In the end, Suhlen obtained more than 13,000 refugees from Colin City. To prevent any unforeseen events, Suhlen directly brought these refugees to Blackstone Fortress.
Suhlen didn't get too much food after taking down the 2 orc camps. The orcs wouldn't waste food here. Luckily, the northern city had more food than they could eat. When Suhlen set off from the northern city, he brought a large amount of food with him.
The soldiers who escorted the refugees to the northern city would also bring some food with them when they left. So even though Suhlen had gathered a large number of refugees, he still had plenty of food.
After resting for a day in the Blackstone Fortress, he let the refugees rest for a day before beginning the migration to the northern city.
The siege of Calt City was still in full swing. However, the rear of the orc army was also not stable. In order to get more people, Suhlen began to continuously attack the camps where the human slaves were kept.
In just half a month, three of the Orc Army's camps had been breached. The casualties were not serious, but the human slaves they had captured had all been taken away. This made the Orcs, who had high morale, very angry.
In order to deal with this situation, the orcs began to search the wasteland. They also deliberately transferred 5000 wolf riders from the frontline. The effect of a wolf rider in a siege was limited. They were basically harassing and chasing. Thus, Chieftain Rogthus sent the Wolf Riders to the rear.
Suhlen didn't care about these wolf riders. He had the system's strategic map in hand, so he could easily avoid these wolf riders. In addition, the harpies in the northern city were scouting from the sky. The entire battlefield could be said to be transparent to Suhlen.
With this, Suhlen was like a fish in water in the northern provinces. In order to attract the attention of the orc army, Suhlen purposely led a small group of soldiers to harass the orc's supply line and attack the orc's supply line. This seriously affected the orc army's supply line. The wolf riders wanted to follow behind Suhlen, but they could only eat his dust.
With the help of the harpies and the strategic map, Suhlen even pretended to attack a supply line to lure the nearby orc camp to help. Then, he ambushed the reinforcements sent by the orc camp. It didn't take him much effort to defeat a 2000 orc army. By the time the orcs left with the supply line, Suhlen had already swaggered away with the refugees he saved from the camp.
Of course, Suhlen could play around with the orc army because he had the system and the harpies' help. At the same time, the main force of the orc army was fighting against the humans in Calt City. They couldn't transfer the entire army to encircle Suhlen. They could only let the wolf riders cooperate with the orcs in encirclement, but the effect wasn't good.
Calt City. More than 80,000 orcs had completely surrounded the largest city in the northern provinces. The siege had been going on for half a month. Both sides had suffered heavy casualties, but overall, the orcs had the upper hand.
In the central tent of the orc army, an orc man was sitting on a chair covered with an ice field giant bear skin. He was drinking hard liquor.
"This vodka is really amazing. I really don't understand how those humans can make such a good thing." The commander of the army, Rugthus, grabbed a bottle of vodka and took a big gulp.
"Great Shaman, our army has been stuck here for a long time. Do you have any good ideas?"
Another abnormally old orc shook his head. "After the crushing defeat at the Blackstone Fort, these humans are very vigilant. They've dispatched Gryphon Knights. Although our wyvern knights are powerful individually, they're too few in number."
"And we've also made a mistake. We shouldn't have surrounded the entire city. If only one side of the wall was left, we might have broken into the city by now."
"Why is that?"
"Because we've surrounded the entire city. The humans have no way out. Naturally, they'll fight us to the death." The old shaman's voice was hoarse. It sounded like he was scratching a wooden board with his fingernails. It was very uncomfortable.
"Then let go of the southern wall," Roguessus ordered.
"Yes, sir!" A servant beside him walked out of the tent to pass on the order.
"Where are the human kingdom's reinforcements now?" Rogthus continued to ask.
An orc general below replied, "Because we've broken through the Blackstone Fortress and surrounded Calt City, the human army has sped up their march. In about three days, they'll reach Calt City."
"The number of reinforcements is around 100,000. They're led by Marquis Winter of the human kingdom."
"Looks like the humans are getting anxious. The pillar of the kingdom, the legendary knight Winter, has also been sent." Rogthus sneered.
