Chapter 39: Bad News and Good News

This is really bad news that can't be worse. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After listening to Merlin's story, everyone's faces became extremely ugly.

Everyone knows that the Koras army is not yet capable of fighting the main force of the orcs, and the strategic plan formulated before is also based on the orc wargroup fighting separately, adopting flexible guerrilla tactics, eating the weaker wargroup one by one, constantly encroaching on and weakening the strength of the orcs, and finally fighting with it.

Now the situation has changed.

"With the support of the 'Order of Naroku', Cook Skullcrusher has unified the orc warbands on the Far Eastern Plains with lightning speed, and even the wargroup we just eliminated was originally planned to move to the tribal alliance with Cook after the sacking of the Keep." Merlin slowly explained the dire situation facing the Korath Army, "If Cook Skullcrusher secures his power in the orc tribe, we will have no chance to take advantage of it, and our next step is to either face it head-on or choose to avoid it. ”

Rudolph shook his head slightly: "If Cook Skullcrusher leads an army of orcs to attack the Fort of Atonement, we have no choice but to fight it at any cost. ”

Roland nodded secretly, concerned about his father's judgment.

A small group of orcs attacked the Fort of Atonement, and the Kolas army could ignore it, because it could not threaten the capital of the Far East, nor would it cause substantial harm to the people in the city, but it would only give the archbishop and Krautz a headache, and then the Kolas army still had a chance to ambush the water dogs, and the inadvertent cooperation between their own side and Krautz's troops in the battle on the river beach just now is proof, at least this is not a bad thing.

However, it is another matter for Cook Skullcrusher to complete the integration of the Orc forces in the Far East and lead an army of nearly 10,000 to attack the Keephom.

Even if the archbishop and Krautz fought their cards and sacrificed heroically, it would be difficult to resist the crazy attack of tens of thousands of orcs, not to mention their selfish and cold-blooded nature, they were likely to choose to protect themselves and abandon the city and flee at a critical juncture.

In any case, once the Keep Atonement falls into the hands of the orcs, Cook Skullcrusher will order the city to be cleansed, and hundreds of thousands of people in the Far East will be slaughtered, countless families will be destroyed, and countless women will be humiliated...... The Far East is 10 percent of the population, and the Fort of Atonement accounts for at least 50 percent, and the day the city is broken, the little luck that the Far Easterners have accumulated over the years will also be destroyed by the orcs.

The loss of this strategic fortress will lead to the erosion of a province in the Far East and the destruction of all the surrounding human settlements, and once the Orcs occupy the Fort of Atonement, a fortress painstakingly managed by generations of Far Easterners, it is easy to build a powerful regime with it as the capital, and it is just around the corner to restore the hegemony of the Orc Empire.

One must build on a firm foundation? When the day comes when the Far Easterners are slaughtered, where will there be a living space for the Kolas Army in this land?

Even if you don't think about it for so long, you must know that the parents, relatives and friends of the Korath Army are all in the Fort of Atonement, once the homeland falls and the relatives are in danger, who can deal with it calmly? Even if Rudolph ordered to avoid the battle, I am afraid that all the officers and soldiers would not agree.

In this worst-case scenario, Roland couldn't think of any other way out than to return to the Fort of Atonement and fight to the death with the orc army.

There was a dead silence in the headquarters, and Rudolph's face was also gloomy, but he still had the demeanor of a general, took a deep breath, and asked calmly: "I know this, is there any other news?" ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Master Merlin's lips: "There is also good news, at least for us. ”

Rudolph raised an eyebrow, "Tell me about it." ”

"Cook Skullclender, after taking power, did not choose the Fort of Atonement as the primary target, he believes that his troops are seriously lacking in armor and weapons, and it is imperative to make up for this shortcoming, and it is not too late to attack the Fort of Atonement when they are fully armed."

Roland's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then Mage Merlin's words speculated, "So he wants to conquer the fortress of the Frozen Valley first and sack the arsenal of the Far Eastern dwarves?" ”

Mage Merlin nodded and smiled: "Yes, two days ago, the Skull Crusher tribe had already set out to expedition to Icewind Dale, and Cook Skullcrusher openly spoke wildly, claiming that this battle would conquer Icewind Dale, cut off the head of the dwarven lord Bratu Wrought Iron as a night pot, and enslaved the Far Eastern dwarves to forge ordnance for their troops." ”

"Good opportunity! We should immediately send troops to support Icewind Dale, join forces with the dwarves, and join forces to annihilate the orc tribe! Lyudmila shouted excitedly.

Colonel Pavel smiled: "Save is to be saved, but if you rush into battle, you can't chase too closely, in case the orcs find out, it will be troublesome to turn around and come back to fight with us." ”

A smile appeared on Alexei's grim face: "Yes, at present, we must not mess with our own positions, the most important thing is to send scouts to track the orcs, find out their movements, and confirm that the information is true before sending troops." ”

Lyudmila couldn't help but retort: "Didn't you say that the soldiers were fast? If you are procrastinating like this, you are not afraid of delaying the fighter plane and not having time to rescue the dwarves? ”

Everyone looked at each other when they heard this.

