Richard sent a lot of reconnaissance cavalry, and through a few days of reconnaissance and cooperation with the Zachary Department, the enemy situation in the Platos Valley has been clearly investigated.

The strength of the orcs on this road is indeed relatively strong, with a total of five brigades, adding up to about 10,000 people.

Richard personally went to the castle of Platos and negotiated with Zachary on the distribution of the battle line. The defense of the Pratos Valley Pass is still dominated by the Zachary Department.

As the orc army approached, Zachary had already mobilized the three brigades of the Atonement Legion to the Platos fortress complex.

Since yesterday, the orcs have launched a tentative attack. Heavy trebuchets were erected, and the trebuchets on both sides began to fire at each other.

Because the Platos fortress complex has geographical advantages, the trebuchets are all on the mountainside, and the range and power are much farther than the orc trebuchets.

The orc siege troops suffered somewhat, and heavy trebuchets would have smashed a few.

There are 3,000 people guarding here, and the orcs want to break through the defense line, and in a short time, 10,000 troops are still a little insufficient.

Although he didn't know the specific battle plan of the orcs, but now that the information was gradually clear, the main force of the orcs was not in the north of Geda Province, Richard decided to take the initiative to attack and eat the three orc brigades in the north of the fort, and then cooperate with Viscount Rohmon to encircle and annihilate the two orc brigades that made a detour.

Haaland's territory is now stronger, far more powerful than it was three years ago.

Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated.

Despite their good intelligence skills, the Orcs have planted spy men in Blackriver Fort. However, the Haaland territory restricts the movement of people, and the transmission of information is very inefficient. The orcs have not yet placed intelligence personnel in the Harland territory, and they have not figured out the strength of the Harland territory.

The orcs overestimated their own combat effectiveness and did not pay attention to the development of Haaland's territory.

Therefore, it was very rash to make a plan, thinking that three brigades of orcs would be able to contain the army in Haraland's territory.

If you look at the strength of the last battle between the two sides, of course there is no problem with the arrangement of the orcs, and there is even a lot of leeway.

The combat power of the three orc teams is enough to deal with the Harland territory.

But in three years, the strength of Haaland's territory has doubled, and according to Richard's assessment, a frontal field battle is enough to eat three orc brigades.

Early the next morning, Richard gathered all his subordinates, looked at everyone's faces one by one, and said: "The fighter plane has appeared, it's time to give the orcs a hard blow, give the order to go down and gather troops, follow me and kick the orcs in the ass hard!" ”

Richard's voice was very strong and his attitude was very firm, and now that he has made a decision, even if some conservative officers like to play the most defensive counter-attack tactics. But his prestige was too high, and all the officers could only follow Richard's advice.

The conservative officers in the territory are mainly Richard's uncle Soros. Although Soros has different opinions in his heart, the military commander has made up his mind, and he can only keep his opinions in his heart.

At such times, the following cannot easily interfere with the commander's determination.

Soros has been in the army for many years and has a lot of experience, so he knows this very well.

"Orcs have an advantage in detection, and many times the information we detect is deliberately made by orcs to let us find out. Would it be too risky to launch a hasty attack?

What if the orcs lure me out of the castle and set up an ambush outside the fort?

We are a noble private army, and even if we have completed the task by holding the territory, why should we take the initiative to provoke a decisive battle with the main force of the orcs. Once the soldiers lose too much, it is difficult for veterans and officers for many years to replenish them, and Richard doesn't know if he has thought it through? Soros was secretly worried about talking to Richard, but he was afraid that it would affect his determination.

Leading the army to fight, the most taboo is the lack of unity of command.

Although the higher authorities can promote military democracy and let the lower levels put forward their opinions, once the higher authorities have made up their minds, the lower levels must complete the task to the letter.

Soros hesitated for a moment and decided to trust Richard.

Judging from the results of several battles, Richard felt a lot better on the battlefield than him.

Since Richard believed the scout's judgment and felt the need to fight this battle, Soros couldn't hold back and kept the words of persuasion in his heart.

The fort was garrisoned by a third brigade and an auxiliary squadron.

The orc camp was stationed in the northern part of the fort, and this time the orc commander was very cautious and did not rashly send troops to attack the fort.

The terrain of the fort was very dangerous, and a tentative attack was of no use except to increase casualties.

Through Harpy scouting, the orcs have figured out that the castle defenders are more than a thousand.

