lizard lord

Chapter 166 Reinforcement
The hobgoblin played a cameo role as the captain of the transportation team and replenished them with a lot of supplies. Even though the physique of the hobgoblin is different from these species in the city, there are still a lot of things that can be used.

There are many hobgoblin outposts on the road. Although it is said that there are not many garrisons in the station, it is still not a problem to ventilate. The spirits were passing messages to each other, and they didn't know how fast the other party's reaction speed would be. Tang Zhao and others accepted it as soon as they saw it, and hurried back home.

That night, in a meeting room.

[How about the statistical results?What is the damage and whether we have obtained enough supplies? This is a question that everyone present is very concerned about. 】

"The kobolds suffered heavy losses. There were 54 dead and 33 seriously wounded. There were no statistics on the lightly wounded. The loss on the elf side was very serious. Eight people died and [-] were seriously injured. As the assistant, the goblin Our losses are acceptable, with [-] casualties. In terms of supplies, our harvest is still in line with expectations, and it will allow everyone to survive for another week or two."

It sounds like the loss of the elves is not much, but this kind of thing needs to consider the population base. There are only more than a hundred elf rangers, and [-]% of them are scrapped in one fell swoop. It is extremely difficult for them to recruit. Counting hundreds of years, it is indeed a heavy loss.

This time it was Elena who spoke, and it was rare for her to come to activities within the city walls, because the result of this small-scale meeting would affect the direction of the entire battle situation.

The small meeting room was full of people at this moment. Even a commander like Bourne who needed to organize defense on the city wall handed over the duties at hand to the adjutant and ran over to the meeting by himself, because it was really more important. .

Tang Zhao's tail patted the ground, which was a kind of response to Elena.

[I feel sorry for all the people who have passed away, but this is a necessary struggle. Either we leave our hometown, or they return home.I believe we will win in the end, and the time is getting closer. 】

Tang Zhao also often participated in various combat missions, so he had injuries all over his body, which had a great impact on his combat status, but he hadn't suffered any serious injuries for the time being, and he could barely continue to fight.

It is estimated that after this fight, he will need to cultivate for a while, maybe he will have to wait until the next evolution, so that the wounds on his body will heal completely.

He turned his head to look at Bourne, indicating that he would tell the rest of the content. He is the commander-in-chief of the front line, with rich experience, and undoubtedly knows the situation better than Tang Zhao, a layman.

"I don't want to waste time, so I'll make a long story short. The hobgoblin's supply team was robbed this time, and their material supply will definitely be affected in the short term. In other words, their offensive will be weakened due to insufficient supplies. Besides Besides, I don't know if you have noticed two points.

First, the number of hobgoblins behind us is increasing, but they did not participate in the attack. It is estimated that a new round of offensive is brewing.Second, recently, the hobgoblins have received fewer reinforcements. Maybe it’s because of something inside, or maybe it’s simply that the soldiers are tight. In short, it’s a good thing for us. It's not big, and it's impossible for them to engage in a life-and-death confrontation with us, which will seriously damage their vitality and lose their original status within the hobgoblin group. "

This phenomenon is sending out a signal: the offensive of the green spear hobgoblins will soon be unsustainable, and they will retreat sooner or later. Many people present secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The red scales spoke on behalf of a group of lizardman shamans: "We can attack, can't we?"

Bourne nodded vigorously: "That's it! We can plan the next step in detail. As long as the existing defenses are not relaxed, we can strive to cause more damage to those goblin scum, so that they will not dare to fight in this life. One step across the pass."

Several military commanders began to exchange views fiercely, Tang Zhao listened quietly and did not speak hastily.

At this time, Sass walked up to him and coughed twice: "I'm not an experienced officer, it's okay to tell me to smash the enemy's head with a hammer, but discuss how to smash the enemy's head better That's not my specialty. I want you to look at this thing before they discuss anything to see."

Sas pointed to the box in the corner, then moved his feet and walked over to open the box for Tang Zhao.

There are more than a dozen muskets neatly stacked inside, which looks very simple, but Tang Zhao doesn't care much.Sass is a picky dwarf, if he dares to show Tang Zhao something, it means that they have made visible results.

