Fifty-five, the orcs go south

In mid-September, the Ma family spread the good news that Ma Mengshi was pregnant. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The info news came out that the Ma family was naturally overjoyed, but this brought unforeseen variables.

As a party, whether its leader has an heir is a very important question. Ma Mengshi is the last descendant of the Ma family, and the other members of the Ma family are side branches, so this issue is particularly important. I heard that Ma Mengshi was pregnant, which caused an undercurrent in the Ma family. Because, Ma Mengshi is pregnant, which means that the next head of the Ma family is already pregnant, and don't count on other side branches.

And the day after this news came, the intelligence personnel within the Orc Empire had already spread the news: "The Seventh Legion of the Orc Empire has issued a convening order, and the whole army will be established within five days, and there is a great tendency to raise troops to the south." ”

Ma Mengshi is pregnant, naturally it is difficult to be distracted to deal with military affairs, and she has to raise her baby with peace of mind, without the personal command of this genius commander, it is good that the combat effectiveness of the Tianma Legion can be exerted to seventy percent, so it is the best time to go south.

After receiving this information, Ma Zhenfei's face was quite heavy: "Family Master, Great Elder, Uncle, according to secret information, in order to deal with us, the Seventh Legion can be said to have poured out, and also transferred five saint-level powerhouses from the Beast God Temple, together with the Seventh Legion's legion leader Leopard Chong, a total of six saint-level powerhouses. At the same time, there are at least more than 100 king-level powerhouses, no less than 5,000 general-level masters, and a total strength of no less than 700,000, and we will face unprecedented pressure. ”

As soon as they heard this number, the hearts of the three of them sank. In the past, when the orcs went south, although there were a lot of troops, they never had so many. 700,000 troops, that's three times the size of the Pegasus Army.

"Isn't the Seventh Legion of Orcs only 300,000 troops? How could it suddenly increase so much? Ma Mengshi asked.

"In order to break through my Tianma City, the orcs transferred one-third of the troops of the Eighth Legion that attacked the Great Wu Kingdom, and in addition, they drew a part of the troops from each of the eight legions directly under their empire, adding up to this number, in addition to the 700,000 regular army, there are as many as 500,000 conscripts, and the total strength will not be less than 1.2 million." Ma Zhenfei said in a heavier tone.

The army of the Orc Empire consists of regular troops and conscripts. The so-called conscription, which is similar to the ancient Chinese Lazhuang Ding, is actually specially used to transport logistics materials, but because the body of orcs is much stronger than that of humans, therefore, after being equipped with weapons, ordinary soldiers who are not weaker than humans can also go to the battlefield when necessary. In fact, in many cases, these conscripts are acting as cannon fodder.

"Who are the saint-level powerhouses that the orcs transferred from the Beast God Temple? Is there any more detailed information? Ma Jiuming asked.

The Beast God Temple, similar to the human Temple of Light, is the only religious organization in the Orc Empire, and it is also the most powerful organization in the Orc Empire, which is the last line of defense of the Orcs. Moreover, the three major beast god envoys of the Beast God Temple are all god-level powerhouses, and their strength is extremely terrifying.

"It's not clear yet, but because the Seventh Legion is the main battle legion of the Leopard Clan, it is estimated that most of the Leopard Clan's saint-level powerhouses are the majority. But it is also very likely that there will be a saint-level powerhouse of the lion clan. "Because the Eighth Legion is a direct legion of the Lion Clan, it is not surprising that this powerful force, which mixes half of the strength of the Eighth Legion, has a saint-level powerhouse of the Lion Clan.

"Our army is too small, we must apply to the kingdom for reinforcements." Ma Mengshi said slowly. The number of 1,200,000 is already more than the upper limit of the Pegasus Legion, and without reinforcements, Pegasus City will definitely not be able to support it for long.

