Chapter 69: The Prairie
The Beast Emperor stood outside Camp 2 with a blank face. Of the 10,000 warriors he sent last night, there were only more than 2,000 people left to flee back in a hurry, and according to the description of these defeated soldiers, there were only a few thousand human warriors who blocked them.
The Beast Emperor couldn't help but send more troops, he definitely couldn't tolerate and accept such a defeat, but at that time, the 10,000 human heavy cavalry mobilized by Jonas arrived at Camp 2. In the middle of the night, 10,000 heavily armored cavalry ran, even the earth shook, the sky was dark, and many soldiers were lost, and there were powerful cavalry troops hidden in the shadows, which made the Beast Emperor dare not act rashly.
All the mobile troops under the Beast Emperor were handed over to Ray, and they went to sneak attack Sunrise City, leaving only infantry, once they were raided by tens of thousands of heavily armed cavalry in the dark night, even strong orcs could hardly guarantee that they would be able to block it, and although the Beast Emperor's human ally Senat promised to lure away Orlando's Royal Knights, from the information provided by Senat before, the No. 2 camp was just a small bazaar, and now, not to mention that the 10,000 orc army had not been able to capture it, just with the raging fire a few kilometers away, I am afraid that the scale of the No. 2 camp is not under the No. 1 camp of the Thor Fortress garrisonγ
In case Senat did something in the middle, those royal knights did not leave, but hid in the dark and were ready to assault at any time, even if the Beast Emperor was not afraid, but if he wanted to completely defeat the Royal Knights, who had not met an opponent for 200 years, the Beast Emperor would also have to pay a heavy price, his Barbarian Bear Clan had just used force to force other Orc clans to consume valuable combat power, could it be that he was stupid to consume the elite in the clan meaninglessly?
Based on these reasons, the Beast Emperor decided to be patient for the time being, but sent scouts to search for the location of the human cavalry, and waited for dawn before leading the large army to Camp 2, at this time the fire in Camp 2 was still burning, and more than half of the materials of Thor's Fortress were piled up here, even if Flanner and they transported some of them, the rest was a terrifying number, after all, this is slowly accumulated by humans for 200 years.
The Beast Emperor sighed slightly, the scout had already reported that there was no shadow of a human army in this vicinity, although a small number of humans who had not had time to escape were caught, it would not help the overall situation. "It seems that those heavy cavalry last night were just broken troops," the Beast Emperor thought with some regret, "If we had attacked decisively at that time, maybe we would have been able to achieve better results, at least the supplies in the camp here would not have been burned in vain." β
The Beast Emperor looked at the raging fire in Camp 2, and did not order to put out the fire, there is no big lake in the grassland, where is there so much water to use? besides, according to the scout's report, the supplies here are all poured with fire oil, even if they send people to fight it, it will be in vain. Fortunately, the Beast Emperor defeated the human warriors in Camp 1 of the Thor Fortress last night, although the supplies there are not as much as here, but they are enough for hundreds of thousands of orcs for a long time, and now the 880,000 troops gathered by the orcs are only a little more than 500,000, but the Beast Emperor's Barbarian Bear Clan has at least 250,000 troops, and they have all undergone strict military training, and now even if the three major orc clans join forces, they are not the opponents of the Barbarian Bear Clan in terms of the number and quality of the army.
"In any case, our first two goals have been achieved after all. Prophet Evan said faintly in the Beast Emperor's ear: "The most important thing is that no matter whether our Barbarian Bear Clan advances or retreats now, we have gained an absolute advantage. β
The Beast Emperor nodded slightly, indeed, after the Battle of the Thor Fortress, the Barbarian Bear Clan successfully cut off the dissidents, and the other clans in the Orc Clan that could threaten the dominance of the Manian Bear Clan consumed too much combat power, and the Beast Emperor also personally led the elite army to capture the Thor Fortress and open up the South, The transportation hub of the North Talon grassland, if Ray can take Sunrise City and obtain advanced navigation technology from humans, then the orcs can no longer only hide in a corner of the continent like elves and dwarves, but have the strength to compete with humans for the dominance of this continent.
"Your Majesty the Beast Emperor, they are here. He said in a loud voice, "Do you want to see them?"
The Beast Emperor knew that the Beast Emperor was referring to the leaders of the other clans of the Orcs, and last night the Beast Emperor personally led people to capture the Thor Fortress, and did not inform the other clans in advance, such a huge honor, and the huge benefits obtained after winning the Thor Fortress, how could the Barbarian Bear Clan share it with others?
