In the dust and smoke, dark hair was floating in the strong wind stirred up by the huge power. Chief Black Goat Orcs stood in the empty position of the city gate. He walked forward, and looking at the Black Goat Orcs who looked like Demons in the dust and smoke, everyone was retreating crazily.
"Humans..."
Black Goat Orcs grabbed a human and smashed it against the city wall with huge force. A pool of blood spattered on the stone. The soldier's body fell down and was then trampled by Black Goat Orcs.
"It's over, it's all over."
Above, Viscount Landa said desperately, and then his eyes turned crazy.
"Hold them off and don't let Orcs enter the city!!!"
He roared loudly. As the Noble Title highest noble in the city, he was the commander of all the armies. Although the soldiers were frightened by the sudden change, thousands of soldiers still bravely rushed to the city gate.
"Stop them!"
The knights raised their swords to their chests, chanting the glory of the knights in their mouths, and then attacked Chief Black Goat Orcs fearlessly.
"Humans, you are too weak!"
Chief Black Goat Orcs roared and laughed, punching one Golden Knight, sending him flying away. On his horns, a dark vortex was condensing, condensing terrifying energy to penetrate the knight who flew out and fell to the ground.
At this moment, a thunderbolt fell from above his head, and Chief Black Goat Orcs jumped away nervously. When he raised his head, he saw a famous demon Mages chanting, Magic Power surging in the void, and powerful magic gathered in groups and blasted towards him.
Saint Realm's strength allowed him to use countless magic spells, but he had to pay attention to the Magic Scroll held in the hands of some of the demons Mages. This was something the empire had given to Viscount Landa out of pity. It could be preserved for thirty to fifty years. He didn't expect to use it so quickly.
Boom!!!,
The power of magic came, and the Black Goat Orcs chief's eyes flashed with violence. This feeling was too oppressive, and he kept jumping, trying to get closer to the demons Mages.
At the gate of the city, densely packed Black Goat Orcs and human soldiers were crowded together. The small space was their battlefield. The ones trampled under their feet gradually turned into corpses. The brutal Orcs kept pushing past the human defense line.
"Damn Mages! You can't stop the great Black Goat."
Chief Black Goat Orcs roared, running wildly on the city wall with both hooves. As the black light on the horns flowed like a whirlpool, a huge Black Goat head rushed out from the black mist. He lowered his head and slammed the horns towards the demons Mages.
The magic array in the void was shattered inch by inch. Chief Black Goat Orcs fell from the sky and hit the middle of the human soldiers. Saint Realm's power exploded at this moment, like a human but with only four-fingered claws tearing apart the flesh and blood of the surrounding human soldiers. Then he reached out and pulled out the two curved ram's horns above his head, turning them into two scimitars to chop and sweep across.
The black scimitar blade tore open a huge hole, and dozens or hundreds of human soldiers were killed like mowing grass. Behind Chief Black Goat Orcs, a large number of Black Goat Orcs were finally able to swarm out.
Cold Mountain City was finally defeated. Thousands of humans began to flee in all directions, with the Orcss chasing after them wantonly.
Of course, the nobles were the fastest, but some nobles were still caught up. They were lucky enough to survive the last Orcs invasion, but now they no longer have the same luck.
The entire Cold Mountain City County is in a mess, and not many human beings can be seen. The surrounding noble territories of Northwind County, Dragon Mountain County and Thundercloud County are also in turmoil. The knights of the nobles patrol day and night, and the families of the nobles have all hid in the castle. At least the existence of the castle allows them to fight against the large number of wandering Orcs.
The only problem is what to do with food.
Black Goat Orcs will also eat human food, especially wheat, which is a delicacy to Black Goat Orcs.
And without food, most people can't survive this thing.
"We must snatch back the food. Although it is not fully mature yet, we cannot leave it to those Orcs no matter what."
The nobleman yelled and ordered his people to fight for the food. He didn't want to make ends meet and go hungry this winter.
However, after organizing several counterattacks, many went out and few came back. The nobles finally became afraid.
