Chapter 29: The Wonder of War
"Stupid!"
"Rubbish!"
"Idiot!"
Standing in the empty tent, a general in silver armor sat in a wooden chair with an angry face, the wooden chair squeaked, and the general also sent his anger to the chair under him, fortunately, the quality of the military industry was good, and there was no joke about sitting on a broken chair.
In front of this general stood two rows of leading generals dressed in uniform black armor, one by one with their heads bowed and did not dare to speak, the general in front of him who was glancing angrily was General Farry, who was known for his fiery temper in the Potter Empire, and he was not sent to lead the army this time.
Three days earlier, the orcs had raided the base camp and both the general and staff officers had died under a rain of arrows.
So General Farry was sent to take command of the remaining 40,000 men, accompanied by General Farry's staff, and after gathering his troops, General Farry sent a general to lead a reconnaissance team of 2,000 men to the interior of the forest to reconnoiter the situation, and the result was beyond everyone's expectations.
The forest in the barracks is two hundred meters away, which is the farthest range that a human bow and arrow can reach, but after the team advanced into the forest for two hundred meters, they found the traces left by the orcs, which means that the range of the orc's bow and arrow is twice the range of the human bow and arrow, when did the stupid orcs become so smart and invent such a sharp weapon?
The reconnaissance team found traces left by heavy objects, but the first reconnaissance of the forest found very shocking traces.
According to the traces, the sharp weapon that fired the ultra-long-distance arrow rain should have been supported by two wheels, which was proved by the deepest traces in the place where the traces were first found, but as the reconnaissance troops moved forward, they found that the traces that should be called rut marks were getting shallower and shallower, and the weight borne by these two wheels was decreasing on the way.
Less than a hundred meters from the discovery of the traces, the rut marks that could provide clues disappeared, and as the sky darkened, the scout team followed the footprints left by the orcs to reconnoiter a mile away, but could no longer find any useful clues.
After the results of the reconnaissance were reported, the first staff officer analyzed the existing information and finally came to the conclusion that this sharp weapon could be assembled and disassembled at any time!
This is not good news, in the human empire, the ballista has just been promoted in the army, in terms of range, the farthest distance of the crossbow arrows shot by the ballista can reach 800 steps, which is more than four times that of ordinary bows and arrows, and the power of crossbow arrows is also very amazing, in a distance of 300 steps can penetrate five pieces of fine iron armor, and ordinary standard military bows and arrows are almost difficult to damage fine iron armor.
It's just that the range is proportional to the volume of the ballista, and although the structure of the ballista is not very complicated, in order to provide greater tension to the ballista, the side wings of a ballista are up to five meters wide and almost six meters long, and once such a large object is formed, it cannot be changed, let alone assembled and disassembled.
The situation encountered by the reconnaissance unit can only be explained by the conclusion given by the General Staff, but the generals still cannot understand how the orcs can create long-range attack weapons that are more advanced than humans, and is it possible that there are dwarves or gnomes secretly supporting the orcs? This kind of assertion can be imagined by all the generals, because the stupid orcs will certainly not be able to create such advanced weapons.
In addition, there is another question that has always puzzled those staff officers of the General Staff, that is, the arrows used by the other party when they were attacked, which were ordinary feathered arrows mixed with rockets to form a terrorist attack, and the people of the General Staff have investigated the arrows used in the attack, and it is obvious that the arrow shaft used by the other party is still made of wood, so only a few well-preserved feathered arrows can be found in the sea of fire in the barracks.
As for those rockets, except for the flammable attachment left on the arrow, and the arrow without attachment is the same system, and the arrow shaft is also made of wood, then the problem is that if the tension is too large, the arrow shaft will break because it cannot withstand the force, in the experiment of the Human Empire, 200 steps is the maximum range that an ordinary bow and arrow can reach, and the ordinary wooden arrow shaft is not capable of bearing the force given by the bowstring at all.
The complete feathered arrows picked up were roughly similar to the feathered arrows commonly used in the army, the only difference was that the shaft of the arrow was thicker, but this did not explain the problem of range, and the staff racked their brains and couldn't figure out what the weapon used in this sudden attack of the orcs was, and after reporting the results, General Fari only nodded his head to indicate that he knew, and then waved his men all out of the tent.
