The war on earth slowly fell into a strange state.
On the battlefield, the Orc army was helpless against the defense line of the Great Wall, which had been built by humans for a long time, even with the help of divine spells.
The walls of the Great Wall were tall and thick, and they were all reinforced with spells. Ordinary swords and knives could only leave an inconspicuous mark that would disappear after a while. These walls were not simply connected, but relied on the veins of the earth, and they were uneven. There were many winding barbican structures. If one wanted to rush in along the road, they would be trapped in the barbican and attacked from several sides. It was easy for the entire army to be wiped out.
Therefore, to attack this line of defense, one had to rely on ladders and other equipment to climb up the wall.
However, when it came to the level of siege equipment, the Orcs' technology was a little terrible. After so many years, they had not been able to invent anything more powerful — it was really not necessary. The Orcs themselves did not have the habit of building tall and thick walls, and they did not have the habit of attacking cities. Moreover, even in the face of the towering and steep walls, there were still flying magical beasts and mid-level and high-level experts.
However, for the defense line of the Great Wall, flying magical beasts were useless, and so were the mid-level and high-level experts.
The humans also had flying troops, and their numbers were also very large. Perhaps the total number was not as many as the Orcs, but at least it was enough for defense.
In terms of the number of experts, the humans had an absolute advantage. In the last major battle, the confrontation between the Legendary experts of both sides ended with the Orcs' defeat. Unfortunately, that battle dragged on for a long time, and in the end, it did not have any decisive significance to the war.
In this regard, the situation was exactly the opposite of the flying soldiers.
However, if the defense line of the Great Wall was the battlefield, and the Legendary experts of both sides began a long battle, then the disadvantage of the Orcs' numbers would be obvious. By then, there would probably be many losses of Legendary experts, and this was something the Orc emperor could not accept.
Losing some ordinary soldiers was not a problem for such a war of the entire race, but the number of Legendary experts was not many to begin with. If they lost more, the situation would be even worse.
Since the Legendary experts could not fight, then the Orcs were naturally at an absolute disadvantage. If they wanted to attack the city, they could only fill it with human lives.
Did they have enough human lives?
Of course they did.
However, the Orc emperor did not intend to use human lives to fill that terrifying line of defense.
"There's no need." During the military meeting at night, he said, "The humans have more people than us, so the food supply must be tight. Moreover, they lack enough spellcasters, the treatment of the wounded, the recuperation of the sick … These are all at a disadvantage. "
"More importantly, their logistics line is about to have problems." There was a cold smile on the Emperor's aged face. "Tens of thousands of people are constantly destroying their rear, and the Oracles of Your Majesties are attacking the temples and altars. They won't last long!"
This was the result of the staff committee's discussion. According to their estimates, the human army's rations would probably last for another month or so. After a month, millions of soldiers would face the predicament of food shortage.
At that time, humans would have to take the initiative to attack or retreat. There was no other choice.
Emperor Ilo was not worried about the safety of the mobility troops. They were not isolated and helpless like the mobility troops of the Southern Legion of the Commonwealth of Gold Coins back then. Behind them were the great gods and a large number of Oracles.
These Oracles would provide them with sufficient information and support in time, so that they could maintain a good state, and even transport supplies for them — with the help of the Oracles, even if they were to penetrate deep into enemy territory alone, they would not be isolated and helpless.
On the contrary, based on the actual situation, they might be living a more comfortable and comfortable life than the main army on the west side of the defense line of the Great Wall, staring at the human army.
After all, the enemy they had to face was not strong. It was nothing more than some militias or private armies of the nobles. The elite troops of the humans had either assembled at the defense line of the Great Wall or were guarding various key points on the supply line. It was impossible to divert enough troops to deal with them.
As for the problem of diverting a small number of strong people, in the face of an army of tens of thousands, as well as the strong people who might be hidden in the army, what was the use of a small number of strong people? It was nothing more than sending them to their deaths.
In fact, the human side could also mobilize a few troops to encircle and annihilate them. With the advantage of military strength, this was not impossible. But the Orcs had the help of Oracles to collect information. They had easily avoided the encirclement and annihilation of the human army twice. The second time, they even took the opportunity to lay a trap and launched a beautiful counterattack.
As the days passed, the weather gradually became warmer. But the hearts of the commanders on both sides were cold.
What was cold was not despair or fear, but murderous intent.
The human side had already suffered huge losses. Putting aside the losses in the positional warfare previously, the Orcs' mobility troops attacking and harassing them in their own hinterlands during this period of time were the real heavy losses. At least hundreds of towns and villages had been turned into ruins because of this. The number of civilians who had become refugees and needed help exceeded 100,000 — and all this was just the beginning.
100,000 people was not a lot, but it was not so easy to prepare food and shelter for an additional 100,000 people.
After much consideration on the human side, they could only choose to migrate these 100,000 people toward the defense line of the Great Wall in the end. Only there would they be able to get enough food and shelter.
As for the problem of danger, if the army was defeated, then where else would it not be dangerous?
And on the Orcs' side, the mobility troops were also a little tired after fighting continuously for more than ten days. The most important thing was that the biggest goal of their trip this time had yet to be accomplished.
For the Orcs' mobility troops, attacking the hinterlands of the humans and creating a large number of refugees was just a secondary goal. Their main goal was to destroy the humans' supply line. However, of course, the humans had also expected this. Every stronghold along the entire supply line was heavily guarded. Almost all of them were fortresses, and they were even heavily guarded. The mobility troops of the orcs were enough to attack the nobles' castles or towns, but it was far from enough to attack a fortress that was heavily guarded by soldiers.
Under such circumstances, these Orcs, who had penetrated deep into the enemy's rear, could not help but become irritated.
According to tradition, at this time, they should have captured a large number of humans and forced these civilians to attack the stronghold, using their lives to deplete the weapons and morale of the defenders of the stronghold. This method was very cruel, very vicious, and also very effective.
But it was not possible this time.
When the Orcs' mobility troops held a military meeting at night to discuss this plan, they heard a roar coming from the sky.
The sturdy tents were torn to pieces. A huge green jellyfish looked at them with terrifying scarlet eyes.
Sui Xiong did not say anything, but his attitude was already very clear.
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