Chapter 38: The Orc Plateau
The Half-Orc Plateau is located in the south of the Warcraft Forest, showing a cliff-like elevation rise in the junction area, so the Warcraft Forest area bordering the Half-Orc Plateau is its deepest part, not the usual middle of the forest! This also leads to the fact that the half-orcs of the Half-Orc Plateau cannot get the opportunity to hunt in the Warcraft Forest, and can only harass the human kingdom on its eastern border and collect food for the winter!
There is actually no clear boundary between the orc defense line of Elsarin, and on the plateau, the kingdom has established a number of low cities, which are not used to defend against orcs, but for the life of the legion. Orcs never fought on a large scale, they were just tribesmen who went to humans to rob food and livestock excessively, which is typical of nomadic guerrilla warfare. Therefore, in order to deal with it, the half-orc plateau defense line has always been based on tens of thousands of people, scattered to protect the important farmland areas behind them, tried to drive away the raids of the half-orcs, and tried to intercept the looted materials as much as possible, and did not use the task of defending the city, because the half-orcs never attacked the city, and they were not interested in human flesh and blood.
Orcs can basically be regarded as demonic beasts that walk upright, while half-orcs retain some orc blood, but in terms of physical characteristics, they are more human-like, only retaining a little of the characteristics of orcs, and it is completely unpredictable what parts they will retain! Just like half-cat people, some retain cat ears, some retain cat claws, that is, fingernails, and some retain cat mouths and noses, but overall they still have the characteristics of human beings! The biggest advantage of the half-orcs is that they are physically strong, in the vast half-orc plateau, the climate and altitude are actually not suitable for human survival, only the half-orcs who can cultivate blood fighting spirit are struggling to survive, most of them are not good at business, just hunting and nomadic herding to make a living, so before the winter comes, Al Salin is their winter grain storehouse, and has never stopped plundering.
If you want to talk about the gap between orcs and humans, it is that they are the same as orcs, all they cultivate are blood fighting qi, this is a kind of pure strengthened flesh power that cannot be released no matter how high the rank is! Similarly, this is also a kind of power flowing in the bloodline, adult is powerful, but due to the impure bloodline, the half-orcs have a big gap in strength compared to the orcs after adulthood, but they also have human blood, and they have gained the ability to cultivate and improve.
Orcs and half-orcs also have similar means to martial arts, on their bodies, there are blood lines engraved with blood fighting qi, this blood pattern is located under the skin, can be faintly visible, once excited with the power of blood fighting qi, you can use the power similar to fighting qi skills and spells, and human fighting qi and spells are the result of learning orcs. It is rumored that the appearance of orcs was the result of humans intermarrying orcs in order to gain power in an ignorant era. After that, human beings learned Dou Qi and spells, and with the development, they gradually eliminated Dou Qi and spells, and moved towards the Star Soul Era, which also relied on blood, and its representative was the Flowing Wind Empire!
The consensus within mankind is that although human beings are inherently weak, the greatest talent of human beings is that they can improve their strength through their own efforts, rather than just being imprisoned in the bloodline! Among the countless gods born in the most glorious era, human beings are the largest ethnic group, and they are the capital of human beings to be proud of the group. In the Ten Thousand Souls Continent, although the Orc Empire has been able to fight against the most powerful Flowing Wind Empire for tens of thousands of years with the help of physical strength, it is undeniable that the richest land is still in the hands of humans. However, this has nothing to do with Al Salin.
Not only the Orc Plateau, but all the areas located in the southernmost part of the Chaotic Continent are rich in mineral deposits, the Dusk Forest Province of El Salin, the Nan'an, Nanshi, and Nanyuan Counties of the Southern Forest Province, the entire territory of the Orc Plateau, and the Dwarf Mountains in the easternmost part, from west to east, are all mineral areas! Not only is it a problem for the Orc Plateau to invade the Southern Forest Province, but the Orc Plateau defense line of El Salin will also invade the territory of the Orcs in the summer and plunder minerals, which is also the reason why Lawne came to the Orc Plateau in the spring, he wants to lead his legion to continue to reap the benefits, and the notorious Lawn will not learn from his father and take soldiers to help the kingdom do day jobs for free, which is also the welfare that Lawn strives for himself and his soldiers.
