Chapter 2: The Death of the Orcs

() Poehler's army set up an ambush and almost completely wiped out the orc air force, allowing their army to exert its full might on the battlefield with impunity

Under the leadership of the leading knights, each detachment of light knights of the Pole army gave full play to their proud mobility, fighting in and out of the orc positions, among which there was a different kind of light cavalry, they not only slashed the orcs with their sabers, but even before they rushed to the orcs, they had already thrown the enemy one by one from the ignited wine jars, and with a bang, the ignited oil was scattered all over the camp of the orc army, and some gladiators and wolf cavalry who had just organized a counterattack were preparing to rush towards these light cavalry, but they had to stop under the resistance of the flames, but these light cavalry who had just thrown the oil cans had no intention of sparing these enemies, they were from their horsesA short crossbow was removed from the saddle, and a short arrow was already installed on the crossbow, although the range of the short crossbow was short, but the distance of more than ten meters was still lethal, a few arrows rained over, and those orc soldiers on the other side of the fire suffered a great loss, when some centaurs and axe throwers threw their javelins and stone axes at the light cavalry on the opposite side of the fire, these cunning humans had already turned their horses' heads and went backwards, and the javelins and stone axes all fell to the ground

This kind of light cavalry, which can throw canisters of fire oil from a distance and shoot the enemy with a short crossbow, is the characteristic unit that generations of Pole people are proud of - after the Tempest Cavalry Duris became the master of the Pole Kingdom, the Tempest Cavalry was rebuilt on the basis of the original Pole Army, and the troops were used for a thousand days, and after waiting for twelve years, these Tempest Cavalry finally had the opportunity to interpret their honor on this stage

Taking advantage of the retreat of the Tempest cavalry, a group of wolf cavalry bypassed the sea of fire and tried to encircle and annihilate from the flanks, and this group of Tempest cavalry saw that the two sides were getting closer and closer, but once they were dragged into the dogfight, any light cavalry had no advantage at all, so the commander of the Tempest cavalry unit decided to temporarily retreat from the battlefield and leave this stage

Just as the light cavalry retreated northward like a tide, the enraged wolf cavalry pursued after them, but they soon found that more than a dozen large carriages were rushing towards them, each of which was large and large, each pulled by four horses, and on top of the carriage stood a dense crowd of soldiers, just when these carriages were still twenty or thirty meters away from the wolf cavalry, they suddenly stopped, and the soldiers in the carriage all jumped off the cart and rushed up to engage in a fierce battle with the wolf cavalry of the orcs

Among these soldiers were heavy pikemen who were good at dealing with cavalry, light infantry who were good at close foot combat, and of course there were some golden guards who combined the best of both worlds

Twelve years ago, when Duris led his army to attack the Bole Kingdom, he led a group of Golden Guards, and later he even moved a complete set of training systems for the Golden Guards to the Bole Kingdom to train the Golden Pro-Guards belonging to the Bole army, so that the Bole Kingdom became the only country among the twelve great powers of the Holy Light Sect that had two special troops at the same time

The infantry was slow and not suitable for a surprise attack, but the commander of the Poeller army skillfully compensated for the lack of mobility of the infantry unit with large carriages, which were highly trained infantry, led by two knights of the guard, three knights of the royal power, and more than twenty other middle and low-ranking knights, bravely rushed towards the bloodthirsty orc wolf cavalry, and the carriage not only carried a large number of infantry, but also carried a small number of priests of light, and after a while, various blessings and magic were blessed on these Poyler infantry, so that their overall combat effectiveness was greatly improved

The wolf cavalry, as fierce as they were, were disconnected from the forces behind them by their speed, leaving them without the support of gladiators, axe-throwers, and shamans, and slowly being worn away in a sea of human infantry three times their size

The axe-throwers and shamans who were rushing forward in the rear were attacked by the returning human light cavalry, which had been the nemesis of ranged troops and magical troops, and after losing a group of their companions in the charge, they relied on the powerful impact to rush into the orc phalanx, and under the slash of the saber, the stench of orc blood splattered everywhere

At the same time, the headquarters of the orc army was raided, and a small team of more than a dozen knights took advantage of the chaos to rush into the large tent where the orc headquarters was located, this small force was led by a royal knight, the weakest of which were the rank of legion knights, this small army of knights fought together for their own honor, and killed the two chiefs and four phalanx leaders gathered in the tent at that time. Five thousand commanders and more than a dozen war leaders below the rank of centurion were slashed and killed on the spot, only one of the strongest chiefs was seriously wounded, and they fought their way out of the encirclement, of course, this small army of knights also suffered heavy losses, half of the knights were killed on the spot, and the remaining half of the people were all wounded

