Chapter 201: Before the War Kem is a bustling commercial city located at the northernmost tip of the Dukedom of Rees, and thriving on the border with the Dwarven kingdom and thriving by traders who trade in metal goods.
Kenm City has expanded several times since its inception, and is now a medium-sized city with a population of 600,000, inhabited by nearly 30,000 dwarven blacksmiths, and most of the rest of the citizens are engaged in metal-related trades.
The streets of Kenm are full of weapons shops, blacksmith workshops, and pedestrians, most of whom have fire-baked black and red skin and thick arms, and the city smells hot in the air on a daily basis.
However, now people can no longer see walking dwarves on the streets of the city, thanks to the appearance of the air force, the news of the orc attack came half a month ago, many merchants began to transfer their belongings at that time, and some ordinary people chose to move to the interior while others chose to stay in this city where they grew up.
It was because of the flight of the cowards that the order of Kem was now relatively stable, and with the Duke of Reese's army stationed in Kem City in large numbers, the citizens also began to fight to protect their city under the orders of the army.
The walls of Kenm City have fallen into disrepair for many years, as a medium-sized city, Duke Reese's investment in the city's defense was not high before, after all, there are dwarves and elves on the opposite side, and the two races are not warlike, and the friendship of thousands of years makes humans almost defenseless for these two races.
But now, the appearance of the orcs and the declaration of war by the dwarves have broken the long-standing peace, and it is too late for Kenm City to strengthen the city's defenses in a hurry.
The old walls were narrow and low, and they could not withstand the attacks of the orc armies.
If the orcs send out the Beamon Behemoth, I'm afraid that in less than a quarter of an hour, the walls of Kenm City will be torn down by the Behemoth.
Just when the commander of the local army was at a loss, one of the staff members of the Glory Legion, who had just arrived, made a very creative suggestion.
Since the walls are not good, let's dig pits, deep pits can slow down the movement of the orcs, so that the orcs will not be able to rely on the accumulation of numbers to produce an advantage, and when the orcs climb these tunnels, the riflemen can condescend to inflict great damage on the orcs.
Even if the city can't stop the orcs, we can inflict massive damage on the orcs.
This suggestion is obviously summarized from the previous offensive and defensive battles on the spiral staircase, use obstacles to limit the speed of action of the orcs to reduce the pressure on the front, and then give full play to the advantages of humans with long-range weapons to carry out long-range strikes on the orcs, so that the pressure on the defensive front will be minimized, as long as the defense line is not crossed, then the price that humans need to pay for the victory of the war will only be some magic and ammunition.
The idea was immediately picked up by the current commander of Kem City, and at the same time as it was reported to the Duke of Reese, all the citizens of Kem City were mobilized, and anyone who could afford to hold a shovel was sent to start digging a pit in the northern part of Kem City.
And a large number of soldiers also laid down their weapons and participated in the trench-digging army, of course, these soldiers were riflemen, and it was impossible for the swordsmen of the swordsman battalion to participate in such a menial work, let alone the heavy infantry and knight battalions above the swordsman battalion.
After the defense plan of Kenm City was reported to the Duke of Reese, the Duke of Rees appreciated the battle plan very much, and this plan coincided with the plan to save the dwarves secretly discussed by the Supreme Council.
Since those pits may have played a crucial role in this battle, the Duke of Reese certainly could not have just paid lip service to it.
A large number of construction equipment was transported by train to Kem City, and with the help of these big guys, there was no more level ground within a few kilometers north of Kem City.
It is worth mentioning here that one of the most industrialized and active territories, all the cities in the Duke of Rees's domain, with a population of more than 200,000, were connected by rail, which the lords had previously used only as a fast means of transport.
However, of course, the role of the railway did not stop there, and when the war came, the Duke of Reese's troops were assembled with a speed that was unimaginable before, and the assembly task that used to take half a month was now delivered to the front line in only three days, including supplies.
Just as the humans began to frantically dig pits and wait for the orcs to come, the orc army was marching slowly on the dirt road two hundred kilometers away, and a group of dwarves who had been stripped of their armor and only left their underwear were tied with ropes and their hands were slowly marching in a long line.
In order to prevent the dwarves from rioting, the orcs did very thoroughly, even the leather boots with metal tips worn by the dwarves were taken away, and all the dwarves walked barefoot on the potholed dirt road, which further slowed down the attack of the orc army.
