Chapter 22: Retreat (1)
Despite some reluctance, the next morning, the coalition soldiers quickly packed up their camp and set out on their journey, the human army from the east, continuing to Anduria far inside the Forest of Silence.
Anda's Noldor elves, with complicated eyes, "farewelled" these humans who had traveled thousands of miles to support their hometown in order to jointly fight against the invasion of orcs. The fact that the Noldos, who were once the lords of Shijie, will one day need the help of humans is very unacceptable, but it is also a fact that must be accepted - the compatriots in the south are being ravaged by the war, and they need more support.
They are vulgar, their living habits are extremely casual, many of them are even malnourished, the clothes on their bodies do not seem to have the slightest beauty, the weapons do not seem to be of high quality, and the way of fighting is even more barbaric and direct............ But these people are now an extremely powerful reinforcement!
The residents of Anda didn't really go to see them off, but instead sent a batch of food from the storehouse, which allowed the coalition forces to improve their food. The soldiers drank leaf tea and chewed dried pumpkin in their mouths (something that Theodore missed for a long time...... That's a childhood memory), and I set off with a smile.
At the same time, although there were some minor surprises, the coalition forces finally had their first official commander-in-chief, His Excellency Terenus, who would be the plenipotentiary of the coalition forces during the expedition, nominally under his command of all armies. As for the three Theodores, they were presented as deputy commanders-in-chief - in fact, they still commanded their own armies, but at least there was the possibility of joint operations.
Because after entering the Forest of Silence, the possibility of encountering the enemy was basically zero, Terenus proposed that the Roman legions carrying supplies be lined up in Zuihou, and the baggage troops would follow and advance slowly, and the large army would speed up the march to Anduria and join the Noldor army. The proposal was agreed to by all - after all, once in the Silent Forest, supplies were no longer a problem, and it was unlikely that an enemy army would suddenly pop up, and there was no need to line up the sluggish baggage wagons.
As soon as Jihua and Zuihou arrived, the army would reach his first destination, Anduria, where a large army of Noldor from the east and north would await them.
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"I hope you'll be able to listen to me, Miss Ain. β
Will's expression explained what it meant to be helpless, and he lightly steered the gray war horse under him, ran to the side of the frosty Ain, and explained very weakly: "It was just an accident, do you understand? β
But his explanation was destined to be in vain, the cold-faced Ain's eyes were red, his nose was still a little choked, he didn't even look at him, he knocked the horse's belly, and rushed to the front.
"Can you wait for me?" Will let out a long sigh and hurriedly followed, "If you're saying that for me, then I can daoqian." I'm sorry...... I mean, I shouldn't have said that, of course I shouldn't have said that. β
"But you said it anyway, didn't you?!" the girl finally turned her head, but the cold tone still made Will feel powerless, and he finally discovered another fault with himself - he was not very good at dealing with women.
"Justification at this time will only make you appear more hypocritical and undignified. The girl looked at him coldly, and her red eyes were full of shame: "And...... How did you do that...... Shameful thing!"
"I'm a normal man. Will looked at Ain with raised eyebrows, "Isn't it natural for a woman to lie on top of me and have some body reactions?!"
But he soon realized that he had said the wrong thing again--Miss Al Ain looked at him with even more anger and hatred. She trembled, and her shaking mouth made the sound of grinding her teeth.
"I, now, in, no, want, look, to, you!" "I, now, in, no, want, look, to!" "I, now, now, now, no, want, look, look, you!"
"Maybe it's not too bad, we all need to calm down now. Will shrugged his shoulders and acknowledged what the girl had said, "If you're going to duel with me, then you can accompany me at any time - of course, I won't let you, Knight Ain." β
With that, Will sped up and hurried towards Terenus in front of him, leaving only a girl in a complicated mood to walk alone there.
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"Damn, I hate these bushes, Weishenme the great Kosai Khan didn't burn them all?!"
In the woods, Tulsa, dressed in a simple cowhide coat, led a team of more than two dozen orc warriors to find a place to put their feet down.
"How can we think of the great Khosai Khan?" replied an equally sturdy orc warrior who followed him, "and we just have to carry out the order." β
Although the orc armies of the Tar tribe, guided by the dwarves of Neugar, found a steel road to the southern part of the Silent Forest, burned large areas of forest, and routed the main force of the southern Noldor elves, capturing vast tracts of cultivated land, a staggering number of warehouses, and a considerable number of elven slaves, Kosai soon realized that the battle was not over.
