Chapter 195: An Upright Teacher
An army of nearly 50,000 men in the wilderness was marching in a neat line, in addition to the elite foot soldiers, this army also had a strong heavy cavalry team marching together, but at this time the heavy cavalry was not armoured, they were all wearing light clothes, and the heavy armor was carried by the accompanying attendants, and they had to keep themselves in the best condition until the moment before the battle,
The team was followed by a considerable number of auxiliary soldiers and civilians to transport baggage for the army, after all, this time the army went deep into the wilderness to fight, and the army was mainly foot soldiers, unlike Richard who led a small team to fight directly in battle, there was not enough food to wait for the battle with the ogre, and the team would starve first.
Dozens of horses and bear-hunting crossbows could be seen walking behind the ranks between the baggage teams of the army, and this time Richard completely extinguished the fire of civilization brought to the ogres by Grugersh with his dignified military strength.
In addition to the ground troops, the air unit is not the sword eagle knight equipped in the original human legion, the sword eagle knight is too thin and the load is not high, almost only reconnaissance is used, and the ground attack ability is almost none,
And Richard's army has a large number of air units and looks like it is a big circle stronger than the sword eagle, the griffin with strong limbs and sharp claws can directly attack the ground target, even if there is no air superiority, only acting on the ground, the royal griffin with a size of nearly four meters can easily kill elite soldiers,
There is also a group of more magical air units in the Richard army, those elf girls riding silver pegasus, in the air is stronger than the existence of griffins, a close-fitting silver chain mail will highlight their slender and graceful posture more charming, but the exaggerated long knife in the hand produces a strange sense of disobedience,
The inspiring Silver Pegasus warriors are far more threatening than the royal griffons when they dive.
And Richard himself is very sassy to ride the flying dragon king in the air a few laps, from the royal capital to get the knights are okay, after all, in the corner of the royal capital for so many years, although the dragon knights are rare, but I have always seen so many times, I know what the dragon should look like, although the size of this flying dragon is not small, but it is smaller than the weaker green dragon, the head seems to be a little deformed, and the body is a bit of a dragon, it is estimated that Lord Richard got the subdragon species from, anyway, there are many subspecies of the dragon this thing, Even if you can make an ecosystem yourself, it's not surprising that there are any species,
But the warriors of the Northland have not seen so much, the Northland is such a corner of the border, how can a dragon knight come, when the trouble was so fierce before, there was a Thor without a dragon, they didn't see what a real dragon is like,
Now Richard rode the Flying Dragon King and circled in the air a few times, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers of the Tiger Leopard and Flying Bear armies, after all, although these soldiers in the North have never seen a giant dragon, but as a person from the Golden Dragon Kingdom, they have been instilled with the strength of the Dragon Knight almost since childhood, and now Lord Richard is also a Dragon Knight, and there is still a reason to win this battle,
Even if a small number of officers recognized that it was not a dragon, they would keep silent at this time, and the soldiers would misunderstand, and it would be a good thing to boost morale, so why bother talking too much.
After a few laps in the air, Richard returned to the ground and rode side by side with many officers to facilitate the dispatch of troops at any time.
It is worth mentioning that the goddess officer Elena is also in the sequence of senior officers, and even her position is particularly close to Richard, which is enough to reflect Richard's attention to her.
Elena did not accept the red flame horse provided by Richard, and still rode a white horse that she had brought with her, which was a lot shorter when she was parallel to Richard.
Dressed in a battle dress and silver chain mail, Elena looks a little similar to the Silver Pegasus Knight, but in terms of strength, it is not the same.
After arriving at the Demon City a few days ago, Elena took a few turns around the Demon City and the surrounding area by herself when Richard was busy with the affairs of the city, although she didn't say anything after coming back, but just looking at Richard's expedition this time, she took the initiative to express her willingness to follow the army to go on the expedition, she should be quite satisfied with the situation in Richard's territory, and when Richard repaired the temple of the Dragon of Light, Elena should be completely loyal to Richard.
"Report!"
At this time, several scouts rushed back from a distance, and these scouts were still riding on the ponies of the Northland, after all, Richard was not rich enough to have the luxury of equipping all his riders with Western horses and Red Flame horses.
Although these small Northland horses are not good at carrying weight and impact, they have a good endurance and good endurance, and they can barely be used to supply the reconnaissance cavalry.
"Lord Richard, there are signs of the convergence of the four major ogre tribes, and it is estimated that nearly fifteen thousand to twenty thousand ogres are gathering."
"Well, keep watching."
"Yes, sir."
The movements of the four tribes were discovered by the royal griffin before the scouts returned.
At present, the location of Richard's army is still nearly a week away from the nearest tribe among the four major tribes, but it is normal for a human army of this size to set foot in the wilderness, march undisguisedly, and be discovered by ogres in advance.
If Richard hadn't been discovered, then their large ogre tribe would have been ashamed of Grugersh's cultivation.
"Do you need me to fight?"
After listening to the news of the scout, Elena on the side took the initiative to express to Richard that she could help in the battle.
Ogre, a species that can feed on humans, is an absolutely evil and dark existence in Elena's eyes, and all of them are things that need to be purified with holy light.
Even though she hadn't officially pledged her allegiance to Richard yet, Elena was willing to help destroy the ogre.
"Well, I hope that Lady Elena will follow my command after the war begins."
Richard was not polite, and immediately agreed to Elena's request, such a powerful combat force, there is no need to use it in vain.
"Okay."
Elena also nodded, answered a good word, and accepted Richard's command.
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The middle of the wilderness
A large group of ogre warriors gathered together again, and the four tribes rarely hugged together again, since Gregersh's accidental death, the four major tribes he left behind have developed separately, and even faintly fought for each small tribe There is still a bit of conflict,
Now in the face of the pressure of the human army, they have to gather together again.
After a period of development, several tribes have become stronger again, and the total number of ogre young warriors gathered here at this time is close to 20,000, which is the result of their annexation of small tribes during this time.
Moreover, with the craftsmen and forging skills accumulated by Grugersh, the armor rate of the warriors of the four major tribes is not low, and there are at least five or six thousand elites wearing iron armor among the 20,000 warriors.
It can be said that after Grugosh, ogres have truly become a huge threat to the Northlands, and even if Grugersh died, the legacy he left behind made the four tribes a lot stronger, and he led some ogres from the state of ignorance and wilderness to civilization.
"Wuha, why are you getting more and more timid, there are only 100,000 humans in total, is it worth getting our four major tribes together, I thought it was a big deal, let me bring more than half of the warriors in the tribe."
"That's it, this little bit of weak human beings, our tribe can clean them up."
It's not to blame the ogre chiefs for swelling, now they can pull out five or six thousand elite ogre warriors in one tribe, and the armor rate is not low,
Tens of thousands of kobolds are requisitioned, and the average human army of tens of thousands is really not enough.
Especially after the heavy damage to the Jingbei Army, they felt that no lord in the north should have the strength to crusade against any of their tribes.
Not to mention that the elites of the four major tribes have gathered, with this force, they even feel that they can launch another eastward invasion.
Seeing that the people in front of him looked indifferent, Wuha shook his head slightly helplessly, and simply put a big move on them to attract their attention.
"This army is from that border castle, and the humans who attacked Lord Grugersh last time should be among them."
"What?"
"Are you sure?"
"Destroy them, kill them in the most brutal way, and avenge Lord Grugesh!"
Whether it was true or not, as soon as they heard that it was related to Grugosh, several ogre chieftains became excited, and they wanted to fight Richard's army immediately to avenge Grugesh, for fear that Richard would run away...