At ten o'clock in the morning of the 28th,

At the front line of Mount Ariel, the attacking troops of the orcs suddenly retreated like a tide.

Count Anse, who was personally sitting on the defense line of Mount Ariel, was obviously stunned after receiving the report of the battlefield scout, and then rushed to the front line of the battlefield as quickly as possible, and when he confirmed the fact that the orcs had retreated, his heart couldn't help but sink.

Then, despite the dissuasion of Sergeant Burkton, Count Anse personally led the scout team to reconnoiter along the route of the retreat of the orc army.

And he was there for three hours.

...

Three o'clock in the afternoon,

Pedy, who had gone to the Brell Heights defensive line, received the information and returned early.

In the independent reception room of the Ariel Mountain Command Post,

Pedi and Earl Anse sat facing each other, grim expressions on their faces.

"The defense line in Brill Heights could collapse at any moment, and Duke Ron had no intention of sending reinforcements. Pedi wasn't in a good mood, "Now, there is also a problem on our side, if our incineration plan is not implemented before the 7th Combined Army reaches the Kemir River, then there is no need to exist!"

Count Anse frowned, "The orcs are smart, they are waiting for the results of the Brill Heights, after all, as long as the Brill Heights defense line collapses, there is no point for our Fifth Legion to hold on to Benson Town... The orcs of the Tenet River defense line have stopped attacking since yesterday, and today, all the orcs of the Ariel Mountain defense line have also retreated to the rear stronghold, and as for the frontal defense line of Banson Town, there has not been a scale of more than 1,000 men since the beginning of this war. ”

"What I feared at the beginning became a reality. Pedy played with the ruby wrench on his thumb, "What's the name of the commander on the other side?"

"Kesai, we haven't fought him before, and we don't know much about him, except that he is one of the three major overseers of the orc northern clan. "Now that the Seventh Combined Legion may have begun to act, the incineration plan should have been carried out yesterday as scheduled. ”

Pedi was also anxious, otherwise he wouldn't have run to Brill Heights himself.

Thinking of Brill Heights, a vague plan popped into Pedy's mind, and soon, this vague plan slowly became clear in the change of his thoughts.

But this plan is very risky,

One wrong step could lead to the total annihilation of the Fifth Legion, no, not only the Fifth Legion, but even the 20,000 men in Brill Heights could be destroyed.

"You seem to have a plan?" Count Anse's voice cleared Pedy from his thoughts.

"What will the orcs do if we take the initiative to withdraw from Benson Town?" asked Pedi in a low voice.

"Are you trying to use the Fifth Legion as bait?" Count Anse reacted immediately, "but our opponent is a cautious man, and if we take the initiative to give up our positions, he will be held back." ”

"He'll move forward. "We can have the 2nd and 3rd Mixed Corps go around the flanks of the Brill Heights and raid the flanks of the orc forces, and I'll ask Duke Ron to mobilize the 1st Legion of the Crane Command to feint on the heights of the Brill Heights." ”

Count Anse raised his eyebrows, and his body leaning forward with his back against the sofa, "You want to create the illusion of encircling the Orcs of the Brill Highlands with heavy troops?"

"yes, what do you think?"

Earl Anse pondered for five minutes, "Since Benson Town will lose it sooner or later, let's make sense to lose it." ”

...

At half past ten o'clock in the evening of the 28th,

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps from the headquarters of the Kesai Overseer in the village of Warai, which had been silent for several hours, and it was the chief of staff of German who had run in from outside with a piece of information.

"The Imperial forces on the Bahnson Town Line and the Line on the south bank of the River Tenat had abruptly abandoned their positions two hours earlier and retreated to the rear on all fronts. German was visibly excited, after all, it had been a month since the siege of Benson Town, and now, victory was in sight.

"Huh?" said the Kesai Overseer from deep thought, "Is the information accurate?"

"It's been confirmed repeatedly. ”

Overseer Kesai suddenly came to his senses, and he walked two steps to the map hanging on the wall, stared back and forth in the Benson area for two minutes, and then asked, "I need to know the exact information about the current situation in Brill Heights." ”

"It takes at least three hours. German reminded.

"No matter how long it takes, you have to wait. The Kesai Overseer said in a resolute tone, "Do you dare to take over a city that the enemy has taken its own initiative... However, the preliminary work can still be prepared first, so that the Fifth Banner Regiment can send an advance party of 1,000 men into Banson Town, and the remaining main force will advance to the city, and tell the commander of the Diwen Banner that his main force must not enter the city without a definite order from the headquarters, and in addition, let the 13th Mixed Flag Regiment be stationed in the former stronghold of the Imperial army to wait for my orders. ”

"I'm going to deliver the order!"

