Chapter 23 Unexpected News
After nearly a month of sweeping the human border area, the orcs finally began to gather troops and prepare to attack the human city.
Since then, the war between humans and beasts has officially entered the second stage, the city offensive and defensive war.
Greedy desires are always the hardest to control!
As long as several human fortress cities in the border area were removed and the storm of the Snow Legion were defeated, the thousands of square kilometers of human land and massive wealth were completely opened to the orcs.
For this reason, the orcs even threw down tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of corpses under the tall and strong city walls of the human race.
Even after paying such a heavy price, ten to eight times were returned in vain, and countless orc warriors piled up corpses under the city wall. But the two successes allowed the orcs to gain a lot of human wealth and resources and make a fortune.
At the end of the war, although the orcs were driven back to the orc wasteland by the human coalition again, their wealth was swept away by the orcs, but they eventually fell into the hands of the leader and nobles of the three major orc tribes and the tribe of the sect leader.
As for the hundreds of thousands of orc warriors who lost, the patriarchs and nobles would not even shed a tear. With the orcs' strong fertility, new warriors would set foot on the battlefield for them in just a few years.
Outside the Former Army City, the orc troops gathered more and more, and the black mass was boundless. It was impossible to count how many orcs were gathered.
The orcs built three huge military camps directly in front of the Former Military City and in the south and north directions.
Unlike the way the human army besiege the city, orcs always open up a channel in one direction.
It would be a big mistake to think that the orcs were kind enough to leave a passage for human race to escape. If the city was not surrounded, the soldiers would not have the determination to defend the city. Soldiers with luck and timidity would be able to escape from this passage left behind.
But there are very few human soldiers who can escape from this passage. Without the support of the city wall, how could human soldiers escape the pursuit of orc cavalry in the wilderness?
Therefore, in the war, many human warriors will die with orcs in the city after the city is broken, and they will not choose to be humiliated by orcs on the way to escape.
The orcs did not attack the city immediately, and the orc troops were continuously transporting into the three military camps. Some orcs were sent to nearby trees to cut down trees, make rough and simple siege equipment such as crashing wood, rushing cars, and ladders.
On the city wall, the human soldiers were also busy up and down. A series of giant crossbows, catapults were pushed to the top of the city wall, bundles of crossbow arrows were transported from the warehouse to the city wall, hot oil and rolling wood were pushed under the marquee, and under the inner city wall were huge stones piled up like hills.
A big battle is about to break out.
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Orc Wasteland.
A team of human soldiers riding silver-horned bucks ran in panic, looking back as they ran.
Behind this group of human soldiers were chasing thirty or forty wolf cavalry. The wolf cavalry waved the long sword in their hands, shouting loudly while urging them to speed up.
This team of human soldiers seemed to be chased and turned into a narrow mountain road, and the mountain road became steeper and steeper, which was obviously a dead end.
Seeing that the wolf cavalry were getting closer and closer, they became even more excited and couldn't help but stand up from the back of the wolf with machetes. You should know that the reward amount of the major tribes outside to this small group of human soldiers has reached 100 gold coins per head.
The fleeing human soldiers suddenly stopped, turned the deer's head together, took out the bow and arrow behind them and began to pull the bow and hit the arrow.
The wolf cavalry running in the front seemed to feel something was wrong. They tried to stop, but it was so difficult for the running cavalry team to stop suddenly and were carried forward by the cavalry behind.
The human cavalry in front began to shoot arrows condescendingly, and the wolf cavalry who rushed in the front were shot down from the wolf one after another.
There were also bows and arrows in the woods on both sides, and spears shot out, and wolf riders were constantly shot to the ground.
"Not good, it's a trap, run away!"
Dozens of wolf cavalry thrust together on the narrow mountain road. How could it be so easy to turn around and run down?
The soldiers of the Seventh Squadron had rushed out of the woods on both sides of the left and right sides, and the soldiers on the mountain road drove the Silver Horned Bucks back and killed them.
Arthur rushed to the first one, and the man jumped up from the back of the buck, "crazy thunder exploded", and the fighting skills slashed down in the air.
The violent fighting spirit hit the wolf cavalry team. The three wolf cavalry dragged on the back were blown over by a sword, and the fighting spirit below was blown up to bloody.
The wolf cavalry was completely in chaos and rushed down the mountain, but under the three-sided attack of the Seventh Squadron, dozens of wolf cavalry finally ran away only five.
Now Arthur and the Seventh Squadron have changed their previous battle methods of forcing the orc tribe and fighting hard. They no longer strive to loot the entire orc tribe, but instead attack them and set up various means to use them as one vote, and then leave.
The Seventh Squadron, which has changed its combat methods, may have gained less than before, but there are more options for attack and it has become more difficult to deal with. Even the medium-sized orc tribe can do it even if it has the chance.
Arthur turned over and stepped onto the Silver Horned Bucks, "Brothers, let's fight back. These wolf cavalry are all the soldiers left by that tribe."
Without any rest adjustment, the Seventh Squadron returned to the werewolf tribe that had been pursuing them.
When the forty-strong silver-horned bucks cavalry approached the tribe, more than a dozen orc warriors rushed out of the closed gate, including the five wolf cavalry who had escaped before.
As Arthur asserted, the orcs that rushed out were already the last warriors of this tribe.
The Seventh Squadron killed all these orc warriors in front of the tribe village as soon as they charged.
Just as Arthur was holding his big sword and preparing to lead people to break into the camp, an unexpected scene happened.
The closed village door opened, and an old werewolf walked out with a piece of white cloth. After walking forward a few steps, he knelt down tremblingly. "All the soldiers in the tribe have died in battle. All the people left in the village are women and children. We are willing to surrender. Please let them go."
For orcs who advocate honor, surrendering and kneeling are the greatest humiliation. The murderous names of Arthur and his team have spread across the orc tribes, and there is no grass left wherever they pass. The old werewolf would rather be humiliated by themselves in order to save the tribe.
Looking at the trembling old werewolf in front of him, Arthur suddenly remembered the question Arya asked him, and slowly put down the sword in his hand.
"The two races of man and beast have been enemies for generations. Your army is still on our land. Why should I let you go?" Arthur's voice was cold.
"As long as you let go of the women and children in the tribe, we are willing to offer all the wealth in the tribe."
"This is not enough. If you kill all of you, the things in your tribe are still ours."
The old werewolf's eyes flashed, as if he was struggling violently in his heart.
After a while, the old werewolf said slowly: "I am willing to tell you something."
Arthur was a little curious, "What news can exchange for the lives of so many people in your tribe?"
"I know a place where there are many slaves from human race. Can they exchange their lives for the lives of our tribe?"
Chapter completed!