Chapter 181: The Storm of War
With the arrival of the Cretan Emperor's conscription order, the counts and viscounts of several large territories nearby immediately organized all the nearby lords, large and small lords, a large number of soldiers put on armor, picked up long swords, knights stepped on war horses, hurriedly gathered, under the emperor's conscription, obeyed the orders of the lord, launched the horn of war.
A large number of cavalry and soldiers, under the leadership of the lord, gathered into a mighty army, many marching merchants followed, and the logistics team pulled out a long line, every war, the materials consumed and the looted goods, as well as the needs of the soldiers and knights, were needed to provide these marching merchants, and every war, would bring them a great deal of wealth.
The cavalry walked in front, followed by infantrymen, archers, and spearmen wearing chain mail and carrying long swords, lined up in a neat procession, and their footsteps were staggered together, making the earth seem to roar.
Smoke and dust filled the air with horses and footsteps, and the clashing of armor, the thud of swords and shields, all of these sounds came together, giving the air a tense and oppressive aura.
Flags fluttered in the air of smoke and dust, and the army crossed the border of the province of Arabel and entered it, kicking off the war.
At this moment, in the province of Arabel, there were flames and killings everywhere, and all the gates of the city were closed, mobilizing all the young people in the city to participate in the defense of the city.
"Hurry up, hurry up, let's get in."
"I heard those orc slaves are going to be here soon."
"Can we hold it?"
All the civilians in the villages and towns outside the city took their families and all their belongings with them, and hurriedly crowded the gates of these great cities, and went into hiding.
It didn't take long to see a large orc army begin to appear in the distance, they cut down trees, and the orcs, who themselves had a large number of craftsmen, built various siege equipment, and quickly launched an attack on the city.
A large number of red-eyed, madly roaring and howling orcs climbed to the top of the city, and there was a fierce fight with the city guards and young men who were armored and armed on the ships in the city, while more ordinary people hid in the city and shivered.
Flames burned in the village, illuminating the sky, and thick black smoke could be seen from dozens of miles away, and 200,000 orc slaves broke free from their shackles and returned to them a thousand times the suffering and blood and tears that the Cretan Empire had bestowed upon them.
A large number of orcs, controlled by hatred and anger, slaughtered and plundered everything in sight, venting all their anger and hatred.
A large number of cities were destroyed in the frantic roar of the orcs, who wantonly robbed the wealth, burned and looted, and the army of nearly 100,000 orc slaves was now surrounding Maple Leaf City, the ruling center of the Arabell Province, under the leadership of several orc slave leaders, frantically attacking this city.
And those who started the rebellion and planned it secretly disappeared in the shadows, and the army of orc slaves who lost control was like a wild beast caught in anger, bringing great disaster to the entire province of Arabel, and everyone trembled under their slaughter and madness.
The army that entered the province of Arabel did not rush to face the orcs head-on, but surrounded the city, constantly strangled the small groups of orcs scattered outside, and constantly compressed the space for the orcs to live.
The orcs who have lost their organization and control, the range of activities is constantly compressed, and the Maple Leaf City, which is jointly attacked by nearly 100,000 orcs, has been attacked for more than half a month, and it still has not been attacked, in addition to leaving a large number of corpses at the head of the city and under the city wall, they want to loot a large amount of food and materials in Maple Leaf City, and the desire to rely on the geographical environment of Maple Leaf City to hold on to it seems very difficult to achieve.
The whole situation immediately tilted in the direction of the Cretan Empire's grasp, and the suppressive army formed by the nobles was effectively organized, like a blunt knife cutting meat, and nearly 200,000 orcs surrounded the center of Arabel.
The isolated orc slave army seemed to have fallen into the final madness, and a large number of orc remnant troops, temporarily formed, armed their slave legions with the weapons and armor they had snatched, were constantly defeated, and they were never able to break through the encirclement.
They began to set their sights on Maple Leaf City, which would be their last hope, and they also sent emissaries to get the rescue and support of the Orc Realm, their homeland, the mighty Holy Sevier Empire.
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In the Holy Seville Empire, a large number of generals and noble knights in the Orc Holy City of Sakya City were crowded in the main hall of the palace, and the crowd was excited, but Verdanti, as the emperor, never showed up.
"Damn humans, do they think we're still decades ago?" A werewolf nobleman slammed the stone tabletop.
"We absolutely cannot tolerate daring to humiliate His Majesty the Emperor, the hatred of decades ago, the fall of the Menkaure Kingdom, and the lives of hundreds of thousands of orcs, it is time to report it." It was a leopard general who spoke, and there was deep hatred in his eyes, and the leopard people would never forget the harm caused to them by the alliance of the Cretan Empire and the Church of Light.
"It's time to decide who is the true master of the Alan continent between humans and orcs, and we have to tell them that we are different, we are no longer the orcs who let them bully, we are the powerful Holy Sevier Empire." Verdante's own clan, an old nobleman of the Lionmen, also spoke.
"Kill out of the Red River Plain, we can't bear it anymore, and it's time to restore the glory of the orcs in the ancient era."
Everyone was excited, the voice of the main battle faction had completely suppressed the main and faction, and the noble generals of the Holy Seville Empire had long been impatient to start a war against the human race, but it was only the lack of a reason, coupled with the suppression of His Majesty the Emperor, that suppressed the dispute between humans and orcs.
Verdandi had also thought about establishing diplomatic relations with the Cretan Empire, carrying out border trade and cooperation, to maintain peace, and also to suppress the voices of the main war faction within the Holy Sevier Empire, but after Aaron made a trip to the Cretan Empire, the situation changed.
The attitude of the Cretan Empire, coupled with the sudden outbreak of a rebellion of hundreds of thousands of orc slaves, made the voice of the main battle faction completely prevail, and a large number of Holy Sevier orc civilians sympathized with these orc slaves even more, hoping that the empire could rescue these orc slaves and let out a cry of hope that the empire would send troops.
Just listening to the voice, it seems that war is inevitable, but in the end, it must be decided by Verdanti, as the Emperor of the Holy Seville Empire, and as long as she does not speak, no one dares to send a single soldier.
Vildanti stood in the lounge at the back of the palace hall, where eight Templars had been canonized by Virdanti himself, and it was with the knightly legions at his disposal that Vildanti was able to control the entire Holy Seville Empire.
A Templar in armor, not daring to say a word, sat at the long table in the lounge, but from time to time he looked at His Majesty the Emperor standing in front of the window, and could see the unrest in their hearts.
Verdanti was also dressed in a skirt and armor, a gorgeous cape made of fur tanning, a crown on her head, her golden hair was tied behind her head, her fair skin and soft face were a dignified expression, and her beautiful golden eyes looked at the clouds in the distant sky.
She knew that she had to make the next decision, even the Emperor couldn't ignore the voices of so many nobles and commoners in the Holy Sevier Empire, as well as the hundreds of thousands of orc slaves, and they definitely couldn't be abandoned by them.
However, she also knew that if she decided to send out a war lightly, the consequences would be the lives of countless humans and orcs.