Lord Harland.

Chapter 294 Letting go of the channel
Canyon Castle has a large number of defenders, with the help of solid fortifications, and the weapons in their hands are far more advanced than the orcs. Such a castle cannot be conquered by a brigade of orcs.

The orcs' understanding of Canyon Fort was still the same as it was three years ago. Without detailed investigation, they launched an attack hastily, and fell into the trap of the defenders.

The orc vanguard was easily surrounded and wiped out by the defenders of Canyon Fort, and fought a failed battle.

The Canyon Fort defenders have sixteen squadrons of infantry, two squadrons of scout cavalry, one squadron of magic hot air balloons, and one squadron of military police, with a total of nearly 3000 people.

The core is the third brigade of the Harland Territory. Although this brigade is not as elite as the first and second brigades, it is also the first four brigades established in the Harland Territory. There are many veterans who have joined the army for more than ten years.

The commander of Canyon Fort's garrison is Norman, the captain of the third brigade. This man is Soros' nephew, and he can be regarded as somewhat talented.

Norman is in his forties and has served the Harland family for more than ten years. He is a fifth-tier fighter and looks shrewd from the outside.

Soros was appointed as the captain of the Warcraft Cavalry Brigade and transferred to Grotta River County as the commander. The officers below him naturally had to arrange people he knew well.

After receiving the military information from Canyon Fort, Soros immediately dispatched troops from Fort Norman and Fort King.

However, there are three canyons in the northern part of Grotta River County, and now fortresses have been established, and only the canyon forts and riverside castles have complete fortifications.

Canyon Fort is the focus of the defense of Grotta River County. There are 4000 defenders including the auxiliary soldiers.

The riverside castle is relatively close to the Iron Lion Castle. There are only two squadrons of regular troops, plus [-] auxiliary soldiers, and the total strength is less than [-] people.

Soros is a cautious person. After receiving the news of the orc invasion, he decisively abandoned the western channel of Grotta River County, placed his troops on the eastern and central two channels, and ordered the villages west of the two castles of Norman and the king to carry out the clearing of the walls. Order.

All 23 villages were abandoned, wells were buried, and 2 people were moved to the east of the two castles of Norman and Kingdom.

Although Grotta River County was merged into the Harland Territory, the focus of the development of this territory is still in the east. In the face of the orc invasion, it can only get closer to the Iron Lions.

Fort Norman is nearly [-] kilometers away from Fort William, and the distance between the two sides is too far to cooperate closely.In an emergency, it was impossible to count on reinforcements from Fort William.

The Soros Department needs to rely on the strength of the Iron Lions to ensure their survival.

The western channel of Grotta River County did not form a complete line of defense. If the defenders wanted to stop the orcs, they could only rely on simple camps to fight desperately.

Now it is an environment where the enemy is strong and we are weak. Soros has only 7000 regular troops in his hands. It is impossible to give up the solid fortifications and set up camps in the wild to intercept the orcs.

What's more, Soros also considered politically, and decided to let go of this passage, let the orcs of this half legion enter the province of Lahe, and rely on the power of the province of Lahe to wipe out this group of enemies.

If half of the orc army penetrated through Harland, the first opponents would be the defenders of Flying Eagle Fort and Viscount Nelson.

During the last orc invasion, Viscount Nelson suffered heavy losses, and was swallowed up by tens of thousands of people in the territory of Harland.Today, the remnants of Viscount Nelson's family are still running the territory.

Soros knew in his heart that his nephew Richard had already set his sights on this territory, but due to the order of the nobles in the Grant Kingdom, he could not directly seize the territory.

But with the help of the orcs, the Viscount Nelson can be swallowed.

King Grant, a great nobleman in northern Xinjiang, this operation is almost instinctive.If the little nobles want to be safe, they can only pray that their fiefs are not favored by the big nobles, or stay away from the border.

After the Harland family made a fortune, they only took over the two baronies of Stober and Dirham, and the Stobe family still relied on marriage.

Compared with other great nobles, they are already very civilized.

Viscount Nelson's territory is located in the south of Salt Lake County. This territory is surrounded by the Harland family on three sides. Once it is swallowed, the east and west counties of Harland's territory will be connected into one piece, not only expanding the hinterland, but also making the defense line more complete.

The reason why Soros left an opening for the orcs is also for this reason.

When the orcs invaded, Soros not only issued an order to fortify the wall and clear the field, but also sent a letter for help to the Iron Lions.

