It was late at night.

Arthur, Jose, Monkey, and the others all gathered at Arthur's cabin, no, it should be Arya's cabin now.

"We didn't find an anomaly in the frequency of the orc scouts, is the war about to start so soon?" said Arthur.

"According to past experience, the orcs will generally attack us in late winter and early spring, and the time should be half a month at the earliest. José explained in a low voice.

Arthur knew a little about the current situation of the orcs. There has been no major war between the two races in recent years, and the population of the orcs has grown greatly in recent years, and the barren orc wasteland is almost unable to support so many orcs. Many orcs will face hunger in the spring before the summer food is down, so they often choose late winter and early spring to wage war in an attempt to plunder food from the Terrans to meet their needs. Even if the invasion ultimately failed and a large number of orcs died as a result, the consumption of food was reduced.

"What I really don't understand is why the order to retreat was given from above, shouldn't we hold the current line of defense?"

Arya also had a blank expression, and she was just as puzzled as Arthur by her lack of war experience.

Jose smiled, "Captain, do you think we're going to set up a formation and have a face-to-face battle with the orcs?"

"Isn't it?"

"Of course not, thousands of years of war have made our Terran army have long summed up a set of methods to fight against orcs. The individual strength of the orcs is stronger than that of our human race, if we face off on the battlefield, the casualty ratio between us and the orcs is 2:1, and if we retreat into the city and rely on fortifications and city defense weapons for defensive warfare, the casualty ratio will be reversed to 1:3. ”

"I understand that our retreat is a strategic abandonment of part of the land in exchange for a superior position on the battlefield. ”

Jose nodded.

"And where are we going to retreat?"

"There are three smaller cities in front of Red Rock City, the headquarters of the Legion, and these three cities are defending Red Rock City in a manner. Our front army and the scattered troops of the left and right armies will withdraw into the city in time of war. Although these cities are not large, they are all built to defend against the invasion of orcs, the walls of the cities are thick, and the food and weapons in the city are abundant, and the orcs will not want to attack the city if they do not leave behind fifty or sixty thousand corpses. What's more, if the orcs concentrate their forces to attack one city, Red Rock City and the other two cities will send troops to support, so if the orcs are not prepared to drop 100,000 corpses, they will not attack the city at all. ”

Arthur couldn't help nodding, relying on the city to fight is indeed the most beneficial way to fight for the orcs.

"And what about so many villages in the vast expanse of land between our defenses and the three cities?" Arya asked suddenly.

Jose hesitated for a moment before he said slowly: "When we retreat, we will also notify the people in the villages and towns to evacuate to the city in time. ”

Arya nodded subconsciously, only to find that Arthur's eyes suddenly turned red.

How did Arya know that José didn't quite tell the truth. For the army, an order can be immediately retreated, but for the people, it is home, how can it be so easy to abandon their family and business?

When the people retreated to the city, they were all driving big and small carts, carrying large and small packages, dragging their families with them, and carrying with them all the family business they had worked so hard to save!

Every time the orcs attacked, those who remained in the villages and towns were reluctant to leave their homes, and those who were caught up by the orcs on the road when they moved slowly, all fell victim to the war between the two races.

Ten years ago, little Arthur was a victim of just that, his mother was killed, and he was taken into an orc camp as a slave!

Don't the big men above know what the people sacrificed?

Heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as dogs, and saints are unkind and use the people as dogs.

In the eyes of kings and nobles, these sacrificed people were nothing more than pawns in exchange for victory in a war.

The atmosphere in the wooden house became heavy and oppressive for a while, and apart from Arya, who was ignorant of the world, which veteran didn't know what was going on.

At this moment, a whining horn suddenly sounded in the woods.

Jose and Arthur immediately rushed out of the hut and stood on the roof, where a large fire lit up in the distant woods. The light of the fire was flowing, sweeping in the direction of the squadron camp.

"The orcs are coming, and the war has begun!" Jose's voice trembled slightly.

The more veterans they are, the more they see life and death, and the more they know the fear of war!

"Why? Why did the orc attack begin before the order to retreat had come down?" said Lund, with a low growl.

"Why didn't Leon give him news in advance?Could it be that Brontë came to give the order to retreat today, and then deliberately concealed the order by the communiqué personal vendetta?Or was the attack of the orcs advanced and the legion did not have time to react in advance?" a series of questions welled up in Arthur's heart.

I'm afraid this mystery will only be able to figure out when he sees Brontë again, provided that both sides survive this war!

......

Outside the forest, above a high slope, Leon crossed his shoulders and smiled a rare smile as he looked at the large firelight that rushed towards the Terran defense.

Behind him stood in addition to Shara, Rondon, and Werewolf One-Eye, and there was also a snake man with a big bow on his back, who was also an orc warrior.

Leon's strength has grown rapidly in the past few days, in addition to the four orc warriors behind him, the orc warriors and warriors under his command have exceeded hundred, and the lowest is a third-level orc warrior, this power is enough to swallow the small orc tribe in one bite.

"One-eyed, do you like this scene the most?" asked Leon without looking back.

"The thought of killing those humans makes me excited, and I can't help but want to rush up and tear them apart. One-Eye couldn't help but let out a low growl.

Leon showed a sneer disapprovingly, there are not a few orcs like One-Eye who hate humans from the bottom of their hearts, and it is a reason that humans hate orcs so much that they gnash their teeth.

"You didn't seem to be happy with my cooperation with the human on the other side?"

One-eye was so frightened that he immediately knelt down on one leg, "The subordinates don't dare, the subordinates just don't understand why you are doing this?"

"Get up, you are not satisfied but you have done nothing, you have done very well compared to what you have done before. ”

"Thank you host for the compliment!"

Leon sighed, "You don't understand, those big men above shouted more ruthlessly about the attitude towards the Terrans than you, but they didn't know how many dirty deals they had made with the Terrans behind their backs! ”

One-eyed nodded as if he didn't understand.

"Then why are you ...... today," Shara suddenly couldn't help but speak.

"I know what you're trying to say, my deal with him isn't just about taking advantage of the opportunity to gather a few men. Only by surviving this war can he be qualified to continue the rest of the trade with me, and if he can't even get through the current level, what does his life or death have to do with me?"

Xia La couldn't help but shake her head gently, she couldn't understand Leon more and more now, after all, he was no longer the arrogant little lion he was back then.

Leon had already taken the lead and walked towards the woods, "Let's go, the war has just begun, and there are many interesting things to come......"