My villain wants to save himself, but the yandere heroine disagrees

Otherwise, by the time the capital for the next invasion is ready, Baru will be too old to survive.

Baru then ordered his troops to enter the city.

Just as he gave the order, the sound of heavy horse hooves came from the ground behind him.

The appearance of the sun these days has alleviated the muddy conditions on the ground, and Orson's large army took less time than the orcs to reach the front line.

And at the forefront are the Silver Dragon Knights.

Prince Arthas rushed to the front of the cavalry formation, leading the armored heavy cavalry behind him to charge towards the large army where Baru was.

Behind the Silver Dragon Knights are the Duke of Antica's most elite troops, the Black Army.

The Black Army soldiers were also riding on horseback at this moment, following closely behind the Silver Dragon Knights.

At this moment, the other orc soldiers in the tent also turned their heads and looked backwards, and then they saw a scene that they would never forget in their lives.

Under the scorching afternoon sun, the two colors of armor, one silver and one black, reflected different lights.

The heavy sound of horse hooves seemed to shatter the earth, and also sounded like the whisper of the goddess of death, all of which told of the orcs' impending defeat in the future.

Chapter 10: Single Duel

How powerful are armored heavy cavalry on the battlefield?

There was a classic case in a previous imperial war. At that time, 30,000 rebels besieged a city in the empire. The city lord held out for three days, waiting for the imperial army to come to his rescue.

The Imperial Army's armored heavy cavalry, with only 500 men, easily defeated the 30,000 rebels without cavalry with the exaggerated visual effect brought about by their powerful charge.

At this moment, although the orcs gathered a group of wolf riders and prepared to launch a counterattack against the humans, they were facing the wrong people.

The Silver Dragon Knights can almost be said to be the strongest ground army on the continent, and they are not at a disadvantage even when fighting against powerful alien races.

The hastily assembled wolf cavalry crashed into the cavalry formations of the Silver Dragon Knights and the Black Army, just like an egg hitting a rock, like an ant trying to shake a tree.

On the battlefield, the howling of wolves and orcs was heard continuously.

But the cavalry's charge did not stop.

If the cavalry's charge only made Baru feel uneasy, then the human flag waving at a distance behind the cavalry made Baru's heart completely chilled.

In the end, he was defeated by fate. His attack only captured a few border cities, but made the orcs pay a devastating price.

Even so, he still summoned the troops around him and launched a final attack on the human reinforcements that arrived.

At this moment, everyone in the city heard the sound of war drums and shouts of killing outside the city, and they all became more energetic.

The orcs failed to climb the city wall, reinforcements arrived!

Virgil climbed up the city wall with a team of soldiers and saw the fighting scene outside the city. He was very happy.

It's time to let the orcs on the opposite side experience the feeling of despair.

The army of the Silver Dragon Knights, with Arthas as the vanguard, tore a big hole in the enemy's formation, and behind the Silver Dragon Knights, the black army filled the gap and continued to reap the lives of the orcs lying on the ground.

Compared to the Silver Dragon Knights, it seems that the Black Army that defeated the orcs on the battlefield more than ten years ago is more frightening to the orcs.

But the numbers of the two were still insufficient, and the charge was soon slowed down by the number of people and turned into a close combat.

Although the elite troops still did not suffer any loss in the hand-to-hand combat, the fierce visual impact they had just brought was also gone.

Baru looked at Arthas on the front line, and from the power he exuded, he knew that his opponent was the human prince.

Then he picked up his battle axe, mounted the giant wolf, and rushed towards Arthas with a roar.

Arthas was lamenting the weakness of the orc army. At this time, a tall orc suddenly rushed up, which aroused his interest. Then, he raised his two-handed sword and chopped directly at the orc.

Baru was not afraid at all. Rather, he was good at fighting with strength, which was his strong point.

He held the two-handed axe across his chest and, using the momentum of the giant wolf's charge, chopped hard at the two-handed sword.

As long as the enemy leader is killed, the orcs still have hope of winning.

The two heavy weapons collided with each other, and the sound of metal clashing almost resounded throughout the battlefield. The gusts of air created knocked to the ground all the soldiers within five meters around the two men.

The warhorse neighed, and the giant wolf howled as well.

The two-handed sword in Arthas's hand was almost knocked away, and he used all his strength to barely block the blow.

Baru was also hit hard, but the orc's thick skin and flesh made him look a little better than Arthas.

