May 3.
——War broke out!
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It''s less than half a month before the winter wheat harvest. The wheat in the field has grown, but it looks a little green and yellow.
The orc attack took a little earlier than Murphy had expected.
According to his estimation, the orcs should have launched their offensive around late April. Because the terrain of the gorge pass is dangerous, it takes a lot of time to break through it. If you delay for a month, the winter wheat in other places will have been harvested. At that time, food was collected into the castle, and the plan of the orcs to plunder food was about to die.
Except for a little bit.
That is, the orcs have a pretty good chance of falling into the canyon within half a month, or more exactly within a week!
This conjecture put a lot of pressure on Murphy.
It also put great pressure on the human city-state in the southern plain. The aristocratic Council began to mobilize troops in late April. We will expand the permanent force of the gorge pass to 5000 people, and hold three legions in the plain area behind the gorge pass, with nearly 50000 elite troops! But even if the canyon pass has such a large number of troops, Murphy is still very uneasy. A kind of hidden intuition tells him that the human city-state cannot be defended. Because orcs are not jackals. Being an intelligent race, if they are not sure, they will never wait for this time to start a war!
Fortunately, the fortress has been built.
As long as the key position of entering Athens was held, it was very difficult for the orc army to cross the mountains or through the dense forest.
Because whatever they choose, they''ll end up in the hunting range of Hurricane karazan''s pterosaurs.
This is what Murphy is very happy to see.
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Canyon pass.
It is about 80 kilometers from Athens.
The crude fortifications in the past have now been built into fortresses. The wall several meters high is like a natural danger, so that the orcs can''t shake a cent no matter how they attack.
The ground was covered with blood and bodies.
Continuous day and night''s incessant attack has exhausted the human garrison in the fortress.
However, they still look excited, because reinforcements will come tomorrow afternoon. As long as reinforcements arrive, relying on this natural danger, they believe that no matter how many orcs come, they don''t have to be afraid. Because of the narrow terrain, they are unable to take advantage of the number of people, and the steep walls of the mountains on both sides provide them with natural side cover.
In this fierce battle that lasted for three days, the casualties of the human garrison were not small, but the casualties of the half beast army were even greater.
Just a pile of bodies on the ground is one or two meters high. That''s why someone has disposed of the body. The strong smell of blood can hardly be dissolved, but the disgusting smell has attracted a large number of vultures and raptors. Ordinary beasts fear the army, but these birds have little scruple. When night falls and the battle is over, it''s time for them to have a good meal.
"General, you are wounded." A soldier came to Kanas zarote''s side. He looked at the blood oozing from the general''s arm and quickly took out the wound medicine to apply it to him.
"It''s OK, a little hurt. You go down first and have a rest As a general, Kanas zarot was different from other noble generals. He was a poor man. He came from a humble serf family. His twenty-one years of military career gave him his present status and strength. For a general like him who has been fighting on the front line all the year round, this kind of injury is nothing at all.
He tore off a corner of his clothes and gave himself a simple bandage. He waved to the bodyguard to have a rest.
Kanas zarot was born in a humble family, but this did not affect his being loved by the soldiers! In fact, this poor general who shares weal and woe with soldiers and often fights in the front line has a very high reputation in the army! And he is also the goal of countless poor soldiers, at least it can tell them that they are not just cannon fodder. As long as there is a certain opportunity, I may also have the opportunity to become a general!
Because of his humble background, Kanas zarot could not get a higher status.
The aristocratic Council will not allow a person of poor blood to stand on high, because it will seriously burn their pride and self-esteem.
In fact, before the outbreak of the war with the jackals, Kanas zarot was once exiled to the Northwest with a small number of soldiers loyal to him. It was not until the wolf war broke out that the aristocratic Council realized that he needed a commander with real military talent that he was transferred back. For Kanas zarote, he was more happy to get along with those straightforward barbarians than to deal with those hypocritical nobles.
Spirits, warriors, and passionate barbarian women.