Zachary, the head of the Iron Lions Legion, is a veteran general, and his ability to command operations is slightly better than Martins.Despite the ups and downs in northern Xinjiang, he is one of the few people who has a big picture.

Zachary knew in his heart that the northern defense line of the Grotta province was complete only with the cooperation of the Harland territory.Once the orcs break through Harland's territory, they can cross the Grota River and enter their own hinterland for activities.

In the current situation, Harland's eastern region and himself are both prosperous and harmed.So without thinking for a long time, he sent twelve squadrons of reinforcements to the riverside castle.

Just as Soros and Zachary dispatched troops, the orc army had already appeared nearby.

The orcs attacking this area belonged to two front armies, among which the eastern front army had three legions, and the two legions were in the east of the Grotta province, attacking the Dukedom of Jonathan.

After Duke Jonathan succeeded Archduke Stanek, he did not give up the title of Grant Kingdom, because he took the main force westward and entrusted the Duke of Jonathan to his eldest son Macmillan.

McMillan is a rank nine epic knight with [-] regular troops under his command.

Facing the attack of the two orc legions, the army of the Duke of Jonathan fell into a disadvantage for the first time.

In the past hundred years, the Jonathan Dukedom has not been broken through by the orcs and entered the core of the territory.

The orc commander is aware of the strength of the Jonathan family, and will often avoid an all-out war with the Jonathan family.

The two sides often confront each other outside the border, and even Duke Jonathan will take the initiative to lead troops to attack the orcs, and the orcs often suffer heavy losses every time they fight.

Richard has experienced many orc invasions, and the loss of the Jonathan family is minimal. The situation in the northern border of the Grant Kingdom has relied on Duke Jonathan to break the balance many times and force the orc army back.

Now that Duke Jonathan led the main force into the Grand Duchy of Stanik, the two orc legions seemed to have entered a no-man's land. They conquered the border defense line of the Duke of Jonathan in one fell swoop and annihilated the three vassals of the Jonathan family.

Even though the Jonathan family used a large number of alchemy bombs, the orc troops acting as the vanguard suffered heavy losses, which still broke the balance and gained the upper hand for the first time in a century.

Of the three legions of the Orc Eastern Front, two attacked the Duke of Jonathan, and one attacked the province of Grotta.

Ten orc brigades rushed across the eastern part of the Eagle Mountains and appeared near the Twin Star Castle and Iron Lion Castle. The main force of the orcs appeared, and Zachary's pressure began to increase.

The Iron Lion Army led by Zakri is, after all, the main force of the newly expanded army.The weapons and equipment are relatively average, the number of alchemy bombs and explosive arrows is relatively small, there are only [-] Warcraft horses, and the quality of soldiers is also somewhat different from that of the Northern Army.The most troublesome thing is that in order to expand the army, [-] new recruits have been recruited.

Although the number has increased, they have no strength to fight against the orc army, so they can only defend the city.They relied on the castle camp to block the attack of an orc army.

The orcs that appeared in the north of Canyon Castle are the middle army.

The Central Route Army is the core of the Orc Legion, led by the legendary Kobold Kiram.

Killam is a veteran orc general who has been active in the northern part of the Grant Kingdom for 60 years. This time, Killam personally led the main force of the Central Army and wanted to destroy the Harland Territory.

The orcs of Canyon Fort are a partial division of the Central Route Army. There are five brigades of orcs, plus the auxiliary soldiers for transporting food in the rear, which add up to about 5000 people.

Gaitlin, the deputy head of the orc army, had a gloomy face. Hearing the information about the defeat of the forward brigade, he saw that the head of the brigade, Tanama, was constantly defending himself and shirking responsibility.

Gatlin is a lion man, the core of the orc race, while Tanamo is only a fifth-order kobold, and his status is not comparable to Gatlin's normally.

But Kiram, the commander of the orc center army, is also a kobold. In order to take care of the commander's face, Gatling will take care of Tanama.

It is because of Gatlin's care that the captain of the kobolds stood out from his colleagues and became the vanguard of the army.

As a result, the vanguard of the kobolds underestimated the enemy and fell into the trap set by the defenders of Canyon Fort. The vanguard brigade suffered heavy losses, and only 400 people came back.

Although he didn't want to offend the commander, but in order to enforce military discipline, Gatling was still ruthless and decided to use Tanama's head to make an example to everyone.

"Your army was surrounded and annihilated, why didn't you die? Send an order to execute this shameful deserter for me."

Gatlin gave the order and executed the Kobold Captain. He looked around and saw many orc officers trembled.

