Because the trajectory can be calculated, the accuracy of the trebuchet is relatively accurate.

The rhythm of the trebuchet's projectile was very steady, and in just a minute or two, sixty alchemy bombs were thrown.

Alchemy bombs continued to explode around the Medus, splattering shrapnel flying in all directions, sweeping down a piece of the nearby Medus.

Although I didn't look at the statistics, the casualties of the snake people were already not light, with twenty or thirty casualties, about one-fifth of the casualties.

The heavy casualties made the snakes furious, and they increased their speed and broke through the range of the trebuchet's strike.

In just one minute, he came to the camp 200 meters away.

Just as the Serpent was about to launch the final charge, Butler, who commanded the trebuchet, recalculated the trajectory, adjusted the counterweight, and marked the range between 150 and 200 meters.

At Butler's order, the trebuchet dropped another alchemy bomb.

The alchemy bomb exploded again in the Snake Army, and the smoke of gunpowder rose, and the Snake Man once again ushered in serious attrition.

Hit by the alchemy bomb in succession, the snake people finally had a sense of fear, they roared wildly, and used all their strength to move forward quickly, and finally rushed out of the range of the trebuchet.

The snake man was already less than a hundred meters away from the battle line, and with such a short distance, it only took a few tens of seconds to rush to the front of the formation.

In such a short time, Butler had no time to calculate the ballistics and adjust the weights.

The Serpentine heavy infantry, numbering only about one hundred and twenty, had been hit twice by trebuchets, and had already suffered more than fifty casualties, nearly half of which had been lost.

Looking at the tragic death of his companions around him, the scene was tragic, shocking, but also terrifying.

The remaining snakes roared vigorously and rushed to the front of the line.

Facing the onslaught of the snake-clad man, the veterans did not panic. They took out the alchemy bomb from their waists one after another and threw it accurately into the snake body array.

A veteran of the Haaland Domain, not only a good archer, but also a qualified grenadier.

Although the alchemy bomb weighed two kilograms, the veterans could easily throw it from a distance of sixty meters, and the accuracy was extraordinary.

There are more than 4,000 soldiers in Haaland's territory, and only more than 1,000 recruits have been trained for just one year, although the recruits have sophisticated equipment and complete training, but no matter how good the recruit training is, they are also recruits, and they have not experienced the pressure of the battlefield, and the experience between them and the veterans will never be surmountable.

In order to alleviate the impact of this aspect, in addition to the three backbone forces of the 1st Squadron, the 2nd Squadron, and the 3rd Squadron, Richard tried his best to mix new recruits with veterans.

But only after a few hard battles and the test of blood and fire can you get through the recruit period and become a qualified soldier.

The Serpents came into range of the grenadiers and ushered in another attrition.

This time, there were more casualties, and in just a few tens of meters, the snake man had already fallen thirty or forty.

The Serpentine officer looked at his companions and saw that less than a quarter of the soldiers had rushed out.

As soon as the snake man appeared in front of the two armies, the Warcraft cavalry immediately launched a surprise attack from the flank, and in just a minute or two, the Warcraft cavalry rushed through a few hundred meters away.

In three years, the number of Warcraft cavalry in Haaland's territory has exceeded 100 cavalry, and there are more than 40 professional officers.

After nine years of struggle, the combat effectiveness of this Warcraft cavalry in Richard's hands has surpassed that of the Knights of Baron Harden,

The Monster Cavalry struck from the Serpent's flank and fired a round of magic missiles.

Hundreds of magic missiles exploded in the back of the snake man, and although it also affected his own personnel, the snake man's losses were even more heavy, with more than twenty casualties.

The continuous blows almost completely annihilated the squadron of snakes.

Fear finally overwhelmed everything, and the remaining dozen or so snakes tried to escape, but they were targeted by the Warcraft cavalry and died under the random arrows.

After consuming 200 alchemy bombs, coupled with the cooperation of the Warcraft cavalry, the army of Haaland's territory annihilated the snakes with minor casualties.

When Duram saw this scene, he immediately shuddered.

In the orc army, there are two all-professional armies, the first is the serpent heavy infantry, and the second is the harpy scouts.

Now the Serpent Heavy Infantry has been completely wiped out, and the Harpy is not good at attacking fortifications.

Moreover, there is no shortage of sharpshooters in Haaland's territory, and the hawkers do not dare to support the battle at low altitudes.

Seeing that the Warcraft cavalry once again rushed towards the flank of the orcs, crushing a squadron of orcs, Duram knew in his heart that defeat in this battle was inevitable.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Duram immediately ordered a retreat and ordered the orcs to burrow into the woods.

If they can burrow into the jungle, it will be inconvenient for the human soldiers to chase after them, so they can do their best to preserve the living force, gather the rout, and still continue to fight the humans.

Outside the fort was still a wilderness, and the forest was less than a kilometer away from the battlefield.

But just this kilometer of distance has become the path of death for the orcs, and the number of orcs who fell on this road exceeded two thousand.

Durham's escape was fast, but Richard had already set his sights on him.

Richard pulled out his longbow, and the tip of the longbow curled up in a whirlwind, and the enchanted arrows on the bowstring were blessed by magic and lit up with a hint of luster.

