In the middle of the feast, a knight in a hurry suddenly arrived at the castle.

The knight was clad in only light leather armor, and his body was covered with the dust and fatigue of the journey.

On his armor, the motif of a golden lion is painted.

King's Messenger! The call is here!

Xiao Yan and Sonya, who were originally planning to exterminate several more bandits, received a conscription order from Prince Commodus that night, and the princes of Route 18 and the regular army of the kingdom immediately rushed to Fireplace Fort, the northernmost territory of the Odessa region.

The Holy Light Church also sent elite soldiers, and the Holy Maiden Elena and others under the escort of the Inquisition Army also walked with Xiao Yan and others.

The Fireplace Fort is like an iron lock, firmly held in the southernmost part of the Fireplace Valley in the northern part of Odessa. The valley of the hearth is a valley floor that is narrow from north to south and wide in the middle, which not only connects the plains of the north and south, but also allows the valley to spread out its army with open terrain.

Even the legions of orcs could not ignore the need for marching and logistics. Small groups of scouts may be able to make their way through the Ashenvale Mountains, but large armies cannot do without good roads and wide battlefields.

The black rock-made fireplace fort dominates the mountain pass, giving it a sense of security.

The allied army of the 18 princes, including the private army of the Count of Lamour, ranged from five or six hundred to one or two thousand. The private soldiers led by Xiao Yan and Sonya were as high as 1,700 people, ranking among the top five princes of the 18 routes.

The regular army led by Prince Commodus had moved into Fort Hearth, holding the majestic fortress impregnable. The armies of the princes of the 18th Route were divided into three groups, and they took turns with the king's army to replace the guards outside the pass north of the Hearthburg. The rest of the army, which had not yet gone up to rotate, camped in the grasslands south of Fort Hearth.

As soon as Sonia arrived, the Prince's messenger brought a notice summoning all the princes and the Church of Light into the city to discuss the plan.

Under the protection of their respective guards, the princes entered the hall of the castle one after another, which had been transformed into a huge command center, and even the lifelike magic sand table had been built, so that they could clearly see the terrain and battle situation for dozens of miles nearby.

Prince Commodus and the princes sat down in the hall, and Xiao Yan stood guard behind Sonia like the other princes' personal generals.

Prince Commodus was about the same age as Xiao Yan, with majestic hair, brilliant blond hair shining like the rising sun, sapphire eyes full of charm and courage and gentleness, broad and strong shoulders, square and powerful chin, tall and burly like a lion. Xiao Yan was also amazed when she saw it, and Sonia also lowered her head shyly so as not to lose her dignity.

Prince Commodus came to Sonya, his noble and majestic eyes filled with romance and concern, and gently took Sonia's small hand and kissed it gently, "I am fortunate enough to see the beauty of the daughter of the Count of Lamour, and I can't help but wonder if the kingdom of God that His Majesty is looking for can have such a beautiful and outstanding figure." ”

The presiding judge standing on the side laughed, this serious inquisition knight had a rather easy-going attitude towards Sonya.

The princes were already in place, and Prince Commodus looked around, a little reluctant to say goodbye to Sonia and return to his throne.

The staff officers of the royal army brought a huge magic sand table to guide the princes and high-ranking officers of the two armies.

The 18 princes of the 18th Route concentrated under the castle of Hearthburg had a total of 15,000 soldiers and horses, and the army brought by Prince Commodus and the defenders of Hearthburg were 17,000 men, and the two armies totaled 32,000, including 3,000 cavalry.

The surging orc army to the north is a coalition of orcs and trolls, and the wolf cavalry riding the giant wolf is extremely strong, although it is not large in number, but it is absolutely crushing the human scout cavalry in reconnaissance and skirmishes. After more than a dozen sentry cavalry teams were wiped out, the Terran coalition army could not send sentry cavalry, and the battlefield information was blocked.

Fortunately, this is a middle demon world, in addition to cavalry reconnaissance, the Terran mages from the Arcane Alliance have finally obtained some battlefield information by controlling birds and beasts.

The marching column of the orc army, observed through the perspective of the goshawk, is displayed in front of everyone.

Mountains and fields are filled with fierce warriors, strong orcs with tomahawks, troll spearmen with spears, and tall ogres with tree trunks as weapons. The rolling crowd covered the entire vision of the goshawk, and there was no end in sight after walking for half a day. Finally, there was a flash of cold light in the orc army, and the magic scene was interrupted.

"This is the strongest of the orc army who has noticed my demon." Archmage Raphael, who was sitting in the prince's seat, said lightly.

"Hell with an eagle hovering over the army for so long, not being spotted." The Presiding Inquisitor, Berrien Tebilias, taunted the Archmage, "Don't you know how to let the demons wander around? ”

The relationship between the Church of the Light and the Arcane Society was very unharmonious, and the presiding judge wanted to tear down the throne as soon as he found an opportunity. But Archmage Raphael is very good at cultivating qi and kung fu, and he doesn't care about this martial artist.

"The total number of such an army should not be less than 50,000." The Grand Duke of Richeliu was the most important nobleman in the kingdom, and the army he brought with him this time was also the highest among the princes of the 18th route. He himself is old in the military and has a lot of experience. None of the people present could question his opinion.

"We have a strong city to rely on, backed by a steady stream of support from the Odessa region. Although there are many orcs and horses, storming the city is just a foolish act of paving the way with dead corpses. Seeing the solemn atmosphere in the venue, Prince Commodus immediately spoke comfortingly, "In addition, our army is well-fed, and there is no need to defend the city wall. I decided that the former army should dig a number of trenches outside the north gate and build three large camps, leaving passages between the outer camps to reach the city. In addition, the arrow tower is erected to echo the city wall. If the orcs attack the camp, our army will be condescending to support the convenience, and if the city wall is attacked, it will enter our urn. Attacking with elites at night, so repeatedly consumed, the orc main god is powerful, and it must be a pleasure to collect more martyrs! ”

"Your Highness is wise!"

"What His Highness said is extremely true!"

"Let these barbarians come, the old man's son is just short of the skull of wine."

Prince Commodus was indeed very reverberate, he saw that the people were demoralized, and immediately calmed them, and the tactical arrangement made the best of the best and avoided the weaknesses, and the implementation was extremely feasible. After hearing this, the generals not only felt that it was safe and feasible, but also saw that the commander-in-chief of the whole army was shrewd and wise, and they were all relieved of it.

"It's just that the responsibility of this foreign camp is not easy. Even with the fire support from the city walls, the outer battalion had to face the wolf-like orc warriors, and heavy losses were inevitable. and when he saw who he would send to keep it? Xiao Yan muttered in his heart, but this time it was not his turn to interject, and naturally he would not bring it up at the meeting.

Fortunately, Prince Commodus was also very good at balancing, and the three outer camps were borne by the princes and the king's army according to their military strength. On the surface, there seemed to be no problem, and there was no objection at the meeting.

Under the city walls, tens of thousands of people were working intensively, digging deep trenches, building tall walls out of excavated earth and rock, and erecting 36 arrow towers.