Because Ning Yuan's bandit behavior brought extinction to the orc tribes on the Songnen Plain, the orcs did not dare to have any delay, and after deciding to send troops, the 100,000 orc janissaries in the royal city immediately set off.

Although he inadvertently broke into the enemy's hinterland and caught the enemy by surprise, Ning Yuan did not dare to be careless.

For the orc clan, he has always been the most wary, no way, who told people to have a lot of innate abilities.

Although Ning Yuan led the army to constantly slaughter the orc tribes on the Songnen Plain, he was not blindly slaughtering, but slaughtering with a plan and purpose.

If you look at the trajectory of Ning Yuan's massacre in chronological order, you will find that Ning Yuan has been moving to the north all along.

"Report..., my lord, the 7th Wing in the rear encountered the enemy's wolf cavalry and owl scouts, and after a short encounter, the 7th Wing was defeated and was forced to retreat."

"Report..., Lord Qiqi, the Eighteenth Wing has found a large force of wolf cavalry fifty kilometers southwest of us, and they are approaching us."

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Through the constant reports of the scouts, Ning Yuan knew that the enemy's large army was not far from him, and now he had to make a decision.

If it had been placed in the past, Ning Yuan would definitely be more willing to fight with the enemy with real swords and guns.

For if he could defeat this enemy army, it would be difficult for the enemy to organize another army to come and destroy the enemy in a short time, and then the whole of the Songnen Plain would be completely open to him and let him gallop.

After victory, the Condor Empire will have the absolute strategic initiative, because after the enemy loses control of the Songnen Plain, they will not only lose a large number of people, but also lose an important food source.

While the rewards of winning are great, the cost of defeat is also significant.

The enemy now clearly wanted to completely wipe out his invading army on the Songnen Plain, and for this reason they had dispatched more than 100,000 troops, outflanking them from different directions, trying to drive Ning Yuan's army into the pocket formation that had been arranged.

To the southwest of Ning Yuan's army, there were a large number of wolf cavalry.

They could have easily caught up with Ning Yuan, but they had been following unhurriedly in the southwest direction of Ning Yuan's army, and their purpose was already self-evident, they just wanted to prevent Ning Yuan's army from breaking through from the west.

To the southeast of Ning Yuan's army was a mixed legion of multi-ethnic orcs, that is, the Imperial City Janissary of the Orcs.

Through the many encounters between the elven scouts and the other party, Ning Yuan knew that this legion was very elite and should be one of the ace legions of the Eagle Hoof Empire.

This mixed army contains Minotaur warriors, owl warriors, wolf cavalry, leopard warriors, boar man warriors, and bear warriors.

There are cavalry, air forces, powerful orc warriors who are good at hand-to-hand combat, and agile warriors who are good at raiding, and the number of troops is as high as hundreds of thousands, which is a very difficult hard bone to gnaw.

To the northwest of Ning Yuan's army was a mixed infantry corps of orcs.

This legion is mainly composed of werewolf warriors and leopard warriors, supplemented by wild boar warriors and bear warriors, and at this moment they are waiting for Ning Yuan to send them to the door.

Obviously, the two orc legions following Ning Yuan were deliberately driving Ning Yuan's army to the north, and they wanted to encircle Ning Yuan on three sides and completely annihilate Ning Yuan's army.

Ning Yuan's army didn't find any enemies in the northeast direction, but going northeast meant that their lone army would be farther and farther away from their territory.

And the farther they go to the northeast, the colder the climate, the more scarce the supplies, and when the time comes, they don't need to do anything with the enemy, as long as they send a highly mobile army to follow behind, Ning Yuan's army will collapse on its own because of the lack of food.

The enemy deliberately did not deploy troops in the northeast direction, and he had already expected that Ning Yuan would not dare to go in that direction.

This time they guessed correctly, Ning Yuan really didn't dare to go to the northeast.

Not only did he not dare to go in the northeast direction now, but he also did not dare to turn around and fight with the elite orc army behind him.

Because the army of wolf cavalry on the left side of the army was like a maggot on the tarsal bones, so that he did not dare to act rashly.

The price of defeat was too great, and after losing 30,000 elite hoplites, Ning Yuan really didn't dare to act rashly.

You can't go to the northeast, the wolf cavalry in the southwest can't get rid of it, and the elite orc legions in the northwest can't fight, so the only way out is the northwest direction.

In fact, Ning Yuan had already thought of a way out when he decided to stay and engage in sabotage, that is, the northwest direction.

Although there are a large number of orc infantry in the northwest direction, they are the easiest place to break through, because there the orcs are in a state of defense against the enemy, and they also have enemies in the northwest direction.

In the northwest, the enemy was deployed along the Taoer River, and in some areas suitable for crossing the river, they deployed heavy troops, but in other areas, their defenses were weaker.

Now that it is spring, the water level of the Taoer River has dropped significantly, so there are many more places to cross the river.

The enemy now not only has to arrange a pocket array and wait for Ning Yuan to get in, but also has to guard against the enemy on the other side of the river suddenly attacking, so the pocket array they arranged is not without flaws.

The biggest weakness of this pocket array arranged by the enemy for Ning Yuan was that the mobility was too poor, they could only wait for Ning Yuan to take the initiative to drill in, if Ning Yuan chose to make a detour, they would have no choice.

The orcs obviously knew this, so they let the wolf cavalry legion follow Ning Yuan's army closely like maggots on tarsal bones to prevent it from deteriorating from its intended trajectory.

Ning Yuan was clear about the enemy's conspiracy, but he didn't make any contingencies, but kept following the enemy's plan and moving in the northwest direction.

Seeing that Ning Yuan's army was directly struggling towards the pocket formation, the orc commanders were immediately overjoyed, and they continued to put pressure on Ning Yuan's army in an orderly manner in the rear.

So, Ning Yuan knew that it was a plan, why did he dive into it? Could it be that he is poor in donkey skills?

The answer, of course, is no.

The reason why Ning Yuan refused to avoid this pocket array was mainly because he wanted to teach the orcs a lesson that he would never forget.

The risk of turning back to face the elite orc mixed legion was too great, and Ning Yuan didn't dare to take that risk, but for the orc infantry legion that had arranged the pocket array in front, Ning Yuan had nothing to fear.

Although the orc infantry legion is also elite, don't forget that the more than 60,000 soldiers under Ning Yuan's command are not soft persimmons, and compared with the orc infantry legion in front, they still have a great advantage in equipment and mobility.

Werewolf warriors and leopard warriors, although their mobility is excellent, is that compared to other races with two legs, and compared to the elven archers, their mobility is not worth mentioning.

Although the orcs are all natural warriors, and they all have natural weapons, those natural weapons are still not as sharp as sharp swords after all.

In addition, the physique of the barbarians was no worse than those powerful orcs, so Ning Yuan didn't take the orc infantry legion in front of him seriously at all.

As the saying goes, the enemy of the enemy is the friend, and the enemy of the orcs is the friend of Ning Yuan.

After Ning Yuan led his army to break through the siege, he was bound to deal with the forces on the other side of the river, so it was necessary to give a generous gift to the other party, and what could be a more weighty gift than the great gift of defeating the orc army head-on?

Besides, Niu Shi and the 30,000 hoplites had not yet avenged Ning Yuan's great revenge, and he was unwilling to leave him like this, so he was determined to use the orc infantry legion in front of him to pay tribute to the dead souls.

And this is just the beginning, Ning Yuan will not give up without destroying the entire Eagle Hoof Empire.

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