The sky burned as red as blood, and the ashes of the Duchy of Virginie, on the north-winded border of the Duchy of Virginy, were filled with the smoke of war. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The stubble exposed by the artillery uprooted the broken fortifications of the fortifications, the charred charcoal still flickered from time to time, and the wet ground that had once covered the turf was full of pits of various sizes.

Countless scorching shrapnel, leaving traces of shredded flesh and blood, gradually cooled as they took away the living life together, and around them, severed limbs and stumps were everywhere, mixed and no longer separated from each other.

The victors of the Battle of Ash Vale, a new army from the Duchy of Maryland, armed with muskets and heavy artillery, stood in the Knights of the Tempest, brandishing their flags red with the blood of the enemy, and roaring out to vent their inner joy and joy.

The taste of victory is so sweet, especially after the bitter battle, it is worth the price, but the price paid is still worth it, the smooth capture of the Valley of the Ashes, in front of the green valley grassland, the army to the south can even go straight to the capital of the Duchy of Virginy, the city of Léman.

However, the ammunition stocks that have almost been exhausted must be replenished as a priority, followed by the lost troops must also be replenished as soon as possible; fortunately, due to the new construction of the second-line corps, the second-line corps is satisfactory and full, especially in the current critical period, I believe that no one dares to eat empty salaries.

The trivial tasks of cleaning up the battlefield were traditionally handed over to the reservists in the rear, who were not equipped with muskets, but only with short swords and hand shields, and while searching for the loot, they occasionally found enemy survivors and did not hesitate to make up for them. As for meeting one's own people, if they only have one breath to hang, they can also be spared the pain and the consumption of resources and manpower to take care of them.

The Messer family, who ranked first in the aristocratic order of the Duchy of Virginy and ranked seventh in military strength, lost the battle line due to the loss of the two knights who leaned on their arms in the Valley of Ashes and lost the important place they defended.

The news reached the capital of the principality, the city of Leman, and then it was learned by the Count of Rhett Messer, who had just made enough money in Sword Bay, with black eyes, his body crooked to the ground, and he fell into a coma on the spot.

When he woke up again, his expression was startlingly senile, as if he had been sucked by the life of a dark elf and robbed him of twenty years of life, and his face was pale and terrifying.

Spreading out the blood-stained battle report, and taking a hurried glance, Count Ryder Messer's face had regained a little blood, and the servants who had served him for many years, or those who were familiar with his temper, knew that it was due to anger.

The Knights of the Tempest were almost completely wiped out, and only one herald was furthest from the battlefield, narrowly escaping the enemy's ruthless hands.

According to his description after regaining his mental composure, the legions of the Principality of Maryland possessed a new weapon that sounded like thunder when fired, scorched flames like meteors streaked across the sky, and was as powerful as a four-ring arcane fire blast, bursting countless shrapnel, and capable of setting off a metal storm on the ground.

The odd thing is that they don't have any arcane waves, they don't have any effects that resonate with any of the main elements, and they have a very long range, located in the heavily protected rear.

The Earl of Rhett Messer knew a little about the origin of the new weapons that the Principality of Maryland had recently equipped, and not only hated the McCallane family, but also deeply remembered the unreachable Western Land, a certain chief knight who was actually a dead merchant who trafficked in war.

"New weapons? I have them too! The elven cannon provided by the Blighter Master has been finalized after more than a dozen actual combat tests, and soon a batch of arcane weapons will enter the equipment sequence......

His mood gradually improved, but the situation ahead of him was deteriorating rapidly, and Count Ryder Messer was a little unable to catch up.

The battle of Ember Valley successfully tore a gap in the front line of the canine's teeth, and the nouveau riche who were eager to make contributions within the Principality of Maryland couldn't wait to wave their troops south.

Following the maps provided by orc allies familiar with the local situation, disdain the worthless countryside after the autumn harvest and focus on attacking the fortressed fiefdoms.

Under the iron hooves of the new army, armed with muskets and heavy artillery, no lord could resist for more than a day, no matter how hard the walnut was, under the heavy blow of the hammer, there was no example of it not being knocked open.

In Virginie, which was thus plunged into a crisis of smoke and war burning everywhere, the Bay of Sword, which had been forcibly suppressed, echoed the opponents of the enemy from the north, and in the name of freedom, gathered those who wanted revenge, and simply led the way for the occupying forces of the Duchy of Maryland.

The stormy turbulence, the relentless waves of the times, the constant lapping of this leaky boat, the danger of capsizing at any time, made the slave owners, who were immersed in the past and had not had time to adapt, prepare to abandon the ship in panic.

However, their roots are in the Duchy of Virginy, relying on the command of the Grand Duke of Sammer, and they hold the right to rule through their in-laws, protect their interests, and take refuge in the shadow of the Mellon family, which is the fifth in the blood family, and hope to be accepted by them as immortal vampires.

The densely populated countryside is no longer of much value due to the transfer of most of the food and material reserves. Fearing his own lack of strength, the knight of the manor gave up his territory and defected to the baron. The baron, with a team of loyal knights, approached the attached nobles and took refuge in the city with high and strong walls.

This method of gathering superior forces, occupying fortified cities, and causing the enemy to retreat in the face of difficulties, was so successful that it gradually began to prevail.

After all, the occupation forces of the Principality of Maryland gradually became less and less consumed by the stretched supply lines, and once they lost the most powerful heavy artillery to attack the city and plunder, and lined up to shoot the musketeers who swept the knights, it was not unimaginable that the offensive and defensive sides would switch between each other.

One of the most notable is Count Fein Munster's New Town, where the druid master Vonebel summons his fellow birds, grabs pebbles and flies them into the air, where they are ordered to drop.

