On the afternoon of May 16, the soldiers of the three corps stationed in the town of Billen, Bolenburg, and Fort Ruku rushed to Fort Tulbub at full speed, and at the same time, the remaining 10,000 light cavalry in Twak City were also moving towards Fort Tulbuk.

On the evening of the 18th, the 10,000 cavalry assembled in advance received an order to reinforce the fortress of Koren at full speed and end the war with the barbarians there as soon as possible.

Early in the morning of the 19th, the regular troops of the three corps that arrived at Fort Tulbuk formed the Sixth Regular Corps of the Imperial Capital in accordance with the military order, led by the new commander of the corps, Count Nishizawa Devon, the Grand Lord of Fort Tulbuk, and rushed to the aid of the fortress of Kologne.

This is a clever trick played by Duke Gna on the advice of his staff, he wants to take advantage of the time difference, and use the strongest force in his hands to defeat the barbarian army outside the Koren fortress as quickly as possible before the military headquarters order has officially arrived at the Twak Territory.

Let the barbarians have no strength to probe into Twak to take another step!

Of course, the Duke of Gna did this on the condition that a military observatory be established on the flank of the Cannia Pass in the northern part of the fortress of Cologne, and that a corps be garrisoned.

Nominally, this military observatory was to help defend the fortress of Coron against barbarian attacks, but in fact it was a sign that the Barretts had regained control of the area of the fortress.

When Baron Peckforda presented the conditions in front of the officers of the Coren Fortress at all levels, Pedi readily agreed, and wrote down the decision in a written report for the military headquarters.

As for whether it can be passed in the military department, this is not something he has to worry about.

...

Koren Fortress Command,

Pedi sat alone by the fireplace, perhaps because Pedi had just arrived in the north and had not adapted to the weather, so as long as he was fine, he stayed here.

"What are you thinking?" Andy walked in through the outside door, shook the cold from his body, and then sat down on a chair next to the fireplace, picking up a bowl of hot tea and playing with it in his hand, but he didn't drink it.

Pei Di glanced at his cousin, straightened his arms and moved his body, which was a little stiff due to sitting for a long time, and said after taking a sip of hot tea, "I'm thinking about how to completely deal with the barbarians on the other side." ”

Andy was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed 'haha', "No one can completely solve the barbarians, you have more people than smart people in the history of the empire, but the barbarians still exist now." ”

Pedi shrugged, "I'm not arrogant enough to completely wipe out the barbarians in the barbarian mountains, I mean to make the barbarians unable to threaten the Koren fortress in a short period of time when they gather a large number of soldiers. ”

"You want to wipe out the barbarian forces outside the fortress?" Andy thought as he looked down, "It's also difficult to hear, I've studied the Empire's past battle reports against the barbarians on the way, they are very smart, and they have the barbarian mountains as a barrier, and when they find out that the situation is wrong, they will definitely hide in the mountains as soon as possible." ”

Hearing this, Pei Di immediately looked at his cousin seriously.

"What's that expression on your face?" Andy punched his cousin in the chest, "Are you doubting my IQ?"

"No, I just wanted to compliment you!" Peddy laughed.

Andy took a sip of hot tea, "Don't make fun of me, it's just the simplest military common sense, but the problem is, we can't cut off the back of the barbarians now..." ”

"Yes, I've always been bothered by this question. Pedi sighed.

"My knight instructor warned me that I could trust our men when confronted with such problems. ”

Pedi immediately commented, "Oh, is it, then your knight instructor must be a man with a heart as big as the prairie!"

"He is indeed such a person, and I respect him. ”

"Then, let my chief of staff and staff come here. ”

"As you wish, sir. Andy got up and put down the tea bowl and gave an exaggerated military salute.

Half an hour later,

Pedi took office as commander of the Koren Fortress and the first military meeting was officially held.

However, the atmosphere of the meeting was not very good.

For the first half hour, it was almost always the Pedi brothers and Hades talking, and the others, including the Chief of Staff, Sir Ike, remained silent.

Pedi knows why, these people don't trust him!

So, he said, "Duke Gna's follow-up reinforcements will arrive soon, but as you know, they will not stay for more than three days at most, and we need to completely deal with the barbarians outside the fortress within these three days.

A squadron of magicians, 20,000 Twak light cavalry and a corps of regular troops, and the barbarians on the opposite side, although they claim to be 50,000 troops, will not actually be able to really fight on the frontal battlefield will not exceed 20,000 troops, so we will have an absolute advantage,

This time we are not trying to defeat or repel the barbarians, but to destroy them completely, so that they will not want to invade the empire again, but I also know that this is difficult, so I need your advice. ”

"Seal off the Cannia Pass?" Hades immediately suggested, "use the power of the magician to seal off the entire Canya Pass." ”

"Unless you have a whole corps of magicians!" Ravin shook his head at once.

