"The first team, go around to the right and light the fire. The second team, make noise around and create chaos. The third team is responsible for the response. I personally lead people to light the fire on the left!"
In the night, Longbottom and a group of his men huddled in a grass nest behind a hillside and randomly drew a topographic map on the land. After giving instructions, they raised their feet and wiped away the traces on the ground with bright eyes.
He glanced at the subordinates next to him: "Do you understand everything?"
"I understand, boss," a bearded mercenary leader grinned, showing yellow teeth: "This is not the first time this has been done."
Far away on the hillside is a gathering point for orcs. It was built on the basis of an abandoned human village, and there is a farmland around it. It is late autumn at this time, and the food in the farmland has been harvested. The orcs built
There are piles of barn-like things, where a large amount of harvested grain is piled.
Judging from visual inspection, the surrounding defenses are not tight, probably because this is the rear of the criminals and far away from the battle line, so the criminals have not invested in strict defense.
After many days of sneaking, Longbottom led this group of people, bypassing the battle line, heading west and then north. At this time, they had reached deep behind the enemy lines in the area occupied by the sinners.
Although if we really pursue the investigation, Longbottom and others who belong to the Central War Zone are actually considered to be worthy of the name of "crossing the border", because this is already considered the territory of the Western War Zone.
"Okay! Let's do it for him! After running for so many days, the brothers haven't caught anything. We can't just go back empty-handed!" Longbottom's smile looked a little ferocious in the night.
Then he glanced at the muse beside him: "Follow me."
Muse remained silent, nodded, and just inserted a dagger into his leather boots.
In the middle of the night, the orc settlement in the distance has fallen into silence. There are not many orc warriors here. Most of them are old, weak, women and children among the orcs. Judging from a village of this size, there are only a few orcs in the town at most.
Hundreds of orc warriors.
But even so, Longbottom did not dare to be careless, because he had dealt with orcs too much, and he had already understood that even the underage guys among the orcs were comparable to a human in terms of physical strength and combat effectiveness.
They are adult warriors, and even those who are old, weak or female orcs, if organized, their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated.
After lurking for a while, it was not until midnight that they launched a sneak attack.
The people who were responsible for the feint attack and noise around them launched the first wave of ground offensive. In the woods and grass around the gathering place, the human warriors deliberately made noise, shouting kills, horns, and some experienced servants.
The soldiers beat the stones with their hands to imitate the sound of galloping horses' hooves.
Soon, these movements alarmed the orcs in the settlement, and a large number of orcs were seen pouring out quickly. Looking in the dark night, countless torches were dotted, swarming out, although there were only a few warriors wearing armor.
Most of the other orcs were old and weak and were armed with sharpened wooden sticks, but judging from the number, there were probably no less than a thousand of them.
These orcs were attracted by the humans and rushed outside the town. The humans who were responsible for making noise cunningly retreated to attract these orcs as far away as possible.
Then, the two teams of people responsible for setting the fire took the opportunity to approach the settlement from both sides and quickly ran to the edge of the barn.
Although there are a few orcs guarding the barn pile, in front of these guys who are used to being mercenaries, these guys have been hunting monsters all year round. This kind of sneak attack with cold arrows in the dark is what they are best at. Several orcs are very good at it.
They were quickly shot to death by bows and arrows. Most of them could not make a sound, and even some orcs were not shot to death by bows and arrows. They were quickly pounced on by experienced mercenaries who came out from the darkness. Several people pounced on them, and the orcs
Even though he was strong, he cut his throat in a daze.
After clearing the guards, in the darkness, the mercenaries used secret signals to signal to each other that everything was going well. These guys used bird calls as signals to communicate with each other.
"Quick! The brothers responsible for attracting their attention can't hold back for long!" Longbottom took the lead and was the first to pick up the leather bag he carried with him and spread the liquid inside on the barn. One by one, the mercenaries
I immediately made these skins according to the instructions, and the contents were not wine and water, but all kerosene!
These guys were very experienced in spreading the kerosene evenly everywhere. Then one team after another quickly escaped, and the last person behind them was responsible for lighting the fire...
In the distance, the orcs who were attracted by the noise caused by humans suddenly discovered in horror that a blazing fire appeared behind them in the direction of the barn! In the dark night, the movement of the flames seemed particularly clear and bright.
!Almost half of the sky is illuminated as if it were daytime!
"Fire!! Fire!!!"
The orcs began to shout in panic. More orcs were so angry that their livers and gallbladders burst!
Because there is their food! It is their most precious food!!
I finally completed my return, and after a year of hard work on this first piece of land taken from humans, I have harvested so much food!!
We, the old, weak, women and children, and the soldiers on the front lines who are fighting against humanity! Everyone must rely on this food to feed them! And it is already late autumn, so many mouths are relying on this food to survive the winter!!
If this food is burned...
The orcs no longer cared about chasing the humans in the darkness. They all shouted, turned around, and ran back towards the granary in a chaotic manner.
Under the influence of kerosene, once the flames burned, they became extremely fierce. The fire was raging, burning the orcs to pieces! At the same time, the dark night illuminated by the fire burned Longbottom and others who were about to flee after setting the fire.
People’s deeds are also exposed!
"Humanity!! Burn our food!! Humanity!!"
The orcs saw Longbottom and others fleeing in the distance. These frantic orcs soon had several groups chasing after them desperately.
Those warriors wearing armor all rushed forward. Even though they were far away, they had no intention of giving up! The actions of humans angered these orcs. They would never give up until they killed all these damn humans!
