The fortress of Pratos fought fiercely for three days, and the orcs suffered 4,000 casualties.

Although the orc culture is barbaric and its ability to withstand casualties exceeds that of the human army, the casualties are close to one-third, which has a very serious impact on the morale of the orcs.

Moreover, there were still human defenders in the Platos Line, 800 soldiers of the Northern Legion in Fortress 3, and nearly 2,000 allied troops in Fortress 9 and Fortress 8.

In order to keep the way back, it is necessary to leave 4,000 orcs to watch over this enemy.

With 6,000 orcs deep behind enemy lines, the slightest mistake would lead to the annihilation of the entire army, and it was difficult for Glaudaan to make such a determination as a cautious commander.

Moreover, the onslaught of three consecutive days had exhausted the last bit of strength of the orcs, and Glaudain was no longer able to continue the march, so he could only rest for a while.

After weighing the pros and cons, Glaudan immediately wrote a battle report to the commander-in-chief, Kiram, reporting the details of the battle, and writing his own opinion, asking for some reinforcements for him. Only by transferring back the four major brigades of this regiment can we be sure of carrying out the order to insert ourselves behind enemy lines.

Through the Harpy's aerial reconnaissance, Glaudain already knew that through the Pratos Mountains was the densely populated area of the Haaland Command, which could recruit more than 50,000 serfs to defend the city.

Although the serf army is very weak in combat, as long as they dare to fight hard, they can still kill and injure orcs in defensive battles.

While Glaudain was waiting for reinforcements to repair, the orc army on the eastern front of Harland's territory was besieged on three sides.

The Gatling Division originally planned to go deep alone and attract the Grant Kingdom army, adopt the tactics of center-flowering, attack the rear of the Harland Command, shake the morale of the army on the northern front, and cooperate with the main force to encircle and annihilate the enemy.

Unexpectedly, after passing through the Harland Territory, he fell into the trap of the Grant Kingdom army.

The orcs had just conquered the Viscount of Nelson and were about to enter the core of Harland's territory along the Black River, only to find that the Grizzly Legion had entered Greyford County and was stopped halfway.

After the establishment of Grotta Province, the Grant Kingdom had a total of four legions in the northern frontier, three of which had been engaged in battle, each legion held back an orc army, and only the Grizzly Legion was still operating in the rear.

Despite the heavy losses of the Grizzly Legion in the last war, with more than half of the soldiers being recruits, this army is more than 20,000 after all, and it is also equipped with alchemy bombs, and its combat effectiveness far exceeds that of the Gatling Orcs.

The orcs had expected that the Grizzly Legion would learn the lessons of the last war and would not leave the fortified fortress rashly to avoid falling into the orc trap.

Unexpectedly, William took over as the commander of the Grizzlies, and William has a special relationship with Haaland, so he will inevitably cooperate with Haaland to fight.

After the orc invasion, Soros had already informed William of the situation of the Gatling Department through the Griffin Knight.

Armed with detailed information, William was able to persuade the main officers to appear near Graveson with reinforcements and block the Gatling army.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Gatling wanted to return the way he came, but was blocked by Soros in his retreat. At the same time, the Flying Eagle Legion in the east also stuck the lower reaches of the Black River, leaving the Gatling Department surrounded by the Three-Way Army.

Among the three armies, the Grizzly Legion in the west has the strongest combat effectiveness, with about 20,000 soldiers and a 300-man Warcraft cavalry. The Soros division on the northern road is second, with a total of 7,000 regular troops in the Haaland territory, and although the Flying Eagle Legion in the east has 12,000 soldiers, its combat effectiveness is the weakest, far less powerful than the Soros department.

The Gatling Division originally had five orc brigades, adding up to more than 10,000 orc troops, but was ambushed by the Normans at the Canyon Castle and lost 1,600 men, and attacked the Viscount of Nelson, losing more than 700 men. Now the main force of the orcs is less than 8,000 people left.

Eight thousand orcs were besieged by a three-way army, and suddenly fell into a situation where the heavens should not be and the earth was not spiritual.

The orcs originally planned to adopt the tactic of flying on both wings, and the main force was hoarded in the middle of the Eagle Mountain Range, pinning down the army of Haaland's territory, using the two divisions of Gatling and Glaudain as arrows to insert into the hinterland of Haaland's territory, disrupting the battle line of Haaland's territory from the inside, and completely destroying this enemy who was on the rise.

