Four hundred and twentieth chapters of the decisive battle (ten)
Chapter 422: The Final Battle (10)
Following Lorraine's order, the sound of the bugle changed, and the soldiers of the Eastern Legion immediately took action.
The left and right wings commanded by Generals Firdolis and Claudius first retreated slowly and slowly moved closer to the center.
The entire front gradually turned into an arc, and the space outside the left and right wings gradually increased. Seeing the advantage, the orcs thought that the humans on both sides could no longer withstand it. The clan leaders strengthened the offensive on both wings and sent a large number of manpower up.
Following the pace of the two wings, the central army commanded by Lorraine also began to retreat. Because the people who were beaten by the human cavalry assault last time were turned upside down. The orcs also learned a lesson. At this time, they temporarily ignored the central army and continued to strengthen the flanks.
of human hands.
Looking down from the top of the slope, you can clearly see that the human battle line is gradually narrowing, changing from an arc to a semicircular defensive formation step by step.
The square formation also thickened little by little, and the soldiers of the Eastern Legion slowly retreated up the slope. At this moment, they were six to seven hundred feet away from the river bank.
The orc chiefs who were directing the battle on the south bank of the river high-fived each other.
The patriarchs shouted ecstatically: "Okay, they can't stop us."
"When all our people cross the river, that will be the end of mankind."
"Bah, that little kid across from you is a shitty human general. He only has this ability."
"Can't you say that? At least they ran very fast with the others. We almost didn't catch up."
A clan leader pointed to the top of the slope and said: "Their warriors are huddled together. This is a good opportunity to postpone the offensive and hold on to the current place. Then hurry up and cross the river. When we are all over, attack together from three sides and crush them."
, the colorful world of mankind will soon be ours."
Lorraine was surprised to find that the orcs' offensive suddenly slowed down. Originally, they had been suppressing the soldiers of the Eastern Legion, but now they suddenly stopped where they were and assumed a defensive posture.
Lorraine thought for a moment and roughly understood the Orcs' plan. For Lorraine, this was a good opportunity for the soldiers to retreat calmly.
The soldiers on both sides quickly broke away from the battle. The orcs screamed on the spot and watched the Eastern Legion soldiers retreat.
The soldiers of the Eastern Army quickly retreated to the top of the slope and formed a defensive formation. After the troops stabilized their position, Generals Ferdolis and Claudius hurried to Lorraine under the banner of the Chinese army.
General Claudius asked urgently with a loud voice: "Are they coming?"
Lorraine nodded slightly and said: "This is Mr. Alva, the Lord of Nimpes City. All the soldiers on the southern front are led by Mr. Alva and are about to arrive on the battlefield."
Firdolis said "OK" three times in a row, stepped forward and grabbed the Lord Alva's arm, and said with a smile: "You are here, I almost can't stand it."
Alva said: "I'm sorry, sir, the soldiers gathered in the city were too scattered, and it took a lot of time to regroup. Fortunately, we finally caught up."
Lorraine turned to look at the other side. After the humans retreated to the top of the slope, the orcs boldly began to cross the river. Everyone knew that when all the orcs crossed to the south bank, the decisive battle would officially begin.
At this time, the moon was at its peak, and the north bank was crowded with warriors preparing to fight. The south bank gradually became empty. As the flags of the orc tribes reached the south bank, both sides were ready and stretched out their fangs to bite each other's necks.
A bugle sounded, and the orcs roared at the top of their lungs and charged towards the top of the slope.
Bows and arrows as dense as black clouds were shot from the phalanx of the Eastern Legion. The orcs who were shot turned over and fell into the sea of people. Like pebbles in the waves, before they had time to cause ripples, they were covered by the orcs that followed.
superior.
The orcs covering the entire slope rushed forward with howls. The soldiers of the Eastern Legion tightened their grip on their spears, roared "kill", and thrust their spears forward with all their strength.
The resistance of the spear tip penetrating into the flesh was clearly transmitted to the arm, and the orc opposite opened his mouth, stared angrily, and howled silently.