"What should I do? Where is Noble Allied Army? Why haven't you come to me to kill those damn Orcs!"
He was not the only one who was anxious, Lord Horla was equally anxious. He led Flying Wolf Cavalry Legion around to save the situation, but there were too many Orcss and they were scattered in too many places. Facing those huge Orcs legions, he was worried about The loss of Flying Wolf Cavalry, and a small amount of Orcs, kept running away after seeing Flying Wolf Cavalry. The terrain of Northwind Province is not smooth to begin with. As long as you put some effort, Orcs can avoid the attack of Flying Wolf Cavalry.
After they left, Orcs continued to cause chaos. To them, all humans on this land were their enemies, and all resources were targets for them to plunder.
The lands of several surrounding counties are filled with chaos, and humans fear the arrival of Orcs.
Phew!
The arrow flew through the air and penetrated into Orcs's chest. Watching Orcs fall in front of her, a human woman moved her feet in shock to keep herself away from this horrific corpse.
After a moment, she turned her head and raised her head to see tall war horses walking past her. These war horses had a layer of metal armor on their heads, and their eyes were revealed from the holes. Their gazes fell on the woman's body, as cold as Northlands wind and snow.
The woman reacted and quickly knelt on the ground, thanking the noble man for saving her.
In the distance, dozens of war horses were galloping back.
"Lord Ryan, the village Orcs has been cleared."
Ryan nodded, and this group of one thousand Stag Legion slowly moved towards the distance. The woman behind looked at the flag flying in the legion, and suddenly realized which nobleman's badge it was.
"It turned out to be Mr. Baron Ryan."
The woman's eyes widened in surprise. She still remembered that Master Baron Ryan led the army to drive away Orcs time and time again.
"We can be saved. We can be saved."
The woman cried and ran towards home. She was frightened and would never dare to go out to pick wild vegetables alone next time.
As the cavalry advanced, a noble knight ran towards this side in surprise. He also had a war horse under him.
"Master Baron Ryan, my master Baron would like to ask you to support the territory."
He told Ryan that Baron named Carlson was trapped in the castle. There were seven or eight hundred people in the castle, and the outside was invaded and occupied by Orcs.
"Go back and tell Carlson Baron to defend his castle, and the glory of his family will be draped on him."
After Ryan finished speaking, the attendants beside him drove away the knights, and the army continued to approach Cold Mountain City.
The Cold Mountain Citys have been occupied, but the Orcss will not stay long in a place where there is no benefit. After the initial rampage, the Orcss began to disperse on a large scale. In addition to the bare city and buildings, there were not many Orcss left in the city.
"This city was attacked by the Saint Realm?"
Ryan Yuanyuan looked at the location of the broken city gate. The attendants around him were already cleaning up Orcs who found them. Seeing so many human cavalry, Orcs wanted to retreat, but the powerful bows and arrows that followed made them unable to retreat.
Flying Wolf Cavalry fell from the sky, and thousands of troops came here from Frozen Earth Territory. Of course, they couldn't be invisible.
Hearing what Flying Wolf Cavalry said, Ryan had a strange expression.
"Viscount Landa wants me to help him recover Cold Mountain City?"
Shaking his head, Ryan said to Flying Wolf Cavalry.
"Go back and tell him to gather all the troops he can and follow me to Fragrant Mountain Plains."
"We can take back Fragrant Mountain Plains's fortress, his Cold Mountain City, and his land."
"But..."
What else did Flying Wolf Cavalry want to say, but the look in Ryan's eyes made him swallow all his words. Flying Wolf Cavalry Legion was once commanded by Ryan, but what impressed them more was the hostile war between the two sides during Forest Otherworld's time.
Because the direction of Ryan has always been on the edge of Northwind Province, we have not encountered large-scale Orcs. Those Orcs are now raging inside the province.
He arrived at Fragrant Mountain Plains, looking at the endless flatness in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh at the miraculous craftsmanship of nature.
