novellk Chapter 979, Guderian’s attack, the frustrated orc king!
Chapter 979, Guderian’s attack, the frustrated orc king!
Orc Kingdom.
Department of Saint-Pierre.
This is the territory of the orc nobles close to the border.
All along, every time we fight with the Alpha Kingdom.
The Saint-Pierre department will become a distribution center for supplies.
Countless pioneer knights completed the transfer here with population and resources.
Then head to the border.
This is also the reason.
To guard against the Alpha Kingdom.
A large number of fixed sentry towers have been built on the border of Saint-Pierre Province.
There are also patrolling legions along the sentry towers.
And behind the watchtower along the line.
There are also fortresses of various sizes.
Once an enemy invasion is discovered, the soldiers stationed in these fortresses will provide support as quickly as possible.
However, the orc king summoned an army of 500,000 and marched south.
A large number of patrol corps and watchtower guards from the Saint-Pierre Province were also recruited.
They serve as the second-line auxiliary corps.
Help the army transport supplies.
And after being transferred.
This line of defense began to show holes.
This gave the legion led by Guderian an opportunity.
"News just discovered."
"There are less than ten guards in the fixed outpost closest to us."
"A patrol corps has just left."
"The next patrol will not arrive until tomorrow."
"We have a whole day to get through the line calmly."
"Into the heart of the orcs."
Asis, who was sent to help, recounted the latest intelligence.
Guderian looked at the clear map on the ground.
There was admiration in his eyes.
As expected, Yasis came from a regular army.
Just the map work is beyond my reach.
"One day, is that so long?"
"More than half of the orc patrol corps along the route have been withdrawn."
“Originally, there were three patrols taking turns.”
Guderian nodded.
Then he said to the knight behind him.
"Let Hagen take his subordinates."
"Climb over the outer wall of the watchtower and eliminate the defenders inside."
"Tell Bree to split up the troops immediately."
"All knights assemble."
"Leave the infantry to Commander Yasis."
"Yes, Your Excellency!"
Because of the previous excellent record.
A large number of young nobles gathered around Guderian.
After receiving Fang Yuan's order.
Guderian decisively took a part of them and entered the northwest forest.
Then, he used powerful force to subdue the pioneer knights who retreated into the mountains and forests.
Along the way, they continued to attack the orc supply lines.
After several days of running-in and continuous victories.
Guderian asserted his absolute authority.
Even the most unruly pioneer lord would obey his orders at this time.
As soon as the order was issued.
The nobles spontaneously gathered around Guderian with their most elite knights.
"The number of infantrymen separated is 5,000."
"Our cavalry totals three thousand."
The young knight named Brie said with a look of reverence.
Bree was originally a pioneer noble from Rainbow Territory.
When attacking the Tyre City caravan.
Witness Guderian's madness with your own eyes.
From then on, I was sure that this was the nobleman I followed.
He simply gave up the Rainbow Territory in exchange for a piece of barren land.
He followed Guderian with fifty knights.
Now he is one of Guderian's most trusted knights.
"Don't take the old and weak, and don't take those whose horses are not fast."
"Don't take one with only one horse."
"Abandon all baggage, discard all heavy armor and lances."
"All of them only brought three days' worth of dry food, wore mail armor, and carried only knightly swords."
Guderian gave the order quickly.
This order made Brie couldn't help but be surprised.
"Your Mightiness."
"Our combat effectiveness has dropped by at least 2/3!"
Guderian chuckled.
"We are about to penetrate deep into enemy territory."
"Give up some defense and offense in exchange for great mobility."
"It will keep us alive in the coming war."
“Don’t ask any questions, just do it.”
"Yes!"
Before long, the number of reintegrated knights was reduced to only 1200.
"Assis!"
"I'll leave all these cavalry and infantry to you."
"Six thousand eight hundred in total."
“My requirements are not high.”
"Here, guard our retreat route."
"As long as you can do it."
"I can return in five days at most!"
Asis knew what he was talking about.
"Do not worry."
"As long as I am here, this retreat route will still exist."
Guderian nodded.
He trusted Yasis, just like he trusted Fang Yuan.
Then he stopped talking nonsense and waited for good news from the watchtower.
The knight in charge of attacking the sentry tower fortress was a knight named Hagen.
Unlike Brie.
Hagen was born into a common family and was once a slave in the Alpha Kingdom.
Followed the lord to the northern border to open up new areas.
Later he killed the lord and inherited everything from him.
And he also successfully awakened the magic crystal.
Became a mid-level magic crystal warrior.
After that, he gained a lot of merits in several territorial expansions.
At this time, even everyone knew that Hagen was not the legitimate heir to the title.
In the end, I had no choice but to admit it.
This is the border!
As long as you can fight.
Everything is possible.
After Hagen became lord, his reputation quickly spread among the aristocratic circles.
His nickname is Red Viper.
It's not like there's a venomous snake hidden in the shield.