At this time, there was no more contempt and arrogance in the eyes of both sides, and they all turned into caution.

The opponent's strength is similar to mine, and it is not easy to solve the problem.

The two men fought to another place.

At this time, just before the orcs were about to surround the human cavalry, the large human force had arrived.

The first to bear the brunt were the students of the Imperial Academy, led by Olivia and other student union members, who were divided into classes to fight.

Students who are able to study at the Imperial Academy must have the strength of the second level when they first enter the school. Except for the first-year students who are mostly at the second level, the senior students are basically at the third or fourth level. Their own combat capabilities are no worse than those of elite soldiers. On this kind of battlefield, it is more than enough for them to cooperate and kill the enemy while protecting themselves, not to mention the protection of the class teacher.

Behind them, the Duke's direct troops also engaged in battle with the orcs.

Although the quality of the Duke's army is not as high as that of the Silver Dragon Knights and the Black Army, it wins in numbers.

Now on the front battlefield, humans have gathered more than 70,000 troops, while the orcs have less than 40,000 troops, a ratio close to two to one. Moreover, the orcs have just rested after the siege and have not eaten to replenish their energy. Compared with the orcs, although humans have also spent some energy on the journey, their energy is still higher than that of the orcs.

The strategy of besieging a city and attacking its reinforcements is to take advantage of the troops stationed under the city and defeat the enemy by taking advantage of their rest. However, when the troops taking advantage of their rest come to reinforce the city, the besiegers will be in danger.

Although Baru had notified the orc armies in the remaining three city walls to support the front battlefield, their commander did not seem to have this idea and simply fled with his army.

Of course, Baru doesn’t have the time to take care of other armies now. In fact, he can’t even take care of himself now.

"Are you the commander of the humans?" Baru had never seen Arthas before and thought he was the enemy commander Orson. "Orson!?"

"Ah?" When Arthas heard Baru's words, he was stunned for a moment, and then sneered.

"It seems that your loss is justified. You can't even recognize people." Arthas said this and raised the sword in his hand. The runes engraved on the sword lit up.

"Remember my name, Prince of the Empire, Arthas!" Then he swung his sword down.

When Baru heard the name, he was shocked.

He is actually the prince of the empire?

So the troops around him are the most elite troops in the empire?

The Empire is actually willing to deploy this kind of military force this time...

But at this moment, Baru no longer cared about so much. He picked up the giant axe that was stuck in the ground, ready to parry the attack.

The two weapons collided again, but this time, with the bonus of the strengthening runes, it was obvious that Arthas was better.

But what makes Baru even more heartbroken is much more than that.

He could feel that the number of orc warriors around him was becoming fewer and fewer. Originally, at least half of the orcs in his field of vision on the battlefield were orcs, but now, there were only one third left.

This is not only a sign of retreat, but also a sign of failure.

Baru's heart suddenly turned cold. At this moment, he no longer had the will to fight. He quickly exchanged a few moves with Arthas before withdrawing from the battle and retreating.

Arthas looked at Baru's back and did not choose to pursue him. Instead, he continued to harvest the orcs on the battlefield with the main force.

Chapter 5: You Still Have a Choice (K)

The orcs are a brave and warlike race. Anyone who can become their leader must naturally possess extraordinary martial arts. But at this moment, the orcs saw that their leader actually ran away on his own initiative, and their morale dropped greatly. Many orcs also began to think of escaping.

Gradually, more and more orcs began to flee back.

In order to escape faster, they even threw away their weapons and armor, completely unaware of what would happen if an army appeared in front of them at this time.

Fortunately, the human troops in the city did not come out to pursue at this moment, but stayed in the city.

Their defensive work has been done and the rest now is well deserved.

Three hours later, under the attack of the human coalition, the orcs left behind 30,000 corpses here. There has been a long-standing hatred between humans and orcs, so there is no such thing as prisoners. Even if they are caught, they will not be killed for the time being, but will be executed in public later to boost morale.

The remaining orcs who escaped did not exceed 40,000 in total, which was a heavy loss compared to the more than 100,000 who came here.

The human side suffered slightly less losses due to proper tactics, but at the same time, due to the difference in size and strength between humans and orcs, humans still suffered around 10,000 casualties.

However, once a human soldier was injured on the battlefield, the military priest following behind him could instantly stop the soldier's injuries, and as long as his head or heart was not directly split open by the orcs, he could generally survive.