Kesai ignored the departing Reman, he stared at the map and whispered to himself: "Retreat? Probably not, Anse Zora is not such a person, retreat to Benson Town? The timing is not right, stick to Mount Ariel? It is not right, no matter how many troops there are, it is useless, Brill Heights? This is possible, but without the entire barrier of Banson Town, what can be done in Brill Heights?"

...

Three hours later,

The chief of staff of German did not bring useful information to Kersay, and it was business as usual in Brill Heights, and Korsai walked into his break room in disappointment...

I don't know how long it has been,

The Overseer Kesai was woken up, he opened his eyes, and he saw the familiar face of Reman, and before Kesai asked, Reman preemptively said: "It has been confirmed that the rest of the Imperial defenders in the area of Benson Town have withdrawn from the original defense line except for the defense line of Mount Ariel. ”

"Is there a report from the advance team?" asked Kesai.

"Yes," German looked like he was about to speak, but he didn't hold out long in Kesai's questioning gaze before he spoke, "They were surrounded in the center of Benson Town. ”

"Didn't you say there were no more defenders?"

"It's the locals of Benson Town, and some Knights of Oath. ”

Kesai was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Then dispatch the main force of the Fifth Banner Regiment." ”

"In fact, the main force of the Fifth Banner Regiment had advanced into the town of Benson two hours earlier, but was met with resistance from the local population. German had a wry smile on his face.

Kesai's face became ugly after hearing this, and he said coldly, "You don't mean to tell me that the Fifth Banner Regiment is being kept out of the walls of Benson Town by a group of unarmed Imperial civilians?"

"I'm afraid yes, the mage organization in Benson is helping them, and they are familiar with the terrain in the town, and our troops lack experience in urban warfare, so..."

"Don't excuse Divin. Kesai came to the war room, "The two corps of the Fifth Legion of the Empire don't know where to go yet, if we can't capture Banson Town as quickly as possible, I'm afraid there will be an accident... Tell Captain Devon that if he can't take Banson before 12 noon, I'll let him relive the taste of a tribal soldier, and let the 13th Mixed Flag move quickly towards Banson Town. ”

Almost at the same time,

In the new command post of Mount Ariel Pedi, the information of the town of Benson was conveyed to him.

"This is an opportunity. Earl Anse's eyes lit up, he should have thought of some good way, the whole person was excited to walk back and forth, but soon his thoughts stabilized, and the whole person stopped walking, "Where are our two corps now?"

Chief of Staff Tamil immediately said: "I think in another hour they will reach the Brill Heights." ”

"What's your plan?" asked Pedi.

"Here!" Count Anse pointed to Brill Heights, "we can do something here." ”

"Brill Heights?" Pedi was stunned, he looked at Earl Anse's excited expression, combined with the information just now, and blurted out as soon as his thoughts turned, "You mean to turn the feint into a real siege?"

"Yes!"

"But there are four orc banners in Brill Heights, and it is conservatively estimated that there are more than 60,000 fighters alone. Tamil said, "It will take at least 100,000 troops to encircle them." ”

"Ask Duke Ron for help, and he will agree to the plan. Count Anse said in a resolute tone.

Hades shook his head and said, "But I'm afraid that Benson Town's roots didn't last that long." ”

"Don't underestimate the men of the Klan Collar, almost all of them have formal military training. One of the Clan's staff officers said

"But they don't have weapons and equipment, and they fight the orc's axes with a pair of fists? this is to send them to death!" said Aemond, Pedy's new lieutenant, who had clearly not yet gotten rid of his staff role.

"But..."

Peddy reached out to stop the argument, he looked at Tamil and asked, "Who is leading the civilians of Benson Town to resist the orcs?"

Tamil replied, "A group of Knights of the Oath from the field, led by Conrad. ”

"Tell this knight, Conrad, that they must hold out until tomorrow morning. Pedi made up her mind.

"Your Excellency," Hades, as Pedi's personal military adviser, couldn't help but remind, "if they can't hold it, it's not just the danger of the Fifth Legion being surrounded and annihilated..." ”

Peidi nodded, "So, I suggest that the defense line of Mount Ariel move ten miles to the northeast. ”

"Sir!" Tamil's face changed, "Do you want to use our five thousand troops against the siege of the three banner regiments of the orcs?

"Carry out the order, Tamil Chief of Staff. Count Anse's voice overshadowed the audience and interrupted Tamil's words.