Three hundred and ninetieth chapters of the whole person club
Chapter 397: People-trickling Club
Autumn and winter on the grassland are the dry seasons, when the grass and trees are withered and yellow, the sky is full of dust, and the originally bustling prairie is deserted.
Due to the spread of the war, not to mention grassland overlords such as lions, but also herbivorous animals such as antelopes and buffaloes have disappeared. Only the desolate howls of wolves can be heard in the deserted nights.
On this day, a long team of more than 10,000 soldiers lined up, slowly heading north along the avenue.
The places we passed were completely deserted at first, then gradually there were farmlands, small villages, then contiguous fields, ridges, orchards, sizable towns, and then a continuous bustling scene of connected towns.
After Lorraine received the news, he immediately cursed at the orcs who disrupted his strategic plan: They are really a bunch of idiots who have been kicked by donkeys, and they dare to go alone in front of the Lord.
As the American soldier's combat manual says: Never expect to be able to predict the enemy's fighting methods, because only a professional enemy can predict it, and the opponent will always be a bunch of amateurs.
Just like the missiles of the Indian Asans, it is impossible to guard against it, because no one, including the Indians themselves, knows where it will fly!
But despite this, Lorraine was still uneasy after all.
Seeing that the enemies in front of him were fleeing far away, he saw that there was no threat in front of him. He immediately set up camp and led his men back to the city of Croni after several days of rapid march.
The moment she saw the dark shadow of Croni City on the horizon, Vera jumped up from her horse, excitedly waved her pink fists and cheered loudly, shouting: "Okay, I'm finally back. Finally.
Back..."
The officers and soldiers around looked at the cheering Vera and all smiled knowingly.
These soldiers, like Vera, can't wait to return to the city. No one can bear the days of sleeping in the open air and eating sand.
They walked forward for a few more miles, when they saw a team holding high the Norman eagle flag, speeding from the direction of Crony City.
When I got closer, I saw that the leader was wearing a red cape and a golden eagle helmet. He was a gray-haired veteran. It was General Larry.
He led a group of generals who were staying behind to arrive in front of Lorraine's flag, and then reined in his horses.
General Larry raised his hand on the horse and beat his left chest heavily, greeted Lorraine, and said, "I have met you, sir."
A general following General Larry immediately bowed to Lorraine and said in a deep voice: "Claudius, Commander of the Seventh Legion of the East, hello, Lord Governor."
Lorraine looked at General Claudius across from him for a while, and saw that this man had a strong back and a face that was two times larger than the average person. He was staring at Lorraine and the others with stern eyes.
Lorraine nodded at him and said, "Thank you for your hard work. You fought and won the battle."
General Larry smiled reservedly. Being able to defeat more than 10,000 orcs with 3,000 regular troops and annihilate more than 4,000 enemies was an amazing achievement no matter how you look at it.
He looked back, and then said humbly: "It was only thanks to General Claudius's rapid march that he caught those orcs, and we had the chance to deal with them.
Otherwise, relying solely on the military strength of Croni City at the time would not be of much use in winning the battle."
General Claudius quickly waved his hand and said: "There, we took advantage of General Larry. General Larry is indeed very resourceful."
Lorraine smiled cheerfully, then waved his hand and said: "Okay, no need to be humble, we have done a good job this time. We will return to the city later and send an order to reward all those who participated in the war. Nothing else, just eat and drink."
The soldiers behind Lorraine's eyes lit up and they cheered loudly.
General Firdolis, commander of the 10th Eastern Army who was following Lorraine, came up to say hello to General Claudius and said with a smile: "I guess the boss will throw you out, and sure enough."
General Claudius rolled his eyes and glared at General Firdolis angrily.
Lorraine said angrily: "Why is this?"
General Firdolis said with a smile: "Because these guys are so edible."
Everyone in a happy mood burst out laughing.
General Larry and others went hand in hand with Lorraine and introduced Lorraine in detail about the battle of Crony City.
