Chapter 52: Digging a Trap in the Eyes of the Enemy
Rayman's death and Robin's missing whereabouts surprise and annoy, both to William and to his annoyance. According to William's layout, the probability that Robin can escape from the royal city is close to none, after all, William has already laid out a net for Robin's strength. It's a pity that the three commanders are not under William's control, and he can only take advantage of the situation. What he didn't expect was that Felton old guy would dare to help Robin escape in this way, which couldn't help but make William remember a lot for Felton and his people.
Raymang is William's backhand, this high-level spy who broke into Robin's personal guard 3 years ago is William's last resort for Robin, he is calm, witty and strong enough, he should have successfully completed the mission, but he did not expect to capsize in the gutter because of a joke by Robin's inadvertent joke. Yes, those who miscalculated the strength of the Knights of the Round Table, later died.
But fortunately, Robin did not return to his tribe, and may have died outside. As long as William is given 2 months, he can clean up the mess and concentrate power in his own hands. On the other hand, William did achieve his original plan, but it was just a little flawed.
On the other hand, Myron, who has returned to the Blue Foundation, has received new information. The intelligence pointed out that the orc king Sal was assassinated, and the murderer Robin broke through the siege after being discovered, forcibly escaped from the royal city, and his current whereabouts are unknown.
"It's not good," Myron said as she paced back and forth in the room.
"Isn't it nice that the orcs are in chaos right now?" said Isaac.
Myron shook his head and said: "Of course it's not good, the assassination of Sal is a coup d'Γ©tat, have you ever seen anyone who carried out a coup d'Γ©tat alone, and was ambushed afterwards? This is the most obvious means of blame, nine times out of ten William did it." This guy is very good at conspiracies, and orcs are such an upright race, he is just like a fish in water when he plays conspiracy. I can even foresee that it won't be long before we witness the birth of a complete and powerful orc kingdom. If he continues like this, I fear that he can even threaten humanity. β
"You mean, humanity is coming to an end?" Isaac asked.
"That's not true, it takes a long time for a race to rise to become strong, and in the process, humanity has too many opportunities to destroy them. In fact, as long as William is killed, after all, he is the prerequisite for the rise of the orcs. But, in any case, the rise of the orc kingdom must not be a good thing for us. In fact, I'm feeling threatened by now. β
"So what can we do now?"
Myron found a stool and sat down, thought for a moment before saying, "Attack the Gus tribe." β
"Why?"
"Because I expect William to be very busy in the next two months, and as long as we don't get the fire to his front yard, he won't have time to do anything about us. Then, at this stage, it is the best time to stabilize our surrounding environment. β
"Aren't you afraid of William's revenge afterwards?" Isaac looked at Myron suspiciously.
"If he sends troops to fight us, it is also a strategic necessity and has nothing to do with hatred. Even if we keep the Gus tribe, there is no guarantee that he will not come against us, and it will be more convenient to attack us with the Gus tribe as a springboard. As long as we make him feel that it is inconvenient and unprofitable to defeat us, he will be able to survive better at this stage. β
"This ...... Isaac was a little confused again, "So what about the next stage?"
"Next stage, hey, hey, hey,......" Myron laughed and said, "There will always be a way." β
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Eight days later, all the commanders of the Gus tribe, including the Great Chief, were standing at the gate of the tribe, watching the Terran troops doing their way there.
"Great Chief, shall we just let them dig a trap in front of us and do nothing? that is not in line with the way our orcs fight!" Myron's army had been here for a long time, and they stopped at a mile away, and did not call for battle or charge, but first made a delicious lunch for themselves. This situation was completely unimaginable before, they were facing orcs, and among the clans that would fight if they didn't agree with each other, when would the orcs have the patience to wait for the terrans to have lunch?
It can be seen that in the battle some time ago, the orcs were really scared. Yes, even fearless orcs have a day to be afraid.
The most hateful thing is not eating, those humans who killed a thousand knives found that the orcs had not made any movement after lunch, and they took the time to start civil engineering under the eyes of the orcs. Myron's soldiers have no other characteristics, that is, they have superb skills in the Yin people. In just 3 hours, the ground was covered with dense traps, and they echoed each other and interlocked. Now, the orcs finally know how to make the traps that cost them every time.
