Lord Harland

Now that the two armies on the east and south routes have successfully merged, Haaland has assembled 37,000 troops. Although the orcs near the Puliland area now have thirty-four brigades and a concentration of more than 70,000 troops, their actual combat effectiveness is far from the opponent of Harland's army.

The enemy cannot be defeated in field battles, and the city defenses cannot stop the magic crystal cannons and have lost their effect. The only way to retreat is waiting for the orcs.

After the two armies met, it was already getting late, and Richard didn't want to march after dark. He decided to camp and rest for one night before going into battle tomorrow.

Seeing Harland leading the army approaching, the Legendary Gnolls had already decided to make plans to evacuate.

Since the failure of the Battle of Samba River, the upper class of the orcs have realized that the city of Pulilan cannot hold on for a long time. Whether it is Melon La, the commander-in-chief of the Prairie Governor-General, or the legendary jackal Truye, the commander of the Eastern Front, they have all taken the initiative from Pulilan. Plans for regional retreat.

But according to their estimates, it would take at least ten years for the Harland Territory to be able to occupy the Puliland area.

The orcs' intelligence can only be deduced based on the situation at that time.

But in this world, situations will continue to change.

After the Battle of Samba River failed, the orcs turned their attention to the west and severely damaged the two Dukes Edward and Fox. After the defeat of the two northern Xinjiang dukes, they made a desperate decision to develop towards the south. Driven by them, the Grant Kingdom launched a southern expedition, defeated the Delong Kingdom and the East Coast United Kingdom, and captured a large territory of the population.

With the help of the war, Harland's leadership ushered in leaps and bounds of development.

The population size alone has increased from more than 2 million to nearly 8 million, and the size of the army has also increased by 30,000. In just three years, the number of professionals in the Duchy of Harland has increased by more than 8,000, and he also has An elite coalition of nobles who are good at fighting has developed more in three years than in the normal ten years.

In the current situation, the Harland leader has enough power to swallow up Pulilan.

In the past three years, the legendary gnolls have moved some tribes westward, mainly the snake body tribe, the gnoll legion, dragon-veined kobolds and other elite tribes.

The Orc tribe, the Silver Moon Sirius tribe, and the Harpy tribe are ready to relocate, but they have not yet found a new settlement. Human slaves are still farming in the Pulilan area.

Ordinary orc tribes, such as the fox tribe, lion men, wild boar men, and werewolves, have been notified, started preparations, and will start moving westward in two or three years.

A large number of kobold tribes do not need to be relocated. Anyway, the reproduction rate of kobolds is such that humans cannot kill them all. Keeping the kobold tribe in Pulilan can also restrain the energy of Harland. The Orc Empire is indispensable for this kind of garbage. troops.

Richard appeared near Pulilan with his army, catching the orcs off guard. The relocation work is not ready yet. Once the decision is made to evacuate, the losses will be very heavy in the face of the pursuit of Haaland's army.

However, it is also very difficult to let the main force of the orcs stay in the Puliland area to fight a war and cover the orc tribe's westward movement, because the orcs of the Eastern Front of the Prairie Governor's Region have no chance of winning in a field battle with Harland's army. Although the strength of the orcs has returned to fourteen legions, they have lost two elite troops, and the newly formed orc legions have very average combat effectiveness.

Moreover, the Eastern Front Army of the Prairie Governor's Region had many places to defend, including more than one Pulilan. The legendary gnolls can only assemble up to eight legions in the Puliland area.

Leading eight orc legions into a field battle with Harland's 110,000-strong army, the Legendary Jackal had no chance of winning.

The commander of the Grassland Governor-General Melon La made it very clear that the Grassland Governor-General has not been able to receive support from the headquarters in recent years. The superiors had no reinforcements, and the Eastern Front could only rely on its own strength to maintain the situation.

The war between orcs and humans has been going on for nearly three thousand years. During this long-term war, the battle lines have been constantly moving. When the orc empire was strong, it once reached the southern border of the Kingdom of Delong. When the orcs declined, they also abandoned the northern prairie.

For the vast orc empire, which covers an area of ​​more than 80 million square kilometers, although the grassland governorate is very important, it is only a partial division after all, and the land controlled by the central royal court is the most critical.

The Governor-General of the Grassland also has 12 million square kilometers of land. The three fronts must not only protect the northern prairie, but also protect the Silver Wolf Mountains, coastal forests, Philly Highlands, and Northland Icefields.

