Chapter 56: Running All the Way
The situation in the Orc Wasteland changed far faster than Arthur had anticipated.
Arthur had planned to rest for three days at the secret supply point, and the orcs would never be hunted three hundred miles away in three days, but he underestimated the anger of Eliot, the lion king.
The Lion King's wrath almost moved half of the tribes of the Orc Wasteland, and all the orcs, young and old, were mobilized to find the traces of the Terran cavalry.
The next day, the Orc appeared outside the supply point where the Arthurian Cavalry Regiment was stationed, and the orc's figure disappeared in a flash, and the sentinels on the periphery did not even have a chance to catch up.
Out of prudence, Arthur immediately made the decision to transfer his troops.
Less than an hour after Arthur's cavalry regiment left its place, an orc cavalry of more than two hundred men pounced.
Arthur and the others evacuated in such a hurry that some traces of life and camping activities were too late to cover up. Therefore, although the orc cavalry pounced, they also locked the position of the Terran cavalry.
While transmitting the information back as soon as possible, the orc cavalry also chased down the hoof prints of the silverhorn buck.
The orc cavalry caught up with them in the evening of this day, when Arthur and the others stopped to rest.
Since entering the wasteland, Arthur had never relaxed his vigilance during his garrison, so he immediately spotted the orc cavalry that was following all the way.
Given the small size of this orc cavalry, Arthur and Golly decided to defeat him after a brief discussion.
Although the Terran cavalry regiment had lost a large number of troops in the battle of assassinating Hicks five days earlier, and some of the seriously wounded had not even recovered their combat effectiveness, that battle gave the cavalry regiment momentum and the belief that it would win.
How could a cavalry that even the orc Praetorian Guard and the Golden Lion Guard could defeat in their eyes with an ordinary orc cavalry in front of them.
Indeed, the Terran cavalry completely crushed the orc cavalry that caught up with them with a single charge, and all that was left was a one-sided slaughter.
The Terran cavalry only paid the price of two dead and a dozen wounded before completely defeating this orc cavalry of more than 200 people. This achievement was placed more than two months ago, and the soldiers of the 7th Squadron could not have dreamed of it when they first entered the Orc Wasteland.
The only regret was that the orc cavalry was not killed, and twenty or thirty orc cavalry fled without resistance after being crushed.
Arthur and Golly didn't take it seriously at the time, but it turned out later that it was these fleeing cavalry that became the bane for Arthur and his later journeys and hard battles.
Although it was another great victory, the battle was like the beginning of a nightmare, and from this battle Arthur and his cavalry regiment never stopped fighting.
Arthur did not dare to stay where he was, but only asked the soldiers to replenish food and water, and after a short rest, they moved overnight.
The cavalry regiment galloped all the way, and did not stop to rest until the second half of the night, and did not even set up the camp, and many soldiers jumped off their mounts and lay on the ground.
Before the day was fully light, the soldiers were awakened by the sound of beast hooves rushing from the ground, and another orc cavalry chased after them.
The orc cavalry was still far away, but the sound of vibrations from the ground could tell that the size of this cavalry was by no means small.
The Terran cavalry had to immediately embark on the path of transfer again.
It was a whole morning. Even eating and drinking were done on the back of the mount, but fortunately Arthur was riding alone, otherwise even the silverhorn buck would be tired and paralyzed.
It was close to noon that the pursuers were completely shaken off, but Arthur did not dare to stop, but only slowed down his march.
In the evening of that day, Arthur and his team encountered the orc army for the first time, and two or three hundred orc warriors set up a block on a traffic artery.
There is a blockade in front of the pursuers, and the Terran cavalry can only choose to break through the card.
After paying the price of more than a dozen warrior casualties, the cavalry regiment broke through this orc level.
In peacetime, the troops would find a place to hide and recuperate after casualties, but now they can only continue to advance, and only by constantly moving can they avoid being surrounded by orcs. Wounded warriors can only be bandaged simply, and Arya's healing magic now only prioritizes the most injured warriors.
Over the next three days, Arthur and his cavalry regiment were pursued by waves of orc cavalry. As long as they stop in one place for a moment, the orcs will soon catch up. The first cavalry to catch up was not large, with only one or two hundred horsemen numbering less, and only four or five hundred horsemen at most.
Arthur's cavalry regiment was able to easily crush his pursuers, but it also cost a few to dozens of casualties. After defeating the two pursuers, Arthur avoided engaging the orcs as much as possible, because the Terran cavalry could no longer withstand any slight attrition, and the orcs were constantly replenished.
After three days of non-stop running and fighting, the warriors' buttocks were worn out, and they could sleep directly on the back of the stag, and every day the silverhorn buck was exhausted to death.
What's even more terrifying is that the wounded have no chance of recovery at all, and many of the wounded have begun to deteriorate, and can only rely on Arya's healing magic to stay alive. Arya's magic is always in a semi-depleted state, and every point of recovery is immediately applied to the most severely injured people.
In the evening, after confirming that they had finally thrown off their pursuers again, the cavalry regiment ventured to camp on the upper bank of a creek. If you don't stop to rest, even if the soldiers can hold on, the silverhorn buck mount can't hold on, and if you run for two days in a row, the cavalry regiment will probably become an infantry regiment.
Silver-horned bucks drank water by the stream, soldiers hurried to wash their bodies, and for the first time in days, the marching pot was set up to make a fire for cooking.
Before the water in the pot was fully boiling, the sentry sounded the alarm again, and more than a hundred orc warriors came up from downstream.
The expressions of the soldiers have become numb, and many soldiers subconsciously step on their mounts, and a new rush will be staged again.
Arthur was completely enraged, "Don't run, the opposite side is the infantry, the soldiers and mounts continue to rest in place, and the captains and above follow me, let's slaughter them all first." ”
Arthur said a word, including Jose and Monkey, more than thirty captains walked out of the soldiers, and stood silently behind Arthur.
Jose and Monkey managed to break through the captain the day after the assassination of Hicks, and the life-and-death battles squeezed out the potential of each fighter.
Arthur and Golly waited for the orcs to get close before rushing forward, but there was no accident, because of the crushing of force, Arthur and they eliminated the more than 100 orcs without any casualties, and did not let a single orc escape back.
Arthur deliberately left a few alive in this battle, because the pursuers they encountered in the past few days, including these orcs today, obviously had several groups of people who came to die.
Arthur wondered, what the hell did the orcs want?