Chapter 39 Before the Battle 1
"Burroughs, don't be impulsive!" Jerome and Burroughs were hiding in a leafy place on the side of the "Shock Road" in the Warcraft Forest, and Jerome was holding Burroughs' right hand to draw the bow and persuading.
"At this time, we attacked, and the orcs surrounded and annihilated us in minutes!" Even though Jerome deliberately lowered his voice, he could still hear a serious and nervous feeling.
"Are you afraid?" Burroughs's cold tone revealed a kind of determination, "I said that this has nothing to do with you. If you're scared, leave by yourself and don't get in my way!"
"I, Jerome, have lived half my life, who have I been afraid of?" Jerome heard Burroughs's cold words, although he knew that it was Burroughs's unintentional action and did not get angry, but he was also very uncomfortable.
"You give me a closer look! Let's not talk about their numbers, just look at their marching formation, no matter how skilled you are, you can only shoot one person at most, and then you will have to burp!" Jerome's voice was dull: "You are all hiccup, how can you stop the orc army from going south?"
When Burroughs heard this, he said no more. He took a deep breath, calmed his thoughts, and looked at the orc army marching on the "Path of Shock."
The orc army had a small group of 10 cavalry and a small group of 50 infantry as the vanguard. At the same time, there was a small group of 10 reconnaissance units on either side of the marching column.
The orc army is a bit different from the Atlantic army, requiring only some leather and a small amount of metal armor for armor, plus a spear or short knife to arm an infantry (because some orcs are so gifted with magic that they are so good at melee combat that some orc infantry are not equipped with weapons). The cost of infantry is very low, so that the largest number of people in the orc army is infantry, and the establishment is several times that of other units.
The Orcs, whose production capacity is much lower than that of Atlanta, rely more on natural magic to fight, rather than on the quality and strength of their equipment.
And at this time, don't look at the vanguard of the orcs, the march is decent, and even in the arrangement of the reconnaissance team, it can be regarded as extremely stupid.
How can any army in the world place its scouts on either side of the troop marching column? Are they still scouts?
However, the members of the "Ranger" brigade, Burroughs and Jerome, who had long guarded the northern walls of the fortress of Versailles, knew that the orc vanguard was very practical for the orc army.
The regular army of orcs is simply divided into melee units, ranged units, cavalry units, and multi-ability units. Orc's multi-ability units refer to their scouts! Orc scouts can attack from a distance and fight in close combat, and their magic abilities are much stronger than other units.
The orc scouts are somewhat similar to the "rangers" of the Atlanta Empire, and the orc scouts are superior in terms of magical means, so much so that the "rangers" of the Atlantan Empire do not dare to march like this, but the orc scouts do!
"Not good!" Burroughs, who was weighing the pros and cons, had a flash of inspiration, suddenly remembered something, and blurted out a "bad" immediately.
"What's the matter?" asked Jerome at once, knowing how good Burroughs' eyesight was.
"No, I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, but I thought of one thing. Burroughs was unsure.
"Hah! I was talking so awesomely just now, why is it so squirming now? What is the matter? Say it quickly!" Jerome must have been revenge, revenge Burroughs had just said he was afraid.
Burroughs: "Do you remember a conjecture made by the leader of the first group of the first detachment at a conference?"
Jerome: "...... I don't remember, what's the guess?"
Burroughs: "He said that the reason why orc scouts are called scouts must be because 'reconnaissance' is their main task!"
Jerome: "...... What do scouts do if they don't do reconnaissance? But what does this have to do with the current situation?"
Burroughs' eyes searched everywhere for something, and even looked carefully into the sky.
Jerome: "What the hell is going on? Don't talk halfway." What are you looking for?"
Burroughs: "I said, you were the captain of the detachment before......"
Jerome: "What's wrong with the team leader? Can't you let the team leader be idle?"
Burroughs: "......"
Jerome: "Then I'll think for myself......"
Before Jerome could begin to think, Burroughs seemed to have found his target, and Burroughs pointed to several birds and an eagle flying in mid-air.
Jerome: "What do you mean?"
Burroughs: "The orc scouts are not only themselves, but most likely the birds or other animals that assist them!"
Jerome: "That is......"
Burroughs turned over in a slight whisper, lay directly on the thick branch, and said a little helplessly.
