Chapter 920 · Bloody Battle (Part 2)

It's getting late.

The human side's front line has retreated again and again, retreating at least two or three miles.

The front line of these two or three miles is really full of blood. Every time mankind takes a step back, many warriors will be sacrificed. Every time you retreat, a certain number of lives must be added to prevent the front from collapsing.

Although the human commanders tried their best to seize every opportunity as much as possible, the gap in strength cannot be made up by wisdom after all. Even if they tried their best, they still couldn't reverse the defeat.

All they can do is to defeat as much as possible without chaos, and defeat without collapse.

Behind the human front, the goddess of virtue looked as grave as water.

"Do we need to attack?" asked a strong demigod.

The goddess shook her head and remained silent for a long time before saying: "Retreat to the defense line of the Great Wall and let them attack the city!"

This was also one of the original tactics, but no one expected that the battle that everyone thought should be easy to win would end up like this.

Fortunately, the Great Wall is still there.

With this line of defense that stretches across the eastern part of the northern land and separates the human kingdom and the orc kingdom, even if the orcs have an advantage, they cannot easily win.

Even without the help of divine magic, humans can still rely on the advantages of location and numbers to consume.

The gods have not fallen, there is just something wrong with the connection with the human world. When the problem is eliminated, it will be time for mankind to launch a full-scale counterattack!

At that time, the tired orcs' military disadvantage will be completely exposed, and just one fierce attack will cause them to collapse!

Until then, all humans have to do is endure.

The darkness did not stop the two sides from fighting, nor did it slow down the retreat of humans.

The orc emperor Iroh was still standing on the chariot, with the night wind blowing his long hair. The lion man's golden mane had turned gray due to old age, but his hair was not dry yet, just like the passion and fighting spirit in his chest.

"Humans are retreating. They probably want to retreat to the Great Wall defense line." He spoke for the first time since the war began. "If you want them to bleed more, you must launch a fierce attack now."

"We don't have enough strength to attack." A veteran of the staff group sighed. "Although we still have reserves, considering the subsequent siege, our soldiers need to rest now."

Iroh nodded slightly. He was not good at the art of war. He always respected the opinions of professionals and followed the advice of others.

At this moment, a young staff officer suddenly spoke and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have a suggestion!"

This kind of very unethical behavior would definitely be severely reprimanded in a human country, but there is no problem among orcs. They don't care much about "qualifications" or "rules".

Iroh looked at the other party with interest. The first thing he noticed was the pair of fox ears. There was no doubt that he was a member of the Wilder family, who was always called the "wise man".

"Little Wilder, what do you suggest?" the emperor asked.

The young fox man was so excited by the emperor's friendly attitude that his face turned slightly red. He took two deep breaths, and then said in as calm a tone as possible: "I think we should send some mobile troops to destroy human logistics. and supplies.”

The emperor was stunned. Ever since the Civil War of the Gold Coin Federation, the reputation of the "Mobile Force" has been known to everyone. After further discussion, the mainland countries unanimously adopted a treaty that "prohibits the use of mobile forces to attack enemy logistics and civilians." Now Little Wilder's suggestion that the Orc Empire form a mobile force is tantamount to unilaterally tearing up the treaty. For the Orcs who always respect credibility, it is a very embarrassing and disgraceful thing.

Emperor Yiluo was also a person who valued credibility, so when he heard this suggestion, his first reaction was surprise, and then he wanted to reject it.

However, he did not speak immediately, but looked at the other members of the staff group.

As a monarch, he should consult the opinions of his ministers before making a decision.

Everyone in the staff group was shocked and angry at first, and then they all looked thoughtful. After a while, several of the oldest veterans nodded in agreement.

"The treaty is meaningless now. This battle is a decisive battle between orcs and humans. The winner becomes the overlord, and the loser is likely to be kicked out of the main plane. In this case, of course any means can be used. No need to worry about it anymore.”

"Yes, keeping our word is to get the neutrals to support us. Now the entire main plane has been involved in this war, either friendly or enemy forces, so there are no neutrals left! Since there are no neutrals Why should we talk to them about credit anymore?”

"But be careful not to engage in massacre, otherwise it will anger His Majesty the Mask of the Void..."

"His Majesty the Mask of the Void has clearly declared that he doesn't care about anything except massacres and refugees. As long as the mobile troops do not go too far, he will not interfere."

"Then what's the point of not going too far?"

"This... let's discuss it carefully..."

Emperor Yiluo nodded and asked his staff to discuss this issue.

But before starting to discuss the issue, the staff committee made another suggestion.

"Your Majesty, since we plan to send mobile troops to harass the human rear and supply lines, there is no need to consider the issue of siege." The oldest veteran said, "Then the reserve team does not need to rest. Let's continue the fierce attack. Take advantage of the Now that we have an advantage, if we can kill more, we can kill more!"

Emperor Yiluo naturally accepted his opinion, so the order was passed down.

Accompanying this order was a more brutal fight than during the day, and more bloodshed.

After a day of fighting, both sides were tired. Even the reserve troops who could rest during the day could hardly rest well in this environment, so both sides were in a bad state. However, the orcs could use large-scale magic to quickly restore the soldiers, but the humans who had exhausted their magic power could not.

What's worse is that the orcs generally have dim vision or even dark vision, and the night does not hinder their vision. But humans can't. Even with torches and fires, the vision of most human soldiers is greatly hindered, which makes it difficult for them to see the enemy clearly, difficult to hit the attack, and even more difficult to avoid the enemy's attack.

So on this night, the human losses were extremely heavy. When it was dawn, with the front line retreating significantly, the loss of human soldiers also shocked the commanders.

Of course, during this night, the humans also successfully fought back several times with some arrangements originally in the camp, consuming a large number of orcs' troops, but from the overall statistics, in this short night, the exchange ratio between orcs and humans has exceeded one to five, that is, for every orc soldier who fell, at least five human soldiers fell.

Not only that, the seriously injured orc soldiers can save their lives under divine treatment, and even recover as soon as possible. The human side can't do that. They can only rely on the healing potions prepared in advance to rescue them, but the effect of the potions is very limited after all, which makes it almost impossible for their seriously injured to be saved. If this factor is taken into account, the battle loss ratio of both sides this night is probably even more than one to ten!