Lorraine pointed to the valley below and said, "This is the burial place of the orcs."
At this time, the gorgeous sunset dyed Lorraine's body red with brilliance, and the cold wind blew his clothes slowly. Soldiers with solemn expressions walked past him neatly. The soldiers looked at their heroic and capable commander with reverence.
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Lorraine stood on a high hill and posed proudly. His majestic figure was like the dwarf who once lamented "Europe is at my feet" on the top of the mountain.
Vera patted her mouth shamelessly, yawned and said, "Master, let's go down, it's so cold here."
General Firdolis and General Laudi wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh, and turned away with strange expressions.
Lorraine grinned and hit Vera on the forehead.
Vera stared at Lorraine with her big watery eyes, and said aggrievedly: "Are you tired? You still have to climb so high."
Lorraine paused, patted the dust on his body, and said helplessly: "Let's go, let's go."
Pull Vera towards the river valley.
On the way, Lorraine leaned close to Vera's ear and whispered: "Master, what did I look like just now?"
Vera glanced at Lorraine helplessly and said, "If I say La Hong, will you let me go to bed?"
Lorraine nodded, Vera held Lorraine's arm, hung it on Lorraine's body, and said with a smile: "The young master looked so handsome just now."
Lorraine laughed and said, "Okay, say it again."
Vera: "..."
The soldiers of the two legions quickly passed the wooden bridge and gathered on the north bank of the river. After arriving at the local area, the officers gave the order to "rest" and the soldiers fell down neatly.
They threw down their packages, shook out the blankets and wrapped them around themselves, then lay on the withered grass, too tired to move.
The slopes on the north bank of the river valley were soon covered by dark brown military blankets.
Lorraine led Vera and the last group of soldiers across the short bridge. After he stepped onto the north bank, the soldiers who had been waiting by the bridge rushed onto the short bridge with axes in their hands, swung the axes with all their strength and smashed them on the bridge.
Lorraine stood on the shore and watched as his men demolished the four wooden bridges one by one. The logs fell into the water one by one and were washed away by the water. Lorraine took a breath and said to the two generals: "Give it to the entire army.
Send the order and let the soldiers know that we are here to stop the orcs."
After nightfall, the soldiers lit bonfires. There were human heads all over the hillside, but there was no loud noise. The soldiers had fallen into a deep sleep to gather energy for the upcoming battle.
At this moment, Lorraine fell to the ground without any image, took off her military boots, kept rubbing her swollen calves, and kept holding her breath while rushing on the road. She didn't feel anything at the time. After relaxing now,
Lorraine only felt that her whole body was weak, as if there were countless ants biting her, itching and numbing, and her whole body would tremble three times if she moved her body.
"Damn it," Lorraine grinned and pinched her feet, complaining, "I don't even have a cup of hot water."
The cooks threw away all the pots and basins, and Lorraine had no choice but to eat dry food in the cool river water like the soldiers, and also ate a lot of Vera's snacks by the way.
When Lorraine's head started to doze off little by little, she suddenly felt some movement in front of her. She immediately opened her eyes and saw Vera slowly falling to the ground with her hands covering her mouth and nose.
Lorraine struggled to stand up while holding on to the tree trunk, shook her head and said, "I'm back."
Vera nodded first, then quickly shook her head, her ponytail swung around, and hummed "woo woo woo" without knowing what to say.
"What's wrong?" Lorraine asked anxiously, taking two steps towards Vera.
Vera said "um, um" loudly and took a few steps back.
Luo Linqi said: "Silly girl, what are you doing? Is something wrong?"
Vera let go of her hands and said quickly: "You stink too much."
After saying that, he quickly covered his mouth again.
Lorraine put on her boots with a wry smile, took a deep breath, and said, "That's it."
Vera walked up to Lorraine cautiously, and secretly let go of her hands. After smelling it, it seemed that there was really no smell. Then Vera took a deep breath and said: "Everything is normal. They are here as you said."
To do that, the orcs didn’t stop along the way and were coming over.”
