303 Big Trouble
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Kyle, they hope he can rush back to preside over the big game as soon as possible!
Kayla also wanted to go back with him, but he stayed here and hurried to build the castle, while Charlesman took his apprentices and the spray train all the way back to the main city of the base!
Xiao Feng and Friday and Sunday took turns driving, day and night, and it only took three days to return to the base, and when he came back, he immediately entered the conference room, and several important leaders of the base were also present.
Birodis also came back from the wasteland, and she was very excited to see Xiao Feng, but in the conference room, she didn't say much, and this time it was still Bloom who found that the orc army was coming.
Since the last siege, Bloom has been cruising the forests north of the city walls with an elite squad of hunters.
On the one hand, it was to expand the scope of reconnaissance and defense, so that the orc scouts would not get too close to the walls, and on the other hand, it was also to collect as many people as possible who were scattered in the wilderness and bring them back to the tribe.
During this period of time, his work has been quite effective, mainly to help the base collect a lot of people.
Xiao Feng nodded at Bloom, and he began to introduce the situation of the orcs this time.
"There are a lot of people, and I have sent people to scout the specific number of people, but every time I don't wait to get close to them, I will be driven away by their scouts, so the exact number is not easy to determine. We can only wait for them to open up, and we are sneaking into their abandoned camp to count the earthen stoves and estimate the number of orcs by the number of earthen stoves. But as you know, many orcs like to eat raw food, so this method of counting is not very accurate. I've also tried to ride a vulture and scout in the air, but it doesn't work well, and once I lower the altitude, there are golden eagles coming back to harass me. ”
Bloom's words made the atmosphere in the conference room a little solemn, it was not once or twice to fight with the orcs, and every time they would win a big victory, especially in the last battle to defend the city, they made the orcs suffer heavy losses.
And after listening to Bloom's description, the discipline of this half-orc march team is very strict, and it is obvious that the other party attaches great importance to them this time, which also makes everyone's hearts hang.
This time the orcs are menacing, and it should be the elite troops that should be dispatched, although the tribe is now also greatly strengthened, but with the elite of the orcs, no one knows what the result will be.
"What kind of troops do they have, how many do you estimate there will be?"
Xiao Feng could also sense that the atmosphere in the conference room was a little dignified, but there was nothing to do, Kyle, Groin, Dean, and Bloom were all veterans.
Especially Kyle, how many large-scale head-to-head battles between his human kingdom and the orcs have been fought, and each time he has failed, so it is inevitable that he will not have enough confidence when he hears the elite of the orcs attacking this time.
However, although the confidence is insufficient, it is still necessary to know oneself and the other, otherwise this battle will be even more difficult to fight.
In addition to the kobolds, werewolf cavalry, golden eagles, and pig-headed men we encountered before, as well as heavy infantry such as the Minotaurs, there are many other types of troops in these regular configurations, but because we can't get too close, I haven't seen too much. When I reconnoitred from the air, I roughly estimated that it should be more than 20,000 people, and with the baggage troops, there should be more than 30,000!"
All the people present at the meeting heard that the orcs had actually sent more than 30,000 people this time, and their faces changed greatly.
Their entire tribe is only more than 40,000 people, and there are only 3,000 qualified soldiers at present, and there are 3,000 reserves, even if you add the militia in the tribe, there are more than 10,000 people who can fight, less than 20,000.
And the half-orcs have more than 30,000 troops alone, and then think about the difference in combat effectiveness between human soldiers and half-orc soldiers, individual units...
For a while, the whole conference room was silent, if everyone was just lacking in confidence, then now someone must have begun to shake their confidence.
Even if Xiao Feng led them to win several wars with the orcs, they all knew very well what the quality of those victories was.
The first few times they faced each other were small teams of hundreds of half-orcs, or they went to a sneak attack, and the last time they defended the city, they were considered to have a hard encounter with the half-orcs, but then I learned from the captives that the half-orcs were not a regular bureau, they were all patchwork miscellaneous soldiers, and their combat skills, willpower and quality could not be compared with the regular army.
And this time the orcs came so many elites, obviously to crush them into powder with the momentum of thunder, and the original wall of more than nine meters high can also bring everyone a certain amount of comfort.
