Chapter 510: The Decisive Battle of Star Lake (11)
April 1, 833 in the Julian calendar.
The evil spirits of the year are in the north, and the dog sun is in opposition to the dragon.
Ox and Taurus are bad, Liu Yao: God will be destroyed.
Suitable for: business, trading, seeking official positions, raising livestock, and starting construction.
Inauspicious: Climbing heights, sailing, setting up beds, entering houses, gambling.
When a ray of sunshine just appeared in the eastern sky, there was already a commotion by Xingxing Lake.
Both the human camp and the orcs have all taken action.
The shouts of people, the neighing of war horses, the clash of weapons...all kinds of sounds rang out.
The pale white smoke curled up in the breeze and went straight into the sky.
As the sun gradually rose, the unique loud copper horns of the Imperial Legion and the long and dull horn horns of the Orc tribe kept sounding like a competition.
Hearing the sound of the horn, whether they were imperial soldiers or orc warriors, they all dropped their dishes and took action quickly.
In the imperial military camp, the soldiers rushed into their tents. With the help of their comrades, they put on their armor, tied up their swords, and put on their shields. Then they hugged each other again. Finally, they hugged each other again.
Let's exchange the letters we just wrote last night.
They have all made an agreement: if they unfortunately die in battle, then the other party will deliver those letters to their relatives.
Immediately afterwards, as orders were issued in an orderly manner, officers at all levels took action.
They walked back and forth in the camp, yelling, yelling, waving their whips, and kicking the soldiers' butts with their riding boots, driving them all together.
Squads gather into squadrons...
The squadrons converged into groups...
The brigade gathers into a legion again~!
Finally, under the leadership of the fluttering imperial military flag, they puffed up their chests and shouted loud slogans. Carrying their weapons, they lined up neatly and strode out of the camp gate without hesitation and drove onto the battlefield.
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And in the orc camp, there are countless people doing the same thing.
The only difference is that their relatives are around them.
Mothers cried in low voices and warned their sons.
Wives bid farewell to their husbands with tears in their eyes.
But those young children did not know that after today's farewell, they might never see their father and brother again.
Seeing such a huge scene, they were just curious and excited, and happily kept playing and jumping in and out of the crowd.
As the sun rose higher and higher, all sounds disappeared at that moment, and the earth suddenly fell into a strange silence.
Even the birds felt the tense and oppressive feeling that before the war, when dark clouds were over the city and the rain was coming, all disappeared.
The sky was clear and blue, with not a trace of cloud in the clear sky.
Only the wind was blowing slightly, and it was extremely warm and comfortable.
But this day.
The moment the sun rises, it's already decided.
This day must be a bloody day.
When the sun goes down, there will be corpses everywhere and rivers of blood flowing~!
Countless death gods are already hovering over this grassland like vultures.
Like housewives who encountered a huge sale in a department store, they gathered their friends, lined up, formed groups, and watched the war below with great excitement.
When the war is over, they will inevitably return home laden with large and small bags.
The only difference is that the souls of the people they took away~!
At this time, the humans and the orcs had already set up a battle array on this prairie, several miles apart, facing each other from a distance. It was like two generations of enemies meeting each other, staring with blood-red eyes and shining bright swords.
They have all sworn that no matter what the price, they will make each other's blood shed~~!
At this time, both sides had formed their own formations in accordance with the arrangements of their respective commanders and the prior plans.
Both sides attach great importance to this battle.
As for the empire, almost all the troops that can be mobilized have been mobilized here.
If we win this battle, it goes without saying.
If this battle is defeated, the consequences will be disastrous.
Not only the land that has been gained in the early stage will be lost again. Orcs will once again become a serious problem for Naian.
Moreover, the empire has lost some of its elite troops, which will inevitably cause a serious loss of vitality.
At least within the past ten years, the empire no longer has the power to attack outwards, and can only shrink across the board and take a defensive stance.
As a result, the empire was no longer the number one military power on the continent.
This was a fatal blow to the Imperial people who were accustomed to acting like gangsters everywhere, robbing money, things, and women.
With the arrogance of the Imperial people, they would rather die in battle, but they absolutely cannot accept this result.
