Chapter 26 Encounter

On June 24, Baron Harden sent someone to deliver a military order. The Sixth Squadron was required to cross the canyon passage and defeat the Orc Commander Gunderson's troops together with the defenders of Platos Castle and the Baron Cavalry Regiment, and establish victory in the direction of Platos in one fell swoop.

More than 30 wounded soldiers returned at about the same time as the Baron's messenger. In the past month, the Sixth Squadron had a leisurely life. Baron Harden and Lieutenant Colonel Marvin took the cavalry and participated in several battles.

The outer cavalry and the Orc Wolf Cavalry Battalion had won and lost, and the casualties were already serious. Even the powerful knight master under the Baron's command had three deaths. The casualties of professionals were even more serious, with a total of more than ten deaths. Nineteen Warcraft horses were lost.

After two months of continuous outer-line combat, the Warcraft cavalry under Baron Harden was about to reach its limit and was ready to return to the rear for rest.

Although the Baron had retired from active service, he was still appointed by the King as the Supreme Commander of the Pratos Front, and even Lieutenant Colonel Marvin had to obey his command.

The Baron sent an order, and the Sixth Squadron immediately took action.

After more than two months of fighting, more than three hundred wounded soldiers gathered in Harden Castle. Some of these wounded soldiers came from the Sixth Squadron, some from the Eighth Battalion, some from Baron Harden's Knights, and some from Lieutenant Colonel Marvin's scouts.

The wounded soldiers who participated in the early battles have basically recovered, and these people mainly come from the Eighth Battalion. They are all soldiers from the same battalion, and they cooperate with the reorganization of the Sixth Squadron. The wounded soldiers were organized into a temporary squadron and followed the Sixth Squadron to act together.

Richard was appointed as the captain of the temporary squadron.

There are also many soldiers from the Sixth Squadron in the temporary squadron. With the help of these acquaintances, although it was the first time to independently command a squadron, Richard quickly adapted.

The two squadrons left Harden Castle and walked halfway into the canyon passage, only to see Ron riding a horned horse in a panic.

After getting the follow-up breathing method, Ron successfully became a professional four days ago.

Unfortunately, communication was inconvenient during the war, and he has not been able to report to the brigade headquarters to upgrade his military rank and position.

Now the Mad Lion Corps is seriously short of officers, and the brigade headquarters will not let professionals serve as grassroots soldiers. It is estimated that after a while, Ron will be transferred to other squadrons to serve as officers and replenish war losses.

Now Ron temporarily commands two squadrons of scouts.

"The orc army appeared at the entrance of the canyon. Judging from the flag, they are soldiers of the Wald Brigade of Vic Castle."

Hearing the information brought by Ron, Diara summoned the main officers and said calmly: "There are only three squadrons of orcs left in the Wald Brigade. They left Vic Castle and should have received orders from Gunderson.

It seems that Gunderson has sensed the danger and gave up conquering the Pratos defense line. He is ready to gather the troops together and make plans for retreat.

"Ron, did you alarm the orcs during your reconnaissance?"

"Captain Richard, we did not kill orc soldiers when we performed this reconnaissance mission. I saw the orc flag from afar, estimated the size of the orc army, and immediately returned to report.

If the orc scouts were experienced, they would probably find the horseshoe prints we left behind. "

"Richard, you lead the temporary squadron to ambush on both sides of the canyon, and I will lead the sixth squadron to camp in the middle of the canyon passage to block the enemy head-on. Ron will command the scout cavalry to serve as a reserve and be ready to fight at any time."

Richard led the temporary squadron to climb the cliffs on both sides of the road, and Diara commanded the soldiers to build a camp.

Just as the preparations were completed, the leading orc squadron launched a charge.

Richard leaned out to observe and found that most of the charging orcs were wild boars. Although the wild boar population has thick skin and strong defense, it is not very smart.

Letting the squadron dominated by wild boars act as the vanguard is easy to fall into the enemy's trap.

But now the Wald Brigade has no soldiers available, and the wild The pigmen squadron had the least casualties and the most soldiers, so Captain Walder could only rely on them now.

Although this squadron was supplemented with some kobolds, the powerful wild boar warrior Papalinde did not listen to the weak kobolds at all.

After discovering the enemy camp, he immediately commanded the soldiers to rush to the camp regardless of the kobolds' obstruction.

"The first group of archers, get ready, shoot"

As soon as the words fell, more than a hundred arrows flew out violently. The few wild boars who rushed to the front were instantly shot into hedgehogs.

Li Although the temporary squadron under Cha's command was not equipped with enchanted bows and arrows, most of them were veterans. Many of them were very good at archery. In the first round of arrow rain, they killed and injured seven or eight wild boars.

"Second group of archers, get ready, shoot"

"Third group of archers, get ready, shoot"

The command of the grassroots officers was orderly, and they continuously released a rain of arrows to kill the orc soldiers.

After entering the range of just a hundred meters, the wild boars left more than 30 corpses. Although the casualties were heavy, it still could not stop the momentum of the wild boars' charge.

Although this population is stupid, its will is very strong and can withstand great casualties. The wild boars suffered heavy casualties, which made the orc commander Wald unable to watch.

Letting the wild boars be the vanguard is almost like sending heads. They lost dozens of soldiers without even seeing the enemy.

Originally, there were not many soldiers left in Wald's battalion. If they continued to send like this, they would be wiped out.

But in the current situation, the wild boar squadron could not retreat either.

If they retreated, they would face continuous killing by archers.

In desperation, Walder could only send one and a half squadrons of orcs from the second echelon to attack. Half a squadron of orcs from the third echelon, escorting thousands of prisoners, were thirty miles away from the battlefield and could not be put into battle at all.

The boars rushed into the camp fiercely. Diyala calmly commanded the soldiers of the sixth squadron to throw javelins in groups of four to hunt the boars.

Richard led the soldiers of the temporary squadron and continuously fired arrows on the cliffs on both sides of the road to attack and suppress the second echelon of orcs and reduce the pressure on the camp.

He held the enchanted bow and arrow from a high position and constantly aimed at the orc professional officers. In just a few minutes, he actually achieved four results.

Including a first-level dog-headed man, a second-level sheep-bodied man, a first-level wild boar man, and a third-level snake-bodied man.

The attribute panel kept prompting. After a while, Richard had gained 4,000 experience points, and the combat and riding skills of the Northern Legion could be advanced.

In the deep state of war, he was in danger of his own future, and accumulating experience was useless.

In an environment where death is a possibility at any time, the stronger the combat ability, the stronger the ability to survive.

Seeing that killing experience can improve skills, Richard immediately added 3,500 experience points to riding, raising the riding level to the fourth level.