Chapter 56 Outpost Battle 1

After receiving Richard's letter, Soros didn't think too long and decided to use the big tree of Harland Territory to accumulate military merits.

After all, under Richard's command, he didn't need to complete the mission that would lead to his death.

Soros summoned his mercenaries and read out his decision to them.

William Castle is at the forefront and can be easily besieged by the orc army. The defense force in the castle is far inferior to that of Black River Castle.

Most mercenaries opposed Soros' decision. In the end, only more than 30 soldiers were willing to follow Soros to William Castle.

Richard selected more than 100 strong slaves and incorporated them into the Soros mercenary regiment, reorganizing them into a new squadron and appointing Norman as the captain of the new squadron.

Norman is also a member of the Dark family. His father is the illegitimate son of the old Baron Dark.

This generation of Baron Dark is narrow-minded and cannot tolerate the bastards and illegitimate sons of his father, the old Baron Dark.

Norman's father was driven out of the Dark family. In the end, it was Soros who helped this illegitimate brother and invested a little money to let him do some small business in Black River Castle.

On the Dawn Continent, big business must be supported by great nobles.

Even if you do small business, you have to find support.

Once a businessman's business expands and his wealth increases, it is often not a good thing.

Unless you can find a bigger backer.

In this world, how strong your strength is, how big your business can be.

The territory directly under the royal family is slightly better. In the noble territory, the rules are often darker and crueler.

Norman is now in his thirties and is already a third-level warrior. He is the deputy head of the Soros Mercenary Corps. He has also served in the main corps and is a qualified officer.

Richard's cousin Kent also retired from the Northern Corps and served as the deputy captain of this squadron.

In addition to two main squadrons and a newly formed squadron, Richard also formed an auxiliary squadron.

The auxiliary squadron has the largest number of people, more than 300 people. The grassroots officers are all disabled veterans, and even the squadron leader is Roland, the chief training officer.

The main task of the auxiliary soldiers is to operate the catapult and bed crossbow.

For this reason, Richard also selected four archers from the two main squadrons. The archery level of these archers is about level 2 or 3.

The archery level has reached level 2, which has a good accuracy.

The orc squadron entered the Harland Valley and walked 30 kilometers to find that Fort William blocked the canyon road.

Seeing that the city defense fortifications were very good, the squadron leader, the wolf-headed man Haru Finn, did not act rashly. He immediately arranged scouts and reported the situation of the Harland Valley to his superiors, and then chose to camp on the spot.

Seeing that it was evening, the orc camp was about to be completed.

Even the strong orcs were exhausted and panting.

Richard saw that the time was ripe and launched a surprise attack with two main squadrons.

The quality of the orc army was not bad. The squadron leader roared loudly, and commanded the orcs to form a formation with kicks and punches.

Richard led the way and stood in the front row. After more than ten minutes, the two armies were only a few dozen meters apart.

"Archers, shoot."

More than a hundred archers released their bowstrings and used the projectile technique. A wave of arrows fell into the orc army, and instantly shot five or six orc shieldmen.

There are many orc populations, and a considerable number of them do not have human hands.

With inflexible hands, they are naturally not good at archery. Therefore, in terms of long-range projection ability, the orc army is far from being a match for the main human army.

In order to reduce casualties, Haru Finn immediately commanded the orcs to charge quickly, wanting to get close to the opponent in the shortest time.

If they were to fight hand-to-hand with the human army and fight together, the lethality of the archers would be much reduced.

After three rounds of arrow rain, the orc squadron had suffered more than 30 casualties.

Seeing that the two sides were about to engage in close combat, Richard launched an energy missile, and Wendy released the Grease spell under the orcs' feet.

Richard's magic missile was extremely powerful. He invested six points of mental power at one time, and the lethality was not weaker than the three-ring magic fireball spell.

The magic missile exploded in the orc army, as if a grenade was thrown, and a gap was blown open in the blink of an eye, killing and injuring about seven or eight people.

The Grease spell used by Wendy was more effective, causing more than 20 orcs to slip in an instant.

There was basically no way to survive if they suddenly fell in the battle between the two armies.

The archer seized the opportunity to shoot the last round of feather arrows, shooting at the orcs who slipped by the Grease spell.

Then he stuck the bow and arrow into the ground, picked up the long spear in his hand, lined up tightly, and pushed behind the sword and shield man.

More than half of the Harland family's private army were archers.

These archers were the strongest soldiers, and almost every archer practiced breathing techniques.

In addition to bows and arrows, leather armor, they also had spears over five meters long, with the spear head about sixty centimeters long.

Such a spear weighed more than twenty pounds. If it were not for a strong man with outstanding strength, it would be impossible to swing such a heavy weapon.

The orcs were very capable of withstanding casualties. Even if more than half of them were killed or wounded, they still rushed forward bravely.

Richard shouted loudly: "Follow me!"

He held the sword in both hands and rushed to a second-level dog-headed man.

The second-level dog-headed man raised his shield and tried his best to block the sword.

With a huge sound, the dog-headed man fell to the ground.

Richard's strength was already thirteen points, not weaker than that of a fourth-level warrior, and the dog-headed man was not known for his strength.

As soon as the two sides fought, the dog-headed man could no longer resist.

Richard took a light step forward, and the long sword in his hand quickly pierced through the left hand of the second-level dog-headed man and pierced into the dog-headed man's throat.

Richard quickly pulled out the long sword, and only heard a prompt in his mind.

"Kill the second-level dog-headed man, and reward 1000 experience points."

After killing the second-level dog-headed man, Richard immediately rushed to the orc squadron leader Haru Finn.

Haru Finn found that Wendy was a spellcaster, and rushed to Wendy at the first time, ready to kill the spellcaster.

But he was blocked by Marvin, the captain of the first squadron.

Marvin is a third-level warrior. Although he has the same professional level as Haru Finn, his physical attributes are not as good as those of the orcs, so he can only barely block the orc squadron leader.

Seeing Richard kill several orc soldiers who blocked the way, he used the wood vine entanglement technique on the orc squadron leader.

I saw a vine suddenly appear from the soil and tied Haru Finn tightly.

Marvin seized the opportunity and cut off the orc's left hand with a sword.

Wendy also released a magic missile, hitting Haru Finn accurately.

The magic missile exploded, and the dissipated energy knocked Haru Finn to the ground.

Richard saw that Haru Finn was not dead yet, and he was secretly happy and immediately added a fatal sword, piercing Ham Finn's chest.

"Kill the third-level wolf-headed man, and reward 2000 experience points."

After Ham Finn died, the orcs finally lost the will to resist. Except for a few orcs who fled into the forest, the rest all died at the hands of human soldiers.