Lord Harland.

Chapter 164 Graveson Falls
On a March night, the chill was still threatening.

Li Cha took out the jug from the horse, took a sip of the strong wine, and felt a rush of heat in his stomach.

Liquor is a necessity in the army of Harland Territory, and high-altitude liquor can not only be used to disinfect the battlefield.

During the war, if the climate is colder, some liquor must be provided for the soldiers.

Take a sip and your stomach will feel much better.

In addition to being equipped with liquor, the territory will also issue a steel flagon to soldiers.

The jug is only the size of a palm, with a capacity of about four taels. It is made by casting and costs about ten copper coins.

Li Cha took a sip of white wine, dispelled the chill from his body, turned his head, and asked his uncle Soros, "Has the casualty statistics been calculated?"

"The statistics are out. Six of the monster cavalry were killed in battle, four of the iron horned horse were killed in battle, five were injured, and nine were lightly or severely wounded. Twelve heavy cavalry were killed, and 23 were lightly or severely wounded. Sixteen auxiliary cavalrymen were killed in battle. 29 wounded."

"The casualties are about one-third. Take all the wounded soldiers away. If the horses cannot be taken away, end the pain of the wounded horses as soon as possible."

Cavalry and horses have been together for a long time, so they will naturally have special feelings.

Especially the Warcraft Warhorse, which can barely be regarded as an advanced intelligent creature.

The IQ of the iron horned horse is already equivalent to that of a human child. It has a special social structure and a small amount of Warcraft language.

Killing the wounded iron wildebeest, the cavalry couldn't do it at all.

"We seized some horses and vehicles in the orc depot. The orc vehicles are relatively large and can bring the injured iron wildebeest back to the territory."

Hearing this, Li Cha nodded. He still had a lot of mental power left in this battle, so he released a spell to treat minor injuries for several seriously wounded.

Li Cha used the rest of his mental strength on the iron horned horse.

The vitality of monsters surpassed that of humans, and the healing effect was very good. The injured iron horned horses returned to Fort William safely.

Although the orc brigade was defeated in this battle and the fifth-order wild boar was killed, the casualties of the monster cavalry squadron were not light, and two professionals died at the hands of the orc brigade captain.

It will take some time to restore the previous combat effectiveness.

It was around ten o'clock in the evening that Richard returned to Fort William with his soldiers.

After returning, Li Cha issued an order to fortify the walls and clear the country, requesting that the people and food be concentrated in Fort Vick, Fort William, and Fort Sophia.

At the same time, an order was sent to Marcus, the seventh squadron stationed in Iron Mountain Fort, asking him to slaughter a group of strong kobolds.

After preventing the orcs from entering the territory, the kobolds cooperated in the rebellion.

Richard has already received part of the information, and he understands the reason for Earl Martins' defeat.

Martins was defeated because he was reluctant to kill the orc slaves.

After all, orc slaves are also a precious property, and Earl Martins doesn't have much money in his hands.

As a result, the slaves rebelled on a large scale, which became the key factor in Martins' defeat.

A few days ago, Richard received a text message from Heihe Fort.

Earl Donny Martins has died in battle, and the territory has been completely lost.

Earl Martins is a ninth-level fighter and the former commander of the Northern Legion. He once set up an ambush to kill the legendary wild boar, and he can be regarded as a famous general of the Grant Kingdom.

Such a big man still died on the battlefield, and the tens of thousands of people in Earl Martins' territory were all captured by orcs in this battle.

After capturing the Barony of Martins, the pressure on Fort Flame and the Duke of Edward increased greatly, and many baronial castles fell one after another.

Graveson Castle, Commander Abner Worf looked at the dark sky, filled with fear.

Although he continued to boost morale during the day, he repelled the orc attack and barely held the castle.But Abner knew in his heart that Gravessen's defenders basically had no way out in this battle.

Abner was William's old subordinate and comrade-in-arms, and had been the squadron leader of the Sixth Battalion for four years.

Like William, Abner's background was very ordinary, and he was promoted to a fourth-tier professional in the Northern Legion by relying on his talent, and became a school-level officer.

But his roots in the Northern Legion were far less deep than William's.

Before the start of the war, the Army of the North decided that Gravessen Castle was difficult to defend, but this castle had to be defended.

So this unfortunate task was given to Abner.

Abner didn't have many contacts in the upper echelon of the Northern Army, and the only person who could speak for him was the old chief William.

As a result, William didn't come forward to protect him, and the unlucky Abner took on this fatal task.

Seeking help from the Harland family was Abner's lifeline.It's a pity that he can't grasp this life-saving straw either.

Persistence is a dead end, and it is impossible to break through the encirclement, and there will be no reinforcements at all.The defenders in the castle have only one way to go.

Abner's enmity with the orcs was as deep as the sea, and the bloody enmity coupled with the honor of the soldier made him absolutely unwilling to be a prisoner of the orcs.

Abner sat on the city wall all night with a heavy heart, feeling the passage of time every minute and every second.

This is his last time, he must enjoy it.

As the sky was getting brighter, Abner put away his heavy heart and put on a heavy two-handed axe.

He laughed heartily and encouraged the soldiers.

"Soldiers, the orcs do not share our hatred. When I was young, I saw my mother being taken away by the orcs. My father was beheaded and thrown into a cauldron, becoming a pile of meat.

How many of our brothers and sisters have died at the hands of orcs?

Even if they were defeated and surrendered and became captives of the orcs, they still wanted to eat our meat when they were hungry.

People are afraid of death, fear of death is a human instinct, and I, like my brothers, are also afraid of death.But I would rather die than be a prisoner of the orcs.

Today, the orcs can only climb to the top of the city by stepping on my dead body.Brothers, please cut off my head if I take a step back.

Today, our Ninth Brigade of the Northern Territory Legion will fight the orcs to the last. "

At dawn, the orcs blew their horns again, and the four brigades of orcs attacked with all their strength, launching a fierce attack from the four walls regardless of priority.

Although outnumbered, the soldiers of the Northern Legion fought to the point of exhaustion.

Many wounded soldiers exhausted their last ounce of strength and rolled down the city wall more than ten meters high with the orcs in their arms.

For every small step forward, the orcs have to pay the price in blood.

The heavy trebuchets in the castle were also continuously fired. Although the casualties were not small, the city defense army also fulfilled the obligations of soldiers.

It wasn't until the orcs invaded the castle and the commander Abner died in battle that the guards and soldiers completely collapsed.

Although the orcs conquered Gravessen Castle in this battle, they suffered more than [-] soldiers casualties, and their heads were broken in this castle.

Looking at the heavy losses, Gunderson ordered the massacre of more than 200 city defense prisoners.

(End of this chapter)