Heroes of the Invincible Knight

After flicking the cigarette in his hand, he retracted his thoughts, Li Cha stood up and asked:

"Have you found the orc's grain depot?"

The orc dense forest has been in business for several generations. In addition to the well-equipped cottages, material reserves are also indispensable. Every orc cottage basically has a basement for storing grain, ready to defend the army for at least three months. supplies.

Because most of the grain and grass materials were protected by the orcs in the basement, they could basically survive the dragon's breath.

However, the terrain in the dense forest is complex and vehicles cannot pass, and even the cavalry is greatly restricted in the forest, let alone the carts pulling grain, which can only be carried by civilian husbands, so Li Cha's North Road It is not easy for an army of 100,000 troops to supply supplies in the dense forest. The supplies that can be carried with the army do not exceed ten days' use. After three consecutive days of breaking through the three strongholds of Langshou Village, there was almost no rest in between. After entering the forest for more than a hundred miles, the supply of Dragon Scale Castle could not keep up. This was because the logistics were not harassed by the orcs.

According to the current marching intensity, the supply has actually been out of touch with the army. In order to reduce consumption, the first thing the army does after breaking through the stronghold is to search for the food and supplies stored by the orcs.

"My lord, I've found them. The quantity is enough for the army to consume for a day. If you save some, you can last for two days. It's all thanks to the kobolds."

I don’t know how long it will take to quickly find the orc reserves in the ruins by ordinary soldiers searching aimlessly, but it’s different if there are kobolds in the team. The kobolds with sharp noses will soon be in the dark. On the ruins of Yan, the cellar where the orcs stored food was found.

"No need, let the whole army open their stomachs to eat tonight, and then there will be a high-intensity march, and the soldiers must be fed."

"Let the troops assemble, immediately set up camp on the spot, bury the pot and cook food, rest early, and continue to advance when the sun rises tomorrow."

"Master Li Cha, if we continue to move forward, the food and grass at Dragon Scale Fort will soon be unable to be delivered. It is better to stop for a day and wait for the supplies of Dragon Scale Fort to be delivered."

"Where is the supply team now?"

"Yesterday, we passed Langshou Village. Let's rest for a day. They should be able to deliver it the day after tomorrow."

"Then they don't have to send them away. Go back to Langshou Village and order Longscale Fort to send people to repair Langshou Village. Just store some of the supplies in Langshou Village."

After pausing for a while to think about it, Li Cha seemed to have thought of something, and simply decided to give up the follow-up supplies, and ordered the supply troops to return to the first pass in the forest, Langshou Village.

It's just that after Li Cha's order was issued, the senior officers, including several system heroes, frowned, with worried expressions on their faces.

They are all a group of people who lead troops to fight, and they have an instinctive rejection of leaving the supply line. No matter what era, no matter how capable the army is, it will become soft-legged shrimp after three days of starvation.

"My lord, if it is too unstable to rely solely on capturing the food and grass of the orcs, with the current situation, we will definitely be able to break through the northern jungle."

Alcie thought that Richard had tasted the sweetness of seizing orc supplies, and under his youthful vigor, he took it for granted to rely on the method of fighting to advance quickly.

It's not impossible to use war to support war, but the risk is too high. As a veteran, he basically rejects this kind of behavior, and the advantage is now in his own hands, and he can fight steadily. There is no need to take risks, so he immediately came out to dissuade Li Observe some aggressive behavior.

Only Li Cha shook his head and said:

"If we fight steadily, we will fall into the hands of the orcs. When we fight steadily and spend a month or two with the orcs in this forest, I am afraid that what we will meet when we go out will be the main force of the orcs who have taken care of the middle army."

Now that the war has basically started, it is not a big problem to put the plan on the table, and although Ren and Saul have done a good job of keeping the plan secret, the senior officers in the Northern Route Army have been more or less aware of this operation. The purpose is somewhat speculative.

"Master Richard, do you mean that you are not very optimistic about Sir Saul's actions along the way?"

"No one can guess the outcome of the war until the last moment. Since I am here to lead the Northern Army, I must complete the tasks of the Northern Army. We must pose enough threats to the orcs in a short time to reduce the pressure on the main army in the middle. pressure."

"So, is the mission of our Northern Route Army to act as a bait to attract the orc army?"

After Li Cha basically revealed the plan, several system heroes and Kurz, who had known the plan for a long time, didn't react at all, but several senior officers, including Alcie, who had been obeying orders, changed their colors.

They originally thought that the mission of the Northern Route Army should be to cooperate with the main attack of the Central Route Army, but now it is obvious from Li Cha that they are going to be a bait, and the degree of danger is not at the same level. All of a sudden, everyone's faces became serious.

After being silent for a long time, Arci, a veteran, asked:

"Then what is our task?"

"My task is to break through the northern dense forest and enter the orc plateau, posing a threat to the orc king capital, and mobilizing the main force of the orcs as much as possible to create opportunities for Lord Saul."

"I see, my lord."

Alcie seemed to understand why Richard acted so aggressively. If it was to cooperate with the main force to carry out a grander plan, then compared to the million-level war, the 100,000 soldiers of the Northern Route Army could indeed be used The pawn who came to sacrifice, so he no longer discouraged Li Cha, but said to himself:

"Since I joined the army at Longxiguan, I have experienced hundreds of battles, large and small. There are basically not many comrades left around me at the beginning. I never thought that I would leave Longxiguan alive. It is my duty to die for the kingdom. pleasure."

"It is also our honor to die for the kingdom."

