Chapter 27: The War of Attrition (I)

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The development of the human war situation is gradually becoming unfavorable to mankind.

Although the defense line of the Great Wall, which had been heavily guarded for many years, was still impregnable, and although all countries continued to provide supplies and manpower, the Glorious Kingdom, which had been constantly harassed, gradually could not hold on.

The ruling foundation of the Radiant Kingdom was a system of priesthood based on a large number of temples and churches. The country is almost a complete theocratic state, and the regime depends on the existence of theocracy. When the theocracy was shattered by the orc gods' oracles, their regime was on the verge of collapse.

No matter how large a country's population and resources are, once the political system collapses, it is tantamount to a plate of scattered sand.

Can a plate of loose sand fight a war, a big battle?

Of course not.

Fortunately, there are many strong people in the human world, and although the clergy system can't hold on, it's always possible to rely on the strong to run around and maintain a basic transportation line.

But in this way, the lives of those refugees in the Shining Kingdom have encountered big problems.

Their production tools have been destroyed, their farmland has been burned, and they have no food to store, so they can only rely on state support to survive. But now, the state system is on the verge of collapse and can no longer be given enough support.

In this case, it can almost be said that "the mountains and rivers are exhausted".

If this continues, it won't be long before there will be a massive famine in the Radiant Kingdom, and a serious wave of refugees will erupt, which is exactly what the orc side wants to see.

However, at this time, Sui Xiong finally made a move.

He sent his own oracle to the refugees and asked them if they would like to leave the war and move to a neutral position.

If they still insist on fighting, then Sui Xiong can't help it, all he has to help is the refugees who don't want to fight, not those potential fighters.

And if the refugees gave up the fight, Sui Xiong's oracle would send them to the camp he had prepared.

There are houses, water, prepared food, good fields and suitable farming tools to pass the time for the refugees.

Sui Xiong didn't need the refugees to do anything for him, and the only thing he wanted from them was peace.

"By the time you decide to go to the camp, your war is over. The maiden priests in marvelous armor admonished, "You will have peace and tranquility, you will be guaranteed security, and in exchange you must give up the mind of fighting." ”

It's a fair deal, Sui Xiong thinks.

"Your Majesty, you are so merciful!" Watching the refugees being sent away one by one, his Cong Shenwo couldn't help but praise, "It's rare for a god to help refugees on such a large scale. ”

"If others don't do it, I'll do it, but I can do it anyway. Sui Xiong said lightly, "Since I can do it, then why don't I do it?"

Waugh smiled and nodded, watching the refugees who had given up the war depart in droves.

Sui Xiong's actions were unanimously praised and supported by the good gods, although some gods felt that he had not done it thoroughly, for example, some gods felt that he should stop those orc mobile forces from destroying the homes of the civilians of the Radiant Kingdom, but when Sui Xiong emphasized his "neutral" position, they had nothing to say.

Neutrality is not necessarily impartial, but at least it is not explicit bias to blow the black whistle. Sui Xiong had done enough to stop the orc mobile forces from carrying out the massacre, and to help the refugees who had given up the war. If we want to go further, I am afraid that we will deviate from a neutral position.

The orcs didn't have much of an opinion on this, and for them, it was already a great success to be able to bring down the Radiant Kingdom and oppress the human logistical supply lines. As for the fact that humans can be defeated by just one raiding force, even the Orc Emperor himself has never imagined it.

In this world, the root of war is still a frontal fight on the battlefield, and everything else is just auxiliary.

If the orcs can't break through the defense of the Great Wall, then trying to defeat the humans is always just an empty word.

And if you want to break through the defense line of the Great Wall, it is definitely not an overnight achievement.

In the past long years, the orcs have launched many attacks on this defense line, and in the end, except for hitting their heads again and again, they have not gained even the slightest gain, and have never been able to take half a step to the east. On the contrary, human beings relied on this line of defense and opened up a large territory to the west.

Relying on this war, they have completely recaptured the land that humans have cultivated for many years, which is already a rare victory.

The most important thing is that the situation of humanity is gradually becoming more and more dangerous.

"The Mobile Unit reported that yesterday it had successfully attacked a human supply line, but unfortunately it had not been able to destroy much food. "At the meeting of the orc military base camp, a staff officer said with intelligence.

They have heard this kind of information quite a few times these days.

Since the first few times when a large number of military rations were burned by the orc mobile forces, the humans have changed their minds, and the mages of the Mystic Tower Federation have temporarily created a batch of space bags with huge capacity. These space bags have limited effectiveness in reducing weight, but they do help a lot in reducing capacity. In the past, when the orcs attacked, a large amount of military rations were piled up on the carts, and even if they wanted to hide, they couldn't find a place to hide. But now, with a little time, the convoy is able to hide the bags in hard-to-find places. Unless the Orc Mobile Force can completely annihilate the human convoys, there will be no time to find them and destroy them.

As a result, the results of the orc mobile units have dropped significantly. Unless they attacked the fortifications where the food was stored, there was little chance of destroying large quantities of military rations.

If it weren't for the fact that a large number of convoys were killed and wounded by multiple attacks, so that the transportation capacity of human beings was greatly reduced, perhaps the mobile forces would have been in vain.

But in any case, mobile units are always useful. The collapse of the Radiant Kingdom and the growing embarrassment of human transportation lines are all good evidence.

It's just that...... The losses of the mobile units themselves were also quite staggering.

"They must be asking for more manpower again, right?" asked Emperor Iro.

The staff officer nodded: "They said that the losses in this battle were not small, and they hope to replenish the elite troops as soon as possible." ”

Emperor Yiluo sighed: "Then let's add, they want to give everything anyway, there is nothing to do when the army is stationed here, although the battle over there is a little more miserable, it is better than nothing." ”

His expression was indifferent and not very moved.

For veterans who have experienced a hundred battles, war is a battle between the two sides. As long as the attrition on the orc side is relatively low, it is acceptable.

It's just that...... The lack of a chance to win a decisive victory made him a little irritable.

After the military meeting, Emperor Ilo walked out of the camp and looked up at the sky.

The stars are shining, as in the past.

"O gods of the heavens, please find out the human gods as soon as possible and destroy them completely!"

The gray-haired orc emperor prayed silently.

"Only then can this war end as soon as possible!"