Chapter 1594 The Giant of Calydon

"In fact, Lieutenant Colonel Henry James mobilized his troops to guard against the enemy as soon as he discovered the enemy's attack, and he did not make any obvious mistakes."

"During the ensuing two-hour battle, Lieutenant Colonel James and his officers and men also tried their best to resist the invaders, paying a tragic price of more than half of the casualties, until they couldn't resist, then out of consideration of preserving the vitality of the army, We have to withdraw from Linyuan Castle."

"Judging from the information we collected afterwards, Lieutenant Colonel James made an unseemly but undoubtedly correct decision. If he hadn't ordered the retreat immediately, I am afraid that even half of the officers and soldiers would not be able to survive. Ushering in the tragic end of the destruction of the entire army."

After listening to Joseph Adams' narration, Joan, Hailar, and Zion couldn't help but look at each other. The doubts in their hearts did not dissipate, but added a lot of confusion.

"Uncle Joseph, since our side has the upper hand in the Battle of Lindean Castle on paper, the commander has done his duty, all the officers and soldiers have fought bravely, and there are no traitors making trouble, it stands to reason that we should win this battle, why? Instead, they lost completely?" Hailar asked inexplicably.

In fact, this is precisely the question that Joan, Audrey and Holden are puzzling over.

Sir Custis suddenly coughed violently, and it took him a while to regain his composure. He waved his hand apologetically to the young people who were looking at him with concern, expressing that he did not mean to interrupt their conversation.

"Just now I heard you discuss the various advantages and disadvantages of the opposing sides. It seems that you only regard the strength of troops as a series of cold numbers. However, in reality, war is not a game on the board. The number of troops is indeed important, and the quality is also a key factor in determining the outcome of a battle. .”

His old and soothing tone, although a little weak, was inexplicably reassuring.

"On the battlefield where thousands of troops are fighting, we usually don't put too much emphasis on personal strength, because the strong in the general sense do not have the ability to change the direction of the war on their own."

"However, in some special cases, such as a tough battle or a street battle in a city, if one side has a few superpowers to help out, the role played at critical moments is even better than a thousand troops."

"Joseph, if I'm not mistaken, there should be more than one quasi-legendary expert among the Feizhen Corps participating in the Battle of Lindeep Fort."

"As you expected, my lord, although the troops sent by Daoist Fei in that battle were not many, they used at least five quasi-legendary powerhouses. These five people played a huge role on the battlefield, enough to wipe out the strength of both the enemy and us." gap."

Adams brought the pipe to his lips, took a deep puff, glanced at the faces of Joan, Hylar, and Zion, and whispered a key message that young people have not yet realized.

"The mercenary group I mentioned just now assisting the Fierce Lord in attacking the city, don't think it's just 300 ordinary mercenaries for a living. In fact, they are all hill giants from Calydon Island. !"

Hill Giant? !

Joan, Audrey, Holden, and Hailar couldn't help but change their faces when they heard Mr. Adams reveal the origin of the Calydonian mercenary group.

In the caste society of the giant race, the hill giants live at the bottom, have the largest population, and are also the most brutal, dirty and greedy, and are the most unreasonable group of giants.

Although the caste is the lowest in the giant society and is despised by stone giants, frost giants, fire giants, cloud giants and storm giants, the hill giants are also pure-blood giants after all.

The average adult hill giant is over 10 feet tall, weighs no less than 1,000 pounds, has a Strength score of 25, and a Constitution score of nearly 20.

Just relying on this strong physical fitness, coupled with the brutal, ferocious and martial tradition of the entire hill giant nation, any one pulled out will be a humanoid beast with great destructive power!

The most prominent cultural tradition of the hill giants is gluttony. Anything that can be stuffed into their mouths, no matter fresh flesh or spoiled garbage, they don't mind trying. Their powerful stomachs can digest almost any food , eats as much as ten adult humans, so it is also called "large ogre".

With an insatiable appetite, an average lifespan of two hundred years, savage habits, and a stronger reproductive capacity than other giants, the hill giant is undoubtedly one of the most threatening species to human society. It is also the only giant with a clear "cannibalism" habit.

"On the east coast of Jotunheim, there is a series of islands that have been occupied by hill giants since ancient times."

"The ancestors of these hill giants also lived on the mainland. Later, they were defeated by frost giants of a higher caste in the giant race's civil war. Settled in the high mountains and plains of Dunheim, and can only live on the island."

"To this day, the royal court of giants has long since declined. There is no need for the hill giants in Jotunheim to continue to abide by the oath made by their ancestors, but this group of savage giants has an inexplicable stubbornness. Clinging to the ancient ways of life, we call the Northern Coastal Islands our home."

"However, the island is too narrow and has limited resources to support too many hill giants. Whenever food is scarce, these savage giants will take crude wooden boats and board the coast in groups to loot the humans along the coast. town."

"In the beginning, the opponents of these giant pirates were the aborigines of the Asa tribe. Later, with the rise of the colonial movement, immigrants from the old world replaced the aborigines and occupied the coastal areas. Every time a colonial settlement is successfully looted, the town will be ruined, and all valuables and food, including captured humans, will be snatched away, leaving no one behind."

"For nearly a century, giant pirates have been the number one enemy of the Jotunheim colonists until the beginning of this century, when a series of cities and military fortresses including New Avalon, the capital of the Jotunheim colony, were established, The colonists gradually gained an advantage in the struggle against the hill giants."

"At the same time, populations of giants in the coastal islands were changing."

"Most of the stubborn hill giant tribes are still following the tradition and confronting the colonial army equipped with advanced weapons, which is becoming more and more difficult to deal with. cooperation."

"The hill giant tribe living on Calydon Island belongs to the faction that keeps pace with the times." Mr. Adams introduced with a serious face.

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