Volume 2 Storm Falls 171 Clans Assemble
I've never felt secure, especially in my back. Some creatures grow thick shells to protect themselves, and turtle shells are good. I don't need to have three heads and six arms, if it's like some two-headed ogre, or a lot of eyes, I feel like my back is safer. Of course, if you have two heads like an ogre, you probably won't be popular with girls.
I followed after making sure that there was no cover behind the orcs. While my ability to lurk will keep them from being discovered by the two orcs, those two wolves are not to be taken lightly.
Always follow them ten meters away, not too far and no closer. I remembered that there should have been a sentry in this direction, and if he hadn't left his post without permission, the sentry would have been very unprofessional.
Just as the orcs slowly got up and prepared to shoot the sentry, I was the first to strike. But I can't shoot orcs.
After an arrow was shot into the wolf's neck, the wolf let out a scream, and the orc who raised the arrow immediately turned around and squatted down.
Before I could pull out the second arrow, the orc's arrow was already flying towards me, and it flew past me on its left side, and the other wolf turned around and lunged at me.
More than ten meters was in the blink of an eye, and before I could dodge, the wolf had already flown and pounced on me to the ground. It was very easy to pounce on such a large thing, and I held the bow with my left hand and pressed it directly against the wolf's throat. The wolf shook his head and tried to shake off my hand. How can I shake it off, once my hand is out of control, my carotid artery will be bitten off in the next second, and the only thing I want to do at the moment is pull out the gun.
"Bang!"
The wolf let out a scream and flashed off me, then staggered and fell to the side.
The sound of the gunshot apparently startled the orcs, and they froze for a moment. I just threw away the gun in my hand and pulled out another one. I couldn't make out the orcs' faces, but their frozen bodies told me I could shoot.
I didn't hesitate to pull the trigger. The orc who was shot fell backwards, and the orc who was not shot ran away. I put away my gun without hurry, and by the time I returned to camp with its head in hand, everyone had already taken a fighting stance.
"Orc Scouts." I threw my head on the ground. "Have you found the three bodies?"
"Three?" Reggie said.
"And two wolves."
"I think I ran one." Reggie said.
"Did you chase it?"
Everyone looked at each other.
"What do you think will happen if that wolf escapes back?" I glanced at everyone a little angrily. There can be no delay for a moment, and the rest ends early.
The rest of the march was very fast, and the wolf with the arrow in the stomach would not run too fast, which might have given us more time. The riders were quite relaxed, but some of the guys running on the ground were starting to lose track.
The Scouts and Signal Corps had set off early, and they had to run quickly, one to explore the passage and the other to find the troops attacking the eastern fortress. A short turn of the hill ahead was Brightwood, and Jeff ordered his troops to withdraw from the main road and into the nearby woods.
It feels like it's the middle of the night, and you can run as far as you can in the hours of dawn, but make sure to get around Brightwood. At this time, the rider suffers, after all, it is very inconvenient to ride on a horse in the woods.
"I'd like to go to the city, Commander." I said to Jeff.
"Are you crazy?" Reggie objected.
"Now the army in the eastern fortress doesn't know what the situation is, so let's rush over to help...... Well...... I want to know what is going on with the orc forces in the city right now. I said to Jeff, "If the city is empty, it might be better for us, sir, allow me to investigate." ”
"Is our scout back?" He asked the person next to him.
"Not yet." Someone stubble.
"It's dangerous to go that way." Jeff said.
"I can handle it, I used to do this kind of reconnaissance a lot, trust me, sir." I patted Reggie and left the group.
I didn't have much time, I had to get out and flee into the woods before dawn. I don't want to be shot like a hedgehog around an empty town.
After climbing into the city, I crouched by the wall for a while, and after observing that there seemed to be no patrols, I quickly entered the town, but I found something very difficult for me, the orcs do not care about human buildings, and when they come, they seem to like to smash windows and tear down doors. They threw the wooden furniture out of the windows, demolished the doors and windows, and set them on fire where they wouldn't start a fire. Every alley was illuminated.
This caused me a great deal of trouble, but when I leaned out of the window and looked inside, I shuddered. After inspecting half of the alley in a row, I resolutely climbed to the roof. But as soon as I climbed on the roof, I was so scared that I immediately fell down.
