Seeing that the morale of the fighters had risen to its peak, Lin Tianxuan pressed his hands and signaled that he had something to say, and the soldiers quickly quieted down......

"This is a sacred battle for vengeance, but warriors, I would like to ask you to be merciful to women and children! After all, we are human beings, not wild beasts, and it is not the work of warriors to wreak havoc on and kill unarmed women and children, and we will never be able to prove your bravery......"

"Children under 1 meter tall, they are not a threat, and they are not burdened with human blood, these must not be killed easily, this is the only difference between us and the beasts. And orcs above this standard, if they have laid down their arms and obediently been captured, please show your grace and accept them as our slaves, which are needed in many parts of the Empire. ”

But please also remember that kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself. If any orc dares to harm our fellow citizens, they will be allowed to be killed, regardless of their size! ”

"Only the victor has the duty to show mercy, and the loser does not deserve sympathy!"

"Then, my loyal soldiers, let's get ready and go!"

With the king's order, the warriors marched out of the camp in an orderly manner, holding high the banner of the sacred griffin......

Wolf Valley, not far from the border between the Orc Empire and human territory, is a medium-sized orc settlement, mainly composed of wolf and dog residents.

In earlier history, this was the territory of humans, but because the human race was pressed and beaten by the orcs before, I don't know when the road began. Wolf Valley is already an "indivisible" and "sacred" territory of the Orc Empire......

Originally, the land was fertile and was cultivated by industrious human farmers. It is a high-quality yield field. However, the orcs are different, and their farming skills are extremely poor. Generally, just sprinkle some seeds casually, and then let the crops fend for themselves. How can yields be good in an almost completely laissez-faire way of farming? As a result, the harvest in the orc fields was extremely low, less than one-third of the human level, and it was really difficult to feed the entire population. Compared to farming, they prefer hunting and robbery, and the object of robbery is naturally unlucky humans!

After King Beamon issued an order to fortify the wall and clear the field. A part of the warriors were sent to the Toulon fortress in a meaningful way, but more orcs were unwilling to leave their homeland, far from their homeland, and they stubbornly stayed, and the number was extremely large, almost more than seventy percent of the total population! These people are extremely contemptuous of human beings, and in their minds, human beings are always weak enough to be killed and taken away from them. Why do you want to escape?

in their perceptions. The Empire's northern and southern legions are definitely the result of tricks, or the elves and dwarves who are allies of humanity, who are among them, to make the weak Terrans stumble. It's good that the empire didn't go to them to settle the score, when will it be the turn of humans to attack?

They can be regarded as sitting in a well and watching the sky. stubbornly spontaneously formed a local guard, issued some rudimentary weapons, and tried in vain to use the mantis arm as a car...... And the orc colonies with the same situation. To the east of the Toulon fortress, there are nearly a hundred, large and small. Wolf Valley is just one microcosm.

There are now about 3,000 self-defense forces here, most of them composed of young adults from the wolf clan and the dog clan. There are few real fighters among these people. They were all relatively strong civilians.

Of course, now they are glorious Self-Defense Force fighters, and the orcs have never lacked blood and bravery. For a medium-sized settlement with tens of thousands of civilians, it is already something to be proud of if it can still pull up a team of 2,000 people after most of the fighters have been transferred. In the eyes of these people, with the help of improvised fortifications, they were enough to deal with an army of tens of thousands of humans......

The entire eastern side of the settlement, under the organization of the mayor of the town, has strengthened the thickness and width of the fence on the basis of the original defense, and a large number of wooden piles have been driven into the logs, among which the outer layer has been specially sharpened, giving people an illusory sense of security! Only a slightly larger door is left as the entrance...... These wooden fences don't need to fence off the entire settlement, which would be too time-consuming.

Because of the rush of work, in fact, only the direction facing the possible invasion of the Terrans was completed, and every few dozen steps, a simple arrow tower would be set up in the inner layer, and the militia archers could climb up and shoot outward, and they could also serve as lookouts.

On duty today is the 7th Brigade of the Wild Wolf Valley Self-Defense Force, of which the leader of the 5th squad is a werewolf warrior. He is a real warrior, he has joined the army and fought before, and he has several lives in his hands, but because of his slightly poor physique, he was not selected for the most glorious wolf cavalry unit of his clan, and later for various reasons, he retreated to the second line, and now temporarily serves as a squad leader, which is worthy of his resume as a soldier.