"This thing is more manageable. It can maintain a decent accuracy and lethality within 70 meters. There are also many shortcomings, but this is already the best result I can achieve in a short period of time."

Sass also had a lot of research results in his early years, but all of them required stronger metallurgical capabilities and more skilled craftsmen to support him. Now that he can produce weapons, it is not easy.

When I heard Sass bragging before, I knew that the other party is indeed capable of producing more powerful guns. Even the cannons he and like-minded engineers have developed recognizable models, but development is development, and actual combat is combat. Their metallurgical capabilities The emergence of weapons that are too epoch-making is not supported.

[Very well, thank you for your hard work.Please go to the city wall, ask the commander for a few combat teams, teach them how to use this weapon, and then let us use actual combat to verify the effect of the new weapon. 】

Tang Zhao now very much hopes that muskets can be put into battle, because making musket pellets is much easier for them than making arrows.

Tang Zhao had a brief conversation with Sass, and Bourne had almost finished discussing a more detailed battle plan.After listening to Tang Zhao, he didn't feel that there was any problem, so he received his task from Bourne and prepared for the next move.
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Facts have proved that the experience and observation ability of excellent military commanders are all right, and the follow-up offensive of the hobgoblins has indeed weakened a lot.

On the one hand, the transportation team was hijacked, and their supplies were a little problematic, and on the other hand, there were more griffon riders in the sky.

As with the train, they grabbed rocks and hurled them through the air at the hobgoblin army.

In order to avoid the attack of the opponent's arrows, the griffins did not dive, and their accuracy decreased. However, when they attacked, the battlefield was crowded with people, and wherever they hit, it was considered an effective hit.

It doesn't matter if they are attacked on the battlefield. When the goblins are resting at night, there will be Griffin Knights quietly dispatched to smash the tents of the hobgoblins with stones. up.

After a few days like this, the situation has not been alleviated, but intensified, seriously affecting the attack intensity of the hobgoblins.

The greenspear hobgoblin's attack here was frustrated, and the situation of the blood fist next door was not much better.

The city of Lufford is now crowded with citizens and farmers who have taken refuge. This is a hidden danger, but Earl Lufford and Burke have handled it well. Burke has led soldiers and horses to maintain order all day long, while the Earl is rare and generous, opening the emergency granary. Everyone in the city provided food.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the fact that there will be royal compensation afterwards. As long as he can block the hobgoblin's siege, Earl Luford is one of the heroes. Even if the royal family finds him unhappy, he will not lose his benefits.

He showed a strong instigating ability, inciting the group of noble children who were forced to stay in Luford City to donate money, provide enough military salaries for the temporary mercenaries, and at the same time let them volunteer to join the security team in the city, which is considered a free profit A large group of young laborers.

The count didn't dare to let this group of people participate in the bloodiest battle on the front line, because it would make him unable to explain to the nobles in the capital, but it's okay to let them do some safe and sweaty work, which was acquiesced by the nobles After all, this is also a kind of exercise, and it is also of great benefit to the family's prestige.

Because they have to go through the Kubango swamp with harsh terrain, many war machines that hobgoblins are proud of cannot get over. At the same time, the blood fist hobgoblins don't seem to be particularly concerned about this operation. Although the city defense of the human army caused serious losses to the human defenders, that was all.

The two main battlefields in the west of Oran have fallen into a stalemate, but the situation in the east is completely different, and the forces of all parties have begun to fight fiercely in the true sense.

The orcs assembled a large number of troops several times to attack some of the castle chains that lacked manpower. While suffering heavy losses, they were often able to gnaw at one or two well-defended castles, using a lot of lives to clear the way, and are currently slowly advancing.

In addition to being isolated and helpless, Oran's defenders also faced another serious challenge-the weapons and equipment of the orcs had been upgraded, from the original level of barbarian tribes to almost the level of regular troops.

Judging from the seized weapons and equipment, some of them even have the logos of certain hobgoblin arsenals printed on them. It is not necessary to know who provided them.

To the extent that they didn't even act at all, this made the defenders and even the royal family of Oran very angry, but there was nothing they could do in the short term.

