Warlord: King of All Clans

The legion was stationed in a secret corner twenty miles away from the orc hunting base. Count Beowulf and Leo, who had become the legion's scout leader, went there to conduct reconnaissance in person.

Apparently, Count Beowulf was also very optimistic about this young man and was willing to give him the opportunity to make merit.

When a Northern Knight participates in a war, the proportion of military merit and spoils obtained are completely different depending on whether he holds a position in a legion or not.

Just like the legion commander himself, even if he does nothing and lets his subordinates do whatever they want, at least 20% of the military merits and spoils obtained in the end will belong to him.

The legion scout chief is the fifth-ranked position in the legion, ahead of the legion commander, staff officer, financial officer and engineer.

However, only large and fully staffed legions have engineers. Small legions do not even have staff officers and financial officers, but are replaced by deputy legion commanders.

In the past, the full standing legion of the Orlantis Empire was headed by a great nobleman, with six square flag captains under him, most of whom were nobles with titles, and then there were the corner flag centurions who were knights.

In addition to these combat positions, there are also scout chiefs responsible for reconnaissance and exploration, staff officers responsible for combat plans, financial officers responsible for financial logistics, engineers responsible for siege equipment and camp construction, and even doctors or witches responsible for medical care.

However, with the decline of the empire and the gradual disintegration of the standing army system, there was no longer a fully staffed army in the North except in the hands of the Grand Duke of the North, and the legion system existed in name only.

Even the Great Earl of the North, who owned an entire province, could not afford to support so many full-time soldiers. He could only temporarily recruit vassals and form a lord's legion during wartime.

On the contrary, many nobles in the southern border, although their territories are much smaller, are rich in resources, densely populated, and still have many fully-staffed legions.

So even though the people of the Southern Territory are short in stature, lack bloodiness, and have low individual combat effectiveness, they still have an advantage over the chaotic lord legions of the Northern Territory in large-scale wars.

In this context, the chief scout of the Northern Legion is already a high position, and only those with convincing reconnaissance capabilities can take up this position.

When he returns this time, Leo's military achievements will surpass at least 90% of the noble children, and perhaps even higher than Arnold, the commander of the Isenbol Legion.

Leo doesn't care about any military achievements, but since he is here, he naturally has to respond positively.

Neither of them brought any subordinates with them, and they went all the way to scout near the orc hunting base.

According to the intelligence from the Tauren Strong, there are nearly two thousand orc and troll soldiers stationed here, as well as five hundred wolf cavalry responsible for guarding.

In addition, the one thousand beastman laborers who are responsible for processing food also have good combat effectiveness when they take up weapons.

Because food is relatively abundant here, there are also many small orc clans entrenched nearby, ready to come to support at any time.

The entire hunting base covers a large area with many flat open spaces, where a large number of orc laborers are drying the meat.

There were also dense bonfires and sheds with thick smoke rising from them, which were the places where meat products were smoked.

Its walls are made of huge logs and are seven or eight meters high. Inside there are wooden walkways like city walls for the defense troops to patrol and fight. Outside, there are chevaux de frise made of sharpened wooden stakes.

There is an arrow tower every fifty meters, full of the rough style of the orcs.

Count Beowulf watched for a long time, then said, "The minotaur you captured is quite useful. The information he provided is almost correct."

Leo was accompanying them, and based on the movements in the hunting camp, he felt that the strength of the troops was about the same, and nodded involuntarily.

This minotaur goblin is just a small chieftain of a group of more than a hundred goblins, but he knows the orc hunting bases very well. He is simply a guide who specializes in collecting information.

It can be seen that he is far from being as honest and stupid as he appears, and the cunningness of the goblin is not entirely imitation.

Looking at the wall of giant trees, Leo had a headache. Such a huge tree that required two people to hug had so many supporting structures inside that even a counterweight trebuchet would not be able to break it open.

He thought quickly about countermeasures. "If what Strong said is correct, the next Orc food transport team will come to take away the food in a week. We must destroy the base before that. Moreover, our legion is stationed nearby and cannot hide for a few days. We must fight quickly and decisively."

"It seems that we can only build some simple ladders and launch a violent attack."

He sighed in his heart. It was a pity that the primitive version of gunpowder was not easy to carry. Otherwise, with a few barrels of gunpowder, these log walls could be easily blown up.

"Build a ladder?" Count Beowulf glanced at Leo with a half-smile, "We are an extraordinary army."

Soon, Leo saw what a super legion was.

After a day's rest, the extraordinary army of one thousand people, fully armed, officially set out.

For an army of that size, it was almost impossible to launch a surprise attack. By the time they had ridden ten miles on horseback, they were discovered by the orc scouts.

By the time they arrived at the orc hunting base, the orc infantry had already filled the city walls, holding their weapons and roaring at the human army.

Under the protection of the extraordinary beings, two high-level wizards began to draw magic circles on the ground.

Three high-level shamans began to offer blessings to the warriors.

In addition to believing in natural elements, human shamans also believe in ancestral gods.

High-level shamans can pray for ancestral blessings for warriors.

As the shamans chanted in low voices, Leo felt his body becoming lighter, and the heavy armor on his body began to become as light as nothing.

His mind also became calmer and more focused, no longer troubled by distracting thoughts.

His strength increased by 20% in a short period of time, as if he had entered a bloodthirsty state.

The individual combat power of high-level shamans is also not low. They can release elemental spells to attack opponents. Whether it is lightning chain or earth spikes, they are extremely powerful.

However, compared to offensive spells, auxiliary spells are undoubtedly more suitable for legion combat, and limited magic power can produce greater effects.

The deputy legion commander, Knight Barro, who was not far away, began to gather the Wind Knights and Extraordinary Knights, and then launched a charge towards the wooden wall.

Barro, the eighth-level Grand Knight Commander, took the lead. His lance was infused with magic power, forming a red vortex visible to the naked eye.

The troll headhunters and orc infantry on the arrow tower threw projectiles at him, but the heavy javelins and flying axes that could easily penetrate the human body fell on the scarlet armor of the Great Knight Barro, shattered and splashed, and could not hurt the opponent at all.

With a loud shout from Knight Barlow, his lance stabbed hard into the wooden wall.

The scarlet vortex of magic flew out like a drill, instantly crushing the nearby wooden stake spikes, and then exploded violently on the log wall.

The more than ten-meter-long wooden wall shook violently at the same time, and the beastmen on it staggered to and fro, almost being thrown off the wall.

In front of Knight Barlow, a huge hole with a radius of three meters had been opened.

Great Knight Barro rode his horse into the cave entrance, and behind him, a large number of Wind Knights and knights followed in.

Leo was very excited when he saw it. This was definitely a heavy tank. With it, what was the need for a siege ladder?

At the same time, the magic circles of the two high-level wizards were also drawn.