Chapter 922 - The Blood Battle (Part 2) (1/2)

After about half an hour, the Orcs also pushed their reserve team forward.

Although the battleground was extremely vast and big, to the hundreds of thousands of troops, it was not big enough. Be it humans or Orcs, they were unable to send in all their troops at one go to fight this battle.

Of course, the troops that had originally sent to the frontline were definitely the most elite. After all, it only made sense for each side to try to gain an advantage from the start. Since the first wave of battle did not lead to any direct victory or loss, both sides had no choice but to divert the battle into continuous frontier battles and wars of attrition.

It was like a grinding disc of flesh and blood.

The Orcs troops were not as well trained as the humans. When their reserve troops had stepped onto the battlefield and the war-weary, drained frontline troops begun to retreat, the humans coincidentally inserted a fresh wave of reserve troops as well, increasing their level of attacks greatly. With that, the humans secured their victory further, and the Orcs could not fully react in time.

The tired and retreating frontline Orc troops had no choice but to continue fighting against the well trained, elite troops of the humans.

Within a few seconds, the Orcs’ most elite line of troops suffered heavy damages, and the famous and well-known soldiers were almost totally defeated to the point of no return.

The Emperor of Orcs watched the battle scene in silence. He did not give any orders but allowed the various races’ experienced veterans and strategists to form their own discussion groups and make decisions.

He knew that he was not someone who was very good at scheming. As compared to the previous emperor, his strength was amassing experience and prestige. In terms of war, he was only able to show his face but was not really the best person to give advice on what to do as that was beyond his capabilities.

Most of the famous Orc generals were like this as well. During war, all they could say was “follow me,” “follow my lead,” “let us go forth”… One could trust them to charge ahead and not retreat, but if one wanted them to be able to react and adapt quickly or come up with new solutions, well, that was really beneath them.

Of course, it was about the same for the humans. Nevertheless, they had the advantage of having many elite humans to choose from. Out of 300 people, it was definitely more likely to find elites as compared to a group of 100 people. Furthermore, the human society’s literacy rate was much higher than that of the Orcs, successfully creating many more elites.

This was why although the human generals were a little less experienced in war as compared to the Orc generals, they still could observe the battle and size opportunities better.

At this very moment, the Orcs continued to use discussion groups to come up with decisions before anxiously activating their reserve troops. In the end, three-quarters of the frontline troops, which bore the brunt of the battle, were unable to continue fighting alongside the reserve troops in the second wave, which almost certainly meant that the Orcs were doomed.

Reality was not a game. If a troop was about 10% damaged, it could rejoin the battle after some recuperation. If it was about 30% damaged, it would need to be replaced by new troops or re-organized. If more than 50% of the troops were damaged, not only did they need to recuperate and re-organize, but the recuperation would also take a long time for them to regain their battle morale. If the troops were 75% gone, well, that was almost akin to total failure, and it would be hard to even regroup them into other troops as the low morale would influence others negatively.

Such a troop would require a long period of recuperation, and the soldiers would require a period of living in peace to rid themselves of their battle scars and fears before they could return to the battleground. Watching the originally mighty frontline troops retreat with faces of confusion and fear, the Emperor of Orcs became extremely stressed and had on a blank and dull expression.

He knew that for these troops, they would no longer be able to rejoin this battle.