Yang Siqi smiled bitterly and said: "In order to deter the enemy, we used to let Ma Qing and Fengyi appear at the same time, which has caused the jealousy of the royal family, this time, even if there are reinforcements, I am afraid that we will have to fight with the orcs to defeat both sides, this method of killing people with a knife is what they are best at." ”

The Ma family is now a big tail, just right, the orcs are going south, let the Ma family and the orcs fight to lose, the best thing is to fight the three saint-level powerhouses of the Ma family, which is the meaning of the royal family. Therefore, I am afraid that the royal family will not send reinforcements easily, and even if there is, it will be to watch the fire from the other side at the beginning, and then wave the army north after the strength of the Ma family is consumed.

"Shi'er, don't count on reinforcements, this time, our Ma family is only afraid that we will have to deal with the orcs alone, it's enough to choke, and you are physically inconvenient, this battle is difficult to fight."

Ma Mengshi said: "Yang Lang, how do you think this battle should be fought? ”

Yang Siqi spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "Although I don't think of myself as a person who knows nothing about military affairs, I have never been on the battlefield. ”

Yang Siqi didn't lie, the battle examples he was familiar with were all on the earth, and they didn't match the war examples on this other planet, because the composition of the army and the different individual strength naturally made its fighting methods different. If you fight in the same way as you fight on Earth, you can snicker if you don't lose to Jingguang.

Although Yang Siqi has also been studying war examples for a period of time, the culture of this alien planet is far inferior to that of the earth, and in terms of written records and printing, it is even worse than the earth by dozens of streets. It's just a text description, but there are no illustrations or anything, so it's absolutely impossible for Yang Siqi to become a master tactician in a short period of time.

"The orcs are still assembling now, and it will take at least twenty to twenty-five days to reach Pegasus City from the Seventh Legion's station, and we still have time to set up our defenses. Passing on my order, Tianma City immediately entered the first level of combat readiness, and ordered all cities to start implementing the Jianqing Field, and must not let a grain of grain fall into the hands of the orcs. Ma Mengshi began to give orders.

Tianma City is just a gap in the valley of the Hengshan Mountain Range, the Hengshan Mountain Range is more than 6,000 miles long from east to west, and the average width reaches more than 100 li. The Pegasus Legion has set up more than 100 outposts on the Hengshan Mountain Range, and these outposts only serve as an early warning, but they do not have much effect on the possibility of the enemy crossing the Hengshan Mountain Range.

This is the biggest difference between this world and the earth, if on the earth, an army wants to climb over a mountain range with a relative height of more than 2,000 meters without following a road, it is almost unimaginable. But in this world, those masters and strong people can be said to have just said that such a mountain range. However, it is still very difficult for ordinary soldiers to climb such mountains.

Therefore, every time the orcs went south, they would almost always send elite troops over the Hengshan Mountain Range, bypassing the defense line of Pegasus City, and attacking the rear of Pegasus City. Although there are not many elite troops like this, the destructive power they play is quite strong. As a result, every time the Orcs went south, the Pegasus Legion would clear the walls of the cities behind Pegasus, leaving no supplies for the enemy to use for the military.

At the same time, in order to deal with this tactic of the enemy, the Pegasus Legion formed three special forces. The first is a mountain force of up to 5,000 men, this one is a mountain battalion composed of eight to nine level warriors, and has all the Pegasus of the entire legion.

Pegasus, is a kind of first-class magical beast, its shape is like a horse, wings, can fly on a person, the flight ability is still quite not weak, the role of this force is to support in time whenever the outpost on the Hengshan Mountain Range sounds an alarm. Because it is to fight in the mountains and forests, this is a fairly powerful mountain force.

The reason why the Ma family was named the Duke of Pegasus is also because in the past nearly two thousand years, the Ma family is good at raising this kind of flying horse, which is also the only air force in the Tiger Kingdom. Although Pegasus is not suitable for air combat, it is suitable for the rapid maneuvering of armies. The air force that can be formed into a formation, and there are only the Beast God Temple of the Orc Empire and the Light Temple of the human race, and the general kingdom, that is not even to think about.