Due to his considerable combat experience, his team was placed in the vital position of guarding the entrance to the gate......

Because of the reason on duty, they could not leave the position to receive lunch, but sent a recruit to the canteen to collect it, and today's lunch was a dry wheat cake, plus a small piece of cured meat of an unknown animal......

It's already good. In the beast tribe where supplies are scarce, they can only be barely seen in wartime, and the food they eat in ordinary times can only be slightly satisfied, not to mention the taste or anything. Of course, there is no restriction on the supply of clean water.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that the beast industry is so low that even salt cannot be mass-produced, and only a few tribes can produce some salt-related items in a special way to make up for the lack of salt in the entire empire.

For example, the hippopotamus people produce a kind of salt cake, which is not a food cake that is usually eaten, but is used as a condiment. It is a mud foam collected by the hippopotamus people from a special place, added to a flour and dried in the sun. This mud contains some salt, which can be seasoned by cutting a small piece when needed, but this salt cake has a mixed composition, limited saltiness, and does not produce much......

There are many similar special salt products in other families, but they all have the common problem of insufficient production capacity...... Orcs generally have a light taste, and many times the barbecue looks fragrant, but when you actually eat it, you will find that the taste is so light that it hurts, and they don't have salt at all! But salt is an indispensable and important element of the body, so they can only grab ......

This is also the favorite of the orc warriors, which is to hear the news of the attack on the humans. Although fighting is dangerous, for orc warriors who are not very afraid of death, the risk is not worth mentioning compared to the benefits they may gain.

Humans are good at farming, so they can always loot a lot of rice, salt, and meat every time, even if this village is poor, for the orcs who are not picky eaters, these weak humans with fine skin and tender meat can barely eat, although human flesh is a bit fishy......

This old werewolf warrior had the honor of participating in such a mission before, but at that time, he was still a recruit in a low position, so he could not get a good distribution of rice noodles and meatloaf, and only barely got a few pieces of human meat...... It's not tasty, but at least it's full!

What he remembers most is that he snatched a small bag of salt at that time, and secretly coveted it without confiscation, and for a long time afterward, he was able to enjoy it to himself...... Of course, this situation is very common when the orc army loots.

In his image, humans are synonymous with weakness, and he once hacked to death several human warriors alone! Of course, although he doesn't look down on humans, for the sake of being loyal to his duty, he is still eating at this time, and he is cautiously on the lookout......

He had just swallowed the fateless piece of cured meat, and the light salty taste was still lingering in his tongue, when suddenly, the old soldier's pointed ears moved, and a warning suddenly sounded in his mind......

He swallowed the rest of the wheat cake in one gulp, and then he didn't even dare to chew it, lying on the ground with his ears and listening carefully...... "The sound of horses' hooves? ”

"Where did the sound of horses' hooves come from?"

However, he didn't dwell on it for too long, because the Orc Empire never produces war horses, and the sound of these horses' hooves is completely different from the light hooves of centaurs, and has a heavy feeling similar to metal! This is certainly not the sound of the hooves of friendly centaurs, I'm afraid it's human cavalry, right?

It's very dangerous and you have to call the police immediately!

The old soldier immediately ran to the assembly bell and rang it vigorously! …… In other words, this Big Ben is also a trophy from humans! The orcs of that year, it was in this Big Ben bell that they rushed into this rich human town, plundered a large number of materials and people, and these captive populations have long been exhausted by now, and many of them were used as food reserves in the winter of that year to end their fate. More often on the banquet table where the victory is celebrated......

A series of ten dull and solemn alarm bells quickly woke this medium-sized settlement from a peaceful state to a state of imminent war. Everyone was busy for a while, and the civilians ran and hid in their homes, pulling their naughty children into the house, and for a while the streets were quiet, only the fighters of the Self-Defense Forces quickly began to put on their equipment, pick up weapons, and run towards the predetermined assembly point......

Orcs are worthy of being a combat race, since receiving the alarm, although everyone is not in order, everything seems to be chaotic, but even so, in just a few minutes, the entire settlement has entered a state of first-level combat readiness, and many high-level people who have been paying attention to the defense of the camp are basically in position in their respective areas of responsibility, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

And it was only then that the old soldier really saw these uninvited guests clearly......

The wolf god is above! …… Cavalry! …… Lots of cavalry! (To be continued......)