The surrender of Otilus liberated a part of Zhang Quan's manpower, and those captured leopard people with sharp claws have softened a little after a period of labor reform, and now Odilus has come forward, even if the big guy was dissatisfied with him before, he easily accepted Odilus's persuasion and was assigned to his subordinates to serve the base mountain tribe.

These leopard people have been trained as warriors since birth, and labor reform is really a great pain for them.

Zhang Quan was not in the mood to arm them, so he just sent some centaur officers into it to serve as grassroots commanders for tactical training, and then equipped all the leopard men with half-body armor, big swords, and backpack equipment, forming a light infantry of more than 1,000 people. Then he sent them south to negotiate with the Leopard Alliance, and by the way, he supported the south.

His own troops stepped up their armaments and were ready to fight in the south at any time.

But at this time, he didn't know that the attack of the southern elven army was far faster and more fierce than he thought, and the horizontal Kampula River moat was now far less effective than before under the elves' magical plant technology......

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To the south, thousands of kilometers away, just a few dozen kilometers away from the mouth of the Kampula River, the water surface of the river has become wider and wider, the current has slowed down, and the north bank on the opposite side of the river is no longer a sparsely vegetated wasteland, but a dense jungle.

The elven army has already gathered on the grassland behind the jungle on the south bank, and the pale green elven military tents woven with giant elm fibers are also spread everywhere on the grassland, tens of thousands of elven armies have gathered, and countless birds and riding beasts are chasing and making noise on the grassland with joy, and there are all kinds of dazzling Jintang fruit trees and fragrant coconut trees that have emerged from the grassland overnight, forming several rows of neatly arranged trees, and the fresh branches and leaves that have just grown under the catalysis of the spell on the trees are now fruitful.

These are the most common magic plants eaten by the elves, that is, the equivalent of the elven army of the grain storehouse, the fruit on the tree tastes similar to sweet bread, rich in starch and cellulose, is a high energy value of the wartime ration, and Fanghua coconut, is a fruit that can make the elves full, with a good taste and sufficient nutrition.

When the elves marched, they carried this magic plant food seeds, and when they arrived at the earth, they quickly organized personnel to cast spells to urge growth, which blossomed and bore fruit within a few days, becoming the elves' rations. But this can't be helped, who let the elves master this kind of plant magic technology that can be called against the sky. This terrifying alternative technology has long since developed into all aspects of elven society, and its development is comparable to that of the computers on Earth that opened the information age.

With such a big movement, it is obviously impossible to hide it from the other side of the riverbank, the Leopard Tribal Alliance got the exact news a few days ago, the northern expedition of the elf army has made the Leopard Alliance headquarters begin to fully mobilize, and the shadows in the woods on the opposite side are obviously all orcs who have made a defensive posture.

The core personnel of the elves have also arrived at this moment, at this moment on the south bank, the army opened a wide road in the jungle to the river bank, everyone gathered in the open space on the bank, looking at the north bank more than ten miles away, Her Majesty the elf queen Berenhill is wearing a shining half-body armor, wearing an emerald crown on her forehead, set off the jade face and red lips, looking heroic, the title of the first beauty of the northern elves is indeed worthy of her name.

The high priest beside her was not very satisfied with the terrain at this moment,

"What's the matter, do you have to attack this side of the estuary? With such a wide river, it may not be easy to build a bridge, and there will be even greater casualties at that time. ”

The head of the knights of the sword of Hao Dixiu, who was in charge of the former army, immediately turned his head to look at the queen, and the choice of the battlefield for the battle of crossing the river was decided according to the queen's order.

The queen said in a loud voice:

"Your Highness, High Priest! This is the best place for us to cross the river according to the situation of both the enemy and the enemy, because although the river surface here is wide, the flow speed is slow, our bridge trees can take root directly at the bottom of the river, and the opposite bank is a forest, and the geographical combat conditions are more suitable for our elves to fight. ”

Next to him, the president of the Druid Priesthood, the venerable Saruman priest, also stood up and said:

"And more importantly to our elves, the closer the wasteland is to the west coast, the more suitable the water and soil are for the growth of our magic plants, the geographical environment of this estuary, after thousands of years of sedimentation, rich in humus and nutrient environment, is the most suitable battlefield for our elven army to deploy, in this way, it can also slightly reduce our material consumption, and we don't have to rely on our precious magic materials."

As soon as the Saruman sacrifice is exited, even His Royal Highness the High Priest must consider it carefully, as the most respected person among the druid priests, the Saruman sacrifice itself is also a senior druid who is proficient in magical plants, and his words carry a lot of weight. Moreover, the ruling tradition of the elves has always been a group decision, and even the nominal supreme power, His Highness the High Priest, cannot force a decision against the wishes of the elders.

