Chapter 27 Negotiations.
The orcs are finished. Want to see?
As early as when attacking the Qiuye Plain, the orcs suffered considerable casualties, especially in the battle to siege Luoye City. Sauron not only transformed into a descent but also summoned the ancient brass dragon with the dragon covenant. This time, the orcs lost more warriors. The ancient brass dragon came several times like plowing the battlefield with dragon breath. Thousands of people died on the spot just by counting casualties. Later, they went to count the casualties. Just a battle against the orcs lost nearly six thousand adult warriors.
Although this casualty is quite large, it is still within the endurance of a race.
The population of half-orcs is as high as hundreds of thousands, and the half-elves in Luoye City are about 200,000 to 250,000. The size of half-orcs is slightly larger, and it is estimated that it can reach more than 300,000. After deducting these populations, the proportion of old, weak, women and children can take up weapons and fight is about 3:1. In other words, if the orcs are mobilized, they can gather an army of 100,000.
Hundreds of thousands of people.
It sounds like a lot, but in fact this is already the entire foundation of the orc race. The backward productivity of this era and the civilized form between farming and nomadism have led to the fact that the orcs will not be able to maintain the most basic production and cultivation if adult soldiers suffer too much. Backward civilization greatly restricts the expansion of the population. The orcs attacking the Qiuye Plain itself means to burn their boats, and the casualties that have been paid by Eugene are still within Eugene's tolerance.
But.
All this was just the beginning. After the siege, Eugene once again led the army to encounter Sauron.
The casualties this time were even more amazing. The strength of the army in Modo City was not much different from the Orc Plain Field War, but after the artillery fire in Modo City, the orcs' losses were very amazing.
In the combined battles between the two, Eugene lost tens of thousands of people at Sauron's hands, and the original losses were nearly 20,000 to 30,000.
This is about one-twelveth of the total orc population!
and.
These are all adult orc warriors. If the losses were not too great in these two times, Eugene would not have been able to seize control of the other side of the Ayate River to cultivate and rest, giving Luoye City such a long breathing time.
Although these losses caused the orcs to be damaged, they did not hurt the root cause.
According to Eugene's original plan, he planned to occupy this land and develop agriculture. It is impossible to make the orc race as many as tens of millions of people like humans and elves by relying on nomadic hunting. Therefore, Eugene was preparing to rest silently and vigorously develop agriculture with the fertile land of the Autumn Leaf Plain. As long as there is enough food supply, the orc race will grow exponentially. For Eugene, the population of orcs who cultivate and nourish orcs in ten years will exceed one million. At that time, the tribe's army will be stronger than any human kingdom.
But.
The catastrophe of the saint has arrived.
The demon's attack directly destroyed all Eugene's hope, and a fierce battle directly made the Orc clan lose everything.
Only one-third of the adult warriors of the Orc clan remained.
The casualties of up to 50,000 or 60,000 people almost mean that every family of the entire race will die in battle. Only 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers left, not to mention taking down the Luoye City, may not even be able to defend the current land. Moreover, the orcs are not good at farming to the end of the race. This attack was accumulated over the past twenty years, and the war had already consumed serious materials. Now Eugene ordered the farmland reclaimed in the Qiuye Plain to be almost completely destroyed by war, which means that they have now been forced into a desperate situation, without an army or food.
Eugene's face grew older.
After returning to the clan, the first order it issued was migration. There was no way to defend it here. If there was a demon's first attack, it would be possible for a second time.
It must preserve the tinder of the race, otherwise the orcs may really die in this world.
Now the clan can only huddle and survive, licking his wounds silently to accumulate strength. As long as he can survive this crisis, the orcs still have hope of rising.
Winter for the clan has arrived.
Less than 30,000 to 40,000 adult orcs need to support more than 200,000 people. Although many of them are adult female orcs, they can also hunt and farm, but in the future, the clans may be a huge burden to just support their children. Their most elite power has been exhausted, and the orcs who are only elderly, weak, women and children are left in the race, and may become ogres, zombies, lizardmen, and even half-elves’ revenge at any time.
Now any war can drag the orcs into an abyss that will never be restored!
The orcs retreated.
They occupied the land with great casualties, and now they left corpses all over the ground, retreating from the Onyx River to the edge of the autumn leaves plain.
The orcs gave up at least two-thirds of the land.
They moved to the edge, but did not reach the original barren highlands. Because Eugene could not give up these first fertile farmlands.
Only these farmlands can ensure that no one of the orcs will starve to death in the next few years!
The sky is blood-red.??
A few days after the war ended, the sky in the distance seemed to be blood red. The second wave of the Saint Calamity was about to end, some cities had been completely destroyed, while some places were still safe and sound. Eugene received news from all sides. What made it feel very depressed was that because the orcs built the village in the wild, during this wave of demon attacks, most of the abyss demons who did not want to attack the city actually attacked the orcs, while the Luoye City was only attacked by a small group of demons.
