Section 32 Settlement

If there is any word to describe Carrie's scream, then "hysteria" is definitely the best choice. Even Ashrufat hadn't expected Carrie to scream like that.

In the beginning, Carrie seemed to be emotionless. Even if she occasionally pretended to be gentle or impatient, it was a disguise that could be easily distinguished. But as the time spent together, Carrie became more and more like a feeling person. At least later, she will naturally have attitudes such as happiness and anger, and even show clear disgust, ambition, desire and other complex emotions later, and even make people unconsciously forget that she was originally a pure rational existence without feelings. But Ashrufat still inadvertently remembered it.

However, Carrie's hysterical performance at this moment made Eshurufat lose his grasp of this aspect of the matter.

"It can't be...... It's absolutely impossible!There's no way the greenskins can maintain their morale in this situation!" Carrie repeated in her mind. "It can only be understood that there is some kind of unrelated third-party force meddling!"

"If a third party intervenes...... although Ashrufat doesn't really agree with Carrie's opinion, he doesn't object to it - after all, this is also a possibility. "So what are we going to do?"

"Retreat. Carrie's mood seemed to calm down instantly.

"There's no way to retreat. Ashrufat pointed out an obvious fact. The dwarven army is now scattered in small groups in a large area (which had to be arranged in order to form a situation of ambushing the greenskins in multiple local small battlefields), and it will take about a day to gather them alone. Not to mention that the Greenskins are at the rear of the Dwarven Legion at the moment, right in the middle of the base camp and the troops. If the dwarves retreated, it would be impossible for the greenskins not to notice. After all, the dwarves are hampered by a large number of war machines, and their marching speed and routes are limited.

Not only is there no way to retreat, in fact, there is no way to even confront each other. Now, the military posture of both sides has formed a delicate state. The Dwarven army is intact, but it is scattered and located in the rear of the Greenskins, and it will not be able to return to the base camp anytime soon. Even if the green-skinned army rests for a night, it will be fine to set off tomorrow morning. You can march slowly all the way to capture the dwarven base camp that doesn't even have a defender.

Although it is said that there is still an Ogre Alliance. If Greenskin really moves forward slowly, maybe the ogre will be able to reach the base camp in time. But this kind of thing is completely resigned to fate.

According to Carrie's plan, at this time, the Greenskin army lost more than half of its ranks, and its morale collapsed. The only thing the Greenskin Boss can do (if not die) is to try to control the escape of his men. Either he couldn't move where he was, or he had to retreat the same way. Of course, it's even more fine if the greenskin boss dies.

But now, the Green Legion has not wavered in any way. This exposed the weakest and deadliest positions of the Dwarven Legion to the Greenskin Army. This is the criticism of the art of war. As long as the greenskins advance all the way, they will immediately cut off the dwarves' supply lines and retreats, making the previous gains of the dwarven forces meaningless.

The first lesson Thomas taught to Eshurufat was about logistics. This is the basis for the dispatch and operation of almost all armies in the world. With the exception of the Undead Legion and the Greenskins, no other army has been able to break free from this shackle. The undead legions are because they themselves are puppets without any need, and a few dark mages can drive them. The greenskins are because the snot that they follow with the army can grow mushrooms, which are the staple food of the greenskins. If the greenskins run out of food, they only need to stop in place for a day or two, and the snot essence will grow a lot of mushrooms for the greenskins to eat (and if they stay for a long time, they can also grow Scroogg, or even orc kids). As long as there is sun, air, water, and dirt, the greenskins don't have to worry about running out of supplies.

But humans, elves, dwarves, ratmen, and the like are not so simple. In order to maintain their combat strength, the armies of these races had to carry a large amount of burden. Of course, these cumbersome supplies will not be carried into battle, but must be placed in the camp (if there is a castle, a city, etc.). This makes it so that once the camp falls, it is equivalent to the combat power of the army that is fundamentally shaken.

In the human art of war, if you can destroy the enemy's baggage and burn their grain and grass, it is almost equivalent to victory. Even the heavy cost in other areas (such as the total destruction of a decoy force) is well worth it. Of course, this kind of opportunity is very rare in actual combat, because the other side will also be equally cautious to protect their own logistics security.

On the battlefield, the light cavalry possessed excellent speed, which gave them the ability to resist engaging any other unit - they only had to stay away from it, and the enemy would be helpless and would never be able to catch up. But a force of pure light cavalry could not refuse to fight, because although they themselves ran as fast, the baggage team could not run as fast. Even in the knowledge of the disadvantage, the light cavalry had to take the battle head-on in order to protect the baggage, because if they lost the baggage, the light cavalry would also lose their combat ability.