As soon as the Seventh Legion of the East arrived, the orcs who were guarding the town at that time were completely panicked. In order to argue about whether to defend or retreat, the three clan leaders split into two groups and even fought in the end.
At that time, Chief Viridu strongly advocated retreating quickly and running south with all his strength before the main force of the Seventh Eastern Legion arrived. There didn't seem to be many human cavalry, but he thought that most of them could still escape this way.
But the other two clan leaders must stick to it.
These orcs knew very well that they could not defeat the human cavalry. Once they left the barrier of the town, they could only be repeatedly robbed and killed by two to three thousand human cavalry.
Moreover, this is still human territory, and humans can even set up an ambush in front of them to block them. They can only stay in the town and wait for the arrival of other orc reinforcements.
This time the orcs were not fighting in a small way like before. Everyone acted together and the force was extremely fierce.
Because everyone knows that there is strength when there are more people, and the more people rob, the more people rob. Therefore, in the book, all the words are "Go to the colorful world of mankind to rob money, things, women, and live a good life." This is full of words.
They used seductive slogans, and then they exhausted their strength and launched a desperate attack. From those who were fifty years old to those who had just grown up at fifteen years old, many tribes even pulled out their cubs who were just over ten years old.
The military strength assembled this time was a full 120,000 people.
To their south are Vechin and Torek, and to their east there is an orc coalition of about ten thousand people active. As long as people are sent to ask for help, it is estimated that orcs will come to rescue them within three or four days.
Chief Viridu sneered at their wishful thinking. There were 10,000 human legions facing Vechin and Torek. Even if he wanted to, he could defeat the human army on the opposite side, but he would have to wait at least until he came over.
Eight days is enough time for half-orcs like them to starve to death.
The reinforcements from the east didn't even think about it and moved to another place. If other tribes were surrounded by humans, Chief Viridu would never go to rescue them. He would drive the team over and wait for the humans and humans.
The orcs fought so hard that both sides were injured, so they went up to take advantage.
This is the law of survival on the grassland, cruel and realistic. In order to compete for limited food and water sources, the best way is to kill people who also need those things.
The other two clan leaders were just unwilling to die in such a desperate situation. Even if they had an illusory life-saving straw, they would desperately grab it.
Chief Viridu insisted on retreating, but the other two chiefs desperately opposed it. It was best to start a fight and let the human soldiers outside the town take a look.
The orcs lost their last chance in the quarrel.
That night, the main force of the Seventh Army of the East arrived and immediately surrounded the town from several sides. As soon as they arrived, Commander Claudius and General Larry met to discuss countermeasures. The current number of human troops
There are already more orcs than orcs. In the eyes of General Larry and others, these orcs are already meat on their plates.
General Larry mobilized thousands of civilians from the city of Croni overnight, and each man armed with a shovel began to dig trenches around the town. The excavated soil was piled behind the trenches and a low wall was built, making a long-term plan.
The look of siege.
During this process, General Larry and General Claudius kept a close eye on the orcs in the town.
In fact, at this time, if the orcs really choose to break out and escape, General Larry and General Claudius may not be able to stop them.
General Larry's soldiers had been fighting fiercely for a day, and they were all exhausted. When the Seventh Army of the East passed through Nadel, Catherine had personally inspected the Seventh Army in uniform, and was in the Eastern provinces.
, everyone respects Catherine more than Grand Duke Julius, because all their military pay comes from Catherine.
Catherine was willing to spend money for Lorraine. She gave a bonus on the spot. The morale of the whole army was high. They marched all the way to help the eldest lady's adulterer, ah... Officially, it was her boyfriend. Let's kill him.
Along the way, the Eastern Seventh Army was very tired when they arrived at the city of Croni. Even the baggage was far behind. If the orcs really ran south in a swarm, the Eastern Seventh Army would be unable to do anything for a while.
Entering the battle, I had no choice but to watch the orcs escape.