"Do you think I don't want to rush out and kill them?" use your brains, where are the tribes still having warriors, do you rely on these old and sick people who have never fought to charge?" the Great Chief was now holding his breath. Of course, not all of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, but it is true that there are few regular fighters left. An ordinary orc warrior, usually around level 4.
"We are orcs, and as long as we take up arms, even women and children are qualified warriors, at least much stronger than those weak humans. The commander who spoke was not convinced.
"Brainless guys, if we rush out, they will retreat to another ambush site waiting for us to die, have you forgotten how our warriors died? The more the chief spoke, the more angry he became, and he almost beat his chest.
"That'...... What should we do now? Or will we dig with them?"
"Dig your mother, stay there honestly, let me be quiet. β
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Myron brought a full 3,500 (people) with him on this expedition, which is already the limit. The base is better, and the place where the road is built needs enough soldiers to manage more than 2,000 orc slaves.
"How do you know that the orcs didn't dare to rush out this time?" Isaac said to Myron.
"It's very simple, first of all, I guess that their combat troops should be gone, which will make them very unconfident. Secondly, we were yin once before, and this time the old trick was repeated, and the orcs should learn a lesson. Myron's eyes were always looking into the distance, looking in the direction of the orcs.
"If you can scare orcs like this, you can be regarded as a famous general!"
"Hahaha, don't dare to be, don't dare to be. Although Myron said that he did not dare to take it seriously, he did not mean to be modest at all.
"However, you've been mocking for so long, and they don't have any plans to come out, are you really going to rush in?"
Myron, on the other hand, looked at Isaac with disdain and said, "What are you rushing in for? We are here to fight, not to fight." β
"This ...... What's the difference?"
"The difference is that you have to use your brains to fight a war. Seeing that the trap was almost dug, Myron said to the herald, "Order, the whole army advances." β
Seeing that the Terran troops were finally about to fight, the orcs hurriedly organized their defenses. They prepared quickly, in fact, when the Terran troops first came, they were ready to fight to the death, but the stinky and shameless ones on the other side grinded for hours, and the brave orcs waited for hours, and their patience and fighting spirit were about to be smoothed out.
There are a lot of violent tempers among the orcs, and during this period, if it weren't for the big chief who has been blocking the door, those hot-blooded young people would have rushed out and fought desperately with the hateful humans on the other side.
Now, the Terrans have finally arrived, and the orcs have vowed to avenge their dead loved ones.
However, the expected Terran charge did not appear. These humans don't seem to have any enthusiasm for fighting, they don't beat drums, they don't shout, they just move forward calmly step by step. The orcs found that they were walking quite neatly.
"Sure!" shouted the herald.
"Ha, ha!" was the slogan that Myron had choreographed in order to allow the recruits to skillfully cooperate with the commander's orders, and with two loud shouts, the soldiers stopped neatly, just 100 meters away from the enemy. In front of him was the trap that they had been tossing around for hours.
Fighting with orcs for so long has made Myron more familiar with the combat style of this cold weapon. In order to cooperate with the command, Myron set up a lot of new passwords and gestures. Now heralds at all levels only need simple gestures to complete the transmission of orders, and it only takes a few syllables to make the soldiers understand a series of battle intentions of the commander. I have to say, this is a bit handsome.
"The archers listen to the command, all of them have it, mark the nine sections, and shoot. β
"Knot" is Myron's definition of angle and strength in order for archers to be able to strike accurately. With this concept, Myron's ranged class can finally get rid of the embarrassing situation of following its feelings.
Despite a series of adjustments, there are still many problems with the composition of the Crystal Blue Legion, the most important of which is that all Blademen are equipped with ranged weapons. As at the beginning, the current composition of the legion is still 30% pikemen and 70% swordsmen. The first platoon of pikemen is equipped with tower shields and consists of level 4 warriors. The ratio of longbow to hand (crossbow) is 6:1.
This way of arming is a waste of resources in the regular army, because longbowmen and longsword men can be completely separated. You know, compared to the high price of weapons, officers are more willing to recruit twice as many soldiers, after all, military pay is still relatively cheap.
However, the upper limit of the legion recruitment on Myron's Pioneer Pass is 5000 (people), so he can only let the longsword soldiers pick up the longbow, sometimes making cameo appearances in ranged troops, and sometimes turning into melee troops. After a long time, the infantry has been trained very comprehensively.
With the commander's order, more than 2,000 feathered arrows attacked the orcs at a 45-degree angle.