Chapter 42: Autumn
Sallo's departure was a big blow to Lawn, and at the same time, it also woke up Lawn, people still have to rely on themselves! It is easy for external forces to come, and it is not difficult to go either.
Not to mention that Raun had been training hard for his own life for a few lucky months, and the autumn harvest season had arrived, and Raun had already received a message from his father that it was time for him and the other Orc Plateau mines to stop this year and return to Al Salin. The snow on the Orc Plateau in winter made the transportation of supplies impossible, and the humans had to retreat.
Lawn was a little difficult, he was too active in transporting materials, he stocked up a lot of surplus grain, originally Xiunan was to greet him in advance and let him transport back the materials as soon as possible, but this goods were misunderstood, and he didn't dare to stay longer, so he threw the grain and grass into the mine, and just withdrew, for fear that he would leave late and fall in the end, and be "made" into food by the orcs. As for the quartermaster of Camp 1, he waved his hand directly: the grain and grass are exhausted!
Then, behind Lawn's "heroic deeds" there was a good reputation for greedy military supplies, but fortunately, it was worthless, and no one would be embarrassed for this.
In the autumn, Xiunan's legion began this year's arrangement, Lawn, as an existence equal to his father, sat directly north of the huge conference table, listening to his father's arrangement, as for how Lawn did it, Lawn knew that his father, who had always been honest and rigorous, would not arrange tasks for himself as an equal, which was also the purpose of Lawn's coming here, he was going to see what tasks were lighter, Lawn was eyeing the easy task, giving his legion a chance to exercise, and he had to finish it quickly, and later, his legion would go to Bloodling City......
Thinking of the word Blood Ridge, Lawn's heart still twitched......
In the autumn, in response to the large-scale invasion raids of the orcs, the half-orc defense line will not only send soldiers to guard the communication arteries at the junction of Nanyuan County and the half-orcs, block and intercept the invasion of some of the orcs and flee with supplies, but also send elites, who will also follow the raiding teams they found all the way, and keep bleeding them all the way or simply leave the supplies, as for killing the enemy, it is not valued, as long as the orcs can't loot enough supplies, the winter of the half-orc plateau will naturally take their lives.
What the elite should do, whether it is Lawn as a mage or the unsightly "elite" under his hands, is an uneven problem, all they can do is to hold the main road for field warfare, for this reason, Lawn deliberately shamelessly asked for a second-line position, although it will become a first-line position when the orcs return, but Lawn thinks that the half-orcs with supplies will not be too desperate.
"The grain left behind must be returned to the people of Nanyuan County, so don't move!"
After the battle meeting, his father was worried that Rolling would eat more and occupy more, so he reminded Rain. The reputation of the Ink Greed Army has spread to Shunan, and it has been upgraded to the Ink Greed Army's salary...... Lawne blushed and ran away.
With his own team, Lawne ignored the contemptuous eyes of the quartermaster, took away a large amount of grain and grass, and rushed to Xifeng Ridge with the team, where between the low hills, arranged a defensive line, and because there was no danger to defend, it was specially handed over to Lawn, who was close to the scale of 100,000 people to guard the place that should be guarded by 20,000 people, and naturally had no face to ask for those places with dangerous terrain.
It is said that it is the wind ridge, but in fact it is the opposite, the wind here is very strong, and it is a warm wind blowing to the plateau, presumably, this will bring a lot of snowfall there, this situation, can be seen everywhere in this junction area, that is to say, although the orcs came to the headwind, but lightly traveled, when they went back, although there were many heavy but good winds, it was really a good place to plunder.
Set up camp, Lawn just waited for the arrival of the half-orcs, in front of him, is the defense line of his brother Sith, this is not to take care of Lawn, the terrain here is flat, it has always been an important route for half-orcs, his father Shunan only set an example for the legion to put Sith here, the same, Lawn's 8th-order strength, obviously want to make good use of it!
