What's wrong with building a steel torrent in a dungeon?

Not only did she not retreat, but she had the authority to continue to dispatch the Southern Legion, sending more people to herself to consolidate the areas of the Troll Empire that had already been occupied. They were like nails, firmly nailed into the hinterland of the northern part of the Troll Empire, waiting for new opportunities.

Under the instruction of King Xinye, the First Corps of the Southern Legion was almost fully mobilized, and with the reinforcements and rotations coming in and out, the number of troops on the front line of Aalendil had increased by another 6,000.

Although the elite level of these 6,000 soldiers was comparable to that of the initial assault force, in their view, the city of Gorom was already at the end of its strength, with heavy losses and no longer able to fight. As long as the expeditionary force was in place, it would be a sure thing to capture Gorom.

All they have to do is wait.

In this mission, Modsheka, who was good at defense, made full use of his expertise. He ordered his soldiers to cut down trees on the spot and build the camp like a hedgehog. He also placed the guarding ancient trees at strategic locations in the camp. If they wanted to raid, they had to break the defense of the guarding ancient trees. This basically eliminated night raids.

Possibility.

Not only that, in order to prevent the attack of the Feather Tribe's aerospace forces, Modsheka also erected several towering observation towers, and inspected them personally every day without getting tired of it, making sure that the aerial observation capability was foolproof. It seemed that he was psychologically traumatized by the sudden attack of the Feather Tribe.

Now, Jinzaka is probably the only one who can break through this impregnable defense by brute force.

But the elf had obviously thought of this as well.

The Second Corps of the Southern Legion, with a total of 20,000 soldiers, was on high alert, exerting tremendous pressure on the fortress in the northeast of the Troll Empire, forcing Jinzaka to show up at the northern fortress, making the 20,000 soldiers dare not attack easily.

In their view, as long as this army exists, Jinzaka will never dare to move a single step, otherwise they will definitely invade from the north with thundering force. By then, with El'Arendil as a thorn in the northwest and the Second Corps in the northeast, they may not need a large army to come, and they will be able to turn the Troll Empire upside down.

It's a pity that the elven soldiers of the Second Legion had never fought with the troll warriors. In their impression, the troll warriors were still a group of primitive troops covered in fur and leaves, who could only throw stones and spears. Even after hearing the description of them from the elven soldiers who had been rotated back, most of them didn't take it seriously.

No matter how powerful the trolls are, how powerful can they be? How can a race that can only throw stones and wood threaten the elves? They can't throw things in a very special way! So except for Jinzaka, they didn't take other trolls seriously.

On El'Arundil's side, Zhu Chongba tried several times to lure El'Arundil out to attack, consume her manpower, and find a flaw to counterattack. But unfortunately, El'Arundil, who had suffered several losses, was determined to hide in her own camp and did not come out at all.

This made Zhu Chongba feel a little bit troubled.

In Fran's plan, El'Arendil was a key. But at the moment, Modsheka's arrangement was like steel and iron, and it was impossible to break through. If they attacked by force, not only would they consume their precious manpower, but they would also lose more than they gained.

Fortunately, as Elendil sent more and more troops, the entire elven camp became increasingly bloated.

Weapons can go without food or supplies.

But the elves who use weapons cannot do this...

Northern Troll Empire.

An elf logistics unit is slowly moving forward in the jungle.

"I...I seemed to hear some sound just now." A short elf who was driving away the hippopotamus looked at the surrounding trees with some worry.

"Cousin, this is the thirteenth time you have heard the sound today." said a tall elf nearby.

"But, this is the territory of the trolls after all!!"

"Have you looked at the map? We are now near the Three Stars City of the Trolls. All the troll gathering places around here, whether villages, towns or fortresses, have been eradicated by us and burned to ashes! There are still the army commander's troops blocking the way ahead! Can they sneak around the army commander? Even if they do, what can they do?

Counterattack Samsung City?"

The short elf was speechless for a moment, but he still looked around instinctively.

