Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 377

The towering Bloodthorn City, under the setting sun of the Dolores Great Plains, turned out to be true to its name, with a layer of blood-like scarlet.

The main city in the southwestern region of the Glorious Federation is built with two-person-high huge stone bricks, showing a strong aesthetic feeling of roughness and grandeur unique to the orcs—the seams of the stone bricks and the blood thorns From every corner under the city wall, there are giant wooden thorns protruding out that are strong enough to stab a dragon in half, making the appearance of this southwestern main city even more dangerous and keeping strangers away.

The reason why Bloodthorn City got its name is that the climbing plant "Dragon Flame Bloodthorn" which is a specialty of the Great Plains of Dolores is hung on the outside of its city wall. Decoration, but in the battle of defending the city, it is enough to cause penetrating wounds to any besieger who tries to attach to the wall.

Against the backdrop of the cliffs behind Bloodthorn City, this orc city looks like a mighty and majestic Titan leaning on the side of the mountain, arrogantly overlooking the Great Plain of Dolores in front of it.

Only by looking at this majestic city, which is no less than the Empire's Rock Creek City and Rose City, and the soldiers of the Frost Maple Ridge Expeditionary Army, can they forget those orc tribe villages with weak defenses and poor supplies, and think of them in this war. The enemy is also a state machine that is as powerful as the human empire and occupies one-third of the Haven continent.

The expeditionary force arrived near Bloodthorn City three days ago.

Before, they evaded the encirclement and suppression of the orc bandits, killing as they walked, all the way north, and even directly crossed the "Xuetao River", the boundary river between the southwest region of the orc federation and the northwest region. City Baita City——

——But, of course, this was just a feint.

Almost shortly after crossing the river, the Shuangfengling Expeditionary Army returned to the carbine under the command of the lord, bypassing the bandit suppression forces in the two major regions, smuggled across the Xuetao River again, and returned to the southwestern region of the Federation after a roundabout.

In fact, Xiahou officials still had the heart to pay homage to history at that time, and came to cross the Chishui four times. However, the main force of the orcs was not there, and the bandit suppression troops temporarily formed in the two regions were really a bit awkward:

Until all members of the Shuangfengling Expeditionary Army crossed the Xuetao River to the south, the two bandit suppression corps were still in a daze in the Northwest Region, wondering why they couldn't find this group of "human bandits" suddenly.

No way, Xia Houyan could only give up the idea of ​​paying tribute to the great man, and kept some skeleton troops made of orc corpses, and played with the two orc bandit suppression corps in the Northwest Region, while he led the expeditionary army all the way to the south The city of Bloodthorn marched in--

— After all, that was the purpose of this expedition in the first place.

The main force of the orcs is in the occupied area in the northwest, and their brains are flying with the main force of the empire in Burning Crystal Canyon. The poor cavalry in Frost Maple Ridge, the closer to the northwest where the main force of the Federation is, the more dangerous it is:
Xia Houyan would not be able to think about going to Baita City and encountering the bad luck of the orc army unless Xia Houyan was stupid from reading Dongbingku Xiaobaiwen on weekdays.

On the contrary, when the bandit suppression corps hastily formed by the militia in the southwest region is still stranded in other places, Bloodthorn City, the main city in the southwestern part of the federation, will only be more depleted and readily available—

——Official Xiahou originally thought so.

But when he really led the team into the dense forest around Bloodthorn City and witnessed the majestic appearance of this giant orc city, he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive:

This city, armed with stubborn stones, wooden thorns and bloodthorn vines, does not seem to be as fragile as Frost Maple Ridge imagined:
Rather, its overly complete and solid defense system made it difficult for foreign invaders to break through even without a single soldier in the city—not to mention that the Shuangfengling Expeditionary Army only had less than 500 people... …

Even, there are fewer people now.

During this expedition, thanks to the opponent's fragility and the lord's necromantic magic, not even a single soldier in the Frost Maple Ridge Expeditionary Army was killed in battle—he had a suit of pitch-black heavy armor, and he was brushed with "Dark Healing" magic. The death knights who can return to the battlefield are in the front, and it is really difficult for ordinary Shuangfengling soldiers to die.

Just because no one died doesn't mean there were no injuries.

After all, swords and guns have no eyes, and magic can also accidentally injure. After a month of rapid march and continuous fighting, there are about a hundred people in the expeditionary force who are not able to persist.

So Xia Houyan waved his hand, and sent the wounded to escort the looted important supplies away from the main force, and went south through "Dan-Azler" to return to the land of broken souls-in order to ensure the safety of these wounded, he also specially sent Messi called back from the land of broken souls to escort the brothers:
Leaving the wasteland where life is tied, although the strength of Wraith Messi has been greatly reduced, he is still a top-level combat power comparable to that of a dragon, so it is not for nothing.

