Chapter 238: A Delaying Tactic
Four of the five reserves of the lord of the castle were raised, many of them were wounded, and the dead soldiers were carried down one by one. The occasional hissing cry, the deafening scream, heralded the departure of an Imperial soldier, his comrades roaring and blood boiling. Blood debts must be paid in blood, and only with each other's blood can the grievances between humans and beasts be washed away. Grief and loss, with a touch of sadness, the whole city fell into a dead silence and sadness. Even Lord Agaso sighed deeply, and Nangong Qianyu and Princess Hadesyue were even more in tears, and the fragility in their hearts was undoubtedly revealed.
In Lord Agaso's City Lord's Mansion, there were enough forty or fifty people to sit on the long black lacquered table, and all seven of Murong Yu sat on their chairs, quietly waiting for Lord Agaso on the throne to speak. On the wall in the middle of the hall was a military map, and it seemed that the lord had prepared for war a long time ago.
Today's battle was fierce, and Lord Agaso arranged for a long time to come back, and the cold-faced Lord Agaso drank all the cold tea prepared on the table, and his dry throat finally improved a little.
"In this battle, we lost 10,000 soldiers, more than 2,000 seriously wounded, and countless lightly wounded. Master Agaso's cold voice did not detect any emotional fluctuations, as if he was talking about an innocuous topic. After a pause, he breathed a sigh of relief, leaned straight back in the chair, stretched his tense body, twisted his somewhat sore neck, and continued: "Our losses are great, but the losses of the orc legions today are even greater, estimated to be more than ten times ours. ”
In fact, ten times is still a very conservative value, with the vision of Murong Yu and others, the half-orc army is at least 200,000 dead today, because the demonic beasts are almost all fighting for their lives, naturally almost all of them are dead, and the injured are very few. However, even so, humans can't afford it, after all, the dark and boundless Nightmare Forest is constantly feeding the orc legions with fresh blood. Therefore, as long as the two sides do not change their strategies, humanity is doomed to be exhausted and lose this protracted war.
"According to our intelligence, the Imperial General Hua Shengde will personally lead reinforcements from his Divine Radiance Legion, which is estimated to arrive within a week, however, we are now facing a problem. Master Agaso's gaze swept to everyone, wanting to see their reactions, he paused slightly, and then said: "The problem is that the orc reinforcements will also arrive within a week, and we must find a way to delay the reinforcements of the orcs and buy time to eliminate the orc army here." ”
"Of course, the longer we delay, the more powerful it will be for us. Master Agaso continued, "So, I want you to think of a way to hold back the orc reinforcements?"
When Lord Agaso's words fell, the entire hall fell silent, and the seven Murong Yu fell into deep contemplation. The orc legion is estimated to have millions of people, and today's fierce attack has almost lost thirty percent of the soldiers, it turns out that these guys also have backup, no wonder they are so unscrupulous to let go.
Just as Murong Yu thought, the entire Nightmare Forest was a powerful reserve base, as long as the Nightmare Forest existed, then the Beast Clan would have a steady stream of troops. Even if we can survive this crisis, what about the future? Humanity really can't afford to wear out this kind of attrition.
Pace also knew in his heart that there were several important military strongholds to the north of the city of Eras, but the city of Senbang, which was garrisoned by 100,000 regular troops, and the city of Horace, which had a garrison of 200,000 troops, only held out for a month. Although most of the army retreated to the city of Erath, the human casualties were still high, with a rough estimate of the loss of more than half of the troops. Of course, this is mainly because those strongholds do not have saint-level powerhouses in charge, so how can they resist the attack of the holy beasts. The total strength of the current city of Erath is approaching 300,000, half of which has been withdrawn from the front line.
As the Nine Emperors, Pace was very clear about the current form, and if the reinforcements of the orcs arrived in time, then the war would be at a stalemate again. The Empire's army will not be able to effectively combat the frantic attack of the orcs, and will once again be mired in a tug-of-war of attrition, which is not optimistic in form. For the sake of today's plan, as the city lord said, it is necessary to find a way to stop the orc reinforcements and buy enough time for the total annihilation of the orc army in front.
"My lord, I wonder how many reinforcements there are for Warcraft, and what is the route of travel?" asked Pace first.
Master Agaso's chair moved back, stood up and walked to the military map in the center of the hall, looked sideways at Murong Yu and the others, and began to explain: "The city of Eras you see is here. ”
"Directly north of the city of Eras is the city of Senbang and east of the city of Horace, and we tentatively estimate that the orc reinforcements will pass through the valley of Gerla, cross the Gibris River to the north, pass through the land of Yokohama, detour to the west, and directly attack the west gate of the city of Eras. After speaking, Master Agaso pointed to another path and continued, "Of course, they may also pass through ...... here. ”
Lord Agaso took the trouble to say several possible routes to the south in succession, and Zuihou, as if there was no other way to go, stopped talking. Murong Yu carefully stared at the red and blue circles and the small flags on the map, thinking carefully. Zuihou, Murong Yu finally understood the few roads that Master Agaso said, in fact, there are not many, and the most likely are only four avenues.
