The first to engage the main force of the orcs was the Sutton Division.

The Sutton Division of the Three-Way Army had the smallest number and the weakest combat effectiveness.

The orc scouting force, despite being suppressed, discovered this. The orcs in eastern Priland have just gathered fourteen brigades, ready to defeat Sutton first and break the encirclement of the Harland Lord.

It's not that Richard doesn't want to concentrate his forces, but there are two weaknesses in concentrating his forces on the offense.

First, the main force gathered 100,000 troops to attack from one direction, and the logistics and materials were unsustainable, and the speed of the march was bound to be very slow.

Second, once the three-way army is assembled, the orcs will definitely not fight a decisive battle with the army led by Haaland. The main force of the orcs retreated, and even if they occupied Priran, there would be a lot of trouble in the future. On the contrary, it is better to divide the troops into three ways, and if the action is decisive, they can meet in the Priland area before the orc army is assembled, and fight the main force of the orcs.

The Eastern Route Army was very close to the Priland region, and the Sutton troops were the least numerous, marching faster, and posing a threat to the orcs first.

As soon as Sutton's troops crossed the Samba River, the orcs concentrated an army of 30,000 near the city of Priland and began the outpost battle of the Battle of Priland.

The commander of the Eastern Road Orcs is none other than Haaland's old rival, the ninth-order giant Demit.

The Duke of Haaland and the Orc Empire have a border of 1,200 kilometers, not counting the section between the Eastern Highland Forest and the northern part of the Duke of Jonathan, from the northern part of the Demon Hunter City to the Crowe Fortress, which is 900 kilometers long.

With a border of 900 kilometers, it is impossible for either the Harland Leader or the Orcs to concentrate their troops together, and they must be dispersed.

Whoever can rally first will have the upper hand. The movement caused by the assembly of the army must be very large, and the march of thousands of troops will roll up countless dust, which can be easily seen from dozens of miles away.

Moreover, before the army is assembled, the materials and grain must be transported to the front-line military station, and the orcs have planted spies in the human kingdom, although a lot of hidden information cannot be detected, but a large number of materials are assembled, and it is easy for the orcs to find out.

For the past three years, the Haaland army has been gathering supplies to the north, and although the orcs are suspicious, it is not certain that the Haaland army will start a big war.

If you want to scout detailed information, you need the Harpy, and the Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry will check it in person.

Today's situation is different from twenty years ago, Haaland has led the reconnaissance force far beyond the orcs, and the harpy people who used to be majestic are now beaten by the lion cavalry and the bipedal wyvern and dare not go south.

Without the protection of the flying troops, the ground reconnaissance cavalry did not dare to fight with the army led by Haaland to avoid being ambushed and eliminated by the enemy.

After all, orcs are very good at this hand, relying on the advantage of aerial reconnaissance, and often surround points to send reinforcements. Now they are also afraid that Haaland will lead the army to do this, and the efficiency of reconnaissance has become very low.

Moreover, the Harland Commander's forward base is not far from the Priland region, the Sutton Viscount is only 250 kilometers away from the Priland region, the Southern Route Army where Richard is located is closer to the city of Priland, and the No. 10 military station is less than 200 kilometers away from the Priland area. The distance of Soros's troops from Snow Mountain County was more than 300 kilometers at the farthest, and the march distance did not exceed 10 days.

All these factors add up, and the orcs did not find the assembly of Haaland's leading group in the early stage. By the time Sutton crossed the Samba River with his army, the orcs had only gathered fourteen brigades, and the march was somewhat chaotic.

Through the detection of the bipedal wyvern, Sutton immediately decided to eat the orcs and break the situation first. Despite the fact that there were twice as many orcs as him, Sutton was confident and had a high chance of winning.

Although the Eastern Route Army had the smallest troops, it did not carry the Starlight Necklace, and the magic crystal cannon was not incorporated into the army, and its ability to attack fortified positions was not as good as that of the North and South Route armies.

But Sutton's department has more than 300 elven archers. Although the number of elven archers is not large, the quality is very high, there are more than forty high-level elves and more than two hundred middle-level elves inside, equipped with the enchanted armor provided by the Harland Lord, magic bows and crossbows, and the combat effectiveness is very impressive. It can already be easily defeated and captured by the Yunhai slave trapping group.

After all, the Yunhai Slave Hunting Group is facing a scattered elf tribe, and when it encounters a few hundred regular elf legions, it must concentrate at least three thousand slave hunters to have the strength to fight.

In addition, the bipedal Wyvern knight who belongs to this road is also not ordinary in combat effectiveness. The Demon Hunter Brigade and the Fourth Brigade of the Warcraft Cavalry are also elite. The guards of more than forty hereditary nobles were concentrated, and they also had more than six hundred Warcraft cavalry, and the sum of these elites had far exceeded the central legion of the Grant royal family.

Moreover, Sutton's mother, Silver, also fought under Sutton's command, and Sylph was already a legendary knight, enough to block a thousand in battle. You can take the flag by surprise, and to a certain extent, you can decide the outcome of a battle.

