Chapter Eighty-Seven: Sweeping the Guerrillas
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Ouyang Yu sat on the edge of the bed and fed an antidote into Avril's mouth, after taking the antidote, Avril's sickly flush gradually disappeared, and after looking at her peaceful sleeping appearance for a while, Ouyang Yu helped her cover the quilt and left the bedroom gently.
Outside the bedroom, the ten lords, including Doris, Tia, Jasmine, and Sindagosa, knelt outside the door, folded their hands together, and pressed their foreheads tightly against them.
Toris said: "I'm sorry master, the speaker of the Dark Council we couldn't find him, let him run away, please master punish him." β
"Please, master, punish you. βΓ9γ
"The Dark Speaker is a dark magician, and dark magic is known for being weird and hidden, plus this generation of Dark Speaker has never known his appearance, figure, origin, age, etc., and can only know that he is a very old man through his voice, but it may be a disguise, in the face of such an old fox, it is normal for you to not find him, you all get up. β
"Thank you, master. βΓ10γ
"Doris, tell Celine what happened today, and then ask her to issue a notice to explain it to the public. β
"Yes, master. β
"I'm going to see Xana and Illya (Christina's daughter). Go and rest, too. After speaking, Ouyang Yu walked towards the next room.
Ouyang Yu's announcement caused a strong impact on the mainland, especially the killing of St. Francis, the law of the undead, which made many people applaud, and even the Ancestral Temple had to stand up and praise Ouyang Yu for being a big harm to the mainland, and also specially awarded her an oak leaf cross as a reward, the Ancestral Temple's move surprised many people, the Ancestral Temple that represents the light actually awarded a medal to a necromancer who represents death, it is simply a strange tale, and what is even more strange is that Ouyang Yu happily accepted the cross, and will wear the cross when attending the event, which made many people shout that the world has changed now.
"The hosts. The command of the base camp. Toris handed a copy of the text to Ouyang Yu.
Ouyang Yu took the text and browsed it, and said strangely: "Do you want me to go to the south alone?" She put her hand on her cheek and thought for a moment and said, "Doris." You, Tia, and Jasmine will stay with me, and the others will stay in the royal capital. β
"Yes. β
In recent months, the strength of the Southern Coalition has been greatly strengthened, relying on the absolute superiority of troops, and the swamp orcs have been defeated one after another.
The swamp orc king listened to the building of the fortress hero Edney. Abandoning the retreat of the human territory currently occupied. With a large amount of looted supplies and prisoners, they returned to the swamp. Moreover, when retreating, he deliberately put on a deserted appearance, intending to lure the Southern Coalition into the dark swamp and give full play to his own local combat advantages. Take advantage of the hellish surroundings of the Dark Swamp and the ferocious monsters that inhabit the swamp to fight the coalition forces.
The human generals, carried away by the successive victories, rushed headlong into the dark swamp with an army of millions, which was full of deadly miasma, fist-sized petal mosquitoes, pencil-sized grasshoppers, and the ubiquitous traps, dysentery, Cholera and other diseases spread wantonly among soldiers, the monsters that inhabit the swamp are the grim reaper from hell, taking the lives of the soldiers every minute and every second, the elusive swamp orc soldiers launched endless guerrilla warfare under the orders of Edney, and the coalition soldiers fought in the harsh environment, the terrible monsters, Under the ravages of disease and the multiple blows of guerrilla warfare, morale deteriorated and combat effectiveness plummeted, and even deserters appeared, and those who escaped disappeared forever into the swamp, never to be seen again.
As the sun set, Andy (Antti) was patrolling the barracks alone, looking at the listless soldiers, she sighed worriedly, in this special environment, she couldn't think of a better way to break her head, so she could only cheekily send a letter of help to Ouyang Yu.
She came to the wounded barracks again, the wounded barracks are now called the hospital is more appropriate, because only one-third of the soldiers were really wounded in the battle, and the remaining two-thirds were admitted because of various diseases, and now there are nearly 80,000 wounded soldiers in the entire wounded barracks, these wounded soldiers not only slow down the speed of the march, but also need at least 100,000 soldiers to protect them, fortunately, the supplies are well prepared, and the soldiers who died of illness are not too many, but the supply line has been continuously harassed and attacked by the swamp orc guerrillas, and the supply of the southern coalition army has begun to be tight, and the swamp orcs have strengthened the offensive, if they can't restore morale and supplies, there is a good chance that the coalition forces will suffer a big defeat here.
