The Western Continent, the southern territory of the Orc Ice Maple Clan.

At the foot of the Kemel Ridge, the sheep are moving north, driven by orc herders and laborers, and nearly 5,000 Ram sheep here have been gathered by the herders of the southern territory of the Ice Maple Clan to be sent to the front.

The good news from the front has long been transmitted back to the rear,

All the orcs were cheering for this hard-won victory, and the orc warriors, who were too old to hold their arms, recalled the battle of their youth, and could not help but burst into tears, and they donated all their possessions to support this war of hope, and some orcs even saved their rations and sent away their few cattle and sheep hungry.

The lower orc warriors and laborers are supporting the war in their own way, expecting greater good news, expecting victory to change their hardships, and expecting their descendants to live peacefully in the rich Eastern Continent.

But what these poor and simple low-class orcs don't know is that their great chieftain is squabbling in the city of Crane, and the fighting on the front line is almost at a standstill.

What they don't know is that a catastrophe is about to befall them.

On September 20, the sky was clear.

The 2nd and 3rd Heavy Regiments of the Dwarves and the Ballista Regiments, which had assembled in the eastern part of the Kmel Ridge, removed their camouflage after dawn and quickly advanced towards the Torest Meadows to the northwest of their station.

Twelve o'clock at noon,

Five thousand men and women improvised by the orc tribe in the Meadows of Toreste engaged the Dwarven Second Heavy Legion near the Stone Forest in the western part of the Komel Ridge.

Two hours later, the five thousand orcs were wiped out.

Three hours later, the Second Legion of the Dwarves arrived at the largest orc tribal settlement in the Meadows of Torest, and the Dwarven invasion war officially began...

The orc tribes in the meadows of Torest pulled their underage children to the front line in order to ensure the timely transfer of important supplies.

This asymmetrical battle was extremely fierce,

The strength of the orc's resistance was beyond the dwarves' expectations, and their determination to fight moved his opponents even more, and even the commander-in-chief of the Second Dwarven Legion, General Burn Li-Grey Iron, later recalled: I didn't even know that my opponents were just a group of underage children.

The dwarves originally planned a three-hour battle, but ended up fighting for a whole night...

Before starting this battle, the dwarven officers did not expect that their opponent would have such a strong fighting power, and carelessly let the dwarves lose the lives of the two thousand warriors who fell into it.

Before dawn, the unknown orc tribe in the Meadows of Torest was completely overrun by the dwarves, and the soldiers of the Second Legion who killed the red eye even burned down the entire gathering place, and all the orcs were slaughtered.

In three hundred years, the extremely long-lived dwarves have never been so crazy as they are today, and many of them even felt the feeling of death for the first time, and the extreme sadness allowed them to make the most of the killing.

The dwarf's irascible and desperate temper is perfectly reflected in this war...

When the advancing Third Legion and the Heavy Crossbow Legion received the Second Legion's list of dead in battle, they didn't think of prudence, they thought of destroying everything to vent the pent-up resentment in their hearts.

The killing frenzy makes them forget that they themselves are the aggressors.

In the end, it was the commander-in-chief of the front, Alokette Thunderspear, who personally executed several soldiers who had slaughtered orc priests without permission, and established a gendarmerie brigade following the example of the Human Empire, that the endless slaughter was stopped.

At this time, the main force of the dwarves had reached the last barrier of the Ice Maple Clan and their only city, Malodar City.

The diplomatic etiquette that has been handed down from Patved and is still in use today lost its usefulness at this moment, and the two sides did not even exchange a word of flag, and the formal siege battle began.

In just two days, the Dwarven Kingdom proved to the entire continent that their hoplites were still the most powerful hoplites on the continent.

As of September 30,

In just ten days, the dwarves swept through nearly two-thirds of the territory of the Ice Maple Clan.

...

On September 25,

Five days before the dwarves captured the city of Malodar.

The Duke of Trofil, led by Karen, began to attack the orc army in Shasterburg on orders from the Imperial Military Department.

At the same time, advance in the direction of Crane City, and test the second, third, and fourth legions of the Orc Empire, and encounter the six Orc Banner Regiments in the Terfalo grassland south of Crane City.

Again, without much language, the two sides immediately began to fight on the narrow Tefalo grassland.

Two days later, the encounter continued, and the red-eyed front-line commander didn't even heed the emperor's order to withdraw.

