Lord of War

A village with a population of about 1,000 people sounds like a small number, but if it is divided up, it will be about 330 households based on a family of three. And if it is a family with three generations under one roof, then there may be only about two hundred households. So in fact, there are only villages with between 200 and 300 households, and they can only be regarded as small villages. Only those villages with more than 300 households are eligible to be called villages, which is equivalent to owning small villages. Capital and potential for town-scale development.

There are a total of 10,000 werewolves and leopards from the barren land, which is a disaster for this village.

The first to arrive at the outskirts of the village was the leopard group led by Atram.

It is said to be an ethnic group, but in fact it is from different tribes. The main members of the entire army are from the red leopard tribe with red fur all over the body, with fist-sized black spots on their bodies, and the black-spotted leopard tribe with mainly gold, blue and white fur colors, and the leopard tribe that symbolizes the leopard. The white-striped silver leopard group with silver fur and white horizontal stripes of the king's blood in the clan.

Although these leopard tribes come from different tribes, they basically have the same abilities. The subtle differences are only reflected in strength and speed. Not big.

However, no matter what ethnic group the leopard people are, the men always wear their upper body naked, and the lower body wears a pair of loose pants similar to cropped pants. The colors are also different, but mainly brown and white. As for the weapons, they are mostly long swords, which are carried on the back or pinned to the waist. Occasionally, there are daggers tied to the thighs, or leopards with spears on the back as weapons, but there are no ones for long-range combat. weapon.

People from wild tribes, except for the elves of the highland elves and prairie elves who know a little bit about war tactics and skills, basically other tribes don't know what war is at all. In their cognition, the so-called war is basically whichever side has more people, wins. A group of people rushing out and fighting each other. As long as they kill all the enemies in their field of vision, they can basically win.

This simple and crude method of warfare really allowed the wild tribes to win many victories in the early days.

However, after those countries that used the barren land as an army training ground gradually adapted to this style, the tribal armies in the barren land were basically in a state of suffering. Especially in wars with more than 5,000 people, the human kingdom can often wipe out tens of thousands of barbarian tribes with a size of 6,000 or 7,000 people, and the casualty rate is usually not too high to be unbearable.

Although in the constant wars, the wild lands are also learning the art of war from humans, but only a very small number of people can really learn and succeed, such as the highland elves, prairie elves, foxes, swans and Some tribes of barbarians and so on. Most of the other tribes in the barren lands are still being ravaged. Of course, this is also related to the fact that the training regiments never provoke the first-class and special-class big tribes that can easily pull out tens of thousands of troops.

And like William this time, the mobilization of an army composed of multiple ethnic groups and tribes is the first time in the history of the wild land in the true sense-the many large tribes that were launched because of the front-to-tail snake plan of the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance In the joint plan, in fact, the human coalition forces and the wild tribe coalition forces had very few confrontations, and they were all limited to small-scale conflicts. Large-scale legion forces were in a state of confrontation and did not start fighting.

In addition, those small-scale conflicts were mostly fought by small forces from various tribes.

It's not like what it is now. Just a vanguard force of 30,000 people involves the integration of six different ethnic groups.

According to the looting plan, the leopard orcs led by Atram will serve as vanguard sharp knives to attack villages, small outposts, and small towns within 500 households. In these marauding attack targets, the werewolf troops led by Cuffins will be in charge of the siege plan, ensuring that no one can escape their siege attack circle. But in towns with more than 500 households, relatively large outposts, camps, etc., they had to wait for Lu Xiu'an. Only with the cooperation of Bloodhoof and the centaur troops can they attack together. The werewolf troops are still responsible for the encirclement, ensuring that no one can break through and seek foreign aid.

Of course, according to William's fear-spreading plan, complete massacres will not achieve perfect results. The best way is to plunder and slaughter one-half to two-thirds of the population. As long as the city is burned, the "lucky" survivors will be driven to the deeper hinterland of the fascist kingdom, and then the disaster on the border, Fear, despair, and death spread throughout.

A male Crimson Leopard leaped easily over the fence of the village.