"General, we'll have to walk for at least two more days before we can reach the human city of Kem, with this waste."
An orc officer said to Flower, who was sitting on top of a tall monster.
"I know that humans are free to fly in the sky, and we were discovered by them when we were in the death passage, and it makes no difference a few days earlier or a few days later."
Although the last attack on the beast blood fortress failed, but Flower's plan still achieved a huge war advantage for the orcs, due to the success of snowfall and sneak attack tactics after the success of the snowfall and sneak attack tactics Flower was rewarded by the Beast God after returning this spring, and officially became an orc general, the orc's legion system is similar to that of humans, and it is promoted in units of ten times below 10,000 people, and when it reaches more than 10,000 people, there are only two general military ranks of generals and marshals, and the strength between generals may be very different, and some generals may have hundreds of thousands of subordinates, Others may have as little as 20,000 or 30,000 people.
Flower had already become a captain during the winter war, so after receiving the Beast God's commendation, Flor, a young and skinny orc shaman, was promoted to the fifth general of the Orc Kingdom.
Originally, this time the task of attacking the rich northern territory of the human race could not be commanded by Flower, who had less than 30,000 orc soldiers, but this time, His Royal Highness the Beastmaster used his authority to suppress all opposition and sent Flower to the north, and handed over his most elite troops to Flower.
In the eyes of other orc nobles, this is His Royal Highness the Beastmaster is fighting for his own interests, and is trying to encircle Flower, the new upstart of the Orc, as the authority of the Beast God becomes more and more heavy, the status of the Beast King has begun to become dispensable, and many major things in the Orc Kingdom are directly decided by the Beast God without going through the hands of His Royal Highness the Beast King, although the reputation of the Beast King Carlos among the orc civilians is still very high, but in the eyes of the nobles, the status of this king is falling again and again.
Therefore, for this kind of behavior of His Royal Highness the Beastmaster, the nobles of the Beastmaster City and the major city lords finally expressed their understanding.
Unbeknownst to them, however, the Beastmaster Carlos had given Flower a letter before leaving, and had secretly admonished him.
"What the hell does His Highness the Beastmaster mean, such a strange order."
After answering the questions of his officers perfunctorily, Flower sat on his rhinoceros beast, which had been given by His Highness the Beastmaster, and recalled what Carlos had told him that day.
"For the fate of our orcs, this time you must push the human race into a corner, but remember that this time you are only allowed to attack the human army, not to harm their civilians, and even you have to take the initiative to protect the property of those civilians, these situations will be dealt with as appropriate after you break through the Northern Territory, in short, I hope you can let the human race know that we are a race that can communicate on an equal footing, rather than a race that must fight to the death."
"It's a difficult order to be cornered and be kind at the same time, and I don't know if I can do it."
Flower sighed, feeling a lack of faith in the Beastmaster's orders for the first time.
At night, the orcs lay asleep in the open air, and the dwarven captives were gathered together and guarded by the orc wolf cavalry.
In the past few days, many dwarves have tried to escape, but none of them have succeeded, the two short legs of the dwarves can't outrun those four-legged beasts with sharp noses, and they don't even have a piece of metal on their bodies to fight against the elite orc warriors.
In the second half of the night, the wolf cavalry guarding the dwarves began to take turns to nap, with the keen perception of the giant wolf, the orcs riding on them did not need to bother to be vigilant at all, an orc soldier with his hands on his chest, his head was dozing little by little, and suddenly the figure of a dwarf appeared in the nearby woodland.
The giant wolf where the orc sat opened his eyes sharply and let out a low roar at the figure that was tiptoeing away into the distance, and the orc soldier was immediately awakened by his companion to the figure that began to run quickly in the distance.
"These dwarfs don't have a long memory!"
The orc soldier was very upset when he was awakened by his companion, and slapped his companion, and then the soldier drove the giant wolf that was sitting down and rushed towards the fleeing dwarf.
In an instant, the dwarf was overtaken, and the steel spear slammed into the ragged dwarf's back, and the dwarf groaned in pain as he slapped him on the ground.
A rope flew to catch one of the dwarves' feet, and the wolf cavalry dragged the dwarf back to the newly awakened dwarven prisoner like a dead dog.
"If you run away, I'll kill you!"
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The orc soldier laughed and said to the dying dwarf.
Soon the dwarf's prison camp was calm again, and the dwarf, who had just been dying, quietly got up and said to his collar.
"I've come in."