Chapter 238 [Scarlet Forest War]
Hearing that the elf king has clues, He Ping naturally wants to listen to it, and Iverios is the same, for elves, a hundred years old is adulthood, before the age of twenty is early childhood, the memory is vague, after the age of twenty is just remembered, even if Iverios is born smart, he can only remember things after the age of twenty, as for before the age of twenty, he really can't remember, at this time he heard his father talk about the past, he was also very interested.
"That's what happened when Iverios was only thirteen years old." Speaking of the past, the elf king's face also had a nostalgic expression, and he said slowly: "That year, the most powerful half-orc tribe in this area at that time, the Blackhorn tribe, attacked the Meliane Forest on a large scale, sending a full twenty war lords, twenty trolls, twenty shamans, and nearly 10,000 half-orc warriors, as for the goblins, it exceeded fifteen thousand, this scale is the largest in hundreds of years. ”
Hiss!
He Ping was a little surprised, he didn't know much about the history of this world, even if he knew some, it belonged to that kind of legendary level, after all, elves and half-orcs have a long lifespan, and the events of hundreds of years ago are not too long history at all, they were born at that time, and the elves and half-orcs who are still alive grab a handful, which is not uncommon at all, but he still knows something about the situation of the elves and half-orcs.
Just like now, in addition to those high-end combat power that are not too many, the average elf warriors and unicorn knights combined, are only tens of thousands, and the half-orcs have sent more than 20,000 troops at one time, even if most of them are goblins, this scale is also a bit staggering, presumably even if the Black Horn tribe is the largest half-orc tribe in this area, such a scale is also their limit, after all, there are still some warriors left to defend the tribe, and there is only so much that can be sent.
And the combat effectiveness of the half-orcs is very strong, not to mention the goblins as cannon fodder, that is, they can consume the disc-shaped blades in the ballista and the arrows of some elven archers, and the half-orc warriors are very strong, and ordinary elven warriors are not the opponents of the half-orc warriors at all if they are single-handed, and the unicorn knights can barely do one-on-one, which is still under the bonus of the unicorns.
Therefore, to face so many half-orcs, the elves need to gather at least more than 30,000 elven warriors and unicorn knights, which is basically eight percent of all the ordinary combat power of the Noldor elf clan, on this basis, in order to deal with the twenty war lords, twenty trolls and twenty shamans, the high-end combat power of the elves must also be sent more than half, speaking of which, it can be regarded as a major battle related to the life and death of the Noldor elf clan.
"It's the Scarlet Forest War I learned about in history class, right?" It seems that Iverios knows something about the war.
The Elf King nodded and said: "That's right, it's this war, in this war, our Noldor Elves are almost out of the nest, even I, also made sure that there is no movement in other orc tribes to the front line, the half-orcs at that time are different from this attack, they don't know what strategy, they don't know how to unite, there is only one tribe in Blackhorn, so it's not too troublesome to deal with." ”
"But despite this, the combat effectiveness of the orcs is still beyond our imagination, this war lasted for a whole year, there were nearly a hundred battles before and after, and our defense line at the edge of the forest did not hold, the orcs broke into the forest, and finally defeated the orcs in the forest, because the casualties on both sides were numerous, and the blood that shed even dyed all the land and trees red, so it was named the Scarlet Forest War."
"In that war, our Noldor elves sacrificed a total of nearly 10,000 elven warriors, a branch of the unicorn knight regiment was wiped out, my guards lost more than half because they had to deal with the war lord, and even the elven elders had ten people killed or seriously injured, but our results were also quite good, and the offending orcs almost didn't run back, especially the war lords, trolls and shamans were all left behind, and the Blackhorn tribe was even swallowed up by the neighboring blood axe tribe because of the excessive casualties caused by this war, The latter, as you all know, is the largest orc tribe in the area right now. ”
Iverios listened with a stirring expression, he was still young at that time, of course it was impossible to participate in the war, and then he only listened to the teacher in history class, and saw some pictures and videos left through magic devices, and now he heard that the witness of the war, and his own father, plus the elven king who still commanded the elf battle, he seemed to have returned to that time and became one of the elven warriors.
And He Ping is also in a similar state, although he is not a member of this world, he can't imagine what the war in this world is too specifically, but he has experienced a battle that is not big or small, of course, it can't be compared with the bloody forest war told by the elf king, but through this battle, He Ping has seen the tragedy of that war and has felt the bloodiness of that war.
"However, although the war was won, there were still unclear points at the time." The elven king continued: "The half-orcs and the elves are not mortal enemies, although there have been wars for so many years, but in fact both sides are very restrained, the elves will not be idle and have nothing to do to find the bad luck of the half-orcs, and the half-orcs will not fight hard to attack the elves, almost all wars are just half-orcs consuming the population, as well as looting supplies and rations." ”
He Ping and Iverios both nodded in understanding, the elves are not aggressive, and they are not willing to leave the place where they live, after all, for most of the Noldor elves, the Tree of Eternity is their parents, and the elves of other tribes are in a similar situation, so even if the territory of the orcs is taken down, it is useless, and for the orcs, all they need is enough rations and resources, and they have not thought about destroying the elves.
And He Ping has a deeper understanding, in the several worlds he has experienced before, the dominant people are all human beings, and there are no examples of human beings being born from places like the Eternal Tree and the Eternal Mountain, all of which have been passed down from generation to generation, and the reason why it is said that when the injustice is retribution, to a large extent, is because blood is at work, if you are my father-killing enemy, then I must kill you now to avenge no matter what the situation was at the time, but your relatives will definitely recognize me as an enemy, come and go, The so-called mortal enemy was thus formed.
But in the elven world, the continuation of the orcs is the same as that of humans, but their level of civilization is not high, the moral level is not high, and there is no concept of revenge for their relatives, and the elves are simpler, their continuation is not because of blood at all, many elves have been lonely all their lives, without any real relatives, even though the adoption relationship is also very solid, but there are still few elves who have the idea of revenge, it is precisely because of this situation that the war in this world is more simple.
"But that war was different." The Elf King said: "The Blackhorn tribe obviously didn't leave much way back for itself, and the purpose of starting that war was to destroy us, such a situation has never appeared in history at all, so after the victory of the war, we also investigated the motives of the Blackhorn tribe for launching the war, and after the investigation, we found some clues, that war, and the new 'horcrux' invented by the shaman of the Blackhorn tribe!" ”
Horcruxes, He Ping is not uninformed, in the elf world, all magic props are made through alchemy, but magic props are just a general term, elves will use magic to complete alchemy, but half-orcs will not, but the shamans among the half-orcs can complete alchemy through witchcraft, and their most common method is to hunt Warcraft, and then extract the beast soul of Warcraft through witchcraft and attach it to weapons and equipment and various items, and this is the so-called Horcrux!