"Plani, tell me about the investigation."

Gatling turned his head and fixed his eyes on the Harpy Squadron Leader.

"Master Deputy Legion Commander, through aerial reconnaissance, humans have stationed about 3000 soldiers in the castle in front of us, of which [-] are well-equipped and should be the elite soldiers of the Harland Territory.

The castle along the Grota River in the east housed 3000 men, and the elite soldiers numbered about 2000.

In addition, the king's castle behind the humans and the Norman castle have garrisons, which add up to about 6000 people, and the number of elite soldiers exceeds 4000.

Because of the magical projectiles in Canyon Fort, our aerial scouts can't get too close. "

Gatling frowned when he heard the summary of Harpy Squadron Leader Praney's information, "Since when did the human frontline castle have magic flying props?"

"It should be a new item invented in the last two years. When we were investigating in the Duke of Jonathan three years ago, there was no such fire-breathing magic creation. We received a summons from the headquarters a few days ago. This kind of flying magic prop appeared in the four central provinces of the Grant royal family, and our losses were not light."

"Human creativity far exceeds ours!

More than 1000 years ago, humans relied on the magic revival movement to defeat us in one fell swoop, suppressed the elves, and occupied the core land of the Central Continent. 700 years ago, human beings created the warrior breathing method, which allowed ordinary people to break through the shackles of blood, and their heritage increased dramatically.

In the last few hundred years, humans have begun to build magical beast cavalry again, and now even magical props in the air have appeared.Could it be that we orcs only have the fate of being suppressed? "

Hearing the information about the Harpy, Gatling suddenly became pessimistic.But he is the deputy head of the orc army, leading the army, and he must not let his pessimism affect the lower-level officers and soldiers.

"Human soldiers are stationed in the four castles, adding up to more than 3000 people. The number is not much different from ours, and the strength is relatively close. Humans have strong castles, and we cannot attack them by force."

Gatlin nodded immediately after listening to the speech of a werewolf captain below.

Gatling has a total of 1 main forces, of which more than 600 were lost by Kobold Captain Praney. Now the power in his hands is not much different from the strength of the army led by Soros.As for the more than 5000 auxiliary soldiers in the back, a considerable part of them are sheep-body soldiers, and sheep-body soldiers are useless in field battles.

The situation in this direction, the human soldiers have city defenses, actually have the upper hand.

"It looks like we have no chance to break through the human line of defense."

The leader of the Harpy Squadron retorted: "Not necessarily. Humans have not stationed troops in the Taney Canyon. We can penetrate the Harland collar along the Taney Canyon and attack Flying Eagle Fort. Or march east and enter Viscount Nelson. collar."

"Why didn't Earl Harland build a castle in the Tani Canyon and establish a defense line?"

Gatlin sighed: "First, there may not be so many people. Second, they may want to use our hands to annex Viscount Nelson. The great nobles of mankind have done this many times. If it is not because of human disunity, relying on The power of the Holy Halo Empire can defeat us.

Everyone in Savarin has seen the magicians of the Kingdom of Makholm, and these magicians have been supporting us all these years. "

Staring at the map, Gatlin thought for a long time, and finally decided to go through the defense line of Harland's territory from the Taney Canyon, and go around to the abdomen of Harland's territory to attack the enemy. This was also the order Killam gave him.

Although Gatlin knew in his heart that the operation was dangerous.

Although the Harland Territory has no extra soldiers, the Lahe Province is the focus of the Grant Kingdom's garrison. It has a main army and two second-line army, with a strength of more than 5.

Gatling's move behind enemy lines was actually a military adventure.

Once the Lahe province cooperates closely with Harland's leading army, Gatlin's department will immediately fall into heavy siege.

Three days after the battle between the defenders in the east of Harland's territory and the orcs, the main force of the orcs, three and a half legions, appeared in the northern part of Harland's territory with overwhelming momentum.

On the front of Salt Lake County, a [-]-strong army of orcs appeared, and there were more than [-] auxiliary soldiers escorting food and guarding the back road.

One and a half legions of orcs appeared in the north of the military depot, and there were [-] troops including the auxiliary soldiers.

In the west of the Swamp Basin, the orcs marched along the Burnie River, because the road along the way was not easy to walk, there were about three brigades of [-] orcs.

In addition, from the direction of Platos, seven brigades of orcs pressed forward together.

The four armies launched at the same time, with a total of more than [-] orcs, putting Harland's territory under heavy pressure.

(End of this chapter)