The traitors from the Orc Empire, speaking the same language as the Grant Kingdom, infiltrated the human cities and had a legal identity.

Even in Heihe Fort, there are some people who rape.

These traitors pass information to the orcs in the northern part of the Eagle Mountains through special channels, and sometimes they are more difficult to deal with than the main force of the orcs.

Because of the restriction of the entry of foreign freedmen and the implementation of militarized management, there is a decree prohibiting migration in the territory, so there is no orc intelligence personnel infiltrated for the time being.

"The enemy on our side is the Haaland family, a new family of military nobility. There are three barons in total, and the core member is named Richard Harland, who is the commander of the army in Haraland's territory.

Despite his youth, Richard had already fought in several battles, including the Battle of Platos six years earlier, where he was awarded the Silver Star Medal for his exploits in the Annihilation of Wald's Brigade.

The Haaland family has a lot of troops, with ten infantry squadrons and one cavalry squadron. Richard was a master of invention, and he invented the heavy trebuchet, an invention that was awarded by the Grant royal family. ”

Hearing that Richard had participated in the defense of Platos six years earlier, and that he had made a name for himself, Gunderson was visibly interested.

"It turned out to be an old adversary, six years ago Richard was a small officer, and six years later he is already the commander of an army of several thousand people. This kind of person is either very capable or high-born. Richard's background is very ordinary, and he should be very capable. ”

Orran nodded and said, "What the deputy commander said is right, Richard's ability is indeed very strong, and I haven't heard of defeat." Six years ago, he was awarded the Silver Star Medal, and three years ago, he completely annihilated the Shamok Brigade and defeated the Maluland Brigade. ”

"Fort William is well fortified, obviously a tough one, and we should learn the lessons of the Maluland brigade. Due to the limitation of transport capacity, we only carried four heavy trebuchets and stormed Fort William, and there was no chance of victory. ”

It was the orc captain who spoke, the fifth-order werewolf Dwolik.

Heavy-duty trebuchets, although powerful, are inconvenient to transport and require a large number of accessories.

A heavy trebuchet needs to be transported in dozens of ox carts, with about fifty installation operators in the service.

Orcs traveling south are limited by their transportation capacity, and it is impossible to carry too many heavy trebuchet accessories.

"Dwolick is right, there is no chance of winning in a hard fight. Can we use a strategy to attract Richard to lead troops to attack and fight a field battle with Richard? ”

Another orc captain, the sixth-order lion-headed man Kangur, offered his opinion.

Gunderson heard the speeches in both brigades, and then let the remaining officers have their opinions.

Compared with six years ago, Gunderson's strength has not only improved, but also advanced to level nine. The experience of commanding battles has also increased, and the use of troops has become much more stable.

"Luring the enemy is a strategy, tomorrow we will pretend to withdraw our troops, and see if Richard will be greedy to catch up?"

The next day, the scouts discovered the anomaly, and the two and a half groups of orcs left the camp and made a detour to the eastern valley.

The orcs guarding the northern part of Hudson Canyon only had half a brigade of troops left.

After the news reached the brick kiln factory, many officers were eager to try and asked for battle.

Even Richard's uncle, Soros, was inclined to attack the orc camp.

According to the strength of the Harland family, attacking half of the orc brigade has a 100% chance of winning.

"Although there are fighters, the overall situation of strong enemy and weak has not changed. Moreover, the orc scouts have a very big advantage, as long as they want to hide their tracks, it will be difficult for our scouts to find under the suppression of the harpy. Now that accurate information has been transmitted, it is the orcs who have set traps. The situation is a bit weird, and you can't take risks lightly. ”

After careful consideration, Richard rejected the opinion of the majority.

Only when officers have made meritorious contributions can they be rewarded and can they have better development.

Uncle Soros has made military exploits in order to accumulate meritorious deeds.

They are subjectively greedy for merit, and once they are greedy in their hearts, they will convince themselves, ignore some problems, and behave not very objectively.

Although Richard also wants to make meritorious contributions, he is not as eager as Soros, but can consider the overall situation. Seeing that Richard resisted the temptation and was not greedy for merit, Gunderson let out a long sigh.

The current situation is very unfavorable for the orcs.

The northern entrance to the Harland Canyon is a three-way junction where several mountain roads converge, and it is a strategic point that the orcs must garrison.

This pass had to be garrisoned by troops.

In the face of the threat of the Haaland family, the garrison army is not less.

The defenders were too small and could easily be eaten by the Haaland family.

According to public intelligence, the strength of the Haaland family is very considerable, equivalent to a half-orc brigade.

If half of the army was to garrison the valley, the remaining one and a half brigades of troops, even if they made a detour into the province of Geda, would not be able to break through the castle of Graveson on the side of the Black River.

In this battle, Gunderson thought about it and felt that the troops were insufficient, so he wrote a letter to his superiors, explaining the reasons and asking for reinforcements.

The last time the orcs were defeated, killing the legendary boar man and losing forty or fifty thousand soldiers.

After suffering this loss, of course, the orcs couldn't swallow this breath, and withdrew four legions from other areas to strengthen the forces attacking the direction of the Grant Kingdom.

In this war, the two legions were used against the two new counts, Martins and Roger.

The Royal Warcraft Cavalry Regiment commanded by Roger has returned to the royal capital. However, as a duke of the royal court, he saved a lot of money, plus the 200,000 gold coins invested by King Charles, the territory has not developed much, and he has trained an army of 6,000 people, and recruited some unambitious officers from Nolan.

In addition, Roger also recruited a part of the backbone from the Warcraft Cavalry Regiment and formed two squadrons of Warcraft Cavalry.

These two squadrons of Warcraft cavalry are short of men and horses, and their quality is not much different from the Warcraft Cavalry Regiment of the Harland family, and they are not as good as the Warcraft Cavalry squadron under Baron Harden.

In the face of the attack of a legion of orcs, Duke Roger barely held several major fortresses. Cleared the way, allowing the orcs to pass through the Earldom and into the vicinity of Flying Eagle Castle to plunder.

The Earl of Martins was not so rich, he only assembled an army of 2,000, and the quality was not as good as that of Duke Roger.

In order to speed up the development of the territory, Count Martins used orc prisoners of war on a large scale.

This time the orcs invaded, and a large number of orc slaves in the territory rebelled.

Even though Count Martins had been prepared, he still lost some backbones. In order to suppress the orc rebellion, there is a feeling of exhaustion.

In the face of an orc attack by a legion, Count Martins was powerless to resist and is now trapped in the castle, and the situation is not optimistic.

Whether Count Martins can survive depends on the rescue of the Lion Legion and Duke Edward.

Because of the strength of the four more legions, after receiving the letter from Gunderson, the orc legion commander immediately decided to send troops to support.

Soon the two brigades of orcs were on their way to departure, and in late March they had already joined forces with Gunderson.

With the strength of five brigades, plus some miscellaneous baggage soldiers, the total strength of the orcs has exceeded 10,000.

(End of chapter)