Before the start of the war, Haaland's territory had a stockpile of 500 alchemy bombs.

Some of the last battle was consumed, and the reserves are still very sufficient.

This time, in order to defeat the orcs, Richard carried two hundred alchemy bombs.

Half of them were in the hands of the Warcraft cavalry squadron, and the other half in the hands of the first squadron.

The first squadron is the squadron with the most veterans in the territory and has a lot of bombardiers.

The bombardier has more than five points of strength and is able to drop alchemy bombs sixty meters away.

Now the orcs are just within range of the bombardier.

I saw the soldiers raise their arms one after another and throw a hundred alchemy bombs.

A hundred alchemy bombs fell from the sky, looking like an iron lump.

This squadron of snakes has never seen alchemy bombs, and is inexperienced, so they didn't even use a shield to protect themselves in the first place.

The alchemy bomb was dropped next to the snake man and exploded violently, sending up billowing smoke and dust.

In this round of blows, the snake man was defenseless, and he was immediately killed and injured.

One hundred alchemy bombs killed more than twenty third-order snake figures on the spot, and more than a dozen were injured.

Richard went to the city with reinforcements from the 1st Squadron and turned the tide of battle in a short time, killing and wounding more than 50 Serpentine heavy infantry.

Relying on Richard's powerful spells, the first squadron made two killer alchemy bombs, and the snakes who were hit in an instant suffered heavy casualties.

The Serpent Heavy Infantry was shrouded in gunsmoke, and the formation immediately became chaotic.

The second and third squadrons also climbed to the top of the city.

In these two squadrons, more than ten soldiers were equipped with enchanted bows and crossbows, and the sharpshooters in these armies drew their bowstrings and shot at the snakes.

At the same time, ordinary archers also released arrows one after another, shooting a rain of arrows, suppressing the advance of the snake-body heavy infantry.

Seeing that the casualties were increasing, there were more and more defenders on the city.

The increasing casualties suffered by the orcs, especially the snake-clad professionals, made Maruland's heart ache. He estimated the situation, felt that it was difficult to take the castle, and had the intention of retreating.

Maluland roared in anger and bravely pushed back Sharp, jumping off the wall with agility.

The castle of Pratos is more than ten meters high, and the minotaur jumped unharmed.

Seeing the minotaur retreating, Richard immediately decided to fight a counterattack and defeat his opponent in one go.

He ordered the city gates to be opened, and the Warcraft cavalry swarmed out.

The cavalry pressed the speed and slowly moved forward in a dense formation, approaching the squadron of snakes, and threw the alchemy bomb in their hands.

Another hundred alchemy bombs were thrown into the Snake Army, killing and wounding twenty or thirty Snake Professionals.

Soros then commanded the cavalry to bypass the griffins and attack the kobold squadron on the flank.

The Serpent Heavy Infantry is an army of professionals, and like the Warcraft Cavalry, it is an important force in the Orc army.

Attacking the serpentine heavy infantry, the casualties must be not small.

Soros is also an officer who has led troops for many years and will not make such low-level mistakes.

The Warcraft cavalry swept by, they were well-armed and powerful, and they were all more numerous than the kobold squadron.

The two sides fought, and the Warcraft cavalry rushed through and easily defeated the opponent.

The orcs were originally in retreat, and in the face of the extremely powerful Warcraft cavalry, they couldn't resist it at all.

In the time of a stick of incense, four orc squadrons were routed, killing and wounding more than four hundred soldiers.

The losses of the cavalry in Haaland's territory were only more than 30 people, and more than half of them were auxiliary cavalry.

The Warcraft cavalry pursued in front, Richard followed with the infantry of Haaland's territory, and the Heihe County coalition army was the third echelon.

The castle of Pratos was given to the two barons Sharp and Leon to garrison.

The pursuit went very smoothly, and it was not until Maluland returned to the camp that he barely managed to stabilize his position and block the counterattack.

The orcs had the advantage of camping, and Richard was reluctant to fight a brutal siege war with the orcs.

In this way, even if you defeat the orcs, you will lose a lot of money, and it will be difficult to recover in a short time.

After a little weighing, Richard chose to take it as soon as he saw it.

After the battle, Maluland counted the casualties and found that there were 1,400 dead and wounded, and almost a large group of orcs were killed outside the city of Platos.

What he deplored the most was the casualties of the serpents, thirty-nine killed and fifty-six wounded.

The siege failed, and more than half of the snake-body heavy infantry suffered casualties. Fortunately, the injured snakes, after being treated by the orc shaman, can mostly recover.

The casualties of the orcs were not light, and the total casualties of the Platos defenders were only five hundred, and the vast majority of them were soldiers under the command of the two barons Sharp and Leon.

Because the soldiers who used the trebuchets behaved very badly, Richard immediately ordered the execution of several officers who commanded the trebuchets by military law, and used them to make an example of the monkeys.

After the defeat of Maluland, he stayed in the camp for the time being.

Richard sent cavalry to attack the rear of Maruland's troops.

It was easy to defeat a squadron of food carriers and free a group of human slaves who were transporting supplies for the orcs.

This group of slaves were all captives captured by the main force of the orcs from the Earl of Martins, and the total number of them exceeded 6,000.

The food route was unstable, and the Maluland camp had only stockpiled less than a month's worth of food.

Although he wanted to retreat, Richard was unwilling to let him go, and even set up camp two kilometers behind the orcs.

The soldiers under Richard's command totaled more than three thousand, all of whom were fresh troops, who had just won the battle and had sufficient morale.

The orc soldiers under the command of Maluland, the main force is only 2,000 left, and the remaining 1,000 are sheep-headed people and other waste.

He now barely relied on the fortifications of the camp, and he was no match for Richard in the field.

Seeing the situation deteriorate day by day, Maruland can only put his hope on Gunderson.

He sent a message to Gunderson, hoping that Gunderson would move his troops north to attack Haaland's territory.

Once Haaland's territory is lost, and the soldiers' relatives, wives and children are captured by the orcs, the morale of the army will inevitably be chaotic, and the two orc armies can defeat Richard in one fell swoop and eat the wealth accumulated in Haaland's territory.

It's a pity that the Gunderson Department was also pinned down by Viscount Rohmon and the coalition of nobles of Geda Province.

Gunderson received a strict order from Drency, the commander of the Orc Legion, to protect the rear of the main Orc Legion.

If you don't solve the aristocratic alliance led by Viscount Rohman, you won't be able to complete this task at all.

Gunderson's position and strength surpassed Marulland, and of course it was impossible to accept Marluland's request to abandon his combat mission and go north to deal with Richard.

Seeing that food is getting scarcer and less, morale is getting lower and lower.

Maluland finally decided to fight a field battle with Richard's army. Only by defeating the opponent head-on can the orcs under the command of Maluland have a chance to survive.

The situation has reached this point, and Maluland can only make a desperate bet.

(End of chapter)