Lorraine nodded and said "oh", and suddenly stretched out her hand. Vera jumped back with an "ah" sound, but was still caught by Lorraine.
Lorraine skillfully pulled Vera down and pressed her on her lap. Regardless of Vera's screams of "Ah, ah, ah," she reached out and slapped Vera's butt, making a few crisp sounds.
, Vera's face was flushed, her big eyes were misty, her red mouth was open and she was breathing slowly, and she lay motionless on Lorraine's lap.
Lorraine rubbed the fingers of her right hand with satisfaction, secretly praising that it still felt so good, and then pulled Vera to stand up.
Vera lay softly on Lorraine, raised her head and glanced at Lorraine, pouted her lips, and muttered: "You know how to bully others, the young master is so bad."
"You dare to say I smell bad, huh~!"
"Your feet obviously stink, they smell like sweat."
"I'll fight~!"
When Lorraine led Vera back to the two army commanders, General Firdolis and General Lawdy looked at Vera with a blushing face, and at the same time sighed in their hearts: It is so good to be young.
Lorraine pushed Vera into the tent to sleep, sat cross-legged by the fire, smiled and said to the two army commanders: "Everything goes well, our people are already in place."
The two generals grinned, and General Lao Di said: "Okay, let's do it tomorrow."
When Lorraine woke up, the sky was already misty and bright, and a faint mist was floating in the river valley. Most of the soldiers were still sleeping. Those who woke up were squatting by the river to wash their faces. The slope slowly began to stir, with more and more soldiers.
Awakened, preparing for battle.
The last group of scouts returned from the south bank of the river. Following closely behind the scouts, they saw the thick, round heads of the orcs emerging from the south bank of the river.
Seeing the enemy appear, the soldiers took action quickly, and the officers shouted at the top of their lungs: "Get up, get up, prepare for battle."
The soldier who was still sleeping on the ground tore open his stall, jumped up from the ground, grabbed his weapons and armor and ran towards his position.
The soldiers of the two legions soon formed up along the river bank.
What emerged from the other side was only the vanguard of the orcs. Seeing the humans arrayed here to fight, they all wisely retreated and wandered far away from the river bank.
The sun gradually rose and the fog in the river valley quickly dissipated. More and more orcs walked down the river valley and gathered on the south bank of the river, shouting provocatively at the human soldiers on the opposite side.
Both sides of the river were covered with black figures, and the swords reflected the cold light in the sun.
As more orcs gathered on the south bank, they became more and more noisy. More than 50,000 people crowded together and lined up along the slope for several miles.
On the contrary, the human side was getting quieter and quieter. Only the officers kept shouting commands and mobilizing the soldiers and orcs to deploy accordingly.
The orcs didn't seem to be in a hurry to attack. Instead, they were lighting a fire to cook in the back. Seeing that the orcs didn't attack, Lorraine ordered the soldiers to stay put and rest.
The entire morning was spent in this confrontational atmosphere.
In the afternoon, a large number of orcs retreated. While Lorraine and the others were still wondering, they saw the orcs carrying tree trunks of varying thicknesses and starting to build rafts on the slope.
The human soldiers suddenly became nervous, which meant that the orcs were about to attack.
But the orcs didn't seem to be in a hurry. After sweeping the entire area and cutting down all the trees, the orcs who prepared a large number of rafts did not immediately launch an attack. The orc warriors all sat on the south bank and rested.
General Lao Di looked at the orcs opposite and asked curiously: "What are they waiting for?"
Lorraine looked up at the sky and said with a smile: "They are waiting for dark. Orcs have much better eyesight than us at night."
General Lao Di pondered for a moment and said, "Are there any of their detouring troops on the left and right wings?"
Lorraine shook his head and said: "The scouts spread out twenty miles upstream and downstream, and found no sign of the orcs detouring. The fifty thousand people said it was a lot less, but not a lot more. They want to stop us.
We can't force the crossing without more than twice the manpower. Let's prepare for battle. The moon is good tonight, God help us."
After raising their hands and saluting, General Laudy and Ferdolis left the center and rushed to command the troops on the left and right wings.