The second force is the Pegasus Battalion. The Pegasus Battalion is the most elite cavalry unit in the Pegasus Legion. All the warriors had an average strength of level 7 or above, and the role of this unit was to become the last line of defense in the rear when the elite of the orcs crossed the Yokoyama mountain range. On the endless plains in the rear, the cavalry is definitely the king. And because the orcs have to climb over the Hengshan Mountain Range, it is naturally impossible to have mounts, so it is natural to use powerful heavy cavalry to intercept the enemy's infantry, which is naturally a killer.

The third unit was the canine battalion. The role of this force is not in the light, but in the shadows. Their only role is to lurk in the shadows, and when the orcs cross the Yokoyama Mountains and the surrounding areas have begun to clear the ground, this force can serve as the eyes and touch of the entire Pegasus Legion, and report the enemy's movements in time. It is convenient for Ma Mengshi to make decisions and mobilize the army to encircle and suppress. The way of war, military intelligence first, this, all wars are the same.

But because of this, the army left in Tianma City is relatively weak, after all, if you want to transfer the elite of the whole army to form the mountain battalion and the Tianma battalion, the average number of troops used for defense is far less than that of these two battalions. However, with a strong city defense as a defense, the enemy must pay a heavy price if they want to capture Tianma City.

Although the wisdom of the orcs is not weak, but they are not as good as humans, and in the past years, there have been countless large-scale wars between humans and orcs, and humans have relied on their intellectual superiority to expel the orcs to the north of the earth, the north of the earth, where there is a shortage of materials, and the orcs have strong fertility, therefore, the orcs have struggled for their stomachs most of the time. For all kinds of people's livelihood, the energy is relatively insufficient. Therefore, after more than 100,000 years, the production capacity of orcs has not increased much, and even regressed compared to more than 100,000 years ago.

For various reasons, the orcs have not had any major breakthroughs in production technology, which has led to the fact that the production capacity of the orcs is not strong, whether it is civilian production technology or military equipment production technology, compared to humans, it is more than a step worse, and this is a direct reflection in the military is the shortage of siege machinery. For a fortress like Pegasus City, the orcs simply didn't have any good siege equipment.

Without powerful siege equipment, they want to attack a fortified city, and the orcs have no better way than to take human lives. Although the orcs have sent elite troops over the Hengshan Mountains many times and entered the rear of Tianma City, this method can only be passed by elite troops, and Tianma City cannot be captured in a day, and the logistics and transportation lines cannot be opened. Coupled with the large amount of food eaten by the orcs, this led to the fact that the orcs had no other better way than to attack Pegasus City to the death. Even if they were able to send a large force and cross the Hengshan Mountains regardless of the losses, because the logistics and transportation lines were impassable, there was no other possibility for the final result than the total annihilation.

Once there is a large number of orcs troops over the Hengshan mountain range, even if the tiger kingdom no matter how much to suppress the Ma family, it will not send reinforcements, if the orcs cut off the rear of Tianma City, front and back attack, Tianma City is broken, the orc's logistics and transportation line is unblocked, then the orc's large army can directly enter the tiger kingdom, when the terrain of a horse and a flat river, with the speed of the orc's wolf cavalry, it does not take many days to be able to enter the hinterland of the tiger kingdom, and the tiger kingdom is in danger of annihilation. Therefore, whenever the large army of orcs crosses the Hengshan Mountain Range, it is the time when the army of the Tiger Kingdom enters Beicang Province.

Under such a military situation, the orcs were forced to attack Pegasus City every time, and each time they left countless corpses under Pegasus City.

However, this time is the biggest crisis of the Ma family, the Tiger royal family definitely has the heart to destroy the internal troubles by borrowing external enemies, it can be said that the Ma family is a strong enemy outside this time, and there are bad intentions inside, and the situation is definitely not optimistic.