62. A New Form of Battle (2)
A village of about 1,000 people may sound like a lot of people, but if you spread it out, it will be about 330 households according to a family of three. And if it is a three-generation family, then there may only be about 200 households. Therefore, in fact, there are only between 200 and 300 households, and in fact, they can only be regarded as small villages, and only those villages with more than 300 households are qualified to be called villages, which is equivalent to having the capital and potential to develop to the scale of a small town.
The werewolves and leopard people from the Wild Lands totaled 10,000 people, and it was a catastrophe for this village.
The first to arrive on the outskirts of the village were the leopard people led by Atram.
They say they are ethnic groups, but they are actually from different tribes. The main members of the whole force are the red leopard tribe with red fur and black spots the size of a fist, and the black spotted leopard tribe with gold, blue and white fur colors, and the white silver leopard tribe with white horizontal stripes that symbolize the blood of the king of the leopard tribe.
Although these leopard people are from different tribes, their abilities are basically the same, and the subtle differences are only reflected in strength and speed, but except for the white-veined silver leopard of the king blood of the leopard clan, the ability gap between other tribes and tribes is not large.
However, no matter what ethnic group of leopard people, men are **** wearing the upper body, and the lower body is wearing a pair of loose pants similar to cropped pants, and the colors are also different, but they are mainly brown and white. As for the weapons, they are mostly long swords, which are carried on the back or pinned to the waist. Leopard people are occasionally seen with daggers tied to their thighs or spears on their backs as weapons. The only thing missing is a weapon for long-range combat.
People from savage tribes, except for the elves of the highland elves and steppe elves, know a little about the tactics and skills of fighting. Basically, other tribes don't know what war is. In their cognition, the so-called war is simply which side has more people and which side wins, a group of people rushing out and then catching and fighting, as long as all the enemies in the field of vision are killed, they can basically win.
This simple and crude method of warfare did allow the barbarian tribe to achieve a lot of victories in the early stage.
However, after the countries that used the Wild Lands as military training grounds gradually adapted to this style, the tribal armies of the Wild Lands were basically in a state of great loss. Especially in wars with more than 5,000 people, the human kingdom can often wipe out tens of thousands of barbarian tribal legions with a scale of 6 or 7,000 people, and the casualty rate is usually not so high that it is unbearable.
Despite the constant war. The Savage Lands are also learning the art of human warfare, but only a very small number of people can really learn it, such as the highland elves, steppe elves, fox tribes, swan tribes, and some barbarian tribes. Most of the other tribes in the wilderness are still in a state of being ravaged, of course, this is also related to the fact that those legions that train soldiers never provoke large tribes such as first-class seats and special seats that can easily pull out tens of thousands of troops.
And like William this time, the use of an army composed of multiple ethnic tribes is the first time in the history of the real Savage Land - the previous many large tribal joint plans launched because of the Premier-tailed Snake Project of the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance, in fact, the number of confrontations between the human alliance and the barbarian tribal alliance is very small, and they are only limited to small-scale conflicts. The large number of Legion units were in a state of standoff, and there was no fighting.
Along with those skirmishes, most of them were fought by small forces of various tribes.
Not like it is now. A vanguard force of 30,000 men alone involved the integration of six different ethnic groups.
According to the raiding plan, the Leopard Orcs led by Atrum will be the vanguard of the attack on villages, small outposts, and small towns of up to 500 households. Among these raiding targets. The werewolf forces led by Karfens will be in charge of the siege plan to ensure that no one escapes their encirclement. And in towns with more than 500 households, relatively large outposts, camps, and so on. You have to wait for Lu Xiu'an. Bloodhoof led the Centaur troops to attack together, and the werewolf troops were still responsible for the encirclement. Guarantee that no one will be able to break through and leave to seek foreign help, etc.
Of course, according to William's plan to spread fear, outright slaughter would not have been perfect. The best way to do this is to loot and slaughter one-half to two-thirds of the population, as long as the city is burned, drive the survivors who are "lucky" to flee to the deeper hinterland of the fascist kingdom, and then spread the disaster, fear, despair, and death on the border.
A male crimson panther man jumped over the village's fence with ease.