Now the situation is very unfavorable to the orcs. The power in the hands of the legendary jackal can no longer occupy such a vast territory. Now he must make a decision.

As an experienced commander, Jackal Truyer was very decisive. When Harland led the flying troops deep into the Puliland area, Truyer had plans to fully shrink.

The first one to give up was the Northern Icefield.

The Northland Icefield is located in the northern part of the prairie. Its area is twice that of the northern prairie, covering more than six million square kilometers. Its geographical location is almost the northernmost point of the continent in the Dawn Plane.

Continuing to go north from the northern prairie, there is a vast ocean. This ocean is named the Arctic Sea and is located at the North Pole of the Dawn Planet. A legendary magician once traveled in this area, personally measured the terrain of the Arctic Sea, and drew a rough map. The area of ​​the Arctic Sea is approximately more than 30 million square kilometers, which is far less large than the other sea areas.

The coastal areas of the Northland Icefield are frozen for at least four to five months a year, and some areas are frozen for eight or nine months.

The North Icefield was the center point of the battle between the rules wizards and the Undead Lord. This area once lost an Undead Lord. The land is filled with a large amount of undead power. Every year, many undead go south from the North Icefield to fight with the orcs. Combat.

The orcs often need to concentrate four legions in the northern front area. Only during the southern expedition will troops be mobilized from the northern ice fields to plunder southward.

By abandoning the northern ice fields, Truyer could not only liberate the four legions, but also rely on the undead from the south to contain some of the energy of the Harland leader, leaving Richard unable to catch up. After all, it occupies Puliland, which is only three to four hundred kilometers away from the North Icefield. After this decision is made, it should be able to stop Harland's footsteps and improve his own situation.

In addition to abandoning the North Icefield, Truye also gathered a large number of elites and arranged three Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry Brigades and two Orc Brigades to move eastward with part of the Orc tribe. With this army in check in the east, Richard could not focus on the west.

After seeing Harland leading three armies approaching, Truyer decisively ordered the massacre of human slaves and abandoned Prilan.

In an instant, the cries of human slaves were heard everywhere in the Pulilan area. Although Harland led the army to rescue some, the total number was only 120,000.

This group of people came from the two duchies of Edward and Fox. They were plundered by the Orc Empire three years ago and then arranged to farm near Puliland. After finally surviving in the Orc Empire, they suffered another massacre and lost more than two-thirds of the population. It looked extremely miserable.

Seeing how ferocious the orcs were, Richard left five thousand soldiers to guard Pulilan and led the remaining soldiers out of the city to pursue them.

The two armies encountered each other in the northwest region of Puliland. Richard decisively led more than 30,000 soldiers to fight 70,000 orcs.

Before the decisive battle between the two armies, Richard, Sophia, and Wendy released eight starlight bombs in succession. Starlights continuously fell into the orcs' formation. The ground troops in Harland's territory defeated the orcs before they took action.

Even the legendary first-level jackal commander Truyer was not spared. His traces were exposed during the battle, and he was focused on taking care of two star bombs in a row. He died on the spot on the battlefield.

In this battle, more than 30,000 of the 70,000 orc troops were annihilated by the Harland leader, and 40,000 orcs were defeated on the spot. The Harland leader had very few soldiers, with only two to three hundred casualties in the pursuit and annihilation battle.

The main force of Pulilan's orcs was defeated, and Soros's troops also seized the opportunity to beat the lost dogs on the northern front. They fought several battles and wiped out 20,000 orc troops.

The three armies achieved victory successively, annihilating 70,000 orcs and routing 60,000 in several battles. Six orc legions were almost wiped out in a strategic sense.

The Eastern Front had only fourteen legions in total. After this battle, it was unable to fight against the Duke of Harland and could only withdraw its main force to the west.

After defeating the main force of the orcs, Harland's army could not stay in the northern prairie for too long.

After all, the development level of Eagle Province was very low and could not support a large number of soldiers fighting on the front line. With the Harland Territory taking control of Puliland, the supply line was extended by more than 200 kilometers.

The supply line for transporting grain from Heihe Province to Pulilan is already 800 kilometers away. Although it can be transported 100 kilometers north by rail, which saves a lot of manpower and material resources, the 600-700-kilometer long supply line still has to cross an altitude of four The cost of the five-thousand-meter Eagle Mountain Range is still very high. Twenty kilograms of grain are consumed on the road to transport one kilogram to the front line.

