Chapter 1670 Bad Situation
Corbat's decision was really extraordinary, and of course it was the most correct choice under the current circumstances. Soon the soldiers of the orc clan began to search frantically in the city. Skilled, but what I didn't expect was that this time it was actually my own people.
But it is a pity that although they searched fiercely, there were not many things found in the end. Basically, the rest of Dilatwa City were civilians who were about to starve to death, so the food they could find was really limited. , to be honest, it is not bad to be able to feed the entire army now.
Even so, there was nothing to be done, and it was too late to count how many supplies were found, so Dilatwa set off directly with the troops, because the elves' troops were almost here.
"Marshal..." The lieutenant here also looked at the towering city of Dilatwa. This city is really the gateway to the west of the orcs. Now it was given to the enemy before the first battle. What will happen in the future? Do it, "Marshal, where should we retreat?"
"I can't think about this much anymore. I'll keep going back to where there is food." Corbat didn't know where to go, but he just retreated in the direction of the main city. They would stop wherever there was food in the city. Come down and prepare to fight, because they are really out of food now.
"..." The adjutant here didn't speak, and was silent for a while, then raised his head and said suddenly, "Marshal, I'll stay, anyway, there is no food, and you can't take so many people to the rear, I will lead the team Stay here to stop the elves' army and give you time to retreat."
If you stay, you will die, this adjutant is very clear, so this is tantamount to saying goodbye.
"No... let's go together." Corbat said immediately, "You don't need to keep anyone down, the 200,000 civilians in this city can hold back the army of the elves, and the elves will not massacre civilians. You stay and resist Instead, it will make the elves want to kill, and the 200,000 prisoners of war will be placed on the elves' side first, and we will take them back when we have a chance."
"This..." The adjutant here nodded. Yes, the elves are not the vicious troops of the human race Li Huailin, although the two sides have fought for so long. But I have never heard of the elves still massacring the city, so this group of people staying here is just being captured by the elves as slaves. In fact, thinking about it, this is still a way of life for them, because they have robbed all the food in the city, and now they will starve to death if they stay, but if they are captured by the elves, they will have something to eat. Slaves, but at least they won't starve to death, right?
Thinking of this, the adjutant here also nodded. Compared with this, their army is more troublesome, because now they don't have enough food and grass to go to the next city, and if the next city has no food, isn't it... they will continue to rob the civilians of food, and then Continue to retreat?
The adjutant didn't say much, because he didn't know how to say it, and now it could only be like this. The 100,000 army here is already the last force of the orcs. Although the orcs say that there is a shortage of troops. But it cannot be supplemented. It's not that there is a shortage of soldiers. If you roar, hundreds of thousands of recruits must have rushed to sign up, because the civilians will starve to death. Soldiers have food to eat, of course they all go to serve as soldiers. But the problem is that there is no food for the soldiers now, and the whole country is about to run out of food, so they can't do it if they want to replenish soldiers, so the 100,000 troops in their hands are already the last army, and they must not be folded here.
The orc army just slipped away in such a dismal manner, and not long after they left, the elf army arrived. Before the siege began, the scouts in front came to report. The city gate was wide open, and there seemed to be no soldiers inside. However, the orc civilians were in a mess, and after a little questioning, they said that the orc army had left. Before leaving, they robbed all their food and grass.
"This Korbat is really decisive enough, Dilatwa can give up." The commander of the elves is still Li Huailin's old acquaintance Sarina,
It was because of this idiot that he was beaten back by the orcs when he had the upper hand. If it wasn't for the lack of food for the orcs, he might have been beaten to the territory of the elves.
"Legion Commander, what should we do now?" A female general in armor next to her asked Sarina.
"Could it be Korbat's conspiracy, pretending to retreat, but actually let the soldiers disguise themselves as civilians and mix in the crowd, and attack us when we enter the city?" Another female general next to him said. Yes, the elves are really scared by Korbat. Before Korbat was so brave and invincible, all kinds of strange tricks were eaten by the elves. The funny thing is that the elves here are simply invited by Korbat. The actors, all kinds of cooperation, how the other party designed and how they fell into the trap, several times of big losses in a row, made them all have a shadow now.