His strength is not bad, about the level of a high-ranking silver. When he jumped into the village, he had already reached out and pulled out the long sword behind his waist. When he fell to the ground of the village, he was already standing on both feet. , holding a knight's long sword in his right hand.

Several village women gathered together, chatting and laughing. Everyone was a little overwhelmed by the sudden appearance of the orc, or they were already petrified.

The leopard man showed a sinister smile, and walked slowly towards the village women.

A scream sounded from a distance, followed by a scream.

Seemingly awakened by the sound of screams and screams, the village women finally screamed and started to run away.

The Scarlet Leopard caught up to one of them with strides, and with a single stroke of his sword, a village woman was beheaded without any struggle at all. At this time, more and more Leopards leaped into the village. They all held different weapons in their hands, and there were both men and women. Basically, as soon as all the Leopards entered the village, they immediately attacked and killed the nearest target. In the past, there is no stopping at all.

And when a steady stream of Leopards rushed into this village, the outcome of this village was already doomed.

The entire village was wiped out by the soldiers of the leopard tribe even before the alarm bell rang. Although they seemed a little excited and excited because they invaded the territory of the human kingdom for the first time, they did not forget the mission they should do this trip, so some "fish that slipped through the net" escaped the killing by chance.

After a simple killing, all the leopards began to search for supplies in the village, the most important part of which was naturally the food reserves. With the size of this small village, it is naturally impossible to form enough supplies for the entire vanguard army, and it is not the harvest season, and the village's food reserves are not enough, but in the end, it is better than nothing. After looting these materials, the Leopards started to set fire to the village, burning the whole village to the ground.

After all this was done, all the Leopards retreated directly.

Along with the retreat of the Leopards, the werewolf encirclement commanded by Caffins also began to withdraw, and soon the two troops rejoined together, forming a large-scale vanguard army with the centaurs who had come to meet them. Quickly evacuate toward the distance. And those survivors who escaped the misfortune finally dared to come out from the hiding place at this time. They tried to put out the fire, but the fire was already too large to be stopped by them.

Unlike the fascists who cried bitterly, the vanguard army from the coalition forces in the barren land sang loud and joyful songs at this time, and then continued to wander in the rear. Their goal is not just a small village, but all the villages and towns behind the fortress on the entire border. Apart from being a tactical test of William, this vanguard is also an important pawn that disrupts the border layout of the Fascist Kingdom.

And then, everything was just as William had expected. The word about wild devils quickly spread across the borders of the entire fascist kingdom, and there was a faint possibility of spreading to the deep belly territory. This terrible feeling of desperation and panic cannot be stopped by ordinary people at all, especially those villages, towns and outposts that have almost no defense capabilities. Only those camps and cities that have formed a large scale can barely suppress this panic.

As a result, the residents of all villages and towns naturally began to move closer to the nearby cities, and a large amount of land in the Fascist Kingdom began to show signs of desertion, which also exacerbated the security problems of the cities.

However, these village and town residents who are afraid of death can leave, but it is impossible for the soldiers at outposts all over the frontier to leave at will. The strategic value of these outposts is to provide the garrison behind with the enemy's movements, so even if panic has spread across the border of the fascist kingdom, they can only garrison. Although the garrison from the rear began to send troops to reinforce these outposts and camps, it could not stop the loss of morale anyway.

In just half a month, Lu Xiu'an. The vanguard led by Bloodhoof and Thatch Grott destroyed three villages, one village, six outposts, one small town and one camp.

This army is simply like locusts, and there are no survivors except for some people who have long been planned to be released. Moreover, whether it is a village, town or outpost camp, once it is conquered, it will be a looting of materials, and for those materials that cannot be taken away or are too redundant, all the villages, towns, camps and outposts will be directly set on fire.

If you look down from a high altitude at this moment, you can see that the border defense line of the Fascist Kingdom built around the Rios Forest and the Principality of Ekiri is already riddled with holes. The entire vanguard army moves around like in the back garden of no man's land. They don't stay in one place at all, and their direction of advancement is also irregular, but once they are listed as targets, they will not stop at all. There may be cases of defensive success.

The only time this vanguard was not targeted was a small city with a seven-meter-high wall.

