Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 374

Dark clouds cover the moon.

A dead owl with a snow-white belly chirped a few times on a branch, then fluttered its wings and glides away, staring indifferently at the cold land below.

This kind of raptor, which is native to the east of the Dusty Mountains and the Great Plains of Dolores, is considered a rare species for the imperial people.

For a while, the famous aristocrats of the imperial capital used to be proud of raising a dead owl smuggled from the Commonwealth—because the customers disliked its ominous original name, the imperial bird sellers specially changed the name to it, called "" Dolores Snowy Owl".

But to the federal orcs on the great plains of Dolores, the death owl is just the death owl.

This nocturnal raptor likes to look for the carrion of sick and dead animals on the grassland in the dark. In the shaman belief of the orcs, it is also a bird that symbolizes death, killing and disaster:
Legend has it that whenever the dead owl appears, death will appear in the nearby orc tribe village——

Just like this night, the moon is dark, the wind is high, and Italy kills people.

Eldridge sat straddling the horse back with big swells, creaking and biting the straw in his mouth, and the great dark sword in his hand was a little darker than the night.

The coyote was crouching in the long grass beside his horse.

It raised its head to look at the dark moon that was shining faintly behind the dark clouds, stretched its neck and wanted to howl, but was kicked on the back by Eldridge, and suddenly dared not make a sound with its tail between its legs.

This prairie wolf was encountered by chance when the Frost Maple Ridge Expeditionary Army camped on the Dolores Great Plain the day before yesterday.

In this undeveloped wilderness, wolves, hyenas, and other ferocious beasts roaming in the grass can be regarded as a unique ecology east of the Dust Mountain Range.

At that time, Chris Mann was almost quick and shot the wolf cub who didn't have long eyes and hit him with an arrow. As a result, Eldridge, who was facing the wolf, was more timely than him, cursing "Where is the dog?" ", and knocked the unlucky beast to the ground with one punch.

No one knows exactly how Eldridge repaired the coyote, but by the time the expeditionary force left camp, it had been trained to be a well-behaved pet that only Eldridge would follow.

However, a mere prairie wolf pet, placed in the Shuangfengling Expeditionary Army, which is full of strange shapes and high-ranking ranks, does not look awkward.

"Over there, there are three sentries in total." Chris Mann put down the dark moon glass binoculars in his hand and reported to his teammates, "It looks like they are dozing off, and I, John and Ramsay are in charge. One can be resolved."

The lord nodded, took the binoculars from Chris, and looked at the orc village in the distance again.

The Frost Maple Ridge Expeditionary Army, after two days of trekking on the Dolores Great Plains, finally found the first victim of this expedition plan:
The orc village two kilometers away was marked as the "Thunderhorn Tribe" on the federal map provided by the orc "Dan Azler".

Leijiao, this is a name familiar to Frost Maple Ridge.

After the Battle of the Red River Valley ended, Clement specially sent pioneer soldiers to recover the body of the leader of the orc wolf cavalry on the front line where three hundred warriors blocked the orc wolf cavalry.

Leonard Thunderhorn, the name engraved on the ivory soldier's badge, and the Thunderbolt totem banner worn by his warg left a deep impression on Clement.

But fate is so magical, when the Frost Maple Ridge Expeditionary Army came to the land of the Glorious Federation, their first target happened to be the hometown tribe of the wolf cavalry commander.

And in Xia Houyan's telescope tube, this orc village is still sleeping—the night covers the Dolores Great Plains, the silent black covers the unique long grass in this field, and also covers the grass next to a swamp and reed field. In the Leijiao tribal villages, only the torches on the watchtowers of the three villages shimmered, like three stars falling to the ground.

The breeze blows, the reeds sway, and the stars blink.

Xia Houyan put down the binoculars and whistled softly.

Thus, a group of Shuangfengling Expeditionary Cavalry looked at the lord in the night.

"Remember, all federal orcs are soldiers." He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "We are not in front of 'Dan-Azler', but a village of the orc tribe, where every adult green-skinned orc is I can pinch your necks with my hands. Don't show any unnecessary kindness in this battle, understand?"

The horse boys of Shuangfengling let out a low growl in response.

In fact, this pre-war mobilization by the lord is suspected of being secretly cast by the Pearl—it has gone through untold hardships to come to the heart of the Glorious Federation, and the group of bastards in Shuangfengling have long been suffocated and want to find some green. Fur goods are killing people;

During the entire Sixth War, including the Eastern Army of Grand Duke Grim Rosario, no human soldier had penetrated this far into the federal border. As long as a person still has the glory of a soldier in his heart, With a cold saber in your hand, there will be no hesitation at this moment of revenge:

The federal orcs have brought death and misery to countless humans in the occupied areas of the eastern border, and Frost Maple Ridge suffered heavy losses in the bloody Red River Valley;

And tonight, the people of the empire will pay back all of this twice!
Realizing that he didn't need to say anything more, Xia Houyan clapped his hands solemnly.

