Chapter Twenty-Six: The Encounter

On June 24, Baron Harden sent a military order. The 6th Squadron was asked to pass through the gorge pass, and together with the defenders of the Pratos Castle and the Baronial Cavalry Regiment, defeat the Orc Commander Gunderson's Division, and lay the foundation for victory in the Platos direction in one fell swoop.

Along with the baron's heralds, there were more than thirty wounded soldiers. In the past month, the 6th Squadron has lived a very leisurely life, and Baron Harden and Lieutenant Colonel Marvin have participated in several battles with cavalry.

The outer cavalry and the orc wolf cavalry brigade won and lost each other, and the casualties were already relatively serious. Even the knight lord under the baron's powerful combat power also lost three people in battle. The casualties of the professionals were even more serious, adding up to more than a dozen casualties. Warcraft warhorses lost nineteen.

After two months of continuous operations on the outside front, the Warcraft cavalry under Baron Harden is about to reach its limit and is ready to return to the rear to rest.

Although the baron has retired from active duty, he is still appointed by the king as the supreme commander of the Platos front, and even Lieutenant Colonel Marvin must obey his command.

The baron gave the order, and the 6th squadron immediately went into action.

After more than two months of fighting, more than 300 wounded soldiers gathered in Harden Castle. Some of the wounded soldiers were from the 6th Squadron, some from the 8th Squadron, some from the Knights of Baron Harden, and some from the scouts under Lieutenant Colonel Marvin.

The wounded soldiers who participated in the early battles have largely recovered, and these people are mainly from the 8th Brigade. They were all soldiers of the same brigade, and they cooperated well with the reorganization of the 6th Squadron, and the wounded soldiers were formed into a temporary squadron and acted with the 6th Squadron.

Richard was appointed squadron leader of the provisional squadron.

There are also many soldiers from the former 6th Squadron within the provisional squadron. With the help of these acquaintances, although it was the first time to independently command a squadron, Richard quickly adapted to it.

The two squadrons left Harden Castle and walked halfway into the canyon passage when Ron rushed in a panic on an iron wildebeest.

After getting the follow-up breathing method, Ron successfully became a professional four days ago.

It's a pity that communication was inconvenient during the war, and he was not able to report to the brigade headquarters to promote his rank and official position.

Now that the Wild Lion Legion is seriously short of officers, the Brigade Headquarters will not let professionals serve as grassroots soldiers, and it is estimated that Ron will be transferred to other squadrons after a while to serve as officers and replenish battle losses.

Now Ron is temporarily in command of two squads of scouts.

"An orc army has appeared at the entrance to the canyon, and the banner is the Walder Brigade soldiers of Vic Castle."

Hearing the information brought by Ron, Diarra gathered the main officers together and said calmly: "There are only three squadrons of orcs left in Wald's brigade, and they should have received orders from Gunderson when they left Vic Castle."

It seemed that Gunderson had sensed the danger, and had given up on taking the Platos Line, preparing to concentrate his troops and make plans to retreat. ”

"Ron, did you alert the orcs when you were scouting?"

"Squadron Leader Richard, we didn't hunt orc soldiers during this reconnaissance mission. I saw the orc banner in the distance, estimated the size of the orc army, and immediately returned to report the news.

If the orc scouts had any experience, they would probably have found the horseshoe prints we had left behind. ”

"Richard, you led the temporary squadron to ambush on both sides of the canyon, and I led the sixth squadron to camp in the middle of the canyon passage and block the enemy head-on. Ron commanded the Scout Cavalry to act as a reserve, ready to go into battle. ”

Richard climbed the cliffs on both sides of the road with his squadron, and Diarra commanded his soldiers to build a barracks.

As soon as the preparations were made, the orc squadron led by them was stunned and launched a charge.

Richard leaned out to observe and found that the vast majority of the charging orcs were boar people. The wild boar people are a species, although they have rough skin and thick flesh and strong defense, but they are not very intelligent.

With a squadron dominated by boar men as the vanguard, it is easy to fall into the trap of the enemy.

But now that Wald's brigade was out of soldiers, and the Boarmen's squadron suffered the fewest casualties and the most numerous soldiers, Captain Wald could now only rely on them.

Although this squadron supplemented some kobolds, the powerful boar man warrior Papa Linde did not listen to the weak kobolds at all.

Spotting the enemy's stronghold, he immediately commanded his soldiers to rush towards the stronghold, despite the kobolds' obstruction.

"The first group of archers prepares, put"

The words landed, and more than 100 arrows flew out violently. Several boar men who rushed to the front were instantly shot into hedgehogs.

Richard's provisional squadron, although not equipped with enchanted bows and arrows, is overwhelmingly veterans. Many people have very good archery skills, and in the first round of arrow rain, they killed and injured seven or eight wild boar people.

"The second group of archers prepares, put"

"The third group of archers prepares, put"

The command of the junior officers was orderly, constantly unleashing a rain of arrows in the sky, killing orc soldiers.

Within a hundred meters of range, the boar people dropped more than thirty corpses. Despite the heavy casualties, they could not stop the Boar People from charging.

This population is stupid, but it is strong-willed, and can withstand great casualties. The boarmen suffered heavy casualties, and the orc commander Wald could not stand it.

Letting the boar people advance is almost equivalent to sending people to the head, and they lost dozens of soldiers without even seeing the enemy.

Originally, there were not many soldiers left in Wald's brigade, and if they were sent like this, they would have to be wiped out.

But in the current situation, the squadron of wild boarmen cannot be withdrawn either.

If you retreat, you will also face continuous damage from archers.

In desperation, Wald could only put one and a half squadrons of orcs in the second echelon into the attack. Half a squadron of orcs in the third echelon, still escorting thousands of prisoners, thirty miles away from the battlefield, it is impossible to put into battle.

The boar men fiercely rushed into the camp, and Diarra calmly commanded the soldiers of the 6th Squadron to hunt the boar men with spears in groups of four.

Richard led the soldiers of the temporary squadron and constantly fired arrows on the cliffs on both sides of the road to attack and suppress the second echelon of orcs and reduce the pressure on the camp.

He held an enchanted bow and arrow condescendingly, constantly aiming at the orc professional officer, and in just a few minutes, he actually achieved four successes.

Including a first-order kobold, a second-order sheep-like man, a first-order boar man, and a third-order snake man.

The sound of prompts kept coming from the attribute panel, and after a while, Kung Fu Richard had increased by 4,000 points of experience, and the fighting skills and riding skills of the Northern Legion could be advanced.

In a state of war in the depths, it is precarious on its own, and the accumulation of experience does not serve any purpose.

In an environment where you are facing death at any time, the ability to fight is a little stronger, and the ability to survive is a little stronger.

Seeing that the killing experience could already improve his skills, Richard immediately added 3,500 experience points to his riding skills, raising the riding level to the fourth level.