His strength was not bad, almost close to the level of the upper silver, and as he leaped into the village, he had already reached out and pulled out the long sword behind his waist, and by the time 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 around to talk and laugh, and everyone was a little unresponsive to this sudden orc, or they were already stunned.
The leopard man smiled sly and walked slowly towards the villagers.
A scream, heard from a distance, followed by a scream.
Seemingly awakened by the sound of screams and screams, the women finally let out a scream and began to flee.
The crimson panther man caught up with one of them with an arrow, and with a sword he raised, a village woman was killed without any struggle. At this time, more and more leopard people also jumped into the village, they all held different weapons in their hands, and the gender was also male and female, basically all the leopard people entered the village, immediately attacked and killed the nearest target, without any stop.
And when a steady stream of leopard people rushed into this village, the outcome of this village was already doomed.
The entire village, even before the alarm bell could be sounded, had been wiped out by the Leopard Race soldiers. Although they were a little excited and excited because they invaded the territory of the human kingdom for the first time, they did not forget the task they had to do on this trip, so there were still some "fish that slipped through the net" and escaped the killing.
After a simple killing. All the leopards began to scavenge the village's supplies, the most important part of which was naturally the food reserves. On the scale of this small village. Naturally, it is not possible to form an adequate supply for the entire vanguard army, and it is not the harvest season. The village doesn't have enough food reserves, but it's better than nothing. After looting these supplies, the leopards began to set fire to the village, burning the entire village.
When all this was done, all the leopards retreated directly.
With the retreat of the leopardmen, the werewolf encirclement under the command of Karfins also began to withdraw, and soon the two forces reunited together, and the centaurs who had come to meet them once again merged into a large vanguard army, quickly retreating into the distance. And the survivors who narrowly escaped their doom. At this time, they finally dared to come out of hiding, and they tried to put out the fire, but the fire was already very large, and it was not on the scale that they could stop.
Unlike the fascists, who wept bitterly, the vanguard of the Savage Lands coalition forces was now singing loud and joyful songs, and then continued to wander in the rear. Their target was not just a small village, but all the villages and towns behind the entire border fortress, and this vanguard army was not only a tactical test for William. It is more of an important pawn to disrupt the layout of the borders of the fascist kingdom.
And then, just as William had predicted, the story of the Savage Devil quickly spread across the borders of the fascist kingdom. And there is a faint possibility of spreading to the deep belly territory. This terrible feeling of despair and panic is simply not something that ordinary people can stop, especially those villages and towns and outposts that have almost no protection capabilities. Only the camps and cities that have formed a scale can barely suppress this panic.
And so it goes. As a result, the inhabitants of all the villages and towns began to move closer to the nearby cities, and a large amount of land in the fascist kingdom began to show signs of abandonment. At the same time, it also exacerbated the security problem in the city.
However, the residents of these villages and towns who are afraid of death can leave, but the soldiers at the outposts scattered all over the border front line cannot leave at will. The strategic value of these posts was to provide the rear garrison with the movement of enemy troops, so even if panic had spread throughout the borders of the fascist kingdom, they could only be stationed. Although the garrisons from the rear began to send troops to reinforce these posts and camps, they could not stop the loss of morale in any way.
In just half a month, by Lu Xiu'an. The vanguard under the command of Bloodhoof and Sachgrot destroyed three villages, one village, six outposts, a small town, and a camp.
This force was like locusts, and there could be no survivors except for some of the people who had been let go of the plan long ago. Moreover, whether it is a village or a post camp, once it is conquered, it will be a looting of materials, and for those materials that cannot be taken away or are too excessive, they will be directly set on fire along with the villages and towns and camp posts.
If you look down from the sky at this moment, you can see that the border defense line of the fascist kingdom built around the forest of Rios and the principality of Equiri is already full of holes. The whole vanguard army came and went as if in a no-man's land, they did not stop in one place at all, and the direction of their advance was irregular, but once it was targeted, there was no chance of a successful defense.
The only time this vanguard was not targeted was a small city with seven meters of walls.
Strictly speaking, the size of the small city was not large, the garrison was less than 5,000 men, and the garrison was weak. People throughout the city discovered Lu Xiu'an. The Bloodhoof's troops trembled, thinking that death had finally loomed over the city.