But what left Lawne speechless the most was that the Orc Plateau, a two-sided force that clearly stated that it should establish a mineral and grain trade with El Salin, had fought so hard over the years only because the Orcs liked the sense of freedom brought by nomadism and raiding, believing that it was a gift from nature to give them a strong physique, and that they did not have to burrow into the ground like humans. Therefore, they don't like mining, but let humans build mines, they just often go to rob the supply legions that come and go, and use the mines as bait to tempt humans, and continue their free life! Because of this, Xiunan intercepted the ring given to him by Lawn, and did not hand it over to the kingdom, this convenient supply method is really suitable for the situation of this defense line, and that ring can at least ensure the supply of a large mine. As for the harvest, the orcs never rob the ore, you just walk in front of the centaur and the half-hyena clan who like to loot the most, and they will not rob the ore that cannot be eaten, but think that it is a bait to tempt humans to continue to send food, and this is indeed the case, it is precisely because the ore can be safely transported to the kingdom territory that El Salin has added countless mines in the plateau area, and countless supply teams are waiting for the orcs to loot, which is typical of pain and happiness!
Of course, Lawne thinks that there are other reasons, there is no unified royal family on the Orc Plateau, each tribe lives on its own, and the key is not to reach an agreement with Elsarin. All consensus will be in vain because of the nomadic life of the tribe, only a few races that do not like to fight, born a lot of merchants they think they think they have, with their inexhaustible leather, in the southern county in exchange for some food, but only in the summer, once the harvest of grain begins in autumn, they will be driven away, first, Elsalin does not want to accidentally hurt these friendly tribes, always hope that they can be mutually beneficial through trade; second, there is no way to determine whether these people will change their clothes, so they have changed from merchants to raiding warriors, as a half-orc bloodline will not lose their strong physique because of business。
Lawn came to the main city where his father was stationed in the half-orc defense line, which was actually a huge camp, and even the name was extremely random Camp No. 1, here, Lawne didn't stay long, no matter what his strength was, Lawne was a little trembling to his father, and he couldn't let go. In the face of the mother who has become a 10th order, he doesn't feel it at all, the three "big shots" always envy each other, the father envy Raun for being favored by Bella, the son envy the mother for always being able to control his father unscrupulously, and Bella is also very envious of her son's well-behaved and obedient in front of Xiunan......
Ignoring these minor family problems, Lawne took the map with him and went to a large mine no more than a hundred kilometers away, which was a worthless iron mine that had been abandoned because it was not accompanied by the adamantite gold, which was extremely important to the warriors. Lawne felt that there was no Adamantite, but there was a record of digging up the associated Mithril, and it was a little valuable to sell that thing to the Mage Kingdom, but El Salin didn't pay attention to it, and there was a pure Mithril mine in South Stone County, so that the kingdom directly gave up the other associated Mithril veins and focused on digging the much-needed Adamantite. In any case, the reason why Lawn chose was actually just for safety, the strength of the legion he belonged to, he really didn't dare to go deep into the Orc Plateau, but Lawn wouldn't admit it if he was killed!
On the way, looking at the half-orc with fox ears who was enthusiastic about leading the way for him, Lawne still felt that his brain was not enough, could the half-orcs from afar be so enthusiastic? Although Lawn was very sure that as long as he set up camp and started mining, the big target of such a hundred thousand people would be instantly led by this "little fox" who led the way Sell a certain big tribe in an instant, but Lawn can't stop others from following, there are also many half-orc spies in the distance watching Lawn's legion, the news can't be leaked, but it's very close to the main camp of Xiunan, Lawn is not too worried, the strength of the tribe here is a little weaker after all, Lawn can't forget the purpose of training, concentrate on being a miner, someone provokes trouble, Lawn is naturally willing to continue.
