Chapter 48: Wolf Smoke
A wolf smoke rose into the sky, extremely obvious in this clear sky.
In the quarry, Zhang Yang, Wu Yuan and others who were on full alert were all stunned.
What the hell?
"Village chief, judging from the direction of the smoke, it should be about 40 to 50 miles southwest of the quarry. If our previous speculation is correct, this should be related to the gnoll village."
Wu Yuan spoke first.
"Is there any conspiracy here?" Another shield soldier captain Tao Yong said. After all, what they were carrying out was a plan to lure the enemy.
So everyone turned their eyes to Zhang Yang. After all, due to the extreme lack of intelligence in this primeval forest, no one dared to predict what would happen next, and no one could afford the consequences.
Therefore, the only one who could make the decision was Zhang Yang.
"First of all, we can be sure that after the previous battle, the Gnoll Village does not have enough strength to launch a new round of war against us in such a short time. Therefore, the three scouts discovered by the Ghost Priest before could not have been sent by the Gnoll Village."
At this time Zhang Yang pondered.
"Secondly, the smoke signal is a good 40 to 50 miles away from us. At this distance, I am more inclined to think that it is some kind of signal for help or a signal representing some other meaning. But no matter what, it is unlikely to be a trap."
"Third, we have been busy consolidating ourselves over the past period of time, and therefore lacked the exploration and understanding of this area. This may cause us to misjudge when we encounter the enemy in the future. So I decided that the change should start from now on. We have to find out what happened there?"
"Tao Yong, take two people to escort the craftsmen back, and the others come with me."
After hearing Zhang Yang's decision, Wu Yuan said, "Village Chief, isn't it too risky for you to go there in person? Why don't I take people to check it out myself?"
"What kind of adventure is this? From now on, more dangerous things will happen every day. Am I going to hide in the fortress forever and wait for death? If our village wants to develop, it is not enough to rely on the surrounding area of a few kilometers. We must at least incorporate the territories of the deer demons and the jackals."
"And now, the enemy has appeared in our future territory. You have the nerve to ask me to hide back? I don't even know who the enemy is and I'm scared into a turtle. Then I'm not a village chief anymore. I should just admit defeat and surrender."
Zhang Yang had a determined look on his face and refuted Wu Yuan with righteous words, which immediately won the respect of the soldiers. However, little did he know that these words were just to encourage himself. Damn, he was afraid of death too.
But is it useful to be afraid of death? If we don’t figure it out now, perhaps in a few days a more powerful enemy will be at the gates of the city.
"Walk!"
With a wave of Zhang Yang's hand, the quarrying team immediately turned into a scout team and ran wildly in the direction of the smoke signals.
If it were on a plain, the distance of forty or fifty miles could be covered in a dozen minutes at most. However, in this forest, it took Zhang Yang and his team almost an hour to arrive. In the process, they also killed several monsters above level 10 that dared to challenge them.
However, when they saw the place where the smoke was burning, they all gasped.
There was indeed a village of gnolls there, and it was much larger than Zhang Yang had imagined.
This werewolf village was built on a hill with a stream at the foot of the hill. In the center of the village was a huge stone castle with a diameter of more than 500 meters. Outside the castle, a two-meter-high stone wall was built along the stream.
Outside the stone wall, at least thousands of acres of farmland have been reclaimed, and traces of mining can be seen in the distance.
There is no doubt that the prosperity of this werewolf village is at least 500 points, and the livability index must be above 50 points.
However, such a prosperous werewolf village was now invaded by a more powerful enemy.
There was no longer a single gnoll farmer to be seen in the fields. The thriving crops had been trampled into mud, and the seemingly solid stone walls had been violently blasted with a dozen large holes.
At least hundreds of green humanoid monsters are attacking frantically.
It's only a matter of time before we capture the castle.
"Village chief, they are a kind of monster with green scales all over their body. Although they have human appearance, their facial features are those of wild beasts. They are very strong and have high defense. The arrows shot by the gnoll archers are unlikely to cause fatal damage to them. In addition, there should be three heroes supervising the battle among these green-skinned orcs."
"As for the wolf smoke we saw earlier, it should be some kind of spell or religious ritual of the gnolls, because I saw blue wolves constantly rushing out of the forest, biting the orcs like crazy. Unfortunately, it had no effect at all, and the orcs killed the blue wolves easily."
