Chapter 697: It's Officially Started
If it was just a simple hatred for those invaders who came to their land with weapons before, then it was a little more admiration, although this admiration did not affect their fighting attitude, and there would be no mercy on their subordinates.
They are still confident that the people of the Baltic Empire were able to achieve this victory and two times because of their strategy, their tactics, their equipment, and not all-round suppression, there is nothing to fear, nothing to fear.
Not all of the tribes joined the coalition that Golia had proposed, for no one in the vast Ural Mountains could pack a ticket and be sure that they could recognize all the tribes.
The tribes that did not join, without the orders of Golia, and without even knowing that there was such a thing as a coalition, spontaneously launched an attack on the Balts.
As a result, it is not surprising that they have gained nothing but the corpses that have been left behind, and the troops, which have not even been organized at all, are vulnerable to a truly formed army.
Unbeknownst to them, their actions were actually a great favor to Goliath in disguise, so that she could spare time and energy to prepare for that big battle, collect as many troops as possible, integrate the forces in her hands, and launch an attack on the place where the Baltic Empire army was stationed.
The soldiers under Golia's command soon discovered what was happening in the army, the frequent raids began to stop, the daily food became abundant, and the various tribes opened their treasure troves and distributed weapons that they would normally not use.
The barbarian natives of the Ural Mountains, of course, were easily known to their enemies for such fanfare, but the confident Baltics did not choose to call for help.
They also began to concentrate their forces, stockpiling as much supplies as they could, reinforcing the camp, and the idle soldiers were assigned the task of making javelins and arrows from the trees cut down from the forest.
The commander of the Sixth Legion chose to camp on the plain of the forest, near a swamp, with a river flowing through the middle of the camp, which allowed the army to have direct access to water.
The outer layer of the camp was the simplest wooden wall reinforced with cylindrical wood, and while they used one layer of wooden wall to resist enemy attacks, they built a stronger stone wall inside.
The materials were used on the spot, and the soldiers hollowed out the dirt on the camp floor, and then used the magic of [turning mud into stone] to create square bricks and stones, and used these masonry and some binders to build two layers of solid walls in a short time.
These walls are also topped with turrets and firing ports for bed crossbows, as well as defenses designed to dodge attacks from the sky, allowing soldiers to hide from attacks from the sky if the enemy activates magical beasts such as dragons and dragons.
There is also a moat on the perimeter of the wall, which is almost standard for the Baltic camp, and in the moat there is a school of piranhas swimming freely.
Thanks to the druids' collections, they retrieved the craziest, most reproducing and most vigorous piranhas from the swamp and used magic to speed up their growth.
Such a camp is still far from impregnable, and there is still a certain gap between Jutland, Schleswig, and Sealand, which have been run by the empire for a long time, but this is the maximum that the Baltics can do in a short time.
It took a week for Goliath to put her army in order and to come to the land with her soldiers, and she stood on the hillside and looked at the relatively flat area in the mountains, at the walls that had risen in a short time, and wrung her mouth without saying a word.
In terms of intelligence, she had known for a long time that the Baltics had built a wall here, but looking at what the text described, and seeing what was happening in front of her, the impact was not at all on the same level.
She knew that this area had once been occupied by a large tribe, and that only a large tribe had the ability to occupy such a scarce, resource-rich, flat, and comfortable small plain in a place like the Ural Mountains.
But now that the great tribe was history, and their resistance was easily crushed by the Balts, most of them were captured and taken prisoners of their freedom, and a few survived and brought the bad news to Golia, who were now placed on the front line of the army she led.
Goliath's army numbered about 20,000 men, with all races being the most ineffective goblins and gnolls, and the smallest being apex predators like the dragon wyvern.
At this time, it was still the morning that had just passed the night, and in the shallow blue sky, the crescent moon had not completely disappeared, and the sun's rays were very mild, and had not yet become irritable.
A faint white mist permeated the area, and from a distance it looked like the city where the god of the forest dwelt and the city of the gods' favor in the stories of the bards made up.
The morale of the army was declining, and the natives of the Ural Mountains had never seen such a magnificent city, not even when they had followed Attila in their attack on the Northlands.
The previous cities of the Northland Kingdom were completely rural compared to this, dilapidated and unmounted, and there was no comparison with this one at all.
"Is this a miracle?"
Gloria could clearly hear an old chieftain not far from her whispering admiration.
Even the tribal chieftain, who has been in a high position all the year round, let out such a sigh, and you can imagine what kind of emotions the soldiers below are in their hearts at this time.
No matter what kind of place they are, people are accustomed to calling things that they can't understand and can't do as miracles, and think that they are miracles caused by gods.
The more savage and primitive the place, the more popular and deeply rooted such ideas became, not to mention that at this time, gods and magic were both present and real.
Goliath was desperate to put an end to this, and she wanted to go back and scold the bad chieftain, but reason stopped her from doing so, because she had not yet gained absolute dominance over the coalition, and she did not have the prestige to do whatever she wanted.
