Chapter Seventy-Six: Into the Enemy Territory
After conquering Fort Malt, Richard led a coalition of nobles to rest in the castle for a while.
Wounded soldiers need to be treated, the shortage of the main team site needs to be replenished, and supplies need to be transported to the territory.
In this way, more than 20 days passed, and in these more than 20 days, Richard took advantage of his authority to directly disband a squadron of the city defense army and integrate it into the second squadron of Haaland's territory and the seventh squadron of the eighth brigade of the Wild Lion Legion, enriching the soldiers of the main squadron.
Baron Sophia, Baron Les and other nobles also recruited the lords to replenish the battle damage.
The influx of new recruits has weakened the combat effectiveness of the aristocratic private army a lot.
But the war was not over yet, and there was no time for them to train.
Even if the combat effectiveness is weakened, it is still necessary to devote itself to the war.
Orcs don't care how strong or weak you are, they will attack when it's time to attack.
By the beginning of June, the nobles had been rewarded for their efforts in annihilating the Shamok brigade.
Annihilating the Sand Devil Brigade, the Council of Nobles rewarded a great achievement.
But this great achievement needs to be divided among six major officers.
In addition to the two commanders, Baron Richard and Baron Rice, the three Barons Sophia, Dack, and Bazel all have military exploits.
In addition, there is also Didda, the leader of the Wild Lion Legion, who should also share the merits.
In the end, Richard got three intermediate skills, Les and Dida got two intermediate skills, and Sophia and the three of them each got one medium work.
In this battle, Richard killed the acting captain Bastruan, who was a fifth-order minotaur and rewarded three medium merits.
Kill a first-order orc and reward a small merit.
The other soldiers in Haland's territory killed many orc officers, including Larmin, the leader of the wolf cavalry squadron, four third-order snakes, seven or eight low-level minotaurs, and wild boar men. In total, two medium and six minor skills were obtained.
For meritorious soldiers, Richard rewarded them with a large amount of gold coins in exchange for their military exploits.
Almost all of the merits of this battle were registered on Richard, accumulating eight medium merits and seven minor merits.
After the start of this orc invasion war, Richard made many achievements.
With the addition of the three major merits rewarded by the heavy trebuchet, Richard has accumulated six major merits, eight medium merits, and two minor merits.
If William can also take enough credit for this war, the Haaland family can also get a barony.
Richard was very close to his own hereditary title of nobility.
By mid-June, with the reorganized aristocratic coalition, Richard followed behind the main army, crossed the Eagle Mountains, and served as a logistics arm for the northern legion.
The Orc Empire is very large, with a territory area of more than 80 million square kilometers, which is equivalent to one and a half Eurasian continents.
But more than half of these 80 million square kilometers of land is uninhabited by permafrost, which is not suitable for living organisms at all.
Even the stronger orcs have only a handful of Ice Bear tribes that operate in the permafrost.
There is also a part of it that is polluted by the fog of death, and there are many undead creatures in the mist, which is a hidden danger within the orc empire.
Although the Orc Empire is huge, its national strength is far inferior to that of the Divine Radiance Empire.
The Divine Radiance Empire covers an area of 30 million square kilometers, has a population of more than one billion, and has a military force of more than 200 legions.
The main forces of the Church of the Seven Gods are also in the Divine Radiance Empire.
Today's Divine Radiance Empire is the most powerful force in the Dawn Continent.
Humans can suppress orcs and elves, occupy the most geographically advantageous region of the Middle Continent, and drive powerful dragons to the otherworld.
The Divine Radiance Empire and the Church of the Seven are the main pillars, and they have made the most important contribution to humanity's emergence as the overlord of the Dawn Plane.
The Orc Empire is actually composed of tribes, and the internal organization and coordination ability is very average.
There is also hatred between many tribes.
There are a lot of contradictions between different races.
For example, when the wolf-headed and lion-headed people are hungry, they will hunt and kill the deer and sheepmen.
The reason why the orcs were able to come together was purely because of the oppression of powerful races and external pressure, forcing them to unite.
For example, the Minotaurs, the Boar Men, the Fox Men, the Wolf Man, the Lion Man, the Snake Man, the Harpy Man, and the Beamon Man are known as the eight royal families of the Orc Empire.
They joined forces to form the Orc Empire.
The emperor of the Orc Empire is not hereditary, but must be elected by the top of the eight royal families.
Every orc emperor is a very powerful legendary professional, and some are even stronger demigods, and only a few powerful human professionals can compare with it.
After the Northern Legion entered the Orc Empire, they began a large-scale raid. They were divided into brigades and scattered across the vast steppe.
In just twenty days, more than a dozen orc tribe stations were found out, and a large number of orc slaves were captured.
Richard led the noble coalition army, and followed the northern legions to get some booty.
By the end of July, the Orc Empire was so angry that it mobilized two main legions to counterattack, and annihilated two brigades of the Northern Legion in succession.
Only then did the Northern Legion concentrate its forces and slowly retreat to the southern foot of the Eagle Mountains with a large army.
The orc legion tried to attack, but was smashed back by heavy trebuchets, killing and wounding many people.
In a fit of rage, the orcs unexpectedly dispatched two legendary professionals to attack the baggage of the Northern Legion with their elites.
The strength of the legendary warrior is extremely strong, and the combat power of a legendary professional is enough to compete with the main brigade of the Central Legion.
If there are legendary professionals hiding in the shadows, constantly attacking, the threat is far more troublesome than a main army.
This kind of super-terrorist, unless there is accurate intelligence, set a trap to arrest him. Otherwise, a legendary professional fights guerrilla warfare, even if it is a powerful kingdom, there is no way to take others.
The two legends shot at the same time and immediately achieved very good results.
The heavy trebuchet brigade was heavily damaged by the orcs, most of the heavy trebuchets were destroyed, and some of them were captured by the orcs.
The orc army tasted the sweetness and once again put the legendary pro at risk, once again launching a surprise attack in the middle of the night.
As a result, this time he fell into the trap of the Northern Legion.
The orc legendary professional was trapped by the legion magician, besieged by six or seven high-level warriors, and the elite brought by the orcs was also wiped out by the northern legion.
Eventually, the legendary boar man Ramsuk died at the hands of Martins, the commander of the Northern Legion, giving him the glorious title of "Pig Hunter" and becoming the second hereditary earl of the northern region of the Kingdom of Grant.
In recent decades, in the war with the Kingdom of Grant, the orcs have never lost a legendary professional.
With each invasion, many slaves were captured from the north.
The production technology of humans surpasses that of orcs by a lot, and the more humans are captured, the productivity of the orc empire will also increase.
As for the kobolds, sheep-like people, werewolves, and lion men who died in battle at the southern foot of the Eagle Mountains, they are all consumables for the eight royal families of the Orc Empire, and they can't be counted as human beings at all.
The death of the orc empire's high-level in this battle finally made the orc high-level sober up a little.
(End of chapter)