The sound of killing at the top of the city of Croni was loud, as 30,000 orcs were attacking from three sides of the city walls.
The soldiers and militiamen of the Naian Legion firmly guarded the city wall. Once there was a crisis on the city wall, the 7th Eastern Legion and the 10th Eastern Legion on standby under the city could quickly rush to provide support.
The battle has lasted for four days. In this siege, the Orc chiefs cleverly divided their troops into three parts, taking turns to attack the city walls of Croni day and night.
The defenders on the city didn't even have a chance to breathe, and they didn't leave the city for several days. The Seventh Army of the East and the Tenth Army of the East were ordered by Lorraine to keep up their strength, even though the soldiers on the city were exhausted.
Unbearable, Lorraine did not replace them with new troops, but only sent some to make up for the leaks.
Fortunately, the intensity of the orcs' attacks was not high. It was obvious at first glance that they were just for harassment and containment. Every time the orcs were sent forward, they just rushed towards the city wall and withdrew immediately after the city soldiers launched all their attacks.
Therefore, the fighting intensity of the soldiers on the city wall is not high, so although they are exhausted, they can still survive.
But what makes everyone angry is that those half-orcs seem to be veterans who have been in Ruman's government agencies for thirty years. They all know the universal rule of "doing things in a high profile and being a low profile".
truth.
Before each attack, the momentum was so loud that even the turtles had to move. Especially every night, they would definitely launch an attack with great arrogance.
Set up a formation, make loud noises, shout at the top of your lungs...
Before they even joined the battle, they were already shouting like crazy, as if they had used all their strength to eat milk. However, once the two sides were fighting with real swords and guns, the human soldiers opened their bows and raised their bows slightly.
With two arrows, they immediately ran away like frightened rabbits.
At first, a few warriors who were praised by everyone actually rushed to the top of the city and fought bloody battles with the human soldiers. But later, after all the guys whose brains had been kicked by donkeys were slaughtered by the human soldiers, the rest
Everyone has become much smarter.
No matter how much the chiefs and priests incite, things like, 'After you die heroically in battle, how many virgins will be waiting for you in heaven?', 'Wine and meat every day,' 'Everywhere is uneven, and everywhere is warm.'
...Fei dried up his saliva.
But everyone saw that these chiefs and priests were blowing nonsense and telling you to die, and at the same time they were dragging the beautiful widows and orphans left behind by the warriors who died in the battle into their tents, taking care of them carefully and considerately.
Only then did they realize that there was no essential difference between these bosses and the "legendary MLM lecturers" in the human world, so they stopped being cannon fodder.
If we hadn't been looking forward to the good news promised by the Scorpion King, everyone might have become a mess. It was not impossible to pick up a knife and play the traditional orc "lower to defeat upper" one night.
Although the chiefs encouraged the soldiers to attack, deep down in their hearts, they also knew the benefits of conserving strength. Only with guns can you gain status. If all the subordinates in your hands are exhausted, who will regard you as a leek?
Therefore, they also drew their bows tightly and released their arrows slowly. They sent out troops every day to launch a feint attack to prevent the soldiers from getting bored and losing morale. Furthermore, they also saved the possibility of holding Vichin and Torek accountable in the future.
But despite this, the number of these orc troops is too large.
They kept taking turns to attack, and the tired soldiers on the top of the city were also exhausted~!
The officers below saw this and suggested several times that Lorraine withdraw the soldiers from the city for a day of repairs and let the two legions who had been under the city take their place, but Lorraine rejected them all.
Lorraine knew in his heart that when he led the army north, he would become a big magnet and attract all the orcs surrounding the city of Croni.
The two legions only had a total of 13,000 people. Including the Orc troops and cavalry transferred from the Naian Legion, the total number was only 16,000 or 7,000, but they were followed by nearly 100,000 Orcs.
If he didn't have enough physical strength to forcefully march all the way to escape from the orcs, and get entangled by the orcs, even if Lorraine and his men could fight three of them, they would be annihilated in the end.
The soldiers on the city of Croni threw a log tied with iron chains and covered with spikes from the top of the city. The log swept across the city wall and easily broke the Orcs' simple ladder. The Orcs above followed.
Flying out, howling and falling to the ground.
The city's soldiers slowly pulled the logs up the city wall. Others lifted stones, picked up bows and arrows, and attacked the orcs gathered under the city.
The orcs could not resist and quickly pushed back. At this time, the retreat horn sounded from the orc camp in the distance.
The orcs below the city have long been tired of this child's play siege, which is clearly filling a bottomless pit with the lives of the orc warriors.
Every time when they arrived at the city, even though they screamed loudly, they would wait under the city of Cloni with their shields raised, but they would not climb up the city wall. When the retreat bugle sounded, they would immediately run back with oil on their soles.
Lorraine looked at the orcs running across the mountains and plains in front of him, curled his lips and sighed.
General Larry walked up to Lorraine covered in smoke, looked at the fleeing orcs, and said: "It seems that the orcs have no patience anymore. This time they withdrew before the official battle started."
