An army of nearly 50,000 people is marching in neat formation in the wilderness. In addition to elite infantry, this army also has a powerful heavy cavalry team marching together. However, there are no heavy cavalry at this time. Wearing armor, they all only wear light clothes, and heavy armor is carried by accompanying attendants. They must maintain their best condition until the moment of battle.
The team was followed by a considerable number of auxiliary soldiers and civilians who were transporting baggage for the army. After all, this time the army was fighting deep into the wilderness, and the army was mainly infantry. Like Richard, who had brought a small team before, he could directly support him through battle. The battle was different. Without enough supplies, the team would starve before fighting the ogres.
Between the army and the baggage team, dozens of draft horses and many bear-hunting crossbows could be seen walking behind the team. This time, Richard used an upright military force to completely wipe out the cannibals sent by Grugesh. The fire of civilization brought by the devil.
In addition to ground troops, air units are not the Sword Eagle Knights originally equipped in the human legion. The Sword Eagle Knights are too thin and carry little weight. They are almost only used for reconnaissance, and their ground attack capabilities are almost non-existent.
And Richard’s army has a large number of air units and looks much stronger than the sword eagle. The griffon with its strong limbs and sharp claws can directly attack ground targets, even if there is no air superiority. When operating on the ground, the Royal Griffin, which is nearly four meters in size, can easily kill elite soldiers.
There is also a group of more magical aerial units filling Richard’s army. Those elven girls riding silver Pegasus are stronger than griffins in the air. Their close-fitting silver chain armor makes them slender and graceful. Her figure became even more charming, but the exaggerated long knife in her hand created a strange sense of dissonance.
The Silver Pegasus warriors who can inspire fighting spirit are much more threatening than the Royal Griffin when they dive.
As for Richard himself, he was very coquettish and rode the Flying Dragon King for a few laps in the air. It was okay that the knights came from the royal capital. After all, they had been hanging around in the corner of the royal capital for so many years. Although the dragon knights were rare, they were always Having seen it a few times, I know what a giant dragon should look like. Although this flying dragon is not too small, it is still smaller than the weaker green dragon. Its head seems a bit deformed, too. The body looks a bit like a giant dragon. I guess it is where Lord Richard got the sub-dragon species. Anyway, the giant dragon thing has created a lot of sub-species. It can even create its own ecological circle, and there are all kinds of species. Not surprising,
But the warriors of the Northland have not seen so many. In such a corner of the Northland, how can a dragon knight come to visit? When the trouble was so fierce before, a dragon knight came without a dragon. Well, I haven’t let them see what a real dragon looks like.
Now Richard rode the Flying Dragon King and circled in the air for several times, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard and Flying Bear armies. After all, although these soldiers in the North had never seen a giant dragon, as a golden dragon People in the kingdom have been indoctrinated with the power of dragon knights almost since they were young. Now that Lord Richard is also a dragon knight, there is still a reason why he cannot win this battle.
Even if a small number of officers recognized that it was not a giant dragon, they remained silent at the moment. If the soldiers misunderstood it, just misunderstand it. Of course it is a good thing to boost morale, so why talk too much.
After swinging in the air for a few times, Richard returned to the ground and rode alongside many officers, making it easier to dispatch the troops at any time.
It is worth mentioning that Priestess Elena is also among the senior officers, and she is even located very close to Richard, which is enough to show that Richard attaches great importance to her.
Elina did not accept the red flame horse offered by Richard, and still rode her own white horse, which was a lot shorter when walking side by side with Richard.
Elena, who is wearing a battle skirt and silver mail armor, looks somewhat similar to the Silver Pegasus Knight, but her strength is not the same.
After arriving at Demon Suppression City a few days ago, Elena walked around the Demon Suppression City and its surroundings a few times while Richard was busy with matters in the city. Although she didn’t say anything when she came back, just watching Richard go on an expedition this time The fact that she actively expressed her willingness to go out with the army already shows the problem. She should be quite satisfied with the situation in Richard’s territory. When Richard builds the temple of the Dragon of Light, Elena should be completely loyal to Richard.