There is a stone attack like rain, the power is quite good, the slightest passing can shatter the armor, and the direct hit is an instant kill, which makes Ian McCallane, who attacked this place, suffer a big loss.

To cut down the great tree of Virgini, it is necessary to cut off all the branches that get in the way. This was the suggestion of Aldrich Triss, who had been here for a long time and was familiar with the customs, and was approved by the staff of the Duchy of Maryland, after all, the mediocre and cowardly blood clan who could suppress the ambitious Grand Duke Ferdinh Summerer was the ultimate opponent.

Blackcastle-Cambert led the remnants of the orcs along the Benniu River, and with the tacit approval of Aldrich "Palanturu" Aldrich Tris, elected the gladiator-turned-Garot Axe as the chieftain and formed the Remnant Blade Tribe.

In order to restore their normal movement and combat effectiveness, they replaced their lost lower limbs with sharp stakes and equipped them with axes and broadswords on their lost arms.

Raising the banner of rescuing their enslaved compatriots again, recuperating for more than a month, the orcs of the remnant tribe of the Blade tribe who had recovered most of their strength rushed to the nearest country estate.

Smash the shackles and shackles symbolized by the slaves, distribute a weapon to those who are willing to go with them, and guide the people who do not want to stay in the war-torn land through the road of freedom to the Duchy of Rocoville between the mountains.

The abundant reserves of coal and iron ore were put to good use by the Iron Tribes, not only arming their members to the teeth, but also "exporting" the surplus to the countries of Middle-earth in exchange for necessary food and to pay off debts - when observers from various countries discovered that the orcs were able to pay their debts, the previous aid support was made up with a clearly marked price, although it was a cost price full of conscience, but it could not withstand the thickness accumulated over time.

In order to be able to buy food in the international market, the Great Shaman thought about it and ordered all the auxiliaries except for the main battle members to take off their full armament and change into soft but tough leather armor.

After this incident, the orc leaders of the Iron Tribe found that there was no target for plundering, and the food consumed daily could not be held in the hands of humans, and in the end they had to produce it themselves.

Unfortunately, in the bitterly cold late autumn season, winter is approaching, and the sowing of winter wheat must be survived for three months, and when next spring comes, the tools and seeds needed for cultivation must be arranged as soon as possible.

More and more people who choose to live freely and defect to the Iron Tribe have also made the pressure on food increasingly heavy, but fortunately, the long border of the Duchy of Virginy has torn a corner, and the neighboring Duchy of Lotrun has been under great pressure recently.

With the largest plain in the south and pastures full of abundant water and grass, Lotrun, known as the land of ten thousand horses, became the next target of the Iron Tribe, taking advantage of the winter snow to loot and loot before the winter snow came, so that this winter, which was also the first winter to be free from slavery, could survive safely.

Unlike the human legions of the countries of Middle-earth, the dandelion project presided over by "Palanturu" sowed many fires in various southern principalities, some of which were extinguished in the middle of the way before they could fall to their destinations, and some of which fell smoothly and took deep roots.

Inside the target, there are eyeliners and spies, and the raiding armies of the Iron Tribe, scattered into small forces, calmly avoid detection spells, quietly bypassing the natural defensive line of undulating mountains, and gathering on the eastern border of the Duchy of Lotrun.

The gunpowder captured by the orcs on the battlefield was reversed by the Great Shaman to get the correct ratio, but the firearms they made were closer to "fireworks".

Pig iron or crude steel cast iron gun, because the strength exceeds that of ordinary people, is usually hand-held, shoulder-mounted use, later put into actual combat use, the interval between re-firing is too long, simply cast three iron guns into one.

Even if all of them are fired, such a bulky thing can still be used as a heavy weapon, and if it is smashed with excessive force, it will be recovered through the furnace at most, and it will not affect the use at all.

The ammunition stuff of the iron gun has everything, ordinary iron balls, lead shots, and even steel slag and iron sand can be. A shot at close range, except for the heavy infantry in armor, no one can stop it.

With the bad news of the "fall" of the Duchy of Virgini, the neighboring Duchy of Lotrun was also poisoned by the orc rebels, and stabbed the weak waist and ribs fiercely, which accelerated the collapse of the confrontation between the two major groups in the north and south when everyone did not expect it.

The heads of the originally high-ranking farmers fell like chopping vegetables and melons, and the orc herdsmen with good riding skills threw themselves into the cause of rescuing the tribesmen, and quickly made the Iron Tribe have an additional cavalry force with a total of more than 8,000.

The countries of Middle-earth have tried their best to restrain and tolerate the rapid expansion of the power and strength of the orcs, and the situation is gradually becoming clearer, and the war will never stop unilaterally until the southern grand dukes who took the lead in provoking the war are completely resolved.

However, at this critical juncture, there seemed to be a turning point for the worse, with Mount Ograni, more than a hundred kilometers away from the Black Castle-Cumbert Territory, the natural border between the western border of the Duchy of Virginy and the eastern part of the Duchy of Lotrun, a ruined tower destroyed in the turbulent years of the old era, entangled by the force of death.

A self-proclaimed Death Knight of Salon, an afterimage of the old times awoke from a deep slumber and commanded a vast army of skeletons and zombies.

War and death have gradually increased the concentration of negative energy, but it has become a source for him to awaken the souls of the dead who do not want to sleep forever, and create a paradise for the dead with his own hands.

Whether it's a human determined to take revenge and kill a rebel slave, or an orc bent on saving his compatriots from slavery, as soon as they enter the territory of the Death Knight, they will be surrounded by agile skeleton soldiers, and if they accidentally fall into the zombie horde, they will do everything to stalk them.

The Death Knight at the top of the ruined tower will summon all the dead in sight and become part of his legion, and his men will grow in number, becoming a new and impressive force.