Chapter 68: After the Break (5)
The orc general looked at the scene in front of him in amazement. Secretly vigilant in his heart, but unfortunately, before he could continue to give orders, a sharp pain came from the back of his heart, and a jet-black short sword pierced his body, and the tip of the sword protruded from his chest. The orc general's mouth hissed, he really couldn't understand what was going on, he wanted to turn his head to see who had done it, but the sharp pain in his body made him lose control of his body.
That's right, it was the "misleading technique", Ryan used this magic to create an illusion and stay in place, and he himself came behind the orc general before others knew it, even if the orc general was wearing thick armor, but it couldn't stop the sharpness of the shadow.
Scorching red flames surged out of Ryan's hands, engulfing the orc general's body.
"General!" the countless orcs who had seen this let out a mournful cry as they saw their general turned to dust by Ryan's flames. The human army let out a burst of cheers, and General Jonas immediately shouted, "All charge!" and was the first to rush out of the low fence of Camp 2.
Nearly a thousand human warriors with spears lined up in a not very tight formation desperately rushed towards the orc army, and the orcs who lost their commander could no longer support it, under the human charge, the orc's formation collapsed, and the orcs, who had always prided themselves on their bravery, were defeated by the weak humans they looked down upon, and turned around and ran away.
The position of the orc general is a slightly backward position in the orc formation, after Ryan killed the orc general, he did not stop there, but stood in place and recited the fireball spell, under the blessing of the "wind technique", Ryan also achieved instantaneous third-level magic, almost every time he stretched out his hand, he would release a fireball, bringing a violent explosion and harvesting the lives of many orcs.
At this time, the orcs had completely lost their fighting spirit, their formation collapsed, and many orcs even abandoned their weapons and fled, and Lane's fierce blows accelerated this process of the orcs. When Jonas commanded his men to charge into Lane's attack, Ryan let out a long breath and stopped casting.
"Victory!" the human warriors couldn't help but cheer, and the commanders such as Jonas, Colin, and Thomas looked at Ryan with complete adoration, and it was this young man who led them to a near-miraculous victory. Although Faras was tired and panting, she couldn't help but rush to Ryan quickly, because she knew that Ryan used the forbidden technique, and Farath had seen Ryan use this magic before, but he was in a coma for a long time, of course, it was that time that Ryan and Farath really understood each other's minds.
Despite such a huge victory, Lane still had an indifferent look on his face, and when he saw Faras running towards him, Lane walked over steadily and gently hugged Faraz, and Colin couldn't help but whistle when he saw this scene. But Colin never imagined that Ryan was exhausted at this moment, and had to rely on Farras to be able to stand firm.
Ryan's face was still so calm, and he whispered in Faraz's ear, "Help me." The latter grabbed Ryan in understanding, and the two walked towards Jonas together.
"General Jonas, now that the orcs have retreated, we must evacuate as well. Ryan said calmly: "As long as you take away some of the food, it will be good to be able to support it until you return to the imperial capital, and all the rest of the materials will be burned." ”
Jonas conveyed this order without hesitation, he laid everything down in a few short words, no one thought that it was strange that Jonas, as a general, still had to obey the orders of a little magician, and everyone consciously carried out the orders they should bear.
Alendor changed back into his human form, and walked towards Ryan one by one. Ryan smiled and said, "Elendo, you're fierce tonight." Allendo shook his head and said, "Hey, don't talk about me, if you don't kill the enemy, I will kill less than a fraction of yours." ”
"Hehe," Ryan smiled, in fact, he deliberately said this to Alendo, or to calm people's hearts, Ryan already felt quite tired at this time, and could fall asleep at any time, but Ryan didn't dare to do that, because the surviving human warriors were looking at him, if he fell like this, the human soldiers who didn't know the reason would definitely be in a mess, and if the orcs sent an army again, they would be defeated again without fighting.
Ryan hugged Farass and walked slowly at a steady pace, as if he was walking in the back garden, because Ryan no longer had the strength to walk on his own, and even every time he walked, the muscles in his body were in unbearable pain, but Ryan's face was as calm as usual.
Alendor followed behind Ryan, anxious but there was no way, Faras could go and support Ryan, after all, there was a relationship between them, and on the surface, Ryan hugged Faras to make the human soldiers feel at ease, seeing that this little magician didn't take the orcs to heart at all, and he was still in the mood to fall in love after a vicious battle. If Allendo helped Ryan go, I'm afraid that others would immediately see that something was wrong with Ryan, in case it caused bad speculation again, then the little morale that the human race had finally recovered would collapse again, after all, Ryan has now become the spiritual leader of the defeated army in Thor's Fortress, and without Ryan leading everyone to fight bloodily, it would be impossible to annihilate more than 7,000 orc warriors pursuing them with 3,000 defeated soldiers.