Strictly speaking, the scale of this small city is not too large, and the garrison is only less than 5,000 people, and the defense force is also very weak. People in the whole city discovered Lu Xiu'an. Bloodhoof's troop seemed trembling, thinking that death had finally enveloped the city.

It's just, Lu Xiu'an. However, Bloodhoof restrained the desire to forcibly order the siege, turned around and led the entire vanguard to retreat.

This move quickly made the fascist kingdom realize that the vanguard army's siege capabilities were insufficient, and even misestimated the combat effectiveness of this vanguard army. As a result, the two legions located at the border station were immediately mobilized and began to gradually form an encirclement network, gradually blocking the activity space of the entire vanguard. Whether it is out of the desire for victory or to explain to the people, the fascist kingdom has reached the necessary level to annihilate this vanguard army.

At the same time, the general command of the fascist kingdom was finally officially issued, and a large number of noble private troops were quickly assembled under the call of the lords and nobles from all over the country. Although it will take some time for the cycle required by this revolution to take shape, the counterattack mentality and strength shown by the fascist kingdom at this time has indeed given the domestic people a strong confidence.

Of course, at this time, not only the countries in the Southern Continent, but all the human nations on the entire Miracle Continent have already set their sights on the war between the Duchy of the Void and the Fascist Kingdom.

What they care about is not whether the Principality of the Void won the war or whether the Fascist Kingdom was successfully defended.

What they really care about is what kind of power this army from the barren land can exert after integration. After all, this is the first real army in the history of the Miracle Continent that is completely composed of multi-ethnic tribes in the barren land. Naturally, there is not enough data and intelligence collection for this part in any war that has not been experienced before, so At this time, it can be seen that the fascist kingdom is used as an experimental site, which naturally attracts the attention of other big countries.

Of course, there must be countries that don't want to see the Principality of the Void become an empire.

It's just that no one knows what actions these countries will make.

...

On a plain, a group of centaurs moved quickly.

The galloping pace rolled up billowing dust and smoke.

On both sides of this centaur army are soldiers of the leopard and werewolf tribes. They only stand upright when they are fighting, and their fast running status is basically on all fours. Of course, some powerful werewolves will also choose to walk upright, but at this time the werewolves in the army do not have this level.

Sitting on the back of the centaur were the highland elves in light armor, and people from three tribes, including the rabbit girl and the cat girl.

This is the vanguard sent by William to go deep into the borders of the fascist kingdom to disrupt, loot and destroy everywhere.

At this time, they had just finished looting a small town. Although they encountered unexpected resistance and some people were injured, the overall combat effectiveness did not drop too much.

Never staying in one place is the concept formed by this army from the very beginning.

So after completely destroying that town, Lu Xiuan. Bloodhoof immediately ordered the troops to evacuate. This time, because the battle had dragged on for a long time, the collection of supplies was not as easy as the previous few times. However, there is no way around this, because according to the intelligence of Rabbitwoman and Catwoman, Sage Grotter has already judged that they are now caught in the encirclement net of the border garrison. If they stay for too long, once the encirclement net shrinks If so, then their situation is likely to be bad.

In terms of experience in marching and fighting, Sach Grotter's ability is better than Lu Xiu'an. There are quite a few blood hooves, but in terms of reaction and decision-making ability on the frontal battlefield, it is Lu Xiu'an. Bloodhoof is better. The abilities of these two people can just complement each other, so William arranged for them to be a partner to be in charge of this vanguard force.

"Let's find a place to rest first." Lu Xiu'an glanced at the team, the wounded soldiers had been gathered, although some treatment had been done, but the activities were really inconvenient. According to the old rules of the wild land, Wounded soldiers who are already inconvenient to move like this are often abandoned in the first place when the battle is fierce.

"There's movement!" Just as Lu Xiu'an finished speaking, Younis jumped up, his little nose twitched, "There's a strong smell of blood."

"The enemy's scale is not small." Luo Luo also followed Younis's voice, "there are a lot of them, at least more than 10,000 people....There are cavalry, so it is impossible to judge accurately."

Although Luo Luo's hearing is outstanding, it is not omnipotent. She can only roughly judge a certain amount.

All eyes immediately focused on Lu Xiu'an.