Chapter 8: The Bloodstained Road
The coalition spent a day resting at the BLU camp, spending most of this time counting the harvest and distributing the spoils. The spoils of war consisted mainly of captives, slaves, and four intact city defense crossbows, as well as the BLU camp itself.
The camp is important because of the water inside.
Although the nobles did not contribute much to the battle, Richard still distributed the spoils according to the original agreement. This practice won the cheers of all the nobles. These people didn't realize that after taking the benefits, Richard sent their soldiers to attack the fortifications, and there was no reason to shirk.
All day, the nobles discussed the battle of the previous night.
Attacking a camp with 4,000 defenders with 5,000 soldiers, they killed more than 1,000 enemies and captured more than 2,000, with only a few hundred escaping. On Richard's side, there were only a few dozen dead and more than 100 minor wounded.
With the knowledge of those nobles, it is impossible to deduce how the battle situation evolved.
Upon hearing of these people's discussions, Richard and Reilly smiled at each other. The nobles who were accustomed to the Faroe War naturally did not know how terrifying their combat power could be exerted with the blessing of magic and magic when a sufficient number of high-level warriors gathered into an army! Not to mention, Reilly also sent strategic troops such as the Dawning Knights, so that the city protection giant crossbow in the blue camp lost its combat ability at the beginning.
With a full 700 ninth-level warriors and 200 eighth-level grenadiers at his disposal, plus Reilly's puppet knights and the Dawning Knights, this force could completely walk sideways in the bloodstained land.
On the morning of the third day, the army continued its departure and arrived at the Ground Fissure Canyon after a day's march.
This place is rich in cloud iron, so there are dozens of large and small forces mining here, and there are several fights every month. Anyone who can survive here is not to be messed with, and the terrain in the canyon is quite complex, and there are countless underground creatures infested with it.
It is said that the depths of the mine are already connected to the dark area, which is why various underground creatures continue to appear. Although most of the troglodytes who come out of here are cavemen with low intelligence, they are not weak in combat, similar to ordinary soldiers in the human kingdom, and they also use weapons.
Richard rested his troops for a day before marching into Ripland Canyon as the sun rose.
In this battle, Richard took a steady approach. He sent his troops to the front in turn, facing a large number of enemies. Backed by magic and magic, rows of heavily armed warriors form a giant meat grinder that grinds enemies mercilessly.
Once again, Reilly demonstrated his magic skills in spell spreading, constantly throwing curses into the crowd, slicing thousands of enemies into dogs.
The nobles of the Sequoia Kingdom were about to pop out their eyes when they saw it: What the hell is this?!
"The range has gotten bigger again...... I'll give you a lung!" Richard also looked envious, jealous and hateful.
After pouring out seventy percent of his mana, Reilly had his knights charge the enemy.
The Knights of the Dawn and the Puppet Knights lined up in a line of arrows and swept through the enemy's line with a furious wave, leaving a blood-stained path in their wake. Whether it was a warrior with a spear or a strong man with a large shield, they were as fragile as straw in front of this knight order, and they could not even delay their forward speed.
Seeing this scene, Richard did not rush to follow, but suppressed some soldiers who were about to move, preventing them from acting rashly.
When Reilly's Knights launched a third charge, Richard finally gave the order for an all-army assault. By this time, the enemy's front had been completely broken up and fell into a situation of fighting on its own. They still had an advantage in numbers, but each fighter felt like he was facing at least three or more enemies.
Two hours later, Richard walked out of the canyon with the army. During this time, Richard remained like the most sophisticated machine, his commands never missed, and his voice never changed. Even if there were occasional deviations in the execution of orders by some aristocratic private troops, Richard would find a way to make up for it at the first opportunity.
By the time the army had passed, the bottom of the Ground Rift Canyon had been completely stained red.
On the seventh day, Richard entered the Campa Gobi with a large army. This is the land of the sandmen, and the distance from the blue water oasis is more than 100 kilometers.
Richard gave all of his elite cavalry to Reilly, and formed a knightly order with his original troops. Subsequently, more than 1,000 human knights and more than 5,000 sand folk knights launched a fast and furious duel in the vast Gobi.
When Reilly commanded his troops for the third time to cut through the formation of the Sandfolk Knights, fear was already written on their faces. They left behind more than 2,000 corpses and fled in all directions.
On the tenth day, Richard led his army to Cracked Rock Canyon. It is the stronghold of the Orcs of the Bloodstained Lands, where tens of thousands of strong orcs live. Every adult orc is a good warrior, and the young and old man also have combat effectiveness that is not inferior to the ordinary soldiers of the Sequoia Kingdom.
During this war, Richard and Reilly showed the orcs the power of iron walls and magic.
Richard lined his troops in a tight phalanx, and the hoplites in front held the strong orcs firmly. Then, the war turned into a solo show for Reilly.
Fireball!Fireball!Fireball!Fireball!Fireball!Fireball!
Hundreds of fireballs flew into the orc lines, burning the poorly armed warriors to charcoals, and the opponents could only pass through the flames and storm the human lines with their natural bravery. The orc priests in the rear have been dancing the war dance, but the bonuses it gives to the warriors are about the same.
Whenever an orc dies under the attack of a fireball, Rayleigh will feel a surge of energy rush into his body, replenishing the mana he has consumed. Ever since he had a talent for the art of war, Reilly has become a perpetual motion machine on the battlefield. The ordinary warrior was as fragile as straw in front of him, and could only be harvested in patches.
When the brave orcs could not bear the huge casualties and began to wail, Richard finally gave the order for a general attack. Reilly also had his knights gouge through the lines of the orc army, crushing the dozens of exhausted priests and their guards in the rear into a pile of meat sauce.
Under this decisive blow, the orcs finally collapsed. However, Richard no longer wanted to pursue the remnants of the enemy.
After the battle, looking at the tragic scene, everyone was silent.
The charred corpses of orcs were piled up on the battlefield, and they couldn't be counted for a while. At the forefront of the battle between the two sides, the corpses of humans and orcs have been mixed together, barely distinguishable from each other.
For the first time, Richard didn't make it to the end of the battlefield, he handed over the matter to Reilly, and he left silently.
In this battle, he and Reilly respectively demonstrated the exquisite art of command and the power of magic. After the battle, the former left with heavy steps, while the latter stayed to face the Shura field he had created.
In this battle, Reilly unleashed a full 500 fireballs, burning more than 3,000 orc warriors to charcoal.
After the war, all the nobles agreed to camp two kilometers away from the Cracked Rock Canyon. Reilly commands the puppet knights to clean up the battlefield, scavenge for loot, and eventually bring back a pile of statues, large and small, including an orc statue of great power. According to Quicksand, the statue is even up to the standard of sacrifice.
After capturing Cracked Rock Canyon, Richard let his army rest where it was. On the one hand, it is to wait for the follow-up troops to follow, and then reselect the fighters to replenish the army of 10,000. On the other hand, he had to wait for the decision of the nobles to see if they would withdraw.