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Autumn and winter on the grassland is the dry season, the grass and trees are withered, and the prairie is cold and deserted.

Due to the spread of the war, not to mention the grassland overlords such as lions, even herbivores such as the mutton buffalo have disappeared, and only the desolate wolf howl can be heard in the cold night.

On this day, a long line of more than 10,000 soldiers slowly sailed north along the avenue.

The places passing through were deserted at first, and then gradually there were farmland villages, and then to continuous fields and ridges and fruit forests, towns of different scales, and then to towns and towns, a continuous prosperous scene.

After Lorraine received the news, he immediately scolded the orcs who had disrupted his strategic plan: they were really a bunch of fools who had been kicked by donkeys, and they dared to play alone in front of the lord.

It's really as the soldier's combat manual of the United States says: never expect to be able to predict the enemy's methods of warfare, because only professional enemies can predict it, and the other party will always be a bunch of amateurs.

It's like the missiles of the Indian Asan. It is impossible to prevent it, because no one, including the Indians themselves, knows where it will fly!

But despite this, Lorraine was not relieved after all.

He saw that the enemy on the front was far away, and there was no danger on the front, so he immediately pulled out the camp and set up the camp. After a few days of rapid marching, he returned to the city of Crony.

The moment she saw the dark shadow of Crony City on the horizon, Vera jumped from her horse. Excitedly waving his pink fist, he cheered loudly and shouted, "Okay, I'm finally back." Finally back,"

The surrounding officers and soldiers looked at Vera, who was cheering, and they all smiled.

These soldiers are just like Vera. can't wait to return to the city, sleep in the wild and eat sand, no one can stand it.

They had gone a few more miles when they saw a procession carrying the Norman eagle banner speeding in the direction of Crony City.

When I got closer, I saw that the leader was wearing a red cloak and a golden eagle helmet, and he was full of gray veterans. It was General Larry.

He took the generals who stayed behind in the rear, and went to Lorraine's handsome banner, and then stopped

Horse.

General Larry raised his hand on his horse and slammed his left chest, greeting Lorraine, and saying, "I've seen you." ”

One of the generals who followed closely behind General Larry also bowed to Lorraine on his horse, and said in a deep voice: "Captain of the Seventh Legion of the East, Clauqiu, hello Governor. ”

Lorraine looked General Clauchu across from him up and down for a moment. I saw this man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist. The face was also two circles larger than the average person, and he was staring at Lorraine with burning eyes at the moment.

Lorraine nodded at him and said, "You've worked hard. You've won a battle. ”

General Larry smiled reservedly, with 3,000 regular troops, he could defeat a half-orc of 10,000 people. It also annihilated more than 4,000 enemies, which is also a remarkable achievement no matter how you look at it.

He glanced back, then said modestly, "Thanks to General Clauch's marching god, we just caught those orcs that we have a chance to deal with them.

Otherwise. Relying only on the strength of the city of Crony at that time, it did not make much difference to win the war. ”

General Clauchu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "There, we picked up General Larry's advantage, and General Larry is indeed very scheming. ”

Lorraine smiled heartily, then waved his hand, and said, "Okay, you don't have to be humble, we did a good job this time." I'll be back in town later. The herald rewarded all those who participated in the battle. Nothing else, wine and meat are full. ”

The soldiers behind Lorraine lit up their eyes and cheered loudly.

General Phildoris, the commander of the 10th Eastern Legion behind Lorraine, came up to greet General Clauchu at this time, and said with a smile: "I guess the boss will throw you out, sure enough." ”

General Clauchu rolled his eyes and glared at General Ferdoris angrily. Lorraine said angrily: "Why is that?"

General Ferdolis smiled and said, "Because these guys are too good to eat." ”

The cheerful crowd burst into laughter.

General Larry and others went hand in hand with Lorraine and gave Lorraine a detailed introduction to the Battle of Cronie City.

As soon as the Seventh Legion of the East arrived, the orcs who were guarding the town at that time were completely panicked, and in order to argue whether to defend or withdraw, the three patriarchs were divided into two factions. In the end, there was even a big fight.

At that time, the patriarch of Viridus tried his best to advocate that before the main force of the Seventh Army in the East arrived, he should retreat quickly and run south with all his might, but the human cavalry did not seem to be many, and he thought that he could still run out of most of them.

But the other two patriarchs must hold on.

These orcs knew very well that they could not defeat the human cavalry, and if they left the barrier of the town, they could only be repeatedly robbed and killed by the two or three thousand cavalry of the humans.

Moreover, this is still the territory of the human race, and the human can even set up an ambush in front of them. Only to stay in the town and wait for the arrival of other orc reinforcements.

This time the orcs are not the same as they used to be.

Let's work together. The front is extremely strong.

Because we all know that there is power in numbers. There is a famous saying that there are many people who rob more, so all of them are typed "Go to the world of human flowers to rob money, grab things, rob women, and live a good life." It's a seductive slogan. Then the turtle had enough strength. Desperately rammed. From 50 years old to 15 years old. Many tribes have pulled out their ten-year-old cubs.

This time, the cobbled together army was 120,000 men.