With these hole cards, Sutton dared to fight in the field with the orc legion.

In the face of Sutton's active attack, Demeter was forced to fight, and the first battle between the two sides was the Warcraft Cavalry Brigade and the Silver Wolf Knights.

Although the Fourth Demon Beast Cavalry Brigade under Sutton only had five hundred soldiers, the Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry Brigade generally had six hundred soldiers.

The mount of the Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry is a kind of Warcraft called the Howling Moon Wolf, and its combat effectiveness is more powerful than that of the Iron Wildebeest, generally speaking, the same number of Iron Wildebeest Warcraft Cavalry, the combat effectiveness is not as good as a Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry, but Sutton's command has a large number of noble guards, and these people are also Warcraft Cavalry, because they are carefully selected, the quality of the soldiers is stronger than the Warcraft Cavalry Brigade led by Haaland, plus six hundred noble guards, but the cavalry under Sutton is a little stronger.

Moreover, in the sky above Sutton, there are also two-legged wyverns to help fight.

Originally, the Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry was flanked by the Fourth Demon Beast Cavalry Brigade and the aristocratic alliance, and the situation was very bad, and then it was raided by the bipedal wyvern in the air, and defeat was naturally inevitable.

The outpost battle didn't last long, and the Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry Brigade had already lost more than half of it. And the human Warcraft cavalry only lost thirty or forty people, which is not a serious attrition.

The cavalry troops were defeated, and the orcs lost the initiative on the battlefield.

At the location of Haaland's intended battle, Sutton decisively launched a full-scale attack.

The Witcher Brigade took the lead and rushed to the front. The aristocratic coalition followed, scrambling to fight bravely, while the elven archers pressed the rear, constantly firing magic bolts.

Although the number of elven archers is small, but the lethality is extremely terrifying, the level of elven archery is generally above the fourth order, and the arrows bite the flesh, and more than 300 people exceed the threat of 3,000 archers in the general army.

Only three rounds of feather arrows were fired, and a team of orc strikers was directly destroyed.

Seeing this terrible scene, Demeter hurriedly dispatched the serpentine heavy infantry, raised his heavy shield and flanked Sutton's defense, hoping to disrupt the rhythm of elven archery.

Although the snake is relatively slow, it has a lot of strength, and it can hold a heavy shield to block the bow and arrow fired by the elves.

Although due to the appearance of the magic crystal cannon, the snake body heavy infantry is already in danger of being eliminated because of its slow movement speed. However, Sutton's troops are equipped with field artillery, so the snakes can still be assembled.

Seeing that more than 400 snake-bodyed people slowly began to approach, Sylph quickly blocked the front with dozens of high-level professionals.

Although the snake man is very powerful, he is as immature as a child compared to Silver.

Sylv's strength exceeded fifty points, and most of the snakes did not exceed twenty points, the weapons of the two sides collided, as if crushing, and in an instant, under the cover of two high-level warriors, Silvere killed seven or eight snakes, and fiercely killed the snakes army formation.

Silver's position is extremely flexible, never let herself fall into the encirclement of the snakebody, her agility is more than twenty points, while the agility of the snake man is generally not two, the gap between the two sides is more than ten times, unless it has a very large numerical advantage, otherwise the snake man will not be able to melee with a legendary knight like Silver.

Although there are 400 snakes, if there is no external help, they can be forced to retreat with the help of the army and besiege Silver. But Sylph is not fighting alone, she is accompanied by more than forty high-level professionals, many of these people are hereditary barons, some military nobles, and their combat effectiveness is extraordinary, such as Grumand led by Haaland, Tylarsen, the eldest son of Viscount Rohman, and the professional level is all ninth-order.

The two ninth-order professionals, although their melee lethality is not as good as Silver, but in the face of a single snake-bodyed person, it is still a crushing situation.

It has been seven years since Grumman was promoted to the eighth rank, he was originally the deputy commander of the Wild Lion Legion, and he was knighted after his meritorious service in the northern frontier, and his territory was located on the border with the orcs.

A few years ago, when Richard and the royal family exchanged the province of Grotta, the baronies of Grumment, Vida, and José were transferred to the Duchy of Haaland and became Richard's vassals.

This year, just after the goddess's birthday, Grumand was successfully promoted to the ninth order.

Viscount Rohmon's eldest son, Tylarsen, is stronger than Grumman, having been promoted to a ninth-order knight two years ago, and his combat power is only weaker than Sutton.

Now in the territory of Haaland, there are already four ninth-order professionals, Sutton and Soros are the direct forces of Haaland's territory, and Tylarson and Grumand belong to Richard's vassals.

Although the weapons and equipment of the aristocratic coalition are not as good as those of Haaland, the quality of the professionals is extraordinary. With the cover of Grumman, Tylarsen and other masters, Sylph seemed to be like a fish in water, easily penetrating the shell of the snake man.

