Chapter 14: Out of the Mountain
While Sui Xiong was concentrating on studying that small underworld, the preparations for war between the two sides of the main plane were gradually coming to an end. Vertex updates the fastest
The human race has amassed more than a million troops, all of them young and strong, all of them fully armed, and they have carried out intensive training according to the methods of the new army. These people have a good foundation and equipment, and as long as they train for a longer period of time, they can become excellent and strong troops.
In order to serve them and provide logistical support, all human countries in the main plane have launched a comprehensive mobilization, and all kinds of materials have been saved as much as possible and transformed into various things that can be used in the war, and they have been continuously sent to the front line.
For a million-strong army to be fully deployed, an extremely large battlefield is naturally needed. There are not many such battlefields, and the only suitable one is located in the northeast of the main plane, the border between the Orc Empire and the Radiant Kingdom.
The border between the Orc Empire and the Radiant Kingdom is a vast wilderness. There are no famous mountains and rivers in this land, and it is almost completely undefended. But ever since humans established a nation here, they have continued to build fortresses and outposts on the border, building strong walls, and one post, one fortress after another, and one wall after another, and finally building a huge defense system.
Compared to the Great Wall on Earth, this defensive line, which was built entirely in plains and hills, was much more complex and garrisoned with many soldiers. In order to provide it with support and provisions, countless villages dotted the eastern side of the defensive line, inhabited by at least two million people. And the continuous support of human countries has made this line of defense impregnable, so that even if the orcs usually want to attack humans, they would rather choose to attack the Eagle Kingdom, which is more dangerous.
For the orcs, the dangers of the terrain can be conquered with courage and force, but the huge defense line that is united is a real moat that is more difficult to break through than any natural danger.
The truth that people are not in danger has been well proven here.
Also similar to the Great Wall, the area of control of humans and orcs is not the demarcation of this line of defense. In fact, within about two or three hundred miles west of the defensive line, there are areas of human control. Humans have established a number of outposts and towns here, which served as ports of trade between the two sides in peacetime and as frontiers for tentative and skirmishes in wartime.
The million-strong army of mankind lives in these forward positions at the moment.
And the army of the orcs has not yet been assembled.
This is not to say that the mobilization ability of the orc empire is not good, but their supplies are insufficient, and they can't learn from the human race, and a million-strong army is stationed in the position, and every day in addition to training is to eat nothing.
Although the orc gods can provide a lot of food for the orcs, it is really impossible to supply a million army for full-time training.
The Lord of Order does not allow the gods to interfere too much in the human world, and seeks food directly from other worlds to supply the army of millions...... This is beyond the limits allowed.
Therefore, the orc armies could only be scattered in the eastern part of the steppe, grazing and farming while waiting for the war to come.
The gap in national strength and civilization is thus manifested.
If nothing happens, no one believes that the orcs can win.
On the one hand, there are one million soldiers who are carefully selected, well-armed, and well-trained, and on the other hand, there is a "large army" of one million soldiers, who are half-farm, animal husbandry and half-training, self-raising equipment, and of varying quality and quality. More than one scholar of the history of warfare has judged that once the two sides go head-on, there is a high probability that the orc army will be completely defeated in the first wave of battle.
Of course, these scholars have one thing in common: they are all human.
Naturally, the orcs do not see it that way, believing that they are powerful and despise those who are weak. The long-term record of winning more and losing less than the human race has given them full confidence, and this full-scale mobilization of the Orc Empire in the true sense of the word has given them a considerable chance of victory.
Even in the battle of "The Day the Sun Goes Out" back then, there were not so many soldiers really mobilized by the Orc Empire. And this time, they have gathered almost all the troops they can fight.
Not only that, but they also have soldiers from other races in their camps, such as reinforcements from dwarves and elves, reinforcements from the Swamp, and some armies from gnomes and other minor races.
And...... Their reinforcements are much more than that.
Humanity is trying to completely defeat the orcs and become the absolute overlord of the main plane, and this matter is not only harming the interests of the orcs, but also the orcs who are willing to stand up and fight against the human race.
If Mencius came here and saw the military camp on the orc side, he might sigh "There is much help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust".
...... Although even "Duo Help" has not been able to change the balance of power between the two sides.
The high-level leaders of the orc and human armies have not been idle during this time, and they all understand that what can really decide the outcome of the war is not actually the million heroes under their command, but the masters of both sides.
The legendary powerhouses of all races have gathered on the prairie, and the total number of them is more than 100 of them, and they are training and improving every day until the orc series of demigod powerhouses, striving to make their strength go to the next level when they really start fighting, or at least let themselves play better.
And the legendary powerhouses of the human side have also gathered, and they are also seizing the last time of peace and training hard.
As for the higher-level figures, the two sides have not yet made a large-scale sortie, but everyone understands that when the two armies face off against each other, those demigod powerhouses who are beyond time will definitely come to an end, and this war is destined to be extremely fierce and cruel.
Time passed day by day, and slowly came to the New Year.
This year's New Year, everyone is not having a happy time.
Both humans and orcs are making final preparations for the upcoming war, and they can't wait to use one day as if it were two days. Even the Northwest Republic, which is a neutral faction, has a gloomy atmosphere due to the Great War, and even the participation in the New Year's celebrations is much less.
At this moment, in the Void City, there is even a feeling of desertion on the streets.
But this situation did not last long, and on the tenth day of the new year, the armies of both sides finally moved.
From the sky, it looked like two huge shadows, slowly approaching.
At the same time, two extremely violent auras burst out at the same time from a certain valley deep in the prairie and the highest peak of the Lianyun Mountain Range.
Those were the demigod powerhouses who had been hidden for many years in both camps.
At the moment when the war began, they all came out of the mountain.