Lorraine shook his head and said: "Tu Laomao is just Tu Laomao. If you don't have the ability, you still have to learn our strategies and tactics. As for their poor performance in the past four days, you shouldn't be able to see it. You should know what's going on.
There's a problem. You can't even feint, and these orcs are really getting lazy every time."
General Larry nodded and said: "Yes, if they surround us but don't fight, maybe we will feel even more unsure."
Lorraine hummed, turned around and glanced at the city of Croni, and said, "All the cities below have been notified."
"Everyone has been notified." General Larry said in a deep voice: "The plan has been sent to them. Sir, is this still a bit too risky? Should we first let each city conduct a detailed reconnaissance to confirm the orcs?
of military strength.”
Lorraine shook his head and said with certainty: "Don't worry, all the orcs on the border are already in front of us, and there are no other orc activities within three hundred miles nearby. Those cities will be safe.
The time has come, we should take action and call the officers for a meeting."
Seeing Lorraine's firmness, General Larry no longer objected and saluted and said, "Yes."
Although the orcs were not allowed to touch the city wall for several days and the city's defense was very successful, the officers and soldiers in Croni City were not at peace.
Orcs suddenly surrounded the city of Croni. This was something that none of the soldiers expected. We had been fighting back and forth like this for two months, and we were all used to it. Unexpectedly, the orcs suddenly showed up in a desperate manner.
In such a posture, he headed straight for the city of Croni.
And through these four days of fighting, the officers and soldiers also saw that these orcs did not work hard, they came with a bang every time, and before they had enough fighting, the orcs left again with a bang.
It's just that the people in Cloni City were deprived of sleep.
It was like punching into the air, which made the soldiers in Cloni City feel very angry, but there was nothing they could do against these orcs.
After Lorraine ordered the call, the captains of each legion quickly rushed to the headquarters.
In the conference room, Lorraine and the three army commanders were already waiting there with solemn faces. This made the officers participating in the meeting feel nervous. During the siege battles in the past few days, Lorraine had never been nervous before.
The city leaders laughed at these orcs for not being dedicated at all.
After seeing that everyone had arrived, Lorraine knocked on the table and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, we received bad news today. Nadel City was attacked and surrounded by 20,000 orcs."
After Lorraine said these words, the room suddenly became dead silent. The officers stared wide-eyed, unable to believe the news conveyed by Lorraine. To the Naian people, this was like a bolt from the blue.
The battle on the front line is going on lively, but the old nest behind is being raided. This usually means that the war has been lost.
For the Naian soldiers who fought bloody battles on the front line of Naider City, it is not only a provincial capital, but also the home of many of their officers and soldiers. More importantly, Naider City is the center of Naian.
For the troops on the front line, Naider is the central point that coordinates the province's logistics, collects supplies, and then transfers them to the front line.
There are a total of more than 40,000 Naian soldiers on the southern border. These people need to eat every day and receive military pay every month, as well as the soldiers' weapons and armor, various ordnance, horses, vehicles, etc.
These huge quantities and various types of supplies were all listed in Naider City, first collected from various cities in Naian, and then transported to the front line according to demand, and handed over to the soldiers. The soldiers then relied on these food and equipment.
Fight Orcs.
Once Nidel City is besieged, apart from other things, it will be a big problem to ask who to ask for the supplies that the cities on the front line need.
At the same time, there was also chaos within Naian. Lorraine led the troops outside and spent all his energy on the orcs on the border. Now the people who manage the entire Naian province are Catherine and Adai who are sitting in Nadel City.
Son.
Once Nedel was surrounded and orders could not be conveyed, the cities below would naturally become confused and panic.
Lorraine waited quietly for the officers to digest the shocking news, and then said seriously: "Tell me your opinions."
An officer frowned and said, "From this point of view, the strange behavior of those orcs outside the city can be understood."
Lorraine said "Yes", nodded, and said: "The orcs who surrounded our city of Croni probably already knew the news and deliberately wanted to trap us here. Judging from their actions in the past few days, their intentions are very serious.
Obviously, the purpose is to hold them back and bring them down."
"What should we do?" Another officer said anxiously: "There are 70,000 to 80,000 orcs outside the city. We cannot go north to rescue them unless we deal with them."
Lorraine and the three legion commanders looked at each other and said loudly: "You are right. First of all, Nadel City must be saved. It is the foundation of our Nai'an. There is no room for loss. If Nadel is lost,
, neither His Majesty the Emperor nor Grand Duke Julius can spare us."
The officer's heart trembled violently when he thought of the two members of the royal family who were currently trapped in Nidel City. They were the future emperor and the only princess of the royal family.
The people of the Eastern Legion better understood the temper of their big boss, Archduke Julius. If his precious daughter and son were injured even a little bit, according to the temper of the bloody-handed butcher, he would first eat Lorraine alive, and then
Kill the entire grassland into a desert.
"But we can't just lead people straight to Nidel City," Lorraine said decisively: "In that case, before we get to Nidel City, we will be killed by these 70,000 to 80,000 orcs on the road. The current
The situation, for us, is to save Nedel City, we must first deal with these orcs outside the city."