"Yes!" said Collier, without waiting for Pedy's inquiring glance.

"Even if you block the Canya Pass, it's useless, the barbarians have many paths to retreat into the mountains!" Captain Bud had been wounded in the neck in the battle not long ago, and although he had been treated by the Holy Force, his voice was still a little strange, as if he hadn't drunk water for a long time.

"Sir Ike, as my Chief of Staff, do you have any good ideas?" Pedi began to roll call, he looked at Sir Ike and said seriously, "If you have any opinions, it's best to say them now, you know, Andy and I have just arrived at the fortress, and we are not familiar with everything here,

As an officer, you should understand the importance of the correctness of an order on the battlefield, so I need your opinion, and I need your opinion, and your opinion influences my orders!"

"Sorry, sir, I was just thinking about something. Sir Ike smiled apologetically, looked at Pedi for two seconds and said, "Although the barbarians can retreat to the mountains in other ways, the Cannia Pass is their main route, so we just need to..."

The door to the conference room suddenly opened, interrupting Sir Ike,

The figure of Wren who appeared at the door, beside him was a fortress scout.

"The barbarian army is retreating near the Hamic Glacier Lake!" the scout said loudly.

"Hamik Ice Lake?" Pedi wasn't very familiar with.

"Right at the foot of the Hamik Mountains, which are the stronghold of the Prince of Nulif!" explained the Knight of Alfred.

"It seems that there is no need to discuss how to cut off their retreat now," Andy shrugged, "and there is no need for reinforcements to arrive." ”

"Did the barbarians know that our reinforcements were about to arrive?" said Keller, the leader of the Second Brigade, "and the news has been spread too much, right?"

"Impossible!" Pedi shook his head, "This is Duke Gna's temporary plan, this plan is not even clear to many of the great lords of the Twak Lord, how can the barbarians know?"

"It seems that the barbarians and the orcs are really discussing an invasion of the empire together!" Sir Ike waved the scout out, he stared at the military map in the middle of the conference table and said, "If I were Prince Nulif, I would have retreated too, obviously, the recent events within our empire have reached his ears, and he knows very well that our reinforcements will be withdrawn soon!"

"So what now?" said Andy, putting away his joke.

"There is no way. Sir Ike smiled bitterly, "The only thing that can be done now is to strengthen the fortress and prepare for the defensive battle in the near future." ”

"Andy!" Pedi looked at his cousin, "tell your brother that one of my regular regiments will be available for me in five days at the latest, and in ten days I will meet them on the walls of the fortress of Koren, and you tell him that if he wants to get what he wants, show sincerity!"

...

On the evening of May 17.

A stronghold on the left flank of the front line of the Anku Fortress line,

At ten o'clock in the evening, the soldiers guarding the stronghold had just completed their shift change and were counting the remaining war supplies in their hands.

Suddenly, out of the dark night in the direction of the fortress, a group of knightly men, each armed with a paladin hammer, slowly approached with their own retinues.

When the soldiers in the stronghold saw this team of paladins, a rare smile suddenly appeared on their faces, these days, occasionally some paladin squads rushed to all over the country to join the front line,

And the ordinary soldiers on the front line are very hopeful that there will be more paladins on their defensive lines, after all, it will give their lives an extra layer of security in this war.

However, the laughter of the soldiers did not last long,

Because, these paladins, human paladins, did not come to help them, this team of paladins attacked this defensive stronghold, and in five minutes eliminated all the defenders, and then forced a hole in the flank defense of the fortress,

Although the front-line commander, Count Banda Hibbert, reacted quickly, the orcs had already hidden nearby troops faster than him,

An hour later, the front line of the Anku fortress collapsed,

The commander, Count Banda, decisively gave the order to retreat in order to preserve the living forces of the fortress.

But all in vain,

Because, someone opened the gate of the left flank of the fortress,

Yes, there is an orc internal response inside the fortress of Anku.

Almost at the same time, the ten-kilometer-long front was littered with the shadows of the orc army, like beasts rushing out of the fog of the night, frantically storming the fragile defenses of the Anku fortress.

This time, the orcs are no longer tentative attacks,

This time, the Great Chief of Shikan dispatched nearly 100,000 troops, and he was bound to take those Anku fortresses in one go.