In the current situation, not only Pedi will face a choice, but the three great chieftains of the orc command and the overseers will need to choose, and the nominal supreme commander of the Battle of Crane will be Duke Ron, and even the emperor and prime minister.

It was the choices of these people that pushed the direction of the Klan Collar War step by step.

None of these people are prophets, and their choices are sometimes right, but sometimes they are wrong, and those who don't make mistakes only appear in plays and fairy tales.

Now, Duke Ron in Crane is once again faced with a choice...

The Bane area and the Battle of Brill Heights had just come to an end, and before Duke Ron had time to rejoice, news of the fall of Best Town had arrived.

This poor duke, since he took over the throne of the Grand Duke, has not had a good rest.

Duke Ron's Chief of Staff, Lyme Court, proposed two options for Duke Ron to choose from after the fall of Bvester:

First, according to the original plan, the army of Brill Heights was ordered to quickly advance towards the Kemir River, the first step in the reverse encirclement of the southern army of the Orc Clan;

Second, wait for reinforcements from Karen City and the Central Empire to arrive, and then try to head north after securing the rear of the Crane Territory.

Before Duke Ron had made a decision,

There was definite news from the Brill Heights: except for the one wing that had been left behind, the besieged orc army had almost retreated, and at this moment, they were advancing at full speed towards the Kemir River.

When the Chief of Staff of Lem got the news, he immediately suggested that Duke Ron order all the troops in the Brill Heights to immediately reinforce the Seventh Combined Army on the south bank of the Kemir River, and at the same time, in order to prevent the Orcs of Bivites Town from returning to the Kemir River, they could use Crane City as a bait to lure the Orc army in Biwest Town to attack!

I have to say, it's a good idea.

But Duke Ron didn't make up his mind at the first time, because the fall of Beardtown made him panic, and he had never felt so close that the city of Crane could be breached.

At this moment, as long as Duke Ron thinks that the orcs may come to Crane City at any time, and there are only less than 10,000 city defenders in Crane City, he can't help but be afraid, even afraid...

He wasn't terrifying his life at stake, or fearing the orc blades.

He was afraid that the Zora family, which had been inherited for more than 300 years, would be destroyed in his hands, and he was afraid that the people would spit on his surname because of his failure.

Well, this is a common problem of all traditional aristocrats,

They value their wings too much, even more than their own lives.

But the fundamental reason why the traditional aristocracy is respected and can be passed down for so long is mostly because of their beautiful 'wings' that people can't fault with them.

Duke Ron was reluctant to risk the city, and he even wanted to transfer his troops back to the Plain Heights to defend the city.

So, at this moment he hesitated.

"What are you afraid of, Duke. "As a professor of magic, Chief of Staff Lem naturally sensed the fear and fear in Duke Ron's heart.

Duke Ron was silent about this.

Lem looked at Duke Ron and said, "The city defense of Klan City is impenetrable with tens of thousands of people, so you don't need to worry about the orcs in Harvest Town. ”

"I'm not afraid of orcs, I'm worried... Fear that Crane City will be like the Anku Fortress. Duke Ron had a look of sin on his face, "You know best how the orcs captured the fortress of Anku, we were betrayed by our own family, those damn rats hiding in the shadows, if I had the chance, I would like to throw them all into the underground drains of my castle." ”

Lem shook his head and said, "Your worries are unfounded, my lord, no nobleman in Crane City is willing to accept the rule of the orcs, and they will stand by your side to fight for you." ”

"So, do you want me to give the order to support the Kemill River or the order to return to Crane City?" said Duke Ron.

Lem bowed slightly and said, "I respect your decision. ”

In the end, Duke Ron still did not make a decision, and he delayed it until the afternoon of July 3rd.

During this period, the orcs of Bike West once moved to the city of Crane City, and destructively plundered a large number of farms and mills outside the city, causing the city to fall into panic for a time.

Faced with this situation, Duke Ron tried to transfer back the army in Brill Heights several times, but in the end he resisted.

Two o'clock in the afternoon,

News came from Brill Heights that a broken wing of the orcs had been surrounded and annihilated, and almost at the same time, news also came from the town of Benson that the town of Benson was back in the hands of the Empire under the counterattack of the Fifth Legion.

An hour later,

The two hoplite legions led by Cullen arrived in Crane on time, and it was only then that Duke Ron made up his mind to give the army of Brill Heights an order to advance towards the Kemir River.

Three hours later,

In the town of Benson, Pedi also received a handwritten order from Duke Eric of the War Department to move his Fifth Army to the Kemir River as fast as possible, and after receiving this order, Pedi did not even have time to prepare for logistical supplies and let his troops move out overnight.

