Now that the armies of the East Road and the South Road have successfully converged, Haaland has gathered 37,000 troops. And the orcs near the Priland area, although there are now thirty-four brigades and more than 70,000 troops concentrated, their actual combat effectiveness is far from being the opponent of Haaland's army.

The field battle could not defeat the enemy, the city fortifications could not stop the magic crystal cannon, it was useless, and the only way to wait for the orcs was actually to retreat.

After the two armies converged, seeing that it was not early, Richard did not want to march after dark. He decided to set up camp for the night and then go into battle tomorrow.

Seeing that Haaland and his army were approaching, the legendary gnoll had decided to evacuate.

Since the defeat in the Battle of Samba, the orc upper echelons have realized that Priland City cannot hold on for a long time, and both the commander-in-chief of the Steppe Governorate Melonla and the commander of the Eastern Front, the legendary gnolls Truilla, have plans to retreat from the Priland region.

But according to their predictions, Haaland will be able to occupy the Priland region for at least ten years.

The information of the orcs can only be deduced from the situation at the time.

But in this world, the situation is constantly changing.

After the defeat of the Battle of Samba, the orcs turned their gaze to the west and inflicted heavy losses on the two dukes, Edward and Fawkes. After the defeat of the two dukes of Northern Xinjiang, they decided to develop to the south in a desperate gamble. Under their push, the Kingdom of Grant launched a southern expedition, defeating the Kingdom of Delong and the United Kingdom of the East Coast, and seizing a large part of the territory and population.

With the help of the war, Haaland ushered in leapfrog development.

The size of the population alone has increased from more than 2 million to nearly 8 million, the size of the army has also increased by 30,000, and in just three years, the number of professionals in the Duchy of Haaland has increased by more than 8,000 people, and there is also an elite and warlike aristocratic coalition army under his command, which has exceeded the normal development of ten years in three years.

In the current situation, Haaland has enough strength to swallow Priland.

In the past three years, the legendary gnolls have relocated some of their tribes westward, mainly the snake tribe, the gnolls legion, dragon vein kobolds and other elite tribes.

The Orc Tribe, the Silver Moon Wolf Tribe, and the Harpy Tribe are ready to relocate, but they have not yet found a new settlement, and human slaves are still farming in the Priland region.

Ordinary orc tribes, such as fox tribes, lion people, wild boar people, and werewolves, have been notified to start preparations, and two or three years later they will begin to move west.

A large number of kobold tribes do not need to be relocated, anyway, the reproduction speed of kobolds, humans can't kill them at all, leaving the kobold tribe in Prilan can also contain the energy of Harland, and the orc empire is not lacking in this kind of garbage soldiers.

Richard appeared near Priland with a large army and immediately caught the orcs by surprise. The relocation work is not ready at this time, and once the decision is made to withdraw, the losses will inevitably be very heavy in the face of the pursuit of Haaland's leading regiment.

However, it is also very difficult to let the main force of the orcs stay in the Priland region to fight a battle and cover the westward migration of the orc tribe, because the orcs of the Eastern Front of the Steppe Governorate have no chance of winning the field battle with the Harland army. Although the strength of the orcs has recovered to fourteen legions, it has lost two elite units, and the combat effectiveness of the newly formed orc legions is very mediocre.

Moreover, there are many places that the Eastern Front of the Steppe Governorate needs to defend, and there is more than one Priland. The Legendary Gnolls can gather up to eight legions in the Priland region.

With eight orc legions and Haaland leading an army of 110,000 in the field, the legendary jackal has no chance of winning at all.

The commander of the Prairie Governorate Mellonla made it very clear that it was impossible for the Prairie Governorate to receive support from the headquarters in recent years. There were no reinforcements from the higher-ups, and the Eastern Front could only rely on its own strength to maintain the situation.

The war between the orcs and humans has been fought for nearly three thousand years, and in this long-term war, the battle line is constantly moving, and when the orc empire was strong, it once hit the border line in the southern region of the Delong Kingdom. When the orcs declined, they also abandoned the northern steppes.

For the vast orc empire, with an area of more than 80 million square kilometers, although the grassland governorate is very important, after all, it is only a partial division, and the land controlled by the central royal court is the most critical.