"Don't worry! If something unexpected happens, just stay with me. I'm a divine magician, and I will definitely protect you." The tall elf hugged his cousin and said, "After delivering this batch of supplies, we can go back to the Southern Legion for a rest! Then I'll take you to the Pink Alley of the Southern Legion and let you feel the enthusiasm of the elven women of my tribe."

However, just as he finished speaking, several explosions suddenly sounded around them. The tall elf was caught off guard and was so scared that he squatted on the ground with his head in his hands. Fortunately, his younger brother was smart and pulled him to the side of the stone to prevent him from being trampled to death by the tall hippopotamus.

The troops responsible for escorting the logistics were all third-line troops. They had never been on the battlefield and had very little combat experience. After hearing the explosion, they were so scared that they ran away, not knowing what to do. Only a few soldiers mustered up the courage to draw their arrows, but they had no idea where the enemy was.

"Quick, find a place to hide first, then look for the enemy's traces." At the critical moment, the commander stood up. It can be seen that he is a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time. He is not panicked at all, and calmly commands the soldiers to protect the baggage and build a simple defense line.

After hearing the commander's order, the surrounding elven soldiers were obviously relieved and began to hide as ordered.

But at this moment, several grenades flew towards the commander from different directions.

On the battlefield, all other soldiers were lying on the ground, and he was the only one standing, still wearing a conspicuous officer uniform, with the words "I am the backbone" almost engraved on his face. So the troll soldiers who were ambushing around him all threw grenades at him at the same time.

Boom boom boom!

A series of explosions sounded.

Even though the commander had raised up his magic to protect himself, the exploding shrapnel still pierced through his defenses. The next moment, his body, no longer in human form, collapsed to the ground.

Amid these series of explosions, the trolls' counterattack officially began.

Although the counterattack was only carried out by a small logistics force.

Chapter 336 Confrontation

Under the continuous grenade attacks, the soldiers of the logistics unit were defeated in the first time, their leader was killed, and their supplies were seized. The elf warriors had no intention of fighting anymore and fled to the north in a hurry.

"Is this a win?"

After seeing the elves fleeing in a panic, the troll soldiers came out from behind the bushes and rocks, looking at the devastated battlefield in disbelief.

The troops that launched the raid only had more than 80 people in total, and most of them were newly recruited reservists who lacked actual combat experience and were not very proficient in using muskets. Some of them had never even touched a gun. In addition to queue training, the only actual combat subject they had trained in was throwing grenades.

But what they didn't expect was that with just three rounds of grenade attacks, they were able to repel the elven force of more than a hundred people, including divine magicians, without them even suffering any damage.

This? Is this still the elf that has frightened them for hundreds of years?

The troll captain was also a little surprised, but he still said: "No matter what, let's move the spoils first! Take what can be taken away, and burn what can't be taken away!"

"As you command!"

More than eighty troll warriors rushed forward immediately. They first removed the restrictions on the hippopotamus and released them back into the forest. Then they used knives to cut open the exquisite supply bags one by one. The exquisite supplies fell out of the bags instantly.

"This is! Dried meat! Fruit! We are rich!"

"Look, this is an elf's weapon. What a beautiful scimitar."

"Come, come, come here quickly, this is the elf's tobacco, come and take a puff."

Looking at the dazzling array of trophies, the troll warriors' eyes lit up.

"Okay! Don't waste time! Take away all the food you can carry, and pick up weapons, tobacco and other things as needed! We will divide the spoils when we get to a safe place." The troll captain looked at the distance worriedly, and then said, "We only have twenty minutes, hurry up! Move, move!"

The troll soldiers moved quickly. Years of shortage of supplies made them like hungry wolves. Soon each of them was covered with spoils of war. Fortunately, they were tall trolls and their carrying capacity far exceeded that of humans.

But there were so many things in this axle load team that it was impossible for only eighty people to move them all.

Seeing that the twenty minutes were almost up and there were still a lot of things on the ground, the trolls were reluctant to leave and wanted the captain to give them more time so that they could move more things. However, the captain frowned and asked them to stop moving and prepare to retreat.