But now that he heard that more than 30,000 elite regular troops had come from the orcs' side, when he thought of the combat effectiveness of those ferocious orcs, everyone present except Xiao Feng couldn't help but feel a little frightened.
And Xiao Feng also had a gloomy face, in fact, he was not worried about what kind of half-orc regular army and how many people came, what he was worried about was whether there would be any new troops coming from the half-orcs this time.
The first few times he fought with the orcs, he had already seen some of the orcs' attack methods, and that's it, in front of his hot weapons, they were all chickens and dogs.
But I'm afraid that the other party will have new troops put in, such as the python longbowman last time, which brought him a lot of danger and almost killed him.
Because of the racial talent, every new kind of orc appearance will bring a new way of fighting, and even a way of warfare, so he is particularly concerned about the new orc class.
Based on his experience with orcs, only unknown new orcs and new ways of fighting will pose a threat to him.
But thinking about those big killers in his space, Xiao Feng also put away his worries, as a leader, he knew that he was the tribe's Dinghai Divine Needle, and everyone else was panicked, but he must not show the slightest panic, otherwise it would be completely finished.
"Okay, all cheer up, the enemy is coming, we are worried, it's useless, and besides, if we can defeat them once, we can defeat them a second time. You've seen how I defeated them before, and they don't have anything to fear, and besides, haven't we been prepared a lot? ”
Xiao Feng didn't give these people too much time to think about it at all, and directly began to issue orders, let these people be busy first, and when they were busy, they would have no time to think blindly.
Only by taking them to victory again this time will they have more confidence in themselves, in front of these natives, what big truths are nonsense, only let them really see what words are really strong, they will feel at ease.
One after another, orders were issued, and the whole city was immediately busy.
Fortunately, this time they are still defending the city, relying on the geographical advantage, they can also grasp a certain initiative on the battlefield.
In addition, thanks to the abundant resources of the Pennewera Peninsula, their material reserves are very rich, food, weapons are not lacking, and the archmage who has repeatedly led them to create miracles is in charge, Kyle, who has been defeated in front of the orcs many times before, has finally regained his courage.
One order after another was carried out in an orderly manner, and the humans in the tribe quickly calmed down from the initial panic.
After all, to the civilians, they have limited information, and as long as the mage is still around, they are confident that they will be able to hold the city.
Groups of men and horses were sent outside the city walls, and continued to dig the moat, widen it, and constantly poured water on the battlefield, making the ground north of the city gate muddy, which was not conducive to the orcs to attack the queue.
Bloom also set off with scouts, constantly spying on the military situation of the orcs.
But the whole situation was getting worse and worse, until five days later, Xiao Feng and the others finally saw the camp north of the city wall, where the army of orcs was stationed.
The discipline of the half-orc march this time was very verified, and he did not rush forward lightly like last time, so he did not give Xiao Feng too many opportunities to sneak attack, so he did not choose to go out of the city to sneak attack.
And when he saw the camp of the orcs in the distance on the city wall this time, he finally really saw the elite strength of the orcs.
The camp is located about three thousand meters away from the city wall, and it is obvious that the half-orcs are also more afraid of his long-range strike ability, and it can be seen from the telescope that the camp of the half-orcs is very tight.
Trenches were dug around the camp, trees were cut down from the surrounding hills, and walls were built, probably because of the previous sneak attacks, so this time the walls of the orcs were also built very formally, more than five meters high, and they were also very tight, not only with trenches on the periphery, but also with horses, and there were many observation towers on the wall.
Looking at the boxy camp rising from the ground in the distance, Xiao Feng couldn't help but sigh, there are still some capable people in this half-orc team, at least such a camp, even humans may not be able to do better, it seems that the leader of the half-orcs is not easy to deal with this time.
However, although the other party's camp is very tightly organized, it is safe to install the camp so far away, but it is not very friendly to the orc soldiers who are besieging the city, after all, the camp is too far away from their city wall as the starting camp for the attack.
Walking from the camp to the front of the city wall is probably a lot of physical strength!
But what happened next made Xiao Feng also frightened, and even felt for the first time that this time he might be in big trouble.
For after the orcs had set up camp, they did not rush to attack, but continued to build siege equipment in the camp, and at the same time sent men to start digging a trench, and the extension of the trench was officially towards their walls.