The Noldor elves, who had been defeated on the battlefield, did not flee in all directions, but hid in the great forest, relying on hunting and wild fruits to maintain supplies, waiting for an opportunity to sneak up on any lone orcs - the Taal tribe, who had just won a great victory and enjoyed the fruits of victory, were obviously defenseless. In their limited thinking, the enemy should have fled as far as he could at this time.
But as it turns out, they're wrong, and they're wildly wrong.
The forest is the real home of the elves, and these excellent hunters are even more familiar with how to hide in the big forest, and the night gives them the most haode cover - although the night vision of the orcs is also very good, but it is still much worse than the Noldor hunters who can lie on the ground all night in the dark to wait for their prey.
Those tricky and hidden cold arrows can fly out from any angle, and can appear at any time, which makes the orcs very frightened, they begin to refuse to travel alone, and must be more than ten people at any time, and even so, there are often many squads of orcs, because they have accidentally entered a certain forest, and then completely disappeared without a trace, and a few days later they are found, leaving only a shriveled pile of carrion, which has been shot into the carrion of hedgehogs.
Kosai would love to burn all the surrounding forests, but he couldn't do so yet - the Noldor Elven colonies were in the middle of the forests, and the fire would probably burn along with its current camp and the abundant warehouses, at least not until all the loot and slaves were gone.
In order to keep his warriors motivated and motivated, Kosai decided to wipe out all the small settlements in the vicinity and declared that all the spoils would go to their own peopleβan order that made the orc warriors forget about the unpleasantness of the previous period for a while. Just in case, they all left the camp in formation to find the elven civilians who were still lurking in the forest.
And Tulsa and his warriors are one of the luckier squads.
Although they still wore animal skin coats, heavy spears and round shields, the bags around their waists were already bulging, and the cloth and spices of Noldor were good in their eyes, and many of Tulsa's men had made a fortune from the deadβa pair of small leather boots hanging around their necks, and a delicate short dagger at the back of their waists.
And now, these guys, who have tasted the sweetness, have once again embarked on their own journey of conquest, hoping to gain more wealth, preferably slaves, and it would be great if they could get both wealth and slaves.
However, their good fortune had run out, and before Tulsa could use his excellent "eloquence" (I wish it knew the word) to fight back against the idiot who dared to talk back, several loud sounds pierced the air.
"Roar-!!!"
The orc warriors hurriedly crouched down and protected their bodies with round shields, but two unlucky ones were still hit in the eyes by sharp arrows, and after a scream, they fell in a pool of blood, and they could not die again.
As for the rest of the orcs, I am afraid that they will not have time to be proud of their mechanical agility - the powerful arrow feathers are plunged straight into the shield, and some even penetrate their arms, because they are barbed arrows, and it is impossible to even pull them out.
The sudden attack lasted probably only a short time before it stopped. There were also some frightened orc warriors, trembling and squatting on the ground and not daring to stand up.
"Roar-!!!" A somewhat bold fellow, glancing at his companion who was still crouching on the ground, took the lead in standing up straight from the ground, shook his feet, and walked to the front of the line in Tulsa's sight.
At this moment, a black shadow suddenly leaped down from the tree, and almost at that moment, the guy who was walking in front turned his back and fell to the ground with a thud, and a deep visible bone scar extended from his right shoulder to his left waist, splitting it in half.
"Roarββββββ!!!!" Tulsa was furious, this was obviously a very premeditated raid, these damn reptiles, they still have the guts to come out on their own?!
Didn't they just know how to hide in the shadows and secretly release a few cold arrows?!
Then, Tulsa was completely stunned by the scene that happened in front of his eyes.
The black shadow did not stop, as if it was a hurricane, rushed into the squad behind him, blood flew around with a terrible howl, Tulsa couldn't even see how the other party pulled out his weapon, more than twenty orc warriors, just like that, were slaughtered without parrying, and the scythe of death slashed through their bodies, leaving only a mortal scar!
Finally, the dark shadow stopped, allowing Tulsa to see the other man's appearance clearly: brown hair was somewhat disheveled, the upper body was a gray cloth robe, tied with a belt, and in his hand there was a strange short weapon, but it was black, and thick blood dripped down the black stick to the ground.
He seemed to be tired, gasping for breath, his shoulders twitching up and down, as if he hadn't spotted the orc behind him. Tulsa clenched the heavy spear in his hand and rushed towards the figure.
"Roar---!!!!"
The roar made him react, and the sharp black weapon came down from above, and Tulsa picked up the round shield to resist - as a good orc leader, its shield was iron!
"Sonorous!"
With a crisp sound, the sturdy shield was split in half by the black shadow.
"I'm sorry, my old fellow, it's sharper than you think. β
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