At 10 a.m. on July 1,

When the fighting in various parts of the Crane Territory took a sudden turn, the Seventh Combined Army led by Count Omar and 5,000 peasant troops from the Montella Fort area arrived on the south bank of the Kemir River.

As expected, the Orc Command, in order to alleviate the logistical pressure on its troops, did not deploy heavy troops on the north shore of Kemir, only a small number of forward guard towers and a few patrol squads, and the total strength was less than 500.

An hour earlier, the Vanguard of the Seventh Combined Legion had swept most of the Orc Forward Towers, including the north shore of Kemir, and had taken up the defensive stronghold that the Klan Territory garrison had built a month earlier.

What Count Omar has to do now is to improve the defense of this stronghold as soon as possible, after all, it is related to the survival of the Seventh Legion in the future.

But now, there is not much time left for Count Omar.

Therefore, in order to speed up the construction of the fortifications, Count Omar, with the consent of Count Banda, recruited nearly one-third of the people in the area of Fort Montella, and at the same time, in order to raise the stone and timber necessary for the construction of the fortifications as soon as possible, Count Omar ordered the demolition of most of the villages east of Fort Montella, and collected enough food and grass for his army to feed for ten days.

While Count Omar was busy building his fortifications, the Orc Command of Anku Fortress was also adjusting its strategic deployment in response to the appearance of Earl Omar's department, and under one order after another, the orc troops distributed in the northern territory of the Crane Territory to scavenge for food and grass supplies began to assemble in Anku Fortress, and a large number of battle axes and shields made from the re-furnace of iron tools were moved out of the warehouse.

Five hours later,

The two orc wings, which had been assembled and reassembled in advance, advanced at full speed towards the Kemir River.

The busy Earl of Omar received more than ten letters from Duke Ron's command in these five hours, from which he learned about the battle situation in the entire Crane Territory,

Now, on all fronts, both orcs and empires, are in a race against time.

Therefore, in order to supervise the progress of the fortifications, Count Omar set up a special team of overseers.

Under the supervision of the overseers and a large amount of money, the three-kilometer-long defensive stronghold on the south bank of the Kemir River had begun to take shape in just five hours.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, just as the sun was about to set,

Formed orc troops began to appear on the east bank of the Kemir River, but they did not choose to attack at the first time, but built barracks on the spot, and soon, a whole group of orc wolf cavalry appeared on the north bank of the river, and their patrols patrolled along the north bank line to the east and west.

...

On July 2, it was just dawn.

"Knock"

"Knock"

The earth-shattering war drums resounded over the Kemir River, and the assembled orc army began to force its way across the Kemir River, and countless orc arrays stepped on the newly formed rafts to storm the south bank defense line, and behind them, two entire brigades of orc priests poured their spells to cover them.

However, Count Omar had already prepared, and the magic circle built at the cost of consuming a large amount of purple gold powder was activated at the first time, and suddenly, the entire defense line became as solid as steel.

Count Omar relied on this strong line of defense to fight the orcs on the one hand, and continue to build fortifications in other parts of the stronghold on the other.

After a day of fierce fighting, none of the orc tribes broke through the defense line on the south bank.

For this reason, the Orc Command of Anku Fortress had to hold a combat meeting overnight to discuss countermeasures, and two hours later, the Great Chief of Shikan resolutely decided to lead the army in person amid many quarrels!

...

At three o'clock in the morning on July 3,

The Imperial stronghold at the crossroads of Mount Ariel was as quiet as ever, and both Imperial and Orc soldiers enjoyed a rare peace.

"Beep"

"Beep"

Suddenly, a shrill magic whistle shattered the silence in the valley!

"Roar"

"Kill"

Immediately after, there were bursts of roars and shouts of orc warriors... It was the orcs who used the darkness of night as a cover to sneak up on the Imperial forces in the stronghold at the crossroads, and it was clear that the orc warriors had given up on enjoying this rare tranquility.

The Imperial army, which reacted, fought back under the leadership of its supreme commander, Baron Pedi.

The two sides fought fiercely for two hours,

The Imperial-Army retreated to the southwest due to the haste of the battle...

The two wings of the Orc Sixth Banner Regiment pursued closely, and the two sides fought and walked on the narrow trade route.

Two hours later,

More than 2,000 remnants of the 3rd Banner Regiment of the Orcs, who were cleaning the battlefield, were ordered to advance to the Brill Heights, followed by 4,000 remnants of the 13th Mixed Banner Regiment, and the two wings of the 6th Banner Regiment also gave up the pursuit mission and advanced to the Brill Heights instead.

An hour later,

Just as the two wings of the Sixth Banner Regiment marched to a flat grassland southeast of the Brill Heights and were about to join the remnants of the Third and Thirteenth Mixed Banner Regiments, the already huge Imperial Cavalry Corps suddenly slaughtered from the left flank of the Sixth Banner Regiment!

