Chapter 250

Northern wasteland, when the north city of the town was under construction, a large number of orcs were trying to move south on the wasteland further northwest of the LOTAS mountains.

Summer is about to pass, the sun in the sky is not as hot as before, and teams of green orcs continue to push south on the barren wasteland.

"Lord Chief, we don't have much food," said an orc to Rogers.

Rogers was silent for a moment: "how much food is there?"

"With today's food, we can only eat for a week. It's summer. Hunting and gathering along the way can take up to a month," said the green ORC.

The cremation burst out in Rogers' eyes: "one month! Time is enough!"

"A month later, when the southern human kingdom has a good harvest of food, as long as we break the fortress, all the food outside the city will be ours!"

"That food is enough for our whole tribe for a whole year!"

"This time, we also want to have a warm and fertile land in the sun!"

At the same time, the kingdom of Lorens, the kingdom of Florence and the kingdom of Salem have received the news that the orcs are about to invade. These kingdoms always pay attention to those Orc tribes on the northern wasteland. After seeing that the Orc tribes begin to go south, they will send the news back at the first time.

At this time, the orc invasion directly put great pressure on the human kingdom. There is still a month before the harvest. Those nobles are reluctant to give up their walls and clear the fields. Most of the farmland outside the city are noble. Do you want them to burn their fields? Those mean nobles wouldn't do that. As for the orc invasion, it's the business of the army.

The orc invasion also made several countries nervous. These nobles near the northern border began to recruit soldiers. As for the refugees promised to sulun, they were directly asked to join the army. In a short time, the soldiers in the hands of several kings and Northern nobles increased two or three times.

However, although the number of soldiers has increased by two or three times, the strength of the army has not improved, but decreased. These soldiers are basically farmers who have just put down their hoes and picked up their weapons. It's OK for them to defend the city. As for the frontal battle, it's estimated that they will mutiny and escape as soon as they go to the battlefield.

The kingdom of Florence, the kingdom of Lorens and the kingdom of Salem all began to increase troops to their respective fortresses. The black stone city of the kingdom of Florence had only 5000 permanent troops before. Within a week after receiving the orc invasion, the number of generals increased to 30000.

The army in the animal blood fortress of Lorens and the canyon pass of the kingdom of Salem also increased greatly. At the same time, the northern nobles also issued wartime mobilization orders, and all kinds of military materials began to be collected. Many caravans ready to start were stopped directly, and then some soldiers took the requisition orders to collect the goods of these merchants directly.

The materials collected by these expropriation orders will be returned after the war. Of course, this is an official statement. In fact, these materials will not be returned even after the war. Finally, they will be compensated according to the lowest price of these goods.

As for not giving a penny, it is not without. In this era, the vast majority of merchants who can form caravans and do business have nobles as backers. If there is no compensation, those nobles will not give up.

Several human kingdoms in the north and the northern wilderness are separated by a nafir mountain, which stretches thousands of miles. The main peak of the mountain is covered with snow all the year round and remains unchanged. There are a large number of wild animals and Warcraft in it. Although this mountain separates humans from the northern wilderness, there are still many roads to pass through.

Blackstone fortress and animal blood fortress include Canyon pass. These three passes are the three largest roads through this mountain range. These canyons are much easier to walk than other mountain paths, and there is no problem passing carts. Except these three Canyon channels, other roads are rugged and steep, difficult to pass, and carriages are impossible to pass in many places.

Some of the most dangerous journeys are the cliffs on one side and the abyss on the other side. There is only a rugged road less than half a meter wide at the foot. The vast majority of these trails are used by smugglers, because this road is not only difficult to walk, but also life-threatening. Accidentally meeting Warcraft living here is a loss of both human and financial resources.

The beast blood fortress is the northern gate of the kingdom of Lorens. Once this place is broken, the three northern provinces of the kingdom of Lorens will face the orc military peak. Count Colin immediately began to prepare for war after receiving the news that the orcs are going south. There are only 3000 permanent troops in the beast blood fortress, including a knight regiment of 500, These knights are the backbone of the beast blood fortress.

Five hundred heavy knights wearing heavy armor and riding on the same armored horses are the strongest arms in the human kingdom in the world. A knight, even with a man and a horse and wearing armor, has reached 1000 kg. When charging, it doesn't need to mention weapon damage. Even the impact is enough to crack the viscera of an adult ORC.

