Chapter 286: The Eastern Crusade Ends
Shi Xin knew very well that it would not be able to resist the opposing army if he scattered his army, so he simply abandoned all the cities except the base camp and joined the army.
The Crusade pushed all the way to the front of the orc's base camp.
But then another problem arises, and this is the coldest time of winter.
It didn't snow, but it was very cold.
The cold wind howled, and many soldiers shivered from the cold.
Although Xia Qi did not hide back in the royal palace, he also wrapped himself tightly with a fur coat.
Li Chuan came to Xia Qi and looked a little worried.
"Your Majesty, many soldiers are frostbitten now, and the efficiency of the march has been getting slower and slower these days."
"What's going on? Didn't the logistics department equip the soldiers with enough warm supplies? ”
As soon as Xia Qi heard this, his brows suddenly stood up.
I thought it was a stupid person who dared to put his hand into the army.
Li Chuan shook his head again and again when he heard this, and said, "Your Majesty misunderstood, at the beginning, all the soldiers were equipped with enough warm items. But after a battle, many things were lost. ”
Hearing this, the anger in Xia Qi's heart can be regarded as a lot less.
"The current situation can only be to destroy the orc alliance as quickly as possible, and then we can return to the dynasty."
After speaking, Xia Qi immediately shouted loudly: "Pass on my order, speed up the march!" ”
Hearing Xia Qi's order, the speed of the army was indeed much faster.
In the evening, when the army stopped to rest, the vanguard had already set up a large camp, and the fire head army had already prepared food.
In addition to the food that had already been set to death, each soldier received a bowl of ginger soup with a sufficient amount.
The soldiers hid in a sheltered place and ate food in twos and threes, and it could be seen that these human soldiers had frostbite on their hands, faces, and ears.
Not only humans, but also the orc soldiers.
Except for the panda-people, werewolves, and fox-men, who had longer hairs, all the other orcs were shivering from the cold.
In winter, they usually hide in their homes, eat the food they have stored before, and rarely go out.
The only thing that Xia Qi is thankful for is that on this trip, he asked people to prepare a large amount of ginger, which greatly reduced the possibility of the soldiers under his command catching a cold and getting sick.
After drinking the ginger soup, the soldiers began to sweat on their foreheads, and they only felt a lot more comfortable.
At night, a large number of bonfires are lit in the camp, and the whole camp is illuminated.
In the case that the army could not be withdrawn, Xia Qi could only use this way to ensure that the soldiers would not catch a cold or get frostbite when they slept at night.
The next day, when the sun had risen, the army began again.
Seven days later, the Crusade army finally arrived at the base camp of the Orc Alliance.
Xia Qi, who had more than a dozen elephant men, the city wall in front of him was simply useless to him.
In less than two hours, the walls of the city collapsed under the fierce onslaught of the elephant people, and they were reduced to ruins.
And Shi Xin, the lion man who was too cautious to look like a lion man, saw that this last city could not be defended, and resolutely abandoned the city again.
Only this time, Shi Xin did not lead his army to flee away, but fought a guerrilla war with the Eastern Expeditionary Army on this vast wasteland.
For the essence of guerrilla warfare, it is naturally difficult to say more, coupled with the orc alliance's familiarity with this wasteland, it can be said that it has added a lot of blockages to Xia Qi.
But what is a little strange is that in the face of the orcs' guerrilla, Xia Qi has always been indifferent.
The Crusade Army was stationed in the orc base camp in such a grand manner, and it could be said that they turned a blind eye to the orc army that came to harass them from time to time.
"Jin Ming."
Xia Qi turned his head to look at Jin Ming in the room.
"Your Majesty."
At this time, Jin Ming did not have the demeanor of being a goblin king at all, and he was wearing a thick fur coat, and he was wrapped into a ball.
"There is no need for the Eight Ox Crossbow and the Stone Throwing Cart, I order you to lead a part of the men and horses and withdraw to Great Xia first."
"Jin Ming Ling!"
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When Jin Ming heard this, he was overjoyed.