To the south of them are Vichin and Torek, and to the east of them there is a half-orc coalition of about 10,000 people active, as long as they send someone to ask for help, it is estimated that within three or four days, there will be more than 8 people in the day

The Patriarch of Viridus scoffed at their wishful thinking, Vichin and the human army of 10,000 people opposite Torek, even if he wanted to, he could defeat the human army on the other side, but it would take at least eight days to wait for him to come, this time. Enough for them, orcs, to starve to death.

Don't even think about reinforcements from the east. If other tribes were surrounded by humans, Patriarch Veridhu would never save them, he would drive the team over, wait for the humans and orcs to fight and lose, and then go up to pick up the bargain.

This is the law of survival on the grasslands, cruel and realistic, and the best way to compete for the limited food and water is to kill the people who also need to play those things.

The other two. The patriarch is just unwilling to die like this, even if they have an illusory life-saving straw, they will desperately grasp it.

The Patriarch of Viridus insisted on retreating, and the other two patriarchs desperately opposed it, so it was better to have a big fight. Let the human soldiers outside the town take a fresh look.

The orcs lost their last chance in the midst of the noise.

That night, the main force of the Seventh Army of the East arrived, and immediately surrounded the town from several sides, and as soon as they arrived, the commander of the Clauchu Army and General Larry met to discuss countermeasures, and now the number of human troops has exceeded the orcs, and in General Larry's opinion, these half-orcs are already meat on their plates.

General Larry brought out thousands of civilians from the city of Crony overnight, and began to dig a trench around the town with a shovel, and the spikes dug out were piled up behind the trench, and a low wall was built to make it look like a long-term siege.

In this. In the process, General Larry and Crow's Fall Back Army stared closely at the orcs in the town.

In fact, at this time, if the orcs really chose to break through and escape, General Larry and General Clauchu might not be able to stop them.

General Larry's soldiers had been fighting fiercely for a day, and they were all exhausted. And when the Seventh Legion of the East passed by Nedle, Catherine was dressed in military uniform and personally inspected the Seventh Legion in the provinces of the East. The respect for Catherine was also higher than that of Archduke Julius, because all of their salaries came from Catherine.

Catherine was also willing to spend money for Lorraine. There was a bonus on the spot, and the morale of the whole army was high, and those who marched all the way were going to help the adulterer of the eldest sister, ah" The official statement is that the boyfriend is going to cut people.

Along the way, the Seventh Legion of the East was also tired and choked when it arrived in Crony City. Even the weight of the radiant is far behind, if the orcs really run south, the Seventh Legion of the East will not be able to enter the battle for a while, and they can only watch the orcs escape.

Watching the human beings put on a look of besieging Changming. The orcs in the town were even more flustered.

That night, General Larry ordered people to shoot arrows and spears into the town non-stop, and it was a lively night of fun anyway.

During this period, the half-orcs tried to rush out several times, but they were all repelled by the soldiers on standby.

General Larry and General Clauchu after counseling. They all think that the other party's group of half-orcs who will die really don't need to post the lives of their own soldiers, and the troops in Naian Province are now precious, surround them for a few days, and they are so hungry that they can't move, and then go up and kill the dogs.

Until Lorraine received a report from General Larry and Xun's squad returned to the city, the group of orcs was still surrounded in the mountain town.

When he arrived at the gate of Crony City, Lorraine waved his hand to let the soldiers go into the city, and turned to General Larry and the others, and said, "Let's go, let's go and see the surrounded orcs first." ”

General Larry led Lorraine to the place where the orcs were surrounded, and from a distance, he saw flags waving in front of him, and the soldiers forming a large circle. surrounds the town in the middle.

At the front of the encirclement was an earthen rampart almost one person high, which was loosely built, and was not even as high in most places. Below the earthen rampart is a large pit more than half a person deep, surrounding the town, the pit is about ten feet wide, and the amount of earthwork required is still a lot, which can be dug overnight, which shows the enthusiasm of the people of Crony City at that time.

The soldiers stood behind the earthen ramparts with a relaxed demeanor, and even erected many wooden watchtowers here. The archers were standing inside, shooting arrows into the town.

Lorraine climbed up the watchtower and looked at the encircled town.

The orcs were still blocking the intersection, and the orcs in front of them even removed the door panel and put it on their heads to guard against human bows and arrows.

Behind the intersection, large swaths of orcs sat motionless against the wall, and many orcs were simply lying on the cold street.

General Larry looked at Lorraine with interest, smiled and ordered his subordinates: "The Governor has arrived, tell these orcs to get up." ”

"Okay," the herald grinned and agreed, and then shouted, "The general has an order, tell these orcs to get up and pee."

The human soldiers surrounding the orcs blew their bugles. The sound of "woo" rang out, and the soldiers also clamoured, shouting at the orcs in the town, and some of them even knocked on copper basins and iron pots and the like, making "jingle bells." of the start.

Lorraine listened to the huge noise coming from beside her, and said in her heart: "I miss it so much." It's as lively as the New Year. Under the influence of the noise, the officers had to pull their throats, and the archers quickly stepped forward. Draw your bow and shoot it into the town.