"Chieftain, should we make some preparations first?" One of the orc generals suggested. "We definitely won't be able to take down Calt City in three days. When the human reinforcements arrive, they'll attack us from both inside and outside. We'll be in a passive position."
"Don't worry, I've already made the arrangements." Rogthus waved his hand.
At this moment, an orc messenger hurried in. "Chieftain, there's an urgent military report!"
"What happened?" Rogthus put down the bottle of wine and asked.
"Chieftain, we've just received news that one of our human camps has been breached. Two thousand warriors have been killed or injured," the messenger said.
"Bang!" With a loud bang, the thick wooden table in front of Rogessus was smashed into pieces by his palm.
"We failed again!"
"I'm sorry, chieftain!" The messenger was so scared that he quickly bowed down. He didn't even dare to raise his head.
After a while, Rogthus suppressed his anger and said, "Have you figured out the reason for the failure?"
"We have some guesses. The enemy seems to have a very powerful and covert detection ability. They seem to know our movements like the back of their hand. Our movements have failed several times because we were discovered in advance. This time, we were even ambushed by the humans. More than two thousand orcs were killed or injured. " The messenger let out a sigh of relief. This was over for the time being. He quickly told the chieftain what he knew.
Five thousand wolf riders and ten thousand orc soldiers had been mobilized. In the end, not only did they not catch a single enemy, but they also suffered heavy losses. If they weren't careful, they would lose their lives.
"A special source of detection …" Rogthus pondered for a moment. He then asked the high priest beside him, "High priest, we need the help of a god."
Although the orcs believed in shamanism, they also had their own god – Gewushen. This orc god was also a powerful god. Although the gods in this world didn't pay much attention to them, they would still respond to their believers.
The old shaman didn't speak. He just got up and took some tools. Then he began to pray to the gods. Rogthus didn't show any impatience. He just quietly watched the old shaman pray.
Time passed quickly. After about an hour, the prayer finally ended. The old shaman moved his body and slowly got up.
"Father God told me that the enemy uses Harpies for reconnaissance, and they have a strange ability to detect enemies within a range of 20 kilometers."
"Harpies …" Rogthus muttered to himself for a moment, "I'll assign the wyverns to your two teams. With them, I think you should know what to do. I want you to eliminate that rat as soon as possible."
The herald was overjoyed when he heard that Roguessus had allocated two teams of wyvern knights. He immediately patted his chest and promised, "Don't worry, Patriarch. This time, we will definitely get rid of those rats!"
Rogthus smiled and said, "Then it's settled. I'll wait for your good news!"
"Barton!"
An orc with a body that wasn't considered strong among the orcs, but he looked very well-proportioned. He walked out, "Patriarch, Barton is ready for your orders!"
Although wyverns could fly, their carrying capacity was limited. Therefore, each wyvern knight couldn't be too strong. However, in order to deal with the war, they had to be strong and skilled in martial arts.
"You take two teams of wyvern knights and join the encirclement of that rat. Kill that rat as soon as possible. Do you understand?"
"As you wish." Barton beat his chest with his right hand and performed an orc military salute.
"Patriarch, don't worry. As long as we cut out those harpies, we will definitely kill those rats in the shortest time possible!" The herald said confidently.
"This is your last chance. If you can't do it, then go and repent to Father God!" Rogthus said coldly. His tone was like the cold wind from a glacier, making people feel cold all over.
"Yes … Yes!" The herald's body trembled a few times, then he bowed and left the tent. When he came out, he discovered that his body was covered in cold sweat.
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Suhlen was escorting a large number of refugee slaves with his team. After eating the 2000 orc army, the orcs finally became well-behaved. They all tightly guarded their camp and didn't attack again. Suhlen took advantage of this time to continuously recruit refugees. Many villages outside the city fled when the orcs raided. Now that Suhlen defeated the orcs, these people naturally followed Suhlen.
In this era, there was an unwritten agreement between the nobles and their subjects. That was, the subjects worked for the lord and paid taxes, but the lord had to guarantee the safety of the subjects. If they couldn't do it, then the lord would gradually lose the hearts of the people, and the subjects would scatter.
This kind of situation was very rare in the south of the kingdom. After all, there were very few wars in the south. However, in the north, this agreement was still very important. Suhlen easily recruited a large number of people.
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