If he could, he would rather stay in the Great Xia Imperial City, or his own Goblin King City, and eat hot pot with his princess at this time, rather than endure the wind and snow in this broken place.
Jin Ming's speed was very fast, and after receiving Xia Qi's order, he immediately got ready, and three days later, he led a part of his men and horses, carrying siege equipment, in the direction of Great Xia.
And shortly after Jin Ming left, Xia Qi immediately sent troops to hide in the shadows.
Its purpose, of course, is self-evident.
This time, Xia Qi used Jin Ming as bait, wanting to see if those orcs would bite the bait.
But it turned out that the guy named Shi Xin was too cautious, and Jin Ming led the army all the way to the forest area, and never encountered a single attack.
Is it Shixin, don't they know?
No, on the day Jin Ming left the city, the orcs over there knew about it, and some orcs proposed to attack, but in the end it was vetoed by Duoduo.
Shi Xin had the idea of attacking, but not siege engines, but grain trucks.
What's the use of those siege engines?
Who will operate within their orc alliance?
On the contrary, it was the food, because of the successive battles with the Eastern Crusade Army, the alliance food at this time was about to run out.
Five days later, a long convoy entered the wasteland, and it was the grain convoy that set out from Great Xia to transport grain and supplies.
One of the leading soldiers looked up at the sun overhead, mentally calculated the time, and just as he was thinking about asking the convoy to stop and rest, an accident suddenly happened.
I saw that on a hillside not far away, a group of orcs rushed towards the convoy.
"Enemy Attack !!"
With heart-rending shouts, the next moment, the orc army collided with the soldiers of the convoy.
At this time, the orcs, because of the lack of food, their eyes are red with hunger.
Now the dispute is crazy and rushes to the carriage, trying to snatch the grain on it.
It's just that this time, the personnel in charge of transporting food are all serious soldiers.
Not only are there enough of them, but there are also a large number of goblin crossbowmen.
The crossbow bolt has a very strong penetrating force, and it can be said that it is just right for some orcs with rough skin and thick flesh but not very large size.
Coincidentally, the largest of the orcs attacked in this wave were wild boar people.
As a result, after the goblin crossbowmen opened fire, casualties occurred on the orc side very quickly.
On the periphery of the battlefield, Shi Xin, the leader of the Orc Alliance, was watching this battle with another group of orcs.
Seeing that his own orcs had completely fallen into disadvantage, Shi Xin was indifferent.
The leader of the boar people was a little anxious, and asked Shi Xin, "How long do you have to wait?" It's been fighting over there for so long, how can there be any ambushes? ”
Seeing this, the patriarch of the rhinoceros clan also responded to the peace.
The cold wind has been blowing here for so long, and Rao is a rhinoceros with rough skin and thick flesh, and it can't stand it anymore.
Rhino Horn regretted a little in his heart that he shouldn't have gotten on this thief ship in the first place.
He shouldn't have moved his tribe from the depths of the swamp to this side in the first place, let alone agreed to join the Orc Alliance.
Shi Xin was already under great pressure, and now facing the questioning of the Wild Boar Man Patriarch and the Rhino Man Patriarch, the pressure in his heart is undoubtedly even greater.
Eventually, though, a word came out of its mouth.
"Wait!"
"Wait? Wait any longer, and everyone will die! Brothers, rush me!! ”
As he spoke, the boar man patriarch took the lead and rushed out.
Seeing this, the rhino horn finally rushed forward with his clansmen.
Seeing this, Shi Xin's face could be described as extremely gloomy, and he secretly made up his mind in his heart that he would have to put this wild boar people into an alliance in the future, and then eat them all!
Seeing this, the lions on the side also wanted to make a move, but because the patriarch did not give the order for a long time, they did not dare to act rashly.
But they are secretly anxious in their hearts, seeing that the tribe has been cut off, and they can't grab food, and the big guys have to starve to death.
A lion man couldn't help but ask Shi Xin, "Patriarch, aren't we going to do it yet?" ”
"Wait, wait."
