Chapter 40: Heavy losses

Tashi Langdo returned to the Golden Horde and immediately conveyed the order of Zhangzhung Gyatso, Mandu Ratu and Mondurak and others were overjoyed, and such good things, one by one gathered their troops and hurried to the border of the Norton Kingdom.

At that time, Zhangxiong Gyatso led two barbarian banner teams and blocked Norton VII and his army in the city, and did not dare to pavement the road at all. This gave Manduratu and Mondurak the opportunity, they had fought countless battles with the kingdom of Norton, and they had long been familiar with raiding, and after seeing Zhangzhung Gyatso, they immediately left and slaughtered dozens of surrounding towns.

Zhangzhung Gyatso's order to them was very simple, that is, the three-light policy, kill those who resist, take away those who can take away, and then burn the town with a fire, leaving only a place of ashes.

For those larger towns and towns guarded by strong cities, the orc army did not harass, but only pounced on those small cities and villages with weak protection, and a large number of grain, livestock, scarce living materials for the grassland people, and even hundreds of Terran captives began to be continuously gathered and brought back to the grassland.

Norton VII, who was hiding in the city, soon got the news, and he was furious, and ordered Woodrow to immediately lead his army out to fight the barbarians, but he was dissuaded by those around him. Now that the barbarians are powerful, Zhangxiong Gyatso will take the elite to watch outside the city, and if he goes out, he will be sent to death.

He could only keep sending orders to the rear and summoning a large army to help. It's a pity that they didn't have any preparation in advance, and they couldn't gather so many elites in a short period of time.

Seeing his people taken captive and enslaved by the barbarians, every day and night, he would see smoke billowing from the distance, which was a burned town. Norton VII's heart was like a knife, and he regretted it, and if he knew this, he would not have provoked Zhangxiong Gyatso. The leader of this barbarian tribe is ruthless and ruthless, even more so than the beast tribe.

More than ten days have passed, and a large number of reinforcements from the rear have arrived late, but at this moment, dozens of towns on the border have already been completely destroyed, and not counting the tragic property losses, the people who have been taken captive alone are tens of thousands.

Zhangxiong Gyatso had already retreated with his army, leaving behind an empty land and the corpses of the decomposing Terran soldiers piled together.

Under the protection of the army, Norton VII rushed out of the castle, ignoring the pungent stench, looking at the tragic death of the elite soldiers, and finally couldn't help but cry: "Zhangxiong Gyatso, I am inseparable from you, wait, I swear to kill you and slaughter all the barbarians." ”

Zhangxiong Gyatso didn't care about Norton VII's roar, he was receiving compliments from the Great Chieftains of the Orc Clan such as Mondurak at the moment.

The Orcs and the Kingdom of Norton have been at war for hundreds of years, and they have never been so heartily captured, and they can wake up with a smile when they see the endless Terran captives and a large number of supplies. In the past, there was still resistance to the object of Xiong Gyatso, but now it has long been forgotten, and even feels that under the command of Zhangxiong Gyatso, it is also a good choice.

Finally returned to the Golden Horde, although he did not reach a peace treaty with the Kingdom of Norton, and even completely tore his face and became a mortal enemy, no one cared. Everyone was excited about the large number of slaves and supplies that had been captured.

Zhangxiong Gyatso was not stingy, and generously distributed these slaves and materials to everyone, treating barbarians and beasts equally, and won the support of everyone.

It's like a festival, every barbarian and beast tribe has benefited, and of course, the largest share is still reserved for Zhangxiong Gyatso himself, and no one complains about this.

Solang Dunzhu and Danba Zengji are really painful and happy. Their own affairs were already heavy enough, and suddenly there were so many extra prisoners and supplies, which was really a bit of a hurry, but fortunately, Zhangxiong Gyatso selected some talents to assist them in time, so that they could be considered to be handled smoothly and safely.

After this plunder, coupled with the captured elite weapons, the elite army under Zhangxiong Jiaqi was all replaced with shotguns and a new look. Even among those Terran captives, there were dozens of blacksmiths, and the Golden Horde finally had the talent to craft its own weapons. It's a pity that there is no iron mine in the grassland, and there are no dwarves to help prospecting, so for the time being, they can only secretly smuggle ore from the Terrans. But after this battle with the Norton Kingdom, I am afraid that Norton VII will strictly control the border, and it will be difficult to smuggle it.

Zhangzhung Gyatso thought of the Majaro Mountains on the northern edge of the Tulum Wasteland, where there were many peaks and there would definitely be suitable minerals. Nanka Cairang and Arslen can try to contact the dwarven tribe, and if they can ask the dwarves to help prospect, they may be able to find mineral deposits.

Of course, these things need to be done slowly, after all, most of the dwarves have settled in the Middle-earth region, and if you want them to work in the barren wasteland, not to mention the need to pay enough money, how to avoid the blockade of the Terrans is also a problem.

However, with a large number of Terran bows and arrows captured, Zhangzhung Gyatso was finally able to form a large army of barbarian archers. As for how to train them, it was naturally left to the white elves.

Together with the fifteen hundred archers of the White Elves, he selected another six thousand people from the barbarians and beasts to form an archer banner team. As a sign of trust, the leader of this army is an outstanding warrior chosen from among the White Elves, the son of the Patriarch of Chromie, named Atwood.

Patriarch Kromi was thrilled to trust Zhangzhung Gyatso, and he swore on behalf of the White Elves that he would be loyal to Zhangzhung and his family for generations.

After this blow, the Norton Kingdom suffered heavy losses, and did not dare to provoke the Golden Horde for a short time. But Norton VII was already mad, and he secretly licked his wounds, gathered strength, and prepared for the day of revenge. Even for this reason, he reached a rapprochement with his sworn enemy, the Kingdom of Nelson, ceded a city by himself, stopped the state of war between the two countries, and then drew back the elite troops on the front line, actively drilled, and even had a sense of national mobilization.

Prime Minister Duke Ferdinand tried to dissuade him several times, but he was unsuccessful, and sighed secretly in his heart, but he could only let Norton VII do it.

Although General Woodrow led the heavy cavalry to be defeated by Zhangzhung Gyatso, he preserved most of the strength of the heavy cavalry, so he still gained the trust of the king, and was entrusted with the important task, and the 150,000 troops gathered by the whole army were assembled under his men, drilled, and waited for the day of revenge.

The reaction of the Norton Kingdom naturally could not escape the spies of Nanka Cairang and Arslen, and soon sent the news back to the Golden Horde.

For this purpose, Zhangxiong Gyatso gathered his generals and held a special meeting. No one was afraid, even the orcs were asking for battle one by one.

Zhangzhung Gyatso began to unite his army and was also preparing for a big war. At this moment, he has eight banner teams of the barbarian race, eight flag teams of the beast clan, plus an independent archer flag team, and the cowardly Xue team that has absorbed the wolf cavalry, all of which are elite troops, and they are not afraid of the attack of the Norton Kingdom at all.

There will be no more war this year, but both sides know that next year, there will be a big war on a large scale, waiting for them.