In the middle of Fragrant Mountain Plains is a flat land with only weeds, but on the gentle slopes close to the mountains on both sides, there are dense camphor trees. They are a good source of spices. However, the extraction methods of Cold Mountain City County nobles are not perfect enough. The amount of spices produced is very small, and the Gold Coin earned from selling is not much.
Thousands of cavalry were walking through the plain, and the number of Orcs gradually increased. He put away his contempt, and Ryan ordered the army to charge.
The Orcss were also charging. Thousands of Orcss didn't understand what defense meant at all, so they clamored and charged towards the cavalry legions.
On the plain, the lethality of the cavalry was terrifying. With one charge of the fully armed Stag Legion, the lance penetrated the bodies of thousands of Orcs. The collision of the war horses also destroyed a large number of Orcs. was knocked out and the battlefield became chaotic for a moment. Orcs reacted and ran away in fear. Then he was chased by the cavalry. Knight's Greatsword chopped down and killed Orcs.
Without chasing too far, the cavalry returned to Ryan. At this time, some figures suddenly ran out from the distance.
When I got closer, I saw that they were a group of soldiers whose faces were purple from the cold. They were once guarding Fragrant Mountain Plains Fortress. Later, they fled and were blocked from the front and back. Finally, Mountain Forest escaped to both sides and survived. They relied on wild beasts and fruit and weeds as food. But from the looks of it, they wouldn't be able to survive for long if they continued.
"Master Baron Ryan, you are finally here."
The soldiers knelt on the ground, their hands and feet stiff with cold. The linen clothes on their bodies came from the fortress. They found it after sneaking back to the fortress, but they paid a huge price for it.
Seeing the flag of Ryan at this moment, these soldiers do not know Ryan, but they know the flag of the Rhino Horn Mountain badge in the army. The whole world is a badge that belongs exclusively to Frozen Earth Territory and is remembered by the soldiers because they also participated in the wars in those years and even followed Ryan to the Andara Kingdom to participate in the Kingdom War.
Ryan has a very strong majesty in their hearts. The most important thing is that when they followed Baron Ryan, they never lost a battle.
During these days, these soldiers were also thinking that perhaps only Baron Ryan could lead the noble army to expel Orcs from Northlands. Similarly, they were also thinking that if Baron Ryan guarded Fragrant Mountain Plains Fortress, it must be the strongest fortress in the world.
This is the majesty and trust brought by the previous wars.
Lai Ni gave these soldiers some food and clothes, and then asked:
"How many people are there who escaped from Fragrant Mountain Plains Fortress and are hiding? Can you contact them?"
"Yes, there are many people hiding in the mountains, but Northlands is too cold. We don't know how many people have froze to death."
The soldiers did not know how to count, and they, who had been farmers and even serfs for generations, did not have any knowledge in their minds to detect the number of soldiers and could not give the answer Ryan wanted.
"You contact them and come here to find me. I will lead them to take back the human fortress and drive out Orcs."
Ryan said this, and the soldiers' eyes also lit up. They had no doubt that Ryan could do this.
Watching these soldiers go away, Ryan also opened Planar Gate leading to Bilki, and the soldiers shuttled between them, carrying food and warm clothes.
There are many warehouses in Bilki World, which is also one of Ryan's methods. Extraordinary Legion led by him does not need to carry logistical materials that slow down the speed. As long as the door is opened, a large amount of materials can be moved out from Otherworld.
After waiting for almost two hours, a large number of humans appeared in front of Ryan. They were shocked to see Baron Ryan appearing here and the resources they needed to save their lives kneeling on the ground.
"Have a rest for a long time. Tomorrow morning, when Dawn arrives, we will launch an attack on Orcs on Fragrant Mountain Plains."
Ryan said loudly, and the eyes of the soldiers in front of them shone brightly, and then they swallowed the food in big mouthfuls. When they couldn't swallow it, they directly grabbed the snow on the leaves next to them and stuffed it into their mouths. For the people of Northwind Province, this is the most important way for them to absorb water.