Barbarians respect the strong and don''t care whether a strong person''s birth is noble or humble.
In the cold northwest, he once saved a shaman priest and learned something from him that the southern plains could not learn enough. For example, how to make yourself into a state of frenzy and play a powerful fighting capacity that you can''t usually play!
"Find the point between madness and calmness, that is new power, more powerful power!"
The master of this power is the famous sword saint of the fire blade clan, which is a powerful arm to help the orcs overthrow the slavery of the descendants of the giants. It is also the only terrible existence of the orcs who can defeat the half blood giants one-on-one in the frontal battlefield!
In fact, from the second era, the barbarians have been thinking about how to gain the power of the swordsman.
The power called Qi.
All the races on the mainland know that the sword saints of the fire blade clan can master a kind of power called Qi through training. When they wield secret weapons, they can even emit sword Qi similar to wind blade. And their chieftain, the leader of the fire blade clan, can even use a terrible martial art called "blade storm"! This power has always been the dream of barbarians!
Human beings are too weak.
Like newborn babies, they have to learn from the advantages of other races.
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Kanas zarot married a barbarian woman, which once became the laughing stock of the aristocratic Parliament.
But Kanas zarot didn''t care. For him, his wife, the warm and kind-hearted barbarian woman, was more beautiful than those so-called ladies. He is a strong willed man who spent most of his life in the army. He has a strong will like steel!
After marrying his present wife, he was recognized by the barbarian shaman priests.
He began to come into contact with more powerful forces!
The supporters of the aristocratic Council are the mysterious magicians, while the barbarians are the masters of those special powers!
Kanas zarot has been wearing two weapons.
But the other weapon was rarely seen pulled out. It''s a special equipment made by imitating the weapons of the fire blade clan swordsman. It also represents the fighting skills of the orc swordsman that the barbarians spent hundreds of years exploring and imitating. As one of the few soldiers who can keep calm after going into a violent state, Kanas zarot is the successor of this fighting skill.
His task, however, is to find the point of convergence and find out how to use the power called Qi. Because that marks whether human beings can form a real high-end combat effectiveness system.
In fact, he has gained a little.
But.
At this time, the war of jackals broke out.
Although there was no harmony between the aristocratic Council and the barbarian people, they had the same views on the unity of human beings. Kanas zarot had to stop his practice in the suffering land of the northwest. He returned to the southern plain and accepted the appointment of the aristocratic Council.
The battle of the jackals is over.
Orcs have replaced them as new rivals for humans.
As one of the few powerful generals in the military headquarters, Kanas zarot was promoted and appointed to guard the canyon pass.
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"General?" The voice of Pro guard''s doubts came from his side“ Are you ok? "
The meditative Kanas zarote woke up with a start. He turned around, nodded and said in a deep voice, "I''m ok."
These are the soldiers who followed him at the beginning, and they are the soldiers he trusted most in the battlefield.
Kanas zarot has been worried about one thing, which is what the orcs have to do. After more than 20 years of military career, he told him with an almost intuitive feeling that the other side must have some backhand, and now the crazy attack is an illusion, an illusion to confuse himself.
But what can the orcs do?
It is impossible to break such a dangerous pass only by strong attack.
however.
By tomorrow afternoon at the latest, the elite human troops will arrive.
At that time, more than 50000 troops will be stationed in the rear of the canyon. As long as there are fresh troops, no matter how many orcs there are.
As long as it lasts until August this year.
At that time, orcs without enough military supplies will naturally retreat.
With the supply capacity of orcs, if we can''t plunder food through war, it won''t last long.
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There''s a lot of wind in the canyon.
There was a sharp wind like a knife across one''s cheek. There was a sharp pain from the wound on one''s arm, but there was no change in Kanas zarote''s face.
He was used to the pain.
"Let''s go."
Just as Kanas zarot was about to turn and walk down the wall, he suddenly looked up at the sky.
I don''t know if it''s his illusion.
In a trance, he seemed to see something flying over the sky in the dark.