Unexpectedly, Haaland's territory went the opposite way, trying his best to delay Glaudain in the west, taking advantage of Glaudan's cautious personality to buy time. On the Eastern Front, he cooperated with the garrison of the Grant Kingdom of Lah Province and successfully besieged the Gatlings.

William was not at ease with the combat effectiveness of this second-line legion because he had commanded the Feiyan Legion to fight, so he arranged for them to guard the Flying Eagle Castle and set up a water village to block the orcs and prevent the orcs from advancing eastward.

The Grizzly Legion marched north and south with the Soros Army, destroying the orc army in the field.

The Gatlings, despite their preoccupation with the Gatling, were reluctant to engage the humans and wanted to rely on the speed of their marches to get rid of the enemy.

However, both the Grizzly Legion and the Harland Legion were elite field armies, and although their marching speed was slightly slower than that of the Orcs, they were internal marches, which could be supplemented to a certain extent, and the large numbers of people quickly limited the Orcs to a small terrain of a few square kilometers.

At this point, the Gatlin could not avoid the fate of being surrounded.

The spring rain was continuous, and large drops of rain fell from the sky, but in this terrible weather, humans and orcs had to fight hard.

The orc army was stationed on a mountain ridge and occupied the favorable terrain.

Haaland leads the Grizzlies, and if they want to destroy this enemy, they must attack from the back.

In the rear of Soros's department, dozens of catapults were assembled by a large number of craftsmen.

Haaland has developed for so many years, has trained tens of thousands of craftsmen, and the industry has also developed to a certain level. Especially for standard equipment, the size and specifications are exactly the same, and as long as you bring enough parts, it is very easy to assemble a trebuchet.

In just half a day, a large number of trebuchets have been assembled. With the officer's order, the winch hand waved the sharp blade in his hand, cut the rope on the trebuchet, and the huge clapstick was raised high, and the stone projectiles weighing dozens of catties rained down on the orcs.

Despite the unfavorable terrain, the orcs lacked long-range projection means, and the Soros advance camp was very close to the orc camp, and the stone projectiles could still shoot a distance of more than 130 meters to attack the orcs.

In an instant, a large number of orcs were hit by stones, and for a time the orc camp was bloody and bloody, killing and injuring many people.

The orc officers organized several teams, wanting to take advantage of the geographical advantage to fight a few counter-charges and drive the army led by Haaland down the mountain, but unfortunately they could not break through the formation led by Haaland at all. On the contrary, he was killed and injured by arrows and alchemy bombs, and suffered heavy casualties.

Soros alone is a headache for the orcs, and the Grizzly Legion led by William is not a fuel-efficient lamp. The orcs could only disperse their forces to fend off the enemy on both sides of the mountain beam.

In just one afternoon, the orcs were killed and wounded nearly three thousand people, crushed in small mountain beams.

"Bump!"

A stone bullet smashed against the wooden fence with a muffled thud, and the broken pieces of wood flew everywhere, hitting four or five orcs at once.

Immediately, the wails rang out, and the miserable sight affected the other orcs, causing everyone to fall into fear.

Seeing that the wailing of the wounded soldiers affected their morale, perhaps because the pressure was too great, a third-order lion man officer immediately rushed over, brandishing a long knife in his hand, and hacked to death a few wailing wounded soldiers without hesitation.

In an instant, the neighborhood became unusually quiet, and the air seemed to freeze.

Most of the wounded soldiers killed by the lionman officers were werewolves.

In the orc empire, there are serious contradictions among the various races, and if it were not for the pressure of the human empire, the various chaotic races would not unite to form an orc alliance.

The Lionman officer's slaughter of the werewolf's wounded soldiers caused public outrage in an instant.

A werewolf soldier let out a long roar and raised the iron spear in his hand to stab at the third-order lionman. The werewolf beside him had red eyes, and almost did not hesitate, and attacked the brutal lionman with a weapon in hand.

The orc army is hierarchical, and there is a serious power imbalance between the upper and lower ranks, and this kind of thing rarely happens.

The third-order lion man didn't react at all, and died in the blink of an eye from the siege of werewolf soldiers.

Once civil strife arises, it is difficult to suppress it, and the orc army is still under siege. Receiving news of the werewolf soldiers' rebellion, the Gatling finally suppressed the civil unrest, but the human army below launched a general attack.

William and Soros are both experienced commanders, with more than 30 years of military experience, participated in hundreds of battles, and are veterans of hundreds of battles from the northern Xinjiang region.

Although the time of civil strife among the orcs was short-lived, they seized the opportunity and launched an onslaught from the north and south at the same time.

