Chapter Ninety-Seven: The march is difficult

"The cavalry is back! "The early morning in the autumn forest is always accompanied by a light mist, and the camp has been very well defended from the clearing carved out of the forest. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Trenches covered with sharp wooden stakes, bells hung on makeshift fences wrapped in iron thorns, and soldiers watched vigilantly from the lookouts. The dire wolves, who are out of the day and night, are taking a nap at this time, and the soldiers in the camp have already begun their work.

The wooden camp gate was opened, and a small group of knights on wolf horses rushed through the camp gate with a large number of dinosaurs and silverback wolves, and a succession of orc captives were dragged behind the wolves, and the unkind drag made them stagger.

As soon as they entered the camp, the wolf beasts returned to their habitat under the command of the trainers to rest, some of them were tickling, some of them were sleeping on their stomachs, and some of the slightly injured were licking their wounds, and there were almost no slightly serious wounds among them, because these wounded were almost all killed by their partners after the war.

"Bring me a piece of meat! Orderly! Throwing the reins to his squire, a human recruit, Zulde stretched his waist, his erect back and the metal chain mail specially modified for him, which actually gave people a tall and burly feeling.

Soon a cook in a chef's hat and a white apron served the team a pot of boiled bean soup and a pot of stewed meat, along with a bowl on a wooden pier by a campfire, and hurried away, soon more scouts would return, and the soldiers would be busy with breakfast before the camp.

"I hope I don't want the meat of the dire wolf, or I'd rather drink bean soup!" One of the team members untied the sword belt from his waist, sat on a wooden pier, glanced at what looked like boiled meat, and muttered at it.

When he saw the meat, Zurd opened his mouth, picked up a piece and put it on his long nose and sniffed it, then took a bite hard, chewing the juice and saying in a vague voice: "Hmm, pig...... Pork! ”

As an expert in meat, after eating and determining the type of meat, the team members were relieved to take it.

Soon gnawed a stick bone clean, and sucked the bone marrow by the way, Zurde didn't understand what the team members thought, is there any difference between pork and dire wolf meat?

Since the scouts' war began, Edric had ordered that the scouts who were on duty would be given a meal of meat when they returned, much to the delight of the scouts, but as time went on, a rumor spread out of nowhere......

The meat that the scouts eat every day is from the dreaded wolves who died in battle! At one point, the scouts refused to eat meat, and they couldn't accept that a partner who was fighting with them one moment would serve it to their table the next. Zurd scoffed at this, he had never eaten wolf meat anyway.

"Hey! Zulde, it looks like you had a good harvest yesterday? An exaggerated, high-pitched voice rang, and Zuld turned to see a low, green-skinned female goblin.

Scratching his buttocks, Zurd didn't want to pay attention to this guy, because every time he met this goblin, he had to lose some "goods", but how he lost it later, he never knew how it was lost.

"Okay, okay!" Spread his hands, the goblin in a funny leather armor spread his hands and said, "General Edric is looking for you, come with me." ”

Muttering, Zurd threw the bones in his hand into the campfire in dissatisfaction, he couldn't understand why the general didn't choose another troll beauty in the team as a follower, but this damn goblin instead chose another troll beauty in the team as a follower!

Edric and the tent are no different from ordinary soldiers, the only difference is that he can use the tent to himself, while the soldiers usually share one with four or more people.

A wolfbeast, larger than the average silverback wolf, lay obediently in the corner of the tent, happily gnawing on a dark, metallic thigh bone.

As Edric's lieutenant and the commander of this legion, Sharif handed over a scroll very seriously: "My lord, the commander is very unhappy with our progress, and she thinks that a long slow march will give the enemy enough time to gather his troops. ”

Frowning at the scroll, Edric unfolded it and glanced at it hurriedly, no doubt another order to speed up the march.

Putting the scroll aside, Edric braced his head and pondered what to do. He wasn't like a swift march, it was already five days before the date of the expedition, and the original plan was that they should have arrived in the town of Shining two days before, and attacked the enemy, and at the same time blockaded the surrounding area of the town.

But until now, he and his army were still grinding on the road, much to the displeasure of Isabel who was commanding in the rear.

Edric was also very unhappy with this speed! But he had to be so careful!

The benefits of the forest to orcs are far greater than you think! Every day he spends at least half a day setting up camp, and then half a day out of camp!

If one day is the slightest careless, the orc's night attack will definitely collapse the legion that is more than half of the recruits!

After the scouts' efforts in the past few days, although it seems that the scout war with the orcs has gained the upper hand, the losses of their own side are not small! The strong hand-to-hand combat ability of the orcs, as well as the fearlessness of some orcs, made the loss of the dire wolf skyrocket!

In the past few days, they have probably killed about 300 orcs, but what about dire wolves? Almost twice as many as orcs! The Dire Wolf team was almost wiped out, and the silverback lost dozens of them, especially since the creature had a natural instinct to kill its injured companions.

"What about the enemy's air force?" Edric rubbed his temples wearily, he had never fought a war with such a disparity in overall strength.

"As the commander guessed, there was only one red dragon left in the enemy's air force, and it never appeared again after being wounded and escaping by his subordinates for the first time." Arukes, who was standing on the side, said.

As high-end forces, he and his wife do not need to manage the day-to-day affairs of the army, and their role is limited to driving out the enemy's high-end forces.

Nodding, Edric muttered: "Since the air supremacy is already in our hands, then please go and investigate the situation in Shining Gold Town." ”

The dense jungle greatly limited aerial reconnaissance, and if he could, Edric still preferred to talk to Xiao Yi and wait a few months before attacking. When the cold winter comes, the green leaves of the entire forest wither, and launching an attack before the snow can give full play to the advantages of the air force.

Of course, the cold weather may be a hindrance for the soldiers, but it is better than being scared in the dense jungle.

"Your Excellency, the soldier you summoned has arrived." A high-pitched goblin voice came from outside the door.

"Come in......"

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Hearing the summons, Zulde strode into the tent, and after giving a military salute to several of the officers, he half-crouched on the ground, looking as if he were on one knee.

"I heard you're the best among the scouts?" Edric looked at the alien race in front of him, his voice steady and inaudible to joy.

Zulde scratched his head a little embarrassed, it was the first time he had heard such a noble man praise him: "You praise me too much, and I am nothing in the presence of your honorable one." ”

His clumsy and clumsy words elicited a chuckle, which must have come from a third-rate troubadour in some vulgar tavern, and then remembered by the troll and brought here to learn his tongue.

Edric didn't care about the trolls' behavior, perhaps because of his origin, he didn't reject these aliens, and after accepting them, he was entrusted with important duties in the army.

Like his retinue, the female goblin, he was able to leave the logistics to the goblin, and without his permission, the goblin would be able to almost stingy until a grain of bread fell on the ground as if it were deadly.

"I have a mission for you, soldier." Edric said, "I heard you can communicate with those orcs. With that, he paused, waiting for the troll's answer.

"Yes, Your Excellency, some of them speak troll language." Zuld nodded and said, "It is said that the ignorant fools of the Evil Tooth tribe have joined the orcs!" ”

"Excellent! I don't need to know your relationship with them, I just need to know what I'm interested in. Edric said, "Pry their mouths open for me, and then come and get a reward!" ”