The eyes turned to the royal family of Oran themselves, who were engaged in a decisive battle on the plain with the main force of the rebellious Marquis. 10,000+ people lined up on the vast plains and began to confront each other head-on.

There are different opinions on the process of the battle, and now there are fake news flying everywhere in the capital, and I am afraid that only the commanders of the two sides know what happened.However, it is certain that the Vulture Knight and several high-ranking magicians played a vital role in the war, and it ended in a big victory for the royal army. The Marquis' rebel army lost the ability to face the royal family head-on.

Among them was a piece of news that interested Tang Zhao-the Southern Elf Kingdom also sent troops to aid the royal family. There was a luxurious mage regiment including fifth-level mages and an elite eagle cavalry. The incident happened suddenly, and the distance between the two places was not short. The elves can only send this form of highly mobile reinforcements.

In order to ensure stability, the king also released news that more than a dozen main elf warrior groups are heading to Oran and will arrive soon. They will fight together with the people of Oran to resist the enemy.

The authenticity of the matter is doubtful, but Tang Zhao tends to believe it.

Regardless of the interaction between Olivia and the Vulture Knight, the relationship between Oran and the Southern Elf Kingdom has always been good. The development of Oran's mage training system over the years is inseparable from the help of the elves.

In particular, this incident is also related to the devil, and the elves can't do it without their help.

The rumors of many demons appearing in the capital and the frontline army are definitely not groundless, but Tang Chao, who is hundreds of kilometers away, can't say for sure the exact extent.

After the royal army eliminated the main force of the rebellious marquis, the large force continued to advance towards the core area of ​​the opponent's territory, and some small troops were separated, and some of them went to assist the defenders in various places to suppress demons, gnolls and bandits who took the opportunity to revolt. The other part is to supplement the orc defense line, which is slightly empty.

The king didn't forget Luford, who had been standing firm all the time, and arranged a main army with average combat effectiveness to support Luford City and deal with the hobgoblins who were besieging the city.

A complete main army has at least a few thousand soldiers, and when they arrive at Lufford from the east, the situation on the battlefield will be reversed in an instant.

Everyone in the city felt relieved after receiving the news. No matter what, they were not abandoned, reinforcements were on their way, and their enthusiasm for defending the city with the soldiers increased a lot.

Things are moving in a more optimistic direction, there's no question about that.
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In the trading post built by Tang Zhao, a large number of dwarf warriors are gathering.

The leading warrior is burly (dwarven standard), with a long beard that most dwarves would envy, wearing a gorgeous full-body plate armor with mysterious runes engraved on it, made of the highest quality dwarven steel, and holding a round shield in one hand , with the face of Grimnir, the ancestor of the dwarves, engraved on it, and in the other hand is holding an equally luxurious warhammer engraved with runes.

At first glance, he looks like a typical dwarf nobleman, and he is indeed the case. He is Currier Favonios, the younger brother of King Haiji of Dragon's Blood Pass, and a very powerful warrior who fights as Dragon Blood Pass. The existence of the military commander is the right-hand man of Haiji.

"It is of course necessary to support Karak and Solma's dwarf compatriots and allies of other races, but I don't understand whether it is necessary to dispatch so many elite fighters and a top dwarf general. From Bourne. Judging from the news that Silver Helmet passed on to us, they only need to send three or four hundred soldiers to assist them in the surprise attack on the hobgoblin's belly and back. There is no need for two thousand soldiers at all, which is more than half of the entire Dragon's Blood Pass. mobile power."

The number of dwarves in the Dragon's Blood Pass is not as large as those of the big human cities. It is very rare in their history for hundreds of years to send thousands of people out of the city to fight.

Curlier glanced at his adjutant. He also had outstanding military exploits, but his thinking mode was also a normal dwarf mode.

"Actually, I still don't quite understand why Haiji does things with such great fanfare, but he must have his reasons for doing things. He said that he wanted to make a good appearance for the elves and the big lizard, and express the sincerity of the alliance. Anyway, to us It doesn't have much impact, this green tide has been defeated by us, and it is not a problem to save more compatriots, so let's do it."

Currier's way of thinking is also quite different from Haiji's. He has some complaints about dispatching 2000 people, but he has no objection to obeying the king's order.

(End of this chapter)