As the Witcher Brigade marched wildly, the elven archers continued to shoot rounds of feathered arrows, while the Monster Cavalry launched a surprise attack from the flanks, and the bipedal wyvern also hovered high in the air, seizing the opportunity to dive from time to time, spewing out bursts of flames.

The situation became more and more critical, and in a short period of time, the three infantry brigades of the orcs were scattered, and the Chinese army was on the verge of collapse.

The defeat of the orcs has been revealed, and it is still Sylph who opened the situation first, she led more than forty high-level professionals, and in less than half an hour, she defeated the snake-body heavy infantry, and her own side killed more than 200 snake-body people, and broke up this group of orc elite soldiers.

Among them, more than a hundred snakes were killed by Silver's own hands, and in just one battle, Silvere killed more than a hundred orc professionals, and the destructive power of the legendary knight can be seen.

After Silph led the team to defeat the Serpent Heavy Infantry, he left two high-ranking professionals to protect five or six seriously wounded, and he took more than thirty officers with him to attack the command office of the giant Demoit.

In the face of the powerful legendary professional, the giant Demit did not dare to fight at all, it very decisively abandoned the soldiers, and fled, inciting its wings to fly into the air.

As soon as Demeter took to the air, he was stopped by four bipedal wyverns.

Although the ninth-order giant owl is very strong, it is not the opponent of the four bipedal wyvern knights, after all, the adult two-legged wyvern is at least seventh-order, the four two-legged wyverns besieging Demeter, and one is an eighth-order demonic beast.

The bipedal wyvern, a sub-dragon descendant, is itself stronger than ordinary demonic beasts, and with four middle-level professionals on the back of the bipedal wyvern to help in the battle, Demeter suddenly became embarrassed and very dangerous.

Sylph looked up and immediately removed the ninth-order enchanted bow from his back.

This bow and arrow comes from the Jonathan family, at last year's trade fair, Richard exchanged this item with the Jonathan family with the ninth-order ogre leather armor, and then handed the ninth-order enchanted bow and arrow to Sylph to use, after all, Sylph is a legendary professional, and the use of ninth-order enchanted bows and arrows is more lethal.

Hilf easily pulled the string of the ninth-order enchanted bow and arrow, and fired a fatal arrow at Demeter. For this arrow, Sylph also casts a magic arrow spell.

The arrow slashed through a graceful arc and shot towards the head of the ninth-order giant Dimmit in an instant.

Seeing that he didn't have time to dodge this cold arrow, Demeter immediately released the Seven Rings Bloodline Spell Leaping Technique. In an instant, there was a jump in space, and Demeter had already appeared two hundred meters away, desperately fanning his wings, trying to seize the opportunity to escape.

After the arrow missed, it spun around in the air and circled behind Demeter, and in the disbelief of the ninth-order giant, the arrow had already pierced his head.

Under Silver's sneak attack, he shot Demeter with an arrow, deciding the outcome of the battle.

Without their commander, the orcs soon collapsed.

Sutton won the battle with less than 2,000 casualties, and in this battle, Sutton's troops killed more than 5,600 orcs, captured 8,000, and the remaining orc soldiers took advantage of the chaos to escape.

After this battle, the orcs in eastern Priland had few complete garrisons, and a small number of troops were also stationed in the coastal forests, so they could not participate in the war in the Priland region at all.

Immediately after the battle, Sutton set up camp nearby, leaving some of his soldiers to guard the prisoners of war and protect the wounded, and marched west with 12,000 men himself, and soon joined up with Richard's southern route army.

At this moment, Haaland led the army about twenty kilometers away from Priland.

Seeing that the number of troops brought by Sutton was somewhat insufficient, Richard had already guessed that Sutton's troops had fought a major battle.

"How's you doing?"

Hearing Richard's question, Sutton briefly introduced the battle situation. "On the way, I met the orcs and fought an encounter, destroying about fourteen thousand and defeating fifteen thousand, which is equivalent to annihilating a half-orc legion. Compared to a few years ago, I think the combat effectiveness of orcs has decreased a lot. Fourteen orc brigades, and no half-orc archers. In this battle, the orcs did not cause us much trouble. ”

"What about your casualties?"

"About 600 people were killed in the battle, and about 1,300 were seriously and lightly wounded. The total casualties of the forces directly under our territory are about four hundred, and the rest are the battle losses of the noble alliance, totaling 1,500 people. ”

Hearing Sutton's report that the casualty figure was not large, Richard finally nodded with reassurance, and then admonished a few words: "The battle exploits must be counted clearly, and the distribution of rewards must be fair and just." ”

"Don't worry about this, I know in my heart, what's the situation on your side?"

"There hasn't been a big battle in the Southern Route Army, but there is one thing we should be aware of, as we get closer to Priland City, the orcs have already begun to slaughter human slaves. We've rescued 60,000 human slaves on the way, and now they're almost nothing, and the logistical pressure on us to feed them has become even greater.

As the situation develops, we cannot afford to let the war drag on for too long. ”

(End of chapter)