Therefore, out of the ten thousand casualties, only four thousand were lives that could not be saved; the remaining soldiers, with the help of the priests, were able to quickly return to the battlefield.

In the military camp at the rear, a girl with long pink hair was chatting with Orson.

"I really didn't expect that Master Orson would use our support here." The girl said this, covering her mouth and chuckling.

"Of course, compared to the previous field hospital model, fighting with the army can definitely play a greater role when there are advantages." Orson said this and responded with a smile.

The opponent is the representative sent by the church in this battle, Saint Lilia.

In the Empire, in addition to alchemists who can make recovery potions, mages can also use magic to achieve a certain degree of healing effect, but all of this is nothing compared to priests.

The priest is a profession that truly specializes in healing and protection. Normally, each local church will have a priest. If someone is seriously injured, it is always a good idea to find a priest.

And if you are cursed, you can only find a priest to exorcise the evil spirit.

Of course, the assistance that priests can provide is not all free. Except during festivals commemorating the Goddess of Life, all churches provide treatment and purification services free of charge. Normally these services have to be paid, and the cost is not small.

This is to avoid some people running to the church for both big and small matters, which would trouble the pastor and prevent the pastor from having time to save those who really need treatment.

Therefore, it has promoted the development of small clinics and related industries.

The empire had achieved separation of church and state hundreds of years ago. Although the church still has a great influence among the people, it no longer has the right to interfere in local politics.

In order to compensate the church, the empire specially established laws to give the church considerable autonomy in its operations. For thousands of years, the church and the royal family have always respected each other. The emperor's coronation needs to be performed by the pope, and the pope's inauguration will also be congratulated by the royal family.

In normal combat, church pastors near the battlefield would be temporarily recruited by the army to treat the wounded. However, in large-scale battles, there would be tens of thousands of wounded, and the pastors would be unable to treat them all.

Moreover, in order to ensure their own safety, the pastors had stayed in the rear and waited until the war was over before treating the wounded. This caused a group of seriously injured soldiers on the battlefield to miss the best opportunity for rescue and die.

Now that Orson has asked the priest to follow behind the army, naturally more people can be saved.

"After repelling the orcs this time, the border should be able to enjoy peace for another ten years." Lilia said with a sigh.

"I don't know when peace will finally come."

"Master Orson, this may sound absurd, but do you believe that there will be a day when humans and orcs will end their hatred and achieve complete peace?"

"I'm sorry, in my opinion, humans and orcs have been holding grudges for a long time. This is no longer a problem that the upper echelons can solve. This is the hatred engraved between the two races, and it cannot be easily resolved." Orson said this and shook his head.

Seeing that even Orson gave a negative answer, Lilia hung her head, looking very lonely.

"Is it really impossible to achieve peace?"

It makes sense. Wars between humans are wars between the same race. People of the same race usually don't even have any contact with each other. There is no hatred between them. These are all wars launched by the upper class to achieve certain goals.

If there were no conflicts among the upper lords, war would hardly happen.

But between humans and orcs

The war has been going on for thousands of years.

Both sides have been instilled with the idea that they are enemies since birth.

Under the indoctrination of ideas day after day, even if they have no intersection with each other in normal times, after seeing different faces and hearing different languages, both sides still choose not to seek common ground while reserving differences, but a simpler and more direct solution.

That is the struggle.

It was so a thousand years ago, and it will be so a thousand years later.

Moreover, besides this reason, there is an even more important reason.

As intelligent creatures, one of the biggest advantages humans have over other higher creatures is their strong fertility.

Other races like elves, although their average individual strength is much higher than that of humans, their total number is too small. The total number of elves on the continent may not be as large as a large human city. Therefore, the empire controls most of the land in the western part of the continent by relying on the numerical advantage of humans.

If it weren't for the desert blocking the way, the empire would be able to bring even the Eastern Continent under its control.

The fertility of orcs is even stronger than that of humans.

Although orcs are generally not as intelligent as humans, a ten-year-old orc is equivalent to an adult human.

Even if the number of orcs is small now, as long as they develop peacefully with humans and are given the same abundant resources, their number will become more and more, and eventually surpass humans.

Even for the sake of their offspring, humans would never allow the orcs to develop peacefully, so they drove the orcs into the desert with a harsh climate.

On this point, Orson shares the same view as the ancestors of mankind.