Just as Andy (Antti) was in a daze, a herald ran up to her and said, "Your Highness, Her Highness Catherine has arrived and is in your tent. β
"Oh, it's great to be here so soon. Andy (Antti) turned around happily and walked briskly towards the camp.
As soon as she walked into her tent, she heard Ouyang Yu say, "My dear sister, what is the matter with you looking for me in such a hurry? Could it be that you have just suffered a big defeat? Do you need me to wipe your ass?"
Andy (Anti) had long been accustomed to Ouyang Yu's ridicule, and sat down in front of her without changing his face and said: "I didn't call you over this time to fight with you, the coalition army's attack on the swamp orcs has temporary difficulties, the soldiers are demoralized, there are a large number of non-combat attrition every day, and the supply lines are also frequently attacked, for the sake of everyone being human, help me." β
Ouyang Yu had never seen Andy (Antti) talk to him in such a low voice, and stared at her in surprise for a while and said, "How do you want me to help you?"
"Send your army of the undead to defend the supply lines and exterminate the guerrillas, and be responsible for battlefield reconnaissance and vigilance. In the swamp, only your undead are best suited for these jobs. β
Ouyang Yu frowned and asked, "It's okay to let my undead take care of these tasks, but have you considered the feelings of the soldiers, and will they have a negative impact on my undead?"
"It's not my discretion to let your undead go to war, I have discussed this matter with the generals below before the order was issued, and I have also reported it to the Continental Council, which has been unanimously approved by the members of the council, and we will try our best to appease the soldiers, minimize the negative impact, and at the same time explain the benefits to them, I think the soldiers will accept it." β
"Okay, if you say you can, you can do it. Anyway, if something goes wrong, I'm not going to be responsible. Ouyang Yu shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently.
Early the next morning, all the soldiers received the order to assemble. Andy (Antti) announced that Ouyang Yu's undead would join the war, and to her surprise, the soldiers accepted this decision very calmly, and even some soldiers had a relieved expression on their faces. Even none of the priests of the Temple of the Ancestors came out to oppose it.
Now that the words have been made clear, then Ouyang Yu's army of the undead appeared in the human barracks openly.
The towering skeleton archers on the towers of the coalition camp replaced the human archers. The tireless undead watched intently as the wind and grass outside the camp took place. In the swamps and dense forests outside the camp, a large number of skeletons and zombies dug a pit to bury themselves in, and the undead who did not need to breathe, rest and eat were the best scouts. They guard the camp 24 hours a day, they are not afraid of mosquito bites, and the carnivorous monsters will not be interested in skull racks and carrion, once an orc soldier passes by them, the nearby undead will launch an undead attack on them, with the undead guarding day and night, the nerves that the human soldiers have been tense have finally relaxed a little.
The long convoy of grain was escorted by the soldiers in the dark tropical forest, the dark swamp can not drive many roads, the road is lined with relatively low, but dense woods and half-human tall weeds, the soldiers dare not leave the road at will, not only because the half-human tall weeds may hide orc soldiers and traps, but also may be the bottomless swamp or quagmire under the weeds, there were once a large number of human soldiers because they were unfamiliar with the situation and then stepped into the swamp, and then were swallowed by the swamp under the helpless gaze of their comradesγ
The officer leading the team watched the situation vigilantly, his daily task was to deliver supplies from the supply point to the human camp, in the past, his convoy would be attacked by orcs every once in a while, and every time he would lose some soldiers and supplies, he heard from other officers that some unlucky food convoys would even be wiped out and no one would survive.
But today he had already walked halfway from the supply point, and according to previous experience, halfway through was the most likely time for the orc guerrillas to attack.
"Everyone, keep an eye on the situation around you, and be alerted if anything is wrong!" shouted the officer to his soldiers.
Hearing the officer's order, the soldiers couldn't help but clench the weapons in their hands and keep looking around, and after walking cautiously for more than half an hour, the food transport team came to a relatively open place, and the officer who led the team found that a group of skeleton soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, and there were many corpses of orc soldiers lying on the ground and in the nearby grass, obviously experiencing a fierce battle.
"Stop! Trist, take a few people over and have a look!" the lead officer ordered one of the soldiers beside him.
Trist walked over with a few soldiers, but soon returned with a beautiful woman with wings on her back.
"Hello Mr. Officer, we are the subordinates of Her Highness Catherine, and we have just wiped out a group of orc guerrillas who are preparing to attack you here, and now you and your convoy can safely pass here. The pretty vampire maid said to the officer.
