, not only directly found the suzeraint tribe of the orc people, but also the three-eyed dog tribe that specially domesticated the silver-horned buck mount for the Golden Lion family.
The silver-horned stag is tall and mighty, taller than the wildebeest used by human cavalry, and the six silver horns on its head are not only huge and beautiful, but also extremely hard and sharp, comparable to the three-level spear of the human race.
The Silverhorn is the exclusive mount of the Silverhorn Cavalry, one of the three core cavalry regiments of the Golden Lion family. On the battlefield, the silver-horned cavalry had made the Terran infantry and cavalry suffer a lot, and the huge and sharp silver horns could directly pick up the Terran hoplites when they moved forward, and the tall and strong body could collide head-on with the Terran heavy armored cavalry.
This time, Arthur and his 7th Squadron not only snatched more than 80 silverhorn bucks with one man and two horses, but also drove away the hundreds of silverhorn bucks left in the pasture.
It can be said that Arthur and they are coming specifically for the Silverhorn Bucks this time.
Both orc and human cavalry have their own mounts, but many mounts are not universal. For example, the wolf of the wolf cavalry, the Terran army cannot tame the wolf to become its own mount even after killing the wolf knight. It is also like the horned antelope that the Wind Thief is used to riding, because of its timid and small size, the orc cannot walk a step after riding it.
Although the silver-horned stag is tall and mighty, it has a relatively docile personality, and with a little training, it can become a battlefield mount, and does not exclude Terran soldiers from riding.
Making such a big move, the Three-Eyed Dog Tribe didn't dare to hide it, and on the one hand, they reported to the Golden Lion Family to accuse them, and on the other hand, they contacted the surrounding orc tribes to send troops to hunt down this Terran army everywhere.
After Arthur succeeded, he didn't dare to stay for a moment and already led people away.
Although Arthur and his 7th Squadron suffered some small losses in the last battle, the actual battles between life and death also made this unit and soldiers grow rapidly.
Several times in succession, the orc tribe was successfully cleansed, and the seventh squadron alone harvested more than 30 pieces of equipment above level 3.
Especially the last werewolf tribe that lost troops, the double-headed Lianjia in the hand of the werewolf patriarch was a real fifth-level equipment, and Arthur threw it directly to Lund without looking at it. In addition, there are more than a dozen pieces of equipment at the third and fourth levels, and although the equipment of the orcs is slightly rough, the power of the equipment of the same level is not inferior to the equipment of the Terran warriors.
Now the weapons in the hands of the soldiers of the seventh squadron are all at least level three, and the third-level enchantment and fourth-level equipment account for half, if you look at it from the level of weapons and equipment alone, it is equivalent to Arthur leading an army composed entirely of officers at the level of squadron leader.
Although the individual strength of the fighters is still slightly low, the "Death Trick" that Arthur previously taught the squadron soldiers has played an unusual role in the battle against the orcs, and combined with high-level weapons, almost every soldier has the strength to challenge the orc warriors across levels.
In the battles again and again, an extremely fierce Terran squadron has been tempered.
If there is a weakness in the 7th Squadron, it is the ability of the infantry to move relatively slowly, and once surrounded by orc cavalry on the plains, it can fall into a situation of being annihilated.
Arthur led the attack on the Three-Eyed Dog Tribe Ranch this time, making up for the last shortcoming of the squadron.
The Silverhorn Stag mount strengthened the Seventh Squadron, and one man and two horsemen ensured the squadron's ability to move continuously and quickly, and the orc cavalry could not catch up with it now.
For a long time after that, Arthur and his Seventh Cavalry Squadron came and went like a wind, like a blood-colored whirlwind, sweeping through one orc tribe after another......
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Compared to Arthur's swagger, Leon is much more low-key.
He is quietly digging the corners of the Golden Lion Family from tribe to tribe, and is constantly growing his power.
For the Golden Lion Family, which is a powerful force, these small tribes that Leon is now priing down are just a small brick in a skyscraper.
But Leon will keep prying like this, the bricks will be thrown too much, and the skyscraper will eventually collapse one day!