The flesh of the dead would be eaten immediately, and the captives would be kept in captivity like livestock, and in addition to eating, they would be used as bait to hunt and kill monsters.

Such a ferocious race, so that the civilians living in the western region are ravaged, although the empire will send troops to fight every year, but it is only limited to passive killing, that is, when the orc race comes to attack, it is not able to launch an encirclement and suppression, because the orc race is very large, and the residence is very scattered, coupled with the changeable climate of the alpine meadows, the human army can not maintain normal combat strength to fight with these aboriginal fierce people,

Nearly ten large-scale encirclement and suppression in the history of the Nuoqi Empire have all failed without exception, and the losses are quite heavy.

In the end, it became the current situation: the orcs are desperately breeding, the number of races is getting bigger and bigger, and the saturation phenomenon is becoming more and more obvious, in order to alleviate the pressure of the population, eliminate some of the old, weak, sick and disabled, and at the same time get the food and clothing needed for survival, at this time of year, the orcs will gather on a large scale, and then run down the mountain to loot,

In fact, large-scale frontal battles often only last a few days before ending, while the orcs left behind a large number of corpses of their companions, they also took advantage of the disadvantage of the insufficient number of human armies, and would disperse and pour into the corners of the mountain villages in the west from all directions to grab food.

The main battlefield of strangling orcs is actually relatively scattered, and the usual practice is to try to annihilate as many orcs at the foot of the alpine meadow, divide the army into small teams, and then look around for the orcs visible in the field of vision to kill them.

Of course, before that, the army will also send soldiers to enter the mountain village first to protect the villagers and food, and prevent the orcs from attacking rampantly.

When Lincy and the others arrived at the standby area and quickly assembled, the commander of the Western Army, General Auhuimans, appeared in high spirits.

When it comes to dealing with the murderous orcs, no general in the empire can surpass Auhuimans, his western legion is almost entirely to kill orcs to protect civilians, and he has been fighting orcs all year round, making him extremely experienced, so even if this year's battle is about to start, Auhuimans is as usual, and he is free to schedule, and even faintly looks forward to the battle starting early,

After some reasonable arrangements, the 10,000 men of the Heavy Knights Regiment where Linsey was located were divided into two parts, 5,000 people fought head-on with the main force, and the remaining 5,000 people were assigned to a hundred-man squad, evenly matched with the soldiers of other arms, and went to various villages to protect the villagers and food.

Fat Viso was placed in the main army and was able to fight the orcs head-on, while Lynsey was assigned to a team of 100 people.

Putting on the armor and stepping on the furious wind warhorse, Lin Xi's hundred-man squad began to set off quickly under the leadership of a middle-aged majestic man, the hundred-man squad was composed of infantry, light cavalry and heavy cavalry, in order to speed up the march, the infantry also rode on horses,

The majestic man was a light cavalryman, with a full beard, riding a tall wildebeest full black, and to his left was followed a young man with a map in his hand, dressed in light soft armor, with a white beard, sitting on an angry horse, looking like an adjutant,

Lin Xi walked in the middle, only looked at the two of them a few times before leaving, the leading man obviously lived on the battlefield for a long time, with a pair of eagle-like sharp eyes, revealing a strong fighting spirit, and the adjutant looked much weaker, although wearing armor is also majestic, but the face is white and thin, even if he is sitting on a war horse, he holds the reins tightly with a pair of white and calloused hands, which looks a little unnatural, compared with the soldiers around him with a straight back with a straight back, he is like he has never been on the battlefield, Lin Xi only glanced at him, and made this judgment, and from the eyes of the adjutant, he saw a trace of gloom,

At this moment, the adjutant asked worriedly: "General Gordon, this time we are going to the farthest village from the station to protect the villagers, I heard that there is a vast area, a lot of grain is grown, and it has always been an important target for the orc race to plunder food, we only have a hundred people, wouldn't it be dangerous to encounter a large number of orcs, I once again ask for the command to increase the troops." ”