In desperation, they reluctantly piled up the things and then burned them all.

Looking at the various "luxury goods" on the ground that they normally could not touch, twisting and deforming little by little under the effect of the flames, all the troll warriors showed painful expressions on their faces.

"Let's go! What are you looking at? We are not just robbing this one, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future!"

At the urging of the captain, the troll warriors grabbed the supplies they had looted and quickly shuttled through the forest, finally disappearing completely.

More than half an hour later, a team of fully armed elven warriors arrived here, but there was nothing on the ground except charred ashes.

"Captain of the Flag, there are traces of firearms! A team of enemies equipped with firearms went around to the rear. The baggage train was obviously unprepared for this and was directly defeated." An elf soldier said immediately after surveying the battlefield.

"Can you guess how many people there are on the other side?"

"Judging from the intensity of the enemy's explosion, there are at least two hundred people."

"Two hundred people?!" The flag commander was immediately furious after hearing this. He said, "A team of two hundred people actually rushed to the vicinity of Sanxing City to burn, kill, and loot, and attacked our baggage train, while the patrol team had no news at all. What are they doing? Who has been in charge of patrolling these days? Arrest them all and punish them by military law."

"But..." The staff officer at the side pulled the flag captain aside and said, "Captain Qi, I think the number of 200 people may be a bit exaggerated."

"why."

"Because they burned a lot of supplies. You know, there are a lot of food, weapons, cloth and other things that the trolls urgently need." said the staff officer

"They could be soldiers from Orila City." The flag captain said, "I heard that Orila City is almost as wealthy as our Elf Empire. Ordinary supplies are naturally unattractive to them."

The staff officer said, "I don't think so... The troops in Orila City are still gathering. If they really send a vanguard, they will definitely give priority to defending Gorom City."

"Okay, I get it... Stop talking." The flag commander tried to interrupt the staff officer, and then said, "The proficiency of this firearm, the intensity of this firepower, must be more than 200 Aurora City warriors."

"Captain of the Banner, please allow me to tell you one more clue." The staff officer said, "I just checked the remaining bags of supplies and found that they were all stabbed open without exception. This shows that they did not completely ignore these supplies. Moreover, among the supplies they took away, in addition to food, most of them were cloth and weapons. With the textile and forging industries in Orila City, how could they possibly look down on them..."

"Okay! Stop talking!"

"Please allow me to say one last thing, which is my conclusion." The staff officer paused, then said: "So, this army definitely cannot be from Aurora City. They burned a large amount of supplies simply because they could not carry them all. So the approximate number of the enemy can be inferred from the supplies they took away. This number obviously cannot reach 200, not even half of it."

"God Xiluo, of course I know there can't be 200 people." After hearing this, the flag leader immediately said disdainfully

"ah??"

This answer makes the staff officer unable to do his job.

"Nonsense! If we don't report a higher number of people, how can the people above take it seriously?" The flag captain said, "Besides, if the number of people is too small, the responsibility may be thrown on our baggage team. More than a hundred black baggage teams, including divine magicians, were defeated by dozens of trolls! If I tell others about this, will I still be the flag captain?"

what.

The staff officer was speechless for a moment.

"But if it's a team of 200 people, it's not something the baggage train can defeat. The responsibility for this dereliction of duty must be borne by the patrol team of the 26th Flag Regiment next door! Sometimes, what facts to report and whether to report them is more important than the facts themselves. Boy, learn more."

The flag commander patted the thoughtful staff officer, then said to his men, "Go look for clues around here, collect more information about the locations of the bomb craters, make a statistics, and report them to the wing headquarters."

"As you command!"

The soldiers took immediate action

After clearing the battlefield, the flag captain rode on his unicorn, traveling day and night, bringing clues to the wing headquarters around Sanxing City without stopping.

However, when he pushed open the door exhausted, he found that the atmosphere in the wing regiment was very solemn. When he looked around, he was surprised to realize that the person sitting on the main seat was not their wing commander, but the commander of the entire Third Corps - Harland Bape.

