Chapter 578: The Orcs Escape!
"This guy isn't lying to me... Augustine is also dead?100,000 army of the undead?Are you sure that's right?"
In Hollier, Sally screamed in surprise at the contents of the letter in her hand. Compared with the gloomy appearance of ten days ago, the Duke of Evta at this time can be said to be full of light-hearted troops of more than 40,000 orcs who had originally gathered in the territory are running to death, according to the battle report from Elson City yesterday, the number of prisoners of war alone exceeded 4,000, it is enough to imagine what a terrible victory this is...www.biquge.info
But even more frightening was to come, when Roddy returned to a handwritten letter that made Sally almost wonder if someone was ghostwriting and mischievous with her - as a duke, she naturally saw a much higher pattern than the common people. If Augustine dies, then the future Tasman kingdom can almost be removed from the list of "threatening Ivta", and even consider eroding the Tasman to a certain extent to obtain scarce resources!
100,000 undead were flooded in exchange for decades of stability for Evta.
"I don't think the Prime Minister will lie, let alone joke. ”
Titus cautioned, "If someone else says that, I might have to doubt the truth." But as soon as I came to know the Prime Minister, he seemed to be forever reminding me that my imagination was not rich enough..."
The grand knight shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If the old duke sees this letter, he should be pleased with the decision he made in the first place." ”
Sally's hand holding the letter slowly drooped. She pursed her lips, thinking of the time when her father, Rusifron, had stood in front of the map with Roddy to tell the pros and cons.
His father was killed by the undead, and eventually died fighting to protect Evta. This hatred made Sally want to fight Augustine herself—but as long as she had her head in her right for a day, she knew it was completely unrealistic. The dispute between countries is not a hooligan fight, not to mention that he is just a duke?
But now she witnessed a miracle happening: Roddy went straight to the door, not only bulldozing the foundation of the undead army, but also killing the powerful undead monarch as well... No matter how you think about this kind of thing, there is a dizzying sense of unreality.
But after the grief, Sally's heart was more joyful and proud. She was glad that she had stuck to her idea and didn't marry some nobleman with the crowd, but pursued this guy who was always amazing step by step...
"I don't know if this wood is hurt..."
Sally, who had no idea of a powerhouse of Augustine's level, asked Titus, who shook his head. The strongest guy the two have ever seen is Magda, the undead who once launched an attack on Hollier. But thinking that Augustine can rule the entire Tasman, he should be much more powerful than that guy.
Regardless, Roddy fulfilled his strategic purpose perfectly. Sally's heart also swelled up with a desire to catch up - she didn't want to end up with a "lie down and win" conclusion because she didn't do anything, so she immediately asked, "Then we should be able to encircle the last of the orcs now, right? ”
"That's what I think, Lord Duke. The Wellington Knight's troops were not far from the fort occupied by the orcs, and he should lead the soldiers to encircle them from three sides, which should be the most suitable choice at the moment. ”
"Then make a decision, you must do it as soon as possible!"
The plan was finalized, and Sally couldn't wait to start writing the order to go out. Although the war had only been fought for two months, Sally had learned a lot - Titus was a qualified commander, and his analysis of the battlefield situation and the strength of the enemy had always been in place. But because of this, Sally fully realized how weak Evta was now.
The aristocracy was weak, and the soldiers were not trained. After so much peace, Evta almost lost the ability to fight back against the orcs in land battles.
If it weren't for Duke Angmar's preparations for this war nearly a year in advance, and if it weren't for the resolute implementation of the policy of "defending instead of attacking", I am afraid that most of these troops that have been gathered with great difficulty will become cannon fodder to be crushed in front of the orc army.
She had heard Roddy talk about the strength of orcs in land warfare, but she didn't have a concrete idea at that time. However, when the outcome of the war presented cold data, Sally had no excuse to dismiss Roddy's conclusions. Weak is weak, orcs can completely destroy the private troops of most nobles even if they don't wear armor, not to mention Evta, just look at the central and eastern parts of the kingdom that have been leveled by Sauron...
"We must cut the grass and eradicate the roots!"
Sally was bent on completely cutting down the Orc's troops in Evta, but she didn't expect that on the third day after the order was issued, when the Wellington Knight led the three-way army to finally surround the fortress where the Orcs were located, it would already be an empty city!
The orcs have fled!
This escape is not a rout, but a planned retreat. The baggage, weapons, and armor were all taken away, and the rest could be set on fire and burned, and ignored if it could not, apparently full of accurate strategic intent.
And because they did not carry out mass murder after the occupation, there were still many humans in the city who survived. According to their words, these orcs who were originally defending the city made a sudden retreat decision after an orc general entered the city.
Prior to this, when the orc guard commander of the city saw Duda retreat with four hundred remnants, he could not accept the fact that all the troops were almost completely wiped out, and refused to carry out the retreat order - and now, the orc was thrown under the city wall, and more than a dozen orc corpses were left in the city who tried to resist and make trouble.
"Retreating so decisively, doesn't look like an orc. ”
The Wellington knights have fought with orcs more than a dozen times during this time, and they also know the character of these green-skinned barbarians. With the intelligence of the orcs, it is difficult for anyone other than Zoro to have the courage to abandon the kingdom of Karen and choose to roll back to the grassland.
Judging by the traces, these orc troops have been evacuated for three days, and the hundreds of elite soldiers under Wellington still have the ability to pursue, but the remaining troops that the guerrillas have scattered and cobbled together are simply useless - so he can only watch the orcs leave the Cullen border and return to the grasslands to recuperate...
When the news reached Sally, the duke, who was originally in a good mood, was depressed for a long time. But when she received a new letter from Roddy, she immediately smiled again - in order to formulate a strategic course after the war, Roddy was going to hold another "cabinet meeting", which meant that he would arrive in Houllier City three days later to preside over the meeting as "Prime Minister".
"Lord Duke, although the crisis of the orcs and the undead has been resolved, but... There are still some things to take care of in the east. After the war, people's livelihood has withered, and recovery and construction is also a big issue, and there are many things to discuss with the Prime Minister..."
Titus saw the smile on the corner of Sally's mouth and knew that she had no intention of thinking about the territory, and after reminding her at this time, Sally also blushed a little and bowed her head to admit her mistake, and then obediently picked up the letter sent by the Chancellor of the Exchequer before and listed the outline of the meeting... (To be continued.) )