A large part of the strength of the cavalry lies in the mount, and the general cavalry and the war horse must be familiar with each other for a short time in order to control it freely and exert its combat power. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but the Songhai City cavalry is different, in addition to the strength of its own soldiers, the existence of saddles and stirrups can make it easier for cavalry to control the mount, without the need to familiarize themselves with the time.

Plundering horses from orc tribes can be a good supplement to army consumption, at most because there are no horseshoes, the ability to run in the long run will be weakened, but it is not too much of a problem.

"Lone will bring a large number of spare saddles and stirrups, and when the time comes, one person will ride more, and prepare more grain and grass baggage, and the transportation problem will be taken care of by Lone, without additional baggage fleet. ”

The center of gravity of the Songhai City army is on the cavalry, and there are not many iron ores used in the saddle and horse pedals, and there are more than 20,000 sets in the inventory, and Shaoyang is ready to load all of them into the main city space of the system.

The orcs have invested three million troops in the Duchy of Oz, even if not all the forces of the orcs occupy most of them, the rear must be empty, and the orcs will definitely not think that there will be a human army into the orc tribe.

For tens of thousands of years, since the orcs were driven to the desert in the northwest of the continent, the human army has not tried to kill them all, but because the supply line is too long, even in the weakest period of the orcs, they have not succeeded. With the recovery of the strength of the orcs, the human race was divided among themselves, and no army ever entered the orc tribe again.

But the biggest trouble for other human armies is not a problem for Shaoyang at all, the space of the main city of the system is huge, enough to accommodate the required grain and grass baggage, not to mention the army of Songhai City, it is easy to install the baggage of tens of millions of troops on the front line.

Shaoyang was gesturing with the orc tribe on the central sand table, and once in the barracks, Shaoyang saw that Zhao Yun and others were not satisfied with the map and wanted to redraw the map, so the young master put forward the idea of making a sand table by the way, and this sand table was carefully made by the craftsmen of Songhai City.

It took a lot of manpower and material resources to make the landform of Songhai City and the nearby city land strictly according to the actual environment, and the landform of the orc tribe could only make a rough outline because it was impossible to send a mapper, and the range of the werewolf tribe was closer to the human territory, and the other parts could only mark the approximate sphere of influence of the orc race, and even the boundary was not obvious.

"The most troublesome thing is that we are not familiar with the orc tribe, in addition to the werewolf tribe can also find the target, after entering other orc territory, it is possible to get lost. Shaoyang pointed to the northwest edge of the sand table and frowned.

"Your Highness, this problem is not without a solution. "In addition to the generals, Xu Tianyuan and the family heads of the cities who are completely loyal to Shaoyang are also in the hall, "Actually, there are many families in the Northern Wilderness Territory that have caravans that have entered the orc tribe for trade. He looked a little embarrassed when he said this, not only him, but also many of the family heads here.

The long-term hostility between humans and orcs has made the trade between the two races lucrative, and even though it is forbidden by the laws of the mainland countries, many people risk it to be carried out secretly, of course, this kind of smuggling is only a small amount of trade.

First, it is dangerous for caravans to enter the orc tribe, and large-scale caravans are easy to be discovered before they enter the orc tribe; second, scarce things are expensive, and small-scale trade can make more profits.

Those smuggling caravans exchanged a small amount of daily necessities and human luxuries for a large number of precious animal skins and treasures from the orc nobles, which also led the orcs to think that humans were insidious and cunning.

"My Xu family has also had a caravan to the orc tribe, and there are not many places that have been walked, except for the werewolf tribe, they also know some general information, and can be used as a guide to guide the way for the army. Xu Tianyuan said his idea.

"My Jiang family can also provide a guide. ”

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As soon as Xu Tianyuan made a statement, other family owners also said that they could provide guides.

Although those caravans have entered the territory of the orcs, they are not familiar with them, and there is no way to draw a map, but it is still no problem to send the few people who are most familiar with the terrain as guides, at least they know the location of various races and the specific locations of important tribes.

"Okay, I would like to thank you here, thank you for your merits first, and then reward your merits after the victory of the war. ”

Shaoyang originally thought that he could only send a large number of cavalry to reconnoiter and explore by time-consuming and laborious, or pinned his hopes on the slim ** to guide the way, but now each family can provide guides, adding up to more than a dozen, and there is a lot of effort left, so he will naturally not be stingy.

When most of the problems in this expedition had been solved, and when they were about to finish discussing their respective preparations, Shaoyang suddenly asked, "Now, how many ballistae do we have?"

"In addition to twenty crossbow carts in each city, there are also eighty ballista carts and three thousand crossbow arrows in the Songhai City military camp. ”

The crossbow arrows of the ballista are also made of ironwood, although they are not ironwood of more than 20 years old like the ballista, but they are also hard, and the special arrows are extremely sharp, and they are projected through the ballista, which is enough to shoot through a layer of iron armor within 100 meters, and the longest range reaches 500 meters.

"Then bring the ballista men with you, and maybe you can use them. "Ballistae soldiers can't fight on horseback like cavalry, but basic riding skills are still good, and it is not a problem to keep up with the army, and crossbow carts and crossbow arrows that are inconvenient to transport are better solved," then you will go back and prepare, and set out for the battle the day after tomorrow." ”

The grain reserve in Songhai City is as much as more than 50,000 stones, and there is no shortage of grain and grass, and there are 10,000 stone of grain extorted from the Bush family last year in the system space, and the next day, Shaoyang received another 10,000 stone of grain from the granary, and the grain in the system space reaches 20,000 stones, which is enough for the army to go on this expedition for five or six months.

The most indispensable thing in the orc tribe is grass, just in case, Shaoyang still collected the forage needed by the war horse for a month, and also included other baggage materials needed for the war into the system space.

There are also 1,000 catties of Wuliangye, which is not to be drunk, these Wuliangye are specially distilled by Ying Lao Er many times, although it is not as good as alcohol, but it is no problem to use it for disinfection.

In addition to alcohol, the army of Songhai City was equipped with medical soldiers in each battalion, plus a large amount of medical supplies in the baggage, which was enough to ensure that the soldiers would not affect their combat effectiveness under minor injuries and minimize the mortality rate.

Early in the morning of the third day, more than 12,000 cavalrymen set off from the camp of Songhai City and headed in the direction of the orc tribe after taking the oath.

The cement road has communicated with the cities, and even one has been built between Sunshine City and the two boundary passes, Songhai City to Donghe City, passing through the abandoned city of Xihe, and then passing through Sunshine City, without going all out, it only took less than nine hours to arrive, and the army rested overnight in the camp of Sunshine City.