Then, as soon as the bowstring loosened, the enchanted arrow sliced through the air with a shrill whistling and struck Duram in the back of the heart a moment later.

Duram was bent on escaping, exposing his back to Richard, and was slightly unprepared for Richard's sneak attack, an arrow pierced his heart, and the powerful kinetic energy directly threw Duram to the ground.

Intense pain came, and Duram immediately snapped the shaft of the arrow and pulled it out of his body. The orc shaman beside him hurriedly used healing techniques to stop the bleeding for Duram.

A heavyweight target like Durham, of course, is not just being targeted by Richard alone.

Commanding the Warcraft cavalry to chase down the orcs, Soros, who wanted to get the knighthood, also opened his bow and arrows, aimed at Duram and shot an arrow.

Hearing the whistling of the arrows, Durham didn't dare to slack off this time, seeing the arrows shooting towards his neck, he didn't have time to dodge and directly grabbed a substitute ghost and blocked him in front of him.

Having escaped the mortal danger, Durham looked at it and suddenly felt a sense of regret in his heart.

It turned out that the one who was pulled by him to block the arrow as a substitute for the dead ghost was the orc shaman who saved him twice.

Seeing that the forest was not far away, Duram pushed the orc shaman away and ran away.

Just as Duram ran to the edge of the forest, Richard once again raised the staff of thunder and lightning and unleashed the four-ring magic lightning spell.

The lightning attack was extremely fast, instantly hitting Durham's heart.

This time, Richard increased his magic power, and invested fifteen points of spiritual power at one time, with the blessing of the thunder and lightning staff, the power of this spell has exceeded the nine rings, which is equivalent to a weakened legendary thunder and lightning magic.

Hit by a powerful lightning spell, Durham was killed instantly, and his body was also scorched by electricity, as if it had been struck by lightning.

Duram is an eighth-order orc, and his head can be exchanged for five great merits, which is equal to half a barony, which is quite valuable.

After this battle, coupled with the head of the orc profession, the Haaland family has made enough feats to be crowned a new barony.

After driving the orcs into the forest, Richard did not let the soldiers into the forest to chase them.

Orcs are good at melee combat, and when they enter the forest, the lethality of bows and arrows and alchemy bombs will be weakened a lot, and they need to fight guerrilla warfare and melee combat with orcs.

The soldiers of Haaland's territory are good at positional warfare, regular warfare, and fighting with orcs in the jungle, undoubtedly with their own shortcomings and attacking the enemy's strengths, and the casualty exchange ratio is very uneconomical.

There are also soldiers in Haaland's territory who are good at jungle warfare, that is, demon hunters who have entered the Eagle Mountains many times to hunt for magical beasts. However, these people are all elites drawn from various main forces, and letting the demon hunting team chase and kill the remnants of the orcs will affect the next battle.

After defeating the orcs, the soldiers began to clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded.

"Have the casualties of the various units been counted?"

"The Warcraft cavalry suffered two casualties, seven lightly and seriously wounded, and eleven ordinary cavalrymen were killed and twenty-three were lightly and seriously wounded. The cavalry brigade lost thirteen killed and thirty wounded.

The 1st Brigade suffered 19 killed and 57 wounded, the 2nd Brigade suffered 16 killed and 41 wounded, the 3rd Brigade suffered 32 killed and 86 wounded, and the 4th Brigade suffered 27 killed and 59 wounded. The casualties of the reconnaissance squadron and the guard squadron were relatively light, and the total casualties did not exceed twenty. ”

Hearing the report of the combat staff officer, Richard nodded, and secretly estimated in his heart: "Calculated in this battle, the loss of 400 soldiers and the death of no more than 120 people in this battle can be regarded as a beautiful victory." ”

"Have you counted the results?"

The combat staff officer replied: "The statistics are out, in this battle we annihilated more than 4,000 orc troops, cut off 2,900 orc heads, and captured 1,200 orc prisoners. Killed 268 orc professionals and captured 16 orc professionals. ”

"Count it, see if there are any orc captives needed by the Grant Mage Association, and then treat them and send them to the royal capital in exchange for resources. The orc captives that the king did not want, except for the sheep body people who stayed behind to graze, the rest were sent to the mines. ”

After cleaning the battlefield and counting the casualties, Richard arranged for the 3rd Brigade to be divided into two squadrons to garrison the garrison fort, and one squadron to escort the wounded back to Fort William.

Then eighteen squadrons of infantry, five squadrons of cavalry, and more than three thousand five hundred soldiers marched eastward, along the valley of the northern region of Graveson, together with the allied forces of the nobles led by Viscount Romon, to encircle and annihilate two brigades of orcs in this area.

The coalition of nobles led by Viscount Rohmon numbered about three thousand.

Although the equipment and combat effectiveness of this aristocratic coalition army are not as good as the army of Haaland's territory, the combat effectiveness is also quite impressive.

Most of the nobles in northern Xinjiang have rich experience in warfare and are very willing to invest in military power.

The aristocratic coalition of 3,000 people, with more than 200 pieces of enchanted armor, although its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the main army, it is stronger than the second-line army.

Moreover, Viscount Rohmon is quite famous in Geda Province, and can be called brave and good at fighting.

(End of chapter)