What do the corpses of two hundred thousand orcs look like?
Rogge hovered in the air and looked around. From the third level of the fort outwards to the distance, they were all densely packed with light cavalry troops who formed a line to chase the fleeing goblins.
Except for the second layer of fortress defense line, there are several huge circular vacuum zones, which are the traces left by the self-destruction of the fortress.
About half of the fortresses exploded. Among the remaining half, Rogge only saw tired warriors in three fortresses. The rest were dead silent. It should be that they failed to detonate successfully.
There are five levels of fort defense in front of Fort Hofra, of which the third level is the highest and the largest fort. This design is to have more angles to shoot arrows back when the enemy attacks, maximizing the defensive advantage.
The situation of the defense line of Fort Hofra is like this, and Rogge estimates that the situation of the entire northwest defense line is similar.
In other words, the roughly one million vanguard troops of the Orc Alliance destroyed the first-tier fortress and half of the second-tier fortress in the northwest defense line. Although almost the entire army was wiped out, in Rogge's view, the empire did not actually take advantage of it.
Because except for the elite black orc troops who were used to inspire brutal killings, the rest of the vanguard army were cannon fodder, and there were also a large number of goblins who could die no matter how many times they died.
It can be said that the goal of the Orc Alliance has been achieved. Using cannon fodder to consume as much of the empire's effective forces as possible is their consistent tactic in war.
Rogge can predict that the next few waves of attacks by the Orc Alliance will be dominated by cannon fodder troops. The main force of the Orc Alliance will not be seen until the five-layer fortress defense line outside the city wall is destroyed.
"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." The short bugle rang through the sky, and the chasing light cavalry troops retreated quickly, seizing the time to clean up the battlefield together with the soldiers pouring out from the fortress defense line.
At the top of the city, a battlefield inspector reported the situation of the first battle to Filia at a very high speed.
"Commander, the call to retreat has been sounded, and the pursuing troops are withdrawing. The situation of this battle is as follows:"
"The Orc Alliance's vanguard army had a total of 200,000 people on the defense line of Fort Hofra. The number of troops who fled was about 50,000, of whom the majority were Goblins, and the rest were all annihilated."
"The fifty first-level fortresses on the defense line were completely destroyed. Fourteen of the thirty second-level fortresses activated the self-destruction magic array and were completely destroyed. The remaining sixteen were damaged to varying degrees, but they could be repaired within five days. "
"Preliminary statistics show that our army has 13,000 killed and 3,000 injured. Judging from the battle loss ratio, it is a great victory."
"A great victory?" Filia retracted her gaze from looking outside the city and stared at the inspector, "The Orc Alliance invaded the whole country. There is no point in studying the battle loss ratio, not to mention that the vanguard army is all old, weak, sick and disabled, no matter how many people are killed, Nor can we injure the enemy's muscles and bones."
"Don't compliment me in the future. Just concentrate on statistics and do your own thing."
Filia is the supreme commander of the defense line of Fort Hofla, appointed by Matilda.
The reason why Matilda does not serve as the commander-in-chief is because Thea reminded her in her first communication that Gruul, the chief of the Orc Alliance, "Hell Axe", personally led the vanguard. As a holy-level combat force, she had Be on guard.
This censor is a veteran, having served many generals, and even had a few words with Emperor Charles.
Years of experience told him that his future would be bright only if he told the generals what they liked to hear.
On the battlefield, who doesn't like to hear the word "great victory"? What's more, it seems true from the data.
So he said it, and now being stared at by Filia's beautiful eyes, he felt like he was sweating all over his body, and his legs were trembling and about to go weak.
Such a beautiful girl has such terrifying eyes, making people want to surrender to her involuntarily.
The inspector had only experienced this feeling from a few marshals and Emperor Charles himself, but how old was the commander? With such momentum, the future of the empire is safe.
If there is a future.
The inspector wanted to think about it, but now the commander was dissatisfied with him, so he had to show his attitude.
The inspector bowed deeply to almost ninety degrees and said, "I was derelict in my duty, then..."
"Get up." Filia said, "Immediately increase manpower to repair the remaining fortresses on the second floor, and send out an inspection team to find the reason why the self-destruction magic circle was not activated. Within two days, I want to see the results."
"Yes! But Commander, two days may not be enough."
"The exploded fortress was not completely blown to pieces. There are a lot of stones that can be used. Move quickly. Two days is enough." Filia paused, "It's just that we may not have two days."
As soon as Filia finished speaking, as if to verify her speculation, a scout rushed over, half-kneeling and reported: "Report! An army of orcs was found one hundred and fifty kilometers away!"
"quantity?"
"I don't know, it's everywhere you can see!" the scout said with lingering fear.
"Sure enough, it's here." Filia pondered, "One hundred and fifty kilometers... If we go quickly, we'll arrive in one day."
The inspector also admired Filia's speculation. The five days he gave were based on past experience, but this war was unusual and experience may not necessarily play a role.
Filia closed her eyes and thought for a while, then ordered: "Continue to conduct reconnaissance, focusing on monitoring the speed of the orc army. In terms of quantity, we can temporarily let go."
