Chapter 626: The Road Before Night
It's a pity that the fat man didn't be happy for long, things changed, the battlefield far east of the empire has changed dramatically, I don't know what the reason is, the undead in the darkness have gone berserk again, just like the situation that Renault and they encountered in the Holy Shield City, the undead suddenly launched a huge attack, which can be said to be like a tsunami, destroying part of the eastern defense line of the West Mobeth Empire.
This change came so suddenly, anyone thought that they had reached a delicate balance with the undead, and even the people of the empire and the Holy See were already planning how to move forward and reclaim the lost territory occupied by the undead, but they never thought that such a power could burst out in the darkness.
If it is only the rampage of the undead, it is not serious, the important thing is that at this critical juncture, the empire and the Holy See do not seem to have reached a consensus in some aspects, but also because of the conflict of interests, on the one hand, the West Memebeth Empire wants to focus on the war in the north, on the other hand, the Holy See does not want to consume too much power on the land of other countries, those forces that really fight with the undead are mostly idle forces, if it is still the same as the usual situation, it is still barely balanced, but when a large-scale undead disaster breaks out, it will be immediately stretchedγ
This outbreak of the undead, the power of the Holy See and the West Ink Beser Empire want to resist the undead, once the undead drive straight in, then it will not be good for anyone, but unfortunately things have deteriorated too quickly, and the power of the Eastern Front alone cannot resist the outbreak of the undead, so in desperation, the West Memebeth Empire had to draw some forces from the north, and also reached an agreement with the Holy See, and the Holy See will also send additional manpower.
Unfortunately, the night army already has a certain reputation, and it also belongs to the scope of being transferred, and after the original abundant force is withdrawn, it seems to be stretched thin in the face of Tobiro's army, and the orders issued directly by the command, even if Renault are not very happy, they have to reluctantly obey the order.
No matter how powerful the fat man is, it is impossible to kill an army alone, one after another orcs pounce up, not afraid of death, everyone chisels on the fat man's body, the water droplets can still penetrate the stone, no matter how rough the fat man is, he also knows that it hurts, and it is impossible to go on all the time, and in the end, when the strength is insufficient, he has to reluctantly give up the attack temporarily, slow down, and do a good job of defense. Continue to recruit troops and accumulate strength.
However, Tobiro is categorically not going to look at the emptiness of the night army's strength, and Tobiro's news seems to be extremely well-informed, in Renault's plan, as much as possible to block the news, so that Tobiro knows the news as late as possible, but the heavens do not fulfill people's wishes, almost the day after the night army's strength was withdrawn, Tobiro followed and launched a large-scale attack, which made Renault hate it so much, he thought that he had done a good job of secrecy, but he was still known by Tobiro.
"Report to your lordship, the second city of Mary has fallen!" said a disorganized warrior who hurried into the war room and fell to one knee in a hurry.
At this moment, the war room is also crowded, many senior officers of the night army are here, after hearing the news, there is a commotion, this is already the fourth city that has fallen, just a few days of effort.
Renault also couldn't help sighing, originally relying on the fat man, the night army interspersed attacks, all the way forward, has advanced to the north of the Yubot River, even if the orcs rely on the Yubot River, this natural danger did not defend against Renault's attack, Tobiro also seems to have lost the previous decision-making power, it seems that there is no power to parry, seeing that this development continues, the night army to the orc empire does not seem to be a dream, but at this time, the eastern defense line of the empire collapsed, and the strength of the night army was suddenly a little empty after being withdrawn, plus Tobiro grasped the timing just right, the original good situation was suddenly reversed, not to mention that it was impossible to attack, Even the defense has become very difficult, because the night army pushes the line too fast, and the cities occupied all the way have to be defended, and it is easy to say that it has not been withdrawn, but now like this, Renault is also extremely distressed, but there is no good way.
Ngawang was now eager to directly peel off Tobiro's skin, he gritted his teeth and said: "This damn minotaur will really find an opportunity to attack frantically when our strength is empty, and the one who was beaten by us before lost his armor is now arrogant." β
"Lord Renault, I am willing to lead my troops against the orc army, and I will definitely get back the lost city!" a general stood up and said in a sonorous voice.
"My lord, I'm willing to go, I can't let these orcs be so arrogant! Even the current night army is not something that orcs can handle casually! Give me three days! I will definitely take back the city!"
Renault's head hurt a little by their quarrel, and he waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, you don't ask for war one by two, I know you want to alleviate the current situation, but you also know the current situation, I am still deploying the defense forces of various cities, and there is no extra strength to fight the orcs." β
After a pause, Renault looked at Isma, who was standing silently on the side, and said, "Isma, what do you think?" Renault attaches great importance to Isma's opinion, and hopes that Isma can give them some good advice at this time.
Isma hesitated for a moment before saying: "Lord Renault, the cities we have lost in the past few days are those cities that have not had time to deploy defensive forces, and the second city of Mary is already south of Yubote, but it is still attacked, just like ......"
"It's like the orcs know the distribution of our power. The fat man took Isma's words at this time and said.
