432: Chapter 58, Beasts Speaking Everywhere_1 432: Chapter 58, Beasts Speaking Everywhere_1 Bathed in the autumn wind, under Hudson’s command, the expeditionary army formed their ranks on the main road, waiting for the approaching orc army.
This place is not a must-pass for the orc’s rescue and supply team, but it is the easiest route.
To take a detour would not only add thirty miles to the journey, but the road is also winding and rugged.
There are ten thousand in the central foot army and five thousand foot soldiers on each flank.
Moreover, there are four thousand cavalry hovering outside the flanks, making a total of twenty-four thousand troops.
The army, clad in armor and red turbans, looked like a fiery maple forest in the autumn, glowing in the sunlight.
With a loud and urgent horn, the orc army appeared on the horizon.
The pitch-black mass resembled a pine forest, yet their formation seemed rather chaotic.
Just by looking at their formation, they did not appear to be elite.
However, the bearman contingent at the center of the army caught Hudson’s attention.
Despite the somewhat disordered steps, the big figures wearing armor were not to be underestimated.
Compared to bearman soldiers typically standing over seven feet tall and weighing four hundred pounds, the expeditionary army, with most soldiers barely five-and-a-half feet tall, was like comparing wild beasts to …
God damn it, this is the heaviest infantry in the continent.
With such physique and weight, if they were not considered the first, we would have to bring in the giants.
However, the giant clan had long since withdrawn from the continent’s stage, with the remaining number of giants rather limited.
They could only reside in one place.
Two armies with distinctive styles meet on the plain.
All at once, sounds of war drums and horns blare, while flags flutter in the wind.
“Attack!”
Following Hudson’s command, the cavalry on the outside was the first to go, pressing forward towards the orc’s cannon fodder legion.
The infantry, marching in step like a moving mountain wall, advanced forwards chanting “kill” every three steps.
They moved forward calmly and steadily.
Seeing this scene, Chief Bruno’s face changed slightly but was quickly restored to normal.
The physique of the bearman tribe is naturally suited for infantry.
As for cavalry, it would be too much for a bear to handle.
Given their weight along with full body armor, they can easily exceed five hundred pounds in total.
The frail war horses could not bear this burden.
Perhaps elephants are more suitable for them.
In the era of orc dominance, the bearman tribe had a notorious division of elephant soldiers.
Unfortunately, with the decline of orc supremacy, the bearman tribe’s elephant soldiers disappeared.
Even the tamed elephants they had were exterminated by the human race.
Since then, cavalry has remained a weak point for the bearman tribe, and they focused solely on developing their infantry.
As far as Bruno knew, the imperial court has already secretly assembled a new cavalry corps, but its scale is not yet large, and it has not been put into this war.
“All troops, attack!”
Ignoring the enemy’s cavalry was Bruno’s final choice.
Throughout the history of the bearman tribe, their formation had been broken through only once by Bimon Cavalry.
The human cavalry was clearly not up to that standard.
As for the two cannon fodder legions, they could hold back the elite human cavalry, fulfilling their mission.
With the sound of the piercing bull horn echoing through the land, the expeditionary army cavalry, who had been rushing towards the orc army, suddenly diverted and raced towards the orc army’s rear instead of charging at the main force.
A pincer attack?
Bruno immediately realized something was wrong.
The human cavalry hadn’t launched an attack on them, but instead raced towards the imperial court big camp.
“Damn it!”
Realizing this, Chief Bruno’s face darkened.
If they lost the imperial court big camp, what use would it be to defeat this elite human force before them?
“Give the order: let the Hawkmen go for reconnaissance and check whether the human army in the nearby fortress has moved out!”
In the blink of an eye, the two armies collided with an impact like a thunderbolt echoing through the valley, akin to a tide crashing against the mountains.
Long swords and scimitars clashed and dazzled, spears and javelins whistled through the air, a dense rain of arrows fell like a locust invading, and the muffled shouts and short roars of troops shook the landscape.
The two elite armies were engaged in a fierce battle on the plains.
Iron-clad men clashed, refusing to turn their backs in defeat, with grim faces, blood-stained swords, deep roars, billowing smoke, and dust.
The whole plain was engulfed and drowned in the savage atmosphere created by this primitive slaughter…
Seeing that his own troops took a hit first in this flesh-and-blood collision, Hudson immediately gave the order: “All with me, shout together, straight to the bearman imperial court, capture the bearman emperor alive!”
“Straight to the bearman imperial court, capture the bearman emperor alive!”
“Straight to the bearman imperial court, capture the bearman emperor alive!”
…
The earth-shaking shouts surprisingly went up in the bearman tribe’s language.
Although the pronunciation wasn’t quite right, any bearman soldier could understand it.
The shocking shouts sent a tremor through the bearman soldiers in the midst of the battle.
The human cavalry was gone!
The tremor in their hearts affected their steps on the battlefield, inevitably slowing their pace a little.
The battlefield is about bursting with energy, and once this energy is lost, it’s hard to reignite.
Although not quite a rout, the opportunity to defeat the expeditionary army in one decisive push was lost.
The two sides were engaged in fierce battle, but as the main general, Bruno, was in torment.
On one side was the battlefield, and on the other side was the imperial court.
It was truly a difficult choice.
At this point, two regiment commanders had arrived at Bruno’s side.
Nordus was the first to hit the topic:
“General Bruno, the enemy deliberately lured us out apparently aiming for the imperial court.
Attempting to keep us dragged here, they planned to attack the imperial court when it was most vulnerable.”