The scene on the street is unbelievable, tents and tents, it's definitely not that the orcs don't know that the house is easy to live in, but the house I saw just now is full of orcs!
I hid behind a large chimney and pulled out my binoculars to look around, and the tents on the side of the street stretched to the end of the road. When I got to the center of town, I felt a chill run down my back.
I know how big the town is, and these orcs who don't live in houses must not be able to live there! Then how can the number of orcs in this town be a few thousand! It's easy to get over 10,000! But where are so many people?
The report two days ago said that there were thousands of orc troops in the north, and from the Dark Gate, it is impossible for me to have so many people in the three groups of troops I followed! The number of orcs in the town of Light is far beyond my expectations!
Could it be that there is a problem with the information sent a few days ago? If there is a problem with the intelligence, then will we fall into a trap this attack? Thinking of this, I felt nervous for a while, if the town of Luji fell, then a large area of land further west would be completely undefended!
In order to verify the authenticity, I examined from one alley to another near the square, until I had finished inspecting the outermost row of houses in town, and I felt an unusual fear. I stood on the roof of my house and looked around the town, and although the flames in each alley were not as strong as they were, the dim flames told me that there must be people living there, too!
When did this army come in? I walked around the outermost part of the town to the east side of the town, and the orcs of the East Gate who had been bombarded didn't seem to have any intention of repairing it. But next to the gate stood three military flags.
There are a few military flags that I know, the one that is black and red with a mountain-like flag drawn on it, and it is the flag of the Mafia family. I don't know which clan's banner the black fanged banner is. And the banner with the dragon's head planted on a pillar, I really can't think of any clan that can use this kind of symbol as a totem.
Could it be that the people of the three clans have filled this town? And what about their siege engines?
Thinking of this, I climbed out of the wall, but after I got out of the wall, the scene outside was no worse than in the town. Trebuchets, rushing cars, and arrow towers are all parked in the open space east of the town. Luckily, there weren't that much combustible material in the camp, so I touched it.
There is no white flag with a blue wolf's head painted here. The familiar eyes and lightning banners are here, and they've had enough of them in the Valley of Thorns, and their camp is full of artillery! And the clans stationed north of the Blood Ring Clan have their banner a flaming saber.
The division between their clans is quite obvious, and I'm looking for the white wolf's head banner but it's still not there. Could it be that they have already been sent out to fight?
But...... There doesn't seem to be any sign of the clans stationed here, and if there is a big operation, it will certainly not be like this. But having said that, it will definitely not last long if there are so many people here.
Glancing at the horizon, it should be almost dawn, and he fled back the same way after going around most of the city along the root of the wall. We have to tell Jeff the news quickly, in case the orcs have a flash of inspiration, it is not a joke to do anything, and if the orc scouts find out about us, we may be very passive.
I don't know if the wolf I shot is dead.
I was desperate to catch up with the group, but after dawn I found blood and corpses, and my mind was buzzing, and I hurried forward, but the scene behind the bushes in front of me made my scalp tingle with shock.
A corpse on the ground!
Not only humans, but also the corpses of orcs and wolves. Attacked!
How could it be attacked?
I hurriedly checked the human corpse that was still muttering, the corpse was not very cold, the blood was not completely congealed, it seemed that the battle had been going on for a while.
I couldn't take care of it so much, I turned over and rode a horse and ran through the woods, and this horse did give face, and chased all the way until I finally saw a living man at three poles in the morning.
When I jumped out from behind the tree, a dozen people appeared in front of me, and they were startled.
"What's going on?" I jumped off my horse and ran in front of them. They were caring for two injured companions.
"We've been attacked!" A bearded man said.
"I knew I was attacked, how did I get attacked?"
"Who knows! Suddenly, countless orcs rushed out of the woods on the side! The other guy who was a little thinner said, "There's no time to react!" It was still dark, and we were tired from a night of running! "This guy has a mouthful of dirty words in the back.
"Just a few of you?"
"The team was directly scattered, so they had to flee for their lives." The bearded man said, "Where are you from?" ”
"I'm from Brightwood."