Instead, it's like a poisonous snake, spying in the dark.
When he finds an opportunity, he rushes up and takes a big bite.
Rumor has it that most of Hagen's territory's income comes from kidnapping.
And the business is very broad.
It also reached the orcs.
This naturally led to contempt and boycott from all sides.
But he is good at fighting, and no one can do anything to him.
Fortunately, the orcs invaded later and focused their attack on Hagen's territory.
Destroyed his entire clan.
Hagen was the only one who escaped.
He then hid in the city of Tyre.
When Guderian was kidnapping caravans in the city.
Hagen seized the opportunity and joined them with his gang.
After several wars.
Hagen became Guderian's vanguard.
Specially responsible for solving difficult-to-attack places such as watchtowers.
now.
The outskirts of the watchtower.
Hagen and his subordinates swam like geckos.
Quickly climbed up the wall.
And inside the watchtower.
Of the eight defenders, four stood at the edge of the wall chatting.
The remaining four hid in the room and slept.
"I heard that the 500,000 troops this time are all combat soldiers."
"This should be the limit of the kingdom's mobilization."
"You're overthinking it. If the king is willing, he can mobilize another 600,000 men."
"We are cannon fodder. We can't even be included in the second mobilization. We can only serve as the second-line supply corps."
"Yes, I heard that the guys from the nomadic grasslands also joined the war, but why didn't I see their army?"
"Over in the Red River Valley, I heard the losses were quite heavy."
"What? Aren't these guys who believe in God known to be strong in combat and able to defeat ten enemies at once?"
"Hey, they can face us, but they hit a snag this time."
"The Red River Valley has absorbed a group of nobles from the Cross Sword Alliance."
“It is thanks to the hard work of this alliance.”
"Only then can we stop the attack of the Temple Legion."
"Ten bishops were killed in battle in one day."
"so much?"
"What do you think? The attack and defense over there was very brutal."
"Yes, I have seen the defense map of the Red River Valley."
"Even with the help of the alchemy puppet, it is difficult to break through quickly."
"We should also let these guys in the temple know that no matter where they are, nobles are not easy to mess with."
"There's no need to talk nonsense. I heard that the followers of the temple are infiltrating everywhere."
"We just want to support our family, there's no need~"
The rest of the words have not yet been spoken.
A dagger stabbed in.
Cut the soldier's neck directly.
The others didn't even have time to react.
The swift dagger cut off his head.
The process was so fast, it happened in almost a moment.
This is Hagen’s strength, especially after experiencing a lot of life and death tests.
Plus it incorporates street fighting.
Hagen's assassination skills have reached perfection.
Just a few ordinary soldiers are no problem at all.
After killing them.
The followers behind Hagen jumped into the watchtower.
Before the remaining few people could react, it was an invasion.
His head was chopped off by the long sword.
"you!"
"Notify His Excellency Guderian immediately."
"Mission accomplished, safe, you can pass."
"As ordered!"
After receiving the news, Guderian immediately led his men to the watchtower.
See the flag waving above.
Guderian kicked his horse's belly and thousands of selected elite human cavalrymen came out.
In one fell swoop, he entered the heart of the orcs.
Simultaneously.
Asis, who stayed behind, quickly took over the place.
"Somebody come!"
"Dispatch five hundred knights to attack the northern sentry tower and patrol."
"Attract the enemy's attention along this line of defense."
"As ordered!"
There was no doubt that Asis's order was correct.
And he ordered this action.
It also bought time for Guderian.
Just after this group of knights attracted the enemy over.
Guderian's cavalry had already arrived at the first fortress in the Saint-Pierre Province.
Here, there are about a hundred guards stationed.
There are a lot of fertile fields around the castle.
After the orcs became nobles, the most significant change was that they learned how to farm.
This is the time for sowing.
Orc slaves of all sizes were bending over to plant rice seedlings.
The orc in charge of supervision was holding a whip and urging them to work.
"You bunch of lazy people, you are not allowed to go to bed until you finish your work today."
The orc slaves endured the damage and could only keep their heads down and farm.
His eyes were filled with numbness.
But that's it.
An arrow passed through.
The overseer was nailed to death with precision.
Subsequently.
Hundreds of human knights arrived.
They rushed forward and killed all the guards outside.
Then in front of all the slaves.
These human knights entered the castle with ease.
Drag out the nobleman stationed here and kill him.
The body was hung on the city wall.
Then he didn't care about these orc slaves.
The human knight quickly disappeared.
This!
This was already the tenth attack launched by Guderian.
There was massive destruction in the rear.
Directly destroyed the orcs' grassroots organization.
This means they have no way to pass on messages upwards.
The nobles above are still unaware that the overseers of their territory have been killed completely.
Those lowly slave laborers actually started a rebellion.
When the human knight left.
The orc slave looked at the dead overseer in front of him.
There was a hint of emotion in those numb eyes.
Then he swung the whip and began to whip the corpse.