After losing their unified command, the orc army became even more disorganized, and when the axe-thrower and shaman were almost killed, the slowest gladiator finally arrived, but the red-eyed light cavalry once again fled in front of the enemy after an order from their superiors - it should be said that the retreat was more reasonable

There is almost no active retreat in the orc dictionary, and even though surrounded by enemy forces on three sides, the legion of orc gladiators with a relatively complete formation still rushes forward bravely, but bravery without brains can only be reckless

Gladiators are the main melee infantry units of the orc race, they are synonymous with brute strength and bravery, although the running speed of the gladiators is far inferior to their mobile troops, wolf cavalry and centaurs, and even lightly armed shamans can't outrun, but their individual combat effectiveness is very strong, an orc gladiator can deal with three human light infantry at the same time, it can be said that the ordinary troops of any race are attacked by the gladiator legion closely, it is the most terrible nightmare

After a fierce bloody battle, the infantry regiment of the wolf cavalry was all demoralized and eager to fight, but under strict orders, they still jumped on the large carriage that had just arrived and retreated to their rear, of course, after a fierce battle, nearly a third of the carriage had been vacated, and the coachmen lifted the bottom of the carriage to reveal the straw that had been soaked in fuel, and the coachman set all the straw of the empty carriage on fire, and then drove the blazing carriage towards the phalanx of the orc gladiators at full speed

These coachmen were all selected from the most loyal and fearless soldiers, they knew that they were carrying out a suicidal attack, but they still carried out without hesitation, the burning carriage crashed into the orc queue, and then the orcs scattered in order to avoid the impact of the flame carriage, but there were still many orcs who could not avoid it, and died tragically under the repeated trampling of the horses' hooves and the burning of the flames, the burning horses and orcs ran around, and there were some jars filled with liquid white phosphorus hanging on both sides of these carriages, after the carriage turned over or was destroyed, the jars were broken, and the liquid white phosphorus splashed everywhere, and these white phosphorus splashed on the body, no matter how to shake it off, after the fire, only to burn people until only bones remainedAlthough the orcs have thick skin and hard flesh, they can't withstand such a high intensity of flames, and in an instant, the battlefield is full of fire, and ghosts cry and howl

The orc gladiators, who had managed to dodge the flaming carriage and liquid white phosphorus, regrouped, regrouped, regrouped, and continued to bravely charge towards the main formation of the human army

At this time, the coachmen who had just driven the fiery carriage towards the orcs had bought enough time for their companions with their lives—to give the orc army time to prepare for the fatal blow

Seeing that the phalanx of gladiators was about to rush to the front, at this time, the shield soldiers who were waiting in front of the Pole army suddenly scattered to both sides, and they actually gave way directly to the core of the formation, this time the orcs were entertained by more than 20 large ballistas that had just finished the ambush on the bipedal dragoons, and immediately rushed to the front of the main army to help the battle, and the time that the heroic coachmen bought with their lives was to assemble these large ballistas

With the commander of the ballista unit, the soldiers in charge of operating the ballista cut the rope that pulled the bowstring, due to the neat movement, the bowl of large crossbow arrows with thick mouths formed an overall salvo situation, the impact of the large crossbow arrows was extremely strong, a column of orcs in the charge was pierced by the crossbow arrows, like a string of mutton was worn into a string, the orcs in front had all fallen, the orcs in the back did not hesitate, they under the fierce smell of blood, but more violently stepped on the corpses of their companions and rushed towards the Pole army

At the same time, the large crossbow bolts that had been prepared for several rounds of firing roared again, and the other half of the remaining orcs fell like harvested leeks

However, some orcs survived the salvo of two types of crossbow arrows, and they successfully rushed into the human formation, but these orcs were scattered, and they could no longer combine into a solid battle team, and the human soldiers rushed forward, and these orc warriors who entered the main human formation were like a few flat boats in the turbulent sea, overwhelmed by the stormy waves

After the orcs were completely wiped out, these human armies took the opportunity to cover up and kill the orcs in the barracks, and the remaining orcs still held on to the positions that were bound to be lost, resisting in vain

In one night, more than 1,000 orcs deployed on the first front were wiped out, only less than 100 orcs successfully retreated to the second front and survived, and the rest of the orcs were all killed, none of them survived, first, the Pole army would not deliberately keep these alien prisoners of war; second, the tradition of the orc tribe also made the orc warriors ashamed to be captured in battle, rather than being captured alive by the enemy, it was better to cut off on their own

The Polish army advanced extremely fast, and after occupying all the camps of the first line of the orcs, they continued to advance southward without interruption, and soon the human army of the Pole Kingdom had advanced to the periphery of the second front of the orcs