Chapter 17: The Feast (II)

Yang Bin did not wear an official uniform tonight, because this time it was a private banquet, but wearing a banquet would affect everyone's interest. Yang Bin took Ye Chen into a room behind the county office, and after entering, Ye Chen found that the wine and food had already been placed inside, and Yu De, who went to Ye Chen's house with Yang Bin in the afternoon, was also sitting inside.

"Okay, you two sit down, this is Lord Yu, I guess there is no need to introduce it, it's good that there are no outsiders here to say anything directly." Yang Bin closed the door and said to Ye Chen and Yu De.

"Ye Chen, I'll toast you first." Yu De raised his glass and said.

"Thank you, I don't know what the adults are looking for me?" Ye Chen got up and drank the wine in front of him, looked at Yu De and asked puzzled. Ye Chen always felt that Yu De had a bit of a plot against him.

Yu De smiled and said: "I have two things to do with you this time, the first is that you are willing to join the army, and the second is whether you can introduce your teacher." ”

Ye Chen was stunned, joining the army? What the hell is that, although I also want to see what the ancient army was like in the future. It's just that I have just left the army and crossed over for only three or four months, and I finally enjoyed life and let myself go to the army.

Ye Chen thought for a while and did not refuse or agree: "I'm afraid my teacher's affairs are a bit difficult, I haven't seen his old man for a long time, and he also said that he seems to be going to a far away place to enjoy the mountains and rivers, and he doesn't care about those messy things." And why should I be a soldier, it seems that there are a lot of people in the army now. ”

"There are a lot of people in the army, but there is a lack of generals who can give advice and lead an army. In recent years, the number of refugees has increased, and many people have joined the army because of this, so the current army seems to be a large number of people, but in fact it is a plate of scattered sand. In the event of a war, it is estimated that 100,000 regular troops will not be able to defeat 10,000 orc troops. Yu De sighed.

"Dare to ask your lordship, what exactly is an orc?" Ye Chen said puzzled.

Just crossed over and found the news of the orcs in his memory, and it seems that this Ye Chen's father was forced to enlist in the army because of the orc attack, Ye Chen's understanding of the orcs is now limited to the description of others, what is two meters tall, invulnerable, etc.

Fortunately, for Ye Chen, his training is the most lacking in dealing with this kind of big thing, and what makes Ye Chen wonder the most is that after thousands of years, the strength of the Seven Kingdoms has increased exponentially, and he has defeated the orcs many times, why he has not completely eliminated the orcs, but let them plunder wantonly.

Yu De didn't speak, just got up and opened the door, withdrew the guards and maids at the door, closed the doors and windows, and said solemnly: "Because I really want you to join in, no matter what your decision is, please don't tell others what you heard today." Lao Yang, others don't know your details, and I heard the general mention a few words before I came, so I won't avoid you. Yu De looked at Zhang Qian again at this time, and wanted to stop talking.

"Master Yu said that Qian'er is the person I trust the most, and Qian'er is very sensible and will keep it secret, if this is about me, she has the right to know." Ye Chen looked at Yu De, who wanted to drive Zhang Qian out, and said.

"That's good." After Yu De finished saying this, he seemed to fall into memory.

After recalling for a while, Yu De began to narrate: "When you saw me today, you were right, I did kill people, but all of them were orcs. When I was a child, I was almost like you, and I was also an orphan, and it happened that at that time someone was conscripted into the army, so I joined in order to make ends meet. As usual, we all went through three months of recruit training and then we were sent to guard the various border stops. It's just that"

Speaking of this, Yu De paused for a moment and continued: "It's just that as soon as we arrived at the border, we encountered the largest orc attack in the past hundred years, and we who were just seventeen or eighteen years old didn't know the cruelty of war at all, thinking that it was just the same as what ordinary veterans said, just fight casually and pass. In that battle, we were 50,000 people, and the vanguard on the opposite side was only 3,000 people, and the final result was that we were defeated and run away, and it was a considerable part of luck that I was able to survive, and in the end, only more than 10,000 people retreated to Nancheng and were not completely annihilated. ”

Ye Chen asked puzzledly, "Lord Yu, what do orcs look like?" Ye Chen was a little shocked, he always thought it was exaggerated, but just after hearing from someone who has really been on the battlefield, it is different, the difference in strength is more than ten times, and he has been beaten to the ground, although this is only a new army, but this is also a bit too unbelievable.

Hearing this, even Zhang Qian, who had eaten all night, pricked up her ears and listened, but the attention of several people was completely different, Ye Chen was curious about why she had failed miserably, and Zhang Qian wanted to hear what the situation would be like if her brother really joined the army.

"Orcs appeared suddenly thousands of years ago, and according to records, they seem to have come from the other side of the sea, but now they have occupied a large part of the land and live near the borders of various countries. Moreover, the combat effectiveness and defense of the orcs are extremely strong, and all the people are soldiers, and it is difficult to kill them with ordinary weapons, unless it is a specially made bow and crossbow with great lethality and some weapons. It is difficult to kill them with ordinary bows and swords, I stayed there for five years, and I was the only one left with those friends who went with me, but I have been in logistics since I arrived in Linzhou, and I have not been to the battlefield for a long time. You can feel that I've been on the battlefield very well. ”

Ye Chen nodded, he understood what it was like, just like when he first joined the army, he couldn't get through the daily training. Later, by chance, he was selected into the special forces, including his first mission, the first time he killed someone, and then watched his comrades leave him again and again. If you can choose Ye Chen here, he doesn't want to repeat the original path, Ye Chen thought about Zhang Qian, he just wants to live happily with Zhang Qian every day.

"In that case, then Lord Yu is so anxious to find me, could it be that the orcs are about to invade again?" Ye Chen asked.

Yu De shook his head and said: "It's okay for the orc invasion, now the border walls of various countries are built solidly, and the war reserves are also full, what is worrying now is that the orcs suddenly retreated a large part of the territory a few years ago, and now there is only a small part of the territory that can be detected, so ......"

Ye Chen instantly understood, no wonder Yu De was so excited to see his article, it turned out that the things in his article seemed to be coming true, and the orcs were about to retreat for some reason. And now that certain countries are getting stronger and stronger, they are no longer satisfied with their immediate interests, and no one knows who is in a private alliance with whom or something, and it is indeed time to prepare.