In addition to the territory of Haaland, the orcs gathered sixteen brigades to once again break through the defenses of the Earl of Martins, annihilated a legion of redeemers, and captured Sontao Castle.

Once again, a large number of members of the Martins family died in the war.

The reason why the orcs were able to conquer Songtao Castle by surprise this time is that it is said that many original alchemy bombs were used.

The Alchemy Bomb is considered a rare weapon in the Dawn Plane, and in addition to the Alchemy Bomb produced by the Grant Kingdom, the Alchemy Bomb produced by the Elemental Heart of the Celtic Kingdom is the original.

In the past, when the great nobles of the Grant Kingdom went to the Magic Kingdom on the Southwest Coast to trade, they would usually buy a small amount.

Orcs have a lot of contact with the Magic Kingdom of Makholm (Magic Council), the United Kingdom of Celts (Elemental Heart), the Kingdom of Kroya Mountain (Mountain Tower), the Pale Lands (Necromantic Council), the Kingdom of Storm Strait (House of Wizards), and the Kingdom of Palmera Icefield (Ice Witch).

These magical kingdoms and the Divine Radiance Empire are in great conflict of interest because of their beliefs.

In the previous orc invasions, the Grant Kingdom used a lot of alchemy bombs, and this time the orcs also reciprocated.

Unexpectedly, hundreds of alchemy bombs played such a crucial role, not only annihilating the Ransom Legion, but also conquering Songtao Castle three times.

In just over ten years, the Martins family has fallen into the castle three times, even if King Roger helped borrow a loan and invested a lot of resources, he could not stabilize the situation.

It seems that after the war, the Martins family will give up their territory and develop into other regions. After all, the Martins family doesn't have many descendants now.

The close lineage of the Earl of Donnie Martins basically died in the process of falling into the castle three times. Now only three sons remain as hereditary barons of the original domain.

The Martins family is the hereditary barons of the province of Floda, the nobles of the province of Florida have always been the hardcore of the royal family, even if they give up the territory of the northern frontier and lose their status as a great nobleman, the Martins family is still a hereditary noble, and it is still far from complete decline.

After years of struggle, a man was finally promoted to a great nobleman, and it only lasted for more than ten years.

This is the norm in the Dawn Plane

Every level of this world is difficult to cross.

It is more difficult to keep it after crossing the leap than to be promoted to a knighthood. For example, the barons such as Grumand and Vader, who climbed up from the bottom, if it weren't for the strong monarch Richard, this time facing the attack of the orcs, it would definitely be a situation where the territory was lost.

Although Grumman and Vader are very capable, they can keep their territory, and the situation near the territory is the key.

Although Count Donnie Martins was very capable, it was a pity that the external situation was not good when he was knighted, and King Charles did not give him support, and finally died at the hands of the orcs.

After Donnie Martins died in battle, even if King Roger gave the Martins family resources, the Martins family still did not end optimistically.

In the past decade or so, the rise of Haaland's territory has changed the situation in northern Xinjiang, making many noble territories safe from then on. The reason why the coalition army of the nobles of Geda Province is willing to obey Richard's command is mainly to see this.

After conquering the county of Martins, the orcs poured along the Kaeya River, and Blaze Castle was once again the front line. However, the combat effectiveness of the Wild Lion Legion far exceeded that of the defenders of Count Martins, and the situation was finally stabilized.

There are more than 30,000 orcs in the upper reaches of the Kaia River, and the western part of the Duke of Harland has suddenly become very dangerous.

Because the western part of Haaland's territory was a familiar land developed by the Kingdom of Grant, and there was also a berserk legion to protect the flanks, Richard did not deploy heavy troops in this direction. The focus of the defense of Haaland's territory has been the northern defensive line.

If the orcs split up a few large groups and attack the Iron Lion Castle (formerly Barony Harden), the situation will become particularly dangerous.

After the situation changed, Richard mobilized 3,000 auxiliaries to the Iron Lion Castle and asked for help from the province of Geda.

Now the province of Lach is surrounded on three sides by the Duke of Haraland, and Fort Flying Eagle has also become the territory of Duke Haraland, the Flying Eagle Legion has long been withdrawn, and the Grizzly Legion has been transferred south, leaving only the Feiyan Legion as a second-tier legion.

Gascoin was too busy to take care of itself, and the Wild Lion Legion had some difficulty in protecting itself in the face of the attack of the superior forces of the orcs. Only the province of Geda has not yet entered the war and has enough reinforcements.

Although Richard was the Duke of Northern Xinjiang, he had no direct jurisdiction over the garrisons of the royal domain.

In order to avoid anyone threatening their rule, the Grant royal family did not establish a complete command organ in northern Xinjiang, not only did the four dukes of northern Xinjiang fight separately, but even the garrisons of the three provinces directly under the royal family have no unified command. Prevent anyone from relying on their military exploits and prestige to control the central army in the north.

After Richard's letter of request for help arrived, the nobles of Geda Province did not make it difficult.