On July 4th, it was just dawn in the morning, and it looked like it was about half past six.

The combined forces of Duke Gna, Viscount Kesifel and Count Banda of nearly 40,000 troops were attacked by a large orc army when they reached the Todkoth farm southeast of the Kemir River.

After two hours of fierce fighting, the Imperial Coalition discovered that the army attacking them was actually the orcs who had just broken out of their encirclement...

This resistance battle can also be described as an encounter... The battle ended with the arrival of more than 9,000 men of the Fifth Legion of Pedi, leaving nearly 5,000 corpses on both sides to retreat to the sides of the Todkoth farm.

The orcs fought very beautifully this time.

No one in the Imperial Coalition did not expect that the orcs, who had been cut off from supplies for almost two days, would be here to stop them.

However, this is both good news and bad news for the Empire.

The good news is that the Seventh Combined Legion won't be left behind, but the bad news is that the Imperial Coalition can't send reinforcements to the Kemir River in time, and it can't form a strong encirclement of the orc forces south of the Kemir River.

And now, the battle on the Kemir has been going on for two days,

The Orc attacks are becoming more and more fierce day by day, and although the defense line of the stronghold held by the Seventh Combined Legion is now as solid as steel, anyone with a little military common sense knows that this is only temporary.

In this way, the battle of Crane Ling has taken several turns, and it has returned to the situation of stalemate a few days ago!

But how long can this stalemate last?

On July 4,

A handwritten letter from the steward of Fort Montella arrived at its destination in duplicate: one to Duke Ron in Crane City, and one to Count Banda at the Farm of Toddcoth.

The content of the letter is simple, ask for material reinforcements!

The seemingly solid defense line of the Seventh Combined Legion in the past few days has been exchanged for a large amount of purple gold powder and countless arrows, and the Montella Fort area alone can no longer support the battlefield consumption of the Seventh Combined Legion.

At the same time, a worse scenario was passed to the city of Crane.

Originally, the two legions reinforcements that Emperor Laubert had promised to send were shelved indefinitely, and the most fundamental reason for Emperor Laubert's change of plan was because of Duke Ron's hesitation a few days ago.

The reason why Emperor Laubert agreed to the reinforcements of the two legions was because he felt that Duke Ron's plan was indeed possible, but the Duke of Ron's hesitation about the events of Bittertown and Brill Heights a few days ago made the Emperor feel that Duke Ron was simply not capable of leading his people to victory.

Of course, this was the emperor's reason for refusing when he discussed it in private, but the official reason given was...

Well, does the emperor need a reason when he refuses a person?

Duke Nick and Duke Eric held five-hour talks with Emperor Laubert for this purpose, but to no avail.

After all, everyone sees things differently, and Emperor Laubert does not see the victory of the Klan Territory, while Duke Nick and Duke Eric feel that the Klan Territory can end the orc invasion in advance if they can get the help of the Central Empire.

And Laubert, as emperor, won the argument again.

Soon after, when the news of the battle of the Farm of Toddkoth reached the town of Kwyn, the Emperor recruited Duke Nick and Duke Eric in order to demonstrate his recent wise decision.

Duke Nick only said coldly to the emperor's performance: "Nearly 100,000 soldiers are fighting for your empire, and you are laughing at their incompetence. ”

"The empire will remember them. The Emperor responded.

This time the talks were destined to end unhappily.

...

On the afternoon of July 4, Duke Ron, who was in Crane City, was again faced with a choice,

Because, the two banner regiments of the orcs in the town of Bivest suddenly moved north and moved towards the defense line of the Kemir River.

Duke Ron's staff quarreled over this,

After the quarrel lasted for half an hour, two opinions were generally reached: first, to take the town of Bivest in one fell swoop with the absolute superiority of the hoplites led by Karen, and then to plan northward, and second, to use the existing city defenses in the area of Crane to contain the orcs in the town of Beard, and their main army quickly moved north to support the battle on the south bank of the Kemir River.

In the end, the Chief of Staff of Lem synthesized these two opinions and said: "The supply lines of the orcs south of the Kemir River have been cut off, so what we need now is time, and the only thing that can extend this campaign is the Seventh Combined Army that is fighting on the Kemir River." ”

Lem's meaning is obvious, and the key to the problem of Vest Town depends on the outcome of the Battle of the Kemir River.

Duke Ron was visibly moved when he heard Lem's words,

But Viscount Goran Cliff, the commander of the hoplites led by Karen, suddenly said: "If the task of attacking the town of Bivest is entrusted to us, it will only take one day, and this market town will be back in the hands of the Empire." ”