Chapter 63: The Line of Fire Alliance
The wolf howl in the north kept approaching, I didn't hear whether it was a wolf or a werewolf, I asked Zhang Hanwen: "Lao Zhang, how can you hear if it's a wolf or a werewolf?"
"This howl is very rhythmic, and although the howl of the wolf also has a certain rhythm, it is not as rich as this howl, and the wolf's howl is still relatively fixed. Zhang Hanwen's eyes narrowed, carefully distinguishing the movement in the north, and replied to me at the same time.
There were a few faint fires in the north, it should be a faint light from the torches, and the firelight kept shaking, leaning towards this side little by little.
I said to Zhang Hanwen: "They are coming for us!"
"No, it's two groups of people, they're fighting, one group is a werewolf, and the other group is supposed to be canine people, I just seem to have heard a dog barking. Zhang Hanwen is not very sure.
"Wouldn't it be a gang of two orcs teaming up to earn us humans?" I continued.
"Impossible, in the eyes of the orcs, we humans are a weak race that can be bullied casually, and they won't think of using any despicable human segments against us, so it must be an infighting between the orcs!" Zhang Hanwen was very firm on this point.
At this moment when I was talking to Zhang Hanwen, the people over there were a little closer to us, and this time, we could all see clearly that it was two groups of half-orcs who were fighting, because there were a few torches over there, and our side had already extinguished all the bonfires and other shiny objects, and they hadn't noticed us for a while.
The two groups of people looked similar from a distance, but there was a big difference in the sound of their shouts, the group of about thirty or forty people, who shouted like wolves, and the group of few, only about ten people, and the sound of shouting like dogs.
The few men fought to lose two of them, and at last they got rid of the entanglement of the other group, and ran quickly towards us, and they ran on all fours like wild beasts.
Zhang Hanwen said to me: "That's right, it's the werewolves who are chasing and killing the dogs, I don't know what is the origin of this group of dogs?"
"Why are they orcs chasing orcs?"
"It's similar to the power struggle in our human race, the living environment of werewolves and canines is similar, the two races have always lived in the same place, so it is inevitable to fight for the means of survival, you know, the production on the grassland is far less than our human place, which is why we humans are reluctant to go deep into the prairie, it is too barren. Zhang Hanwen said.
"There is also a saying that the dog people have a vassal race, the sheep tribe, the sheep tribe is not only good at raising sheep, but also good at making wool products, which makes the economy of the dog clan far better than the wolf clan, the wolf clan has always wanted to rob the sheep clan, but the dog people strongly opposed, and the wolf people have not succeeded. Zhang Hanwen also said a reason for the disagreement between the two races.
"Don't the wolf people eat sheep?" I asked.
"Eat, and the staple food of the wolf clan is sheep, a kind of grassland wild sheep called yellow sheep, but this kind of sheep is not easy to catch, and the sheep raised by the sheep clan are easier to catch, and the taste is fresher than that of yellow sheep, so this is another reason why the wolf clan wants this vassal. Also, in famine years, the wolf people will even eat the sheep people. ”
"Don't dog people eat sheep?"
"They also eat, but not as fiercely as the wolf people eat, and the dog people don't eat the sheep people, so the sheep people are more willing to become the vassals of the dog people. Zhang Hanwen stared at the group of dog people who were running towards us, while telling me these common sense of the grassland.
"Oh...... Woo woo woo!" "Oh woo, oh woo!" "......" Those werewolves kept finding howls in different rhythms, Zhang Hanwen said: "The werewolves are adjusting their formation, they seem to want to capture one of these canines alive, it seems that that the canine is a big man, the werewolf intends to outflank from both wings! But in this way, we may be wrapped up together." ”
Before I could reply, the canine people who had run about five hundred paces away from us suddenly stopped and quickly formed a circle: "The wolf clan is colluding with humans to kill us!" I know which dog shouted loudly.
And the encirclement formation of those wolf people had just unfolded into a semicircle, and when the dog man stopped, he also stopped, only to hear someone shouting over there: "The dog man colludes with the humans! The humans have come to support the dog people!" The voices on both sides sounded at the same time, and fell at the same time, and for a while, the people on both sides were staring at each other, at a loss.
However, it seemed that the canine man was a little smarter, and they immediately realized something, the man who was surrounded by the others in the center of the circle lined up around him and walked towards us, with him there were two guards, and the other canine people seemed to be trying to stop the man, but the man shouted: "Wang, woo~ Wang!"