In fact, His Highness the High Priest was not interested in military affairs, and he only asked for it because he wanted to assert his authority in the army. Seeing that the two adults explained in this way, they did not ask any more questions, but only instructed all units to cooperate sincerely in the battle and pay attention to reducing casualties.

The population of the elves has always been the most valuable resource of the race, and the result of the long life of the elves is that the fertility rate of young men and women in the tribe is extremely low, and the life of each elf is an incomparably noble property. Even in war, elves rarely go into battle directly, and the strange military technology tree of the War Magic Plant is actually a product of this war mentality.

"Have we all figured out the situation on the other side? Sir Gianna? "His Royal Highness the High Priest is no longer talking about the war, then the next is the performance time of Her Majesty, this time the Northern Expedition, the Queen is the most important one of the elven high-level, it can be said that the actual command of this war is in the hands of the youngest elf high-level.

Although Gianna is the deputy head of the Knights, there are too many high-level Elven clans crowded here at this moment, and every status is above her, and it is very difficult to get a treatment if she can come up and show her face.

She glanced at His Majesty with delight, hurriedly squeezed up from her body, and replied:

"Report to Her Highness the High Priest, Her Majesty the Queen!" In his busy schedule, he didn't forget to signal to other adults.

"Our air cavalry has penetrated deep into the north shore, and the orc scouts have engaged dozens of times, between the victory and defeat, to the enemy to a heavy setback, and basically grasp the defense information on the opposite bank, from ten days ago to now, the nearest leopard people on the opposite bank have completed the mobilization, just opposite us, there are more than 2,000 leopard people one after another entered, and the other orcs who helped the battle: bear people, minotaurs, kobolds, cat people and other more than 10,000 people defended.

In addition, there are orc tribes coming from other places, and it is expected that soon the number of orcs here will reach more than 100,000. ”

Two thousand leopard people, more than 100,000! The elves looked at each other a few times, and they were all in a heavy mood, which was a number worth paying attention to.

Orcs are different from elves, and even low-level orcs with weak physique are enemies to elves. Kobolds, cat people, these troops that were basically not combat power during the orc civil war, and could only transport baggage logistics were missed, and appeared on the battlefield at a certain moment, they would also cause damage to the elves.

The guiding ideology of the elves' combat is to fight with zero casualties as much as possible, and use massive resources, such as landslides and tsunami-like firepower attacks to make up for the gap between the elves and other races, no matter who is the supreme military commander, this is the first thing she has to consider.

Because, the population of the elves is too small, only a few million in total, and each of them is so indispensable to the entire race, and the knowledge and experience accumulated by them in their long lives for hundreds of years is a wealth to the entire elf race. In any case, there must be no heavy casualties in the war, otherwise, even if the West Coast is occupied as planned, it will be worth the loss for the elves. The population growth rate of the elves is too slow and too low!

His Majesty Brenshire looked at the reaction of the crowd and spoke:

"It seems that this is the case, we have to cross the river in the shortest possible time, fight for control of a foothold on the other side of the river, and build a defense system."

"Yes!"

"As it should be!" Everyone agreed with the Queen's proposal.

"Now, then, we have to ask our brave commanders," the queen said, turning to the commanders of the fighting units who followed behind the top brassiers. "I wonder if everyone's preparations for the attack are ready, can we start attacking immediately under the command of the Council of Elders and His Highness the High Priest?"

The composition of the elves' Northern Expeditionary Army is extremely complex, in addition to the royal court guards, the sword elven knights of Hao Dixiu, the temple sacrifice group, and the temple guards, which are complex and do not belong to each other's regular army, there are also temporary legions composed of elves from various families, as well as elves who have rushed from other tree cities and even other elven royal courts. All of this can only be nominally vested in the Presbyterian Council and His Highness the High Priest.

The head of the knights, the captains of the royal court guards and the temple guards, and the heads of the sacrificial regiments all stood up and said that they could set off at any time, and the elves' war preparations were the easiest, not to mention the elites of the Northern Elf Royal Court who had been preparing for war all year round, and the patriarchs of other elf families saw it and hurriedly followed suit.

"Good! Very good! The Queen's piercing eyes looked over the faces of the men, "Then, tomorrow morning, we will begin to cross the river, and let the filthy orcs on the north bank who hide behind the barrier of the great river feel the wrath of the forest elves!" ”

Be!

The elves responded!