On May 26,

The orc army was reorganized, and 50,000 orc infantry led by the northern clan overseer Kesai headed south.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the offensive and defensive battle of the Kemir River officially began.

There was no tactics or conspiracy in this battle, and the Quesai Overseers directly attacked the line of defense laid out by the Kranling on the south bank of the Kemil River with absolute force.

After a day of battle, the more than 20,000 soldiers urgently assembled by the Imperial defense line retreated with a third of the casualties, and as the sun was about to set, the orcs took complete control of the northern section of the Kemir River.

Since then, the entire gateway to the Klan Realm has been opened, and almost all of the northern territories of the empire have been exposed to the orc forces.

Early in the morning of May 28th,

The battle of the Kemir River had just ended, and after a night of repairs, the headquarters of the Kesai Overseers advanced eastward to the most important town in the eastern part of the Pokerlands, the town of Bensen.

More than 300 miles east of Banson Town, there is the Fortress of Cologne, if the town of Banson is breached, then the troops of the orcs can merge with the barbarian army before and after attacking the Fortress of Cologne.

The army could then move directly south, raid the western steppes of the Twak Territory, and then approach the heart of the Empire: the town of Kwyn just outside the Sook Plains.

At that time, the Imperial side will definitely divide its forces and send a large number of troops to encircle and intercept this alliance of orcs and barbarians.

At that time, the main force of the orcs can take the opportunity to go south to fight the main force of the empire and the city of Klan.

This is a Yang Mou!

The orc commander seized on the weakness of the Empire's forces.

...

In Chrysburg, under the Ironclad Wood of Crane City,

Ron, who had just returned to Crane to succeed him as duke, was faced with a choice.

Will you send heavy troops to defend the town of Banson, or will you not move?

After all, in addition to the 50,000 troops in the hands of the Kesai Overseers, the orcs still have a full 200,000 army,

And Duke Ron now has only 30,000 troops at his disposal, and most of them are new soldiers.

If heavy troops were sent to defend Banson Town, the city would be empty, and reinforcements from the rest of the empire would not arrive until five days at the earliest.

And these five days are enough time for the subsequent orc army to sweep through the entire northern part of the Klan Territory, and then organize a huge siege battle.

"The town of Banson must be supported, and if it is lost, the orc forces can not only invade the town of Kwyn in the south, but also detour back to the eastern and southern regions of the Klan Territory, and then the city of Klan will be alone!" Count Banda Hibbert's face and neck were crimson, burned by the spells of the orc priests during the final retreat in the defense of Anku.

"There is no objection to supporting the town of Banda, my Lord Earl, but the question is what district to support, and if we send the forces of Crane City, then we will only lose faster!" said the chief of staff, Viscount Clerens, who was distracted at this time,

No, it should be said that he had been like this since he came back from Karen, especially after the death of Duke Boig in battle, his mood was simply terrible, because he thought that he had messed things up in Karen.

"Is that what you do?" said Count Banda's voice, his temper getting worse and worse these days, and the death of the old duke was unforgettable to everyone.

The pensive Earl Ron couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at Count Banda, "You should learn to control your emotions, Earl. ”

"I'm going crazy, how can I control it?" replied Count Banda at once.

Duke Ron yelled, "Then get out of here, there is no need for a madman here!"

With a "bang", Count Banda instantly stood up from his seat, and then walked quickly towards the door of the conference room, and when he opened the door, he turned his head and said: "The old duke's ashes are still left in the city of Kran, and you have become cowardly lambs, have you lost your honor and courage due to the fall of Anku Fortress?"

After that, he ignored everyone's reaction and slammed the door directly.

"My lord, Count Banda is just—" Someone tried to explain.

"Just what? Do you want to say he's in a bad mood?" someone took the opportunity to fall into the trap, "haha, it's the funniest joke I've ever heard." ”

"Bang, bang!" Duke Ron's fist slammed into the conference table, "Shut up!"

"Ron... Duke," said Count Anse suddenly, "I heard that there are some very strong volunteers gathered in the city of Klan, and they are not clamoring to fight the orcs every day? ”

"Those people are nothing but a bunch of loose sand!" "Baron Cassifer, the Grand Lord of Shasterburg, shook his head, "Although I admit that they are strong in force individually, a march to battle can not be a duel. ”

"But at least it will buy us some time," said Count Anse, "besides, our reinforcements will arrive soon, and I have heard that the light cavalry of the Twak Command has entered the Crane Territory, and in fact they will be able to reach the city of Crane in two days at their speed, but this will require some warrants." ”

"What kind of warrant?" Ron was stunned, and couldn't help but look at his chief of staff, Viscount Crelens.

Seeing this, Crelence immediately explained: "There are some agreements between the six dukes, after all, no one likes other people's armies to gallop in their own territory!"

"To hell with those bullshit agreements, the Klan Collar doesn't need so many rules now, all I need is 20,000 light horsemen to see the Tkawa Collar in two days. Duke Ron said loudly.

"Yes, I'll do it. Hearing this, Viscount Claurens immediately left through the side door.

