Section 72 Attack and Defense of the Covey Woodland (12)
At the beginning of November,
Shikan ordered that the 1st and 3rd Banner Regiments, which were stationed at various parts of the Clan, must be assembled in the middle of this month at the village of Thornset, fifty miles north of Sharp Town.
After the order was given, the young chief personally overtook his war machine, and for the first ten days of November, the 30,000-strong army of the 1st and 3rd Banner Regiments marched in groups of 100 to the village of Tirrosette.
The ruined village began to bustle with people, and every day for ten days a new team arrived... At first, there were only a few dozen people, but it slowly increased to 1,000, thousands, 10,000, and tens of thousands, until the village was densely covered with military tents within a radius of ten miles.
This time, without even informing the Overseers on whom he relied on the most, the vanguard army that arrived early advanced fifty miles south in only an hour at the critical time of the Battle of Twak City, and controlled the entire Sharptown area in half a day.
And now, after the official start of the attack and defense of the Corvey Woodland, this army has moved to the northeast at a very fast speed, and the target is naturally the rear of the 'rebels' in their eyes.
This time, the young Sheikh Shikan will personally lead the elite banner of the two orc tribes, and he needs to make his determination feel the hesitant Overseers of Castterburg.
...
At six o'clock in the morning of the 20th,
Snow was falling, and on the vast white prairies of the northwest of Twak's territory, dozens of marching soldiers were resting around the campfire. The wolf cavalry patrolling the wings carried the elemental horse lanterns carefully crafted by the priests, and from time to time their beast-like eyes looked at the endless grassland under the night sky in the distance.
Shi Kan, who was resting between the soft fur of the wind wolf, was woken up by his personal guard captain Blue Shield, and the young chief, who felt the biting chill in the heavy snow, frowned and said, "I hope you have brought good news." ”
"The good news didn't come so quickly. Blue Shield patted the snow on his shield, "It was the Chief of Staff Fei Duo who asked me to give you this letter." As he spoke, he pulled out a letter that was half wet in the snow.
"You idiot. Shi Kan took the letter that was almost damaged, looked at the front and back of the envelope, and shouted: "Take it and roast it over the fire, if there is a word in it that you can't read clearly, I will smash your blue shield!"
"My chief, this is what this letter looked like when it arrived in my hand. Blue Shield grumbled, then cautiously took the letter again, and muttered as he turned to face the campfire, "It seems that I need to find a time to pass my shield to my son, even the Great Chief is jealous that I have such a shield." ”
"You idiot, concentrate on your work. ”
"Yes, Honorable Chief. ”
More than ten minutes later, the letter fell back into Shi Kan's hand, and the sober aroma on the paper made Shi Kan frown, which was the bamboo board paper that the Human Empire liked to use.
When Shi Kan opened the letter, the first thing he saw was not the content, but the signature.
At the end, a name is written in the common language of the empire - Pedy Reagan.
This signature immediately aroused Shi Kan's interest, and he carefully read the imperial text on the letter, and in ten minutes he read it three times in a row.
"Go get our chief of staff, he should be nearby. Shi Kan said a word to the blue shield on the side, and then fell into deep thought.
In less than a minute, Feiduo rode in on his peculiar pure white timberwolf.
"Are you still in contact with those paladins?" asked Shikan.
"They contacted me. Feiduo smiled and slid down the mount's back, slowly approaching the campfire.
Shi Kan frowned, held up the letter in his hand and asked, "Have you read the contents inside?"
"No, I handed it over to the captain of your guard as soon as I got the letter. Fei Duo denied it, and he sat casually on the dirt floor next to the campfire, and put his whole body under the soaring flames.
"Then take a look. Shi Kan threw the letter in his hand at Feiduo's body.
Feiduo didn't shirk it, he was skilled in opening letters... The old orc's familiarity with the Imperial script was not comparable to Shi Kan's, and it took him less than a minute to read it, and then he commented in a low voice, "This is a win-win plan. ”
"It's a good plan!" Shi Kan nodded, "but I hate it." ”
"It is indeed uncomfortable to listen to the human gaze and fight on the battlefield with his own robed brothers. Fei Duo behaved calmly, "However, this is the only way to completely surround Pereth's troops. ”
"I don't like that human attitude. Shikan said coldly: "Pedy Reagan... He needs to understand who is the real ruler in the war of the Twak Lord!"
Fei Duo laughed, "His own brother died in battle on the banks of the Kemir River not long ago, what attitude do you want him to use?"
"This is war. ”
"It was we who started the war. ”
"If there had been no betrayal three hundred years ago, there would have been no war!"
Feiduo smiled, "What do you want to do?"
"If I could..."
The old orc interrupted the young chieftain: "With our current situation is not suitable for a war with humans, Pedy Reagan is the only son of Duke Nick, the Prime Minister of the Empire, and if something happens to us at our hands, Duke Nick will not just leave it at that." ”
"Without your reminder, I know exactly what it means for us to negotiate with the Empire. Shi Kan grabbed a pile of wood and threw it into the fire, "But I also need to see the attitude of the human empire. ”
"What kind of decision did you make?" said Feiduo as he stood up, as he got up from the sudden increase in flames.
"Nishizawa Devin has publicly declared his alliance with us, and I need to see his sincerity... I propose to send my wolf cavalry from Twak City to the position of the 17th Banner Regiment where Pereth is located. The young chief took out the map he had with him and swiped it lightly on the dirt floor, "Twak is leading two legions of light cavalry that are too much of a threat to us. ”
"Nice plan. Feiduo took two steps back and sat down again, saying, "But our wolf cavalry alone will not be enough to destroy these two legions. ”
"All I need to do is make sure that the area from Twak City to Sharptown is absolutely safe!" Shi Kan smiled nonchalantly, his massive body sitting down against the campfire, "and I also want to see what kind of expression my wolf cavalry will show when he appears behind Pedy Reagan." ”
"My honorable chief, I must remind you that your main task now is to complete the great unification of the orc clans, and you will need to endure everything before that. Fei Duo stared at Shi Kan with a tongue of fire, "Only the truly unified orc clan can stand at the top of the Ailan Continent again, otherwise we will only repeat the tragedy of three hundred years ago." ”
"I always keep my purpose in mind, and for that, I can be in the company of the demon gods of hell. ”(https:)
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