When everything was quiet, General Farry sat down in his seat and pressed his cheek to comb the situation.
After receiving the withering of the royal family, he led his own guard and the thousand cavalry sent by the royal family to the foot of Fengming Mountain, he didn't care about the situation of the mercenaries, he only cared about the army of the Porta Empire, and the result made him very angry, and the casualties caused by the inexplicable attack were as high as more than 3,000 people, and the camp range of 100,000 people was not small.
The other side can achieve full coverage, and according to the judgment ratio of the human army, the team responsible for launching the attack is at least 20,000 people.
In this attack, the casualties can be put aside temporarily, there are no immortals in the war, but the problem of grain and grass has to be paid attention to, because of the wrong arrangement of the previous leader, the army's grain and grass are not far from the barracks, this attack, the grain and grass of the 50,000 army is only enough for the current army for less than ten days, the letter for help has been sent, the situation is critical, but what can be done now is to wait.
"At least 20,000 archers, is the Orc Empire pouring all its strength into this war?" Fari squinted his round eyes, his fingers slid down and stroked his chin, but he felt a chill coming from his palm, and his body suddenly stiffened, Fari wanted to move, but felt a tingling pain in his Adam's apple, and a small voice sounded behind Fari.
"If you don't want to die, don't move!"
Fari turned his eyes down and found that there was a thin dagger on his neck, and the handle of the dagger was held by a gray slender hand, and at the same time, Fari also felt a sharp blade in the gap between his upper armor and lower body armor, and the other party did not seem to have decided to kill him immediately, so Fari kept this position and waited for the other party's next step.
"Very well, General Fary, I hope we can have a perfect conversation between the two of us. The voice was so sharp that Fari could even feel the heat blowing on his neck as he spoke.
"Then, next, I will convey the will of the Beast Emperor of the Orc Empire, hoping that General Fari will bring this news back to the palace of the Porta Empire. With that, the assassin pulled the blade out of his waist.
"Are you an orc?" Fari didn't dare to come out, he was a third-level martial artist, but the other party gave him the feeling that he was above himself, a martial god came to be an assassin, has the national strength of the orc empire developed to this point?
"This is the sincerity of my orc empire. After speaking, a figure burst out from the side of Fari, Fali looked at it and suddenly set off a huge wave in his heart, the assassin in front of him was dressed in light gray tights, two long whiskers fluttered around his mouth at will, a huge mouse head and a pair of eyes full of fine light stared at him tightly, and a strong man's unique momentum surrounded the body of this rat man.
"As General Fari can see, I am the commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the first frontier regiment of the Bill tribe of the Orc Empire, you don't need to know the name, believe me, although you can call your guards, you must have lost your life before then. ”
"You threaten me?" Fari's eyes widened, the contempt on the face of this martial god who was not more than his height made Fari feel a little humiliated, but from the words of the assassin in front of him, Fari knew that his speculation about the development of the orc empire was seriously low, but this was impossible!
"Presumably you have already received the previous gift, there is no need for the Porta Empire to participate in this unnecessary war. The nezumi put his hands behind his back and said indifferently.
"What do you mean by that?" said Fari with a sneer, "Persuade me to surrender?"
"My lord is famous in the Porta Empire, and he is the minister of the humerus of the Porta Empire, as a general, he naturally knows, but all wars are complementary to each other, if I just swiped lightly, and then casually send an offensive signal flare, then this war must be a big victory for my orc empire, am I right?"
After listening to this, Fari wanted to refute, but thinking about the situation just now, he had to admit the fact that the despicable rat man in front of him said, just like what the assassin in front of him said, if he acted rashly just now, then he must have been dead on the spot now, the other party is a rare strong man, who can sneak into the barracks unconsciously and stand behind him silently, so naturally it is not a problem to escape.
"General, are you alright?" the guard's concerned voice came from outside the tent, and the unusual movement in the tent seemed to make the guard suspicious.
Farry instinctively wanted to call, but as soon as his eyes met the rat man's eyes, his heart moved, and he said, "I'm fine." After saying that, Fari breathed a sigh of relief, and at the moment when he opened his mouth, a compelling chill spread outward along his heart, making him feel as if he had lost control of his body.
Hearing the general's voice as usual, the two guards first breathed a sigh of relief, but then rushed in with a frown, the general couldn't talk to himself, saying that it was okay should have been coerced by someone!