The Steppe Governorate also had 12 million square kilometers of land, and the three fronts had to defend not only the northern prairies, but also the Silver Wolf Mountains, the coastal forests, the Fili Highlands, and the Northland Ice Fields.

Now that the situation is very unfavorable to the orcs, the power in the hands of the legendary gnoll can no longer occupy such a vast territory, and now he must make a decision.

As an experienced commander, the jackal Truyer was very decisive, and when Haaland led the flying troops deep into the Priland region, Truyer had a plan for a total contraction.

The first to give up was the Northland Ice Sheet.

The Northland Ice Sheet is located in the northern region of the prairie, the area is twice that of the northern prairie, covering more than 6 million square kilometers, and the geographical location is almost the northernmost part of the continent in the Dawn plane.

Continuing north from the northern savannah, there is a vast ocean, named the Arctic Sea, located at the North Pole of the planet Dawn. Legendary magicians have traveled around the region and personally measured the topography of the Arctic Sea, drawing a rough map of the Arctic Sea, which covers an area of more than 30 million square kilometers, far less than the area of several other seas.

The coastal areas of the Northland Ice Sheet are frozen for at least four or five months a year, and some areas are frozen for eight or nine months.

The Northland Ice Fields were the center point of the battle between the rule wizards and the Undead Lord, this area once fell an undead Lord, and the land was filled with a large number of undead power, and every year many undead Northland Ice Fields went south to fight the orcs.

The orcs in the area of the northern front, it was often necessary to concentrate four legions. Only when the expedition to the south will troops be transferred from the Northland Ice Fields to the south to plunder.

Truyer gave up the Northland Ice Field, not only to liberate the four legions, but also to rely on the undead to the south, to contain some of the energy of Haaland's leadership, so that Richard was unable to catch up. After all, it occupies Priland, and it is only three or four hundred kilometers away from the Northland Ice Field. After this decision is made, it should be able to stumble on the footsteps of Haaland and improve his own situation.

In addition to abandoning the Northland Ice Field, Truyer also concentrated a large number of elites, arranging three Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry Brigades, and two half-orc brigades to move east with a part of the orc tribe. With this army pinned down in the east, Richard could not focus his efforts on the west.

Seeing that Haaland led the three-way army approaching, Truyer very decisively ordered the slaughter of human slaves and the abandonment of Priran.

In an instant, the cries of human slaves could be heard everywhere in the Priland region. Although Haaland led the army to save some, the total is 120,000.

This population came from the two dukedoms of Edward and Fawkes, and was plundered by the Orc Empire three years ago, and then arranged to farm near Priland. Finally survived in the Orc Empire, but suffered another massacre, losing more than two-thirds of the population, and it looked extremely miserable.

Seeing that the orcs were so ferocious, Richard left five thousand soldiers to guard Prilland and took the rest of the soldiers out of the city to chase after him.

The two armies met in the northwest of Prilland, and Richard was very decisive in a decisive battle with more than 30,000 soldiers against 70,000 orcs.

Before the decisive battle between the two armies, Richard, Sophia, and Wendy released eight starlight bombs in succession, and the continuous starlight fell into the orc formation, and Harland led the ground troops to destroy the orcs directly before they could make a move.

Even the legendary first-order gnolloll commander Truyer was not spared, exposing his tracks during the battle, being taken care of by two starlight bombs in a row, and dying on the spot.

In this battle, 70,000 orc troops, more than 30,000 troops were annihilated by Haraland's leader, 40,000 orcs were scattered on the spot, and Haaland led very few soldiers, and only two or three hundred casualties were killed and wounded in the pursuit battle.

The main force of the Priland orcs was defeated, and the Soros department also seized the opportunity to beat the water dogs on the northern front, fighting several battles before and after, and exterminating 20,000 orc troops.

The three-way army won successively, annihilating 70,000 orcs and crushing 60,000 in several battles. Almost strategically eliminated six legions of orcs.

The Eastern Front had only fourteen corps in total, and after this battle, it was unable to fight against the Duke of Haaland, so it could only retreat its main force to the west.

After defeating the main force of the orcs, the army led by Haaland could not stay in the northern steppes for too long.

After all, the Eagle Province was too underdeveloped to support a large number of soldiers fighting on the front line, and with Harland's control of Priland, the supply line was extended by more than 200 kilometers.

