Relying on the alertness of Share and Huey, the hunting team passed the orc checkpoint without any danger.
Especially Huey, no one expected him to rush out on his own initiative. If anyone else went out except him, they would be immediately discovered.
The hunting team finally stepped into the cedar forest.
At that moment, many human warriors couldn't help but shed tears in their eyes, and many warriors even knelt on the ground and held up the wet and humus-mixed soil.
Finally back!
After becoming orc captives, even the strongest warriors lost the hope of returning to their homeland, and could only bury their bones in a foreign land. Occasionally, they dreamed of returning to their hometown, and their faces were full of tears when they woke up.
Leon and other orcs watched silently from the side. Even though they were still in danger, they were willing to take the risk to give the human soldiers some time to vent their emotions.
No matter human or beast, all races have the same feelings about going home!
In the end, Arthur stood up and interrupted the soldiers, "Cheer up, we are still in the orc-controlled area. I want to take you home alive, not bury you on the land of the human race, which means nothing to your family!"
Arthur's simple two sentences pulled the soldiers back, wiped away their tears, and the team set off again.
After walking more than ten miles into the forest from the orc side, Jose began to lead the way. This dangerous cedar forest is familiar to the soldiers of the original 7th Squadron. Especially Jose, the veteran, it is no exaggeration to say that he can almost walk out of the forest with his eyes closed.
The team chose to spend the night in the cedar forest that night. As the border between the original humans and the orcs, it has temporarily become the safest place.
After Arthur and Leon discussed, the hunting team decided to rest for two days before leaving the cedar forest. Because once they get out of the forest, they will face battles and continuous marches at any time, and the team must adjust to the best state.
The resting place was at the Seventh Squadron's base.
The Seventh Squadron rushed out of the base in advance when the war broke out, so the empty base was not burned by the orcs, but the valuable items were robbed by the orcs.
For the original captives in the team, the road home is still long, but for the soldiers of the Seventh Squadron, they felt that they had returned home the moment they returned to the base.
The Seventh Squadron was away for about four months, but for every soldier of the Seventh Squadron, it seemed like a lifetime ago. This almost fantastic experience in the orc wasteland is enough for the surviving soldiers to proudly tell their sons and grandsons for a lifetime.
Of the thirty soldiers who left with Arthur at that time, only twenty-one returned alive, and nine soldiers including Land stayed in the wasteland forever. But as long as Arthur is alive, their share of the harvest will be handed over to their families.
Three days later, the hunting team walked out of the cedar forest and officially set foot on the land of the human race.
The hunting team changed its formation again, and Leon fanned out most of his orc warriors, which was equivalent to establishing a circle of warning zone outside the hunting team.
If they encountered a lone or small group of orc scouts, the orc warriors in the warning zone would be responsible for a surprise attack to kill the scouts and avoid contact between the scouts and the hunting team. If they encountered a large group of orc troops, they would give early warnings to give the hunting team time to hide or prepare for battle.
The hunting team moved cautiously and quickly inland, passing through villages and towns.
The peaceful and comfortable border area became devastated by the war. Most of the villages and towns that were originally full of vitality became ruins after the fire, and few people were spared. Many human corpses were exposed in the open air without anyone to bury them. Because the weather was getting warmer, they began to rot and emitted a foul smell.
Such a tragic situation made every human soldier angry, and the atmosphere in the hunting team became a little weird in the past few days. Marching together these days, the gap between the human and beast soldiers that had been gradually eroding has once again crossed the hearts of every soldier. I am afraid that any friction will lead to a conflict between the soldiers of the two tribes.
Fortunately, such days will not last too long. The hunting team has been traveling very smoothly for several days and has not encountered a large force of orcs. Arthur estimated that in another three or four days, they would be able to enter the area controlled by the human army, but the next section of the journey would also be the most dangerous section.
Danger always comes unexpectedly. Arthur and his good luck along the way finally ran out when they were about to enter the area controlled by the human army.
The hunting team set off early after breakfast the next day. Not long after setting off, they heard the sound of hurried hooves from behind.
A large group of orc cavalry! The size of the orc cavalry can be roughly judged from the density of the hoof sounds.
The cavalry rushing from the rear caught the hunting team off guard. Looking around, there was no place to hide or dodge.
Arthur and Leon looked at each other, and then asked the hunting team to move to the left and right to make way, and signaled the warriors to prepare for battle. Then they could only pray that these cavalrymen were just passing by, and not coming here on purpose.
The cavalrymen coming from the rear were a large group of wolf cavalrymen. The werewolf cavalrymen were equivalent to a battalion of human beings, with more than 300 cavalrymen.
After passing the hunting team, the wolf cavalrymen turned back to the wolf head and completely blocked the hunting team's way.
"Who is the leader? Come out and answer." A werewolf warrior who looked like a captain jumped off the wolf and came to the hunting team.
It was still arranged, and Xia La stepped forward to deal with it, "We are from the Filing hunting team. I don't know what this big brother wants to do."
The werewolf warrior just glanced at Xia La, and then took out a bronze token from his arms and flashed it in front of Xia La's eyes, "The legendary general Li GU's order: During the war, all orcs in the human territory must give priority to the war and obey the deployment; your hunting team has been requisitioned, and now follow me to the military camp to report."
Arthur and Leon were both stunned. They didn't expect that the purpose of the other party's pursuit was to requisition their entire hunting team.
Arthur and his men didn't know the current situation on the front line. Qi Li GU was defeated in the counterattack of the Snow Legion last time, and lost a lot of troops. The cavalry troops that retreated to the rear to intercept the human cavalry did not dare to withdraw easily. Faced with the situation of the Snow Legion's continuous advance, the troops under their command were stretched for a while.
So, a priest who accompanied the army gave Qi Li GU a suggestion to requisition all the orc troops in the human territory. Those hunting teams who took the opportunity to come to the human territory to make a fortune suddenly became the best targets.
That's why the werewolf warriors caught up and issued the order to recruit.
Share used the same trick again and handed over the gold coins in the hope of buying off the werewolf. Unexpectedly, the werewolf knocked the gold coins out of Share's hand and pulled out the machete from his waist.
"How can we discuss the military order of General Chili? If you don't want to die, follow me to the military camp now."
This is completely troublesome!
Once you enter the orc camp, not to mention that the human soldiers will definitely be exposed, even Leon and the others will not be able to come out again. The recruited orcs will be the first to become cannon fodder.
Arthur and Leon looked at each other again and shouted almost at the same time, "Kill!"