Imperial Crown.

Chapter 467: Chief Hoyaz

0502 Chief Hoyaz

Hoyaz is 24 years old this year, and his birthday is in a few months.

This orphan, who was born in a serf family in Xiongying Town, has become more and more handsome as he grows older. With his short curly golden hair and a cloak with black and gold patterns on the back, he has the demeanor of a "young general".

He is also the core leader of the non-local faction among the second generation.

Growing up with his father Raven, Hoyaz is much more mature and stable than his peers, but he is too thin and looks too quiet and delicate.

My father often jokingly calls me a "thin dog".

Hoyaz didn't understand, and secretly asked his father what the word "thin dog" meant. But his father always laughed and didn't explain the reason, which made Hoyaz very depressed.

However, he could see the love for himself in his father's deep eyes.

This alone is enough.

"You two should go down and recuperate first." Hoyaz ordered Banks and Lennon.

"Yes, but..."

As the captain of the Wind King troops, Banks was too unwilling to accept such a great humiliation. He looked up at the dozens of Wind Kings in the sky who had not had time to retreat and were being surrounded and played with. Banks felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife.

More than half of the lenses of the gold-rimmed glasses were covered with scarlet blood.

"Nothing but!"

Hoyaz's tone became serious, "In previous wars, it was too easy for the Wind King to win by relying on his flying advantage! Today's defeat may not be a bad thing!"

"Father always said that enemies are the best teachers."

As he spoke, Hoyaz put on his helmet, and a buzzing sound was mixed with a tone of unquestionableness, "Banks, you should learn the fighting skills and experience of the Eagles!"

In terms of individual strength alone, the Wind King who has been strengthened by his father is no worse than the Eagle Man!

But the Wind King grew up in the human world after all, and his battles were all "clever tactics" that took the enemy's enemies by surprise. Compared with the Eagle People who fought every day, he was like "living a life of luxury", which led to the one-sided massacre!

"Let's go."

Lennon touched Banks' shoulder gently.

The three grew up together and came from the same orphanage. When they were young, Lennon and Banks teamed up to bully Hoyaz. Later, the three of them became soldiers of the Wind King's Army together, and their feelings grew stronger. However, as Hoyaz was increasingly valued by his father, his status and position became different from theirs, and the relationship between the three naturally underwent a subtle change.

Watching Lennon carrying Banks away, Hoyaz sighed silently. If it weren't for his father's preference, how could he, who was only 24 years old, become the commander of people?

However, the great defeat of the Wind King's army made him feel more stressed. He absolutely could not fail again. If he failed again, not only would Thor's local gang ride on his head and show off their power, but he would also let down his father's trust!
Now the legion of 40,000 people was divided into two, he and Thor each led 20,000 soldiers, and had nothing to do with each other.

This made Hoyaz feel a little confused. Could it be that his father had already noticed the rift between him and Thor?
Is that why it was arranged like this? Or... is it all just a coincidence?

Compared to Thor's radicalism, who arranged 20,000 soldiers into five charging formations of different sizes, Hoyaz decided to change the original plan and adopt a more conservative approach.

"What do you think?"

Hoyaz asked, looking around.

Now, those who surrounded Hoyaz were all core members of the outsider faction, including - Hunchton, son of Cuman; Pip, son of Junason; Moas, son of Earl Jonah; Beta, son of Baron Kate; Grand, son of a merchant who graduated from Griffith Comprehensive College; and Freckles, who was also a serf like him.

It’s just that Freckles’ parents were serfs who came to Eagle City from other places.

It is quite different from Heyaz, who was a serf in Eagle Town for generations.

On the contrary, Lennon and Banks, who grew up with him, were reluctant to get involved in the dispute between him and Thor, which was one of the reasons why the relationship between the three became delicate.

"Captain Hoyaz, now that the air force has suffered a major defeat, should we adopt the strategy of 'waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out'?"

Moas was the first to speak.

"What do you know? This is a real war, not the small-scale fighting before." Beta retorted impatiently.

Among the entire outside faction, Moas was the least popular and the most despised one. Although Moas had commanded well and made a name for himself in the battle of "Mountain Territory Encirclement and Suppression of the Pale Lord", that was just a small team of a few people, which was completely not on the same level as the war involving tens of thousands of people in front of him.

As both were sons of nobles, Beta had the closest relationship with Moas, so he interrupted at this moment in order to protect Moas.

After all, Moas is usually stupid and can hardly do anything well.

"What about Thor?"

Moas's idea coincided with Hoyaz's, but there were still many loopholes, so Hoyaz asked in a guiding manner.

"Thor??"

Moas scratched his head, confused, "Didn't we separate from them?"

Moas said this in a tactful way. In fact, these outsiders had long been fed up with Thor's arrogant and domineering behavior. Naturally, his life or death was no longer within Moas' consideration.