As for the orcs, the big bosses were all enlightened by the angry lectures from Vachin and Torek.
Regardless of whether the orc race is at a critical moment of life or death in this battle, at the very least, their own fate is definitely at a critical moment.
Just like before the Battle of Chibi, Soochow's military advisor Lu Su persuaded his leading descendant Xiaoquan. The common people can surrender, and their generals can surrender, but they, the bosses, absolutely cannot
surrender.
Because the common people are living an extremely difficult life anyway, even if they surrender, it will be nothing more than a new boss, and no matter how bad they are, they will not be much worse.
Although the generals are well paid, for middle managers like them, surrendering is equivalent to just jumping into a new job.
With their ability in force, they can still make a living. They just change their boss and continue to work.
But if these are the big guys, it is absolutely impossible for them to surrender.
If they surrender, in order to stabilize the situation and people's hearts, Lorraine will definitely kill them all like a mad dog with rabies, killing them all without mercy to eliminate future troubles.
These big guys all knew that their lives depended on a battle, so they all used all their strength to pull over all the guys in their tribe who could hold sticks so that they could fight with the people led by Lorraine.
The Imperial Army fights to the death~!
After a brief analysis, they discovered that their strength was actually quite strong. Calculated, the total strength could reach nearly 500,000 people.
Of course, it is because of the orcs' tendency to enjoy great achievements and brag. With a wave of their hands, Vechin and Torek multiplied this number by three, and then took another twist and announced that their own strength reached 1.6 million men.
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But then, when the clan leaders conveyed it to the people, this number became two million people.
In the end, after it was conveyed, every Orc warrior knew that he had five million elite warriors on his side.
But this is not surprising. From a strategic point of view, this group of orcs lived in the grass, which was originally a way to play a field camp.
And they are all soldiers.
Everyone has been holding a bow and holding a sword since they were children. On the grassland, they fight and fight desperately for survival.
At this time of life and death, they also unleashed all their potential. They seriously mobilized their troops, and from the age of fifteen to sixty-five, anyone who was in charge would be recruited into the team.
And what's even more despicable is that they are guys who play the extreme brute force style.
Due to the harsh environment on the grassland, survival is difficult.
In order to send out troops as much as possible, they completely ignored the safety of the soldiers and did not climb any technology trees.
They have never been willing to spend a penny on upgrades. Attack, defense, and speed have not been increased at all.
Under this situation, the soldiers' weapons and equipment were extremely primitive and crude.
Many soldiers, all carrying wooden sticks and wearing animal skins, walked onto the battlefield.
But it is undeniable that their ability to storm troops has reached the extreme. This... this is simply like opening five field camps at the same time.
The soldiers that broke out were of course Wuyang Wuyang's.
What's more, since they are fighting locally, they also have logistical advantages.
Compared to the Imperial Legion, which requires huge logistical supplies for support, every time they produce a soldier, their material consumption is cheaper than that of Imperial soldiers.
In this way, it was as if they had entered a cheat code. With their golden fingers fully open, all their troops were unleashed in an instant.
After the orcs set up the battle formation, they looked at the densely packed, endless human heads that were as endless as layers of dark clouds. They were all surprised to find that they could actually pull out so many followers~!
They couldn't help but feel a lot more at ease.
At the same time, everyone’s confidence also increased greatly.
When they looked at the Imperial Legion, they were not as timid as before. There are so many of us, even if ten of us fight one, we can defeat them all~!
The warriors among them also swept away their previous depression, and all of them were in high spirits and became extremely brave.
These ruffians took off their shirts, exposing their strong muscles, and walked around arrogantly in front of the formation, shaking their long hair, and roaring loudly in the direction of the Imperial Legion. This was to show their bravery and prowess in battle.
Even though they were several miles away, even if there were great magicians in the imperial army, it would be impossible to kill them with their magic at such a distance. But their actions still attracted the attention of those fools behind them.
Their cheers.
As a result, they became even more arrogant.
On the other hand, look at the Imperial Legion.
Lord Lorraine's total strength is 250,000, nearly 300,000.
A large part of them, more than 100,000 people, are civilian men. They belong to the logistics department and do not go to war.
Although they can be pulled out and used as cannon fodder when the battle is fierce. However, their attack power is not strong, their morale is not high, and they are easily collapsed.