Seeing the humans pretending to be under siege for a long time, the orcs in the town became even more panicked.
That night, General Larry ordered his men to shoot arrows and throw spears into the town. Anyway, it was a lively night.
During this period, the orcs tried to rush out several times, but were repelled by the soldiers on standby.
After discussing with General Claudius, General Larry and General Claudius both believed that there was really no need to risk the lives of their own soldiers because the other group of orcs were destined to die. The troops in Naian Province were precious now. If they surrounded them for a few days, they would starve to the point where they could not survive.
If it moves, just go up and kill the dog.
Until Lorraine received the battle report from General Larry and quickly returned to the city, the group of orcs were still surrounded in the town.
When they arrived at the gate of Croni City, Lorraine waved the soldiers to go into the city first. He turned around and said to General Larry and others: "Let's go and see the surrounded orcs first."
General Larry took Lorraine to the place where the orcs were surrounded. From a distance, he saw flags waving in front and soldiers forming a large circle, surrounding the small town in the middle.
At the front of the encirclement is an earthen rampart that is almost as high as a person. The earthen ramparts are loosely built and are not even the same height in most places. It can be seen that they were built in a hurry and were just slapped with an iron drill a few times. Under the earthen ramparts is a man and a half.
The deep pit surrounded the town. The pit was about ten feet wide. It required a lot of earthwork. It could be dug overnight. This shows the enthusiasm of the people of Croni City at that time.
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The soldiers guarded behind the earthen fortress with a relaxed look. Many wooden watchtowers were even erected here. Archers stood inside and were shooting arrows into the town one after another.
Lorraine climbed up the watchtower, held her hands and looked at the small town within the encirclement.
The orcs were still blocking the intersection. The orcs in front even removed the door panels and put them on their heads to guard against human bows and arrows.
Behind the intersection, a large number of orcs were sitting motionless on the ground against the wall, and many orcs were simply lying on the cold street.
Seeing Lorraine's interested look, General Larry smiled and ordered his men: "The Governor is here, tell these orcs to get up."
"Okay." The orderer agreed with a smile, and then shouted: "The general has an order to tell these orcs to get up and pee."
The human soldiers surrounding the orcs blew their bugles, and the sound of "woo woo" was heard. The soldiers also started to make noises, shouting at the orcs in the town, and some even knocked on the copper basin and iron.
Pots and the like make a "ding, dong, dong, dong, dong" sound.
Lorraine listened to the huge noise coming from around her and thought to herself: "I miss it so much. It's as lively as the New Year."
Under the influence of the noise, the officers had to shout at their throats to issue orders, and the archers quickly stepped forward, pulled up their bows and fired arrows into the town.
Lorraine watched the orcs' actions from the watchtower. After the bugle was blown on the human side, the orcs didn't react at all, and no one even looked over.
Until the first round of arrow rain fell, the orc sitting on the ground was like a slow-motion movie. He first slowly stretched out his hand and pressed it on the ground, then slowly exerted force to support his body, and then pressed his hand on the wall again.
Go up and sit up bit by bit.
Although there were arrows falling continuously around them, and orcs fell to the ground from time to time after being hit by arrows, they looked like they were not panicked at all.
Lorraine knew that these guys were so hungry that they had no strength. Thinking of this, Lorraine couldn't help but shake his head.
General Larry asked curiously: "Sir, what's the problem?"
Lorraine pointed to the small town and said to General Larry and others: "If the wells had been filled in when the people evacuated, it would have saved a lot of effort."
General Larry scratched his head and smiled helplessly. Water wells are the most precious thing in every village, and the people are reluctant to destroy them.
Lorraine waved his hand and said, "You're kidding. A person can live for about four days without drinking water. Even an orc will have to lie on the ground and wait to be slaughtered by us."
"Now, Lord Governor." General Claudius stepped forward and asked, "Do you want to launch an attack? I believe these orcs have no strength to resist."
