Volume 4 The Burning Prairie Chapter 237 - The Second Battle (1)

Walking through the barracks of Warsong Castle with neatly draped blades, he walked straight in the direction of the conference room, while several squadron leaders of the Bloodtooth Wolf Cavalry, including Bart, followed closely behind him.

As the group walked through the square in the center of the barracks, Blade saw groups of orc warriors resting listlessly against the corner, looking at the legion insignia on their armor, they were all warriors of the Splithoof Legion, and most of them were of centaur race.

Of the less than 5,000 soldiers who fled back to Warsong Castle, the vast majority of them were Centaur soldiers, and the reason was that the Centaur soldiers had four legs and were as fast as cavalry, so they had a better chance of escaping their lives than Orc soldiers of other races in the event of a rout.

Blade frowned at the sight of these Splithoof Legion warriors, for he could feel their morale slump. It seems that the defeat outside the Glory Fort has greatly affected the psychological state of the Splithoof Legion soldiers, and they are far from recovering.

Moreover, Warsong Fort has clearly received the enemy's attack, but the Splithoof Legion is still dragging its feet, and there is no sign of immediate rearmament. In contrast, the 3rd Wing of the Bloodtooth Wolf Cavalry, which had also suffered a heavy defeat, was recovering much better, except for a few squadron leaders who had come with Blade to the military meeting, the remaining squadron leaders had already gone to mobilize their troops and prepare for a new battle.

The gap between ordinary legions such as the Splithoof Legion and elite troops such as the Bloodtooth Wolf Cavalry is not only reflected in combat effectiveness, but in all directions.

Blade shook his head secretly, no longer paying attention to the Splithoof Legion warriors in the square, but quickened his pace to the conference room standing on the other side of the square.

On either side of the door to the conference room stood a centaur soldier armed with a spear. The two centaur soldiers saw a group of werewolves approaching, and although they had seen several of them, the young werewolf in the lead was extremely unfamiliar, and couldn't help but cross the spear in his hand, blocking his way.

"Who are you?" asked the centaur guard on the left.

Without waiting for the blade to answer, Bart behind him had already taken a step forward and said loudly: "This is the newly elected representative of our third wing, and before the cavalry regiment appoints the new wing leader, he will be in charge of all matters of the third wing in the future!"

The two centaur guards heard Bart say this, and after glancing at each other, they silently put back the crossed spears.

Blade and the others stepped through the door and entered the conference room.

In the conference room, there were already more than a dozen orc officers seated at this time, looking at the insignia on their armor, most of them were officers of the Splithoof Legion. And the few officers who are not Splithoof Legion are the officers of the Orc Motley unit of about 2,000 men that Splithoof Legion was stationed in Warsong Castle with the Third Wing before Warsong Castle was stationed.

"Lord Muraton, our 3rd Wing has arrived! This is the Captain of the Blade Squadron, and from now on, he will lead our 3rd Wing for the time being!" Bart introduced to a minotaur general sitting at the head of the conference table.

This minotaur named Muraton is the deputy commander of the Crackhoof Legion.

In the Battle of Fort Glory, Murathon survived. After fleeing back to Warsong with the defeated army, Muraton naturally succeeded Manolok who died in battle as the supreme commander of the orc army in Warsong Castle.

After listening to Bart's introduction to the blade, Muradon stared at the blade and looked the blade up and down.

Muraton could tell from the goose feather decoration on the blade's helmet that he was indeed a squadron leader, and then when Muraton saw the young face of the blade, his brows suddenly furrowed.

Although Muraton knew that the regimental headquarters of the Bloodtooth Wolf Cavalry had not yet appointed the wing commander and group leader of the third wing, the highest rank in the third wing was now the squadron leader. But when I found out that the representative elected by the Third Wing was actually such a young squadron leader, I couldn't help but mutter, I felt that the Third Wing was too child's play?

Muraton's uncertain expression fell into Barth's eyes, and Bart probably guessed his thoughts, so he hurriedly said: "Although the leader of the blade squadron is young, he is an eighth-level warrior!"

Orcs have always had a tradition of respecting the strong. When Muraton learned that the young werewolf in front of him was actually an eighth-level warrior, his frown widened a lot.

"Besides, the Blade Squadron Leader is the son of Lord Overseer!" Bart continued.

"Lord Overseer?" Muradon was startled, and his face changed instantly. Among the four Overseers of the Bimon Empire, Bart did not say which Overseer's son was, but since Blade was a werewolf, his father was undoubtedly the leader of the Overseers!120

Now that the Splithoof Legion has been included in the Northern Army, Muraton naturally does not dare to slack off on the son of his immediate superior.

"Please take a seat!" Muraton, who was the deputy commander of the Splithoof Legion, was a dignified general, and the rank corresponding to the position of squadron leader of the blade was only a captain, but in the face of the blade, which was several levels lower than himself, Muraton himself got up, made a gesture of please, and welcomed the blade into his seat.

"Alright, now that everyone is here, let's start the meeting!" Muraton's gaze swept over the orc officers present, and said with a serious face, "Now, let's first report the military situation to the third wing that has discovered the enemy's whereabouts!"