"Yes!" The scout took the order and left.
"Inform the troops cleaning the battlefield to pile the corpses of orcs and goblins a hundred meters in front of the second level of the fortress defense line and pour them with fire oil."
"what do you mean……"
"Well, they broke one of our fortress defense lines, so let's use their corpses to buy some more time." Filia handed over a token, "Take the token and go to the 30th fortress behind the wall to find the Yanhuo troops. , let them participate in the work of repairing the fortress and complete it within one day."
"……yes."
The inspector changed quickly, just carried out the operation regardless of the reason, and left in a hurry with the token.
After giving the order, Filia glanced at the sky behind her. The familiar figure was no longer there.
…
A few days ago, the Yanhuo troops followed Yanyang, Hongyan, and Huoling, the three major knights of the Yanyang family, and were transferred to Fort Hofla, and together with the Viper Knights, they became the main force in the defense.
Filia's brother, Reinhardt, is currently waiting in the fortress group behind the city wall. As long as his sister gives the order, he will personally lead the army to attack.
The father of the two brothers and sisters, Marquis Brandon, was a precious holy-level combatant. He assisted the Imperial Marshal Grand Duke Edrache in defending the northern front at Hojakar Castle.
The Yanhuo troops who were ready to go did not wait for their first show after co-organizing with the Wolf Spider, but they waited for the order for them to repair the fortress. In desperation, they had to let the big spiders take off their armor.
Before leaving, Bella said to the inspector who was stunned beyond measure: "Go and tell the eldest lady... No, Commander, the Yanhuo troops will definitely complete the mission and repair the fortress in one day."
"Fifth Prince, let's go."
"Here we come, Sister Bella!" The fifth prince Chakra passed by the inspector.
The inspector finally came to his senses, what happened to these giant spiders? Since when did the empire have such a powerful behemoth?
He finally realized that the Orc Alliance had no main force, and none of the empire's main forces had been activated. It was just that the sacrifices on the empire's side were real warriors, not cannon fodder.
No wonder the commander said that the fort can be built in one day. With these big guys helping to carry the stones, there is indeed hope!
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The Orc Alliance also understands that a tired army will be defeated, so they advanced for two and a half days for the 150 kilometers.
By the time the army arrived at the northwest defense line, the remaining forts on the second level of fort defense had been repaired, and even several smaller ones were built with excess stone at the location of the exploded fort.
However, no matter how many orcs there are, now is the time when the army is at its highest and in the best condition. The war drums are beating and the vanguard begins to charge.
However, the rockets fired from the second level of the fortress broke the orcs' plan.
Although the corpses of cannon fodder orcs and goblins don't have much fat and are not very good fuel, there is a large amount of fire oil present and the fire is extremely powerful.
Under the fiery red sky, the blazing flames became an insurmountable barrier, burning out the orcs' "enthusiasm".
The roars and roars of the orcs were accompanied by the "crackling" sound of the burning fire, but what responded to them was the boulders launched by the trebuchets.
Although the Second Vanguard Army of the Orc Alliance is also cannon fodder, being stoned to death is not a good choice. Cannon fodder must also die meaningfully.
So the orc army was forced to withdraw from the trebuchet's shooting range and wait for the flames to disappear.
The fire was so fierce that the corpses of hundreds of thousands of orcs burned for only one afternoon. As the flames extinguished, darkness enveloped the battlefield.
The roar of the orcs sounded again, and the light returned as a large number of flares rose into the sky.
I saw the black orc army rushing over, led by the elite black orc troops.
They rushed through the pile of corpses of the First Pioneer Army that had just been reduced to ashes, passed through the first layer of fortress group defense line that had been reduced to ruins a few days ago, and were about to rush to the second layer of fort group group defense line.
"Rumble!" The earth fell again.
In front of the second layer of fort group defense line, the newly dug strip trap came into play.
This time, Filia did not choose to wait for the orcs to rush through the trap before triggering the trap to divide them. Instead, she triggered the trap when the black orc troops stepped on the trap, in order to eliminate this elite in advance.
Without the Black Orcs leading the charge, it would be difficult for the remaining cannon fodder troops to activate a state of brutal killing. Without the brutal killing, the cannon fodder is really just cannon fodder.
The strength of the black orcs is still very strong. After falling into a five- to six-meter-deep trap full of spikes, more than half of them survived and have already begun to crawl out.
But Filia would not give them a chance. The trebuchet adjusted its angle, and the boulders roared out, staring at the trap and smashing it.
Her purpose was very clear, which was to annihilate all the black orc elites, and she did it. The black orc elites turned into flesh in the trap.
The orc army obviously paused for a moment, then returned to normal amidst the fierce roar of the orc warlord, waving the inferior weapons in their hands and continuing to charge.
The huge rocks launched by the trebuchet not only killed the elite black orcs, but also filled the traps, which was equivalent to paving the way for the rest of the orcs.
But what the orc army didn't know was that Philiya had paved a road to the underworld for them and built a bridge over the Naihe River.