After all, there are so many large siege machines and millions of lions, and ordinary paths are simply difficult to walk. After careful deliberation and analysis of the intelligence obtained, Lord Agaso Zuihou has determined two paths, but even if they are two paths, it is very difficult to stop a million lions.
"My lord, first, we can destroy the way and cut off the way, second, we can make a feint to attract reinforcements so that they do not dare to act rashly, and third, we can set up an ambush on the road, which can not only destroy the enemy, but also serve as a diversion. "The Nine Emperor Princes Pace said three methods in a row, obviously a far-sighted person, and the means of the first to show the art of war.
Murong Yu watched coldly, it wasn't that he didn't think of this, but he didn't want to say that Murong Yu didn't have a good impression of Hutton Bixia of the Heavenly Saint Empire, and the pursuit and killing all the time could be said to have almost killed him. However, when it came to dealing with Warcraft, Murong Yu was still very cooperative, at least he didn't sit idly by. I also want to really do my best, besides, to resist the attack of the demonic beast, then I have enough time to reach the legendary god level. In the future, I will fight with the Beast God, hoping to turn the tide and save this continent that is about to be lost.
On the military map, the three cities are in a corner, and the distance from the map is no more than five centimeters, but the actual distance is estimated to be three hundred kilometers away, if there is a cavalry raid, two days and two nights are enough, but the north of the Heavenly Saint Empire is mostly mountainous, otherwise Eras City would not be built on the top of the mountain.
Murong Yu is very strange about the terrain here, to the east and west is an endless grassland, the east extends to the Qiao Tang Empire, and then all the way to the east, until the end of the continent, it is all the Silabel grassland. To the west, through the Tianlong Empire, all the way to the Hun Yuan Empire, is the Lavos Grassland, and once into the Hun Yuan Empire, the grassland terrain rises sharply, entering the highest plateau on the continent - the Bilisr Plateau.
Murong Yu's strange thing was that within a radius of thousands of square kilometers, there were canyons everywhere, mountains everywhere, and the mountains stretching to the north were even more numerous, and this place was like a natural barrier in the Nightmare Forest. Even if it can block the attack of humans, it can also weaken the southward movement of the beast race, after all, between the two savannahs, it is indeed a little strange for this kind of terrain to appear suddenly.
Murong Yu felt that what was even more strange was that the beast clan Weishenme did not bypass here and directly attacked the prairies on both sides? Although the nomads on the grasslands on both sides were sparsely populated and had no resources to plunder, as long as they crossed the prairie, they would directly face the human city. Could it be that there is some secret of the orcs to the north here, they do not want their rear to be threatened by humans, and they want to eradicate it as soon as possible. Murong Yu's thought was a little weird even for himself, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Regarding Murong Yu's wry smile, Dugu Xiangyu and several others seemed to have seen it, after all, everyone was at the same table, and they were so close. Dugu Xiangyu has been taunting Murong Yu since they met, and from time to time he used words to stimulate Murong Yu. On the city wall just now, although the orc army was overwhelming, Dugu Xiangyu and Cantery Bass had always provoked him without saying a word.
However, Murong Yu always kept calm, with Murong Yu's thoughts, you are just two clowns, but you didn't take it to heart. At this time, Dugu Xiangyu and Cantrey Bass seemed to be unsatisfied, the two glanced at each other, and Cantrey Bass smiled coldly: "What does this wry smile mean by the Horse Master?
"Yes, do you have any more suggestions?" Dugu Xiangyu also chimed in. Dugu Xiangyu and Cantre Bass knew in their hearts that Pace had always defended Murong Yu, as long as Pace did not agree, it would be impossible for the two to attack Murong Yu, and the best way was to provoke a war between the two, at least to make Pace have a grudge against Murong Yu. Because Murong Yu made a suggestion, it would damage Pace's face, so if you don't mention it, it means that you are an idiot and lose face.
"Oh, there is no suggestion, I don't know what the city lord means......" Murong Yu ignored these two guys, directly ignored them, and turned to look at the city lord.
Lord Agaso also showed a wry smile, and Murong Yu instantly grasped the meaning of the City Lord, and immediately added, "Your Excellency wants us to delay the reinforcements of the Beast Clan, right?"
"Well, my sword hasn't drunk blood all day. Princess Stygian rolled her eyebrows, revealing her bloodthirsty beauty. Murong Yu and the others knew in their hearts that this kind of blood-colored rose was best not to provoke, compared to Zhiling's violence, maybe this coquettish Dark Moon was even better.
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