Half an hour later, the 6th Banner Regiment was cut and surrounded by this cavalry unit!

When the remnants of the 3rd and 13th Banner Regiments were about to go to support, Pei Di, who had been preparing for a long time, led the remaining 3,000 officers and soldiers of the headquarters to break through from the flank, biting the tail of this reinforcement force, forcing the other party to stop and fight him.

...

This scuffle in the southeastern steppe of Brill Heights lasted almost eight hours!

This battle was fought extremely fiercely, this was originally an ambush war planned by the imperial side for a long time, but in the end, because of the strong combat power of the orc warriors, the ambush war was forced into an encounter.

The more than 3,000 people led by Peidi faced twice as many enemies as himself, and thought that they could quickly cut the orc troops with a sneak attack and destroy them in sections.

But Pedi underestimated the 6,000 orc soldiers, underestimated the orc army that could survive the fire, for this, Pedi paid a heavy price, the more than 3,000 imperial soldiers he led were almost wiped out in this battle, the chief of staff Tamil and the five captains were all killed, the Earl of Anse and Sergeant Burkton were seriously injured and unconscious, and Hades's ribs were broken.

If it weren't for the orcs' eagerness to break through, Pedi might have had to flee back to Crane City with a few of his retinue...

Although this battle was fought fiercely, it was a victory for the entire battle of Klanling, and after this battle, the orc forces in the area of Banson Town were almost completely wiped out, which was considered to have achieved the expected combat effect.

...

While Pedi gathered the remnants to clean up the battlefield, Duke Gna rode a swarthy Twak horse and led his guards to Pedi.

"You seem to have been beaten badly. Duke Gna shook off his damp cloak and stared at Pedy's eyes full of smiles, no ridicule, only the teasing of the elders to the juniors.

Pedi didn't answer, he stared at his uncle for a few seconds and said, "I guess your task now should be to return to Brill Heights as soon as possible, right?"

"There's no need..."Duke Gna turned over and dismounted, found a piece of weed on the ground for a long time without bloodstains, and then wiped the blood on his hands that had not dried up on the weeds, he said while wiping: "The latest news, most of the orc troops in Brill Heights have broken through. ”

"What?" Pei Di was stunned for a moment, and said casually in surprise, "How can it be so fast?"

Duke Gna nodded, "It's so fast, don't underestimate the wisdom of the orcs, they have already organized troops to break through as early as the beginning of the battle on our side." ”

"Are you saying the orcs already knew about our plans?" Pei Di's face turned a little ugly.

Duke Gna shrugged, "Maybe, maybe the first eight hours of battle was played by the orcs, not us." ”

Pedi frowned and was silent,

Duke Gerner also fell silent for his casual remark.

After a few minutes, Pedi suddenly said, "According to the original plan, we should have slowed down the orc's retreat as quickly as possible, so I don't think you still have time to catch up with me here." ”

"Yes, but that was the plan. Duke Gerner pulled out a crumpled letter from the armor of his belly and threw it at Pedi's body, "Look at it. ”

With a look of doubt on his face, Pedy grabbed a handful of dirt to clean the blood from his hands before opening the letter...

Soon, a look of shock appeared on Pedy's face, "The fall of Beardtown?

"Obviously, the defensive battle of Banson Town made us too confident, so our regular force of more than 10,000 men held out in Biwest Town for less than three days before it fell. Duke Gna had a look of embarrassment on his face, for the more than 10,000 men left behind in the town of Bivest were his Twak's troops.

"What is the plan of Duke Ron?" asked Pedi subconsciously.

"I haven't made up my mind yet. "It doesn't matter what he's determined about, what matters is what you're going to do now?" I remember that the military department gave you the task of garrisoning Benson Town, right?"

"Benson Town doesn't matter now, it's our plan that matters!"

Duke Gna shook his head lightly after hearing this, "Believe me, you'd better act according to the orders of the military department, because the Fifth Legion is the only legion sent to the front by the Central Empire since the start of the war, and I believe that Duke Eric will definitely make the right choice." ”

Pei Di frowned when he heard this, and said, "You came to me to tell me this?"

"No, I'm just here to see if my nephew is okay, because my adjutant told me that the Imperial Legion here is almost completely wiped out, and of course, the information that I brought along with the town of Bikest. The Duke of Gna shrugged, and with that, the Duke patted Pedy on the arm, turned on his horse, and then quickly left with his own soldiers.

Pedi didn't stay, he stared at the back of Duke Gna for a long time, until the other party's figure disappeared on the horizon, and then, Pedi slammed his helmet to the ground and asked Hades, who had just finished healing with holy power, "What should we do now?"

"Gather our team and retake Benson Town!"

"That's it?"

"That's all!"

This time, Pedi thought for ten minutes, during which time his attendants Cowlir and Eden appeared in front of him intact.

Finally, Pedi looked in the direction of the Kemir River and said, "Give the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Corps an order to assemble quickly towards Mount Ariel. ”