As for the Two-Headed Ogre, it has no tactics at all and will not obey any commands during battle. The best it can do is to distinguish between friend and foe and avoid accidentally hurting teammates. Apart from the initial wave of attacks inflicting heavy damage to the gnolls, in the subsequent battles, almost no enemy was willing to fight them head-on, and it was all a matter of tug-of-war. More than a dozen ogres chased the gnolls all over the valley, but they didn't kill many enemies until the end of the battle. Only two lucky ogres looked back and saw the large wave of gnolls fighting against the infantry regiment. They happily rushed back swinging their sticks, successfully causing a lot of tragedy and also reducing the pressure on the infantry shield formation. As for the ogre leader Krog, he was stuck in a trap and didn't struggle out until the end of the battle. He could only gnaw on the corpse of the werewolf and take the opportunity to paddle around. The Basaka longbowmen who gathered from all directions did not look down on the River Bend Infantry and Two-headed Ogres because they killed too few enemies. Instead, they were full of respect and shouted that it was exciting. The infantry shield formation attracted the enemy's firepower, and the two-headed ogre broke up the enemy's formation. The actual effect they produced far exceeded the number of enemies they killed. If it was just more than 400 Basaka longbowmen fighting against more than 600 gnolls, perhaps they could use their long-range advantage at the beginning to cause a lot of casualties. But once the gnolls get close and the melee begins, the advantage will turn into a disadvantage. Faced with the gnolls who are more adept at group combat, more than half of the Basaka longbowmen will die in the melee.
And now, in this large-scale battle, only seven of them died! Among these seven people, only two were hunters from the Wolf Fang tribe who had a grudge against the Jackals. They lost their minds due to hatred and were killed by the Jackals. The other five were actually the more cautious and careful Great Falls Wild Folk hunters. These five Great Falls Wild Hunters were originally comfortably fighting in the trees with their companions, with almost no threat to their lives. But when he saw the Kobold guards being chased by gnolls nearby, he actually jumped down from the tree and went to rescue them. A dozen wild hunters engaged in hand-to-hand combat with more than twenty jackals in the forest. Victory was achieved at the cost of the lives of five wild hunters and the injuries of seven or eight others. Although they usually don't treat dogs as human beings, on the battlefield, they subconsciously regard each other as comrades! None of the wild hunters involved felt that what they did was wrong. Even Bjorn, who loved his people the most, just frowned when he heard the news, but did not blame them. The Hewan infantry only lost two people, with seven or eight seriously injured, not counting those with minor injuries. With the cooperation of Leo's yew longbow and a small team of two-handed warriors, the shield formation was never broken until the end of the battle, and it did not enter the melee stage. This was the situation Leo was trying hard to avoid. Although the River Bend infantry were well-trained and able to crush the wilderness aliens, they were definitely not elite soldiers who had fought in hundreds of battles. Even with the simplest shield formation, after months of training, some people still made mistakes. It would be wishful thinking to expect them to be able to maintain the team fighting style they have been training for in the melee. Once in melee, the infantrymen can only rely on their own bravery. Even if they cannot fight one-for-one with the jackals, there will definitely be a lot of casualties. Leo himself also used up half a bag of arrows, and almost every arrow killed or seriously injured the enemy. After all, if you want to shoot at the enemy over the infantry shield formation, you can only aim at their heads and necks. Within thirty meters, Rio's arrows never missed their target, and almost everyone he hit died instantly. But as a commander, it is more important for him to pay attention to battlefield movements and maintain the military formation. Instead of being a longbowman, he cannot output as much as possible.
The ones who suffered the most casualties were not the ogre guards who were responsible for covering the Basaka longbowmen, but the migrant crossbowmen. Eight refugee crossbowmen were killed, more than a dozen were injured, and at least five of them were unlikely to return alive. The Gnoll Hunters and Boar Hunters were both equipped with long-range weapons, and they opened fire on the crossbowmen when the Boar Warriors and Gnoll Barbarians charged. Some approaching werewolf soldiers would also throw the short spears they were carrying. When attacked, the Kobold guards can hide in the woods and escape quickly, but the refugee crossbowmen who form a line cannot avoid it and can only suffer casualties. The deputy commander of the militia, Vicchi, stood on one side, and acted as a supervisor with his two militia brothers. In previous training and before the outbreak of this war, Vic had given numerous serious warnings that if anyone dared to desert, he would cut off the deserter's head on the spot. So even though these refugees suffered casualties and their ranks were unstable for a while, they did not collapse in the end. If they had reached the river bend, they would have been forced to flee if a gnoll barbarian rushed over. This is also the current situation of the serf soldiers. The population in the southern border is dense, foreign races are rare, and the population is not valuable in the eyes of the lords. The wars between the lords of the southern border were all serfs fighting serfs, dung forks attacking dung forks. Everyone was just there for show, playing supporting roles, and apart from being stabbed to death by the knight's lance, there were not many casualties. However, in the north and west, the population is sparse, there are many foreign races, and the living environment is harsh. Border lords often need to lead troops to wipe out the foreign races. Even if the serf soldiers are braver than those in the south, they will still suffer heavy casualties in a battle. Under the fierce attacks of the wild aliens, the serf soldiers who lack armor defense will be easily killed. But it is different for professional soldiers. Even a first-level conscripted infantryman with an iron-studded armor and a wooden shield can greatly improve his survival rate and combat effectiveness. Therefore, in the armies of many border lords, serfs accounted for a very small proportion, and almost all of them were professional soldiers. The population was already small, and if the serfs and peasants were used as cannon fodder, no one would farm the fields in the territory. This is not because the border lords are more merciful, but because of the reality. As for the ogres, except for the black-haired ogres who had just joined, in order to prove his usefulness, they dared to rush forward and bite the gnolls, resulting in heavy losses. The remaining ogres' guards did not suffer many casualties. No one cared about the casualties of the black-haired kobolds, but no one knew the exact number of casualties among the kobold guards. After all, kobolds can’t count! The bodies of their companions were also left to lie in the mountains, with no thought of bringing them back for mourning or burial. Even Fesa didn't care about the number of deaths. She just gathered all the tribesmen after the war, and was relieved when she saw that there was still a large group of people and not too many lost. Leo couldn't bear to watch this anymore, so he asked Fesa to use some of his dog hands to go into the forest to retrieve the bodies of the dog-headed men and hold a funeral for them. Rather than searching for the bodies of their companions, the gnolls were more interested in cleaning up the battlefield. Most of them were rummaging around in the valley, looking for things they thought were valuable. Then it was sent to the River Bend Infantry who was responsible for counting the spoils of war. The soldier wagged his tail, stared at him eagerly, and waited for the other party to return the unwanted scraps. This part is the spoils of the Kobolds, and it is the glorious proof of their victory over the terrible gnolls!
As a leader in the scrap collection industry, Fraser would certainly not miss this kobold carnival, and she would even bring her personal guards, carrying large backpacks, to pick up scraps from the wild boar's lair! Leo thought there was nothing good in the boarman's lair, especially after the fire, there was probably no food left. His estimate was not wrong. There was nothing valuable in the boarman's lair, and the ogre guards who followed Fesa were very disappointed. Only Fesha was very happy because she picked up a large group of wolf cubs.