The layout of the defense line is different from the complete defense when resisting the Warcraft, Lawn has placed countless unconnected camps on the scale of a thousand people, and arranged a lot of fences to resist horses, but the remote mage is blocked, never close to the battle, Lawn knows the level of his legion, not to mention 100,000 people, no more zero can not compare to the 20,000 people of the previous brother, that is the small soldiers have a 5th-order elite, and these pure 3rd-order cannon fodder have to be at least 800,000 people to top the 20,000, so Lawn gave himself the task of destroying the transport vehicles when the orcs returned, and became as much as possible in his own legionWhen he was on the "front line", he played his due role to intercept the orcs who had returned to the plateau, and when he came, he also aimed at transporting vehicles and killing the enemy, and handed it over to Raun himself.
In the sky, luck from time to time swept by the gorgeous figure, no need to advance to the high level, the 5th order of luck in the breakthrough of the body size, with the gradual adaptation, at this time the body shape is already more than 10 times that of the 4th order, gradually get used to it in the sky, do not need to be greeted by Lauen, will fly from time to time, only hungry to find Lauun, never changed.
Lawn didn't dare to relax, his soldiers were rookies, how could he not, this was the first time he led the legion to fight with the humanoids, although he lowered the mission goal for himself again and again, however, Lawn was still nervous, thinking that his legion would be the same.
If it weren't for Lawn's refusal to let them fight at close range, even if they attacked targets other than humanoid creatures, they would have the heart to escape, and the third-order soldiers went to fight against the half-orcs who were generally fourth-order, but they also had the strength of the human fifth-order, it was simply an impossible task, just staying in the camp and harassing them remotely, which was the best way for Lawn to think of to keep this group of soldiers from escaping.
In the lucky sight shared by Lawn, the first guests appeared, just looking at the speed of the flow and the small number, thinking that it was a small tribe nearby, and there was not even a vehicle, so they carried some pockets, it is estimated that the sack was enough for them to live, so they were not injured, I am afraid that there is also the reason why Sith is too lazy to take the battle to give Lawne insight.
Lawn will not live up to his brother's kindness, and faithfully reminded the herald to beat the drum, which is the agreed engagement signal, to show the frightened soldiers, although it is not good to underestimate the enemy, but at this time, Lawn is no longer a matter of underestimating the enemy but fearing the enemy, and it is also good to be strong.
The orcs who came seemed to be frightened by Lawn's battle, and stopped far away, and the formation under Lawn's cloth began to operate, and the next had to go around the edge far away, without impacting the camp, and then entered Nanyuan County!
This is also a helpless thing, the orcs are not demonic beasts, they have the wisdom to stay away from danger, and if they want to use the Great Wall-style closed defense line to resist the orcs, presumably their strong people don't mind teaching humans a lesson, what is it called to break the city with one blow. If the enemy doesn't fight, Lawne has no way to do it.
Fortunately, watching the enemy flee without a fight gave the soldiers a lot of confidence, and Lawn's goal was achieved, and he did not pursue, but Lawn also considered in the face of this situation, although the company camp increased the scope of defense, but in fact it did not play much of a role, there will still be places that cannot be defended, rather than this, it is better to simply join forces, concentrate forces in several camps, and then widely spread the empty camp, so that as long as the half-orcs can be intercepted, the other party must still choose to impact the flattest area, that is also to fight with them, since intelligent life can think, then make it convenient for their thinking, and induce them to impact their own traps!
As for not being able to stop it, to be honest, the current situation, Lawn did not stop it, but the lack of people and his soldiers are even worse! The result is no different, for the half-orcs who operate in the tribe, Lawn's strategy is right, the half-orcs who lack information sharing can ensure that Lawn's strategy is effective for a long time, as for their return trip, it is a matter of returning to the city, first exercise the courage of the soldiers, and then say, the inexperienced Lawn does not know the situation of the return journey of the half-orcs, where is the plan formulated?