So, under the cover of night, the cavalry of the Shuangfengling Expeditionary Army rushed out of the forest where they were hiding like a sharp arrow, crossed the field of long grass and fell, and stabbed straight at the distant orc village.Amidst the mournful cry of the death owl, the thickest dark cloud slowly drifted over, blocking the last ray of moonlight in the sky, as if even the benevolent moon god could no longer bear to see the coming night of killing;
But the killing actually came, faster than imagined.

Master Victor Laurie and the wind elf mages of the "Northern Blizzard Mage Group" jointly created the "Cyrus Silent Barrier", using the magic power of the wind system to shield the vibration of the horseshoe from the calm night wind ;
As a result, the orc sentinel on the wooden watchtower of the Leijiao tribe's village was pierced through the head by the sharp arrow of the Shuangfengling shooter before he even woke up from his doze because of the abnormal noise.

The dead owl screamed shrillly.

Without any warning, the vanguard of the Frost Maple Ridge Expeditionary Army had already approached the gate of the Thunder Horn Tribal Village in the dark.Facing this village gate made of hardwood and hemp rope, Frost Maple Ridge didn't even need a car, explosives, or any flame magic.

Juan Clemente stretched his arms on horseback, swung the great rune sword in his hand, and slammed it hard at the door of the village. The death rune 800 years ago, rubbed against the wild air of the Dolores Great Plains in mid-air to form a trajectory of star traces, and then, at the end of the trajectory, the huge village door was accompanied by a loud bang. Cracked spider web-like lines.

Then the three-meter-high wooden gate of the Thunderhorn tribal village in the Glorious Federation was suddenly shattered into countless flying pieces of wood, and collapsed in front of the black knight.

one person, one horse;
One sword, open the door!
The broken wood flew down, the smoke dissipated, and finally revealed behind the door, one after another wooden, thatch, and clay houses, warehouses, and stables, revealing this virgin land that is in urgent need of plunder and abuse.

Juan Clemente put down the rune greatsword, took a flagpole from the saddle, and held it high in front of the Thunderhorn clan's gate.

On the top of the flagpole, the Golden Goshawk flag flutters proudly.

From the depths of the village, there was a slight sound, probably the sound of the village gate being broken, which woke up the sleeping orcs.

Even in their strangest dreams, they may not have imagined that their home was attacked by a group of human beings——

——After all, this is the southernmost point of the Great Plains of Dolores, a wilderness of thorns that the western races have never touched.

And long before the orcs hurried out of the house in panic, the bell of fate had sounded.

At first, behind the northern fence wall of the Leijiao Tribal Village, there was only an inconspicuous red light flashing;
But then, the monstrous flames shot up straight along the fence wall, and then like dominoes toppled, they quickly expanded to both sides along the wall of the Leijiao tribal village——

A red wall of fire, like a death barrier, separates the world from purgatory.

Since it was aimed at complete annihilation, the Frost Maple Ridge Expeditionary Army, which invaded the village from the south, naturally could not allow the orcs in the village to escape to the north—and Lena Leslie, who had circled to the north in advance, and five large barrels of vine tree fuel The raging fire in the sky is naturally the best net.

The paradox of fate is that, in fact, this kind of massacre strategy of rushing in and setting fire at the same time is exactly the strategy that the Knights of the "Pride of the South" in Rock Creek City wanted to use on Shuangfengling, and now the man has passed away. However, Shuangfengling, who is good at learning from his opponents, used this tactic on the orcs, which can be regarded as some kind of alternative experience inheritance among human territories.

On the other side of the battlefield, under the reflection of the flames, the cavalry of the Frost Maple Ridge Expeditionary Army with sharp knives had poured into the Leijiao Village from both sides of Juan Clemente.

However, the wild Steppenwolf just captured by Pokémon master Eldridge was obviously faster than the cavalry's pony in the land of cracking souls——

This federal traitor, who lives in the Great Plains of Dolores, jumped high on the pile of firewood piled up by the orcs at the door of his house as soon as he came up, and then bit a green-skinned hapless guy who ran out of the house in a hurry: that Before the orc fell asleep, he was suddenly attacked. Mimi clenched his fists and wanted to fight back, but he was directly stabbed by the sharp-edged Fenghuangtai saber.

