Suhlen asked after they sat down in the living room, "Mishien, I remember that you were almost as strong as the orcs. How did you lose so suddenly?"
Mishien smiled bitterly, "We were too careless."
"After defeating the orc army, we relaxed our vigilance. The orcs also retreated after that defeat, which made our warriors even more proud. Now that I think about it, they did that to numb us and make us reveal our flaws."
"Obviously, they succeeded."
"But even if you were careless, you wouldn't have been defeated so easily," Suhlen said strangely.
"Indeed, even if we were careless, we wouldn't have lost so much. After all, even if we couldn't win, we could still run. "
"It's just that the orcs were already prepared. The orc shamans used the Blur spell, and the orc army used the Blur spell to successfully surround our tribe under the cover of the night. "
Suhlen nodded. He understood the orcs' plan. Blur was not a difficult spell. After using it, it could cover the user with a layer of shadow. With the cover of night, it was comparable to an invisibility spell.
It was not easy to cover the entire orc army with Blur. Even a legendary wizard would need to use a large amount of mana to cast it more than ten times.
Although the orc shamans were powerful, they had not reached the legendary level. Blur combined with the cover of night could barely achieve the effect of invisibility. Blur also had the effect of creating shadows that could easily make archers miss their target.
After the centaurs became careless, the orcs rushed through the night and surrounded the centaur tribe. The centaurs' strength lay in their cavalry and heavy cavalry. After losing their speed and being close to the orcs, the centaurs lost all their advantages. The orc army formed an elite force. There were not many of them, only two thousand of them. Together with the orc wolf riders, they directly broke through the centaur tribe's defense. The centaur tribe was defeated.
In order to break out of the encirclement, the centaur tribe paid a huge price. Some of the warriors launched a suicide attack against the orc army. They used their flesh and blood to open a path for the women and children of the centaurs.
In the end, the centaurs lost more than three thousand elite warriors and some women and children. In the end, less than four thousand centaurs successfully escaped. Even so, the Centaurs were still being harassed by the orcs' wolf riders.
The Centaur Tribe, which had suffered heavy losses, only stopped when they reached the North Town City. They could no longer fend off the Orc army on their own. The Centaurs wanted to team up with the humans of the North Town City to fight against the Orc army.
The war in the Wilderness was very cruel. Once they lost, there would be the danger of extinction. The Beastmen would not give the Centaurs a chance to rise again.
"Are you going to form an alliance with us?" Suhlen looked at the little mare and asked.
"That's right, Sir Suhlen. The Humans and the Beastmen have been enemies for generations. We also have a huge grudge against the Beastmen. We should work together to deal with the Beastmen."
"Moreover, after the orcs defeated our Centaurs, their strength is not something that either of us can deal with alone."
"I don't deny that." Suhlen nodded. "The orcs are indeed our common enemy. We agree to form an alliance with the Centaur Tribe. "
When the Centaurs heard that Suhlen was willing to form an alliance, they were overjoyed. This was the best news they had heard since their defeat that night.
"Sir Suhlen, we have another request." Mihien hesitated a bit and said.
"What request?"
"We need the North Town City to give us some food, tents, medicine, and weapons." When the Centaurs escaped that night, they did not bring any food. Many of them did not even have weapons.
Suhlen held his chin with one hand. "Chris, how much food and tents can our territory provide?"
"Master, the territory just had a harvest of food. After deducting our own needs and the food for the new population every month, we can provide 30 tons of food," Chris said. Suhlen knew that this was only a small portion. She was just putting on a show for the Centaurs.
"Immediately send 30 tons of food to the Centaurs," Suhlen said directly.
"Understood."
"Thank you for your generosity, Sir Suhlen. You are the Centaurs' best friend," Mihien said gratefully.
"This is our support for our allies," Suhlen said with a smile. Su Lun said with a smile, "But we are also very limited in weapons and equipment, so we can't provide you with too much."
Suhlen's territory was not big. The weapons and equipment he had were barely enough to support his army. He had 1,700 soldiers in his territory, and many of them were still wearing leather armor. The equipment he could provide was limited.
Moreover, there was another reason. After all, they were only allies, and the Centaurs weren't harmless. If they gave them too much equipment, what would they do if the Centaurs turned around and attacked them? That wasn't impossible. If they stole a lot of equipment from Northern Town City and continued south, the Orcs wouldn't chase after them.