Let's deal with it first! Lawn thought of it, and directly arranged nine large camps not far from the middle avenue, divided into three layers, and he himself sat in the front, and there were two camps next to him that were arranged with several captains who had reached the 6th order, and the two-story camps behind him simply played soy sauce, and the camps all over the mountains looked terrifying.
Fortunately, the wooden fence was tight enough, and with a little stone piece of makeshift patchwork, it was not unswervingly seen through, and there was not even a camp tent in the camp, so some wood was stored to prepare for repairing it later, but with such a large camp tent, the enemy should not attack casually, no one fought back, presumably they would also leave from the gap between the camps with suspicion and rejoicing. Lawn didn't believe that they were stupid enough to push the tent to the barracks, and they didn't eat human flesh, what were they doing pushing the barracks of the human barracks?
Such an effect is remarkable, not only to stop and intercept a lot of scattered small tribes, but also many orcs to see this scale, but also to turn around and leave, and the road is not the only one, since the human race focuses on defending the Wind Relief Ridge, they change the way!
As the news spread, the follow-up Lawn found that this original best route seemed to have been abandoned by the orcs, not only Lawn here, but even his brother Sith there were no half-orcs passing by, which made Sith nervous, and later saw Lawn's empty city plan, just shook his head, and did not pursue it, he received the education of a warrior, he is still not used to Lawn's way, although I am afraid that there will be no half-orcs on this road, but, as a soldier, he still returned to his own line of defense, duty is duty, he has to complete his task, as for the change of the task, it is a problem for Xiunan!
It's just that according to reports from other fronts, it seems that there are a lot of half-orcs this year......
Xiu Nan looked at Xisi's battle report with a headache, as a traditional warrior, he really didn't expect it to be like this? The elite that was originally arranged seemed to be an ornament? It's a pity that he can't change his guard now, a team of half-orcs passed under his nose, and at this time, it was really too late to change his guard, at most, I'm afraid I'm just grateful for the loss this year. For El Salin, this is nothing, the loss has been not small in recent years, but this year's loss is particularly large, this little son, what he does is really unexpected!
That's right, as the commander of the legion, Shunan did not leave the No. 1 camp, the orcs never attack the city, Xiunan has always been at the forefront of the frontline, to deal with possible emergencies at any time, once he finds out which route suddenly gathers more than the ability to withstand the concentrated attack, he will lead his 30,000 direct elite soldiers to directly support, this is also a way to deal with the raiding of the orcs, a long-term summary, it's just that this year, he is a little at a loss, where to support?
Don't worry about Xiunan!
"Report! There is a message from a half-minotaur messenger at the city gate, the half-orcs are massing in a big way! "The person who came is the chief of the guard of Shunan, Cassie's boss, Yara, like Cassie, a 7th-order warrior, but Cassie was forcibly fed by Lawn, this one, five years ago, was a 7th-order!
"Who's coming?"
"I don't know, I've left, it's a tribesman of the Savo patriarch, and there is a patriarch's token as evidence!"
Savo's tribe has always traded with humans, and it is a very famous existence, with his news, there may also be considerations in this regard, this favor is not small, in the next few years, the tribe of Xiunan Baiyang should be shared, but in fact, Savo is just returning the favor of his unreliable little son!
Don't think about it, if the orcs invade on a large scale, they will inevitably go to the Wind Ridge, and the large-scale legion will pass, and it is impossible for the other roads, but, why gamble?
Xiu Nan didn't doubt the accuracy of the news, but what if half of the orcs didn't go to the Wind Ridge, but broke through in multiple ways, and then assembled in the county town of Nanyuan?
However, the county town is naturally geographically important, especially the county town of the border defense, and the several lines of defense guarded by Xiunan will eventually converge on the county town of Nanyuan, which has also been the end point of orc raids for many years. Only this time, since it is a large-scale invasion, then there must be a battle under this city! And it is a decisive battle, Xiunan is determined to fight to the death in Nanyuan County, but before, he still didn't dare to make a rash decision, because of Lawn's actions, he made the illusion that the army was in Xifeng Ridge, and the possibility of the orcs getting the news to disperse the assault was too great!