The canine soldiers hesitated, and the man shouted again, "Obey the order!" and then turned and walked towards us, while the soldiers faced the wolf clan, also forming a small semicircle, and looked at the werewolf vigilantly.
"These orcs are more accustomed to commanding battles with the cries of beasts of their species. Zhang Hanwen whispered a word to me, and then jumped out of the car, ready to meet the three people to see what they were going to do.
I was also about to jump down, Zhang Hanwen turned around and said, "You stay here, you need to command the troops when I don't have an accident." "I looked at the squad of ten people, well, no matter how few people are, they are also soldiers, even if they are mercenaries, as long as they are soldiers, then the assembly of soldiers is troops.
I commanded loudly, "Ranged strikers ready! Melee hands on alert!" and I gestured to the Hou brothers, and I saw the two of them quickly sneak into the grass and disappear in a few moments.
In my left hand, a blue ** magic light appeared, and a longbow appeared in my hand, and the three archers standing in front of me also raised the bow in their hands, and the arrow was also hung on the string, just waiting for my order, you can draw the bow and shoot the arrow.
The three canines obviously saw our movements, hesitated for a moment, but still walked towards us, they may think that we are their last hope, you must know that there are nearly forty werewolves on the opposite side, and they are only ten people, and everyone is still hanging the lottery, and there are only ten people on our side, even if we cooperate on both sides, there are only twenty people, only half of the werewolves, but we have long-range strikers on our side, which is not on the werewolf side.
Zhang Hanwen and the three people met between us and the dog man, the two sides whispered something, the werewolf vigilantly pressed towards us, in their opinion, we are negotiating, once the negotiation is completed, the two of us will join forces to fight against them, but they are not afraid, because the human race is too big, only eight people have been sent, you must know that a werewolf warrior can already deal with at least five humans.
Zhang Hanwen talked with the dog man for a few words, and brought the three dog people to the side of the cart, Zhang Hanwen said to me: "Commander, this is the prince of the dog clan, Jin Rui Doug." Then, he introduced me to the canine man, "This is the leader of our Eye of the Storm mercenary group, Martin!"
The dog man gave me a chest salute, and I returned the salute before he said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Captain!"
"Your Royal Highness, this is not the time to pay attention to etiquette, is it? I wonder what you have to do with the werewolves? I said unceremoniously to the canine man.
"How can you be like this, ignorant human!" said a man behind the prince, who jumped out and shouted at me.
I frowned at him, the dogs had a pair of triangular eyes on their faces, and the white eyebrows pointed diagonally upwards at his ears, and another word came to my soul: husky, I don't know what a husky is, but when I first met the prince, there was also a word: blonde.
"I'm sorry, Captain, please don't be angry at the ignorance of my men, I ask for your forgiveness, you're right, now is really not the time to pay attention to etiquette, I now ask you to form an alliance with us temporarily, I think you also know that werewolves have a great appetite, even if you don't help us, but after they kill us, they can't let you go!" Jin Rui said to me.
I turned my head to look at Zhang Hanwen, he nodded to me, now at this time, even if we don't care about the life or death of the dog, but we have now been discovered by the werewolf, with the werewolf's urine, after they eat the canine, they will definitely turn around and kill us, and these people, most of those slave mercenaries were caught by the werewolf, this is what Zhang Hanwen told me on the way, we have been praying not to meet werewolves along the way.
One thing is for sure, that is, our prayer has been fulfilled, but it is the opposite, we really met the werewolf, but one good thing is that we also met the canine, the canine man is known for its tenacity in the orcs, they can't beat the werewolf, but their tenacious will to fight, often let the werewolf after suffering a big loss only to find out that it is indeed the victory of the canin, but the werewolf itself is no longer able to attack.
These are all what Zhang Hanwen told me on the road, but at this time, an idea came out of my mind, let these kobolds put those wolf-headed people two hundred steps away, because with me and Han Tao in the long-range strike hand, we can accurately kill the enemy two hundred steps away.
I said to Jin Rui: "Prince, we may form an alliance, but I have a request, you must gradually retreat, entangle the werewolves, we will provide you with support, once you retreat within two hundred steps, my melee soldiers will also contribute, we will fight the werewolves within two hundred steps!"
"You're sending us canines to death and saving you humans!" the hanging husky jumped out again, but the "Shar Pei" standing next to him, when his face appeared in front of me, the deepest part of the word jumped out.
Shar Pei pulled the huskies together, and then said to me in a humming voice, "Captain, are you trying to make the most of your long-range strike power?"