The Black Forest has a long history and is spread all over the continent, and no one knows how big it is.

The army marched for several days, and finally the scouts returned, and the front was over, and the light of day was seen.

Everyone rushed out a little impatiently.

Marlon stepped out of the forest trail and squinted at everything around him.

There are several orc corpses at the feet, and there is still blood flowing at the vital point, which is obviously just dead, and looking at the method, it is clear that it was done by his own knight.

Ahead, there is a large stretch of yellow earth, as far as the eye can see.

Marlon watched as he walked, picking up some dirt from his feet and grinding it away in his hands.

This degree of desertification is really serious, and I am afraid that there will be no food to grow.

"What's wrong, did you find anything?" Enlek came over and asked.

Ma Long raised the soil in his hand and said, "This is the reason why the orcs invaded us!" ”

"What's wrong with this soil?" He wondered.

"It's desertified, and you can't grow food." Malone clapped his hands and explained.

"I didn't expect the Marquis to understand this?"

"Heh......" Ma Long said indifferently: "Unlike you, a nobleman who has been inherited from generation to generation, I was a commoner before, and whether I can eat enough depends on it, but I don't dare to be careless." Naturally, he didn't tell the truth, and few farmers in this world knew what desertification was, and Ma Long was completely knowledgeable from his previous life.

Those who really study these are either scholars or wizards.

"Stomping on the ......" came the sound of horses' hooves, which were scouts for reconnaissance ahead.

This is Anlek's man, "My lord, the orc colony has been found ahead. ”

"I see." Enlek dissatisfied.

But no, with the report, the orcs following behind him also showed their figures.

These guys have been hunting for many years, and have developed excellent tracking and stealth skills.

When the scouts discovered their village, they were discovered by the orcs themselves at the same time.

He lowered his head a little ashamedly, "Please punish your lord!" ”

Not only was it discovered, but it was also tracked to the location of the large army, which is no longer explained by the so-called carelessness!

If it weren't for the fact that the other party was shocked by the army that suddenly appeared in front of him and exposed his figure, he would probably still be in the dark.

"Let's take out the enemy first!" Ma Long said on the side: "It's better to be careful." ”

"That's right." An Lek nodded and said to the scout: "Write it down first, and if you do it again next time, the punishment will be doubled!" ”

"Yes!" The scout glanced at Malone gratefully and bowed.

"Do you do it or do I do it?" Anlek turned his head and asked.

"Come on!" The other party is all civilians, and Malone is not interested!

Look at the weapons in their hands, a small number of throwing axes, javelins, and others are some household utensils, which are usually used for farming and hunting.

Anlek nodded, waved his hand, and a large group of knights greeted him.

The horse's speed gradually increased, and it soon came into range of the bow and arrow.

The arrows shot out, and the dozen or so orcs who were on guard fell down with half of their bodies full ......of arrows.

After the knights shot the enemy, they did not return to the team, but continued to move forward under the guidance of the scouts, and the target was naturally the orc village......

By the time Marlon and the others arrived, the battle was over.

The human knights suffered zero casualties and wiped out all the enemy forces.

Looking at those triumphant guys, John was not indignant and said: "What is the big deal about knights bullying civilians!" ”

Isn't it, on one side are well-armed human knights, and on the other side are some orc civilians who can only farm and hunt, and even young people are relatively small.

It's true that they are all soldiers, if you let an ordinary human soldier and an ordinary orc go one-on-one under the same equipment conditions, there is a good chance that the orc will win.

But now it is the human knights slaughtering orc civilians on a large scale, and the other party's rudimentary weapons are not much different from the defenseless for the knight's full-body heavy armor.

"There are things we don't want to do, but someone has to do them." Ma Long said with some emotion: "It is indeed not a good thing to massacre civilians, but they can only be blamed for themselves, they should not invade the kingdom of mankind, and they should not treat the land that raised them like this." ”

He glanced at An Lek, who was lecturing his knights not far away, and continued: "All we can do is not to do it ourselves, but we have no position to speak to others. ”

Whether it is hypocrisy or the kindness of a woman, Malone thinks so and does so.

Orc Village, what was the scene in the past Ma Long didn't know, but now there is only a dead corpse left, and the strong smell of blood envelops this place for a long time.

Everyone was a battle-hardened existence, directly ignored these things, dragged the corpses together, and after sending a large number of scouts to investigate, they prepared to rest here and wait for the next batch of supplies to arrive.

For the rest of the day, the coalition formed by Anlek and Marlon tracked the retreating orc army.

None of the villages encountered along the way were spared, and all of them were cleaned up by Anlek.

In Marlon's words, this is the future of fighting the enemy, there is no population, even if the orcs pass this catastrophe, they don't know when they want to develop.

The first part of the road was normal, the loess was long, and at intervals you would always come across orc settlements, or villages, or small market towns.

If there is no ability to resist, all of Anlek's people will be killed.

In some places, there are still armies, and at this time, Malone will also bring people to help, but he will never touch civilians unless the other party makes the first move.

But after walking for a few days, they encountered a different situation, when they rushed to a village, they did not see the orcs on guard, but the corpses everywhere.

"What's going on?"

"Someone got ahead of the game?"

One of the knights flipped the body over, looked at it and said, "I have been dead for two or three days, and I look at the wounds, which seem to have been caused by heavy tomahawk weapons." ”

Another person reported: "The other corpses are similar to this, although the parts are different, but the methods of exertion, and the useful materials here are all scavenged. ”

"It's ......"

Marlon and Anlek glanced at each other, and the two of them said at the same time: "The orcs did it themselves." ”

"Why did they kill their own people?" John asked.

"There is a shortage of food." Marlon explained: "The orc army is rushing all the way, I'm afraid it's not just to go back to support, but there is also a problem with the food delivery in the rear.

"In our country, they are used to robbing, but they didn't expect to rob even their own people when they came back."

An Lek shook his head and retorted: "I'm afraid it has to be the other way around, they are used to robbing their own people, so they will rob me." ”

Malone shrugged and said, "It doesn't matter, but the next road should be a lot better." ”

"Exactly."

Sure enough, they never encountered a single intact orc village in front of them, and even the city was ransacked.

Not only that, but the orc armies sometimes deliberately took long detours, slaughtering settlements that weren't on the road in order to gather supplies, and these guys were already mad. 2k reading web