Roland held the giant girl's hand and explained to her softly: "Icewind Valley is located in the cold zone of the plateau, the mountains are covered with snow all year round, the terrain is extremely dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack, plus the Far Eastern dwarves have been operating for thousands of years, building hundreds of fortresses large and small, with the 'wrought iron city' as the core to form a fortress group, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is impregnable, far from being comparable to the Fort of Atonement. ”

"Even if the orcs are strong and strong, it is not possible to capture the fortress group of Icewind Dale in three or five days, this is destined to be a protracted offensive and defensive battle, and it is only possible to decide the winner when both the orcs and the dwarves have made great sacrifices."

"If we rush to the aid now, it will be easy to startle the snake, as Colonel Pavel said; Second, the orc forces have not yet been fully engaged in siege operations, and even if we defeat them with the dwarves in front and back, we will have to pay a lot of sacrifices; Again, we have a good relationship with the Dwarves of the Far East, but that mainly refers to my father's personal relationship with the Dwarven Lord Bratu Wrought Iron, the Kolas Army, as a force in the Far East Province of the Empire, has not entered into any alliance with the Dwarves of the Far East, and we support the Dwarves out of strategic needs, not an alliance agreement, let alone personal friendship, so we must consider a matter of maximizing benefits, that is, obtaining more benefits while avoiding losses as much as possible......"

"If you get it, isn't it just that the snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit!" Lyudmila rolled her eyes and warned: "I said that you guys, don't be clever, but also consider the feelings of the dwarves, and if others see through their intentions, not only will they not thank us, but they may also be resentful." ”

Roland nodded: "There is indeed such a possibility, so we must avoid good intentions to do bad things, the orc shaman has been done by you, except for these people who are here, no one understands the dynamics of the orc tribe, as long as we keep our mouths shut, the rest of the work will be handed over to intelligence officers and professional actors." ”

Lyudmila didn't quite understand what he meant, but Rudolph and other treacherous and cunning people looked at each other and smiled, tacitly.

Shortly thereafter, a series of orders were issued from the headquarters.

The first is to march in a spiral shape centered on the Fort of Atonement, visiting human settlements along the way, sending women rescued from orc camps back to their villages, helping those who have been raided by orcs to rebuild their homes, and promoting the political program of the Korath Army to mobilize local young people to join the army.

At present, most of the orc warbands in the Great Plains of the Far East have responded to the call of Cook Skullcrusher to go on an expedition to Icewind Dale, and the magnates of the Fort of Atonement have just experienced a false alarm, and they have no heart to care about the lives of the people outside the city.

Roland is from the earth and knows very well that the inadequate propaganda work will directly affect the combat effectiveness of the army, so he not only resolutely agrees with this issue, but also helps write a lot of catchy and sonorous propaganda slogans.

Anyway, he is also a liberal arts student, and it is easy to play with the pen occasionally.

On the other hand, Rudolph wrote a report on the raid on the Orc camp in the Canyon and the ambush at the White Hart River, and sent the light cavalry back to the Fort of Atonement to give Archbishop Philip an account of his expectations, showing that he had lived up to his expectations.

At the same time, Evgenia's intelligence system is working intensively, gathering all the information about the movements of the orcs and sending powerful agents to Icewind Dale to try to get in touch with the dwarven lords.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, in the blink of an eye, the situation in the Far East was clear, and it was no longer a secret that the orcs were locked in a bitter battle in the fortress of Icewind Dale.

On this day, Roland came to the headquarters and finally saw the long-awaited letter.

Apparently, this was a letter for help from Bratu Wrought Iron to Rudolph through Lyudmila's agents.

The dwarven lord, known for his arrogance and stubbornness, has to face the cruel reality in the face of the pressure of the orc army, and tries every means to seek support from the outside world.

When he learned that his old friend Rudolph was leading an army to fight against the orcs on the plains, it was like grabbing a life-saving straw, and he immediately wrote to ask for help, as if he had forgotten that just half a year ago, he had written a letter to Rudolph mocking his old friend's militia for being poorly equipped and far inferior in combat power to his dwarven warriors.

"Very good, this favor is realized." Rudolph put down the letter, nodded with satisfaction, and said to Roland: "Reply to Bratu for me, and say that I ask him to hold on a little longer, and our army will set out on the same day and rush to Icewind Dale to participate in the battle as soon as possible." ”

Roland held the pen to write, and lines of elegantly worded and elegantly written sentences flowed from the gold-plated nib, and soon filled a sheet of letterhead.

Rudolph took the pen from his son's hand, signed his name at the end of the reply, sealed it, stamped the platinum seal ring on his middle finger, and handed it to the agent with a high level of wanderer's profession, telling him to be sent to Icewind Dale overnight, and to hand it over to the dwarven lord Bratu Wrought Iron.