Lorraine watched the orcs from the watchtower, and after the trumpet sounded on the human side, the half-beasts didn't react at all, and no one even looked this way until the first round of arrows fell, and the orcs sitting on the ground were like slow motion in a movie. First slowly stretch out your hand and press it on the ground, slowly with force, support your body, and then press your hand on the wall again, and sit up little by little.

Although there were constantly falling feathered arrows around them, and from time to time a thousand orcs fell to the ground with arrows, they did not panic at all.

Lorraine knew that these guys were hungry and ran out of strength, and Lorraine couldn't help but shake his head when he thought of this.

General Larry wondered, "My lord, is there any problem?"

Lorraine pointed to the town and said to General Larry and the others: "It would have been a great saving if the wells had been filled in when the people had evacuated." ”

General Larry scratched his head and smiled helplessly. The well is the most precious thing in every village and town, and the common people are reluctant to destroy it.

Lorraine waved her hand and said, "Just kidding." People can live for about four days without drinking water, and even if they are half-orcs, at this time, they will only have to lie on the ground and wait to be slaughtered by us. ”

"Now, the Governor, General Clauch, stepped forward and asked, "Do you want to attack, I believe these orcs have no strength to resist." ”

"Don't worry," Lorraine sneered and said, "Let's give them another surprise first." Bring with us the orc captives we have captured and their banners. These people are holding on to their lives in the town, not least in the hope that reinforcements will come

Lorraine smiled brightly and said, "First destroy their hope, and then slowly grind them to death in hunger." Isn't it more interesting. ”

The people present were all soldiers, and they made killing people their profession, but after listening to Lorraine's words, they still shivered.

Only those natives of Naian, and these orcs who invaded their homeland, have a common enmity, and these orcs are eager to break their bones and scatter ashes, and after listening to Lorraine's words, they laughed and nodded

Meaning.

A few of them were still coming up with ideas in the back, shouting loudly: "Wait for the stew, let the warriors all eat on the slope, and kill those half-orcs." ”

"No, let people cook on it, just pick the outlet, and make sure that the fragrance wafts into the orc's nose

"Okay, poisonous enough, I like Lorraine slapped his thigh and said with a smile: "Sue the soldiers to lick the bones clean, and throw them into the half-orc pile after eating." ”

The eyes of those local officers in Nai An were shining. He shouted, "Your Excellency is wise. ”

"That is, don't look at who our governor is. The famous defender of the maple leaf danlin and the conqueror of the Almohads. ”

A group of officers had a miserable look at them. Arching with Lorraine, like a college student in the dormitory leaning his head to look at the hair, discussing various postures, "Ah no, method."

"What other poisonous tricks are there? Lorraine rubbed her hands excitedly, like a furry boy who was going to peep into the girls' changing room.

"My lord, we can sort of find an organization. The Naian army looked like they had found their soulmates, and for a while, there was a scene of "everyone looked for him thousands of times, and suddenly returned, but the person was in the dim light".

"Yes, poison the bread, throw it at the orcs, poison them. ”

"Okay, poisonous enough. ”

"What a fart, where are we going to get so much poison?"

Lorraine smiled and said, "There is no poison, there is laxative." ”

"Your Excellency is wise. "Tie a piece of meat to the rope, throw it over, and pull it back when the orcs catch it." ”

"You were teasing the dog. ”

"Keeping is funnier than a dog. ”

"Okay" Lorraine nodded, waved his hand heroically, and said in a general's demeanor: "Everyone acts separately, it must be that the orcs can't survive or die." ”

The officers stamped their feet and raised their hands in salute. "Yes, sir."

When the officers dispersed, Lorraine and General Larry, General Clauche, and General Ferdolis all stood far away with their men, with a look of "you are busy, we will play soy sauce".

Lorraine pursed her lips and said secretly in her heart: Old stubborn. It's not interesting at all.

As soon as the officers' orders were issued, the soldiers were happy, and this method of tossing the dead without paying for their lives made the soldiers' morale rise to the highest immediately.

Xun expanded one. On the high platform, the cooks lit a fire on the table, threw large pieces of raw meat and stewed it, and there were soldiers behind them who fanned the fire in the direction of the orcs, and the fragrance wafted out at once.

The orcs in the town all have their heads tilted. He stared at the cauldron of pure meat with drooling wildly, and his demeanor was as devout as a pilgrimage, and his eyes did not blink.

At this time, the half-orc soldiers of the Abendan tribe carried a group of half-orc captives and dragged the banner of the half-orcs up the low wall.

Abendan's orc soldier holds a rolled-up microphone. He shouted loudly into the town, "Listen, listen, listen." You are already surrounded. ”

The orcs of the Abendan tribe were obviously having fun with this, and shouted, "Our Governor-General has defeated that scorpion, and repeat, they have been wised by us. The unparalleled Governor has been killed. If you don't believe me, I'll show you

The soldiers on the low wall screamed and waved the captured orc flag.

The orcs of the Abendan tribe took the microphone, walked up to the captive, and kicked and beat the orc captive, and the captive put his mouth at the microphone. Loud voice: "The brethren within" (to be continued)

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