king of the castle

Chapter 284 Victory in the First Battle

The golden wasteland is adjacent to the Thorne Kingdom in the south, the red mountains in the east, the dry sand sea in the west, and the evercold tundra in the north. 【】The entire wasteland is very vast, comparable to the Thorne Kingdom, and it is the main living area of ​​the orcs.

Although there are quite a few orcs in total, they don't live in fixed cities like humans.The vast majority of orcs live an erratic nomadic life, driving their livestock across the golden wasteland for water and grass.So even if you come to the Golden Wasteland, it is not easy to find the orcs.

In the past, the kingdom also sent troops into the golden wasteland to exterminate the orcs, but the commanders soon discovered that finding the orcs in this vast land was even more difficult than defeating these powerful guys.Although a large number of scouts were sent to find traces of the orcs, these green-skinned monsters could not be found at all.On the contrary, as the army went deeper into the golden wasteland, the logistics supply line gradually became longer and longer, until it was attacked by orcs.

The human army attacked by the supply line soon fell into the predicament of lack of food, and there was nothing to eat in the golden wasteland for humans.As a result, the army of tens of thousands of people had to withdraw to the human kingdom. Along the way, they were often harassed by orcs who appeared from nowhere, and suffered heavy losses.

The operation to exterminate the orcs ended in disastrous failure.The human army failed to find even a single orc tribe, but suffered heavy losses due to hunger, disease, attacks by monsters and harassment by orcs. There were actually [-] elite warriors who remained on the golden wasteland forever.

The failed expedition caused drastic changes in the power level of the Thorne Kingdom at that time. At that time, the Minister of Military Affairs was dismissed, and Vatel was also in charge at that time.Because of this heavy loss, the kingdom was unable to even send troops to garrison at the edge of the golden wasteland for a long time.It is precisely because of this that the orcs gradually migrated to live near Kent.

These guys are cruel and full of aggression, and soon find that the humans in the south are rich and weak, and even they themselves are delicious food.As a result, more and more orcs invaded Kent and other places, becoming a nightmare for the locals and disturbing the peace of these places.

The reason why Vettel ordered Roger to exterminate the orcs was because he knew that these ferocious green-skinned monsters were difficult to deal with.Not to mention that finding them is an almost impossible task, even if Roger is really lucky enough to meet a tribe of orcs, he is probably the one who was wiped out, not the orcs.

But Vettel made a wrong calculation this time. It may be very difficult for others to find orcs, but this is not difficult for Roger who has the Hippogryph familiar.

After eliminating Edward and his men, Roger collected a lot of soul power.In addition to using these soul powers to train more soldiers, Roger used the rest to train hippogryphs.

Now there are nearly [-] hippogryphs in the taming ground, and Roger sent these magic pets to fly in the air in shifts day and night, and they can easily grasp any disturbance within a radius of two hundred miles.With these magic pets comparable to human reconnaissance planes, Roger easily found the target he was looking for.

Hippogryph quickly sent back a message that a group of orcs was heading north less than a hundred miles away from Roger.These guys brought a lot of things, apparently just returned from looting in the south, and the harvest was very good.

Of course, Roger would not let go of these guys who burned, killed and looted in his own territory. He quickly went around in front of the orcs and set up an ambush on their only way.The orcs moved very fast, and ordinary human infantry had no way of rushing to set up an ambush in front of them.

But for Roger, who has a nightmare beast to travel, it is easy to do this.Under mental calculations, those unsuspecting orcs had no chance to fight back.Most of the orcs were eliminated by the sudden arrows. A few were lucky enough to escape the deadly rain of arrows, and then they had to face soldiers dozens of times their size.

The orcs are indeed a persevering race, even in such a hopeless battle, most of the orcs would choose to fight to the end.They roared and waved all kinds of weapons, hoping to destroy a few more enemies before they died.

To the surprise of the orcs, however, these human soldiers were not as weak and timid as the rest of their kind.Even facing the desperate orcs, the human soldiers rushed forward without hesitation.

Although the strength of these soldiers is slightly weaker than that of the orcs, under Roger's command, their cooperation is very tacit.Often several soldiers join forces to deal with an orc, the iron spear soldiers use iron spears to control the orc, and the long sword fighters attack the orc from all directions at every opportunity.

The soldiers paid great attention to protecting each other. Every time the orcs planned to attack one of their soldiers, several others would attack at the same time to contain the orcs' attack, so that they could not cause effective damage to the enemy.Under the tacit understanding of the human soldiers, the orcs had nowhere to use their brute force, and finally fell unwillingly in front of the humans.

Every orc faced the same situation, so that the fighting power they had always been proud of had no room to play, and they were soon beheaded by human soldiers one by one.However, none of Roger's soldiers died in battle, only a few suffered minor injuries, which did not affect their combat effectiveness at all.

In this one-sided battle situation, two particularly timid orcs finally collapsed.They threw down their crude weapons, howled and fled to the depths of the wasteland.However, with the Hippogryph in the sky watching and the light cavalry chasing after them on the ground, the orc had no way to escape, and was quickly cut down by the light cavalry who caught up from behind.

The ambush lasted only a short time, and ended with Roger's complete victory.Dozens of orcs lay in disorder on the field of the golden wasteland, their green blood gradually pooled together, forming huge pools of blood in several depressions.Although the orcs looked a little miserable, thinking of the tragedies they saw along the way, Roger didn't have the slightest sympathy for these guys.

In the next few days, Roger eliminated a few small groups of orcs, not only collected a lot of soul power, but also the things these guys robbed became his trophies.Every time the orcs rob a caravan, they always take everything away regardless of good or bad.It will naturally have valuables such as gold coins, gems and even magic crystals, which are also very useful for Roger.

Although nearly a hundred orcs were eliminated, Roger was not satisfied with it.Lord Baron trekked to the golden wasteland for many days, and even killed the king's team of more than a hundred people, not just to kill dozens of beasts.

The purpose of Roger's trip is very clear, which is to prevent the orcs from continuing to wreak havoc on their territory.Although he is also very clear that it is impossible to wipe out the orcs, but at least he must scare them, knowing that he cannot bear the consequences of entering human territory and doing evil, so that the orcs will never dare to set foot in Kent again. .

So Roger didn't let up, and kept looking for the traces of the orcs. After a few days, he finally got something.