The soldier pulled the barrel of his gun and withdrew backward. The orc who had been shot fell crookedly to the ground. Blood spurted from the wound into the air, and then fell on the heads of the fighting crowd.
The orc who rushed forward swung his thick tongue, swung the long knife in his hand with all his strength, and hit the shield of the soldier in the front row with a "bang-dong" sound. The soldier kicked his legs hard on the ground, shook his upper body, and followed.
He thrust the weapon in his hand straight out.
In the blink of an eye, corpses were spread out in front of the Eastern Army's position.
The eyes of the orc chiefs were filled with bloodthirsty light, and they shouted from behind the formation, "Go up, kill them."
The orcs focused all their attention on the battlefield, and no one noticed that a black torrent covered the originally silver-gray river water upstream and was quickly heading towards the battlefield.
Lorraine and the two generals had been watching the surging black tide, knowing that it represented all the troops deployed on the southern front of Naian Province.
Lorraine has an advantage that no human being in this era has, and that is the innocent and lovely Vera.
This era is no longer the era of the turbulent war between gods and demons thousands of years ago. The majestic figures of the Dragon Clan rarely appear on this continent. The relationship between Lorraine and Vera also exceeds the limit of everyone's imagination in this era.
It was also because Vera had such excellent parents who were so relieved to leave Vera to Lorraine and live their own carefree world as a couple that Lorraine had this opportunity.
More than a year has passed, and I haven't said anything about coming to see my daughter. I just wrote a few letters here and there, all of which told Vera to work hard and make money.
If it were another little dragon who had made a soul contract with a human, the dragon's parents would have crushed that guy into scum long ago.
Although this girl Vera is a bit tough on money, she is a conscientious war zone investigator. In Lorraine's opinion, Vera alone, um... a dragon is as powerful as an air marshal 2000.
When the orcs gathered under the city of Croni, through Vera's reconnaissance, Lorraine discovered that the orcs had concentrated all their power on the city of Croni, completely ignoring other cities on the southern line.
Since he could monitor every move of the orcs, Lorraine immediately made a bold plan. He transferred all the troops from the remaining six cities on the southern front to the city of Nimpes located upstream of the river, and appointed Alva
The city lord commanded this force composed of city guards and some militiamen from various places.
Now, this 30,000-strong Naian native army is quickly rushing to the battlefield from the upper reaches.
Lorraine hugged Vera's shoulders and said loudly: "Tell the soldiers that reinforcements have arrived."
The half-orcs who were fighting humans suddenly saw the human soldiers cheering strangely. The half-orc chiefs behind the formation were very puzzled by the sudden abnormality and thought to themselves: You are almost losing the battle. You are so happy.
What a hairy guy.
Suddenly a half-orc clan leader exclaimed: "What is that?"
The patriarchs looked at him nervously, and one of them asked: "What is what?"
"Look over there! There's something there."
The clan leaders followed his instructions and clearly saw the black tide surging in the east.
"What the hell is that?"
"What about the scout? Why can't anyone see you even when you're so close? What do your men do for food?"
"Damn it, look clearly, your person is on the far right."
A clan leader who reacted suddenly shouted: "No, we fell into the trap of that stupid human kid again. That's the human army."
Like thunder exploding in their ears, the orc chiefs were so frightened that their hearts burst with fear.
A clan leader said with a stupid face: "If that is the human army, we... we..."
The other pinched the neck of the man next to him and shouted: "Go and have a look quickly."
The orcs on the battlefield also felt strange at this time. On the battlefield where the sound of killing was loud, a strange sound floated over.
First there was a low "cooing" and "buzzing", and the sound gradually became higher and higher. The orcs could clearly distinguish it, and the sound came from their side.
When the orcs turned their heads, what they saw was a dark stream of people, and the river was also covered with boats and rafts.
This was followed by a clear "Long Live the Empire". The orcs had been fighting with humans for several months, and they knew the human slogans very well. As soon as this sound came out, the orcs knew that it was the human army that was catching up.
