The time of the orc's appearance is basically the same as Gray's speculation, and things have come to this point, and it is useless to think about anything else. Luring the orcs into the established battlefield was now impossible, so he had to order the hoplite brigade and two light infantry regiments to move closer to the front camp.

Knight Hanks was given command of the force, and Knight Robert was his lieutenant. And Gray's guard captain, Baron Rena, surprised everyone in this battle and was reduced to a small staff officer.

When General Khamba, the commander of the orcs, received the report of the vanguard, he decisively ordered his troops to abandon their ships and look for a shore port where they could land.

He chose to fight on land.

This was a wise choice, as his troops were severely underarmed with arrows, and most of the orc warriors were incapable of water combat.

Battlefield - The commanders of the armies on both sides were very tacitly aware of the choice of the battlefield in the western plains of the Seron - and the vast grasslands of the Covinde region.

By the time the two armies met, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.

The fiery sunset on the horizon seemed to herald the decisive battle that was about to begin.

The big war may unfold in the next breath.

Nearly 30,000 soldiers of the two armies confronted each other quietly on the banks of the Sushui River.

At this moment, it was a rare quiet time before the war.

The two commanders looked at each other from a distance, and the soldiers waited silently for orders.

Looking at the dense formation of the orcs in front of him, and the countless battle flags, Gray felt as if he was in a dream.

Not only him, but many nobles and knights, or soldiers, felt this way.

The legendary orcs appeared before their eyes.

With their huge army.

And they themselves became the heroes of the story to destroy the orcs? or ......

Gray glanced at the huge banner beside him, which was now in the hands of Baron Tachia himself, and the family motif of fire and water on the banner fluttered gently in the breeze.

Raina on his left side quietly watched the orc army in front of her, the knight's armor on her body was somewhat damaged, which was left over from the battle she had fought a few days ago, and even the person next to her could smell a faint smell of blood mixed with essence.

Around the two of them were more than a dozen freelancers and family knights, some of the older knights were praying that the goddess would bring them luck, just like the previous battles, and most of the young knights were experiencing such battles for the first time, and they were adjusting their breathing as the knight instructors had taught, and they were obviously nervous.

Next to Baron Tachia, who was temporarily the flag bearer, there was a row of stern heralds who watched Gray silently.

Behind these men were columns of infantry with spears, and the dense array of spears seemed to have no end in sight, glowing with a chilling glow in the summer sun.

On the high slope of the right flank of the troops, two brigades of archers were arranged there, and a brigade of mercenaries was responsible for their security. In addition, the mage unit that was recruited by Gray some time ago stayed with the archers.

Around a quarter past five.

The orc priest is scouting the nearby magic traps with the help of several teams of warriors.

Gray didn't intend to wait any longer, and to everyone's surprise, he gave the order to attack first.

His move made the general Kham of the orc army look up to him.

Originally, the orc generals were still debating whether to send warriors to duel with humans according to tradition, but Gray's actions directly made them forget about this idea.

"Humanity seems to be more advanced than it was a thousand years ago!"

That's what Kham said.

"That young nobleman has no honor to speak of, no wonder some people say that he is not worthy of being called a nobleman at all!"

This is General Morinda's assessment of Gray.

Gray couldn't hear what the two orc generals were saying about him, he was staring at the orc veteran under the orc commander at the moment, he could feel it, and the other party was also looking at him.

At the beginning, Gray used his ace unit, the Heavy Infantry Brigade.

When the sound of heavy footsteps came, the hoplites slowly came into the eyes of the orc generals.

These orc generals were obviously shocked, they had always been in the tribes of the far north, and they had never had the opportunity to participate in human battles, and certainly had never seen human hoplites.

The human hoplite warrior can also be called a 'gladiator' (this has been explained earlier, so I won't go into details here), one of the most elite troops on the continent of Aylan for a long time, almost on par with the dwarven hoplites.

Each of the heavily armored warriors was over seven feet tall and trained from an early age, and they were killing machines at the outbreak of war, and in peacetime they were reduced to tools to please the nobility.

These warriors wore heavy armor comparable to knight's armor, but due to the lack of a magician's magic circle to assist them, they were thicker than knight's armor, each set weighing nearly forty kilograms. Their regular weapons in group battles are also spears, but their spears are made of steel and weigh impressively.

This weight of equipment also made the heavy warriors lack the ability to maneuver in battle, and they could only maintain a spear holding flat when they advanced.

But even so, the lethality of the heavily armored warriors is huge, if they can't be stopped in time, if the warriors' physical strength allows, they are invincible on the battlefield.

Behind the heavy infantry brigade, an infantry corps was closely followed.

Their goal is clear, the location of the orc troops' banners.

The bagpiper plays rhythmically to keep the soldier's pace in a certain rhythm.

Hanks loved the notes of the battlefield played by the bagpiper at this time, which made him feel as if he had no end in his strength.

As the front-line commander of this operation, Hanks was both nervous and excited. Walking to the center of the battlefield, he silently lowered his gold-studded steel visor, and with every step he struck, he struck the steel leggings on his legarmor with his saber.

The battle was fast approaching, and experienced veterans were already adjusting their breathing so that the battle that was about to begin could be dealt with in the best possible condition, and the officers kept recounting the rules of battle.

The orcs didn't have archers at all, and on the human side, Gray didn't order the archers to release their arrows in order to save arrows.

So, the two teams fought together without hindrance.

Cold spears and axes, boiling blood, and the shouts of battle instantly enveloped the battlefield.

Everything seemed sudden, yet it seemed natural.

War is like that.

The smell of blood and metallic leather filled Hanks' nose, and he felt nothing but blood red in front of his eyes.

"Ding!"

The sound of the impact of the sharp weapon resounded in his ears, and the steel sword in Hanks's hand was gently sent forward, and a young orc's chest was cut in an instant, and a stream of blood spilled on Hansk's visor between the surge of internal organs, and he raised his foot and kicked the unlucky orc in the abdomen expressionlessly, and pulled the steel sword out.

Suddenly, a blood-stained axe slammed into Hanks's waist, he instinctively raised his sword and slashed at the arm holding the axe, and the sound of broken bones and the other party's screams reached Hansk's ears at the same time, in order not to disturb his own killing, Hansk raised his hand and slashed again, resulting in the other party's life.

Killing two orcs in a row, Hanks turned to look at his soldiers.

The hoplites were as powerful as the legend says, and the orc warriors were no match for them, but the light infantry was in a bad situation, and they could only rely on the spear formation to fight the orcs.

This is not a good thing!" Hanks thought to himself, he scanned the battlefield, and when he saw the banner of Knight Robert, his blood-red eyes lit up and he made a decision.