Chapter 2728: War Begins

Through the simple narrative of Great Lord Arcadia, Su Xiao learned the current situation of the Chaos Legion.

The total population of the Chaos Legion was about 7.6 million, and the warriors who could go to the battlefield were 2.03 million. Judging from the current situation, the Six-Race Alliance couldn't destroy the Chaos Legion in a short while.

Compared to the repeated defeats on the front line, the food problem was what the Chaos Legion needed to worry about. Aside from Black Melt City, the Chaos Legion had three other large cities. As for outlying counties, small towns, villages, etc., they were basically gone.

The food reserves of these four large cities were enough to eat for about 1 month. It would take at least 2 months until the season when crops could be planted, not counting the time required for crops to grow.

In other words, after resisting for about another month, the Chaos Legion would run out of food. By then, the enemy wouldn't even need to attack, and the Chaos Legion would collapse.

The starving civilians would rush toward the battlefield in large numbers, seeking to enter the central or southern regions to find food.

By then, only one result would appear: the Chaos Legion would no longer exist, Demons/Ghosts and Ancient Treants would be slaughtered, and Gray Orcs and Snake-men would become slaves, never to rise again. The Techniques of the Duoyin Empire could achieve this.

"Mr. Bai Ye, we... actually can no longer afford large-scale war. Warriors cannot go to the battlefield on an empty stomach."

Great Lord Arcadia's tone was very calm. It wasn't that he didn't want to rise up and fight back, but that he no longer had that qualification.

"What scale of war can still be supported?"

Su Xiao was currently wearing a black feather cloak. This was 【Lord's Authority】. With this temporary equipment, he didn't need to worry about the morale of soldier-type units.

"I don't know. If you want, I can hand over 500,000 Orc troops to you, provided that you can make them step onto the battlefield."

"500,000 won't do. 200,000 at most. The food I mobilized is only enough for 200,000 troops to eat for 4 days, one meal each morning and evening."

The old Snake-man walked into the room. There were a few scratch marks on his face, which were scratched by "enthusiastic" Gray Orc aunties.

The old Snake-man mobilized food in "Black Melt City" this morning. Before he could say a few words, he was scratched by a fierce Gray Orc auntie. Her children were all hungry, and now food was being mobilized. One could imagine that mood. Those hungry little faces made this Gray Orc auntie start to despair.

"200,000?"

Su Xiao began to think about the terrain of the battlefield. If he wanted to obtain food, he had to head straight for the enemy's war fortress. Only by breaking through the fortress could he seize food.

"I want 300,000 Gray Orc elite troops, 500 or more Ancient Treants, 500 or more Demons/Ghosts."

"..."

"..."

The old Snake-man and Arcadia were both silent. Hila, who was also a Great Lord, was trimming her nails on the side. She knew very well what she should do, which was not to follow along and stir up trouble. She represented the Endless Purgatory to some extent, which was enough for the Chaos Legion.

"Defeat due to famine is too shameful."

Arcadia, who had always been very serious, suddenly laughed. The dignified Chaos Legion actually collapsed because of no food—this was indeed something that made people surprised. One had to know that they once possessed half the territory of the Canglong Continent.

Right now, the Gray Orc troops were available, but the food was only enough to eat for about two days. If the marching speed wasn't fast enough, they would run out of food before clashing with the enemy.

Arcadia and the old Snake-man were both people who kept their word. At 9:00 AM, 300,000 elite Orcs, 500 Ancient Treants, and 500 Demons/Ghosts gathered in front of Black Melt City, forming a very chaotic phalanx.

At this time, near the city gate, and on the city wall, it was almost full of civilians, most of whom were female or young Gray Orcs and Snake-men.

"Hey!!!"

Orc hero Woboer roared. He stood on a pile of broken wooden boxes and looked around below.

"You, are you afraid of death?"

Woboer roared, and then, all the Orc soldiers looked at him like he was a fool, including the Orc civilians in the rear.

Woboer remained serious, but he got stuck because the draft Baja wrote for him didn't include this situation.

"Fellow clansmen, we are going to grab food! By then, we can eat stewed meat that is soft and rotten, stuff our mouths full of boiled potatoes. For the sake of eating... for the sake of the Chaos Legion, slaughter the enemies!!"

Woboer improvised and shouted words from his heart. The words were even a bit nonsensical, but he shouted all the Orc soldiers hungry.

【Anonymous】 "Kill!"

I don't know which Orc shouted this, but after a moment of silence, there were sky-shaking shouts of killing. They were so hungry that their eyes were green. They were a group of starving beasts. To survive, they had to go to the battlefield.

"All troops, set off."

