Chapter 196: Race to be the first

"Whoosh.."

The string moved arrows, and more than a dozen sharp arrows shot at a group of kobolds who were fleeing,

Although the ogre has initially had the appearance of an army under the leadership of Grugesh, it is still a short board, and it is still very weak in the field of reconnaissance.

Although the kobold scouts are agile and fast, they are also useless against the northland scouts on horseback, as long as these scouts are determined to chase them, how can the kobolds outrun the horses.

With the sound of a few sharp arrows into the flesh, several kobold scouts who were still fleeing howled and fell to the ground, and more than a dozen scouts trampled directly on their horses without much delay, and the kobolds who were still wailing were trampled by the war horses and quickly lost their lives.

"Hurry up, Lord Richard orders that no kobold scouts can be placed within ten miles."

After eliminating this small team of kobold scouts, the scout cavalry began a new round of searching,

According to Richard's orders, they were to kill all the snooping kobold scouts, and to make the ogre army completely blind and deaf.

After more than ten days of marching, the army has approached the central area of the wilderness where the four major tribes are located, and the four major tribes did not shrink and wait for Richard to hit the door, but took the initiative to meet them after completing the confluence, and now the distance between the main forces of the two sides is no more than thirty miles, and the bold scouts have circled the ogre's camp.

Originally, the ogre tribe could be regarded as a nomadic civilization, or a relatively backward nomadic civilization.

After a few years of hard work in Grugosh, as well as the guidance and help of the orcs and the snatching of a large number of craftsmen from the Northland, the civilization of the ogres has been greatly improved.

The four major tribes have even cultivated some arable land on their respective territories, and although they have not yet built cities, they still have some stone houses and semi-fixed artisan workshops.

It can be regarded as progressing from a nomadic civilization to a semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic civilization, and the territory in the middle of the wilderness may seem simple to humans, but in the eyes of ogres, it is no longer easy to give up.

Even afraid of being destroyed by humans, he has taken the initiative to meet it,

Of course, there is a big reason, they don't feel that tens of thousands of human troops are a threat at all, if they don't count the loss of Grugesh, their current strength is more than twice as strong as when they fought with the Jingbei Army.

Ogre Battalion

The four ogre chiefs sat together on the high positions in the big tent, and the tables and chairs were no longer the more casual stone piers in the past, but specially made by craftsmen according to the proportions of the ogre's body.

The decoration in the big tent is also much more elaborate than before, and it is all fine products used by human nobles, and it looks very luxurious.

If it weren't for the fact that the size of the human jewelry was not suitable for ogres, it is estimated that several ogre chieftains and ogre warriors would be able to wear several large gold rings with precious stones.

Because of Grugersh's death, no one in the ogre has absolute prestige to be the leader, and only four ogre chiefs can decide something together.

Originally, there was only one stool on the high platform, but now there are four chairs side by side, and the position is also standard, and no one can sit in front or back.

"Let me take the lead this time, and I must avenge Lord Grugesh!"

"Don't fight with me, I will take off the head of Grugersh's murderer with my own hands."

"Let me take the lead..."

Several ogre chieftains competed to take the lead, as if they were eager to fight regardless of gains and losses.

Maybe when Grugosh is alive, they can do this, after all, when Grugosh is there, which tribe loses too much in the war, and naturally replenishes them with the small tribes that have been absorbed,

But now it's all the families who have swept up their own doors, and they want to take the lead now, just to defeat this human army and avenge Grugosh to gain greater prestige and become the new leader of the wilderness ogres.

Now they feel that tens of thousands of human troops are not a big threat, and there is no problem for more than 5,000 warriors of their own tribe to win the first battle, if the loss is really to the extent that they are unacceptable, I am afraid that no one will make any effort to die, and they will slip away with their own people.

"Alright, alright, each of our tribes will send a thousand warriors, gather 4,000 fully armored elites, and each send 10,000 kobold vassals to try the human depth on the other side."

"It's fine."

"Let's go down and make arrangements."

The ogre chieftain Uha opened his mouth and proposed a plan acceptable to everyone, finally ending the dispute in the big tent.

Then the four of them walked out of the big tent almost synchronously, although the big camps of the four tribes were grouped together, but the four chiefs had their own camps, and the four big camps were clearly divided.

And the big tent in the middle, which originally belonged to Grugesh, now does not belong to anyone, but has become a symbol, which can only be used when the four chiefs are deliberating, and what is even more funny is that the four people, in order not to appear in order, have expanded the door of the big tent several times, so that the four chiefs can enter and exit synchronously,

This superficial balance can only be maintained in the face of external threats from humanity, otherwise the four tribes may have fought over some inheritance after the death of Grugersh.

In a short time, more than 4,000 ogre warriors in armor and sharp armor had already finished the formation, these arms were much thicker than human thighs, and the body was extremely tall ogre warriors, and it was a nightmare for ordinary soldiers to face them.

From the outside, it can be seen that the ogres have made great progress, but a few years ago they were just a group of barbarians with simple minds and well-developed limbs in the eyes of humans, and now this group of barbarians has learned to line up, wear iron armor and use standardized weapons, and really let Grugosh lead the ogre to develop again,

When he completes the integration of hundreds of thousands of ogres in the wilderness, I am afraid that the entire northern land of mankind will not be protected.

Fortunately, Richard punched the ogres and made them lose their most important leader, and now after destroying the four major tribes, the hidden dangers of the ogres are basically cut off.

"Lord Richard, there are more than 4,000 ogre elites out of the battle, and a large number of kobolds."

Spies can easily distinguish between ordinary ogre warriors and elites, and the team with an armor rate of almost 100% is not elite.

"Order the Tiger and Leopard Army and the Flying Bear Army to spread out to the two flanks, and gradually press towards the ogre camp."

"Yes!"

Quill and Kerry, who received the order, were actually a little puzzled, according to Richard's order, it was not a frontal engagement action, but an encirclement action,

Excluding the two legions, there were only a few thousand people left on the front, including the squires in heavy mounts,

Although they vaguely knew that this army, like Richard's own army, was small in number but extremely elite, and there were hundreds of equally elite heavy cavalry, but it seemed that they were too confident to use this to directly fight the ogre army?

However, the military order was like a mountain, and after Richard gave the order, the two of them were very confused and spread out to the two wings according to Richard's order.

"Armor!"

After the two legions spread out to the two wings, Richard raised the Vulcan sword in his hand and shouted loudly, and the attendants who had been guarding the Red Flame Knights and the heavily armored cavalry skillfully put on heavy armor for him,

After a while, the members of the Knights and the heavily mounted cavalry behind Richard all turned into moving mountains of iron.

"Up!"

"Da, da, da..."

As the order was given again, hundreds of heavy riders approached the ogre with slow, neat steps, accompanied by hundreds of elite centaurs who were also clad in armor...

This team that Richard has spent a lot of money to build is about to be tested in real combat...