"Burn the grain and grass, withdraw from the five routes, and join the defenders from all directions, and let them each inform the elites scattered outside to meet in Nanyuan City!" As the boss, he can't hesitate, even if he makes a mistake, he must make a decision, and a wrong decision is better than hesitating and not deciding! Could it be that at this time, he Xiunan can still lead a mere 50,000 people to fight to the death?
We must let the teams converge! This is Shunan's determination! Without mentioning the consequences, if we don't converge, what will we do against the assembled orcs? So, it can only be like this! As for the dispersion of the five roads, the intersections guarded by his legion are just these, no matter how small the intersections are, they don't need to worry about the elite of the first line, and they are freely guarded by a mixed team of old and new veterans who belong to the half-orc defense line, and the difference in rank of those people is destined to have little effect in the final war!
In this way, Raun did not wait for the orcs, but waited for the 30,000 army of his father Shunan and his eldest brother Sith, if it weren't for the lucky reconnaissance, Raun would really be scared to pee! The scale of 30,000 people, how big is this tribe, how can it have 100,000 people, right? A tribe of 100,000 people, not to mention Raun, Xiunan has never seen it, can it not be scared of Raun?
Xiunan, who came to the camp, didn't talk nonsense, and directly told Lawn about the situation, always at the same level, this information naturally had to be shared, and without waiting for Lawn's reply, he was ready to let people gather and gather the army to leave!
"Wait a minute, I have to ask something else, don't leave yet, father!" Lawn stopped Xiunan and wanted to ask again!
"The enemy army is coming, go to Nanyuan County first and then find a way!"
"Xiunan! You are the commander of an army! The enemy has not yet come, what are you messing about, what are you panicking! At this time, the whole army is waiting for the arrangement, and you only know the convergence army at this time? As the commander of the army, giving up thinking is to ignore people's lives! Do you know!"
Lawn's tone was unprecedentedly harsh, no wonder his mother pointed fingers at his father, the commander of an army, the enemy had not yet seen it, it was like this? Lawn admitted that it was necessary to gather the army, and the army of a million people was evenly scattered in Nanyuan County, and it would only be broken by each one, and it must be gathered, and the location was naturally Nanyuan County, where the defense was the best! This is not wrong with Xiunan, but it is not enough!
Lawne looked down in thought, not looking at the horror of the crowd. Sith looked at his father's not very good-looking face, but Shunan actually held back, and Sith was also thinking about it, wanting to make some difference.
Lawn believed the rumors of the half-minotaurs, this race could not even lie, and it was worth being reminded by them, the scale was naturally not small! I think if he thought that Xiunan's million-strong army could deal with it, he might not come to report at all.
In less than three minutes, Lawn's mind turned sharply and made a decision, which was faster than Xiu Nan, but sometimes you have to admire the spiritual power strengthened by the mage, which itself is the strengthening of wisdom, and three minutes of Lawn thinking at full load is enough for Xiu Nan to think about it for a day!
"We're here! This camp can't be withdrawn!" Lawn came to the map and began to explain, regardless of his father's ugly face, at this time, there was no time to think about this, and Lawn only had one chance to persuade Xiunan, otherwise the angry Xiunan would just leave directly.
In a word, you have to keep Xiunan!
"With the half-orcs I know, knowing that our main force is here, they will only rush directly here!" Xiu Nan thought about it, that's right, in a hurry, he also had such thoughts, so he brought the most elite to this way, with this level of understanding, he wanted to listen to Lawn's advice, the time was urgent, but it was not in a hurry for an hour! Just like the youngest son said, the half-orcs have not come yet!
Seeing Xiunan stop, Lawne also relaxed slightly, as long as the commander can still think, no matter how complicated the battle is, it has not yet reached the point where it can be called a crisis!
The so-called crisis is only counted when there is nothing to do but desperately! Before he sees the enemy, Lawn does not allow it to be called critical at this time!