Several orc chiefs shouted anxiously, "What should we do?", but the others were dumbfounded, and no one could come up with a solution.
Several clan leaders simply shouted, "Retreat, retreat quickly."
"No!" A clan leader shouted violently: "Fight, we must fight. They don't seem to have many people. If we win, we can live. If we don't win, we will all die here today. It's hard."
beat."
"If I want to beat you, I can't incur the loss of our entire clan. Let's retreat."
"How dare you~!" The half-orc chief who insisted on fighting pulled out a long knife and put it on the other chief's neck, shouting angrily: "If you want to die together, we will live together, if you want to live together, I will kill you if you dare to leave."
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The clan leader and his followers all drew their weapons at this moment. They didn't know who was the ally and who was the enemy, so they could only wave the weapon and point it at everyone in front of them.
With a "clang" sound, the orc leader, who had a knife on his neck, knocked the knife off his neck and roared: "I will fight with you."
He rushed forward with his sword, and the two clan leader's followers also raised their weapons and fought together.
"Stop fighting, we can't run away. Look at the river."
The river was crowded with ships, filled with soldiers holding shields and spears. They blocked the orcs' hope of crossing the river back to the south bank.
From the Eastern Legion and the friendly troops on the flanks, bugles were blown at the same time. The sound of "beep" drowned out the shouts of the orcs, followed by "Long Live the Empire" that shook the earth.
The forward cavalry quickly approached the battlefield. They shouted "Kill!" and Tima rushed towards the orcs, stabbing into the orcs' team from the side.
The officers shouted loud slogans, and the infantry formed a neat and thick square formation and followed them into the battlefield with large strides. The orcs collapsed in front of the reinforcements.
They ran for three consecutive days. After reaching the valley, they only rested for half a day before going into preparation and fighting. At this time, Ye had been fighting on the battlefield for several hours.
Only because the enemy on the front was about to be defeated by them, the Orc warriors could hold on with one breath. When they saw the human reinforcements were also numerous, the Orcs knew that the battle would continue and the hope of victory was slim. They felt powerless and exhausted.
Then it came rushing up.
The orc's right wing suddenly collapsed, and the soldiers turned around and ran away in panic, jumping directly into the river, trying to swim to the other side.
The fleet slowly moved up the river behind the orcs, and the soldiers on the ship mercilessly stabbed the orcs with their spears.
The back road was blocked again, and the orcs could only flee downstream. The team of tens of thousands suddenly became a mess.
Lorraine looked at the Ruman eagle flag dancing under the silver moonlight, turned around and pointed to the battlefield, saying: "The Chinese army is counterattacking, don't block them downstream, pursue them, the fleet on the river must be guarded to the death, and the orcs must not be allowed to cross the river and escape.
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It's two hundred miles from here to the seaside, I think they can escape a few people."
In a rout battle, the biggest casualties for the defeated occur when they flee. At this time, the casualties between the two sides are very different. A well-organized team of several hundred people can chase the fleeing enemy and annihilate it ten times, or even dozens of times.
At this time, the fighting strength of the large number of enemies was simply not worth mentioning. They were unable to organize an effective blockade, and the soldiers could only keep running away with the flow of people.
The orcs, who had lost their will to fight, had no choice but to flee westward along the river. To their left were densely packed ships and rafts, and to their right was the Eastern Legion led by Lorraine. The Naian native army was chasing them.
Tail, fierce slashing.
The reinforcements led by the Lord of Alva came down by boat and raft along the way. Except for the cavalry, the soldiers did not consume much physical strength. They disembarked five miles away from the battlefield and formed a team. At this moment, they were completely a new force.
The flag, which represented the honor of the tribe and warriors, was thrown to the ground by the fleeing orcs, and countless pairs of big feet stepped on it.
When the chasing human soldiers saw these flags, they rolled them up in surprise and stuffed them into their backpacks. These were counted as military merits, and then they went on to stab the orcs in the butt and kill them with high morale.