The officers looked at Lorraine with different expressions, some were in disbelief, and some were confused.
One of them said calmly: "But, Mr. Governor, there are 70,000 orcs outside. The troops we have available for mobilization are less than 20,000 in full. Sir, we will fight 10,000 orcs against 20,000 orcs. We are determined to do so."
If we can win, if we fight 20,000 orcs against 40,000 orcs, the situation will be hard to predict."
Lorraine nodded. This situation is not that one plus one equals two. A generation of genius, Napoleon Napoleon once led tens of thousands of his younger brothers to invade Egypt, which was under the rule of the Mamluk military feudal group, near the Great Pyramids on the west of the Nile River.
On the open sand, the French army and the Mamluk cavalry fought a famous Pyramid Battle in front of the tombstones of a few old guys.
The Mamluk cavalry suffered heavy losses, but the French army won a great victory. They even happily blew the beard off the Sphinx later.
After the war, Napoleon compared the two armies and left his famous conclusion: "Two Mamluk cavalry can definitely defeat three French cavalry, and one hundred French cavalry can resist one hundred Mamluk cavalry."
, Three hundred French cavalry can usually defeat three hundred Mamluk cavalry, and one thousand French cavalry can always defeat fifteen hundred Mamluk cavalry."
Although the situation faced by Lorraine was different from that of Napoleon, war is never a simple comparison of numbers. Ten thousand versus twenty thousand is naturally not the same difficulty as one hundred thousand versus two hundred thousand.
Lorraine stood up and pulled open the curtain behind her with a "swipe", pointed at the map on the wall and said: "So we must use limited forces and rely on all means to defeat more with less.
The Naian Legion will continue to stay in the city of Croni and defend the entire city. The Seventh Eastern Legion and the Tenth Eastern Legion, as well as some cavalry units in the city, will follow me to leave the city and go north today to lure the orcs to follow us.
Waiting for an opportunity to eliminate them."
After the morning meeting, the news that Nadel City was besieged was officially made public. The soldiers and civilians in Croni City were stunned when they heard the news.
The orcs' raid this time went beyond humans' usual understanding of orcs. People in the city lamented: When did those brainless savages become so smart?
Then everyone began to worry about the fate of Croni City and Nedel City.
Following the accurate news, the Governor of Lorraine prepared to lead two legions to Nedel to relieve the siege, leaving one legion to defend the city of Croni.
Although many knowledgeable people think that this approach is terrible, it may not solve the siege of Neidel. On the contrary, it is possible to accompany the two legions on the way north. In the end, the city of Croni was quickly overrun by superior forces.
Orcs captured.
But Lorraine's attitude and determination made this the best choice for the soldiers below and the people in the city.
Catherine and Leo were trapped in Nedel City. The Eastern Legion was eager to rescue their eldest lady and young master. The people of Cloni City also knew that Nedel must be rescued, but if it was for Nedel
If Del City compensates the Croni people, they will never agree.
There were three legions in the city, and Lorraine took away two and left one, which was exactly what everyone wanted.
As for whether it will be victory or defeat in the end, for these common people and large-headed infantrymen, the governor above has to worry about it, and they only need to do their own thing.
All the soldiers had a hearty meal at noon that day. After noon, the soldiers of the two legions quickly lined up inside the city gate and prepared to set off.
In order to ensure the speed of the march, Lorraine ordered the troops to leave behind carts and bring as many mules and horses as possible to carry the baggage. To this end, all the horses in the city of Croni were plundered.
Lorraine and the two legion commanders inspected the team from back to front, and finally came to the city gate to say goodbye to General Larry.
Vera tied her long hair into a ponytail, put on a warrior outfit, and followed Lorraine.
General Larry was very surprised and looked at Vera who had been surrounding Lorraine. He was relieved when he thought that this innocent and lively girl was also an amazing mage.
Lorraine put on her helmet, looked at General Larry who was still worried, smiled casually, patted the veteran on the shoulder, and said: "Don't worry, no one in this world can take advantage of me, a friend of Pluto."
Ronnie City will be left to you."
General Larry sighed, then looked at Lorraine, smiled, and said: "Please rest assured, Sir, there will be no loss in Croni City. I am here looking forward to your return in victory."
Vera laughed desperately in Lorraine's ear and said: "The young master knows what the almanac is all about. They have long called you Pluto's brother."
Lorraine waved her hand and gave Vera a violent shudder on the forehead, saying: "Talk too much."
Vera said "ouch", then pursed her pink mouth, stared at Lorraine with dissatisfaction with her big watery eyes, and muttered something bad about Lorraine in her little mouth.
Lorraine and Vera climbed on their horses, nodded to the two legion commanders waiting beside them, and said, "Let's go."
The city gate of Croni City creaked and opened slowly. Lorraine shook the reins and rushed out of the city gate. Behind him, two legions of soldiers started off at the sound of orders, heading towards Croni City.