The trebuchets of the defenders of Haaland's territory are very accurate, the soldiers' archery skills are accurate and ruthless, and they will throw alchemy bombs at critical times, even if a thousand soldiers defend the city, the three groups of orcs are not sure to gnaw down the hard bone of the soldier station fort.

The orc army gave them the task of containing the army of the Harland territory, and did not let them fight to the death with the Harland territory.

The reason why the orcs camped outside the fort was entirely to compete for geographical advantages, and outside the fort was a three-way terrain, and if they held this three-way crossing, they would guard the back road of the east and west passages.

By noon, the First Brigade, the Second Brigade, the Fourth Brigade, the Warcraft Cavalry Brigade, the two reconnaissance squadrons at the headquarters, the guard squadron, and the mage squad all gathered at Fort William, with a total number of about 3,600 people.

Fort William is thirty kilometers away from Fort Garrison, and if you speed up, according to the quality of the army in Haaland's territory, you can appear on the battlefield before evening.

Rest for an hour or two, and in the middle of the night you can launch a surprise battle.

In famous battles in history, almost all famous generals will mobilize their troops before the battle to boost morale and thus obtain stronger combat effectiveness.

Zachary, the former commander of the Northern Legion, was very good at pre-war mobilization, and even William was a master in this area.

Before Richard went to war, he also had to carry out a propaganda mobilization.

"Soldiers, tonight we are going to fight, many of you are veterans and have participated in many battles. But there are still quite a few recruits who, although they have been trained for three years, have little experience in warfare.

From the faces of many people, I can see nervousness, anxiety, and even fear and fear.

But I tell you, we are people from the North, living in this land, and no one can refuse to fight, whether it is a nobleman or a serf.

If we fail, the orcs will storm the castles of the territory, and your parents and children will become captives of the orcs.

Many people in the territory have been captives of the orcs, and there are even many soldiers who have also been captives of the orcs, and they will tell them what kind of day it was? Our loved ones will become pigs and sheep, slaughtered at any moment and reduced to food for the orcs.

For the sake of the fate of our loved ones, we must overcome the fear of death, overcome our own psychological weaknesses, and fight to the death against the orcs.

Many recruits are still indentured slaves and have no freedom in life, and they envy the high salaries and good treatment of veterans.

I tell you today that you don't need to be envious of these things, as long as you can kill an orc today and make a war achievement, the recruits can also be free in advance.

If you die in battle, your family will be pardoned, your whole family will be freed, and you will receive good pensions and benefits.

In war, blood and death cannot be avoided, but please keep each other watching, I, Richard Haaland, will never abandon you, and if I take a step back, ask the soldiers to cut off my head.

I will not retreat, none of you can take a step back, whoever dares to retreat, no matter the depth of seniority, the size of the official position, I will also cut off his head. ”

After mobilization, the soldiers had lunch, took a small portion of their dry rations, left Fort Wilhelm, and marched towards Fort Garrison.

Just a few kilometers out of the city, I found the Harpy from a distance to reconnoiter from a distance.

Richard estimated the distance and shook his head in annoyance when he found that it was out of range of the enchanted bow and arrow.

I was going to launch a surprise attack, but I didn't expect to be unlucky, and I was already exposed just out of the city.

Now that the surprise attack has failed, it can only be fought with real swords and real guns.

After the Harpy detected the information, he immediately transmitted the news back to the orc camp.

The officer commanding the three orc teams was an eighth-order boar man named Duram.

Durham is the deputy commander of the Orc Legion, in command of five brigades of orcs, and is equivalent to Richard's old rival Gunderson.

After receiving the information detected by the Harpy, Duram said in disbelief: "Is the human commander a fool, do you still want to launch a surprise attack?" ”

In the last Orc invasion war, the commander of the Northern Legion, Zachary, achieved a brilliant victory through two wonderful night raids.

After receiving the information from the Harpy, the orcs immediately thought that Richard was going to repeat his old tricks and launched a night surprise attack.

"Pass on my order, each squadron will send more sentries tonight, so that the soldiers will take turns to rest and prepare for the night attack of humans."

In the evening, Richard arrived at the fort with his soldiers, and he personally climbed the watchtower, observed the orc camp, and found that the orcs were ready and digging trenches.

After dinner, Richard immediately gave the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron a combat mission.