When he said this, the adjutant did not notice the dissatisfied eyes of the elite soldiers around him, the soldiers value honor the most, the most desire is victory, and if the adjutant is not a civilian and has some background, these soldiers will definitely protest and immediately pull him off the horse for the crime of disturbing the morale of the army,

The bearded general Gordon's face sank slightly, obviously he didn't like such a suggestion, but it was even worse for his side to fight infighting before the battle began, so he patiently explained: "Adjutant Naya, please rest assured, our hundred-man squad is carefully selected from the large army, all of them are elite generals, and the villages to be defended are far away, and the orcs may not send a large number of members to grab food, what you heard may be misinformation." ”

Naya felt a little better, and the worry on his face subsided a lot, but then he asked like a man who had never been in a battle, "Since we are ahead of the orcs, presumably the orcs will not arrive when we reach our destination, so we might as well slow down our march so that everyone can rest more." ”

The soldiers who followed closely behind him heard Naya's words again, and their faces couldn't help but show a look of disdain, clearly saying, "I'm afraid you can't stand the bumps in the mountain road, so you want to rest by yourself." ”

"The military situation is urgent, time is life, we can't delay, one minute earlier to the village, the villagers there will have an extra guarantee, pass on my order, the follow-up troops will follow, ready to speed up. ”

Naya didn't say a word, and glared at Gordon with a gloomy face, feeling very uncomfortable, but he could only follow,

The west is mountainous, the terrain is undulating, although there is a map in hand not to get lost, but the process of travel is still extremely difficult, the rugged mountain road is uneven, the road is narrow, many places are the villagers woodcutter out of the path, and even some places due to the lack of people to pass, are covered by bushes, if it is not for the extraordinary mounts that the soldiers sit on, I am afraid that the 100-person team will have to take a machete to open the mountain and advance, Rao is so, the 100-person team that never makes unnecessary delays on the road still took more than five days, before it was close to noon to reach the destination,

At the foot of the hill a small river meanders through the village, and the flat land is reclaimed by the industrious villagers.

The fields are scattered around the fields with low bungalows, made entirely of mud bricks, and roofs covered with straw and reeds.

In this place where mountains and rivers should have been abundant, the villagers lived and worked in peace and contentment, but because of the perennial harassment of the orcs, they became miserable, and the villagers were very reluctant to live this kind of fearful life, but they had no choice, and abandoned the fields here, and there was no place outside for them to build a new home, and they could replant food to solve their hunger.

The fields here are their most precious possessions, they can only survive by harvesting food, if the orcs attack, even if they escape, they will face starvation because of the plundering of food, so these hard-working and honest villagers will also change their identities in wartime, becoming guardians with wooden sticks and knives, and will only protect the fruits of their hard work for a year,

When they saw the hundred-man squad appear, the villagers all smiled and ran over, the regular army of the empire came, and there was no doubt that their lives and property were also heavily guaranteed.

After talking with the villagers for a while, understanding the nearby terrain and determining the route for the villagers to hide in distress, Gordon acted vigorously and quickly explained the discipline of the army, and then divided the hundred-man squad into ten groups and went deep into more than a dozen nearby villages, keeping in touch with each other and preparing to support his teammates in distress at any time.

After making these arrangements, the soldiers did not care about fatigue, quickly surveyed the terrain and set traps to prepare for the battle, Lin Xi under the leadership of the team leader, a thin tall middle-aged man, traced the source of the river, to the foot of the mountain, and then ten people began to cross the mountains, more than a dozen villages are mostly concentrated in this valley, but on the other side of the mountain, there are still two villages that need to be protected,

Fortunately, the mountain seems to be unattainable, but in fact, there is a trail that stretches along the foot of the mountain, and it only took ten people half an hour to reach the destination on the other side of the mountain.

The report from the lord of this small city called Wacheng showed that these were two small villages, but when Lin Xi entered, he found that even the two villages had only eight households, separated by less than a kilometer, four on the hillside and four on the hillside.

"Action. The thin man immediately issued an order,