Su Xiao stood on the canopy of an Ancient Treant, overlooking the Orc army below. At the same time, he put on the War Lord title.

It seemed that an aura shrouded these 300,000 Orc troops. Their aura changed immediately, becoming more fierce and stronger. This wasn't without shortcomings—they were even hungrier.

Rumble...

300,000 Gray Orc troops marched. Looking from the rear, one couldn't see the edge at all. Several hundred tall war treants were mixed among them. This vast and mighty scene was like a natural disaster approaching.

"This..."

Great Lord Arcadia, standing on the city wall, had some surprise in his eyes. With his vision, he of course saw that these Orc soldiers were different from just now.

"This was once the nightmare of Duoyin, the extreme north, and the Aier Great Forest. Whether it still is, I don't know."

The old Snake-man smiled and looked below.

"..."

Great Lord Arcadia was silent. Along with him in silence was Great Lord Hila beside him.

The army marched. Under the bonus of the War Lord title, the marching speed increased by about 45%. The physical strength consumption speed of the Gray Orcs also increased.

The bonuses of the War Lord title actually only had four types, as follows:

1. Morale +60 points (1000 soldiers can trigger, already triggered).

2. All Real Attributes +10, no Luck attribute (10,000 soldiers can trigger, already triggered).

3. Blood-Bathed Fighting (Passive. lv. 40): If friendly soldier-type units use cold weapons for melee combat, every time they attack an enemy, there will be a certain probability of absorbing the enemy's life force to restore their own lost health (50,000 soldiers can trigger, already triggered).

4. Burning Soul Power (Passive. lv. 50); Weapons can cling to Burning Soul Power, adding 40 points of real damage when attacking. This ability will increase the physical strength consumption speed of soldier-type units (100,000 soldiers can trigger, already triggered).

Counting the 60 points of morale bonus from the War Lord title, as well as the 25 points of morale bonus from 【Lord's Authority】, the morale, which was originally only 12 points, reached the peak of 97 points directly.

With morale, there was the possibility of fighting to the death. And Su Xiao's first battle was prepared to be launched at "Yangu Fortress," where at least 200,000 or more Elf troops were stationed.

The difficulty of capturing a fortress was very high. First was the city wall nearly a hundred meters high, as well as all kinds of war weapons above and inside the city wall.

If the enemy's architectural defense couldn't be broken, even if the friendly soldier-type units became stronger, they would be slaughtered by the Elf race's arrow rain. The Elf race was the race best at guarding fortresses, so they were very arrogant. They stored a large amount of food and all kinds of supplies in the fortress, often selling them to the Ice-born troops in the north at high prices.

When Su Xiao led the Orc army to the edge of the war, he ordered the whole army to stop marching. While resting in place, he took out all the military rations and cooked half of them.

An hour later, the fragrance of cooked grain drifted away. The Orc soldiers' eyes began to go vacant. When they were all hungry to the point of heart-wrenching, it was time to eat.

No limit. This meal was to eat until full. However, Su Xiao underestimated the appetite of these Orc soldiers. They had been hungry for too long, and nearly half of the military rations were cooked, but 300,000 Orc soldiers only ate until half full.

After resting for half an hour, the whole army set off. Just after marching, Su Xiao discovered that the morale had reached the peak of 100 points. These Orc soldiers were very easy to buy; as long as they were full, they were willing to sell their lives.

Marching rapidly all the way, Su Xiao, with the advantage of marching speed and Baja's high-altitude reconnaissance, avoided a Duoyin Empire unit of 50,000 and a North Territory unit of 40,000, and successfully arrived ten kilometers away from "Yangu Fortress" in the afternoon of that day.

A signal flare rose into the sky, and then there were no other signals. The Elf race inside "Yangu Fortress" didn't pay much attention to the 300,000 Orc soldiers coming to attack.

This kind of surprise attack, "Yangu Fortress" had experienced not once or twice. An Elf Prince sitting in the fortress knew very well why the Orc troops attacked—they were starving. Just a few days ago, an Orc army of 500,000 scale attacked here, and after 130,000 died, they were beaten back.

The attitude of the Six-Race Alliance was already very clear: drag, drag until the Chaos Legion collapsed.

Looking at "Yangu Fortress" in the distance, Su Xiao opened the War Merit Ranking. He had slipped from third place to eighth place. After all, he hadn't done anything last night. The Gray Gentleman in the top spot had already obtained 23,700 points of war merit, leading the second-place Moon Apostle by more than 3,000 points.

Su Xiao was very curious about one thing: if he captured "Yangu Fortress," how much war merit could he actually obtain? ===== CHAPTER 2729 =====