This is also why in addition to the troops that carry out the task of burning, killing and plundering in the enemy's territory, almost all pure cavalry units are composed of light and heavy cavalry.

In terms of the situation that Ashrufat is facing at the moment, as long as the green-skinned army continues to advance, the victory and defeat on the battlefield will be reversed immediately. The Greenskins only had to wait patiently, and the dwarves had to gather for a head-on battle. Even though he knew that the odds of winning this kind of frontal battle were extremely low, he had to do it. This is because if it drags on, the dwarves will lose even the ability to fight head-on.

"Yes, if there is a third party who intervenes, there is a high probability that they have already left an ambush on the way back...... The stakes are high...... Then a battle should be fought to cover our retreat. Carrie's voice had become so calm that one wondered if she had faked her hysterical tone. "Taking advantage of this opportunity for them to be attracted to their attention, it is a better way to retreat with the help of a helicopter. ”

Only then did Ashruphat realize that Carrie's "retreat" did not mean the retreat of the entire legion, but only his own retreat.

"Carrie, what will happen to the rest of the soldiers if we're gone?"

Carrie didn't answer, but even though the question was asked by Ashrufat, he knew the answer to the question: there was no second possibility at all.

"Carrie, we still have a chance. Even if we come to fight, we won't necessarily lose. Ashrufat said. "The dwarven army didn't have time to gather, only a part of it could be gathered. But with the addition of ogres, it's pretty much the same. Although there is no particular advantage, at least it will not be at a disadvantage. ”

"This ...... Risky ......," Carrie's voice looked hesitant. "It's okay to control the dwarves from a distance...... But ogres are obviously hard. Those guys don't have a lot of IQ and no sense of honor...... Even if you don't openly disobey orders, it's at least difficult to command...... There is a high probability that they will have infighting with the dwarves on the battlefield. ”

Ashrufat suddenly realized that Carrie's principle of commanding the war seemed to be that she had to be in the rear of the extremely safe and secure troops. If this principle is violated, her unique way of commanding the army in squadrons and squads will not work.

"With me, I should be able to control the ogre. Ashrufat said.

"You're going to battle yourself?"

"It's not my first time on the battlefield. Ashrufat asked a little strangely. Carrie was a little hesitant, but immediately changed the subject.

"Master, if you want to fight the orcs, what method must you use to delay them for a while...... We must pool our forces. ”

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This night, the iron boss actually rested very peacefully. Although there were some fragmentary gunfire of dwarves outside, after last night's battle, the current iron boss didn't think it was anything. At least the dwarves didn't set up a dozen cannons and blast them at the camp, and they didn't plant piles of gunpowder to blow up half of the camp at once (and a lot of unlucky greenskins).

Although the Iron Boss proudly declared his victory yesterday, in fact, his intelligence was enough for him to understand that the capture of the castle was a dwarven conspiracy, a complete trap. When will the dwarven castle have only cannons and no muskets? When will the dwarven castle allow a group of green skins who don't even have siege weapons to easily rush in? When will the dwarven castle collapse so cleverly? Ordinary orcs may not have the brains to comprehend these obvious facts, and ordinary goblins may hesitate because of the boss's words (Greenskins know that goblins are timid and fearful), but a boss, especially a boss at the level of war commander, must understand everything clearly.

Otherwise, he would not be able to be the commander of the war. The endless civil war in the greenskins will ruthlessly weed out all the bad brains.

So when the Tin Boss woke up the next morning, he immediately began to think about his next move. Now that his original goal (the collapsed castle next to him) is gone, and the dwarves won't show up for a real fight, maybe he should turn back? The base camp must have been heavily guarded, with a large number of dwarves gathered there waiting to compete with him—and the thought of it was clear that it would be a good battle.

If the Tin Boss's team hadn't been so badly wounded, he might not hesitate to order his men to search the dwarven mysterious base camp (which must not be too far away). But now, after just two days of continuous fighting, the number of Iron Boss's subordinates has shrunk by half. In addition to this, almost all the light cavalry was lost, and the heavy boys also suffered heavy casualties under artillery fire. The Ironhide Boss understands that it will be difficult to find the base camp with the remaining scattered wolf riders and spider boys, and even if they do, they may not be able to defeat it.

How to solve it? The Tin Boss began to think seriously about this problem. Unfortunately, he was not allowed a chance to think, because a goblin had already rushed into the tent and screamed very loudly. "Boss, the dwarves are here!"