After all, the Duke of Haaland is the first line of defense in Geda Province, if he does not save him in the face of death, he annoys Richard, and deliberately opens a passage to fight a tacit battle with the orcs, in addition to the Duke of Haaland, there are also local nobles and northern legions.

The Duke of York saw death that year, and pushed back to the reinforcement of Edward's Collate, so Edward and the Orc tacit battle fought a tacit battle, deliberately let go of the defensive line, and let the Orc army pass through the Duke of Edward's County and attack the Duke of York.

Caught off guard, the Duke of York suffered heavy losses, the population was plundered by orcs, slaughtered millions, and many Duke of York's nobles and families died.

Although the kingdom of Grant does not have an idiom of cold lips and teeth, they all know the meaning of this idiom.

The coalition of nobles in Heihe County had already organized themselves and took the initiative to go to the front. The combined forces of the nobles of Rohmon County and Breena County gathered together and rushed to Iron Lion Castle to help the Duke of Harland secure its defenses.

At the same time, the cavalry regiment of the Knight Academy also began to mobilize in full force, and this elite unit was mobilized three days later, and this front was commanded by the most experienced Viscount Rohm.

The Northern Legion, as the general reserve, under the command of Commander Rabe, was ready to rush to the front.

To the east of the Dukedom of Haaland, the Dukedom of Jonathan is facing the attack of two legions of orcs, and at the same time has to defend against the legendary black dragon, the two have a faint tendency to unite, which puts the Dukedom of Jonathan under heavy pressure. Over the years, the Jonathan family has sent a large number of elites to the Grand Duchy of Starnik, and the remaining troops are very difficult to defend, let alone support other directions.

The two dukedoms, Edward and Fawkes, resisted the four orc legions, and were also unable to provide support to the Dukedom of Haraland.

In front of the Duke of Harland, there were forty-four infantry brigades of orcs, with a total strength of nearly 90,000, it can be said that the orcs regarded this defense line as the focus of their attack, and the Harland Lords had a heavy responsibility on their shoulders.

Probably because Richard caused a lot of casualties to the orc army, the orcs will focus their attacks on the defense line of Haraland's territory.

Haaland's territory is surrounded by battlefields, and the battle is most intense in the direction of Grotta.

The thirteenth legion, the main force of the orcs, stormed the Soros department, not caring about casualties at all, as if they were going to consume the alchemy bombs of the defenders. The Harpy Scout also did not care about casualties at all, and fought against the magic hot air balloon squadron without hesitation, and must detect the defenders' intelligence, which is very rare.

In just six days after the start of the war, according to the battle report, the Harpys had lost forty-six people, and Haaland led five groups of magical hot air balloons to be shot down, two magic balloon squadrons, and only seven groups of magical hot air balloons were left to take off to fight.

Because the fighting in this direction was too fierce, Richard drew a squadron of magical hot air balloons from Fort William to the Canyon Castle for reinforcements.

In the direction of East Grotta, the orcs also fought for seven or eight days. It's just that the orcs in this direction are not brutal, and they have already divided their forces twice, wanting to attack the weak point and bypass the defensive line.

In the northern mountains of the Barony of Vito, Sutton's detachment has been hiding here for some time.

Five days ago, Sutton's detachment easily annihilated a brigade of orc auxiliaries, killed 200 kobolds, 100 boarmen, captured four squadrons of sheepbodies, and rescued more than 2,000 human slaves.

After the war, Sutton deliberately did not clean up the battlefield, wanting to attract the main force of the orcs to the north and cooperate with the main force Martin.

Unexpectedly, the orcs were not fooled, and did not divide their troops to pursue the Sutton detachment, but strengthened the offensive, wanting to conquer the Twin Star Castle and break through this line of defense.

So Sutton organized the human slaves and camped on the spot, and he himself led his troops into the Barony of Vito, following the outside of the orc brigade.

Sutton's department is an all-professional army, not only with good quality personnel, but also very well-equipped, especially with special squadrons, which are capable of reconnaissance and sneak attacks.

They followed, and the orc army did not notice.

The orc brigade and the aristocratic coalition are facing each other, and the difference in strength between the two sides is not large, both are nearly two thousand. However, the quality of the aristocratic alliance was lower, and they did not dare to fight with the orcs in the field.

Even though the commander of the coalition forces, Baron Grumment, was an eighth-order warrior, he alone could not decide the outcome of the war, and there were at least nearly two hundred professional officers in a team of orcs.

If it weren't for the fact that the weapons and equipment were far inferior to humans, and they were not good at throwing crossbow arrows, they were worse than the orcs in hand-to-hand combat.

The low-ranking brigade of the Wild Lion Legion is only sixty professionals, and if it is not equipped with alchemy bombs and burst arrows, it has a strong equipment advantage, and it is not capable of fighting with orcs in the field.

In recent days, the orc army has launched several siege battles, all of which have been fought back by the noble alliance with superior equipment, with a total casualty of more than two squadrons, especially the snake man squadron, with more than twenty casualties, and there has been a relatively serious attrition.