Suddenly there was a fierce drum beat in the wilderness, and the heavy infantry phalanx organized a formation and quickly attacked the orcs.

"Soldiers, the time has come to avenge our brothers and sisters, the orcs can no longer hold on, and we will win this battle. Follow me and kill all the orcs. ”

Thoros rode an iron wildebeest, let out a roar, and led the charge at the orcs. He rode on an iron horned horse, and kept pulling the bowstring in his hand to open the bow from side to side. Soros's archery skills have entered the realm, and among the millions of armed men in the Grant Kingdom, he can also rank in the top 100.

Every time he shoots an enchanted arrow, he can kill an orc professional.

Although Soros is only a seventh-order professional, his threat to orc officers is a few points stronger than that of William of the ninth order.

Seeing that Soros was so brave and killed and wounded a large number of his own people, the orc deputy commander Gatling wanted to organize a counterattack and kill this enemy.

Unexpectedly, the Grizzlies rushed to the top of the mountain.

After all, the Grizzly Legion has a three-hundred-man Warcraft cavalry, and this cavalry is the core of the Grizzly Legion's combat effectiveness. In the last battle, although the Grizzly Legion suffered heavy losses, this Warcraft cavalry has been replenished after three years because of its fast speed and relatively light combat power losses.

At the time of attacking, the impact of the Warcraft cavalry was extremely amazing, and hundreds of Warcraft warhorses released spells at the same time, causing extremely strong destructive power. Three hundred magic missiles hit it, and with the rain of arrows fired, it directly defeated the two squadrons of orcs.

William took the lead, and the enchanted sword in his hand turned into afterimages, rolling up a whirlwind of death on the way forward, and more than a dozen orcs who couldn't dodge were cut off by William.

Blood splattered out with internal organs, turning into a hellish scene.

Seeing that the enemy would be so brave, Gatling could only give up trouble with Soros and go toe-to-toe with William.

Gatling is an eighth-order lion, his strength is very strong, William is also a gifted person, and his professional level is even higher than that of Gatlin, and the fight between the two is extremely dangerous, and every time the weapon collides, it erupts with a sound like thunder.

But William had countless comrades around him, and an iron wildebeest under his crotch to ride, while Gatlin had only twenty or thirty orc soldiers around him.

After just one attack, Gatelin had become a loner.

Although he was an eighth-order professional and still had bloodline spells to use, surrounded by three hundred Warcraft cavalry, Gatling's fate was already sealed.

Gatling had just blocked the attacks of several professional officers, and the flaws were immediately revealed. Seeing that the flaw appeared, William raised the enchanted spear and launched a decisive charge, and the huge impact instantly pierced through the enchanted armor on Gatling's body, and the eighth-order lion man still died in William's hands despite desperate struggles.

The death of Gatling greatly damaged the morale of the orcs, and the remaining orcs could no longer organize resistance, and wanted to flee for their lives down the mountain in a panic.

The orcs had long been surrounded by human legions, and with the exception of a few lucky ones who escaped while it was dark, the vast majority of the orcs had been taken prisoner.

After the battle, the two armies combined and captured a total of 3,200 orcs, of which more than 200 were orc professionals, but unfortunately there were no harpys among the captives.

Richard participated in six orc invasions and was a fifteen-year veteran who had led his troops to capture the orc deputy commander, but not the harpy.

The casualties of the two armies were not very heavy, and the Haaland forces led by Soros suffered more than 260 casualties and 450 minor and serious injuries. William's Grizzlies suffered heavy casualties, with about 426 killed and nearly 700 wounded.

In this battle, the human legion suffered 1,800 casualties, nearly 700 casualties, annihilated the 8,000 orc army, killed the orc deputy commander Gatlin, captured 3,200 orcs, and won a brilliant victory.

After this battle, half of the orcs were annihilated, and the balance of victory and defeat was reversed by a few points.

After annihilating the Gatling Division, the Grizzly Bear Army led by William did not have time to rest, and letters for help were sent from the east and west in no particular order.

The west is naturally led by Haaland, and Richard sent a letter of help to his father William, hoping to join forces with the Grizzlies to defeat the main army of Kiram in one fell swoop.

The letter for help from the east came from Duke Jonathan, and the troops led by Prince Macmillan could no longer withstand the attack of the two orc legions, so they sent a letter of help to the Grizzly Legion in the rear.

William is Richard's father and a member of the Haaland family, and Haaland is closer to the Grizzlies, so he will naturally support Fort William nearby. Moreover, there are three legion orcs in this direction, and the pressure is even heavier.

(End of chapter)