As soon as Muraton's voice fell, Huo Di, an officer of the blood-toothed wolf cavalry who came to the meeting with the sharp blade, stood up and said in a loud voice: "According to the news from the wolf cavalry of our third wing that is scouting outside the Battle Song Castle, there are more than 1,000 daily mercenaries and 2,000 elves who are marching towards the Battle Song Castle, and these more than 3,000 people are all cavalry!"

"More than 3,000 people, and you want to attack our Warsong Castle at this point, these mercenaries and elves have become too inflated after winning a battle against us outside the Glory Castle, aren't they?"

At present, the distribution of the orc forces in Warsong Fort is more than 4,000 people from the Splithoof Legion, more than 1,000 people from the 3rd Wing of the Blood Fang Cavalry Regiment, and more than 2,000 people from the miscellaneous troops, totaling more than 6,000 soldiers. With only more than 3,000 troops, it is indeed extremely incredible to want to capture the Battle Song Fort, which is defended by more than 6,000 people!

As the orc officer's roar rang out, the room immediately erupted like an explosion. However, the orc officers who spoke out were all officers of the Crackhoof Legion. The few orc officers from the motley unit did not speak at the meeting because they knew that their troops were not strong, and they had already made up their minds to follow the strategy determined at the meeting. As for the several wolf cavalry officers of the third wing who participated in the meeting, they were already looking forward to the sharp blade at this time, and seeing that he did not express his position, he did not express his position for the time being.

Blade couldn't help but frown as he listened to the opinions of the officers of the Splithoof Legion. Because although the officers were angry, all the opinions seemed to be defensive, and none of them had the intention of taking the initiative.

It seems that after this fiasco outside Fort Glory, the officers of the Splithoof Legion have subconsciously placed themselves on the side that is the inferior side of the confrontation between the two armies.

Moreover, before coming to the meeting, Blade had already inquired about the person of Murathon from Bart and several other Blood-Fanged Wolf Cavalry officers, and knew that he was an old and serious general, and it was estimated that he would most likely agree with the opinion of holding the city.

Blade felt the need to speak!

"Since we still have more than 6,000 soldiers on our hands, which is twice the number of enemy troops, why don't we take the initiative and fight in the field to annihilate these enemies?"

"Yes! Blade is right! We should go out of the city and fight!" said the Bloodtooth Wolf Cavalry officers present after Blade spoke.

"In the battle outside the Glory Castle, our soldiers had an even greater advantage in numbers, but the number of mages in the enemy far exceeded our shamans! We were defeated when we were superior in numbers, and the difference in the number of the two mages was too great, which was an important factor! Although I don't know how many mages will be among the enemies who came to attack Warsong Castle this time, it will definitely be much more than our shamans! There are only two shamans in Warsong Castle now, and Master Bieber of your Blood Fang Cavalry Regiment was wounded in the battle at Glory Castle, and he can no longer play a big role on the battlefield!

Muratun then cleared his throat and continued: "Besides, the ninth-level peak Chimera in the enemy army doesn't know if it has come! If it also comes, we will still be able to deal with it with a few city defense ballistae in Warsong Castle. Otherwise, once we fight in the field, how will we deal with this Chimera?"

"I heard that after the defeat of our army at Fort Glory, the number of enemies who pursued our army from Fort Glory to the realm of Fort Warsong was probably more than a thousand daily mercenary cavalry and two thousand elven knights?

Muraton was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully, and said thoughtfully: "...... do you mean?"

"I suspect that this incoming enemy force is in fact the same group of people who were originally pursuing our army! It is very likely that after chasing into the territory of Warsong Castle, they were afraid of being ambushed, so they paused, but did not retreat back to Glory Castle. Now, after a few days of waiting, they had found out that there were no other troops around, so they marched again, trying to take Warsong Castle in one fell swoop. However, I don't know if the plan to attack Warsong Fort was decided by the enemy's front-line commander privately, or whether it was ordered by Fort Glory! Anyway, the enemy's strength at present is only the 3,000 or so cavalry that originally pursued our army, and even if they have reinforcements, then they are still on their way to Warsong Fort! There should be no Chimera in the enemy camp at this time!" said Blade.

"Do you have a basis?" asked Muraton.

"No!" Blade shook his head, "I'm guessing!, but I think it's very likely, I think we can try to go out of the city and fight the enemy first, and make contact! Of course, this contact battle can be handed over to our Third Wing!"

"I understand what you mean, you plan to make sure that if you find out that the situation in this contact battle is not right, with the speed of your wolf cavalry, you can quickly retreat! However, if that ninth-level peak Chimera is in the enemy camp, it will fly much faster than your wolf, and when the time comes, under its pursuit, the casualties of your wolf cavalry will probably not be small!" Muraton was already moved by the sharp blade, but he was still a little worried.

"This time, our third wing will bring the 'Dragon Slaying Arrow'! With the threat of the 'Dragon Slaying Arrow', it is impossible for the Chimera, who has not entered the Holy Rank, to be as arrogant as before!