After beating the supervisor's body to pieces.
The wildness of these slaves was aroused.
Then the slave rebellion on the border began.
There was turmoil in the rear of the orc army.
In this regard.
The orcs passed the message up.
At the beginning, whether it was the Orc King or other nobles.
Everyone thought it was a trivial matter.
after all!
It happens hundreds of times every year, and they are used to it.
Only a second-line army was sent to provide support.
then!
Tragedy strikes.
The second-line army encountered Guderian.
"kill!"
On the battlefield.
As the armies on both sides began to move towards the center.
The supporting infantry showed expressions of fear.
They couldn't imagine it.
A very simple war to quell an insurgency actually resulted in the appearance of elite human beings.
They are all second-line legions and cannot be used as regular troops at all.
Faced with this sudden attack.
Soon they lost their composure.
Just ten minutes.
The whole army was massacred.
The slaves saw that no orc troops were coming.
It started to get more violent.
No need for Guderian's guidance.
They began to spontaneously attack the noble territories.
Not long.
The number of orc slaves reached as many as 30,000.
This sudden rebellion.
The Governor of Saint-Pierre Province was caught off guard.
He could only urgently dispatch 10,000 troops stationed in the territory to provide assistance.
Then another 20,000 patrol knights were drawn from various places.
After the transfer.
Saint-Pierre's defense is like a sieve.
This was the moment Guderian was waiting for.
More than a thousand people went deep behind enemy lines.
Easily passed Saint Pierre and entered the territory directly under the king of the Orc Kingdom.
Holy Oak Province.
"Your Mightiness."
"The orc king's manor is in front."
"I just got the latest information."
"The orc king's youngest son is on vacation there."
Hear the news.
Guderian showed a grim smile.
"Pass the order."
"Attack the manor."
"Catch the little prince."
"This time, I'm going to make the king pay the ransom!"
"Yes!"
Inside the palace of the Orc King's capital.
This generation of kings was ambitious.
He planned to take advantage of this opportunity to completely swallow up the border.
In order to expand the power of the nobility.
It will take another ten years to completely kill the Beast God of the grassland.
Complete the aristocratization of orcs.
Only nobles have the ability to fight.
The nomadic tribes are a bunch of rubbish.
"Squire."
"Tell me where the latest battle line has been pushed?"
"Yes, Your Majesty the King."
"Based on the latest intelligence."
"Old Patriarch Carlo has surrounded the city of Tyre."
"The alchemist army is attacking."
"But the resistance in the city is strong."
“It is expected to take some time to take it down.”
"And on the two wings, the offensive in the Red River Valley was frustrated."
"But the Beast God's army seized the opportunity to bypass the front line of defense."
"Attack from behind."
"The nobles of the Red River Valley have been badly defeated."
"The defense line has retreated thirty kilometers, and the second defense line has just been established."
"And one-third of the fertile land in the Red River Valley fell into our hands."
Hear the news.
The king frowned.
"The power of the temple?"
"Yes, your Majesty."
"But as agreed."
“All the land is ours.”
The king nodded.
"Send a message to the front line, don't chase them down."
"First, secure the territory of the Red River Valley."
"If the temple won't give it to you, you can take action."
"As ordered!"
Then the attendant pointed in another direction.
"We intercepted the reinforcements from the Rainbow Land."
“Here, a war broke out.”
"The outcome is currently undecided, and there can only be casualties on both sides."
“But we still have the upper hand.”
"At least it guarantees that they will not support the city of Tyre."
"So according to the intelligence from the front line."
"We can optimistically estimate that it will take about ten days at the earliest."
"The city of Tyre can be taken."
The orc king frowned.
"Ten days is too long."
"Tell this to Lance, who is leading the main force."
"The main force is in front."
"The time to capture Tyre City has been reduced to five days!"
"As you command, Your Majesty the King."
Here, he has supreme authority and no one can question it.
In the eyes of the king, they are just human beings!
But just as the order was issued.
There were hurried footsteps outside.
Then the commander of his guards said in panic.
"Your Mightiness."
"The manor in Holy Oak Province was breached by human knights."
"The little prince Elinor has been captured."
Upon hearing the news, the king stood up suddenly.
"what!"
"impossible."
"How could humans still have the strength to get in?"
"We already have the intelligence from the front line~"
The words haven't been spoken yet.
Someone else rushed in.
"Report."
"Your Mightiness."
"Dispatch from Hollyoaks Province."
"About 2,000 knights from the human nobility attacked the territory of His Excellency the Duke of Nova."
"His Excellency the Duke's clan was exterminated!!!"
"what!"
The Duke of Nova is his father-in-law and the most staunch royalist in the kingdom.
Without the Duke of Nova, the king’s confidence in facing the many nobles was reduced by half.
He could no longer easily control the nobles in the country as he had before.
So after hearing the bad news, the king covered his chest with his hands.
He spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted. (End of this chapter)