“Report!”
At this time, several scouts rushed back from a distance. These scouts were still riding ponies from the North. After all, Richard was not rich enough to afford the luxury of equipping all the riders with Western Horses and Red Flame Horses. degree,
Although these small Northland horses are not good at carrying weight or impact, they have the advantage of being easy to maintain and have good endurance. They are still barely usable when used to ration reconnaissance cavalry.
“Sir Richard, the four major ogre tribes are showing signs of merging, and it is estimated that nearly 15,000 to 20,000 ogres are gathering.”
“Well, continue to observe.”
“Yes, sir.”
Richard had already discovered the movements of the four major tribes through the Royal Griffin before the scouts reported back,
The current location of Richard’s army is nearly a week away from the nearest tribes among the four major tribes. However, a human army of this size set foot in the wilderness and marched undisguisedly, and was eaten in advance. It is normal for human monsters to be discovered. Although the ogre system is relatively backward, there are still conventional investigation methods.
If Richard had not been discovered, then their large ogre tribes would have been unworthy of Grugesh’s training.
“Do you need me to fight?”
After hearing the news about the scout, Elena took the initiative to express to Richard that she could help in the battle,
In Elena’s eyes, ogres, a species that can feed on humans, are absolutely evil and dark existences, and they are all things that need to be purified with holy light.
Even if she has not officially pledged her allegiance to Richard yet, Elena is willing to help eliminate the ogres.
“Okay, I hope Ms. Elena will also follow my command after the war.”
Richard was not polite and immediately agreed to Elena’s request. Such a powerful fighting force should not be used in vain.
“Okay.”
Elina also nodded and answered with a good word, which was regarded as accepting Richard’s command.
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The middle of the wilderness
A large group of ogre warriors gathered together again, and the four major tribes rarely joined together again. Since the accidental death of Grugesh, the four major tribes he left behind have developed independently, and even faintly competed for each other. There is still some conflict among small tribes,
Now facing the pressure of the human army, they have no choice but to gather together again.
After a period of development, several tribes have become stronger. At this time, the total number of young and strong ogre warriors gathered here is close to 20,000. This is the number of small tribes they annexed during this period. Results,
Furthermore, with the craftsmen and forging skills accumulated by Grugesh, the armor-wearing rate of the warriors of the four major tribes is not low. Among the 20,000 warriors, there are at least five to six thousand elites wearing iron armor.
It can be said that after Grugesh, the ogres truly became a huge threat to the North. Even if Grugesh died, the legacy he left behind made the four major tribes a lot stronger. Some ogres have led half a foot into civilization from their barbaric state.
“Wuha, why are you becoming more and more timid? There are only 100,000 human beings in total. Is it worthy for our four major tribes to get together? I thought it was such a big deal. Let me bring the warriors from the tribe. More than half.”
“That’s right, our tribe can take care of these weak humans.”
It’s no wonder that the ogre chiefs have expanded. Now they can pull out five to six thousand capable ogre warriors from one tribe, and their armor coverage rate is not low.
Conscript tens of thousands more kobolds, and a normal human army of tens of thousands is really not enough,
Especially after the heavy damage to the Jingbei Army, they felt that no lord in the North had the strength to conquer any of their tribes,
Not to mention the elites of the four major tribes gathered together. With this force, they even felt that they could launch another eastward invasion.
Looking at the indifferent expressions of the fellows in front of him, Wuha shook his head slightly helplessly, and simply used a big move at them to attract their attention.
“This army came from that border castle. The humans who despicably attacked Lord Grugesh last time should be among them.”
“What?”
“Wuha, are you sure?”
“Destroy them, kill them in the most brutal way, and avenge Lord Grugesh!”
Whether it was true or false, upon hearing that it was related to Grugash, several ogre chiefs became excited and wanted to fight Richard’s army immediately to avenge Grugash. Richard ran away…