There are nearly ten cities in the material plane, and hundreds of towns have been destroyed. This disaster has not only affected humans, but other races such as elves, dwarves, orcs, halflings, lizardmen, gnolls, etc. have all been affected.
The south side of the Elf Forest turned into a sea of fire.
The Black Iron Castle was turned into ruins by a Barolo Flame Demon Collar.
The orcs' Frost Blade clan was almost wiped out.
The only one with less losses in the entire impact was the Halflings. Their main god fell to the mortal world early and repelled the demon army in the form of a saint.
Now, the main god of the half-ling should be the first god standing in the bright place.
She has appeared.
And, this powerful goddess is in Charles.
The glory of dusk falls.
Eugene walked tiredly among the cultivated fields. After these days, the pain of the clan was healing. No matter what happened, the living must work hard for tomorrow.
Eugene was very tired during this period.
Although most of the clans still support it, because of this loss, some orcs have begun to oppose it, believing that it is it that will cause the clan to fall into its current situation.
If you don't attack the half-elves, then all this today will not be born.
have no choice.
These people originally actively advocated the capture of Luoye City in one breath and completely eliminated the pro-war faction who occupied the plains by half-elves. Now they in turn attributed all the responsibility to Eugene.
Eugene has no explanation for this, nor does it require any explanation.
Although it is full of guilt towards the clan, most orcs still respect it and regard it as the leader of the orc clan.
Everything has been born.
The most important thing for Eugene is how to get the clan through this difficulty, rather than trying every means to shirk responsibility.
Night falls.
Eugene's old figure stood up from the field. It clapped its palm and shook the soil in its palm, and then walked towards its tent. It is hard for outsiders to imagine that a chief of a race would go to the field to cultivate himself, but in fact, the orcs have been promoted by Eugene for decades from nomads to farming exhibitions.
even.
In order to learn human farming skills, it once personally learned from an experienced old farmer of human beings as a legendary profession.
It taught the farming of the entire clan step by step.
Eugene taught them how to irrigate, how to arrange ditches, how to sow and harvest, and how to cultivate finely. If it weren't for those who saw all this with their own eyes, it would never be possible to imagine that a peerless powerful man who could beat the ancient dragon head-on could teach his tribesmen how to cultivate the land and sow seeds in the fields like an old farmer.
Eugene is different from all the orcs.
He has traveled through the entire Great Six, and he is very convinced that only farming can help the orcs get rid of their current predicament, and only farming can make the orcs grow as strong as humans.
Attacking half-elves is just for these lands, and choosing half-elves is just because they are the weakest.
The sky is getting darker and darker.
Eugene only sleeps for three hours a day, so there is still enough time left for it now.
It wants to go out for a patrol.
However, just as Eugene was about to step out of the tent, it suddenly seemed to have noticed something, and its figure disappeared in an instant, and the next moment it appeared hundreds of meters away. It rose into the air like an eagle. It reached out and held the spear on its back and approached a mountain in the distance.
It sensed a familiar breath.
That is the power of the gods!
The other party seemed to have no intention of hiding it at all, and it seemed like he wanted to pull it out.
Bang.
Eugene's burly figure fell to the ground, and in its sight was a hazy figure, completely shrouded in the shadows. Although the two sides had fought near the fallen leaves, it was not until today that Eugene really saw the other person clearly.
A young half-elf who is a little overly over.
In contrast, it is already in its twilight years, and even its life is about to reach its end.
"What are you here for?"
Eugene held the spear tightly with alertness, full of fear of the strength of the person in front of him, and did not believe that He would have no purpose in coming here.
The gods are not that boring.
Facing Eugene's alert expression, the half-elf in front of him seemed to smile and said slowly: "Cooperate."
Eugene frowned when she heard this.
There was a hint of suspicion on its face because it felt that it was impossible for it to cooperate with the person in front of it. The half-orcs and the half-elves were already a deep feud. The other party was the true god who protected the half-elves, and Eugene was the pillar of the half-orcs. It was already very good if the two sides did not fight immediately when they met. There was no possibility of cooperation between each other.
"Long story short."
Sauron looked at Eugene, who was full of vigilance in front of him and said slowly: "I know very well your predicament. The current situation of the orcs can be said to be a dead end."
"but!"
"Modo City can provide you with a batch of food and supplies. It can also control the fallen leaves without attacking you, giving you a precious time to breathe."
"This batch of supplies should be enough for you to support for a while! I believe that it is no problem to use your ability to protect the clan from safely surviving this crisis."
"And I need you to do only one thing!"
"That's to kill someone for me."
"or."
"It should be said to be a true god."
Eugene remained silent, and after a long time he said in a deep voice: "Who!?"
A cold smile appeared on the corner of Soren's mouth, and he slowly said, "Lord of Shadow!"
Eugene's face appeared with a sarcastic smile when she heard this.
But before it could speak, Sauron continued, "After the matter is completed, I will take the initiative to transfer all the land north of the Ayate River to you in the name of the half-elf god!"
Eugene was moved instantly when she heard this!!!
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Chapter completed!