"No rush." Lorraine sneered and said, "Let's give them something more exciting first. Bring the orc prisoners we captured and their flags. These people are clinging to life in the town, but they are just
Hoping that reinforcements will come."
Lorraine smiled brightly and said, "Wouldn't it be more interesting to kill their hope first, and then slowly starve them to death?"
Everyone present was a soldier, and their profession was to kill people, but after hearing what Lorraine said, they still shivered.
Only the locals of Naian had a sworn hatred against the orcs who invaded their homeland. They wanted to crush these orcs into ashes. After hearing what Lorraine said, they laughed and nodded in agreement.
A few of them were still coming up with ideas from behind, shouting loudly: "We will stew the meat later and let the soldiers eat on the slope to starve the orcs to death."
"No, if you want people to cook on it, you have to find a vent to make sure the aroma reaches the orcs' noses."
"Okay, it's poisonous enough. I like it." Lorraine slapped her thigh and said with a smile, "Tell the soldiers to lick the bones clean and throw them into the pile of orcs after eating."
The local Naian officers' eyes were very bright and they shouted loudly: "Your Excellency is so wise."
"That is, don't look at who our governor is. The famous defender of Maple Leaf Danlin and the Almohad Conqueror."
A group of officers looked gloomily, huddled together with Lorraine, like college students leaning together to watch pornographic movies in the dormitory, discussing various positions... ah no... methods.
"Are there any other poisonous tricks? Let's all think about it." Lorraine rubbed her hands excitedly, like a little kid who was going to peek into the girls' dressing room.
"How do you say this, sir? We have finally found an organization." A group of Nai'an troops looked like they had found a close friend. For a moment, there was a feeling of "I have been searching for him for thousands of times, but suddenly I looked back, and that person was there in the dim light."
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"Yes, poison the bread, throw it to the orcs, and poison them to death."
"Okay, it's poisonous enough."
"What the hell, where are we going to get so many poisons?"
Lorraine smiled evilly and said: "There are no poisons, but there are plenty of laxatives."
"My lord is so wise."
"Tie a piece of meat to the rope, throw it over, and then pull it back when the orcs catch it."
"You were teasing the dog."
"Keeping it is funnier than a dog."
"Okay," Lorraine nodded, waved his hand heroically, and said in a general-like manner: "Let's all work separately. The orcs must not be able to survive or die."
All the officers stamped their feet, raised their hands in salute, and shouted loudly: "Yes, sir."
When the officers dispersed, Lorraine found that General Larry, General Claudius and General Firdolis and their men were all standing at a distance, with a look of "you are busy, we will take care of the soy sauce".
Lorraine curled her lips and thought to herself: Old stubborn, no fun at all.
As soon as the officers' orders were given, the soldiers became very happy. This method of torturing the dead without paying for their lives immediately raised the morale of the soldiers to the highest level.
A high platform was quickly built. The cooks lit a fire and put a pot on the platform, threw in large pieces of raw meat and stewed it. There were soldiers behind them who kept fanning the fire in the direction of the orcs, and the aroma suddenly wafted out.
The orcs in the town were all staring at the cauldron of stewed meat with their heads cocked, drooling wildly, and their expressions were as pious as pilgrims, without blinking.
At this time, the Orc soldiers of the Aquitan tribe escorted a group of Orc prisoners and dragged the Orc flag onto the low wall.
The orc soldiers of Aquitaine held a rolled-up microphone and shouted loudly into the town: "People inside, listen, people inside, listen, you have been surrounded."
The half-orc from the Aquitan tribe was obviously having fun with this, and shouted: "Our Lord Governor has defeated that little scorpion. Repeat, they have been killed by our wise and unparalleled Lord Governor. If
If you don’t believe it, I’ll show it to you.”
The soldiers on the low wall shouted and waved the captured Orc flag.
The orcs from the Aquitan tribe took the microphone and walked up to the captives. They kicked and hit the orcs and said a few words to the orcs. The captives pointed their mouths at the microphone and said loudly: "The brothers inside..."