Although it is possible to transport 100 kilometers of grain to the north by railway, saving a lot of manpower and material resources, the cost of transporting grain from Heihe Province to Prillan is still very high, and it consumes 20 catties of grain on the road before it can be transported to the front line.

Moreover, Haaland led the army to rescue 130,000 people from the Priland region, although the food consumed by the serfs was far inferior to that of the army, and the food consumed by the 130,000 serfs was roughly equivalent to the army of 20,000 or 30,000.

But Priland has added 130,000 mouths, and at least 25,000 tons of grain need to be transported from the rear, and in order to settle these populations, it is necessary to mobilize livestock from the rear, grow food, clothing, and salt. In the first few years, even wood and bricks had to be transported from the rear. This huge capacity demand, before the railway line is built, Haaland will not be able to bear it at all.

So after a lot of food was consumed, Richard immediately made the decision to withdraw from the army. But this time with Priland, Haaland already has a long-term intention to control the place.

Although it was impossible to support 110,000 troops and 130,000 serfs in Priland, according to the calculations of the staff department, it was barely possible to allow 15,000 soldiers and 30,000 serfs to be stationed in Priland.

Eventually, Richard transferred five battalions from the 1st Legion, two infantry battalions from the 2nd Legion and 2 infantry battalions from the 3rd Legion, and then left the Knights of the Lion Birds in Priland for the time being.

This garrison was to be reorganized into the Fifth Army under the command of Haaland, and the corps commander Richard directly recruited Grumand.

Grumman has been in the Harland Territory for five years, and he has served as the deputy leader of the Lion Legion, and his professional level is already at the ninth level, and his ability is enough to be the commander of the legion.

Haaland led the 1st Elite Infantry Brigade, which also stayed in Priland for the time being.

After leaving a garrison in the Priland area, Richard led the main force with Haaland and slowly retreated back to the North Hill defensive line.

With the retreat of the large army, the supply lines were shortened by hundreds of kilometers, and the pressure on Haaland to transport food was greatly reduced. In particular, several brigades of the garrison of Snow Mountain County no longer need to transport supplies from the rear.

And Sutton's more than 10,000 aristocratic coalition troops will also return to the territory after the war, saving a lot of costs.

As for the 90,000 people who were brought back to Eagle Province from the Priland region, they were temporarily settled in this province.

Although the development level of Eagle Province is very average, it can also provide basic supplies for 90,000 indentured slaves, such as basic resources such as timber, coal, masonry, steel, etc., and only need to transport grain in the rear to support the development of these 90,000 people.

Last year, the Eagle Province was not able to achieve self-sufficiency, and the central province needed to mobilize food support, this year, with the increase in the degree of development, it has more ripe fields, and after the autumn harvest, the Eagle Province has been able to be self-sufficient, and replenish a part of the grain for the Beishan defense line, and the tight logistics and transportation line only needs to be maintained for a few more months.

Fortunately, the serfs involved in the transportation were low-cost serfs, and if they were freedmen, Haaland could not afford to spend labor money at all.

After the army returned, Haaland once again began to reward the merits.

The first was Viscount Rohman, who not only sent two thousand elites and one hundred and fifty Warcraft cavalry to the battle, but also let his eldest son, Tylarsen, personally lead the troops. In this battle, the Romman family made fourteen great achievements, plus the merits accumulated in the past, and they can be awarded two baronies.

In recent years, Viscount Rohmon has given a barony to his third son, Crien, and sealed the second son to the southern territory. In less than ten years, he was awarded four baronies.

Even at the current rate of development, it is possible to be promoted to the great aristocracy.

Then there is Sutton, this war elf and Sylph played a very key role, and together they were given a viscount, and now Sutton and Sylph have two viscounts each. The combined territory of the mother and son has exceeded 30,000 square kilometers, which is enough for the elven tribe to operate.

Then there were the two legion commanders, Soros and Jennings, who once again accumulated enough merit and were awarded a barony.

Jennings has been given three baronies and can be promoted to the viscount rank. Soros even has five baronial lands in his hands, but he scattered them among his three children, and his own lands cannot be promoted to viscount.

When you become a legion commander, you can get a victory merit, which has a more vague standard for awarding victory merit than a decapitation merit. If you win this kind of battle once, Soros, Jennings and other army commanders can get at least five great victories.

(End of chapter)