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In any case, there is only one word in Shi Xin's mouth, and that is "wait"!
This Shi Xin was really cautious, it stared at the battle in the distance with a pair of eyes wide, and there was a vague sense of anticipation in his heart for the appearance of the ambush soldiers on the opposite side.
In this way, you can prove that you have made the right choice.
However, Shixin didn't notice that behind them, a group of centaurs was quietly approaching.
Their movements are extraordinarily light, and they are smeared with the juice of many plants, which avoids the lions' keen sense of smell.
Their bows and arrows were drawn away, and the arrows swept towards the lions like locusts.
If it was just a few bows and arrows, it would naturally not be able to have much impact on the lions, but the number of arrows was too much, and this attack alone shot several lion people in the outermost area into hedgehogs.
"Enemy attack! Enemy Attack!! ”
Shi Xin's expected attack was indeed coming, but the way it appeared made him really unhappy.
A large number of red fox archers cut off their back path and shot wildly at the lions.
"Come back, come back!"
Shisin roared loudly, trying to draw the attention of the boar and rhino people on their way to the battlefield so that they could turn back to its aid.
But God did not fulfill people's wishes, and when a group of wild boar and rhinoceros people entered the battlefield, the bear who was ambushed in another ambush point immediately led his troops to kill.
On the other side, the orc force composed of kobold short spearmen and panda people directly cut off the back of the rhinoceros and wild boar people.
As for the Elephant People, they were too large to be suitable for ambushes, so they did not participate in the battle.
In short, the rhino people and the boar people are already too busy to take care of themselves, so how can they have any spare energy to turn back and support the lion people?
With the panda people pinning down the rhinoceros people on the opposite side, coupled with the combat power of the Imperial City Praetorian Guard, on the side of the main battlefield, the dominance has been tightly grasped by the Eastern Expeditionary Army.
The other side.
In the face of the fire of the red fox archers, they mercilessly gathered the fire with all their might, and the lions naturally could not sit still, and nearly fifty lion people of the entire tribe dispatched at the same time and pounced towards the red fox archers.
In the face of such a threat, the Red Fox Archers did not panic at all, and still released their bows and arrows at the lions in an orderly manner.
And they can be so calm, obviously relying on something.
I saw that the group of lions had just rushed halfway, and a large number of lion men and double-knife war wolves appeared in front of them.
Just thinking about it, how could Xia Qi let only one Red Fox Archer exterminate the entire lion clan?
Shi Xin stared at Chuck in front of him with his eyes, and said, "What kind of lion, but you have taken refuge in humans, and you are proud of being a lion man?" ”
"How can you understand the greatness of His Majesty?"
In the face of Shi Xin's questioning, Chuck shouted angrily and said, "It's useless to talk more, let's fight!" ”
Then, he launched a direct attack on Shi Xin.
Chuck's attacks were fast and urgent, and they could be described as deadly punches.
Shi Xin couldn't resist and began to choose to dodge.
As for the lionmen of the two races, they also stood together at this time.
However, Xia Qi has explained before that in this battle, only need to kill Shi Xin, and the rest of the lion people can surrender the best.
On one side was the Eastern Expeditionary Army, which was well supplied and replenished spiritually.
On one side are the starving orcs who are in serious decline.
In this battle, there is no suspense at all.
Sure enough, in the face of the frantic slaughter of the bears and the Imperial City Guards, the orc army on this side of the main battlefield was quickly defeated by them, and the main force of the orcs was already dead.
On the other side, Shi Xin, who has been hungry for too long, is also not Chuck's opponent.
At this time, it was already drenched in blood, and its originally gorgeous mane had become locks at this time.
It wanted to lead its people to break through, but at this time, the battle on the boiled noodle battlefield had ended, and all the people had surrounded it, so it had no possibility of breaking through at all.
In the end, Shishin was defeated by Chuck's claws.
As soon as Shixin died, seeing that there was no hope of breaking through, the other lions bowed their heads to Chuck and surrendered to him.
At this point, this crusade is completely over.
(End of chapter)
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