"In the second half of the night, you are a small team and firing rockets at the orc camp, making a lot of noise. Your mission today is to raid the orc camp, drain the orc's energy, and prevent the orcs from getting a good night's sleep, and tomorrow there will be no combat mission for you. ”

In the second half of the night, the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron made a big show and attacked the orc camp several times in a row.

Although Duram quickly saw through the intentions of the reconnaissance squadron, in order to be sure, he still left three squadrons without sleep all night to prevent the human soldiers from pretending to be real and launching a surprise attack in the middle of the night.

Early the next morning, Richard walked out of the fort with 4,500 soldiers and approached the orc camp.

Arriving at a distance of four or five hundred meters from the orc camp, Richard set up camp, built fortifications, and assembled catapults.

With more than 6,000 orcs and fortifications to help, Richard was reluctant to fight on the battlefield preset by the orcs and break his head.

Encamping four or five hundred meters away from the orc camp is equivalent to aiming a sharp sword at the orc's throat.

If the orcs ignore it, Richard installed a trebuchet, which can use the calculation of ballistics to exert a longer range and attack the orc camp.

The orcs are very dull in using trebuchets and not accurate enough, and it is self-inflicted to shoot with trebuchets in Harland's territory.

If the orcs take the initiative to attack the camp, the siege battle will turn into a battle in formation.

Such a change is certainly beneficial to the Haaland territory, which is actively seeking to fight.

In the past three years, the Harland Magic Association has grown rapidly, and now there are many magicians who can burn explosive runes, and by the time the war began, the territory had already accumulated 1,200 alchemy bombs.

The alchemy bomb weighed only a few kilograms, and with a lightweight counterweight catapult, it could be thrown up to 500 meters away.

And to throw heavy stone projectiles, the range of the trebuchet is only about two or three hundred meters.

At a distance of five hundred meters, the soldiers of Haaland's territory have the initiative, and when the camp is repaired, the orcs will inevitably suffer.

Duram was confused when he found that humans were building a camp outside the castle, although he was a wild boar man, his personality was more cautious and his sensitivity to the battlefield situation was not enough. The reason why he was able to command five orc brigades and become the deputy commander of the orc legion was mainly due to the high professional level.

An overly cautious character, although it is not easy to fall into the enemy's trap, it is difficult to grasp the initiative on the battlefield.

Seeing Richard's camp, Durham suppressed the opinions of the officers below and did not take the initiative to attack.

As a result, when the camp was repaired, the trebuchet was successfully assembled.

More than a dozen alchemy bombs were launched and thrown into the orc camp, and in an instant, several alchemy bombs hit the orc tent.

In the blink of an eye, the orcs killed and wounded dozens or so.

The catapult constantly fired alchemy bombs, and the hit rate was very high, more than 95% of them hit the orc camp.

Such a high accuracy rate is due to the fact that the magician calculated the trajectory in advance.

Although Richard turned in the drawings of the counterweight trebuchet, he did not tell Nolan's engineers how to calculate the trajectory.

Compared to trebuchet drawings, the method of calculating the trajectory is more critical. The first is to be proficient in the principle of leverage, and the second is to understand classical physics and calculate the gravitational acceleration of the dawn plane. Thirdly, I will be able to calculate parabolic lines, and I will use a lot of knowledge of algebra, geometry, and calculus.

In Haaland's territory, there are only four people who can calculate ballistics. In addition to Richard, Sophia, and Wendy, only the very smart Butler can take on the task of calculating the trajectory, and even the other two magicians in the territory, Anne and Hiss, are not good at ballistics and counterweights because of the lack of mathematical knowledge.

The trebuchet continued to eject, and after a dozen rounds, one hundred and twenty alchemy bombs were dropped.

Because of the high accuracy, these one hundred and twenty alchemy bombs achieved very good results.

Duram counted casualties and found that more than 190 orcs were killed and about 500 wounded.

Seeing that the human side was still dropping alchemy bombs, Duram couldn't watch the orcs just be beaten and not fight back.

If the situation continues, the morale of the orcs will become very low. It may not be in melee combat with Haaland's territory, and it will be defeated by humans.

In desperation, Duram could only organize his troops and take the initiative to attack the camp built by Richard, hoping to get close to the army of Haaland's territory and crush the opponent with close combat.

I can't code words tonight, and there is only one change in the manuscript

(End of chapter)