The soldiers who retreated to the third line of defense were preparing for the next round of fighting.

As the last line of defense, the Qingyuan army was not set up at the exit of the pass, but moved outward about 100 meters to build a semicircular defense line.

This line of defense was able to accommodate more soldiers than in the narrow pass valley, and two battalions of it were fully deployed and ready for battle.

The remaining camp has already taken the first step to the next defensive location to prepare for the attack.

The soldiers who were evacuated and deployed to the next location were all newly rotated soldiers from the battlefield, and he had plenty of time to rest on the way there.

At the same time, because the position of the third line of defense is far behind, the artillery that cannot be supported in the canyon can resume attack.

In order to prevent a sneak attack, the artillery camp of three companies was fully moved back eight kilometers, just within the optimal range of the war guns.

Although this delayed the arrival of artillery support, the three artillery batteries were safely positioned to prevent the orcs from sneaking up.

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The advantage of the number of orcs can allow them to fight batch after batch to consume the physical strength of the soldiers of the Qingyuan Army.

After less than ten minutes of rest after the orcs broke through the second line of defense, they resumed the attack, and the sound of gunfire that had been paused for a moment soon echoed again above the Pass Valley.

Seeing that there was only one last line of defense, the orc commander roared with all his might, encouraging the charging soldiers.

But the Qingyuan Army, which had been waiting for a long time, would not let them break through this line of defense so easily.

The continuous roar of light and heavy machine guns, the interspersed embellishment of rifles, the rapid burst of submachine guns, and a special symphony is playing on the battlefield.

The fierce suppression and the 'long-awaited' artillery bombardment made the orcs miserable, and the team that fought out was killed and wounded in less than a few tens of meters, and the best assault result was sixty or seventy meters outward from both sides.

This distance and the end of the breakthrough to the front of the human defenders' position, but a wave of artillery bombardment can directly blow them up.

Seeing that the battle situation is about to drag on again, the orcs who have emerged from the ruins of the mountain path can finally have their time to play.

For the sudden appearance of the orc, the wounded Els did not panic at all, about the movement of this orc, the griffin commander Hogzi had already transmitted the news to him.

At the same time as the figure appeared, the third artillery battery, which had been hidden in the rear, attacked.

All previous attacks on the three artillery batteries exposed at most two companies at the same time, and this third artillery battery was dedicated to solving emergencies, that is, the orc who passed through the ruins of the mountain road.

The coverage of a projectile formed a death zone between the narrow mountain roads, and once covered, there was no place to hide.

And the war guns that attacked at the same time did not hit conventional high-explosive shells, but conventional incendiary bombs.

The purpose of the artillery is not to kill the orcs, but to hinder their advance as quickly as possible, and the longer it drags on, the more dangerous it becomes for the orcs.

Looking at the orc army that was suppressed again, the orc transcendent who paid attention to the situation on the battlefield was also very helpless, such a weapon is too bad, not to mention powerful, and it can also shoot burning flames to block.

Although the incendiary bombs fired by the artillery are said to be standard normal incendiary bombs, they use napalm technology, which is difficult to extinguish once ignited, and the temperature is also very high

This kind of fire is a headache for the orc army from the bottom up, and there is no class among the orcs like a human mage who can summon water elementals to extinguish fires.

Although there are some special races that are born to control certain elemental powers, at the moment, there are no orcs related to water and ice in the entire army.

A fire burned for four hours. This also meant that the artillery of the Qingyuan Army had replenished the incendiary bombs for four hours, and as the last round of incendiary bombs was delivered, the artillery company immediately began to organize its positions and began to retreat.

Not all artillery, of course

They all retreated at the same time, and the artillery of the main force still held their positions to support the front line.

However, as the density of artillery fire decreased, the orcs also discovered the problem, and immediately launched a more violent attack to break through.

Even if the density of artillery fire has decreased a lot, the assault distance of 100 meters is still an insurmountable gap for the orcs.

However, Els, who had already received the news that the incendiary bombs had been used, immediately asked the soldiers to move and retreat after repelling the orcs again.

At the same time, the remaining howitzers began to suppress at full speed, firing shells at the front line pass area with an astonishing rate of fire, and an average of six shells could be fired, this terrifying rate of fire is already the ultimate ceiling for manual loading.

Under the cover of indiscriminate firepower, the ground at the exit of the pass was shaken, and the orcs also found the humans who were really evacuating on time, but it was almost impossible to rush out at this moment.

The power of a cannon orcs has already been experienced, and under the power of this explosion, the physical strength of their ordinary orcs can't resist such an explosion at all, and they rush through a cannonball and fall down directly and even the corpse is gone.

Under such artillery fire, the orc army could only watch the humans withdraw from under their noses, and there was nothing they could do.

As all the Qingyuan troops retreated, the artillery in the rear also stopped shelling, and immediately began to reassemble the artillery and retreat back into mobile mode.

And the moment the artillery stopped, countless orcs poured out of the pass valley and occupied a large area of the plain.