These officers from the Longxiguan army are also used to seeing life and death. Although they were shocked by the information that Richard just revealed, they were not afraid. Greedy and fearful of war.

"Ah"

Seeing that Alxi and others made the atmosphere so tragic, Li Cha chuckled slightly to ruin the atmosphere.

"It's like I'm going to take you to die. Letting the supply team go back doesn't mean we don't have supplies."

"Afterwards, the supply line will get longer and longer. To protect the supply team behind you will involve more troops. I have other ways to supplement it. Don't worry too much. What we have to do now is to break through the orc's defense line in the dense forest as soon as possible and enter the eastern plateau. .”

"Yes, Sir Richard!"

Arcie and the others thought that Li Cha was comforting them, still stroking his shoulders with a serious face and bowing slightly, they took the order to leave, and each went back to organize the soldiers under him to set up a camp to rest.

Li Cha didn't explain too much. He also lived in the big tent that the kobolds had set up for him to rest. The continuous march for several days, even if it was not a big consumption in terms of Li Cha's physical fitness, it was still a waste of time. The actions of the army are more about using their brains, and commanding the actions of the army also makes him a little mentally exhausted. He needs to rest earlier to recover his energy, and try his best to maintain a good state when the intensity of the battle is not high now.

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two days later at noon

Jumu Village, where the orc army is stationed.

Jumu Village is a large village. Although the location is not as favorable as that of Langshou Village, it also happened to be stuck on the main road for the Northern Route Army to leave the plateau from the dense forest to the east.

In this kind of terrain, a detour may be a dead end, even if there is a small road, it will never pass the army, so this orc village is an inevitable target for the North Route Army.

There were originally 3,000 orcs stationed in Jumu Village for a long time, and they were in charge of the surrounding patrol teams and small checkpoints. There were nearly 5,000 orc warriors under the jurisdiction of Jumu Village, which happened to be a banner group. Adru was responsible for the defense of this place. In front of him was Qi Erwei, the leader of the Orc Banner who was in the limelight.

At this time, Qi Erwei did not stay in Jumu Village, but commanded his army more than ten miles away from Jumu Village, with only a hundred guards around him, who simply made some camouflage with tree branches and leaves.

Since it was his tactic, he was the one who implemented it most thoroughly. All the materials in the Jumu Village have been transferred out in the past two days, and they have been scattered and stored in some hidden places in the forest in the form of secret supply points. Only he Only with some officers of sufficient rank under his command can he accurately find these secret supply points.

Some of the supplies that were too late to take away were simply poured with kerosene, and all of them were burned. It was true that none of the supplies were left for Li Cha's army. If you don't have an idea, then you must be miscalculated. Fortunately, Li Cha has a more perfect way of obtaining supplies.

"General Chirway, the people in the first capital have already fought against the enemy. As in the intelligence, there are a large number of kobolds and half-elves in their army, as well as sharpshooters who can shoot every arrow. The casualties were heavy, and it was almost impossible to hold on."

"How big are the casualties in the first capital?"

"More than half of the losses have been lost shortly after the contact. The samurai in command is now seriously injured, but he is still persisting. People in the first capital said that the main casualties were caused by the opponent's sharpshooters."

Hearing the other party's description, Qi Erwei's heart skipped a beat. Although he had learned from the rout soldiers who had returned from Langshou Village that there was a special army in the human army that was good at fighting in the forest, it was very tricky, but the so-called hearing is the answer. Xu, before he actually collided with the opponent, Qi Erwei was still skeptical about the opponent's description. Now that the bloody casualties were in front of him, he couldn't help but not believe it.

"Did you find the dragon?"

"No, their giant dragons should not have been dispatched yet, but the human army is very close to us."

"Order them to retreat while fighting. They don't have to fight head-on with the human forwards, just resist steadily according to the established route."

After paying a certain price for testing, Qierwei immediately ordered the army to change tactics.

"Yes, General!"

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On the other side, in the army of the North Route Army.

Li Cha looked thoughtfully at Jumu Village, where black smoke was rising in front of him.

After breaking through several orc villages in succession after Langshou Village, the North Route Army basically did not encounter any decent resistance. Most of the orcs guarding the village were slaughtered by giant dragons without even seeing the army on the ground. Most of them, and occasionally a small number of orcs who survived have no will to fight at all, and basically do not pose any threat.

It's just that this time they obviously haven't arrived at the orc's army stronghold, and the orcs themselves burned the army stronghold. Apparently, the orcs have already reacted, knowing that guarding in the army stronghold can only wait to be cleaned up by the dragon, so they simply gave up these things. The well-equipped stockade was burned down, and none of it was left for Li Cha. Presumably, the food in it was either taken away by the orcs, or burned along with the army stockade.

If Li Cha dared to use war to support war, he would be blinded immediately in the face of this situation. Fortunately, Li Cha had other plans for the issue of supplies.

"It seems that the orcs have already reacted, and the next battle will not be so easy."

"Go, tell General Gru, proceed carefully, the orcs are ready."

"Order the First Legion, send people to cooperate with the task force, and join the jungle battle with the orcs."

"Yes, my lord!"

At this time, the main force fighting in the forest is still a task force composed of kobolds, half-elves, and some system troops from the barrier (elf) forces. Most of the system troops are still in the hands of Richard and have not been used. I don't want to fight the orcs in the forest with the precious system army in my hand.

The four regiments of the North Route Army followed him all the way, and they basically didn't experience any hard battles. Now it's time to make a move and fight the orcs.

Soon, under Li Cha's order, Alcie led his army to support the task force that was still entangled with the orcs in the woods.

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