The sun was gradually setting in the west, and the orcs dragged the raft on the slope and prepared to join the battle.
Knowing that this moment had finally come, the human soldiers arranged their armors, clenched their weapons, and stared at the opposite side with wide eyes.
The last trace of afterglow disappeared, the sky became dim, and a full full moon hung in the eastern sky, covering the entire battlefield with a silver-gray glow.
First there was a loud shout, and then a dull bugle suddenly came from the south bank. On the front that was five miles wide, the orcs roared in unison and rushed towards the river dragging the raft.
The officer of the Eastern Legion shouted at the top of his lungs and ordered: "Archers, prepare, release."
A rain of arrows shot out from the Eastern Legion's position and rushed towards the south bank like a wave of light across the river, followed by the screams of the orcs.
The orcs who had rushed through the rain of arrows pushed the raft into the river. They were all exposed to human bows and arrows. They jumped on and rowed desperately towards the north bank. Like patches of duckweed in the pond, the river surface was instantly occupied by orcs.
The archers pointed their targets at the raft in the river, and fired dense arrows at it. The orcs on the raft could only resist with their shields, and some orcs kept falling into the water after being hit by arrows.
The clan leaders who couldn't wait behind them saw that more than half of the orc warriors on the raft were killed or injured in an instant, and ordered their subordinates to simply swim across.
It only took a few minutes for the orcs to cross the narrow river. Before reaching the shore, the orcs on the raft couldn't wait to jump into the water and waded into waist-deep water and rushed to the shore.
The soldiers of the Eastern Legion lined up in a neat square formation, raised their long guns and pointed at the orcs on the bank. The two sides started fighting a few steps away from the river.
The orcs on the south bank grabbed the rope tied to the raft and pulled the raft back to the south bank. Another group of orcs jumped on the raft and headed towards the north bank.
At this moment, the orcs who had just landed had been almost killed, and the orcs that rushed up jumped over their corpses and hit the spears of the human soldiers.
The front was too wide, with 16,000 people spread across a five-mile-long front. The formations of the human soldiers were very thin. The second batch of orcs who came forward had not been killed yet, and those who had followed the swimmers across the river had already charged forward.
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Orcs were like waves, hitting the human phalanx wave after wave. As more orcs came ashore, the soldiers of the Eastern Legion felt more and more pressure.
The Orcs' corpses were spread out in front of the Eastern Legion's phalanx, but more and more Orcs were newly joining the battle group. Under their pressure, the Eastern Legion began to retreat in small steps.
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Lorraine saw on the top of the slope that the broad battle line was still coherent and had not been broken through by the orcs. The two generals controlled the left and right wings very well and kept pace with the central army.
Seeing that the soldiers of the human army kept retreating and had already given up dozens of feet to the shore, the orc chiefs couldn't help but be overjoyed, so that they could invest more troops.
The shooting of the archers of the Eastern Legion also gradually slowed down. Drawing the bow and releasing the arrow was just a simple action, but it was extremely energy-consuming. The archers' arms were already sore at this moment.
Seeing that there were about six to seven thousand orcs who had landed on the south bank, and the number was increasing rapidly, Lorraine turned his head and looked to the east worriedly.
Vera knew what Lorraine was thinking, so she stepped forward and took Lorraine's arm, saying: "Don't worry, young master, they are already in place."
Lorraine nodded, patted Vera's little hand and said, "I know, but please don't let anything happen. I don't want to be the dwarf in Waterloo."
Vera nodded as if she understood, and squeezed Lorraine's arm with her little hands.
"This won't work," Lorraine said suddenly, then turned around and ordered the officer beside him: "Stride back three hundred feet and let the cavalry charge once."
As the order came out, the Eastern Legion soldiers who were fighting the orcs suddenly strode back. The orcs thought that the humans could not withstand their pressure, so they felt happy and chased after the human soldiers to kill them.
The drums and trumpets sounded at the same time, and the Eastern Army showed their battle-hardened skills. Although the two wings retreated slightly later than the central army, the entire front remained intact.