"We are one after all. No matter how much trouble we cause, we cannot use war as a bargaining chip. We all prosper together and we all suffer together."

Hoyaz explained, "So, it's right to take a conservative approach and wait for the enemy to tire themselves out, but we need to consider it more comprehensively. We will issue orders later to form a pair of flexible and responsive troops. The number of people should not be too large, 3000 will be enough!"

Hoyaz said, glancing at Moas.

Moas lowered his head, as if he was seriously thinking about the reason behind Hoyaz's arrangement. After a while, he nodded silently, "If there is any change on Thor's side, these people can immediately reinforce; if there is no change, they can focus on harassing the edges. This arrangement kills two birds with one stone." Moas blushed and smiled, "I learned it, Commander Hoyaz!"

Then, Moas said solemnly: "I am willing to lead these 3000 people to carry out the mission!"

Most of these second-generation people are around 20 years old. After fighting side by side for some time, they have become as close as brothers. Although he feels a little embarrassed, Moas does not feel any burden in his heart.

Who made Hoyaz follow Lord Raven the longest?

Learning from him means learning from Lord Raven, and there is no shame in that!
Freckles shouted enthusiastically, "I, I want to go too! Brother Hoyaz, let me go!"

Hoyaz smiled and said, "Don't be so impatient. What I just said is just one of the reasons. I plan to let the mercenaries be the flexible troops this time. After all, they are used to roaming around and are not very familiar with our Eagle Army's formations and flags. Therefore, if we divide them up, we can better implement our iron barrel defense formation."

"As for the remaining 2000-odd mercenaries," when he said this, his father's face suddenly flashed through Hojaz's mind, with a hint of coldness in his eyes, "let them charge at the front with the heavy cavalry!"

"So, your mission is to do your duty as a supervisor!"

"If those mercenaries dare to do anything, they will be killed immediately!" Henchton, Pip, Gran... and other members of the out-of-town faction immediately clenched their left fists and hit the breastplate hard, making a dull thumping sound, and shouted in unison: "Yes! Commander Hoyaz!"

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0503 I simply look down on you

Unlike Hoyaz's conservative and steady approach, Thor really wants to make a contribution!

He is certainly different from Hoyaz.

As an orphan without a father, Hoyaz doesn’t have to live under the “shadow” of his father all his life!
How many people in this world can personally experience the pain that Thor Dyson feels?

He is already 26 years old this year, and he is no longer a - year old kid! He must make achievements on his own! He must have achievements that truly belong to him! Instead of being called "Eric's kid" all the time!
Even the polite respect and kindness seemed to be directed at Eric from a distance!
Not Thor himself!
Only God knows how many times this war has appeared in his dreams!
Now, the dream has truly come true!
Therefore, at this moment, Thor's heart was filled with indescribable excitement!
Inheriting Eric's sturdy build and his mother's big eyes, Thor, with his long brown hair like a lion's mane, is so dazzling that he can be noticed in the crowd at a glance.

Behind him is the same black and gold cloak as Hoyaz's, but he has one thing that Hoyaz doesn't have, that is the sunglasses he got during his time as the "Eagle Eye Guard"!

With a slight hook of his right index finger, the black sunglasses fell on the high bridge of his nose, and everything in front of him suddenly became "clear" and "vivid". Combined with the cold expression on Thor's face, he was simply a charming "young woman harvester".

"Thor, as the commander-in-chief, you cannot charge into the battle!"

Fili's two sons, Turo and Baido, surrounded Thor on the left and right. Turo shouted, hoping to make Thor, the big brother, stop in his tracks!
The entire second-generation local faction is counting on Thor. If anything happens to him, the local faction will collapse immediately!
Thor pointed with his oval-shaped whip, "Don't force me to whip you."

Turo immediately pursed his lips and dared not persuade him anymore.

Thor divided more than 6000 soldiers into five military formations - the center with the largest number of people, with 4500 people, and the left and right wings with 2500 people on each side. Thor was not a brainless and arrogant person. On both sides of the left and right wings, he arranged two flanks, each with people!
"Don't count on those mercenaries. Just don't let them collapse! Otherwise, I won't let them off!" Thor said. "So I arranged them to be the flank with the least number of people and at the back. If they still can't hold on, have those two leaders of the mercenary groups come to see me with their heads!"

No matter how excited he was, Thor still had some hidden worries in his heart.

That's the group of mercenaries.

To be honest, if it weren't for the Earl's arrangement, Thor would have wanted to give all these mercenaries to Hoyaz. He didn't want any of them!
That's right, compared to others, Eric is similar to Raven's retainer, so Thor can gain the great trust of the master Raven, otherwise, how can Thor have a chance to succeed? !

Although he is somewhat narcissistic, he will never treat war as a joke!
He couldn't lose! If he lost, he would lose the dignity of his father Eric, and even more so, the face of the Earl's family head!

