Chapter 667: March on the Western Front
While Lin Ye returned to the Far East, the Orc Legion marched west from Stormwind Fortress to the vast western part of the empire to join the Far Eastern Army. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The Orcs received a replenishment of personnel before leaving Stormwind Fortress, once again maintaining the number of troops at around 10,000.
After all, there was a certain degree of attrition in the battle with the elven army, and the orcs in the Far East originally had a negative attitude towards this war.
Thinking that helping humans in battle was a pointless thing to do, but with the arrival of Lin Ye, the attitude of the orcs began to rise.
In their opinion, no matter whether the war is worth fighting or not, as long as the Duke is pointed out by the battle flag, they will definitely not be wrong to bury their heads and rush forward.
If the assembly order for the general mobilization of war is really sounded, Forestry is fully sure that it will gather more than 20,000 orc troops in a short period of time.
But after all, all industries in the Far East are in full swing, and the orcs occupy a very large proportion of railway construction and mine mining.
Lin Ye needs them to contribute their labor force in the Far East, not to shed their blood in war, and the fertility rate of the orcs is too low.
This is also an important problem for the number of orcs to be controlled at about 100,000 for so many years, and unnecessary sacrifices are avoided as much as possible.
This mighty orc army was led by several major orc leaders, Wolff, Ironclaw, and Steelhoof, and they marched rapidly all the way west.
It is the height of summer, and there are many thunderstorms, and the sky is sometimes lightning and thunder, and the ground is washed into mud by the pouring rain.
However, these roads were not much stronger than the Far East at the beginning, and they did not cause any trouble to these orc soldiers, and they marched forward with their heads held high and penetrated deep into the heartland of human territory, which can be said to be unique in history, and many village residents looked at the orc army from afar.
"Aren't those guys orcs? God, I only saw a captured orc slave in the city a few years ago, what's going on, how can such a number of orcs come to us, this is the interior of the empire, and they're all armed?"
"It's not as simple as holding a weapon, you look at their equipment and formation, this is a well-trained army, has the empire been invaded? I've never heard of such a thing as orcs attacking the interior of the empire, what are those guards doing?"
"What are you guys talking about? Haven't you heard, these orcs are here to support us, and they were still fighting with the elven army in the northern storm fortress, if it weren't for them, the elven army would have been able to reach the hinterland of the royal capital, thanks to these orc brothers. ”
The farmer, who was hiding in the mill, looked through the crack in the door at the orc army passing through the village, and they marched in a solemn and silent manner in the rain.
It is surprising that their party dinner was like a long dragon, always treading on the path in the field, and not trampling the crops on either side.
"The orcs will actually help us? What the hell is going on, haven't the orcs always been hostile to us throughout history?
"Yes, and many of the orcs have been captured as slaves, how can they be so kind, and you look at their marching routes. ”
"They are very well-behaved, they didn't kill people, they didn't steal things, they didn't even step on the crops, this is really strange, you must know that when those tax collectors came to collect taxes a few years ago, they didn't care about these crops in our fields, they stepped on a large area, which made them unhappy, and they would beat people. ”
The peasants looked at the orc legion that was rapidly advancing towards the battlefield of the Empire's Western Front with incredible eyes, and it was full of question marks that could not be solved.
"This is all the credit of the Duke of the Far East, it is all thanks to him that he has subdued these orcs, and the orcs are determined to obey his orders. ”
"Is it the Duke of Lin Ye who conquered the royal capital before, I also heard that at that time, everyone was discussing who would be the new emperor of the empire in the end. ”
"Actually, if it was the Duke of Lin Ye, I think it would be quite good for him to be the emperor, although I have not met him, but I have never heard of the army under his command bullying others, and it is recited everywhere that he crossed the Tarun Mountains to save the people of several major provinces. ”
"But even if His Majesty Wendy is the emperor, it's not bad, our empire has finally stabilized, and after several years of fighting, there is no way to live this day by always collecting taxes and taxes, and I hope to harvest some crops this year, otherwise the whole family will really starve to death." ”
"Actually, we couldn't hold on earlier this year, and we were able to sow seeds thanks to a large amount of grain and seeds, and the Far Eastern Agricultural Company that provided us with grain and seeds was not Duke Lin Ye's subordinates? ”
The peasants whispered to each other, and soon someone opened the crack in the door, apparently no longer afraid of the passing orc legions as they had just been.
After all, everyone would be afraid of the sudden appearance of a group of guys in the village who they usually can't see, and who are not of the same race as themselves.
A child staggered to the middle of the road, fell to the ground, and seemed to be playing outside in the heavy rain and was hurrying home.
"Little ghost, be careful, why is it still running around outside in such a heavy rain? ”
Wolf, who was at the head of the line, waved for the orc soldiers behind him to stop, and he reached out and pulled the child to his feet.
"Well, you are, whatever, I have never seen you, are you going to come to the village to collect taxes? ”
The child tilted his head to look at this strange orc, who was one size bigger than a human adult man.
Although it has human limbs, its body is shaggy and carries a huge wolf head on its shoulders, which makes people feel cold.
"We are orcs, orcs under the command of Lord Lin Ye, Duke of the Far East, this time we are going to the west to help you fight, the little ghost should go home early, and when you grow up, you will have the opportunity to go to the Far East, there are many children of your age who are going to school and studying, maybe you can still know my son." ”
Wolf touched his head and grinned, the rain washing over him, but the orcs were already stronger than humans.
Moreover, there are military doctors who bring a large amount of medicine with the army, and there will be no problems such as the spread of infectious diseases.
"Old watch, what are you going to stop here for, we still have to hurry, which child, get home early, or I will eat you!"
Ironpaw walks from behind, sees the army stopped because of a child, and complains to his cousin Wolfe.
At the same time, he glared at the child viciously, trying to scare him away.
"Ironclaw, don't scare anyone, hehe, it's raining, I'll give you a straw hat, go home early, there's someone waiting for you over there." ”
Steel hooves, nearly twice as large as Iron Claw, also came over, and he took off the straw hat that he wore above his head and put it on the child's head.
He gestured to a few frightened children not far away, all of whom were his companions.
"Straw hats?"
The child took the huge straw hat and was stunned, not knowing what to do, but by this time Wolf had already waved again.
The army continued to advance in the rain, and the back of the huge guy with a gentle smile faded away and disappeared from sight.