And Frost Maple Ridge Chief of Staff Sean Mountbatten is also among the wounded:

In fact, at the beginning of the operation, Xia Houyan asked Xiao En, a civil servant, not to follow, but this guy is really strong, so he must act with the team;

The result was as expected, just a few days after the start of the battle, this kid fell and broke his calf...

After returning to the Southwest Region, the lord made a decisive decision and directly made Xiao En the leader of the wounded army, and ordered him to take the wounded and the looted treasures home to rest first.

But at this moment, looking at the towering Bloodthorn City under the cover of the dense forest, Xia Houyan missed Sean Mountbatten very much:

He felt that if his chief of staff was still there, he would definitely be able to come up with a way to gnaw away this hard bone.

Xia Houyan was still thinking, when an unpleasant voice came from behind:

"We're all shrinking in the woods, ah, it's been almost three days, and the fight hasn't started yet... It's fun..."

"Yo, Ai Shuai..." Xia Houyan turned his head, with a half-smile, "...you have such an idea, why don't you tell me how we can take down this bloodthorn city?"

Eldridge shrank his neck suddenly, stroked the head of his Steppenwolf Pokémon and said with a smile:
"No, no idea...ah, I'm just, ah, joking..."

"You're fucking tricking me!" Xia Houyan cursed, looking again at the stone city in the distance.

Chris Mann, who was covered in grass leaves as a homemade auspicious suit, walked from the depths of the forest with a longbow under his arm.

"My lord, the scouts and I have checked it out." Chris shook his head and said, his face was a little gloomy like the lord, "Now there are a large number of orc soldiers stationed at the gate of Bloodthorn City, and they will check every The identity of the person who entered the city, there is even a shaman totem pole that can break through magical camouflage and illusions... It may not be easy to sneak into this city."

"Totem pole..." Xia Houyan frowned in pain.

If there is no shaman totem pole that can dispel magic camouflage, the "Shadow Spell Research" instinct he brought from the academy will come in handy-with the shelter of the shadow magic's invisibility effect, they don't even have to compete with the defenses of Bloodthorn City. If the fortifications are head-to-head, you can sneak into the city with the wind without anyone noticing, killing people silently;

However, Bloodthorn City is the seat of the "Blood Parliament" of the Glorious Federation!

The "Blood Council" is the highest organization of orc shamans. If you search all over the continent, you may not be able to find a place with a higher population density of shamans than Bloodthorn City—and the orc shaman blessed by the God of War, Another expert in countering imperial elemental magic...

This is also thanks to the necromancy system, shadow system and other evils mastered by Xiahou officials... Uh, "unpopular" magic, if it is replaced by a main-line magician such as wind, earth, water and fire, in the orc samurai In front of Man, it is estimated that he will be even more deflated.

At this time, Master Laurie was also wearing a bitter face of remarriage.

The master sat cross-legged at the foot of an old tree, put down the hardcover pornographic novel in his hand to relieve boredom, and muttered:
"If you want me to say, why do we have to compete with this bloodthorn city? Can't we go back and burn a few of his orc villages?"

Without Xia Houyan opening his mouth, Chris Mann shook his head and replied:

"Our attack went smoothly at the beginning, purely because these orc tribes were unprepared, and those left in the village were old, weak, sick and disabled who did not go out... Now that they are all prepared, our number is decreasing again. Under the changing situation, once you are accidentally found in a certain village and dragged into a bitter battle, it is easy to become a living target for the orc bandit suppression regiment..."

"Moreover, we need a heavy blow to the Glorious Federation." Xia Houyan held up the dark moon glass binoculars again, and looked at the fortress of Bloodthorn City, which was heavily guarded in the distance, "We were killed by a group of 'bandits'. It's just a little annoying to the huge Glorious Federation. The damage we caused may not be as great as these greenskin tribes fighting with each other... To completely pull the Federation's attention away from the Burning Crystal Canyon, we must let them hurt their muscles Bone moving..."

"For example, take their shaman in one pot." Eldridge smiled, and stretched out his hand to make a decapitation gesture around his neck
Master Laurie shrugged resentfully:

"It's been eight lifetimes of bad luck for us to help those people from the central plains of the empire do this kind of dirty work... I still remember the fact that Master Vincent was captured and beheaded by the emperor of the empire. ..."

——This kind of rebellious speech against the human empire is not uncommon in Frost Maple Ridge. Master Laurie's dissatisfaction was even nodded and approved by many former Eagle's Rest guards who were resting nearby.

"We are fighting this battle for ourselves." Xia Houyan patted the silver-handled command saber on his waist while moving the dark moon glazed telescope. Let’s look at the actual record, what do we use to trade with others?”

make a deal?What the lord said made everyone a little confused-who are you making a deal with?
All the scumbags in Shuangfengling were still wondering, but the lord had put down the binoculars and let out a sigh of relief:

"I have a solution."