At this time, Count Anse stood up from his seat, "Duke Ron, I request to go to Banda Town. ”

"You?" Duke Ron was stunned, his brows furrowed slightly, "How many people do you need?"

"Just the volunteers in the city. He still forgot about the volunteers.

"Those men are only about a thousand in size, and, perhaps, the internal response of the mixed orcs, don't forget the lesson of Anku Fortress, we can't afford to lose now!" Baron Caseffel looked at Count Anse like an idiot.

Count Anse smiled indifferently: "I never thought of relying on those to repel the orcs, I just wanted to delay some time... I can hold out for seven days at most, and after seven days there is nothing I can do without reinforcements!"

"Are you sure you can resist the 50,000-strong orc army for seven days with those so-called volunteer armies?" Duke Ron had a serious look on his face, "Of course, I don't doubt your ability, Earl, but it's about the whole battle, and I think you should know what I mean." ”

Count Anse nodded understandingly, "There are more than 100,000 civilians in the vicinity of Banda Town, they will help me!"

"You want civilians to stand on the walls? "There are aristocrats who oppose it.

"No, the greatest use of civilians is to slow down the march of the orcs!" Count Anse said with a straight face, "Of course, if necessary, I will also let them stand on the wall." ”

"This..."

The nobles were smart men, and it immediately occurred to them what Count Anse was planning to do.

silent

But the silence was short-lived,

After a brief silence, the whole conference room resounded with a 'buzzing' discussion, and at the same time, countless eyes fell on Count Anse, although these eyes all had a special sense of rejection, but surprisingly no one objected to Count Anse's plan,

Perhaps, someone thought of this plan a long time ago, but it was not proposed.

Duke Ron also looked at Count Anse like other nobles at this moment, he looked at the indomitable determination on the other party's face, and suddenly had a feeling of 'I am not as good as him' in his heart.

This feeling made Duke Ron very unhappy, after all, the two were both descendants of the Zora family.

"Seven days!" Duke Ron also stood up, "in seven days reinforcements will arrive as scheduled." ”

"Well, then, I'll go down and prepare now. ”

"Wait. Duke Ron stopped Count Anse, who was about to leave, he took a deep breath, looked around at everyone in the conference room, and then said loudly: "Everything that Count Anse does in the area of Banda Town is authorized by Chrysburg, and later, this notice will be posted on the bulletin boards of all towns and villages in the Clan Territory!"

All the lords, nobles and generals in the conference hall couldn't help but close their mouths at this moment, and their eyes turned back and forth on the bodies of Count Anse and Duke Ron.

Baron Cassifer, who was sitting at the front, looked at the chair that had been vacated by the departure of Count Banda across the street, his brow furrowed slightly, he wanted to say something to prevent this from happening, after all, in some ways, it was his responsibility and duty to prevent the lord from making a wrong decision,

But just as he straightened up and made a gesture to speak, his left arm was grabbed fiercely, and he turned his head, but it was his cousin who shook his head gently at him, and his delay made this matter a foregone conclusion!

I saw that the Count of Anse, who was standing, was visibly shocked, and then he solemnly saluted his cousin again, and then left without a word.

...

May 30,

The information on the march of the Orcs of Klan and the arrangement of Duke Ron were conveyed to the town of Kwyn as soon as possible.

At this moment, the town of Kwyn has become a real military fortress, and the troops assembled from all over the country have arrived, and the garrison has exceeded 100,000, but it is still not limited to crowding.

Its garrison consisted of 35,000 men of a regular infantry corps of Crewe, two mixed archers, and two corps of heavy cavalry, and Feld led two mixed light crossbow corps of 30,000 men, plus the remaining two corps of the First Imperial Legion and the recently assembled 30,000 troops.

At the same time, Duke Eric also relocated the entire Imperial Army Headquarters to the town of Kwyn to cope with the changing situation of the war.

When Duke Eric got the information about the orc's march, he immediately asked Emperor Laubert to send half of his troops to support Crane City, he said: "Duke Bog has been killed in battle, and Ron in Crane is counting on your reinforcements, they even think that reinforcements are already on the way, but the truth is that the army has been watching Crane Territory suffer from the orc invasion for ten days and ignore it!"

"I have my considerations!" the emperor was unmoved.

"What are you thinking about?Afraid of the Cullar's sneak attack?If the Cullen Collar dares to sneak up on our rear at this time, I swear that the Felder Collar will fight to the end in his Cliff family!"

Emperor Laubert shook his head when he heard this, and after a few seconds of silence, he said, "Have you ever thought that Crane City can't be defended at all?"

"So what?" said Duke Eric, who was not surprised by the Emperor's question, "you just want to give up the Klan Territory? Then you shouldn't have promised Duke Ron in the first place, and you shouldn't have sent the Twark Lord's troops to his death!"

"They will buy enough time for us to play the next game, and the most important thing we lack now is time. ”

"Even if you end up winning the war, you'll lose the trust of the Klan and Twak Realms. ”

"I just need to win the war!"