In the words of Lord Lorraine, if they were really allowed to go into battle, it would be better to drive a group of pigs up. At the very least, it would take many days to let the enemy capture more than 100,000 pigs.
In addition, the legions from various provinces in the empire are also second-line troops.
Although they have been trained and their morale is not weak, they have not experienced many battles after all.
Along the way, Lorraine also allowed them to fight and gain experience. However, there were too many legions and too few enemies on the prairie.
As soon as those damn orcs saw the battle flag here, they ran away like frightened rabbits before Lorraine could send troops over.
Sometimes, there is no time to escape.
Everyone coaxed them up, but before they even got into formation, the orcs on the opposite side immediately raised their white flags and raised their hands in surrender.
Therefore, there were not many people actually passing through the battle formation along the way.
You must know that these soldiers who have seen blood passing through the battlefield are considered real soldiers. Otherwise, they are just a bunch of barking dogs and cannot be reused at all.
In addition, in order to ensure that the logistics transportation line would not be cut off by enemy guerrillas, Lorraine also set up a large number of military stations and fortresses along the way.
The establishment of these military depots and strongholds is very beneficial for future development. With almost no changes, just changing the flag can become an urban settlement for residents. However, at this time, it is a big burden.
Because these military stations and strongholds are all garrisoned by soldiers.
This alone will require the elimination of nearly 50,000 soldiers.
Fortunately, after this period of integrated marching training, Lorraine also selected a lot of talents in the army.
Kick out all those guys who are honest and reliable, don't dare to fight with a knife, and don't have strong psychological quality, and let them squat in this military station and stay here to engage in this very promising job.
But as a result, Lorraine only had 100,000 troops left.
With a force of 100,000 to fight against 500,000 orcs... uh, 5 million people. This is simply like using a dagger to provoke a mad bull with bloodshot eyes.
And at the same time, despite insufficient troops, he still had to achieve a major and arduous strategic goal.
In other words, in order to ensure that he would have enough labor force to work for him in the future, he must try his best to frighten those orcs with force and teach them a bloody lesson.
This sounds like a contradiction. The bloody lesson is that the enemy's active forces must be killed in large numbers. And they are all adult laborers, extremely precious.
But in reality, these are complementary to each other.
Lorraine must fight to establish her authority this time.
He must strike hard with the hammer in his hand, completely breaking the backbones of the orcs, so that the orcs on the opposite side will know how powerful the Imperial Legion is. From then on, they can only bow their heads and obey the empire's orders.
At least within a hundred years, they will tremble at the mention of their own names, not daring to rebel in the slightest.
Otherwise, they will rebel today and cause chaos tomorrow. This will turn into a powder keg in the Balkans. They will also engage in bullshit southern development and make ridiculous money.
Therefore, in order to achieve this goal, Lord Luo also relaxed at this time and formed a formation that made everyone feel strange.
In front of the Orc Legion, he only mobilized his two personal guard legions and four elite legions from the Eastern Provinces.
The other two serve as reserves, located at the rear of the formation, on mobile standby, ready to enter the battlefield at any time.
The Guards Corps is composed of the Royal Guards as its backbone. The legions of the Eastern Province are all the elite troops of Grand Duke Julius on the Eastern Front, and the soldiers have all been tested by the fire of war.
Each of these young men is loyal and determined. They are far from comparable to those second-rate troops transferred from other provinces.
Those little bastards just know how to bully the people and suppress the riots, but they are far from qualified to fight a regular battle. If they don't wet their pants in fear, they are already considered brave.
Moreover, they were sneaking around, drinking and fighting, making big mistakes and making small mistakes all the time. Lord Luo would have saved himself a lot of headaches for these bullies along the way.
If the punishment is light, it will not solve the problem. After educating one side and turning back on the other side, they will do it again.
Hit him hard. After all, they are guest troops, here to support him. Once he is severely investigated, they will become cold-blooded. In the future, they will definitely be lazy and do not work hard.
It was not until later that Duke Luo remembered what America's number one general, General Patton, did before the Normandy landings. He raised the banner of 'fines', an unprecedented and unprecedented banner that shocked the past and present.