After retreating more than a hundred steps, the trumpet sound changed, and the soldiers stepped forward to hold back the orcs.
Following the rumble of horse hooves from the right wing, a cavalry unit rushed out from the flank and attacked the orcs who were attacking humans along the river bank.
The orcs who were caught off guard were panicked by the sudden attack from the side. The cavalry troops crushed them along the wide front, leaving the bodies of the orcs on the ground. Even the orcs who were fighting the humans head-on were killed while the cavalry was still there.
When he didn't rush forward, he hurriedly retreated and jumped into the river.
The pressure on the front was lightened. The officers shouted "Go up", stepped over the bodies of the orcs, and pushed forward to the river bank again.
The orc chiefs on the other side yelled and cursed one after another. They thought victory was just around the corner, but without thinking, they retreated back to where they were.
However, the half-orc chiefs are still full of confidence. It can be seen from the battle just now that the half-orcs have enough strength to repel the humans from the river bank. As for the more than a thousand cavalry, they can charge several times, and
As long as you are prepared next time, blocking them won't be a problem.
The deafening cries of death did not stop for a moment. The south bank of the river valley was already covered with a layer of corpses. The moon was getting brighter and brighter, and even the flags of the orcs on the opposite side could be vaguely seen.
After more than an hour of fierce fighting, the human soldiers were already getting tired. There were nearly 20,000 orcs crossing the south bank. If this continued, the Eastern Army's front line would be broken through by the orcs at any time.
Lorraine frowned even more tightly and turned her head frequently to look east.
Vera also followed suit and looked eastward with her feet raised. Suddenly Vera pulled Lorraine's arm, causing Lorraine to stagger and shout in surprise: "They are coming, young master, look quickly, they are coming."
Lorraine watched intently, but couldn't see anything except the gray hazy earth. Vera stretched out her hand and pointed and said: "There is a large group of people right there."
Lorraine held her breath and stared straight into the distance. For a while, she seemed to see some swaying black spots in the distance. The movement of these black spots became larger and larger until Lorraine saw clearly that it was a group of people walking along the coast.
Cavalry galloping along the river bank.
"Huh" Lorraine took a deep breath, feeling her heart lightened and her legs feeling a little weak.
After regaining her breath, Lorraine looked up and laughed, hugged Vera, and kissed her delicate little mouth amidst Vera's exclamations.
At first, Vera shook her arms and said "um, um" a few times, then she put her two small hands on Lorraine's shoulders, and then wrapped her arms around Lorraine's neck, hanging on Lorraine weakly.
A few minutes later, Lorraine left Vera's lips, raised her head and took a breath. Vera's little head was buried in Lorraine's chest, even as red as a ripe apple, her little mouth was open and she was panting slightly, her little tongue
He stretched out his hand and licked his lips, then suddenly pushed Lorraine away with a "Ah" sound, stared at Lorraine with his big watery eyes, and said anxiously: "It's over, it's over, I'm sure to get a needle eye this time."
Lorraine rubbed Vera's head and said with a smile: "Silly girl, your mother lied to you."
Vera looked at Lorraine pitifully and said, "Really?"
"Of course it's true."
The officer next to him coughed hard, looked down at his toes, and said, "Sir, a group of cavalry is coming under our banner."
Lorraine nodded and said, "That's our reinforcements. Let them come to see me."
The officer said blankly: "Reinforcements?" Then he was overjoyed and shouted: "We have reinforcements."
The cavalry galloped all the way to the Chinese flag. The leading soldier jumped off the horse and shouted: "Where is the Governor?"
Lorraine waved to him and said, "I'm here."
The soldier rushed to Lorraine in two steps, raised his hands in salute, and said loudly: "Sir Governor, Alva, the Lord of Nimpes City, reports to you."
Lorraine raised his hand in return and said with a smile: "Master Alva, how far is the army you lead from here?"
"It's less than an hour's journey, sir." Alva said respectfully.
"Very good," Lorraine turned to look at the fierce battlefield below and said, "Send the order to the two generals to fully shrink. It's time for the fish to enter the net."