"It's possible." As soon as the general said, the elf general beside him also became nervous.
"Whatever his plan is." Unexpectedly, Sarina suddenly waved her hand to stop everyone's conversation, and then said, "According to the Queen's order, no one will be left behind in all the orc cities that pass by, whether they are troops or civilians!"
"What!" All the generals next to him were stunned. They really didn't know about this order before. Is this to massacre the city? There has never been such a precedent for the elves, "Legion Commander? This is an order from Her Majesty the Queen? Are you sure?"
"Of course I'm sure, you see." Selina here directly took out a green paper-like thing and showed it in front of everyone. Everyone believed it when they saw it. Of course, this is Queen Lei. Chell's order, "However, how is this possible? Her Majesty the Queen didn't say it before..."
"I heard that this is an order from His Majesty Ruolin, the emperor of the mainland, to go to the palace to persuade Her Majesty the Queen." Sharina immediately explained, which was of course told to her by the messenger.
"What is Lord Ruolin with a big heart?"
"So that's it, it's that adult."
Speaking of Li Huailin's name, everyone here can accept this order. Yes, other people don't say that Li Huailin's order is very normal for all of them. Isn't that what the human race did when they beat the orcs before? Now it's just an order for them. can accept.
"Since it's Master Ruolin's order, let's carry it out."
"Yes, after all, it is the order of His Majesty the Emperor of the Mainland, and Her Majesty the Queen has also agreed, so let's carry it out."
Thanks to Li Huailin's super high favorability in the elves, although most of the elves' troops are somewhat against the order to massacre the city, but after discussing it, most of the elves' generals still agreed to this plan, if not for Li Huailin himself If ordered, it is really difficult to succeed.
In short, all the generals nodded, and the order here began to be executed, and the army of the elves began to march towards the city of Dilatwa. Since the city gate was wide open, all the orc civilians of course also saw the elf troops marching over. Of course, they also knew that they were abandoned by their own army and had no food. , quickly stood still, several people were already shouting to the elf army in front: "We are civilians, the army has left, we surrender, don't... ah..."
Before he finished speaking, the orc civilian here screamed and fell to the ground. When he saw a bow and arrow stuck in his head, the elf soldiers were of course very accurate in shooting arrows. One arrow directly shot his head.
He wanted to shoot again, but the captain next to him stopped the soldier who got first blood: "Don't worry, I'll kill some later, use a knife."
"Fuck, the elves killed prisoners... ah..." Another orc civilian was shot to death before he could finish his sentence, and the elves army also rushed into the city of Dilatwa, and began a large-scale massacre Woke up, and the whole city was in a mess.
On the other side, Corbat led the army to retreat all the way to the east, but it was really hard to lead the troops without food and grass. After walking halfway, the army began to desert. Everyone was hungry. If you're alive, don't run for your life. Corbat was also in a hurry, but there was nothing he could do to stop them.
Before reaching the next city, they were chased instead, but it was not the army of the elves who chased them, but the refugees who escaped from the city of Dilatva. Soon these panic-stricken Orc civilians were brought before Corbat of the front team.
"What are you talking about? The army of the elves has started slaughtering the city?" Corbat was really surprised when he heard the news. He even started massacring the city, why not learn from that guy?
"Yes, General." The refugees didn't even know who Korbat was, and they were already frightened a little out of their minds, screaming nervously.
"This... Marshal!" The adjutant next to him squeezed his hands directly, his veins bulging, and said to Corbat, "Marshal! How dare the elves do this, let's go back, they must never think that we will go back now! Catch them off guard!"
"Report!" Before Corbat could answer, a soldier rushed over from the front immediately, "Marshal, the main city has sent an urgent report. The dragon clan in the east has suddenly declared war on our empire. Now several cities They were all suddenly attacked by a giant dragon, and the leader urgently called for the marshal to lead his troops back to the main city to participate in the defense."
"What?" Corbat almost fell off his mount when he heard this, "This... His Majesty asked us to retreat to the main city to participate in the defense. Could it be that the main city also..."
"The main city hasn't been attacked yet, but all the patriarchs are quite worried." The soldier said immediately, "Marshal, please retreat immediately."