"This is the captain of the 24th Flag Regiment of our Eighth Wing Regiment, who is specifically responsible for baggage transportation." The wing captain introduced him immediately when he saw him come in.

"Responsible for baggage transportation? Does that mean that your heavy troops have also been attacked?" Haaland Bappe asked without raising his head.

也?

Captain Qi was stunned. He knew that things might not be that simple.

Chapter 337: Guerrilla warfare plus firearms, everyone is amazing

"Tell me, what happened to your baggage train?" Haalandbach narrowed his eyes and looked at the flag commander.

"Uh..." The flag captain swallowed and said, "Our baggage train was attacked 47 kilometers south of Sanxing City. Seventeen soldiers were killed or wounded, including a captain under the flag. Judging from the traces of the battle at the scene, there were at least two hundred trolls attacking us."

Two hundred.

Hearing this number, a subtle expression immediately appeared on Haaland Bape's face.

What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?

Captain Qi was shocked

"Lorraine. From the day before yesterday to now, there have been a total of six baggage train attacks." Haaland Bappe said.

What, six?

The flag captain's eyes widened.

He thought he was the only one being attacked, but he didn't expect that it was everywhere.

"All the baggage trains that were hijacked claimed that they were attacked by more than 200 people." Harland Bappe said, "Six incidents mean 1,200 people. Could it be that there are more than 1,000 enemies active near us, and your patrol team knows nothing about it?"

Hearing this, Captain Yi broke out in a cold sweat. He glared at the captain of the flag under him and said, "Do you have more solid evidence for the two hundred people you mentioned? If you make a wrong estimate and affect the judgment of the corps commander, you will be responsible, understand!"

The flag commander had no choice but to tell his staff officer's speculation tremblingly.

"This estimate is quite reliable." Haaland and Bape frowned.

"We had too little time to prepare!" Captain Yi said, "The actions of the First Corps were not notified to our Third Corps in advance. They hastily occupied so much land and burned all the strongholds. It was very difficult for us to defend this area. This gave the trolls an opportunity to take advantage of it."

"Okay!" Harland Bape said, "I don't mean to blame you. You go down first."

Harland Bape waved away the trembling flag commander, and then said to the wing commander: "You are also very clear about the current situation of the Third Corps. We have been defending the southern defense line for so many years, and have never participated in the sacred cleanup. The source of troops is all leftovers from other corps. It is impossible to win the firearms unit of the Orila City Armed Forces in a field battle. That's why the military has appointed us to help transport the heavy."

"But I didn't expect that these trolls could bypass the legion commander's defense line and penetrate into our rear."

"This kind of harassment is not a big deal now." Harland Bappe was worried, "but it may not be the case in a while. The legion commander has stockpiled more than 6,000 soldiers and more than 3,000 laborers at the front! With so many people, the daily consumption is astonishing! If there is a problem with the supply line, I am afraid the battle situation at the front will be very unfavorable."

"Then what should we do?"

"We can only ask the Second Corps for help..." Harland Bape said, "I hope they can consider the overall situation and help us consolidate the baggage line."

Haaland and Bape's concerns are indeed not unreasonable, but he did not expect that the situation would deteriorate so quickly.

After a few days, the baggage train was attacked more and more, and the number of attacks increased at an alarming rate. Not only that, these trolls even dared to unite and attack the patrol team.

At this time, the disadvantage of the Third Corps' field combat strength was immediately reflected. Facing the "precise" bombing of grenades, they had no way to deal with it. Even the patrol team with sharpshooters and divine magicians could not compete with firearms.

The range and accuracy of the troll grenadiers were too terrifying. Often, before the elves could even spot a person, a series of grenades would fly over, blowing up the outer guards, and then they would fire muskets to kill key officers, and finally rush forward.

The elven soldiers often found that their comrades around them had already fled just as they drew their arrows, and the divine magicians were even more trembling with fear when casting defensive spells on themselves, but to no avail.