"The first wave of attacks, who goes first. β
Taking a deep breath of cold air and suppressing the mania in her heart, Goliath turned her head and asked.
This is a coalition of various tribes, so the armies of each tribe are commanded by their tribal chiefs, and Golia's rights are actually very limited, and she can't even give mandatory orders, and when she encounters more big things, she also needs to consult with these tribal chiefs.
The old men she had killed had only been from her own tribe, so she had 100% control over the only forces that belonged to her tribe and those who had joined the army because of her charm and followed her into the war.
The tribal chieftains were silent, and after seeing the cities built by the Balts with their own eyes, they were the first to attack, because the first to attack would surely suffer great losses without sufficient intelligence.
"If no one wants to fight, then they have to draw lots, and the gods decide. β
"I think everyone here should deeply understand that there is no time left for us to be polite in the current situation, and from what we have seen so far, the problems we need to face are much more serious than we think. β
"Personally, I think it's a big question of whether we're independent or enslaved, and I think many of you know that these Baltic people are very different from His Majesty Attila, whom we once followed, not to conquer the region, but to make us slaves, to work for them and fight for them without any gain, for our wives and daughters to have no dignity, for the old people to be put to death as a burden, and in the end, even if we pay with our lives, our children will repeat our mistakesγ β
"I know that some of you are still indulging in the illusion of hope, believing that you have a geographical advantage, and that the Baltics will not be able to do anything to you as long as you hide in the mountains and forests. β
"It's as if you would rather listen to the song of a ghost until your body dies than go to the painful reality that has come, don't you understand?
Even with such an impassioned speech, Goliath was silently silent, and even the tribal chiefs who had gathered here because they had succumbed to the cruel reality had in their hearts an unrealistic ideal of little chance of realization.
For a long time, just when Goliath was impatient, unable to suppress the irritability in her heart, and scolded, someone finally responded to her expectations, stood up, and was willing to be the main force of the first wave of attacks.
Taller than a human, his brown skin was covered in scars, two fangs sprouted from his lips, and his black hair was braided into secret braids that hung down at the back of his head.
He wore a leather coat made of animal skins, not even leather armor, and held in his hands a stone axe without a trace of metal, tied to a wooden stick with sharpened stones.
This is an orc, once alongside centaurs and gnolls, known for their fighting power, after being abandoned by the Attila Empire, some of the orcs fled from the north to the mountains of the Urals, and then used their strong strength to occupy the region.
Let me see how powerful it is to defeat our enemies and usher in the defeat of that terrible woman.
Looking at that city, the eyes of the orcs seemed to be burning with fire, although it was not for a long time, but they did regard the Ural Mountains as their home, although this land is very dangerous, there are countless fierce beasts and monsters living there, but the danger is much better than being conquered by an empire and losing their freedom.
No freedom, no death
Maybe it's the words of an orc, maybe it's some other god, and the words of the orc tribe have always been passed down to the orc tribe, and the quest for freedom has been engraved on the soul of almost every orc
Once they were unwilling to be enslaved by the Atila Empire, and became warriors who did not need to think and did not need to think for the so-called victory, now they did not want to be conquered by the replacement of the Atila Empire.
"Then, the others go for remote support. β
The orcs stepped forward to ease the solemn atmosphere in the field, and many tribal chiefs looked at the orcs with a little gratitude in their eyes, but the orcs were very keenly aware of the taunts under these gratitudes.
The orc turned his head away from these complicated chiefs, he didn't force those guys to give much strength in this battle, he only thought about his own thoughts.
Freedom or death
For orcs, this is never a matter of choice, of thinking.
Soon, the armies of the orc tribes began to have the sound of earth-shattering horns, put on their defenses, took up their weapons, and began to march towards the battlefield with the ladders carried by them, each of them was in high spirits and spirits, and each of them knew what a formidable enemy they were facing.
Does it matter?
It doesn't matter at all
The Baltics had long since spotted the enemy preparing to attack, and in such an environment, the harpy in the sky could see everything on the ground.
Orcs, such a race, did not fight many times, because when the Baltic Empire began to rise, this race had already been driven out of the northern region.
However, even if you haven't seen it with your own eyes, from the previous stories, you can know the difficulty of this race, that is the race that can suppress the Scandinavians in a head-to-head battle, from a long, long time ago, it is the enemy that the entire Northland fears, no one really wants to fight against the endless green tide, even Beowulf back then is unwilling, otherwise he will not take the way of fighting in every battle to defeat the leader of the orcs.
"The arrows must be aimed at the vital points of the orcs, and injuries or anything are not too much of a problem for them until they are completely dead. β
If there is one person in the army of the Baltic Empire who knows these green barbarians best, it must be the commander of the Sixth Legion, because he has fought with these barbarians.
It was a memory that makes me shudder even when I think about it now.