"Hmph, I said that the land should be distributed according to the merits of the war, but I didn't say how the spoils of war would be distributed. The corner of the Beast Emperor's mouth showed a little smile, and he whispered.
"However," added the prophet Evan with a smile, "the human army still carries a lot of supplies, and there will definitely be a human camp on this steppe, and on the edge of the steppe, the capital of the human race, Fernando, has accumulated 200 years of wealth, and whoever can grab these things will naturally own them." β
Ryan rubbed his eyes, reached out and pushed the car door, and jumped out of the carriage.
Although the muscles on his body still hurt a little, but basically there is no major problem, Ryan stretched out his hand and stretched his waist, yawning long, this night, sleep is still very comfortable.
In the distance, the newborn sun had just shown half a smiling face from the horizon, and the defeated army of Thor's Fortress had already begun to set off, and the entire team was more than ten kilometers long, at least Ryan could see the end of the team at both ends at a glance.
"Ah, Ryan, are you awake?" Bart's voice rang in Ryan's ears.
Ryan turned his head, looked at Bart, smiled and said, "Good morning." β
Bart was stunned, he followed the team from Thor Fortress immediately for more than 2 days, the whole team has been immersed in a sadness, the morale of the army is very poor, those ordinary civilians are sighing all the way, and some people are even willing not to leave their wealth in Thor's Fortress, sneaking away at night and fleeing to the north. Only Ryan, still as before, greeted him with a smile and a smile.
"Ryan, you're finally awake. Bart smiled wryly and said, "You've slept long enough, it's the early morning of the third day." β
Ryan nodded, and he knew that he couldn't go back to normal after only sleeping for one night after using the blast. "What about them?" Ryan asked. Bart replied, "Faras, Allendo, Well, and Franner just came to see you, but then General Jonas asked them to discuss the matter, and it was over there. With that, Bart pointed with his hand.
Ryan looked in the direction Bart had pointed out, and sure enough, about 200 meters away, Jonas and other officers of the human army, as well as Faras and others, were sitting around, eating and talking about something.
"Ah, then I'm over. Ryan patted Bart lightly on the shoulder and said, "Seeing that you look down, isn't it good to go back to the emperor?
"Josa. Bart saw that Ryan couldn't tell the whole story of that fame after talking for a long time, and shouted out in a hurry, and as soon as the words came out, he found that Ryan's face showed a naughty look, looking at himself with a smile, and Bart turned his head shyly and left.
Ryan laughed a few times, then walked towards Faras.
"I suggest that scouts be sent in several directions to find out if there are any Klay camps, after all, it will be very helpful for us to get help from this people who live on horseback, and we can pass through the savannah safely. Jonas swallowed the roast meat in his mouth vigorously and said, "Franner also said just now, our supplies are still sufficient, and they can probably support us for twelve days, and we will continue to go at this pace, and we will return to the imperial capital in eight days at most." β
"Now I'm most worried about the orcs' pursuers, but it's strange that it's been more than two days, and the front troops of the orcs haven't shown up? β
"Yes, General Jonas. Ryan couldn't help but interject and said, "We"
After saying that, everyone, including Jonas, stood up suddenly, Allendo came over and punched Ryan in the shoulder, Ryan did not move, let Allendo's punch hit his shoulder hard, and Colin, Thomas, Jonas and others didn't dare to punch him like this, but everyone had a smile on their faces, only Faras, who was a little shy and walked to Ryan's side and stood up, and whispered, "Are you awake?"
Ryan nodded at Faras, agreed, and then said loudly, "Hello everyone, huh?" Ryan said this, and saw Flanner gesturing at him with a large piece of roast meat, so he changed his words and said, "Why don't we sit down and eat and talk." β
As soon as Ryan spoke, his stomach gurgled quite cooperatively, and the people around him were stunned for a moment, and then burst into violent laughter. Ryan scratched his head embarrassedly, this is not to blame him, after all, Ryan has not eaten for almost three days now, it is strange that he is not hungry.
Seeing their officers laughing together, the human soldiers in the distance seemed to have a lot of confidence in their hearts, although they had suffered a defeat, but since these commanders could still laugh out loud, it meant that they must have a way to bring everyone back to the imperial capital safely. It is easy to think in extreme directions when people are in a difficult situation, and now in this team, everyone has a question in their hearts, that is, can we go home safely? Now that we have heard this hearty laughter, the fog that had shrouded everyone's hearts in the past few days has unconsciously dissipated.