After Richard was promoted to a seventh-order warrior, his physical attributes have improved in all aspects, his strength has increased by four points, and his mental strength, agility, and physical strength have each increased by one point. Now his strength is 23 points, mental power is 53 points, agility is 5.6 points, and physical strength is 7.8 points, and his physical fitness is like a superhuman compared to ordinary humans.

Coupled with the blessing of various talents, even if he does not use the Starlight Bomb, Richard's combat effectiveness is no less than that of a legendary knight, which is enough to fight head-on with a large group of regular troops in the Grant Kingdom.

If he unleashed his hands and feet to engage in guerrilla warfare and raid warfare, the destructive power would increase a lot, and even for a kingdom, it would be very troublesome to provoke such an enemy.

Not long after Richard was promoted to a seventh-order warrior, heavy snow fell in the Eagle Mountain Range area.

After the heavy snow closed the mountain, it was almost impossible to communicate between the south and north of the Eagle Mountains. At least in early March next year, when the snow melts, supplies can be sent from the southern part of the Eagle Mountains.

Today, there are 40,000 regular troops, 16,000 city defense troops, security forces, and 4,000 auxiliaries operating trebuchets in the northern part of the Eagle Mountains, with a total strength of 60,000, accounting for three-quarters of Duke Haaland's army.

The 50,000-square-kilometer area has almost no population. The supply is completely dependent on the SND zone, which is actually very vulnerable. Fortunately, the supply lines were relatively short, 1780 kilometers long, and only 30 or 40 kilometers shorter. Even if the supply road is rough, it can finally be successfully delivered to the front-line military station.

Before the winter of this year, Haaland's territory desperately transported supplies to the northern part of the mountain, and there were about 90,000 tons of them.

Of these, 60,000 tons are grain.

60,000 tons of grain is enough for 60,000 soldiers, 1,400 iron wildebeests, 3,000 war horses, and tens of thousands of pack beasts to eat for a year.

The garrison at the front also divided its manpower and cut 20,000 tons of forage in the autumn, reducing the amount of grain consumed. After counting the amount of grain stored at the military stations in various places, Richard found that the food supply was not a problem for the time being, and it could be eaten until August next year, when the snow had already melted and the summer grain had already been put into storage, and it was not too difficult to obtain supplies from the SND area.

60,000 tons of grain were consumed, 30,000 tons of materials remained, and more than 25,000 tons were building materials, mainly reinforced concrete.

25,000 tons of reinforced concrete sounds like a lot, but scattered over a dozen large military strongholds with a width of nearly 600 kilometers is actually a drop in the bucket, and only important strongholds can be strengthened.

The vast majority of front-line military stations were defended by civil walls built of earth and logs. Only in key areas have stone walls been built with steel, concrete, and stone.

The remaining 5,000 tons are mainly weapons, ammunition, cotton clothes, tents and other logistical supplies.

After half a year of intensified transportation and the consumption of hundreds of thousands of gold coins of materials, the logistics materials on the front line have been relatively sufficient, the main strongholds have been reinforced, the grain can be eaten for ten months, and the logistics ammunition can last for more than half a year.

This year, due to the discovery of Snow Crystal Lake, the number of Radiant Elixir refined in Haaland's territory has increased significantly, and the supply of the army has reached 15,000 bottles.

This batch of Tenghui Elixir Richard was all used in the Shanbei area, and by the end of October, the Shanbei garrison had increased by 863 professional officers.

According to past statistics, about ten Ventec potions can train a professional.

It took 15,000 Tencel Elixir to train 863 professionals in the Haaland Territory, which was much lower than normal, and the proportion was just over half of the normal.

In previous years, Haaland, like other nobles, was in short supply of Venerant potions, and users had to be carefully selected, and the potions they took were elite warriors, so the probability of breaking through could reach the best value, usually around one tenth.

The supply of Tenghui medicine issued this year has exceeded demand.

By the standards of previous years, many soldiers who did not meet the conditions were eligible for exchange, because of the lack of physical talent, although a few people could rely on the Radiant Elixir to break the shackles, it seriously lowered the probability of advancement, which was only slightly higher than 5.7 percent.

Although the probability is low, it has greatly increased the number of professionals in the Haaland army. With the addition of 863 professionals, Richard could form half a brigade of all-professional troops.

Today, Haaland leads only a small number of professional armies, such as the Wyvern Knight, the Lion Cavalry, the Special Squadron, the Elven Squadron, the First Squadron, and the Witcher Squadron. Combined, large and small troops, there are only more than 500 people in the all-professional army.

These more than 500 people were gathered to form the Sutton detachment, which played a very crucial role in the war.

With the addition of more than 800 professionals, Richard could not only fill the shortage of elite troops, but also reorganize the three infantry squadrons of the 1st Squadron of the Headquarters Guard Brigade, the 3rd Squadron of the 2nd Brigade, and the 1st Squadron of the 3rd Brigade into an all-professional army. The remaining 400 professionals were all enriched into the basic cadre ranks, and the city defense army and the security army received key care and were assigned to 300 backbones.