As long as military discipline is violated, you will be fined immediately without saying anything.
What's even more amazing is that Lord Lorraine is not punishing them with wages, but with the future salaries and land advances of their governors and generals.
In this way, there will not be any outstanding and major problems such as "someone refuses to pay, and it is difficult to enforce fines" and so on.
If anyone made a mistake, Lord Lorraine would not be angry. He would just make an entry in his account book, and then say to the general of their army: Your land has lost another hundred dollars today.
mu.
This is money taken out of your pocket~!
And it’s one hundred acres of land at a time. This is a lot of money~!
As classmate Ba Xiaodun once said: As long as money is involved, everyone's brains will be better.
These generals were originally second-class troops. Their salaries and bonuses were not high, and their incomes were never rising. They finally caught an opportunity to make some money. This time they deducted a hundred acres.
Who can bear this?
At that moment, the generals would become so angry that their eyes would turn blue, and then they would go out screaming, tie up the ruffian, hang him on a pillar, and beat him severely with their own whips.
After this series of rectification work, they became more honest.
But no matter what, when they were drinking and fighting and breaking military discipline, they had already left a bad impression on Sir Luo.
Lorraine really has no idea about the combat effectiveness of these guys. He just lists them all as auxiliary troops. When they can be used, they will not be used. This will prevent these bastards from causing any loopholes for him.
This time, while setting up the formation, Lorraine gave an order, and all the legions from other provinces left the camp and scattered in all directions until they reached the periphery of the battlefield, and then stopped again.
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Seen from a distance, they form a semicircle, surrounding the entire battlefield from a distance. Although there are many gaps in the middle, I believe that no one would be so stupid. From the gaps between any two of their legions,
Passed through everywhere.
Seeing this strange formation set up by Lorraine, Vechin and Torek watched it for a long time, but they were extremely confused. What was Lorraine doing? He wanted to use a mere eight legions and 40,000 people to fight against my fifty soldiers.
Ten thousand... uh, five million coalition troops?
Is he... is he crazy?
At the same time, under the banner of Lorraine's Chinese army, someone shouted to him in a low voice: "Are you crazy? With only 40,000 people, you are facing half a million orcs head-on. Is there something wrong with your brain?"
Already?"
Lorraine smiled before she could speak.
Next to him, Leo rolled his eyes and said, "Lolina, you can rest assured. When has my boss ever done anything unreasonable? He is the 'Flying Eagle God of War' of the empire. He can stand up to five legions by himself."
Luolina hesitated for a moment, then said: "But... why did you transfer all those legions away?"
Leo raised his hand and pointed, saying: "You went back to recover your magic power yesterday and did not attend the military meeting. Didn't you see that they are all on the periphery of the battlefield? They are here to prevent the orcs from escaping after the defeat."
"Escape...escape? Why?"
Leo was obviously very happy to be a teacher for once.
He blinked his big black-and-white eyes, trying to show off his sophistication, but at this moment he was so excited that his tail almost curled up, and he couldn't hide the happiness in his heart.
He put his little fist to his mouth in a mature manner, coughed lightly, and then said: "Of course. We finally got the opportunity to gather all the orcs now. Of course we want to bring them together."
They were all wiped out.
If this battle cannot completely destroy their vitality, they will scatter in all directions and become rogue bandits, harassing the place.
At that time, sending troops to carry out clearing operations will be laborious, time-consuming, and more importantly, expensive."
Luolina paused for a moment, looking at the excited little guy with a blushing face, she couldn't help but cursed in her heart: This little fat guy who is obsessed with money~!
Then he added: "Even so, you only use six legions to face a million enemies head-on. Isn't this too rash?"
Leo raised his neck and said proudly: "We must do this~!
Only by completely defeating them with only six legions can the empire's powerful military strength be demonstrated and they will be convinced.
Only in this way will they surrender under our feet and obey us. They will not dare to rebel for a hundred years~!"
As he spoke, the little tiger's body trembled, showing an unparalleled domineering aura of a king.
Luolina glanced at him helplessly. Then she murmured: "Six legions? Defeat nearly a million orcs? Is this possible?"
Lorraine turned around and said, "Don't worry, I have a secret weapon~!"