Occasionally, you can encounter a small group of orcs who are resisting very resolutely. Usually, among these orcs are well-dressed old guys. Without asking, you know that these people will be big shots among the orcs, as are the surrounding soldiers.
He would join his hands and kill them, and those who could be captured alive were best captured. Those who could not be captured alive would also leave some Orc decorations or the like as proof that they had killed one of the enemy's generals.
Most of the orcs abandoned their weapons and packages and ran away with empty hands. The human soldiers hurriedly pursued and killed them until dawn. The cavalry troops that had been galloping all night once again dispersed a group of orcs.
, I was surprised to find that there were no Orcs in front of me.
The officers of the cavalry were still wondering, where were the orcs in front of them? Could they be able to fly?
When the cavalrymen turned around, they saw Orcs all over the mountains and plains chasing them. The Orcs who arrived in front of them also avoided these cavalrymen in fear.
The soldiers below are still asking each other what is going on?
The cavalry captain, who had been thinking for a moment, suddenly came to his senses and said: "We rushed through the entire orc team, and now they are all behind us."
The human soldiers pursued tirelessly until the afternoon. When they saw that the entire team stretched for ten miles and was already too long, Lorraine ordered to stop, close the team, and rest and eat.
Starting from the battlefield where the initial battle took place, all the way to the west along the north bank of the river, the bodies of orcs were lying on the ground. The blood soaked the ground and polluted the river, and the color of the river water also changed from usual.
In the river, floating corpses of orcs floated down in twos and threes. Some were washed up on the shore, while others were washed directly into the sea.
The smell of blood is in the air.
The officer stood beside Lorraine with a look of ecstasy and said loudly: "According to statistics, our army has annihilated more than 30,000 orcs from various tribes, captured more than 6,000 orcs, and the remaining more than 10,000 orcs are fleeing westward.
During this battle, the CCP seized eight flags from various orc tribes, killed more than 40 orc leaders, including four orc chiefs who had been verified, and captured 27 orc leaders, including three orc chiefs who had been verified.
Our military casualties are currently counted at four thousand."
General Firdolis, General Claudius and the Lord of Alva raised their glasses and touched Lorraine. General Firdolis said happily: "Congratulations, sir, on another glorious victory."
Lorraine drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, took a breath, and said: "You three are commanding well and the soldiers are responsible for their lives. The plan I made is actually very simple."
Lorraine patted Lord Alva on the arm and said, "Lord Alva, you did a good job in bringing these warriors into the battlefield on time."
The Lord of Alva bowed his head humbly and said: "My lord, you have led well."
"General Firdolis, General Claudius," Lorraine looked at the two legion commanders and said: "You two are well-organized and able to move to lure the enemy, or to engage the enemy and change formations. You are both under the command of Grand Duke Julius.
The Eastern Legion is indeed well-deserved, and we are all our own people. I will not be polite to you anymore. Anyway, I will remember this kindness to our Naian."
General Claudius and General Firdolis looked at each other and smiled and said: "It is a very pleasant thing to fight with your lord."
Vera drank several times of wine in a row, and her little face turned pink. At this time, she took Lorraine's hand and said with a smile: "Where am I, young master? My contribution is not great."
Lorraine rubbed Vera's hair and said with a gentle smile: "Silly girl, without you, there would be no me, and there would be no Nicole, Del, and the others. Without us today, your contribution is the greatest."
The three of them couldn't help but be a little surprised when they saw Lorraine praising Vera so much. Everyone had always thought that Vera was just Lorraine's caring little cotton-padded jacket and a magician with unlimited potential. They didn't expect that Lorraine valued Vera so much.
All grateful for the taste.
The Lord of Alva's thoughts changed and he thought to himself: "What a great discovery. In the future, Miss Vera's share of the New Year's gifts must not be taken lightly. It's hard to find connections for Her Royal Highness, but this Miss Vera seems to be very easy to talk to."
, No, I have to keep this secret."
Lorraine turned to look north and murmured: "Nicole, Dai'er, Ximei, just wait, I'll be there soon."