It was easy to support to see Flanna, and Ryan glanced at Flanner, although the latter didn't know what happened to Ryan, but he very tacitly arranged a carriage for Ryan to sit in. Farath was not shy and sat into the carriage, and as soon as the carriage started, Ryan leaned on Farath's shoulder and fell into a deep sleep.
Alendor briefly described the current situation, Franner immediately understood the current situation through Allendo's narration, he knew that he had little time, after those fleeing orcs returned to Camp 1, the orcs would definitely send more troops to pursue, he now had to organize the personnel to withdraw immediately as quickly as possible, otherwise when the orcs returned, everyone could only leave their lives.
Now the most needed thing for the defeated army of Thor's Fortress is to transport carriages and war horses, there are not many carriages in Thor's Fortress, Franner collected them all, filled them with food and transported them first, after all, it took a full 10 days from Thor's Fortress to the Emperor, and there was no fixed location town on this road, so he could only find a temporary camp for the Clay herdsmen to live in water and grass for supply, and the humans who withdrew from Thor's Fortress had tens of thousands of people, how could they be supplied, did they all go to eat grass?
As long as there is food, the human warriors can fight and retreat without worrying about supplies, and if the orcs keep pursuing, it will increase their logistical burden, and when they pursue to the imperial capital in front of them, maybe it will be the time for the humans to fight back. If the orcs don't pursue, then these defeated soldiers of the Thor Fortress can also return to the imperial capital intact with the help of this food, and retain as much strength as possible for the future counterattack of the human race.
As for the war horses, there are 10,000 heavy cavalry in the Thor Fortress, and the war horses of these heavy cavalry are usually kept in captivity in a pasture near Camp 2, after all, the smell of horses is somewhat unaccustomed to ordinary people, so they have to be kept far away. And these heavy cavalry usually have to be trained, and they can only live near the camp where the horses are kept in captivity, and it is precisely because of this that these 10,000 warriors dodged the first wave of the orcs and maintained a complete formation.
Jonas did not think of this at first when he gathered the rout, but when Franner sent to ask him where he could find more horses, Jonas remembered the matter of the cavalry camp and immediately sent men with his own orders to gather the heavy cavalry.
Jonas was overwhelmed and sent people to mobilize heavy cavalry, but he didn't expect that it would take a long time to prepare for the heavy cavalry to attack, so these heavy cavalry failed to catch up with the attack of the orcs' 10,000-strong team, so that the temporary defense line was in critical condition for a while, and Jonas had to put down the matter of collecting the rout and transferring supplies, and personally led the team to support Ryan.
When Jonas heard the sound of the heavy horses' hooves, he remembered that he had made a fatal mistake, these heavy cavalry were completely armored and could not run far at all, and he gave the order again with a wry smile, so that the heavy cavalry should take off the armor of men and horses as quickly as possible, and evacuate lightly.
After nearly half an hour of chaos, every heavy cavalry took off their heavy armor with the help of the servants, and Jonas was a lot more relieved, even if the orcs sent people to attack now, the 10,000 cavalry and more than 20,000 servants could still resist for a while, although those servants were not strong in combat, but after all, they had also been trained, much stronger than ordinary civilians.
At this time, Franner had already left Camp 2 with Colin, Thomas and others, and only Jonas and these more than 30,000 fully formed warriors were left in the entire camp, Jonas did not dare to stay longer, after all, a little white had faintly appeared in the sky, and the long night was about to pass, once the sky brightened, the orc's attack would definitely hit again, and it would be difficult to leave at that time.
"Raise the fire!" Jonas waved his hand and gave the order, and hundreds of servants threw their torches at the warehouses, which had been filled with the oil that was used to make the projectiles fired by the catapults. The oil was extremely flammable, and in a matter of moments, the entire Camp 2 was in flames.
Jonas took the 10,000 cavalry and more than 20,000 troops to the south without hesitation, because once there was a fire here, the No. 1 camp 5 kilometers away would definitely be seen clearly, and if Jonas had a third wave of pursuers, he was almost on the way here after these dozens of minutes, and now this fiercely burning camp was just an excellent obstacle to block the pursuit of the orcs.