"Isn't that the fall?" The thin man asked.
"I'm a scout." I say.
"You're in good luck." The bearded man sat on the ground and looked at me squintingly, saying, "If you were in the ranks, maybe you would be dead by now, a lot of people died." ”
"We can't stay here, we need to get out of here." I say.
"Where to go? Brightwood is gone, what about Ridge Town? Oh, my God! Maybe we'll be caught and killed by the orcs as soon as we come out of the woods. "The skinny man has a belly full of whining." That commander from Crowburg is a fool! ”
"We need to gather and find more companions before we make plans." I say.
"The orcs just passed, who knows if they will come back, I won't go any further." The thin man said. "Despite the danger, I'm going to go back to Ridge Town."
"You can't go back, I've just finished scouting from Brightwood, where there are enough troops stationed there to cover an entire forest. And if this attack was a trap set by the orcs...... You alone won't be able to make it back alive, let alone ...... It's possible that the town of Roadridge is now under siege. ”
"So what do you say?"
"Moving on, we have to find the others, and we can't all die." Helping the most injured guy to the horse, we continued to search for the man. More than 400 men were recovered by noon, and the commander and the rest of the army were found by the river in the afternoon.
Jeff was overjoyed to see me come with hundreds of people, Reggie had a cut on his arm, and I was so glad he was still alive.
"What's going on?" I asked Reggie.
"Attacked."
"What a hit?"
"I don't know. Suddenly, a large group of orcs was killed. He said, "It's too dark to see clearly." ”
"How many?"
"I don't know, maybe hundreds?" He's still confused.
"Commander, what shall we do?" I looked at him.
"Wait, we'll have to wait here until we get the next step." Jeff said.
"It doesn't seem like a good idea to wait." I say.
"Do you have a better way?"
"Where's the herald?" I asked.
"Haven't come back yet." He said.
"What's going on with the troops in the Eastern Fortress?"
"The orcs have taken over the deep forest junction."
"Where is that?"
"It's the intersection that runs through the Elwyn Forest to the Red Ridge Mountains and meets the road that leads to the Sunshine Glades. In the morning, news came that the troops of the Eastern Fortress had gathered four thousand men and were confronting the orcs, and that reinforcements from Lakeside Town were rushing over. Jeff said.
"How many orc troops are there?"
"About three thousand."
"Have you found any backup units or other cooperating units of the orc forces?"
He pursed his lips and shook his head, "For now, we can only wait until we get any definite news." "He looked at me," Brightwood was doing. ”
"I suspect we've been deceived." I glanced at Reggie, "The number of troops stationed in the town is far more than I expected, I think it may be more than 10,000, the town is now full, and there are troops from two clans stationed outside the town. ”
"What happened to you this morning may be ...... Orcs won't just give up, maybe today, maybe tomorrow. I stared into Jeff's eyes.
"What are you talking about?"
"The attack just now must not have been accidental, but I don't know how they knew about our march, but one thing I know is, perhaps...... The town of Roadridge is now in danger. ”
"Then we have to hurry back." Reggie said, "Roadridge can't be lost!" ”
"How do you get back from here? Is there a map or someone who knows the way? I asked.
"There should be." Jeff looked at the guys next to him.
"Perhaps the best thing we should do before we make a move is to report to the commander of the Eastern Fortress and explain the situation...... "I also looked around at a few people." We're running out of time. ”
Jeff nodded, "You have a point. He looked at the people around him and said, "Look and see if there are any guys who know the way!" ”
"Maybe we'll get back the way we came sooner." It was said.
"It's not a good way to walk, and we have to pass through the vicinity of Brightwood, if we are discovered by the orc scouts again......" Jeff gritted his teeth, "If we don't do it well, we may meet the orc troops attacking Roadridge halfway." ”
"Where's the mountain to the west?" I said, "Straight through here." ”
"No, no, no." A slightly older sergeant objected. "It's better not to go to this mountain to the west."
I glanced at him, "We need to rush back as fast as we can, and now the people are ...... It's a bit of a loss. ”
"You can't go into that mountain!" The man dissuaded again, "There are monsters in that mountain, and the locals know that once they go there, they will never be able to get out of it." ”