Although it is said that the orc army has successfully broken through the pass and can continue to advance, there is no joy of victory on the face of every orc, but some doubts about life.

From last night to now, for a whole day, the private soldiers of Qingyuan Town used one person to resist and block their 480,000 army, and they also lost more than 30,000 people, although a large part of them died from the battle damage buried by the blasting mountain, but this is mainly due to the Qingyuan soldiers.

Moreover, the Qingyuan soldiers also fought in a planned and rhythmic manner, making it difficult for them to move an inch.

At the moment, before the orc army could catch its breath, countless black dots appeared in the sky, and as the distance retracted, hundreds of griffons appeared above the orc army and began to dive and attack the orc army.

The Griffin Legion had actually arrived on the battlefield as early as noon, and Hogzi had secretly approached Els to discuss their withdrawal and let the emperor let go of the obstacles.

However, he was refused, and said that he would hold out until the afternoon, and then retreat, when it would not be too late for the regular army of the Empire to intervene.

Confidence in Els. Hogzi did have a clear ingredient in it before, but in the case of eyeliner, it was true that the other party had made it a stick to the time.

As the Qingyuan army fully retreated, the griffin legion, which had been unable to wait for a long time, swooped down from a height of thousands of meters and began to attack and destroy the marching formation that the orcs had just assembled.

"Damn...... Pass my order, gather all the beast generals and high-level orcs and above, organize defenses, and counterattack!"

Hadri looked at the onrushing griffon army, and the anger in his heart was instantly ignited.

Suppressed by the special weapons of the Qingyuan Army, they were already very aggrieved in their hearts, and now that they were finally able to encounter an enemy of the same level of technology that was 'on par', the orc army immediately launched a defensive formation, preparing to fight the Griffin Legion. 藲礿尛裞網

But the Sky Knights of the Griffin Legion are not trained in a hundred battles, and with the advantage of being able to fly, the defense of the orc army is not effective for them at all.

Only a sneak attack by orcs above the high level can have the slightest possibility of danger.

But this overwhelming battle did not last long, and the belated Demon Wing Army finally arrived at the Pass Battlefield.

As a group of orcs and his army of the sky, the mount of the Demon Wing Army was a hairless, black-winged beast similar in appearance to a bat, but much larger and stronger in size and structure at the time.

And the speed of movement is quite fast, if you do not carry any orcs and materials, you can accelerate to the point of almost the speed of sound, and even if you carry people and materials, its speed can reach a speed of more than 200 meters per second.

Although it has an advantage in speed, its strength is not as high as that of a griffin, even if it is an adult winged beast, it is at most a high-level level, and more of an intermediary or even a beginner.

But this is enough, the strength of the Warcraft is at the same level, and the level of strength is much higher than that of normal humans or orcs.

The only ones who can achieve the same level and can still exert their suppression are the two natural races of elves and dragons.

And the most important thing is that the winged beasts are very easy to cultivate, even if it is an isolated and poor empire like the orcs, it can still organize a 'air force' of 10,000 people.

There are more than 3,000 Demon Wing troops arriving on the battlefield this time, and for the Griffin Legion, it needs to start with a dozen or three.

However, for this kind of opponent, the griffin army quickly split into two teams, one continued to attack the orc army below, hindering the speed of their build-up, and the other directly assembled a formation to attack the Demon Wing Army.

The worst strength of the Griffin Legion is at the master level, and the worst may be some high-level griffins, such a luxurious lineup is more than enough to deal with the 'crooked melon and cracked dates' of the Demon Wing Army.

However, the commander of the Demon Wing Army also understood the difference in strength between the two sides, and did not choose to resist the other side after entering the battlefield, but showed it downward, using the square assembly of the infantry and the superior mobility to resist the attack of the griffin army.

And for this situation, did the Imperial Sky Knight follow the other party to a low altitude, but always maintained a relatively safe area to attack and disturb the other party.

Hadri also saw that the other party was obstructing and delaying time.

With the Griffin Legion already arriving, the only way for the orc army to do so is to split into two and advance in batches, and the next battle could get completely out of control.

If you can't advance, then let's fight!

Hadri made a decision in his heart.

Immediately arrange for the remaining three transcendents, and let them start to assemble and prepare to go to the ancient stone city.

Although the ancient stone city is not in the same direction as the pass, the distance between the two sides is still relatively close.

The rear imperial army can arrive in only one day, and now the griffin army and the Qingyuan army are blocked, making it difficult for them to move an inch, since they can no longer have the advantage of a surprise attack, they can only defend and counterattack on the spot, if they can repel the emperor *** team with heavy damage, then the battlefield advantage in the western part of the northern territory can still be preserved.

The orc army that had decided to deploy immediately divided into three waves and began to rush to Ancient Stone City.

Since the original defenders of the original Ancient Stone City had been cleared by the orcs, even after the withdrawal of the army, the Ancient Stone City did not reorganize its personnel to defend it at the first time.

This made the return of the orcs very easy, and more than 200,000 orcs entered the ancient stone city that night and began to prepare for the defense of the city.