In this battle, he would either kill all the orcs or die with dignity under their knives!
The only option is not to "retreat"!

Looking at the wild boarmen standing in a mess in the distance, which were clearly separated from his own army standing straight, Thor's mouth curled up slightly, "Just a bunch of garbage!"

"charge!!!"

As Thor roared, the ground troops also began to charge at each other!

As the distance got closer, the appearance of the ugly and smelly boarmen became particularly clear, but in Thor's sunglasses, these boarmen were not opponents, but became merit points!
"Give the order, shoot!"

As Thor roared, Baido on the side hurriedly waved the command flag. The crimson triangular flag was so eye-catching in the torrent of military formations. As the triangular flag was waved, the Eagle Army's center and the heavy cavalry on the left and right wings slowed down their charge at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the archers hidden in the back immediately began to draw their bows and shoot arrows!
For a moment, black arrows like a rain curtain buzzed into the sky, drawing graceful arcs in the air and shooting towards the boar man army.

"idiot!"

Jing Ge subconsciously rubbed the back of his ears with four fingers, and cursed inwardly with narrowed eyes.

I couldn't help but feel a little secretly happy.

Orcs are indeed not good at forging armor and weapons, but they still have simple leather armor and mail. In addition, boarmen are originally thick-skinned and tough. With these two layers of protection, no matter how powerful the bow and arrow are, or how sharp the arrowhead is, how much damage can it cause?

Not to mention the wild boar men who have awakened their fighting spirit. If the fighting spirit forms a shield and constitutes the third line of defense, then these arrows will be like scratching an itch.

Of course, it is not easy for most boarmen to awaken their fighting spirit.

Especially the wild boar people who are used as cannon fodder.

Almost all of them are wild boar people with low IQs, who only know how to eat and sleep. Therefore, no matter how many of these cannon fodder people die, Jing Ge will not feel the slightest bit of heartache.

Not only can it save a lot of food logistics, but it can also provide them with food if they die. It's really killing two birds with one stone!
As expected, on the front battlefield, after three waves of arrow rain, there was basically no major harm except for those wild boar men who were hit in the skull and eyes by arrows and died on the spot, which caused some chaos.

Even if the thighs and arms were hit by two or three arrows, it did not stop these tribesmen from charging and fighting!

"Which one is Eric!"

Jing Ge did not get complacent because his plan succeeded. Instead, he became more alert. "The one with the black mask on his face?"

Jing Ge had never seen sunglasses before, so naturally he didn't know what they were called. He thought they were some strange mask.

The eagle man beside him quickly replied: "Sir, that doesn't seem to be Eric!"

"Not Eric?" Jing Ge began to doubt, "Then where did Eric go? Could it be that the human race has some conspiracy?!"

"Uh...well, I don't know either." Eagle Man replied hesitantly.

Jing Ge glanced suspiciously at the Eagle Man beside him. This man was specially assigned by Mu Pei to pass on military orders, but why did he look like he wasn't very smart?

Looking up at the Eaglemen who were working in the sky without any effort, Jing Ge felt a little angry, but in front of the Eaglemen, he couldn't say much, so he could only suppress his anger and asked: "What about Raven? What is Raven doing?"

"Raven? That coward Raven is hiding in the dragon chariot far away from here, at least a few thousand meters away. He has never come out! He must have been scared to death!" The Eagle Man said excitedly.

"What did you say? Raven has never come out?!" Jing Ge narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean? This damn Raven!" After saying that, Jing Ge asked uncertainly, "Is your information accurate?"

"Don't worry, sir! It's absolutely accurate!" The Eagle Man nodded repeatedly, "From here to Raven's dragon chariot, our people are monitoring every few hundred meters in the air. We will ensure that any movement of the human race will be reported back immediately!"

"Raven's movements were reported back only a few minutes before the battle began!"

Eagle Man said with a firm tone.

"That doesn't make sense!" Jing Ge was a little unsure, and felt uneasy. In front of the orcs, the human race was indeed vulnerable, which could be seen from the aerial battle. But it was impossible that Raven would be so scared that he didn't even dare to use the dragon chariot! Could it be that the rumors were true? Raven was really too old to walk? Was he just waiting to die?

Then why did he want to fight with me here?
You know, Jing Ge has more than 6 orcs on his side!
He has been running around in the Bloody Roar Province of the Orc Empire for so long, and now he suddenly wants to have a decisive battle with me. There must be a reason for this.

Seeing Jing Ge thinking hard about something with his brows furrowed, the Eagle Man beside him chuckled twice and consoled him: "Sir, is it possible that Raven simply looks down on you? That's why he doesn't use the Dragon Chariot?"

"You're being long-winded!"

Jing Ge opened his big mouth with four fangs, pointed at the eagle man beside him and shouted!

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(End of this chapter)