Ryan doesn't know whether they are in good health or die early. Anyway, this kind of thing is difficult to change in Frozen Earth Territory. Firewood is needed to heat hot water, and firewood... firewood ranks first among firewood, rice, oil and salt.
Keeping warm is more important than hot water. Nowadays, the people of Frozen Earth Territory will only find ways to warm snow water if there is space when cooking.
This is a problem that even Ryan cannot solve, because he can order that hot water must be drunk, but he cannot solve the problem that comes with it, which is energy.
So we can only sit back and watch the choices of the people in real life. Just like at this moment, except for Ryan himself, most of the Knight Retainer behind him are grabbing the snow to replenish water. Among the supplies they carry with them, water bottles only account for a small part, only two or three mouthfuls.
Those few sips of water were even given to the war horses with a higher priority than the soldiers themselves.
This is also because soldiers living in Northlands do not need to worry about water sources. At least they cannot die, so it is a trivial matter that their body cannot bear it.
Knight Retainer's physical fitness is of course stronger and more resistant.
In Mountain Forest, the night is freezing, but fortunately there are tents among the supplies that were moved out, and there are not many of them. But now the soldiers don't care about this. Dozens of people are crowded into one tent and they are snoring like thunder.
"Three thousand six hundred and forty people in total."
Brandt counted the number of soldiers and reported it to Ryan. Early the next morning, Ryan conjured a spear and handed it to these more than 3,600 soldiers, which once again shocked these people.
"You have witnessed Fragrant Mountain Plains Fortress being breached. You know best how many Orcs have entered Northwind Province. Now, Cold Mountain City has been breached. This area is full of Orcs. Do you know where your own way out is?"
"How can we keep you soldiers who have to hide in the mountains and starve and freeze alive? Do you know it yourself?"
"Go south. You want to go back to your own village and town, back to your own home. Ask yourself, can you go that far? Can you get back to your home from so many Orcss?"
"You can't even get out Fragrant Mountain Plains. Without me, all ten thousand of you will freeze to death and starve to death here."
"Your only way to survive is the fortress of Fragrant Mountain Plains. There are supplies supported by the nobles and the empire, there are countless grains and meats, and there are a lot of clothes. The most important thing is that the houses there have only one gap in the windows, and the cold wind and snow cannot blow in."
"Occupy it and you will be able to survive without starving or freezing. You don't even need to return to the territory to work day after day."
"Northwind Province's land is not easy to farm. On the contrary, it is even easier to become a soldier and participate in the war."
"You are afraid of death, but now that death has come once, I think you are not so afraid of death anymore."
"There are ten thousand people here, and there are two thousand Knight Retainer behind me. There are twelve thousand people in total. How many Orcs are there in Fragrant Mountain Plains Fortress? There are only ten thousand at most."
Ryan said loudly, looking at these unwise soldiers, he knew that such a white lie was the best result.
Looking at the dense crowd of heads around them, the soldiers certainly believed what Ryan said, not only because it was Ryan who said this, but also because they did have no way out in the past few days. Hiding in the mountains would mean death, but rushing into Fragrant Mountain Plains Fortress might survive.
I didn't have the courage before because I didn't have a leader or a strong knight to fight against the strong Orcs, but now everything is ready.
"Charge!"
Orcs is very sleepy, but this is not their bad habit, but because they live in Northlands's ice and snow all year round, sleeping is the best way to relieve hunger and preserve temperature.
Moreover, Fragrant Mountain Plains Fortress is, after all, a human fortress.
The reason why the fortress is called a fortress rather than a city is not only because it is located on the edge of human land and faces powerful enemies, but also because the fortress itself has a large number of mechanisms. The most powerful thing about humans is not strength or speed, but the wisdom of using all tools.
Thousands of people came to the fortress, but found nothing Orcs inside. Then, soldiers who were familiar with the fortress found a way to quietly enter it.
In fact - the gate to the south of the fortress was not closed. Orcs did not have this habit, but for the sake of safety, Ryan still chose to take the secret passage.