It's just, Lu Xiu'an. Bloodhoof restrained his desire to forcibly order the siege of the city, waved his hand and turned around to lead the entire vanguard army to withdraw.
This move soon made the fascist kingdom realize that the siege ability of the vanguard army was insufficient, and even miscalculated the combat effectiveness of this vanguard army. As a result, the two corps stationed at the border were mobilized at the first time and began to gradually form an encirclement network, gradually blocking the space for the entire vanguard force to operate. Whether out of a desire for victory or an account of the people, the fascist kingdom has reached the point where it is necessary to annihilate this vanguard army.
At the same time, the all-encompassing ****** of the fascist kingdom was finally officially issued, and a large number of nobles and private armies were quickly assembled under the convening of lords and nobles from all over the country. Although it will take some time for this ****** cycle to take shape, the counterattack mentality and strength shown by the fascist kingdom at this time have indeed given a strong confidence to the people in the country.
Of course, at this time, not only the countries of the Southern Continent, but all the human nations on the entire Miracle Continent have already set their sights on this war between the Void Principality and the Fascist Kingdom.
They didn't care if the war was won by the Void Principality or the fascist kingdom defended successfully.
What they really care about is what kind of power this army from this wild land can exert after integration. After all, this is the first time in the history of the Miracle Continent that the army is truly composed of multi-racial tribes in the wilderness, and in any war that has not been experienced before, it naturally lacks sufficient data and intelligence collection for this part, so at this time, it can see the fascist kingdom being used as an experimental field, which naturally attracts the attention of other great powers.
Of course, there must be countries that don't want to see the Void Duchy become an empire.
It's just that what kind of actions these countries will make, no one knows at the moment.
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On a plain, a group of centaurs moved rapidly.
The galloping pace rolled up billowing dust and smoke.
On either side of this centaur force are the soldiers of the leopard and werewolf tribes. They only stand upright when they are fighting, and the fast-running movement state is basically on all fours, of course, some of the more powerful werewolves will also choose to walk upright and hurry, but at this time, the werewolves in the army do not have this level.
Sitting on the back of a centaur are the highland elves in light armor and the people of the three tribes of the rabbit girl and the cat woman.
This is the vanguard that William sent deep into the borders of the fascist kingdom to cause trouble, loot and sabotage everywhere.
At this time, they had just finished plundering a small town, and although they encountered unexpected resistance and some casualties, their overall combat effectiveness did not drop much.
Never stopping in one place is a concept that has been formed by this force from the very beginning.
So after completely destroying that town, Lu Xiu'an. Bloodhoof immediately ordered the troops to withdraw, and this time because the battle dragged on for a bit longer, the collection of supplies was far less easy than the previous times. However, there is no way to do it, because according to the information of Bunny and Catwoman, Saatchi Grotel has already judged that they are now trapped in the encirclement network of the border garrison, and if the time stays too long, once the encirclement network is allowed to shrink, then their situation is likely to be bad.
In terms of experience in marching and fighting, Thatch Grottel's ability was superior to that of Lucian. There are a lot of bloody hooves, but in terms of reaction and decision-making on the frontal battlefield, it is Lu Xiu'an. Bloodhoof is a little better. The abilities of these two people can complement each other, so William arranged for the two to partner up and be in charge of this vanguard army.
"Let's find a place to rest." Lu Xiu'an glanced at the team, the wounded soldiers had been gathered, although some treatment had been done, but it was indeed a little inconvenient in terms of activities, according to the old rules of the Savage Land, wounded soldiers who were already inconvenient to move like this would often be given up as soon as the battle was fierce.
"There's movement!" Just as Lu Xiu'an finished speaking, Younis had already jumped up, and his little nose twitched, "A strong smell of blood." ”
"The size of the enemy is not small." Rollo also followed Younis's voice closely, "There are a lot of them, at least more than 10,000 people. …… There were cavalry, and it was impossible to judge accurately. ”
Although Rollo has excellent hearing, she is not omnipotent, she can only roughly judge a quantitative scale.
Everyone's eyes instantly focused on Lu Xiu'an. Bloody hoof's body. (To be continued.) )