Lord Harland.

Chapter 173 Cut off the back road
Zachary won a big victory, which played a decisive role in the safety of Gerda province.

Killam has eight orc legions, more than 17 main orcs, and 14 auxiliary soldiers. The war has continued until now, and there are still about [-] main force and [-] auxiliary soldiers.

The Grant royal family is the strongest in the province of Lahe, followed by the province of Gerda, and the weakest in the province of Gascoigne.

Lahe Province not only has the main force of the Grizzly Legion, but also the two second-tier legions of the Flying Eagle and the Flying Swallow, plus the most powerful coalition of nobles, holding back three orc legions with [-] main forces and [-] auxiliary soldiers.

Even Killam's headquarters was placed in Lah Province.

In addition, the Duchy of Jonathan, which borders the province of Lahe, is the most powerful duchy in the Kingdom of Grant.

Once the battle in Lahe Province is unfavorable, it can also ask for reinforcements from Duke Jonathan.

Killam didn't dare to weaken the force in this direction.

If troops were transferred from the province of Lahe, they would immediately be unable to suppress the army of the Grant royal family.

In addition, in the northeast of Lahe Province, there is also Earl Roger.

The strength of the Earl of Roger is not weak. With the support of the Duke of Jonathan, it withstood the attack of an orc army.

The number of troops that Killam invested in the Earl of Roger was about [-].

If you don't plan to conquer the Earl of Roger, you can transfer several brigades from this direction to join the battle in Gerda Province.

For the remaining 10,000+ army, the orcs in Gerda province invested in a legion, eight brigades, and about [-] auxiliary soldiers.

This direction suffered the heaviest losses. Zachary killed [-] of the main force, and the army commanded by Richard killed [-] in two battles. Counting the broken orcs, the orcs lost more than [-].

Now there are only [-] troops left, of which [-] are auxiliary soldiers with weak combat effectiveness.

In Gerda Province, the Heihe County noble coalition army commanded by Li Cha had 2 troops, the noble coalition army commanded by Viscount Luomen had [-] troops, and the main force of the Northern Army remained intact with [-] troops.

The comparison of military strength and combat effectiveness has been out of balance.

In order to maintain the front line, reinforcements must be dispatched to Gerda Province.

Killam invested a lot of troops in the direction of Gascoigne Province this time. Including an orc army that attacked Earl Martins, the total number exceeded [-].Among them, there are about [-] main orcs.

Although the casualties in the battle were not small, there are still [-] main forces and [-] auxiliary soldiers.

Of the [-] main forces, [-] were used to suppress the main force of the Gascoigne Province, the Wild Lion Army, and [-] were used to fight against the noble coalition forces.The remaining [-] were ready to be invested in the Duke of Edward to support the operations of another orc front army.

This time they invaded the Kingdom of Grant, the central army commanded by Killam was the main force, and the orcs in the other two directions needed to cooperate with the central army.

Now that he had received a request for help from De Luncey and Gunderson, Killam could only take care of himself first, and dispatched five brigades of [-] orcs from Gascoigne Province to support them.Five thousand auxiliary soldiers were also deployed to fight with the support soldiers.

Felix Castle, where Richard was stationed, was not far from Heihe Fort, and the battle report was received the next day.

After the orcs retreated, Li Cha resumed communication with Heihe Fort, and he immediately sent up the report of meritorious service, along with more than 5000 orc heads.

Now Drunci and Gunderson, the remnants of the Orc Legion, are besieged by Zachary in Castle Graveson.

Richard and Viscount Roman also received orders from Zachary.

Zachary ordered their two armies to join forces, go north from Fort William, station troops at the northern entrance of the Harland Valley, cut off the orc's food road, and block the orc's reinforcements.

The Northern Legion is preparing to besiege Graveson Castle for a long time and eat the orcs in the west of Dren.

It is very dangerous to expose your back to the enemy.

De Lunxi's orc army, because they had a strength advantage in the early stage and played too smoothly, ignored this weakness and made this serious mistake.

After receiving the order, Richard joined Viscount Roman, and [-] soldiers marched north along Fort William, and once again came to the north entrance of the canyon.

The north entrance of the Harland Canyon is a three-way intersection, which is a relatively important traffic artery in the Eagle Mountain Range.

Gunderson once established a military depot here, and left a brigade stationed there.

However, this brigade was defeated by Li Cha, because the situation was unclear, and the territory was threatened by Gunderson's troops. After the war, Li Cha gave up this strategic point.

Although the orcs have regained the military depot, there are only a few hundred garrisons inside.

These hundreds of garrisons were all defeated by Li Cha's subordinates. Of course, they couldn't withstand the attack of the [-] noble coalition forces in Gerda province.

The coalition forces of Li Cha and Viscount Roman cut off the western retreat of Deren, and Zachary led the Northern Army to surround the remnants of Deren's western remnants in Gravesen, but they were unable to attack the city.

The main force of the Northern Legion is more than [-] people, and there are about [-] orcs in Gravessen Castle.The orcs in the castle still have the power to fight. If they want to conquer this fortress, the Northern Army must destroy at least half of the soldiers.

After analyzing the situation on the battlefield, Zachary believed that the time for a decisive battle was not yet ripe, and chose a long-term siege.

Although there was not much food in Gravesson Castle, there were about [-] captured human slaves. The orcs could rely on cannibalism for two or three months.

It sounds cruel, but this is a race war to the death.

Cannibalism is not uncommon in war, let alone orc cannibalism.

Time passed day by day like this, and at the end of April, the orcs of the five brigades had walked the [-]-kilometer mountain road from Earl Martins to the north entrance of Harland Canyon.

Facing the aristocratic allied forces waiting in full force, the eight thousand orc reinforcements had no chance of winning, and they could break through the defense of the aristocratic allied forces.

During the past ten days, under the leadership of Li Cha, he used the camp left by the orcs to strengthen the fortifications.

The orcs made a tentative attack, and retreated after hundreds of casualties.

The coalition forces of nobles in Gerda Province blocked the northern entrance of the Harland Canyon. If they want to bypass this place, they have to walk at least [-] kilometers more on the mountain road.

The logistics line is too long, and the food road may be cut off at any time.

If you want to rescue the remnants of De Lunxi, you must pull out this nail.

If you want to pull out the nail, five brigades of orcs are not enough.

The Orc Reinforcement Commander dispatched the Harpy again and wrote a request for help to Killam.

As the time dragged on to May, the situation in the northern border of the Grant Kingdom changed again.

Duke Jonathan's army has repelled the orcs.

The Orc Eastern Army couldn't hold back, and had moved closer to Killam.

In order to deal with the enemy in the east, Killam now has no reinforcements to use at all.

For a while, the Gerda province fell into a long-term sit-down war, and neither humans nor orcs took the initiative to attack.

Instead, scouts are constantly dispatched to detect the opponent's actions.

In order to deal with the harpy, Richard and Soros even led a small group of scouts, set up traps and killed six or seven harpy.

The harpy suffered a loss and quickly learned a lesson, not easily lowering the altitude, and the efficiency of obtaining orc information was also a bit lower.

Time passed slowly like this, and lasted until July.

(End of this chapter)