300 professional officers have been strengthened, and more than 700 professional officers have been recruited from the 16,000 urban defense forces and public security forces, accounting for nearly 5 percent of the total number of professional officers.

From the point of view of the quality of the soldiers in the army, Haaland led the city defense army and the security army is no less than the eighth brigade of the Wild Lion Legion that Richard served in that year, and the quality of personnel far exceeds that of the second-line regiments such as Feiying and Feiyan. As for weapons and equipment, Haaland led the production of a large number of alchemy bombs, enchanted swords, and steel armor, even if the equipment of the city defense army is average, it is a little more than the Eighth Brigade where Richard served back then.

Of course, the city defense army and the security army have not been tested in brutal battles, and their combat experience and will to fight are worse than those of the Eighth Brigade of that year.

On the whole, the two sides have their own advantages, and the 16,000 elites selected by Haaland from the city defense army and the security army can already be compared with the inferior brigades of the Wild Lion Legion.

By next year, Richard was ready to integrate all of these 16,000 troops into the main army. Combined with the enlistment of new recruits trained this year, the number of Haaland's main army will exceed 70,000.

There were 70,000 regular troops, enough for Haaland's territory to hold the northern defenses, and even to expand the buffer zone a little.

As soon as the heavy snow closed the mountain, the orc army braved the bitter cold and marched south from the northern grasslands, attacking the northern defense line of the Haaland Territory, trying to pull out the nails that pierced the northern grasslands.

In particular, the orcs in the Priland area used hundreds of thousands of sheep-like and kobold people as food, and gathered three legions in the harsh winter season, crossed a supply line of 200 kilometers, and surrounded the No. 10 military station, the core stronghold of the Beishan defense line.

On the third day of November, the southern part of the Duke of Haaland is still holding a commodity fair, and people are laughing and laughing, and many big business are discussed, which seems to be stable and peaceful. However, on the northern front line of the Eagle Mountains, in the ice and snow, fierce battles broke out between the soldiers and the orcs, and the situation was already very bad.

Outside the No. 10 military station, the orcs were all over the mountains, and 80,000 troops swarmed out to besiege the No. 10 military station from all directions.

The orcs didn't care about casualties at all, and the battle was fierce on the first day.

The siege battle lasted less than half a day, and the main force of the orcs suffered five or six thousand casualties, and because the orcs used elite soldiers to attack the city, the casualties of the defenders were close to one thousand.

Jennings, with red eyes, raised his eyes and scanned the corners of the city walls, revealing that the orcs had left a large number of bones. The dying energy of the orcs made Jennings, who had led the troops for many years, a little frightened.

Despite once again repelling the orcs, Jennings saw fear in the soldier's eyes.

Seeing this scene, Jennings shook off the guards' obstruction, stood at the highest point of the city wall, let out a roar of rage, gave a speech to the soldiers, and mobilized for the battlefield.

"Behind our line are parents, brothers, sisters, wives and friends, and no matter how fierce the orcs are, our mission is to hold this stronghold. As long as we keep this place, we can keep our families safe. Even if we die in battle and die, as long as Haaland is still there, the Duke will give us a pension, so that our families will have no worries about food and clothing, and our children will grow up to adulthood.

As a soldier, I will give my loyalty and blood to my honorable lord, and I ask you to bear witness that as long as the order to retreat is not given, I Jennings will not take a step back.

I have my left foot back, please cut off my left foot, my right foot has stepped back, my right foot has been cut off, and my body has stepped back, please cut off my head.

After the war, I would count every corpse, and if anyone was wounded in the back and died in battle, the payment of pensions would be stopped, and their families would be reduced to indentured servitudes. ”

After mobilizing for the battlefield, Jennings did a good job of fulfilling his promises, and he was at the forefront in the next two battles.

Jennings's lead greatly boosted morale, and even though the defenders of Fort Ten suffered nearly a thousand casualties, they still blocked the orcs' furious attack and interrupted the orcs' offensive momentum.

After storming Castle Ten for two days, the Orcs were forced to resort to a siege battle.

Under the command of the commander of the giant owl, eight brigades were divided into eight brigades to surround the No. 10 Castle, and then led more than 20 brigades to the south to attack the No. 5 and No. 6 military stations in the south of the No. 10 Castle.

The defenders of the No. 5 military station are only about 3,000 people, and in the face of the main army of the orcs, they cannot fight in the field at all, and can only defend the core stronghold. It was only up to Soldier Six to stand in the rear to contain the orc attack.

Jennings's defensive line was about 50 kilometers wide, with 14,000 troops, and was mainly stationed at the three military station strongholds of No. 10, No. 5, and No. 6.