Moreover, the army led by Harland also rescued 130,000 people from the Puliland area. Although the food consumed by the serfs was far less than that of the army, the food consumed by the 130,000 serfs was roughly equivalent to the food consumed by the army of 20,000 to 30,000.

However, Pulilan has added 130,000 mouths, and at least 25,000 tons of grain need to be transported from the rear. In order to settle these people, it is also necessary to mobilize livestock from the rear to grow grain, clothing, and salt. In the first few years, even wood, bricks and tiles had to be transported from behind. This huge demand for transportation capacity cannot be afforded by Harland until the railway line is completed.

So after consuming a lot of food, Richard immediately made the decision to retreat. But this time Pulilan was captured, and Harland leader already had plans to control this place for a long time.

Although it was impossible to support 110,000 troops and 130,000 serfs in Pulilan, according to the calculations of the staff department, it was barely possible to station 15,000 soldiers and 30,000 serfs in Pulilan.

In the end, Richard deployed five brigades from the First Army, two infantry brigades from the Second Army, and two infantry brigades from the Third Army, and then temporarily left the Griffin Knights in Puliland.

This garrison will be reorganized into the Fifth Army of Harland, and the commander of the army, Richard, directly recruited Grumang.

Grumang has been joining the Harland Territory for five years. He has served as the deputy commander of the Mad Lion Legion. His professional level has reached level nine and he is capable enough to be the commander of the legion.

Haaland led the first brigade of elite infantry and temporarily stayed in Pulilan.

After leaving the garrison in the Puliland area, Richard led the main force of Lord Harland and slowly retreated to the Beishan defense line.

As the army retreated, the supply line was shortened by hundreds of kilometers, and Harland's pressure on transporting food was greatly reduced. Especially the several brigades garrisoned in Xueshan County no longer need to transport supplies from the rear for replenishment.

Sutton's coalition of more than 10,000 nobles will also return to the territory after the war, saving a lot of costs.

As for the 90,000 people who were brought back to the Eagle Province from the Puliland area, they were temporarily settled in this province.

Although the development level of Eagle Province is very average, it can still provide basic supplies for 90,000 indentured slaves, such as wood, coal, masonry, steel and other basic resources. The rear only needs to transport food to support these 90,000 people to open up wasteland and develop.

Last year, Eagle Province was unable to be self-sufficient and needed food support from the central and central provinces. This year, with the improvement of development, it has more mature fields. After the autumn harvest, Eagle Province can already be self-sufficient and provides food for Beishan. The defense line has been replenished with some food, and the tight logistics transportation line only needs to be maintained for a few more months.

Fortunately, the people involved in the transportation were all serfs with very low cost. If freedmen were used, the Harland leader could not afford the labor costs at all.

After the army returned, Harland leader once again began to reward the troops.

The first was Viscount Luomen. Not only did he send two thousand elites and one hundred and fifty Warcraft cavalry to join the battle, he also asked his eldest son Terrason to lead the troops himself. The Luomen family has made fourteen great achievements in this battle, and combined with the merits accumulated in the past, they can be granted two baronies.

In recent years, Viscount Roman has assigned a barony to his third son, Crean, and has sealed his second son in the southern territory. With the rapid development of the Dukedom of Harland, the Roman family has also successfully embraced Thigh, he has won many battles and made great achievements. In less than ten years, four baronies were granted.

Even according to the current development speed, it is possible to be promoted to the great aristocracy.

Then there is Sutton. Elf and Sylph played a very crucial role in this battle, and together they were granted another viscounty. Now Sutton and Sylph each have two viscounties. The combined territory of mother and son exceeds 30,000 square kilometers, which is enough for the activities of the elven tribe.

Then the two army commanders, Soros and Jennings, once again accumulated enough merits and were granted a barony.

Jennings has been granted three baronies and can be promoted to the viscount class. Soros even has five baronies in his hands, but he has divided them among his three children, and his own territory cannot be promoted to viscount.

When you become a legion commander, you can get victory merits. Compared with beheading merits, victory merits are awarded based on vaguer standards. In such a victorious battle, Soros, Jennings and other corps commanders can get at least five major victory merits.