Hiding at the edge of the forest, Zhang Yang frowned when he listened to the intelligence brought back by a captain of archers. Sure enough, the worst situation had happened. Before he, the self-proclaimed regional tyrant, could clean up and control the area, a force whose overall strength far exceeded that of the deer monsters and jackals intervened forcefully.
The gnoll village must be destroyed today, and this powerful orc village will definitely discover his village in the next few days. No, maybe they have already discovered it. A new war is inevitable.
"Village leader, it's bad. We have been discovered. Two orc squads are coming towards us from the left and right. There are about 50 soldiers and they are moving very fast."
The soldier on guard suddenly shouted.
"Well come on, get ready to fight!"
Zhang Yang gritted his teeth and gave an order. Since war was inevitable, he should first weigh the strength of these orcs.
"Wu Yuan, you lead the team. Defeat the orc squad on the left wing first! Don't give them a chance to outflank us."
"Yes! Village chief." Wu Yuan said in a deep voice.
The morale of all the soldiers was high, because during this period of time they had been patrolling and guarding the quarrying team. The occasional monsters that appeared were not enough to satisfy them, and now they could just use these equally powerful-looking orc soldiers to fight against them.
At this time, Wu Yuan was leading the way, followed by two spear captains and six archer captains, and behind them were nine shield captains in two rows, like geese flying south, with Zhang Yang at ease among them. This simple combat formation was designed by Wu Yuan.
If they advance, they can attack quickly. He will be the vanguard, the archers will suppress the opponent, and the shield soldiers will form a human shape and charge with their shields. In a blink of an eye, they can destroy the opponent's formation.
If you retreat, you can quickly form a shield formation and take turns to cover your retreat.
However, when Zhang Yang and his men had only rushed out a few dozen meters, they saw a team of about thirty orcs separated from the orc army that was besieging the city and rushing towards them directly.
"Village Chief, there are little ghosts nearby, watching our every move!"
Wu Yuan shouted in a low voice, because this was the only possibility.
"Can you fight?"
Zhang Yang asked in a low voice. As soon as he said this, he felt a little cowardly and despised himself. Without waiting for Wu Yuan to answer, he shouted fiercely: "Go up and kill them! Quick battle and quick decision!"
Fortunately, his own soldiers would not laugh at Zhang Yang. They all sped up and were full of murderous intent.
At this time, the three orc teams on the opposite side were located in the north, west, and south, with a straight-line distance of more than 600 meters, more than 800 meters, and more than 1,000 meters respectively.
The orc squads in the north and west rushed forward in a straight line, while the orc squad in the south made a big circle, trying to cut off Zhang Yang and his men's retreat.
This tactic is very clever.
If Zhang Yang said he was not afraid at this time, he would be lying. The enemy had three times the number of troops as his own. Moreover, this battle was of a completely different nature from previous battles. It was a true field battle.
"Nimma, just treat it as my first time in a brothel. How could I be so cowardly!"
Zhang Yang's teeth were grinding, but he just rushed forward without saying a word, and the blood in his body was rushing up. He didn't know whether it was out of fear or bloodthirstiness, but he was determined to give it his all.
Because there is no way out.
In the blink of an eye, the two sides were approaching each other rapidly. The six archer captains of Zhang Yang's side suddenly stopped while running, drew their bows, put arrows on them, and fired, all in one go.
Six reinforced golden eagle armor-piercing arrows exploded at the speed of sound in an instant, crossing more than 400 meters with a shrill sound of breaking through the air, and directly hit the three orc soldiers who were rushing in the front.
The firing rate was too fast, even faster than that of the gnoll archer captain. After all, the longbows that Zhang Yang had strengthened for them with his magic power were no joke. Even a 10% increase would be enough to be fatal in such a battlefield!
In particular, they also used the evil-breaking golden eagle armor-piercing arrows with sharpness +3.
Although those orc soldiers with green scales all over their bodies had strong defenses, they were killed instantly without any suspense under such concentrated fire.
“Swish!”
A white light flashed, and the spoils were snatched back in no time.
This is also a benefit that comes with the village construction order. No matter where the monster is, as long as the village soldiers kill the monster, they will have the ability to recover the spoils.
"Strangle the Level 15 Wild Orc Captain."
"Capture three incomplete captain-level demon souls."
"Gain 1800 energy points."
"Obtain 3 Hope Fragments (Gray)"
(End of this chapter)
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