Castle No. 10 was the key point of defense, with a total strength of 6,500 defenders. Station No. 5 was located in the middle, with the smallest garrison, about 3,000 troops, and Station No. 6, located fifty kilometers north of Fort Nit, with a garrison of 4,500 troops.

Because most of the garrison was transferred to the garrison line, Fort Nit was very empty, and only a thousand city defenses were responsible for protecting the transport lines.

Richard was inspecting Station 7, and after receiving Jennings's letter for help, he very decisively mobilized the defenders of Station 7 to reinforce Castle 5.

The No. 7 military station is located in the west of the No. 5 military station, and the distance between the two places is about 50 kilometers, and if the infantry marches in a hurry, the journey will take less than a day.

However, when marching in winter, the cold weather often cannot be so fast, and humans are not as good as orcs in their ability to withstand the severe cold, and they have to walk at least two days in winter for a short distance of fifty kilometers.

In order to be fast, Richard directly led the first team of Warcraft cavalry and the soldiers of the guard brigade on horseback.

From the No. 7 to the No. 5 station, the area has been detached from the mountainous area, and there are flat roads along the way, and although it is very hard to ride a war horse in winter, it is actually only half a day's work.

Warcraft war horses are fast and have strong endurance, especially the Iron Wildebeest, a special horse breed of the Eagle Mountain Range, which likes the cold climate, and soon leaves the guard brigade riding ordinary war horses far behind.

Starting from the morning, just after noon, the wall of the No. 5 military station was already in sight.

In the sky above the Warcraft cavalry, the Lion Knights constantly circled high in the air, sending reconnaissance information to Richard.

"It seems that the orcs have become smarter, changed their commanders, and even learned the tactics of encircling and sending reinforcements."

Receiving the news that the Lion Knight had detected it, Richard rode on a tall iron horned horse and took the map from his leash. He jumped off his horse, spread the map on his suitcase, and pointed in the direction of the No. 5 military station: "The orcs have set up two traps with the fifth military station as the center, one east and one west, trying to encircle us and the Soros department.

Relying only on the twenty-four brigades, I don't know why the orcs are so arrogant and think they have such good teeth? Since the orcs want to touch us, we have them at their request. ”

The orcs besieged the No. 5 military station with four brigades, about 8,000 people.

The ambush in the west of Station 5 was divided into two parts, about eight brigades in the north, and was mainly aimed at reinforcements from Station 7. There were about five brigades in the south, and the main opponent was the reinforcements of Castle Six.

The ambush troops in the east of Castle 5, a total of nine brigades, with the Soros Department as the main opponent.

Because both sides have flight reconnaissance troops, each other's troop arrangements and opponents are clear. As if playing cards, tactics are basically useless.

Richard let the Warcraft cavalry rest for a while, cut down some trees and lit a bonfire, and after recovering his strength, he led the Warcraft cavalry team to the opponent fiercely.

Even if the orcs had eight brigades of soldiers, more than ten times the number of the Warcraft cavalry brigade, Haaland led the charge of the Warcraft cavalry without hesitation.

"Rush over, crush the enemy, crush the opponent."

Richard stretched out his left hand, brandished the enchanted sword, and when he saw that he had entered the attack distance, he decisively urged the magic power and released the starlight bomb.

In an instant, a thick starlight fell into the orc army formation, and suddenly exploded in the orc army formation with a loud bang, as if a mountain collapsed and the ground cracked, blowing up dust a hundred meters high.

In an instant, the orc forward brigade was completely defeated, and more than 500 people were directly killed, and more than 1,000 people were seriously injured.

The giant owl commander flew high in the air, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't believe his eyes. Although he had heard the Defeated soldiers talk about the power of the Starlight Bomb, he did not believe it in his heart, believing that the Defeated soldiers were shirking their responsibilities and exaggerating. Now that he had seen the power of the Starlight Bomb with his own eyes, the Commander of the Giant Owl was immediately terrified and broke out in a cold sweat.

"The power of this blow is no weaker than the legendary fourth-order spell, could it be that this Duke of Harland actually has a legendary fourth-order magic treasure? I don't know if the use limit of this treasure is large, if the use limit is low, it will be bad. ”

Taking advantage of the collapse of the orc forward team, Richard led the Warcraft cavalry to crush the opponent with ease.

Rushing past the orc vanguard team, Richard ignored the arrows fired by the half-orc team on both wings, and suddenly let the nine hundred iron wildebeest fire magic missiles together, hitting the second echelon of the orc army.

Nine hundred magic missiles hit, almost destroying the second echelon of the orcs.

The second echelon of the orcs had just breathed a sigh of relief under the blow of the starlight bomb, and was hit by nine hundred magic missiles, and suffered about five or six hundred casualties in an instant.

A quarter of the soldiers suffered casualties, and there must have been a big gap in the formation, and Richard and his soldiers frantically poured in, instantly crushing the orcs' will to resist and crushing the opponents of the second echelon of the orcs army.

(End of chapter)