I have to say that the two guards in Fa are very competent and loyal, but the timing of his rush in is not good, as soon as he rushes in and sees General Fari with a stunned face, before he can speak, he feels that his eyes are dark and he doesn't know anything.
"The general's men?" asked the nezumi as he gently lowered the rushing guards with his hands outstretched.
Fari nodded in affirmation, "Pretty good guard, but it's not the right time lately. After speaking, the nezumi touched the guard's neck and nodded, "It's okay, it's not life-threatening, it's all alive." ”
Farry breathed a sigh of relief, but then he involuntarily straightened up, because the orc in front of him still had something to do, and his life was still in the hands of the other party.
"Don't be nervous, General, I'm just a messenger, and although it's a bit violent, please understand that this wasn't my original intention. The nezumi sat on a chair in the tent and whispered.
"Now that you're in control, what else can I say?" said Farry with a sneer, the nezumi stunned and then relieved.
"Okay General, back to our previous topic, the war is exactly complementary, you want a head-on showdown, if it was the Orc Empire twenty years ago, there might be a large number of orcs jumping out and dying under your superb command. "The nezumi doesn't seem to care about revealing the shortcomings of his empire, which makes Fari wonder, is it arrogance or self-confidence?
"But as you should see, our Orc Empire now has a strong combat capability, and I believe you can see it in a raid, in the past, we orcs were not so cunning, I'm right, General Fary. ”
Fari nodded, even when the royal family received the letter for help, they didn't expect that the orcs would die down after only one surprise attack, and after Fari led the army to arrive, he realized that his opponent did not seem to be as stupid as he imagined, on the contrary, just by striking Fari from a distance, he could see that the opponent's combat ability was terrifying.
There are no standard textbooks for war, and if you win more than you can, you will lose, Fari understands this truth, and at the same time, when he first came to Fengming Mountain, he judged the purpose of the opponent's attack.
In addition to the opponent's weapon advantage, the opponent's strategic intention is very obvious, and the method is also very simple: fire attack, cut off the grain road!
By destroying the grain and grass, the army can not advance or retreat, the morale falls, and the combat effectiveness of the troops is weakened, if the army is discouraged for a long time, even if there is support of the grain and grass, the strength of the troops will be greatly reduced, and this battle can be said to have planted a seed of defeat for the human army before it has even started.
The opponent's punch was fierce and accurate, the timing of the punch and the part of the injury were beyond the opponent's expectations, and if the action of the rat man in front of him turned into a killing, Fari could even think of the future result: the continuous loss of generals in battle would have a greater impact on the troops, and if the situation was bad, the army might even be defeated.
Even if this does not happen, will the other party try their best to catalyze such an outcome?
The answer is yes. Fari looked at the rat man in front of him with some complexity, not knowing what to say, and the unwillingness and anger in his heart turned into deep helplessness at this moment.
Farry knew that the Bill tribe, which was an orc tribe dominated by werewolves, was located about twenty miles from the border of the Orc Forest, but this was the previous information, according to previous reconnaissance, it was obvious that this location had changed, and it was possible that it was closer to the Wind Roaring Mountain, and the empire was unaware.
No, a while ago, the Gary Empire sent a mission, and it seems that a letter of state related to the Orc Empire was submitted, what is the specific content?
Fari suddenly remembered a notice about the orc empire he received before, and he didn't seem to remember the specific content clearly, but the main meaning Fari still had a vague impression, it seemed to be a letter of condemnation, he was a military general, and he was not in the royal city, so he didn't know it in detail.
"A while ago, the Gary Empire handed over a credential to the Porta Empire......" Fari didn't finish speaking, he had forgotten the specifics, so he wanted to see how the other party reacted.
"Oh, yes, is it a letter about the Orc Empire condemning and forbidding the Human Empire to enter the territory of the Orc Empire to hunt the subjects of my Empire? The rat man was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Farry to talk about the credentials, but he still gave an explanation.
"Just a month ago, a nobleman in your country known as the Red Maple Leaf, led his team of nearly 1,000 people, illegally entered the territory of my empire with the intention of attacking the tribes of my empire, and was killed by my emperor's ** team. The nezumi suddenly sneered and said.
"Do you think this is a righteous act?"
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