Beside the fire, the orcs began to try to put out the fire, but they only added fuel to the fire. Such a fire, in the dry autumn, spread along with the wind, and the orcs almost fought for their lives. But they could not stop the fire.
Many of the orcs, old and weak, threw themselves on the ground, cried and howled in pain, beat their chests and feet, and started crying, and the sound spread far away.
"Don't be dazed! They are catching up!" Longbottom kicked Muse hard. During the sneak attack just now, Muse performed well. She cut the neck of a guarding orc with her own hands. She inserted it into the
The dagger in the boot.
But when she was retreating, she heard the cry coming from far behind her. Muse seemed to be stunned for a moment, and Longbottom woke her up with a curse.
Behind them, the orc warriors raised their shining swords and chased after them with murderous looks on their faces!
"Go, go, go! Go!"
Longbottom gave Muse a tug and whistled.
Soon, those pursuing orc warriors received a severe blow!
A group of human warriors had been ambushed in advance and were responsible for the response. They hid in the woods and grass beside the retreat route and launched a sneak attack on the pursuing orcs with bows and arrows.
In the darkness, these mercenaries who are good at hunting monsters just used their best skills: harassment, setting up ambushes...
After the first round of arrow rain, more than a dozen of the pursuing orcs fell, and they soon fell into chaos. Because in the darkness, they could not tell how many enemies there were and in which direction! And those cunning mercenaries
, gave full play to their mobility, and after shooting cold arrows, they quickly left the original ambush location, running while continuing to shoot arrows to harass.
After several rounds of arrow rain, although the orc's injuries were not too serious, he was completely knocked out.
At this time, the main team of Longbottom and others had run further and further away. The soldiers responsible for responding to the break also dispersed in a hurry and quickly divided into countless small teams, fleeing in all directions.
Obviously, the orcs here lacked tactical literacy. This kind of chaos in the dark made them a little overwhelmed. In the dark night, they did not dare to continue chasing blankly. Although they were very angry when their food was burned, at night
Here, they must be careful. God knows how many human armies have come to sneak attack...
"It's a pity that they stopped chasing me."
After running far away, Longbottom and others ran into a forest. He jumped up a big tree with agility that was extremely inconsistent with his body shape. He took out his binoculars and looked back carefully for a while, and let out a sigh.
.
"What a pity. If they continue to chase the ground, they can set up an ambush and maybe swallow this small group of orcs!"
The mercenaries around him sighed with regret. Many of them were already gearing up, and some were already wiping their blades. When they heard that there was no battle to fight, many of them showed depressed expressions.
"Okay, then let's retreat." Longbottom waved his hand and glanced at the sky: "We did a good job tonight. But it will be dawn soon, and we are in their territory now. In case of their whereabouts
If you are exposed, you will be in trouble if you are targeted."
As he spoke, he coughed: "Old rules, everyone is divided into four teams to retreat according to the original plan, be careful to hide your whereabouts, and gather at the predetermined location... Let me say up front, when the time comes, if anyone is late, there is nothing we can do
Wait for him! If anyone falls behind, just find a way to crawl home!"
The mercenaries smiled, but everyone's face was serious.
Everyone understood that Longbottom was not joking! The danger of doing this kind of thing behind enemy lines is self-evident. Spread out and retreat. After arriving at the predetermined location, if anyone falls behind, then everyone cannot risk the entire life of the large army.
Deathly danger awaits!
Even if Longbottom himself is late and fails to find the meeting place at the specified time, he will still be abandoned! This is a rule set by Longbottom himself!
The large army dispersed in a cacophony, which was exactly the tactic Longbottom set when he formed this Wolf Army: swarm up and disperse in a cacophony.
Muse followed Longbottom's group, less than three hundred people, retreating all the way to the southwest. According to the original plan, they would walk for two days, and then turn around and head south. This route was designed to avoid
Even if you are discovered by the enemy, you can try your best to escape the possibility of being surrounded.
The four teams evacuated in different directions. Muse Longbottom's team spent the first two days sleeping day and night. When they were on the road, they tried to stay away from the road, and when they encountered mountains and forests, they chose those
Walking in remote places.
In the evening of that day, a group of people had arrived at a small forest. Longbottom looked at the surrounding terrain and calculated the time: "It's almost there! I remember on the map, there is a river ahead. We can reach there tomorrow.
river, and then we will turn back and walk southeast, and we will be able to join our brothers in two days."
The group of mercenaries laughed heartily, with expressions of hope for victory on everyone's face.
In the past two days, they had sneak attacks on two orc villages on the road, killing about sixty orcs. They also set up an ambush and annihilated a group of patrolling orc soldiers.
According to the rewards Longbottom set when he founded the army, if everyone can return alive this time, then everyone can get a large reward. Because the Wolf Fang Army is not a regular army of the empire, in order to stimulate these people's fighting enthusiasm, Longbottom followed
The mercenary model sets a set of standards for rewards for killing enemies, such as how many gold coins are rewarded for killing an orc, how many gold coins are rewarded for killing an orc warrior, and so on...
Anyway, he has the support of Du Wei, a wealthy boss, and such a generous bounty is definitely not available in other armies of the empire.
A group of people were about to cross the forest when suddenly they saw a few mercenaries who were scouting the road in front of them running back quickly, with nervous and serious expressions on their faces.
These people ran back from the depths of the forest, rushed in front of Longbottom, and immediately lowered their voices and said quickly: "We can't go any further!"
"What's wrong?"
"Wolf Riders! So many Wolf Riders!!" A mercenary exploring the path was out of breath and his face was a little pale.