The rest of the orcs belatedly set up a field camp behind the Ancient Stone City.

The Qingyuan army, which had evacuated to the next defensive location, had not seen the trace of the orc army for a long time, and thought that the griffin army was so powerful that it could block it for so long.

But the reconnaissance team was sent to investigate and found that the orc army had no intention of leaving at all, and directly turned around and ran back to the nearest ancient stone city.

This situation directly blinded Ells and Marz, this orc...... What's going on?

But they didn't have to think too much, and immediately arranged for the signal corps to send the news back to Qingyuan Town, so that Gooden could take the next mission.

Their original plan was to hold back the orc army and slow them down, but the mission was now complete.

However, the follow-up situation is no longer planned, and they don't know what to do, so the safest situation is to ask for instructions before making a decision.

Gooden, who received the news, looked at the battle information from the front line in his hand in the study with some strange eyes.

The pass can block the movement of the orc army for a day, which has exceeded the original plan, after all, it is a field battle, and there is not so much advantage protection.

But three battalions and one person not only resisted the actions of the orc army, but also suffered their own losses

To one person, such a battle situation is already very amazing.

After a moment's thought, Goodwin summoned Roy to ask about the latest developments.

"There is no news from the orc army yet, but there are a lot of them on the emperor's side, yesterday the emperor *** set off overnight, and it seems that he is still forcibly marching, and it seems that there is no plan to rest, and he can catch up with the orcs tomorrow morning at the latest."

"And there are many people who have seen the griffin legion flying north, I think it should be the griffin legion after joining the war, what kind of impact did it have on the orc legion, forcing them to abandon the plan of the raid expedition."

Roy synthesized the available information and spoke his opinion.

Goodern nodded slightly, and the fact that the Griffin Legion also participated in the battle was also explained in the front-line briefing.

However, for the fact that the imperial army was forced to march overnight, Gooden didn't expect it, he originally thought that it would take at least two days for the imperial army to catch up.

As a result, it now seems that the other party is chasing with all his might, and it only took a little more than a day to bite the orc army.

Summing up the current intelligence, Gooden also saw that the task of sending his team to block the attack had been completed.

The orc's plan was to play a time difference, but this time difference was cut off by him, and let the griffin legion visit and intercept it back and forth as soon as possible, and the emperor who recovered the lost territory was also powerful, and a wave of marching speed broke out, which directly wiped out this time difference.

The orcs must have realized that there were many obstacles to moving forward, and if they were caught up by the Imperial army in the field, the battlefield situation would become very chaotic.

Coupled with the existence of the Qingyuan Army, a '-stirring stick', the orcs will definitely have a much lower victory rate in the field.

In order not to fall into passivity on the battlefield, choosing to enter the ancient stone city to garrison is the best choice at present.

Thinking of this, Gooden thought for a while, got up and went to the barracks command room, and summoned a group of officers to announce the new combat mission.

After briefly relaying the news from the front, Goodern said slowly.

"The orc army can't run away at the moment, and the Emperor *** team will be able to catch up tomorrow morning at the latest, this is the best time for a corpse to annihilate the other party."

"Wait for the assembly to assemble, bring the ammunition and equipment needed by the other three battalions, go to support the assembly, and wait to attack Ancient Stone City with the Imperial army."

"This attack, I will go together, and the remaining work of Qingyuan Town will be handed over to you, pay attention to the vigilance and don't be exploited."

As soon as they heard that the young master was going to set off in person, everyone hurriedly spoke out to dissuade them.

"Young Master, the situation on the front line is too dangerous, you better not go, although the strength of the Qingyuan Army has been strengthened, but the other party has to make extraordinary moves......

"Yes, young master, the other party must already hate us to the core, and they will definitely kill you if you appear again."

Listening to the dissuasion of the officers, Gooden waved his hand slightly to silence them.

"Don't worry about this matter, the orcs have transcendence, and the emperor *** team will not be extraordinary? I won't go to the front-line battlefield, I'll stay with the Imperial Transcendent in the rear, and I don't have to worry about my safety."

Seeing that Gooden's attitude had been decided, everyone could not dissuade him again, and immediately began to prepare for the departure of preparations.

After arranging the support mission for the army, Gooden immediately returned to the castle and asked Erin to set off with him, of course, Noros's companion was also indispensable.

For his own safety, Gooden still sees it very important, although Irene's current strength is only mid-level, but with the perverted entry of Guardian Heart, her current strength can reach a high-level level.

In addition, after entering the intermediate level, Erin's daily consolidation training has not fallen, and her current strength is about to reach the peak of the intermediate level.

And coupled with Noros's covert protection, there is an absolute guarantee for this trip.

The situation at the front is now in the final predictable final stage, and there will definitely be delays in remote command.

In order to be able to completely eliminate the orc army, Good

Eun felt that it was still necessary for him to go to the front line and command his troops.

The army of more than 400,000 orcs is blocked, as long as it is eliminated, the wartime in the west will not be so serious again, at least for a short time, which is crucial for the development of Qingyuan Town.

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