The aristocratic coalition in the city, because of the poor performance of the serf soldiers, broke up several times, and the battle casualties plus the attrition of the execution of battlefield discipline also killed and wounded 300 soldiers.

However, the backbone of the nobles, the casualties are not many, and the defenders still have enough strength to fight the orcs.

Sutton looked at the orc camp not far away, and did not mobilize for battle, and launched a surprise attack very decisively.

Although the Sutton detachment only has five hundred soldiers, it is the elite general of Harland's territory, but its combat effectiveness is far more than that of an orc brigade, and even more powerful than the Warcraft cavalry brigade, especially the first squadron, wearing wurm leather armor, is like a tiger descending the mountain, taking the initiative to find the orcs, and is not afraid of melee combat with the orcs.

The 1st Squadron's assault was so fierce that it easily crushed a Boarman squadron's blockade.

Ordinary boar people are powerless to pierce the defenses of the wurm's leather armor, and the combat skills of professional soldiers are far stronger than those of orcs.

The commander of the Boar Man squadron was targeted by the elves early and was hit by the armor-piercing arrows one after another.

After breaking through the orc squadron's blockade, Sutton's detachment easily stormed the orc camp. The witchers immediately dispersed and fired rockets in the orc camp, setting fire to tents, antlers, and horses.

In an instant, a large puff of smoke had ignited in the orc camp, and the battle situation was immediately detected by the defenders in Vito Castle.

The two barons, Grumand and Vida, were both the first generation of military nobles, and the first military nobles were often very good at fighting and had rich battlefield experience.

After sensing that there was a problem in the orc camp, they immediately dispatched the elite and decisively rushed out of the castle, wanting to cooperate with the Sutton detachment and cooperate with the Sutton detachment to fight against the orcs.

The orc captain had planned to draw troops from the front battalion, but when he saw this scene, he could only abandon this idea and order the two squadrons of the front battalion to block Baron Grumment. He took the guard squadron to support the rear battalion and drive away the Sutton detachment.

When the orc captain came with reinforcements, he immediately found that defeat was inevitable.

In just one cup of tea, Sutton's detachment had killed more than five hundred orcs, and about three hundred orcs had completely dispersed. Including the squadron of guards brought over by the orc captain, there are only about five hundred soldiers that can be mobilized now.

The orc captain was just about to say a few words to boost morale, when three feathered arrows suddenly shot from the enemy's formation.

The speed of these three feathered arrows was extremely fast, and the shafts of the arrows were extremely heavy, and the flight trajectory was very straight, making a strong whistling sound, and there were dazzling points of light attached to the arrows.

The three feather arrows that shot were Sylph and the other three high-level elves, all of whom had reached the sixth level of archery, and only Richard and Soros could compete with them in the entire Harland territory.

This level of archery has already been superb, making it impossible for the orc captain to dodge at all.

The sixth-order armor-piercing arrow easily pierced the enchanted armor of the orc captain, and an arrow pierced through the orc captain's gauntlet, stringing the orc captain's arm and throat together. Another arrow struck the orc captain in the chest, piercing the heart shield and nailing it firmly to the orc captain's chest.

The most powerful arrow turned out to be a tracking arrow, which was originally aimed at the head of the orc captain, but was blocked by the orc captain with a long sword, but the arrow circled in the air and shot through the head of the orc captain from behind.

Being targeted by three high-level elves, this fifth-order minotaur was not spared at all.

Normally, being targeted by a High Elf is already very dangerous for a mid-level professional. Because the elves are good at archery, those who can be promoted to the high level have basically reached the sixth level of archery.

Such enemies, especially in the jungle, have always been very dangerous.

The goal of the orc captain is too obvious, as soon as he appears on the battlefield, it is like a big light bulb, and before he can play the role of an officer, he dies in the battle formation.

The commander was killed, and the blow to the orc army was extremely severe, and the remaining orcs began to flee in a frenzy, and in an instant the kung fu had already collapsed.

Sutton joined Grumand and the others, and after a brief cleaning of the battlefield, Sutton turned his head and asked, "How about our casualties?" ”

"The Witcher Squadron suffered the greatest casualties, with nine killed and sixteen lightly and seriously wounded. The 1st squadron lost two killed and seven wounded, and the special squadron lost one killed and wounded one. There were no casualties among the elven squadrons. ”

Hearing the staff officer's report, Sutton nodded. I secretly thought in my heart: "The last time we annihilated the orc auxiliary brigade, four people were killed and nine were injured, and this time there were thirty-six casualties, and the total casualties are close to fifty." Although the casualties in each battle are small, they should not be underestimated. ”

While exchanging a few words with Baron Grumment, he told the staff officer beside him: "Tell Wilde not to scatter too much after breaking through the enemy formation." The main reason why the casualties of the demon hunters this time were so large was that there was no cover and the formation was too scattered, so that they could learn a lesson and sum up their experience. ”

(End of chapter)