Nikita also said at this moment: "Actually, I think things are always a little weird, don't you think? Although we have the help of Lord Fan, but our previous advance speed is too fast, to be honest, I think it's a little incredible now, because with the existing strength of the orcs, we can't advance so fast, the other party's generals we also know, very good at arranging troops, and the defense is also first-class, from our previous confrontation with them, how can the orc army let us advance all the way so easily? But we did it, but now that we think about it, every time we win a battle, it looks like the orcs are pretty miserable, but you think about it, how much damage is actually the strength of the orcs? Not too much, right? Almost every time Tobiro has saved a lot of living power, although we have taken the city, but it has not really caused real damage to the orc army. β
"To put it bluntly, although the orcs look miserable, they have a feeling that they don't want to defend much. Nikinoma continued her sister's words.
The two sisters still have a lot of right to speak, although I don't know why the two of them brought the topic to the previous battle, but there is still an officer who said: "But we did get the city, and we also beat the orcs to the point of embarrassment, I don't know anything else, but even the simple-minded orcs are demoralized and discouraged, right? And what does it mean that the orcs don't want to defend? Don't they want the city?"
"Is it possible! Didn't they go south to conquer the city and occupy the rich lands of the West Memebeth Empire?" said another officer.
Renault knocked on the table at this time, glanced at the crowd before saying, "Nikita means that the orcs have been retreating, trying not to confront us head-on, just to preserve the vitality and wait for an opportunity...... For example...... now"
As soon as Renault's words came out, there was an uproar, and an officer said in disbelief: "How is this possible! Could it be that the orcs know that something will happen on the other side of the underworld, and our side will not be able to mobilize forces!?"
Ngawang also looked incredulous and said, "This is really unlikely, isn't it? No matter how powerful Tobiro is, he can't be angry with the undead......, right?
Renault frowned and said: "It's not like that, it's really impossible for orcs to get together with the undead, this is to wear a big hat that is the enemy of most races on the continent, as long as the orcs are not stupid, they won't get together with the undead, not to mention that the undead don't disdain to cooperate with the living beings, but we don't rule out other reasons." β
"The orcs have preserved their living strength, and then the timing is so right, they have taken so many of our cities in a row, except for some reasons that we don't know, some reasons are certain......" Speaking of this, Renault glanced at everyone again, but his eyes gradually became a little cold.
After a pause, Renault said, "There are traitors among us. β
When Renault said this, the expressions of the others became unnatural, and then you look at me and I look at you, and their eyes can't help but become alert, everyone is not stupid, how can there be so many coincidental things on the battlefield? But who is it? Mole has been a thorny problem since ancient times, and it is also a problem that is not easy to deal with.
After Renault finished speaking, he lowered his eyelids before he said: "You can rest assured, since I can still call you all here for a meeting, then you can naturally be trusted, you have also noticed, some people are not able to be present." β
After Renault finished speaking, the others breathed a sigh of relief, and then they all wondered who was not there today? Could it really be that those people had done something treacherous?
Renault looked at the officer who was talking in a low voice in front of him, but an imperceptible light flashed in his eyes, and then Renault waved his hand a little tiredly, and said: "Okay, those things will be talked about later, now let's do the things in front of us well, our strength is really insufficient, think about any way to lower the fierce attack of the orcs first." β
Yisma said at this time: "My lord, I suggest that we narrow the defensive circle, take the commercial cities of Jiangnan and Jiangbei as the fulcrum of defense, give up some unimportant border cities, let go of some forces, replace defense with offense, attack the northeast defense line where the orc defense is relatively weak, and alleviate the frontal attack of the orcs." β
Renault looked at Isma and smiled, and said, "You're getting closer and closer to my thoughts." β
Isma also smiled, but did not speak, and stood next to Renault with his usual expression, very deferential.
After that, some suggestions were put forward one after another, these officers were more or less influenced by Renault, and they were unwilling to wait for defense, and they all wanted to attack aggressively, just like the night army used to contain the enemy, and the attack was the best defense.
Renault looked at these people with a smile, continued to knock on the table, and said: "Everyone's ideas are very good, but this time, I want to change the way, and the command command also ordered me to do a good defense, so this time, let's follow the arrangements of our superiors to do a good job of defense." β
After a pause, Renault slashed his hand on the north side of the Yubot River, and then said: "All the cities in the north of the river have been abandoned, and all our forces have been concentrated in the south of the river, this time we will have a good defensive battle." β
As soon as Renault's words came out, he was immediately silent, and they all looked at Renault with a stunned face, and then someone stood up and said: "My lord, how can this be done! This is a city that the brothers have fought to win, how can you say give up!"
"Yes, my lord, this is not in the style of our night army! Isn't it a joke to spread it!
After a short period of calm, there was a lot of noise, even Ah Wang didn't understand what Renault was going to do, although their strength was vacant, and it was a good choice to shrink the defense, but this was too much, not to mention the style of the night army at all, there was also a feeling of increasing the morale of others to destroy their prestige, after fighting for so long, they really didn't retreat without a fight.
But Renault made up his mind and did not allow others to object, and the meeting ended, which was also a rare arbitrary act on the part of Renault.
It's just that when Renault walked back to his residence, Nikita quietly followed him without knowing when, and after looking around unconsciously, he whispered softly, "What do you think?"
Renault frowned lightly and said, "It's hard to say, but you can still give it a try." β
Nikita sighed and said, "Isn't this a bit too risky, the strength of our army is ...... now"
Renault smiled playfully and said, "Don't you think it's annoying to stay here for too long?"