"What way?" Master Laurie asked stupidly.

"The way to enter the city." Xia Houyan snapped his fingers, "Juan, is it useless to go and see how many orc corpses we have left? Ai Shuai, are you afraid of pain?"

"Ah?" Eldridge was stunned by the lord's inexplicable question, "Aren't you afraid? Why—"

The lord unceremoniously punched Eldridge in the face, making Eldridge dazzled and nosebleed wildly.

……

The gate of Bloodthorn City.

Green Pegasus sat listlessly in the corner, leaning against the huge pale yellow stone bricks that built the outer wall of Bloodthorn City, holding his hardwood halberd in his arms——after the war, the most powerful in the Glorious Federation Fengrui's most precious metal equipment was all transported to the northwest front line. An insignificant soldier in the bloodthorn city defense like him could only make up for it with second-rate weapons made of hard wood and then dipped in oil and polished.

Of course, in the hands of a strong orc, even a wooden weapon is surprisingly lethal.

The sun has gradually lowered, and it seems that it will disappear behind the cliffs of the dusty mountains in the west of Bloodthorn City. A shadow is staggering from the west, eroding the blood-colored sunset unique to the Great Plains of Dolores.

In the past two days, the number of orc clans in the southwest region who came to the market in Bloodthorn City has decreased a lot. Most of the orcs were frightened by the villages that were looted by "human bandits". I dare not take a step.

A bunch of cowards, outcasts of God of War.Holding the halberd in his arms, Green Pegasus thought sullenly. He was actually scared out of his wits by a group of weak humans...

To be honest, Green Pegasus doesn't even know where this group of so-called "human bandits" came from—according to the shallow knowledge of geography in his mind, from the Human Empire to the Glorious Federation, there seems to be only Is there a road to the bloody front in the northwest?
Around the city gate, there were not a few defenders who were as uninterested as Green Pegasus.Except for the "Hammer of Purgatory" and a few standing divisions fighting in the northwest, most of the orc soldiers were brave and good at fighting, but their discipline was really limited.

At this moment, thanks to the presence of two respectable shaman priests who presided over the overall situation, the soldiers in charge of guarding the gate cheered up and checked the luggage of the orc teams one by one.

"To guard against human bandits" - this is what the lord shaman said to Green Pegasus and other orc soldiers, but Green Pegasus felt that all of this was absurd:
Could it be that a group of human rogues who roamed the plains and only dared to flee when they saw the federal bandit suppression troops really had the courage to run to the heavily guarded Bloodthorn City?
Green Pegasus was dozing off, and was about to fall asleep, dreaming about what to eat after returning home tonight, when there was a sudden noise from far away from the city gate, which made Green Pegasus open his eyes again.

Holding the halberd in his hand, he awkwardly got up from the ground and stared over there with his big eyes.

I saw a few orcs in leather armor slowly walking towards the city gate, dragging a few long black bags in their hands, Green Pegasus looked through the decorative cloth strips on their leather armor. It can be seen that these orcs seem to be members of the Eagle Feather clan-that is a clan that lives nomadicly, nomadic and hunting on the Dolores Great Plains, and has always been disliked by the settled orcs.

These leather armored orcs also attracted the attention of the two shaman priests.An old shaman leaned on a cane and greeted the orcs of the Eagle Feather clan.

"We are here to receive the reward!" The orcs of the Eagle Feather clan reported themselves in a rough voice without waiting for the old shaman to ask questions, "Where is the reward? We caught humans! Three dead, and One can breathe!"

Caught a human?As soon as this remark came out, it was like throwing a stone to start up three waves.The orc soldiers who watched the excitement all surrounded them, and the orc of the Eagle Feather clan proudly untied one of the black bags he was carrying, and showed a lifeless human corpse to the surrounding orcs.

"I picked it up at the edge of the Cold Mist Forest!" the orcs of the Eagle Feather clan proudly announced.

In the other black bag, there was a weak moan of pain, probably the "breathing" human being contained in it had just been beaten in pain.

The old shaman was stunned, and walked forward quickly, opened several black bags and took a look, then raised his head and said solemnly:
"You take these human corpses, as well as this half-dead one, to the Blood Council—the Lord of the Council will ask you about the specific situation. Who was resting there just now? Green? You, take them with you right away. Brothers from the Eagle Feather Clan go to the Blood Council!"

Green Pegasus hurriedly agreed, picked up his halberd, and amidst the soldiers' discussions, he stumbled towards the orcs of the Eagle Feather clan.

The situation was so chaotic that none of the orcs present noticed that the skin temperature of these "orcs of Eagle Feather Clan" seemed to be a little colder than normal.

(End of this chapter)