Chapter 60 Reinforcements Arrive

At the end of every war, the commander always counts the casualties first.

This is not because the commander is cold-blooded, but because of the cruel battlefield requirements.

As a qualified commander, you must always know how much power you have and how many tasks you can undertake.

After Richard came down from the top of the city, he immediately sent messengers to each squadron to count the casualties.

As the messengers kept coming in and out, the casualty figures gradually became clear.

"Six people were killed in the first squadron, and eleven were seriously injured, two of whom will be disabled."

"Nine people were killed in the second squadron, and thirteen were seriously injured, and there were no disabled people."

"Five people were killed in the new squadron, and nine were seriously injured. Eight slaves who helped in the battle were killed, twenty-three were injured, and only five were seriously injured."

"The auxiliary squadron suffered the most casualties, with seventeen killed, eleven severely burned, and twenty-six slightly burned."

"The casualties were less than one hundred and forty. If only the regular army is counted, the casualties were just over one hundred. The two main squadrons had a total of 39 casualties. Including the 22 casualties of the orc squadron, the main squadron had more than 60 casualties, and the casualties exceeded 20%. It needs to be reorganized."

Richard On the surface, he remained calm, but in his heart he was thinking secretly. He turned around and said to the messenger, "Have you counted the results of the battle?"

"When the orcs retreated, they did not take the seriously injured with them. We cut off their heads. This battle killed 532 orcs, including 28 third-level snake-bodied people, 4 third-level eagle-bodied people, one third-level dog-headed person, one third-level wild boar man, and one third-level minotaur.

A total of 35 third-level orcs, 11 second-level orcs, and 16 first-level orcs.

The orcs' decisive attack force was broken by our catapults."

After hearing the summary of the results, Richard estimated that it would be quite good, but he did not expect that this battle almost crippled a fully equipped orc brigade.

Just by beheading the orc professional, he got a great merit, four medium merits, and three small merits.

This victory can be regarded as a victory from the beginning, and a great merit should be rewarded.

Richard asked the scouts to remove the scales of the snake-bodied man, cut off the head of the snake-bodied man, and send it to Black River Fort to report the merit.

At the same time, he sent soldiers to collect the bodies of the orcs, burned them, and then dug a big pit to bury the ashes.

After attacking William Fort, Richard almost broke his bones.

Maruland lost the courage to continue the siege, and had taken the orc brigade to camp at the northern pass of Harland Canyon.

After repelling the orcs, Powell took the scouts to observe the changes in Maruland's camp every day.

Seeing that the number of orc soldiers gradually increased, three battalions of orcs were gathered in a few days.

Powell did not dare to neglect and immediately brought the information to Richard.

After discovering that the orcs began to increase their troops, Richard immediately asked for help from Pratos and Black River Fort.

The Pratos defense line is still guarded by Richard's old unit, the Eighth Battalion, and has not yet come into contact with the orcs.

After receiving the information brought by Richard, although he had some conflicts with Roland before, his relationship with Richard was also ordinary.

Captain Sharp was still very considerate and sent the sixth and seventh squadrons to help.

Now the sixth squadron is the leading main squadron of the eighth squadron, and the squadron leader is still Diara, but three years have passed and Diara has successfully advanced to the third-level professional.

Although the seventh squadron is a little worse, it is also fully equipped and full of soldiers. Many soldiers have participated in the last orc invasion war and are very experienced.

After the last orc invasion war, the eighth squadron performed well and was given priority to be reorganized by the legion.

Now the combat effectiveness of the eighth squadron has been greatly improved. Although it is not as good as the three main squadrons, its combat effectiveness is already in the middle of the legion.

Richard served as the deputy squadron leader of the sixth squadron and the former squadron leader of the seventh squadron.

Richard is very familiar with the officers who came to William Castle for reinforcement.

After sending a large number of orc professional heads to Black River Castle, Spencer Allen, the municipal magistrate of Black River County, was a little unbelievable.

In terms of the system, Harland is a noble directly under the royal family.

But economically, the Harland Territory is subject to the Black River County.

When the war is urgent, the Harland Territory is also obliged to send soldiers and obey the command of the Black River County.

Seeing so many orc heads with his own eyes, Spencer still couldn't accept it in his heart.

He has been in the North for many years and knows clearly the strength of each noble family.

Even Baron Harden, who has made great military achievements, did not kill so many orc professionals at one time with his family cavalry.

The Harland family is just a newly promoted noble, why is it so powerful?

Could it be that the Harland family is faking the heads?

In the past, there were such greedy hereditary nobles who bribed the officials who checked the military merits, made friends with the nobles of the royal capital, and used the technology of faking heads to obtain three baronial territories.

After this incident was discovered by the royal capital, the Grant Kingdom showed unprecedented anger.

Three hereditary barons and twenty-six direct nobles lost their heads. Anyone who accepted bribes or turned a blind eye to this matter due to connections was beheaded by the Noble Council.

This included a court earl, a court viscount, a provincial governor, and two border county aldermen.

Military merit is the foundation of the Grant Kingdom and the foundation of the rule of the great nobles.

Anyone who dares to undermine the foundation of the kingdom is an enemy of all the great nobles.

But seeing the head of an orc professional with his own eyes, it was so fresh and so lifelike?

It made Spencer doubt his life again.

In order to figure out this problem, Mayor Spencer did not bring too many followers, and came to Fort William with three squadrons of city defense troops.

Seeing a large number of orcs' messy weapons and equipment, as well as piles of snake-bodied human scales.

Spencer no longer doubted that the Harland family's military exploits were fake.

But with the strength of the Harland family, why could they defeat a large group of orcs?

Is it just relying on the dangerous terrain?

Spencer thinks it is far from enough.

Normally, a baron family cannot withstand the attack of a large group of orcs.

The orcs at the battalion level include snake-bodied heavy infantry, eagle-bodied scouts, and orc officers scattered in various squadrons, with more than a hundred professionals.

Even if it is the main legion, it is difficult to withstand it in a fair battle.

There must be some special power that gave the Harland family soldiers a great advantage in the defensive battle.

Is it a secret weapon, or did the Harland family get a powerful treasure?

For example, the legendary magic scroll can severely injure a large group of orcs. Together with the soldiers of the Harland family, it is enough to defeat the orcs and achieve a great victory.

Spencer decided to go to the Harland territory in person to find out the reason.

The alderman came to the Harland family territory in person, and Richard immediately went out of the city with the main officers to greet him.

And at the following banquet, he introduced the important figures in Fort William to Alderman Spencer.