Paid some food as a reward, Lawn's news to the nearest tribe, thinking that this is the purpose of this little fox, both sides of the profit, worthy of the name of the fox clan, but the strength is not strong they have no ability to go out to rob, wisdom is their means of livelihood, with weak strength alone into the enemy formation, this Lawn admires.
The place chosen by Lawn is still very safe, there is only one half-minotaur tribe in the vicinity who is nomadic, although Lawn does not dare to imagine whether the minotaur is herding himself or herding sheep, but the minotaur is still very famous for not liking raiding, which is why Shunan allows this large tribe to be near his main camp. With this big clan foundation, there are only a few small tribes left nearby, and there is no way to listen to all the types, and there are countless groups of thirty or fifty people, which do not pose a threat, and Lawne is too lazy to pay attention. On the whole, it is safe? Lawn felt that he might not be able to train in this way, but Lawn "believed" that the little fox would sell his news for a good price......
Watching the satisfied little fox leave, Raun is looking forward to this future performance, how can he find himself a medium-sized tribe of 10,000 people to practice, as for the large, not only Raun, even the half-minotaur tribe will not allow other big tribes to come, and the tribes are also not in a state of peace!
With a mine on the side, it is still easy to build a small stone city, compared to a tent, the stone city is easier to keep warm, although the plateau area is very hot during the day, but the night is also cold, as a professional warrior is not afraid of the cold and heat, but as a place that may survive for a long time in the next few years, a rough construction of a stone city is also much better than a tent in defense. As for the stones, it is natural to mine and make stones at the same time, and with the mage here, there is no problem!
Before the city was built, Lawne welcomed its first guest, a half-minotaur who wanted to trade leather through Lawne: Savo Mountain, who was also the leader of a large tribe near Lawne, and his height of more than two meters and almost bloated muscles greatly reduced Lawn's confidence that his team could deal with medium-sized tribes, but he still had to entertain him. Savo came alone, but let Raun once again understand the simplicity of the half-minotaur, naturally he would not bend around with the patriarch much, and easily agreed on the deal for the next few months, as for the autumn, both Raun and Savo's tribes will leave, and there is no way to talk about future trade.
Trade naturally does not have to worry about Lawn, the merchants directly under the royal family are responsible, and at the same time the ore is also responsible for them, what Lawn has to do is only mine and guard, poor Lawn, the strength of the legion is too low, those newly added soldiers just do miners directly, fortunately, there are enough people, Lawn is ready to divide into 6 batches and no one will let go, all go into mining! For warriors, mining is still an easy job like rest, which is much more efficient than ordinary miners, and mages can also rough iron ore, which is undoubtedly more suitable for mining. It's just that the leader of the caravan who followed very much hopes that a "professional legion" like Lawne will mine a more valuable target, and the guards can introduce him on his behalf, so that Lawn almost burned him, and really regarded the Fifth Legion of the Kingdom as a miner......
The construction of the stone city was completed in less than two days, the strength of more than 100,000 people was terrifying, and the height of the city wall was only more than ten meters to speed up the process, and the initial settlement was settled, and Lawn arranged for the mining of the mine, and the transportation of supplies should be transported, and the reason why it was divided into six teams was nothing more than that one or two teams could go out as live targets each time, and transport supplies to accumulate combat experience by the way. However, for the first time, the 40,000-strong escort team still made the caravan look sideways, and there were three times more troops than others, which not only did not make the caravan feel at ease, but it was more worried...... Fortunately, as merchants directly under the royal family, they couldn't refuse, and the Raune Legion mined really fast, and the total value of the rough-processed crude iron was not much worse than that of the caravans that transported ore in the Pure Gold Associated Mine, so it was finally worthy of his busy work with Lawn.