The 30000 troops supported by the Kingdom have also arrived, but this does not relax count Colin's nervous mood, because according to the information from the front, this time the orcs can be said to be pouring out, and they are facing an orc army of at least 100000 people.

The blood of the beast is outside the Great Wall. All kinds of antlers and horses have been completely destroyed. The ground is in a mess. There are corpses and blood everywhere. There is a disgusting smell of blood in the air. In the just ended battle, the orcs did not take advantage of it, but they also successfully completed the combat goal, and all the defense facilities outside the fortress have been destroyed.

The human soldiers who stick to the fortress are still excited. Although the orc army looks a lot, the fortress relies on the natural and dangerous terrain, and the orcs can't take advantage of the number of people. The narrow terrain doomed that only a small number of troops can be invested in the strong attack. The steep mountains on both sides provide them with natural side protection.

Under the city wall, a large number of corpses are piled up in all directions. The disgusting smell attracts a large number of raptors and vultures. Some scavenging crows in the sky also croak and scream. Ordinary beasts fear the army, but these birds have little scruples. Whenever the night comes and the battle is over, it is time for them to have a big meal.

The orc camp is only ten miles away from the fortress. At this time, a large number of ORC supervisors are driving the slaves such as dog headed men and goblins to cut down trees with whips, and then the animal craftsmen make simple siege instruments.

Although the civilization of orcs cannot be compared with that of humans, their social system is much better than that of jackals, dog headed people and goblins.

Just after the battle between humans and orcs in the beast blood fortress began, the battle broke out in Blackstone fortress and Canyon pass in just three days. After a short test, the orcs began a powerful offensive.

Su Lun knew that the orc invasion would be a little later. After all, the north town was not on the way of the orcs, and it was 300 miles away from the nearest battlefield Blackstone fortress. The north of the town is the LOTAS mountains. If the orcs want to attack the town, they can only bypass the LOTAS mountains and attack from the northwest of the town.

After learning of the orc attack, Su Lun immediately recalled the troops that were killing monsters and robbers in the territory. The north town now has 7000 troops, of which the largest number is the spearmen, 4000, followed by the archers, 2000.

Originally, Su Lun wanted to build more archers, but archers didn't want to have long spearmen. Just a wooden stick and a sharp gun head. Archers need good materials for their bows. Although they recovered centaurs and half elves, both races have cultivated wood for making bows, but the quantity is limited after all.

It is very difficult to form a 2000 strong Archer force. Many archers still use birch bows. The strongest of them are naturally half elf archers. The strongest of these half elf archers have been advanced to half elf magic archers. You can add element effects to the bows and arrows.

The vast majority of half elf archers are still at the level of half elf archer. As for the half elf phantom Archer, there is no one at this level, mainly because the experience value required for the upgrade of half elf is twice that of human beings. But even so, the accuracy and range of half elf archers are much better than human archers.

Su Lun sends all scouts out and keeps an eye on the trend of the orc army. Now the orc army should not know Su Lun's city. Once they know that there is a human city here, those orcs will definitely attack.

At the same time, the construction of wizard tower in the city did not stop, but sulun dispatched a large number of people to dig the moat. In the past, only part of the moat in Zhenbei city was excavated, because after the orc tribe was solved, Zhenbei city had no enemies in this area, so the moat stopped.

Now it's just a restart. Sulun's planned moat is to directly guide the river water of Hongsha river. The moat is about 10 meters wide and three meters deep. The river water of the moat belongs to living water. Sulun even has the ability to guide two springs from the underground, so that the spring water can also flow into the moat.

Because the terrain of Zhenbei city is relatively high, there is no need to worry about the river flowing into the city. In addition to the role of defense, the moat can also be used as water transportation. Su Lun plans to build a wharf outside the city after the war, so that ships can transport goods from Hongsha River to the city gate through the moat.

The moat in Zhenbei city is being built as soon as possible, and the caravans in the city have also received the news of the orc attack. These caravans can't return to the human kingdom before the end of the war. They can only stay in Zhenbei city temporarily. The guards and mercenaries of these caravans have also been recruited. Su Lun didn't intend to let them go to the battlefield, but to prevent these people from making trouble.