"That is to say, we can't fight now, we can't retreat, and we will be discovered if we retreat. ”
Jerome frowned and said casually, "It shouldn't be too difficult to avoid the sight of those birds, the leaves of the Warcraft Forest are so lush." ”
Burroughs: "The fact that these orc soldiers can walk the path of shock and awe so openly and fearlessly shows that a certain area around here is under their surveillance. ”
Burroughs closed his eyes as he finished speaking.
Jerome: "According to you, we're not very dangerous, so why are you still sleeping......"
Burroughs replied indifferently: "As long as the orc soldiers do not move in this way, it means that we have not been discovered, and we dare not do anything, but sleep...... By the way, didn't you tell me to take a hard look at their situation? Did you tell me not to do it because you were really afraid?"
Jerome's old face flushed and he laughed dryly......
Almost half a kilometer away from Burroughs and Jerome, Burroughs' crew, Tank and Galen, arrived according to the marks left by Burroughs.
At the same time, Burroughs also left them with a new directive: hide where they are.
They obeyed the order and, like Burroughs and Jerome, hid in a tree.
The tree is also leafy and has a special location.
They could easily look around here, but looking at their position from other directions, it was only difficult to spot them. At the same time, this tree faces the side away from the path of shock, and there is a tree that is closer to the direction, and if they are really in danger, they can also have a way to evacuate faster.
If the danger came from the orcs, they retreated in the direction of the path away from the shock, and the orcs did not dare to pursue them easily.
If the danger comes from the Warcraft, or if you encounter a fierce Warcraft after retreating, then you can only compete with the Warcraft to see who can run more......
"Tank, you said that the team leader and the detachment leader, will they leave us behind and go and fight the orcs themselves?" said Galen, who was a little impatient with the others.
At this time, the tank was extremely careful to observe the surrounding movements, and he did not look impatient at all, and the more than a day of running around did not seem to affect him at all.
"Tank!" Can't shout loudly when he was hidden, Galen thought that Tank didn't hear him, so he patted Tank's body.
"I heard, although our main task is to support and assist the team leader, but before that, we should follow orders!" The tank remained motionless, but the voice came out.
When Galen heard Tank's words, he felt confused, he just wanted to chat, and he didn't think about disobeying the leader's orders......
"And the mark made by the team leader this time didn't point out the direction, if I really wanted to help the team leader privately, I don't know how to find them. Galen was extremely depressed and wanted to talk about this guy from the tank for a long time......
"Is it because I've been with Jem for a long time? Jem must have done unruly things in the past to make Tank develop this kind of logical thinking...... Alas, Jem died at such a young age, next time I have to ask the team leader, how to avenge Jem, the team leader must have a plan...... "Galen had no choice but to chat with himself.
Suddenly, the tank half-raised his hand, and then pointed his finger in the direction of the tree.
When Galen saw this, he immediately stopped chatting and looked at the place indicated by the tank.
A thin man in leather armor, with messy hair and a staff inlaid with a spar the size of a baby's fist, was in a panic and hurrying away.
"It's a mage. Galen decided.
If a man is so thin, coupled with the fact that he has a staff inlaid with hedrons, and dares to walk alone in the Warcraft Forest, then he will definitely not be such a thin person because he has some kind of disease, let alone a poor person who has nothing.
And the papal ascetics, who also often hold staffs and are also very thin, do not have panicked expressions on their faces.
Only a mage would be this image, and only the mage would be interested in the Warcraft Forest, which is rich in mineral hedron and monster biocrystals.
"Tank, it's the first time I've seen a lone mercenary in the Warcraft Forest, a mage class. Galen whispered as he touched the tank with his elbow.
"Quiet, the mage has a lot of weird stuff. "The tank was indifferent.
The words of "......" tank made Galen speechless, and after turning his head a few times, he finally figured out what the tank meant.
Tanks often say things that require the use of their brains in front of two team members other than the team leader, which is called brain training.
"This mage can walk through the Warcraft Forest alone, and he doesn't take the safer path of shock, which means that he must have abilities that ordinary people don't have, and the saying that there are no weak people in the Warcraft Forest is not groundless. Galen had to think quietly and bitterly, leaving all the monitoring vigilance behind......
"Tank also said that the mage has a lot of strange things, which means...... This mage looked very flustered, in fact, when he was in a hurry, he must have a lot of things ready to deal with any danger that might occur!" Galen was overjoyed when he figured it out.