The killing that followed was as smooth and orderly as an industrialized manufacturing assembly line, very Foxconn:
Five death knights in black armor rushed to the front of the team, like a black arrowhead, breaking through all obstacles in front of the army, killing people when they met people, destroying houses when they met houses, and smashing walls when they met walls;
These five death knights are definitely not defective products made by unknown people, but after the First Battle of the Red River Valley, the lord—ah no, "Master Ner'zhul" specially selected the corpses of the elite orc pioneers to create them;

The body of the "Hammer of Purgatory" orc warrior, coupled with the immeasurable infusion of ghostly magic power, and covered with heavy black armor that swallowed all light, the stunned soul master watched the whole process of making the death knight and came back to his senses After coming here, the only evaluation I can give is a simple sentence "When wrestling with a dragon"!
And behind the five knights of the apocalypse, under the protection of the light cavalry, the magicians of the "Northern Blizzard Mage Group" started their soul harvesting with colorful instant spells one after another;
On the bloody front in the eastern border, human mages have always been the can-opening weapons used by the imperial army to deal with orcs and heavy armored warriors. The elemental users of the chic robes, how can the human beings of the empire stand on the top of the continent?
However, the mission of the Shuangfengling magicians tonight is not to cause personal injury.

This is also because, like all other orc villages, the elite fighters of the Thunderhorn tribe were all conscripted by the federal army and went to fight on the battlefield in the eastern border of the empire. metal armor next to him;

For this group of lamb-like enemies, there is no need for magicians to take action at all. The long knives in the hands of the soldiers of the Shuangfengling Expeditionary Army are enough to cut open their stomachs;
On the contrary, the "Northern Blizzard Mage Group" received instructions from the lord to follow the team to destroy all houses, fortifications, and bunkers in sight!
Every time a round of magical light exploded in the night, an orc hut collapsed!

In a sense, even this method of use is overkill for mages—the elf mages of the "Northern Blizzard Mage Group" are more than enough to forcibly bomb the city walls, and they are used to deal with a few broken rooms. The unbearable thatched house is simply a strong insult to these heaven's favorites!

However, the Shuangfengling Expeditionary Force, which was aiming at a surprise attack, really didn't have the leeway to carry siege weapons with the team, so they could only make do with their knives and kill chickens, using these magicians as human demolition tools.

The main cavalry of Shuangfengling who followed the magicians was the real sword bearer in this blood-red night.

They are sharper than the falcons in the Chilling Mountains, they are more cruel than the wolves in the Great Plains of Dolores, and they are faster than the nightmare beasts in the Dark Moon Demon Realm!
Whenever the raging fire in the north illuminates a still moving green head amidst the rubble, two or three Frost Maple Ridge cavalry will gallop forward. Not enough to fight back, and then cut him to the ground with the long knife in his hand, and walked away.

As for the Shuangfengling archers who followed behind the main force of the cavalry and made a surprise attack, it was a bit embarrassing:

Their original task was to check for omissions and fill in the gaps, and accurately kill any orc survivors that appeared in sight—but the efficiency of the front team of the expeditionary force was too high, and the enthusiasm of the Frost Maple Ridges in the killing was too strong. , the Manhattan Laboratory, and the weapons contributed by previous powerful enemies are also really useful. When the archers take a closer look, there is only a piece of lifeless corpses left in front of them.

And in the whole process, the strongest fighting force of the Frost Maple Ridge Expeditionary Army didn't even make a move.

Not only did Xia Houyan not even perform a necromancy spell, he didn't even bother to enter the city with the team. Instead, he stayed on the hillside outside the village with Alice Comstock, who was in charge of the guard, enjoying the battle leisurely.

Two 10 minutes, just two 10 minutes.

The previously thriving orc village had fallen into complete silence. Even the sound of the magical flames devouring the wood was finally silenced by the strong wind summoned by Master Laurie to extinguish the flames.

Xia Houyan put his arms around Alice's slender waist, watching Eldridge triumphantly lead the team out of the city.

Behind Eldridge, there were the elderly and children in the village who were escorted by the soldiers of the expeditionary army, their hands were firmly bound, and they had no fighting ability and had already surrendered.

Xia Houyan walked slowly in front of the group of orc captives, then stretched out his hand, pointed to the north, and said a word indifferently:

"run."

At first, the orc captives didn't understand what the human demon meant.

But within a few seconds, a brave orc boy closed his eyes tightly, gritted his teeth and ran to the north. His crooked back because his hands were bound, quickly disappeared into the haze of moonlight.

From the beginning to the end, the human soldiers neither drew out their sabers nor shot sharp arrows, but just watched the green-skinned orc escape from the sky indifferently.

So the orc captives present all started to run away.

With tears in their eyes, they ran wildly to the north, with their backs to their ruined hometown.From time to time, an orc lost his balance because his hands couldn't move and fell to the ground with a bang, but they could only get up again and continue running northward, as if they were chasing their own lives.

When the last orc prisoner wanted to run away, Xia Houyan stopped him, then took a handkerchief embroidered with a golden goshawk pattern flag from Sean Mountbatten, and stuffed it into the mouth of the terrified orc with a smile. Then he waved his hand and let him go.

Xia Houyan was sure that within seven days, this handkerchief would appear on the frontline of the Eastern Border, on the table of the generals of the main force of the orcs.

(End of this chapter)