There weren't many rules in the wastelands. They believed in the survival of the fittest and the survival of the fittest. If Northguard City was still the same as Northguard Fortress, without a tall wall, the centaurs might not be looking for an alliance. They might just run away and steal the spoils.
Thirty tons of rations sounded like a lot, but because there were only potatoes and no other meat to supplement their diet, according to the Centaur's appetite, a Centaur would consume two to three kilograms a day. It must be known that a Centaur would consume five to six kilograms of hay and two kilograms of fodder in a day. The Centaur's appetite was even more astonishing.
Thirty tons of food, along with their own hunting, was enough to feed the three thousand centaurs for half a month. If they wanted to rely on this amount of food to continue running, they wouldn't be able to last much longer. With the orcs chasing after them, the centaurs would most likely all starve to death.
Suhlen was vigilant against any forces. Even if they were allies, he would use the most malicious method. Murder was always happening in this world.
The Centaurs lacked weapons, but they had bows and arrows. What the Centaurs lacked was armor. In the battle that night, they did not have time to put on armor. This caused the Centaurs to lack heavy cavalry. Although heavy cavalry was slow, they could not change directions, cost a lot of money, and had many other shortcomings, they were still irreplaceable on a cold weapon battlefield.
If the Centaur Tribe had a thousand, no, five hundred heavy cavalry, they could easily cut through the Orc Tribe's army on the battlefield.
Suhlen gave the Centaurs 300 sets of armor inlaid with iron scales, as well as a batch of javelins and spears. Together with 30 tons of food, they were sent to the Centaurs.
At the same time, Northern Battlefront City entered a state of emergency. One thousand and seven hundred soldiers were all back in the army. Two hundred North Battlefront Castle guards were on standby. Two thousand militia members were gathered again. The blacksmith shop also started producing armor.
Su Lun intended to equip all the soldiers above the level of elite spearmen with iron armor. The strength of elite spearmen was still a little lower than that of knights, but after being equipped with good iron armor and weapons, ordinary orcs were no match for them.
Now, most of the long spear soldiers in North Town City had reached this level. Some of them had even reached the level of heavy armor long spear soldiers (knight level).
The heavy armored pikemen were the backbone of the army, so they were equipped with the best equipment. The half-body plate armor forged by the blacksmiths in the territory was given to the heavy armored pikemen first. At the same time, the tower shields made from ankhegs were all given to them.
The Barbarians also used half-body plate armor and were given double-edged greataxes and handaxes. These people could only use them to charge or disrupt the enemy's formation.
The archers were all equipped with iron scale armor and longbows. At the same time, they were also equipped with melee weapons. Only a portion of these archers used centaur longbows and elven war bows. The rest of the archers used ordinary birch bows.
The birch bow's range was half as long as the elven and centaur longbows. Suhlen originally wanted to replace all the archers with centaur longbows and elven battle bows, but the oak wood used for elven battle bows wasn't mature yet, so he had to replace it with birch.
Although the birch bow's range was short and its power was low, it also consumed less energy. Although it wasn't much of a threat to the armored orcs, the normal orc soldiers didn't have any armor, so the birch bow was still a threat to them.
Suhlen issued a call for war in the North Town City. There were still many mercenaries in the North Town City, and they were all recruited into the army. The half-elves were also in the range of recruitment. Last time, Su Lun promised Grace that he would only recruit 150 half-elves to join the army, but he could continue to recruit when the territory faced a great threat. So this time, a total of 350 half-elves joined the army, and the same was true for the drows.
In order to deal with the incoming orc army, Suhlen had mobilized all the forces in the territory. But even so, there were only 2500 soldiers in the North Town City other than the militia.
All of the scouts had been sent out. Every three hours, there would be a scout reporting the latest movements of the orc army. The orc army had over ten thousand soldiers this time. Among them, there were about five hundred elite orc warriors, three thousand orc wolf riders, and eight thousand orc warriors. In addition, there were more than 5000 servants in the orc army.
After the orc army defeated the centaur tribe, a large number of gnolls, earth goblins, and bugbears joined the orc army. As for the normal goblins and kobolds, they didn't even have the right to join the army. The only ally of the North Town City was the centaur tribe.
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