The head of the caravan was DeWitt, a nobleman with a low IQ who had also caught Lauun's eye after the test of life and death, and had promised a plan to restore the deputy commander of the legion. However, that was a long time later, and Lawne still needed to determine how sincere his change was, because DeWitt had changed too quickly from Lawn's antithesis to a loyal dogleg in a few days, and if it weren't for the fact that his surname would have helped Lawn who was going to the Eastbound Province in the North, Lawn would still want to put him on the death list. But now, Lawne has no one available, and as long as any combat power does not hold Lawn back, Lawn will have to reuse it!
Lawn didn't go along, but 5 days later listened to DeWitt's report, not surprisingly, although there were many people visiting the returning team, the orcs still did not attack, but when they came back, even if 40,000 people escorted, the small group of looting still never stopped, many times even if the half-orcs of less than 100 people, they would resolutely impact the material team, most of their strength is about the middle level, and they don't stay much, just grab the food and materials they can take away and retreat directly, and even never burn the materials that can't be taken away, just like a posture that as long as the materials don't want human life。
"At a distance of 100 kilometers, it was looted 37 times on a small scale, and 61 people died, all of them were recruits, they didn't kill people, they only grabbed supplies, but the strength was really high, my 6th order was hard against a 5th-order half-orc, their strength and skills really didn't match their external rank, as long as one impact, even if the target was not a soldier, many low-level soldiers still died directly, so I suggest changing to a mid-level soldier guard!"
"DeWitt, you also know the purpose of our coming! After the escort, it will still be 40,000 people, but you commanders and commanders should be careful, you soldiers don't have to care about the death, they are cannon fodder regiments, just let the soldiers get used to it!"
"DeWitt, give you a mission!" "Devitt immediately became serious when he heard that there was a task, and he didn't know how much more decent than he did a few months ago" DeWitt, you bring 40,000 people to stay in Bloodridge City, I will leave Aloy Abnayadel to you, and bring the elite 20,000 people we trained to bring another 20,000 recruits, but change the fire and gold mages from Felana to healing mages, you go there to continue hunting, if there is no outside, go to the periphery of the Warcraft Forest to hunt, and let that group of recruits come back with the supply team every month, and bring me back the Warcraft meat, you can make it directly over there, so as not to stink too much! Then I will give you another batch of recruits. However, when you reach the 4th level, you will be assigned to the elite, you don't have to come back, you don't have to worry about casualties, I have this reputation! The harvest is still the old rule, and when my defense here is over at the beginning of winter, I will go to support you!"
Raune still has to trouble his mother, only Bella will give Raun which city she wants without scruples, Bloodridge City is the southernmost city in the first line of defense of the Warcraft defense line, the defense is the lightest in the first line of defense but it is definitely much heavier than the bloodhead city of the second line of defense, Lawn wants to take this opportunity to obtain Warcraft meat to advance his team, as for the cost, Lawn has seen it, it is all the soldier's own achievements, what Lawn does is not be greedy for ink!
Since the half-orcs don't move the real thing, then Lawn simply be the leader of his cannon fodder legion, let all the middle-level go to fight with the monsters, and then find a way to advance, Lawn himself takes a group of waste, and he is a good miner! Because he thinks that the elite is still not enough in the eyes of the half-orcs, and he will be defeated with one blow, since this is the case, he will simply hide all the middle-level and let this group of low-level people struggle by themselves, and Lawn can find them expensive cultivation resources such as Warcraft meat as supplies, which is already worthy of their sacrifice.
Devitt naturally did not object, let him take the lead alone, in fact, Lawne had already begun to fulfill his promise to restore his deputy commander of the legion, all he had to do was to execute, that kind of lifeless day, he didn't want to experience it for a second. As for the people assigned to him are all Laune's cronies, such distrust is acceptable to him, not to mention, there are also staff officers he needs the most!
"DeWitt, behave well, I value you very much!" Lawn encouraged DeWitt, as for the truth or falsehood, only the person himself knows.