Encounters quickly turned into protracted wars, wars of attrition...

This was something that neither side had expected, and even the orc tribe had not thought of a decisive battle with the Human Empire on the Teflo steppe.

On September 27, with the emperor's personal authorization, the newly formed 9th and 10th legions of the empire rushed to the aid of the Zephilo steppe.

In the afternoon of the same day, two newly recruited legions of Nishizawa Devon's Gondwak Kingdom, as well as a banner regiment of his orc allies, left Sharp Town and advanced east of the defense line of Twak City.

On the 28th, Duke Nick, who was very busy, was suddenly summoned by the emperor.

In the equally busy pre-war command post in Kwyn, Duke Nick met with Emperor Laubert, who had not slept for two days and two nights, and said: "We are all very limited in time, and I hope to end our conversation as soon as possible." ”

"Of course. The Emperor didn't pick up his glass, he walked over to his private desk, turned on the soundproofing magic, and said, "The 'Radiant Power' is ready to disband!"

"What do you mean?" the Prime Minister was visibly stunned.

"Literally, the 'Radiant Power' in the Imperial Capital's Council has been destroyed by me, of course, this is a secret. Laubert shrugged, "You should know that the Emperor will never make a decision to deny himself, so it can only be secret." ”

"Are you saying that it was your actions that forced them to announce their disbandment?" said Duke Nick, a little puzzled.

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Laubert looked sideways at his prime minister, "these people seem to have received the news in advance, and my people didn't catch them at all... Let's put it this way, I can't even deal with them. ”

"Maybe you should be a little more careful. Duke Nick frowned.

The Emperor also frowned, he was obviously organizing the language, "Take the example of your second son, Baron Pedi... At the moment, there are clearly people of the Radiant Force around him who are doing things for him, and my people tell me that the war in Kru is going well, and most of this is due to the help of the Radiant Force... So, tell me, I can't move these people?"

Duke Nick's hands shook slightly, and the old wounds from his youth began to ache, and he took a deep breath: "Are there many cases like this?"

"Many, even Trofil of Cullen has their people around them. Emperor Laubert raised an eyebrow.

Duke Nick looked at the emperor's expression, and instantly understood the other party's plan...

The Prime Minister looked at his Emperor, he was sure that almost half of the intelligence system in the Emperor's hands at the moment relied on the 'Radiant Power', and he also understood that the Emperor asked him this question only so that he could put the Reagan family on his chariot in the future.

Although this was a small trick of the emperor, Duke Nick didn't mind, he pretended to think for a while and then said, "The 'Radiant Power' has been destroyed by us, hasn't it?"

"Perhaps," a smile flashed in the Emperor's eyes, "but Yarman must die, and some others must die too." ”

Duke Nick insisted on his own opinion on the issue, "Let the unnecessary killing stop... I think you should let Prince Sinda get out of the Lion Castle and see how the civilians are living in the outer city, and what the Imperial merchants are doing right now?"

"Count Stu will take care of the merchant's affairs. The emperor raised his eyebrows and quickly changed the subject.

Duke Nick didn't want to let go of this question, because the contradictions between all parties in the imperial capital were about to erupt, but just as he was about to say something, Duke Eric pushed open the door of the war room and walked straight towards the emperor and him.

"It seems that you have brought me good news. Emperor Laubert looked at Duke Eric with a slight smile, "Tell me, what is the good news." ”

"It's news from the dwarves, they actually hollowed out the Lordaan Mountains," Duke Eric said, handing the Emperor and Duke Nick the two pieces of information in his hand.

Listening to Duke Eric's words, Laubert became even more interested in this information... When the emperor roughly read the information in his hand, he couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that I underestimated the ambitions of the dwarves, and I shouldn't have laughed at their performance in Fort Vincent the other day." ”

"That's good news for us. Duke Nick's eyes lit up, staring at Duke Eric and asking, "Where did you get your information, I don't even have the slightest information about this." ”

"Don't worry about the authenticity of this news, this is the network of the Jean family from a long time ago. Duke Eric said confidently: "I'm sure that the orcs in Crane City may not be as fast as me!"

"This is our chance, and we should immediately send more troops to the Tefalo steppe. The Prime Minister suddenly turned his head to look at the Emperor Laubert, and the War Secretary, Duke Eric, likewise looked at the Emperor.