Judging from Chappell's suggestion, it is clear that the team that attacks the orc army will be in great danger. Writing "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info relatively speaking, the danger of the reserve team is much less.

Therefore, there is no doubt that in this battle, the safest position is naturally the reserves. It should be the norm for soldiers to fight bravely, but few people will rush to such a safe position - in fact, it is not that anyone will want to rush up to die, who does not know the safety of the rear? It's just that if you open your mouth directly, the men will more or less lose some face in their hearts.

No one could have imagined that Dane, who had been very brave in several major battles since the establishment of the Eastern Crusade Army, would be like this. This also caused many people to look sideways, and there were some different colors in their eyes.

Dane didn't care about these glances at all, and he repeated his words again with the same expression, "My people can take on this task, and I hope that the Pure Sword Mercenary Group will also follow me." There are many improvised mercenaries in our ranks, and their will to fight is not reliable, and if they are ordered to attack the orcs who are overwhelmingly superior in numbers, I am afraid that if the battle goes badly, they will probably retreat directly. In the midst of a terrible battle, His Excellency the General should also know that such a rout is fatal, and he will bring my descendants and horses to the ground together. But on the contrary, the soldiers brought by the general from the White Wolf Fort are all elite, at least there will be no problems in morale and fighting spirit, and your troops are more suitable for the main attack mission than my subordinates. ”

Morno looked at him deeply and said, "I can promise you." But you'll have to lend me your squadron of dragonmen and rangers. ”

"It can't be." Dane flatly refused, "They are the core of my forces, and if they are withdrawn, the reserves will be like bones being pulled out." Besides......"

Besides, he didn't say the rest of the words, but Morno understood it.

What Dane said now was already slightly-for-tat, and there was some disappointment in Morno's eyes. But after all, Dane is not the same as Chappell. Those people are his subordinates, and as long as he makes a decision, no matter how those officers and generals oppose it, they can only abide by it. And Dane, left and right, is not his subordinate, and Dane's army is also his own. Although the supreme leader of the Crusade was undoubtedly Morno himself, Dane had always followed his orders. However, in the final analysis, the relationship between the two is cooperative, and it is impossible for Morno to force too much.

What's more, now he also needs Dane's strength.

With a long exhale, exhaling the depression in his chest, Morno said, "Alright, Chappell and Reddis, you two follow me, with our warriors of White Wolf Castle, responsible for harassing and attacking the orc army, be sure to slow down their movements. Dane will lead his dreaded mercenary group, plus the Pure Sword mercenary group as a reserve team, responsible for receiving and supporting us. That's it, do you guys have anything else to say? ”

No one said anything, and Morno said, "Dismiss!" What should you do, what you should do! ”

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Returning to his camp, Dane declined the invitation of several of his men to participate in the post-victory banquet and walked into his own tent alone.

Despite being given the task of a relatively safe reserve force, he was still not in a good mood - he was very unoptimistic about the next operation.

In fact, a day or two earlier, when Morno had decided to fight the orc vanguard they had defeated during the day, he had made it clear that he was against it. Today's encounter was too dangerous, if he hadn't arrived in time, stopped Sarkins' wolf cavalry troops, and slashed the opponent with a knife, I am afraid that the outcome of the battle would have ended in a crushing defeat for the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

Although it was won in the end, it was also costly. Fighting a vanguard army of 4,000 people is already so difficult, and the next thing to face is an extremely large number of orcs, and Morno's choice to meet it is simply inexplicable.

Shaking his head, Dane tried his best to banish these bad thoughts from his head, but a sense of crisis always hung over him, so much so that he couldn't settle down at all.

After thinking about it, he decided to go back to Orinedu again.

……

After an abrupt return, Dane had become accustomed to the sense of space-time disarray during teleportation. Outside the door, as usual, Easterling was still waiting in person, but this time, Dane didn't have time to say anything to him, and he didn't even alarm Faro and Eslor, and after a few words in a hurry, he asked the high-ranking mage to inform Xhill and Lanstrow.

Dozens of minutes later, Dane met the three in the War Courtyard.

Easterling, Xhill and Lanstrlous are the three most important figures in Orinedu today. The three of them, although they are not in charge of government and finances like Faror, nor are they in control of the temple and the faith like Eslor, but functionally speaking, the three important training buildings of the mage, the monastery and the war courtyard, are indispensable to the three of them.

Obviously, except for the high-level mage Easterling, who had been prepared for a long time, the other two should have rested before coming to Dane.

"My lord, I don't know what the three of us gathered here late at night for?" Centhil asked.

Without further ado, Dane asked directly, "Now, how is the training of your respective troops?" ”

The three of them looked at each other, a few days ago, Dane had just transferred almost fifty troops from Orinedu, why did he suddenly come back to ask for someone?

Lanstrrow replied, "Uh...... A group of sword dancers who have completed their training have been taken away by you for the first few days. Although, in the past few days, I have re-recruited two more squads, but they have only just started training, and they are far from being able to form an army. ”

Not even Lanstrours, let alone the Mage's Tower and the Abbey. Last time, when Dane returned, he had ordered them not to expand uncontrollably, and he had taken a group of mages and priests with him, and they were unlikely to have any manpower at Dane's disposal now.

Dain understands all of this, but beyond that, the Mage's Tower and the Abbey can give him some help: Easterling and Centhill himself, for example.

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