From the spring of the year 910 of the Green Leaf Calendar, the entire province of Zimbwe was transformed into a vast war machine, into which the lives and flesh of countless human and orc soldiers were thrown into this terrible machine.

The province of Zimbwe is now no longer the peaceful and peaceful province of what it was half a year ago, but now it is dirty, chaotic and crowded, with a strange smell of early autumn heat that makes people uncomfortable, and people fall ill and die every day - in this case, in non-combative conditions.

Although the two sides formed a confrontation situation on the frontal battlefield, the secret fighting never stopped, but became even more bloody.

Constant convoys brought all kinds of supplies needed for the war to the city of Salem, which was rebuilt after the Battle of Salem and became the residence of the Grand Duke of Zimbwe and a hoarding centre.

All the war materials were transported to the city of Salem and then distributed to the garrisons elsewhere, and the newly built warehouses in the city were already full of grain, jerky, forage, and armor...... As the private conflict intensified, another wave of refugees began, and every day the main roads were filled with people fleeing.

War is never romantic.

Life was expected to be better after the truce, but the residents of Zimbuwe immediately discovered that it was an unrealistic bubble, starting with the skyrocketing prices of all food and alcohol. The wealthy can also ignore the skyrocketing prices and continue their extravagant habits. But in the topic of banquets, the price of a certain brand of red wine has doubled. Topics such as whiskey from a certain vintage being out of stock are starting to take over. However, ordinary people really feel the hardships of life. They no longer think about whether or not they should eat better, but rack their brains to figure out how they can fill the stomachs of the family with their limited amount of silver. The price of bread has doubled, cheese has risen almost the same price, and bacon with a strong northwest flavor is already sky-high for them.

If this qiē can still be endured, then the daily death and the terrible footsteps and fighting sounds in the middle of the night have ruined people's last trace of luck...... After several painful losses, the danger of the Orc Commando attacks was no longer limited to convoys and Imperial soldiers, they did not spare even the places where civilians lived. And there have been several massacres of villages. And the Imperial army was always one step behind the orcs in reacting, so it was not surprising that civilians fled in large numbers, and in some places even ripe crops. No one harvested.

It's the same as everywhere else. Lancastes City is also on the radar of the orcs. Because this was one of the most prosperous port cities along the Buchar River, the orcs once sent troops to attack, but they were defeated by the army led by Cordillera. Thereafter. The city has been repaired further by the city guards, and it may be an exaggeration to describe it as 'impregnable', but it certainly deserves to be described as 'impregnable'. Hardly anyone thought it would be attacked from the front. It's ridiculous, and you can't succeed unless you have tens of thousands of brave warriors who follow in their footsteps, paving a bloody path to the city with corpses as high as the walls.

And this is exactly what Hathaway tried to avoid, she had in her hands the original city defense army of Lancastes City and the reinforcements led by the Cordillera, and even included the logistics troops, which was only more than 10,000 people at full strength, if she had to fight for numbers, then she would be absolutely defeated.

Soon after the end of the Battle of Salem, the Orc Empire figured out all kinds of means to blockade Lancais. Unfortunately, they failed - on land, the Lancastes line was still in Imperial hands, and they could not achieve a total blockade. On the Buchar River, although they were able to block the downstream, they could not do anything about the upstream, and several infiltrations of the orc commandos were discovered by the scouts of the Cordillera city defenses, and the losses were heavy. The orc commander felt like he was fighting a hedgehog, and no matter which direction he attacked, he was able to encounter sharp hard thorns.

Lancaith City was so distressing to the orcs that they could only focus on the city on the same side.

If it was just military or logistics, Lancaste City would still be guarding its duty and would not care about anything else, after all, this is not a war for the Cordillera to lead itself. However, Hathaway was already dissatisfied with the increasing number of civilian casualties, and before entering the demon plane, she had already issued instructions for the defenders of Lancaste City to wait for an opportunity to strike a blow to the orcs.

This is not very difficult for Lancaste City.

Due to the pivotal role of the waterway, Lanches City is a transit point for waterway transportation, and a large number of supplies are transported to Salem City through Lancais. Willy and the others wanted to take advantage of this aspect to lure the orcs into falling for it.

"What do you think the orcs will do if they know when we have a shipment of supplies leaving Lanques and by which route we will be transported to Salem?" Barthes. Willie looked at the crowd.

"How can that be? If we do, are we not treasoning against our enemies? ”

Sicconi. Sheldon's eyes widened, not understanding Barthes. Why did Willie do this...... As an orthodox knight, he is more suitable for fighting on the frontal battlefield, and it is really difficult for them to understand the phrase 'soldiers, treacherous ways'.

"Lord Sheldon, don't get excited, this is just a decoy, our target is Marretton City." Barthes. Willie hurriedly comforted.

The city of Marleton, which is also a city in the province of Zimblewe, is now occupied by orcs, and this city has a special location, like a wedge nailed into the imperial defenses. Before the confrontation, the Empire had tried to take the city of Marretton many times, but the city of Marreton was no better than the city of Salem, the city fell almost intact into the hands of the orcs, and after the city was fortified, it was impossible for the Imperial army to take it unless they were willing to pay heavy casualties. And now the orcs are using it as a bridgehead and frequently attacking, so Barth. Willie set his sights on there.

"Does the lord know about this?" Sicconi. Sheldon asked.

"This plan was made by adults, and I just determined the opportunity to implement it." Barthes. Willie said.

This time, Siccone. Sheldon had nothing more to say.

The battle between countries, espionage has always been an important part of it, people can be divided into different races, but interests are not divided into races, the orc empire has bought a lot of humans in this way, they are mixed everywhere...... Including ports, cities, towns, and even some military forts. In Barth. Under the deliberate arrangement of Willy and others, a spies from the orcs soon sent back a message - a batch of important supplies will be delivered to Salem City one day. (To be continued......)