Lord Harland.

Chapter 167
Before the war started, Harland's territory had stockpiled [-] alchemy bombs.

The last battle consumed some, but the reserves are still very sufficient.

In order to defeat the orcs this time, Li Cha carried two hundred alchemy bombs.

Half of them are in the hands of the Warcraft Cavalry Squadron, and the other half are in the hands of the First Squadron.

The first squadron is the squadron with the most veterans in the territory, and has many bombardiers.

The bomber's strength exceeds five points, and he can throw alchemy bombs 60 meters away.

The orcs were now just within range of the bombardiers.

The soldiers raised their arms one after another and threw a hundred alchemy bombs.

A hundred alchemy bombs fell from the sky, looking like a lump of iron.

This squadron of snake-bodied men had never seen an alchemy bomb and was inexperienced, so they didn't even use shields to protect themselves in the first place.

The alchemy bomb was thrown beside the snake-body man, and it exploded suddenly, billowing smoke and dust.

In this round of blows, the snake-body man was unprepared, and immediately suffered heavy casualties.

A hundred alchemy bombs killed more than 20 third-order snake-body people on the spot, and injured more than a dozen.

Li Cha led the reinforcements of the first squadron to the top of the city, and turned the tide of the battle in a short time, killing and wounding more than fifty snake-bodied heavy infantry.

Relying on Li Cha's powerful spells, the No. [-] Squadron's alchemy bombs were two killers, and the snake-bodied man suffered heavy casualties in an instant.

The snake body heavy infantry was shrouded in gunpowder smoke, and the formation immediately became chaotic.

The second and third squadrons also climbed to the top of the city.

In these two squadrons, more than ten soldiers were equipped with enchanted bows and crossbows. The sharpshooters in these troops pulled the bowstrings one after another and shot at the snake-body man.

At the same time, ordinary archers also shot arrows one after another, shooting a rain of arrows, suppressing the progress of the snake-bodied heavy infantry.

Seeing that the casualties are getting bigger and bigger, there are more and more defenders on the top of the city.

The orcs were suffering more and more casualties, especially the loss of snake-body professionals, which made Maruland's heart ache.He estimated the situation, felt that it would be difficult to capture the castle, and planned to retreat.

With a roar, Maruland forced Sharp back with incomparable bravery, and quickly jumped off the city wall.

Platos Castle is more than ten meters high, and the tauren was unharmed after jumping down.

Seeing the tauren retreating, Li Cha immediately decided to fight back and defeat the opponent in one go.

He ordered the city gate to be opened, and the monster cavalry rushed out.

The cavalry suppressed their speed, and slowly moved forward in a dense formation, approaching the Snake Squadron, and threw the alchemy bomb in their hands.

Another hundred alchemy bombs were thrown into the snake body formation, killing and injuring twenty or thirty snake body professionals.

Then Thoros commanded the cavalry to bypass the snake body and attack the kobold squadron on the flank.

Snake-body heavy infantry is a professional army, just like the monster cavalry, it is an important force in the orc army.

Attacking the snake-bodied heavy infantry, the casualties must not be small.

Soros is also an officer who has led troops for many years and would not make such low-level mistakes.

The monster cavalry swept past. They were well-equipped and powerful, and their number was larger than that of the kobold squadron.

The two sides fought, and the Warcraft cavalry rushed past, easily defeating the opponent.

The orcs were in retreat, and they couldn't resist the extremely powerful monster cavalry.

In a short time, four orc squadrons were defeated, killing and wounding more than 400 soldiers.

As for the loss of the cavalry in Harland's territory, there were only more than 30 people, and more than half of them were auxiliary cavalry.

The monster cavalry chased ahead, Li Cha followed behind with the infantry from Harland's territory, and the Heihe County coalition army was the third echelon.

Platos Castle was handed over to the two barons Sharp and Leon.

The pursuit battle went very smoothly. It was not until Marurand returned to the camp that he managed to stabilize his position and block the counterattack.

The orcs have the advantage of the camp, and Li Cha is unwilling to fight a cruel battle with the orcs.

In this way, even if the orc is defeated, he will suffer heavy losses, and it will be difficult to recover in a short time.

After a little weighing, Li Cha chose to let it go.

After the war, Marurand counted the casualties and found that there were [-] casualties, almost a large group of orcs were killed outside the city of Platos.

What made him regret the most was the casualties of the snake-bodied people, 39 were killed and 56 were injured.

The siege failed, and the snake body heavy infantry casualties exceeded half.Fortunately, most of the injured snake-body people can recover after being treated by the orc shaman.

The orc casualties were not light, and the total casualties of the Platos defenders were only five hundred, and most of them were soldiers under the command of the two barons Sharp and Leon.

Because the soldiers who used the catapult behaved very badly, after returning to the castle, Li Cha immediately ordered that several officers who commanded the catapult be executed by military law, to kill chickens and monkeys.

After Marurand's defeat, he temporarily stayed in the camp and stood firm.

Richard dispatched cavalry to attack the rear of Marurand's troops.

It was easy to defeat a squadron of food transport teams and free a group of human slaves who were transporting supplies for the orcs.

This group of slaves were all captives captured by the main force of the orcs from Earl Martins, and the total number exceeded 6000.

The grain road was unstable, and the Marurand camp had only hoarded grain for less than a month.

Although he wanted to retreat, Li Cha was unwilling to let him go, so he set up camp two kilometers behind the orcs.

The soldiers under Li Cha's command totaled more than 3000 people. These people were all fresh troops. They had just won a battle and their morale was high.

Of the orc soldiers under Maruland's command, there are only 2000 main force left, and the remaining [-] are all waste like goatmen.

He is now barely relying on the fortifications of the camp to hold on, and he is no match for Li Cha in field battles.

Seeing that the situation was deteriorating day by day, Maruland could only place his hope on Gunderson.

He sent a harpy to deliver a letter to Gunderson, hoping that Gunderson would move his troops north to attack Harland's territory.

Once the territory of Harland is lost and the soldiers' relatives, wives and children are captured by the orcs, the morale of the soldiers will inevitably be confused. The two orc armies can attack Richard in one fell swoop and eat the wealth accumulated in the territory of Harland.

It's a pity that Gunderson's troops were also restrained by Viscount Luomen and the coalition forces of the nobility in Gerda Province.

Gunderson received a strict order from the commander of the Orc Legion, De Lunxi, to protect the rear of the main Orc Army.

It is impossible to complete this task without solving the noble alliance led by Viscount Luomen.

Gunderson's position and strength surpassed Marulland's. Of course, it was impossible to accept Marulland's request, give up his combat mission, and go north to deal with Richard.

Seeing less and less food, morale is getting lower and lower.

Maruland finally decided to fight a field battle with the army led by Richard.Only by defeating the opponent head-on, could the orcs commanded by Marurand survive.

With the situation at this point, Marurand had no choice but to put all his eggs in one basket.

(End of this chapter)