"Thank you, Your Highness Catherine, and thank you for your help, otherwise I and my men would all die here. "The terrain around is quite complicated, especially suitable for ambushes, even if the food transport team is on guard, but there are quite a lot of orc soldiers who want to attack them, if the undead had not discovered the orc ambush first and eliminated them, the officers and the soldiers of the grain transport team would definitely be wiped out, so the officers are quite grateful.
"You're welcome, we're allies, after all. Mutual cooperation is the way it should be, so please move on. The undead moved out of the way, and the human soldiers of the food convoy watched with gratitude and curiosity as the undead soldiers slowly walked along.
In order to deal with the orc guerrillas, Ouyang Yu sent a large number of undead soldiers, skeletons, zombies, howling banshees and lichs to form a small detachment, deep into the dense forests and swamps to conduct a dragnet search near the supply line road, and also sent a large number of skeletons to widen and strengthen the supply line road, cut down all the trees within two hundred meters of the road, burned all the weeds, and the mud puddles and swamps next to the road were also filled by the vampires with magic, anyway, the undead did not need to rest day and night. The trail, which used to be accessible only to one car, has now been transformed into a boulevard that can be used by four cars. The efficiency of transportation has been greatly increased.
In the past half a month, the number of orc guerrillas attacking the grain transport team has dropped significantly, and the orc guerrillas who were previously active in the supply line have either been eliminated or forced to transfer, and after half a month, there have been almost no attacks, and the supply situation of the human army has improved significantly.
In addition, Ouyang Yu cast several super-large-scale healing magics. Nearly 80,000 wounded and sick soldiers recovered within a few days. The morale of the coalition soldiers was once again restored to a high level.
Supplies are unimpeded. After a short break, the high-spirited coalition forces once again launched a new assault on the swamp orc lines.
Because the dark swamp could not carry out the attack of large corps, the Allied General Staff developed a battle plan with multiple assaults and blossoming in the center. Using the absolute superiority in strength to attack the five lines of defense of the swamp orcs at the same time, so that they could not take care of the end of the line, and at the same time, taking advantage of Ouyang Yu's ability to summon the army of the undead out of thin air, let her secretly move behind the defense line of the swamp orcs to summon the army of the undead to launch a surprise attack.
As the sun first rose, the dark swamp was shrouded in a thick fog in which thousands of human soldiers in armor and weapons fought towards the orc lines.
It is impossible to hide the movement of millions of human armies from orc scouts, and the orc warriors, who have been waiting for a long time, clenched their weapons fiercely with their eyes in their pants, hiding behind rudimentary fences or breastprints, waiting for the human soldiers to approach.
"Shoot the arrows!"
Although the role of the bow and arrow has been greatly weakened in the dense forest, it is still a good long-range attack weapon, and the dense rain of arrows continues to fall into the orc defense line, although there are few orc soldiers killed, but it has a good effect on the morale of the human soldiers, and the human soldiers have approached the orc defense line after several rounds of arrow rain suppression.
"Rush!" The human soldiers, who were already quite close to the orc defense line, raised their shields and turned from fast walking to running wildly, and one by one howled and rushed towards the orc defense line.
"Attack!"
The orc axe-throwers stood up from behind the fence or breastwork, and with a whistling sound they hurled their axes at the nearest human soldier, breaking through their shields or armor to deal the human soldier a heavier blow.
But the human soldiers in the back didn't care about the fallen comrades in front of them at all, and took advantage of the gap between the throwing to step on the corpses of their comrades to attack the defense line, standing in a ball with the enemy, blood, shouting, screaming, and the dull sound of weapons piercing into their bodies, forming a vivid picture of war.
Ouyang Yu stood incognito in the sky and looked down, the tragic battle of millions of people stretched for hundreds of kilometers, this spectacular scene made her blood boil, and she couldn't wait to go down and fight the enemy herself, but she had her mission and couldn't stay here too long, so she could only regretfully take Toris, Jasmine and Tia to the predetermined place.
"This is it. After a while, Ouyang Yu and the four of them arrived at the back of the orc's defense line, descended from the air, and the 500,000 skeleton army appeared out of thin air, Ouyang Yu divided the 500,000 skeleton army into two parts, of which 100,000 built a defense line on the spot to block the orc's reinforcements, and the other 400,000 killed the orc's defense line from behind.
The orcs were blinded, they could not have imagined that there would be an army of skeletons in their safe rear, and the casualties of the orcs skyrocketed under the front and rear attacks, and the morale plummeted, and the orc commander had no choice but to ask for help from the rear.
After receiving the letter for help, Talos immediately sent Edney, and like Ouyang Yu, she could summon troops out of thin air, and she was the most suitable, fastest, and most powerful reinforcement. (To be continued......)