Chapter 162 Cavalry Raid

Although the harpy is only level three, it is actually very difficult to deal with because it is an air force.

Small groups of scouts are no match for the harpy and cannot hide. Generally speaking, they will disappear and die.

Large groups of scouts are easily discovered by the harpy and fall into the trap of the orcs without intelligence advantages.

Only archers like Richard and Soros have the opportunity to shoot the harpy.

However, Richard is the lord of the Harland family and the commander of the entire army. Soros is also a level six warrior and the commander of the Warcraft Cavalry. It is impossible for the two of them to participate in every reconnaissance mission.

In the entire northern border area, including the three main legions and more than 200,000 officers and soldiers, there are no more than a hundred archers who can reach the sixth level of archery.

These people are basically middle and senior officers and rarely participate in front-line reconnaissance missions.

Moreover, the northern border area has nearly one million square kilometers of land, and there are only more than a hundred archers who can deal with the harpy, and there is no way to deal with the large number of harpy.

As long as the harpy is careful and flies at high altitude for reconnaissance, even the archer cannot threaten the safety of the harpy. Only the magic beast cavalry such as the lion-dragon and the wyvern can restrain the harpy.

Without the power of magic beasts in the air, the battlefield information is almost transparent to the orcs.

Losing the initiative of information, it is of course uncomfortable and passive in the war.

The orcs rely heavily on the reconnaissance of the harpy when marching and fighting. Now that the harpy was shot by Richard and Thoros, the orcs were unaware and did not send out other scouts.

Richard led his troops out at four o'clock in the afternoon. After shooting the harpy, he ran all the way. When he arrived at the orc military station, it was already evening.

This time, Richard and Thoros personally approached for reconnaissance. The two observed the number of cooking smoke in the orc camp and calculated it slightly. They found that the number of orcs in the military station was indeed not many, just a little more than a complete brigade.

Now is the time for the orcs to have dinner, and the guards of the military station are not very strict.

Seeing the opportunity, Richard thought to himself: "This opportunity is rare, and a sneak attack will have a good chance of success."

Richard's character is very decisive. After discovering the opportunity, he did not delay and immediately commanded the cavalry squadron to raid the orc station.

The cavalry of the Dawn Continent, ordinary cavalry, is divided into three types according to the degree of armor, heavy, medium and light.

Heavy cavalry, naturally, is tall and big, and both the man and the horse are armored. Medium cavalry, the man wears iron armor, and the horse is not armored. Light cavalry, the man wears leather armor, and the horse is not armored.

If it is about long-distance marches, light cavalry is faster, but in terms of short-distance explosive power, heavy cavalry has stronger explosive power because they choose the best war horses.

Warcraft cavalry also wears heavy armor. The armor on the iron-horned horse weighs more than 180 kilograms, which cannot be cut by a knife, pierced by a spear, or shot through by an arrow.

In addition, the iron-horned horse has a strong power, and it is like an iron can on the battlefield.

Ordinary soldiers have no way to deal with Warcraft cavalry. Dozens of soldiers are considered a profit when they exchange one horse.

Only professional officers, enchanted crossbows, alchemical bombs, magicians and other extraordinary powers are suitable for dealing with Warcraft Cavalry and causing casualties to the Warcraft Cavalry.

Baron Harden's Warcraft Cavalry Squadron attacked the Orc Brigade several times, making Gunderson exhausted.

Of course, if the Warcraft Cavalry was hit by the stone bullets thrown down by the heavy catapult, it would be difficult to escape.

The cavalry unit under Richard's command is a mixed squadron, consisting of 40 Warcraft Cavalry, 80 Heavy Cavalry, and 200 Medium Cavalry.

Forty Warcraft Cavalry, plus Richard, there are a total of 18 professionals. In recent months, four veterans in the Harland Territory have been promoted.

These advanced professionals, as long as their riding skills are barely acceptable, were transferred to the cavalry squadron by Richard to enrich the Warcraft Cavalry personnel.

The remaining 22 Warcraft Cavalry are almost all advanced apprentices.

Among the heavy cavalry, there are also many medium apprentices and advanced apprentices. Among the medium cavalry, the primary apprentices are the main ones.

By this year, the cavalry of Harland Territory was close to Baron Harden's cavalry in strength.

The Warcraft cavalry charged, and the momentum was like thunder, stirring up a large cloud of dust.

Richard took the lead and rushed to the front.

In the orc military station, most of the orcs had not finished their meals yet, and suddenly there was a fierce horn sound in the camp.

Countless orcs put down their bowls in a panic and began to gather outside the tent.

Unfortunately, the orcs' organizational ability was average, and the emergency assembly was very chaotic.

Richard raised his hand and pointed, firing a standard magic missile, blowing up the gate of the military station.

The professionals in the front row also threw two alchemical bombs.

The orc soldiers who had just organized and climbed up the wall were attacked by twenty alchemical bombs, and they were killed and injured instantly.

The Warcraft cavalry was as fierce as a tiger, and easily broke into the orc camp from the camp gate.

Soros drew his bow and shot an orc commander who was about to gather his troops.

Richard looked around and saw that the orc captain had successfully organized two squadrons. He immediately turned his horse around and wanted to lead his troops to disperse the enemy.

The iron-horned horse kept snorting and, under the command of the knight, fired energy missiles almost in no particular order.

Forty energy missiles were fired at the two orc squadrons, killing and wounding seventy or eighty orcs in an instant.

Before the two sides fought at close range, the orcs suffered serious casualties.

The orcs used slingshots and threw stone bullets, and some orcs who could use bows and arrows also pulled the bowstrings at the same time.

The stone bullets hit the armor of the Warcraft cavalry, making a clanging sound, and the muscles of more than ten cavalrymen were bruised. The arrows could not penetrate the steel plate armor, and no casualties were caused.

The Warcraft cavalry was extremely fast, and in an instant they crashed into the orc formation.

Richard held a spear in his hand and provoked the orcs who were blocking in front. At such a close distance, he even saw the orcs' fearful eyes and heard the orcs' miserable wails.

Richard had no sympathy for this tragic scene. The long-term wars in the northern border had tempered his heart as hard as iron.

When Richard just crossed over, he was still a little unable to integrate into this world.

Seeing many people selling their children, he also felt miserable. On the streets of Heihebao, he would even give some money to poor people.

Unexpectedly, just because he showed a few silver coins, a few thieves killed his life and robbed his money. If it weren't for his second uncle Powell's secret protection, Richard might not have lived to adulthood.

After this incident, Richard no longer had excessive sympathy. He took the initiative to integrate into the times and would not be soft-hearted when killing people.

This was the case with humans, and Richard would not have excessive sympathy for orcs. When necessary, Richard would not hesitate to issue an order to massacre the city.

In this world of fierce racial competition, if you don't kill people, others will kill you.

In the Dawn Plane, people cannot stand firm without being ruthless. Richard has recognized this since he was thirteen years old.