The meeting lasted until midnight, and only the general plan of the expedition was discussed, and the specific details were to be continued to be negotiated by Staff Officer Bernard and the commanders of various departments, and finally implemented after Allen's approval.

Although Steven didn't care about the military, he stayed up until midnight with everyone, and when he returned to the bedroom after the meeting, he was still tossing and turning on the bed, excited and not sleepy.

"Steven, do you have anything on your mind?"

When I woke up in the morning, my wife Selena asked Steven, who had some dark circles under her eyes, with a big belly, that although they lived in the same room, they slept in separate beds. Selena suffered a great psychological blow at the wedding event, resulting in an unstable fetal image, in order to save the child in her belly, she has been staying at home to raise the baby, the door is not out of the door, she doesn't even dare to share a bed with Steven, and she doesn't know a lot of things happening outside.

"It's fine. Recently, I went to the north with my brother-in-law, and I found traces of orcs there, and my brother-in-law has been busy with military preparations recently, and I am by his side, so I sleep a little less, and I can't accompany you. ”

Selena was ten months pregnant and could give birth at any time, and Steven didn't want to stress her, so he didn't tell her that the city-state was preparing for an all-out war with Yus.

"My brother-in-law has the world in mind, and it's right for you to help him more. I have doctors and servants by my side, and nothing serious can happen. ”

"Don't worry. Let me hear from our children. ”

Steven leaned over to Selena and put his ear to her belly to listen.

"Master, Quake came over and asked to see you. ”

While Steven, the father-to-be, was trying to communicate with his future child, Ed, the butler, knocked on the door and said.

"Let him wait in my study, and I'll go at once. ”

Hearing that Quake had arrived so early, Steven guessed that he must have something important, so he rushed over without having breakfast.

In the study, there was another person in addition to Quake, Steven looked at this person a little familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember where he had seen it, until Quake reminded him that he remembered that this person had been one of the guards recruited by Quake, but when they successfully seized the power of the ancient city state of Auster, Quake re-formed a guard team for him with mercenaries as the team, and the previous escort team was different according to individual circumstances, some continued to be guards, and some were incorporated into the army, this person was an adventurer who often went in and out of the sunset grassland before being recruited, and he was very familiar with the situation on the grassland, so Allen was when he formed a reconnaissance team, I made him in, and he was a captain.

"Master, the reconnaissance team has found traces of the orc army on the sunset grassland north of the Capra River, and looking at the direction of their march, the target should be Capra Pass. ”

"What!?"

Steven froze.

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After breakfast, Alan was discussing with Kevin about the logistics of the army, and the servant reported that the reconnaissance team had important intelligence reports.

"Let him in. ”

Alan commanded, followed by a scout captain who was brought in.

"Archmage Qiyu, we have spotted a large orc army in the Sunset Meadow heading west along the north bank of the Capra River. ”

The scout captain said after giving Allen a military salute.

"How many?"

When Alan heard this, his heart was shocked.

"It should be around 10,000 people. ”

"How many days are left until Rikapura Pass?"

"Five days. ”

"Pass my order and immediately convene an urgent military meeting to discuss how to deal with the situation in which the north and the south are facing the enemy at the same time. ”

After listening to the report of the scout captain, Alan frowned, at the critical time when he was about to wave his army to the south, the orc army suddenly appeared in the north, how should he choose?

Two hours later, all the generals arrived, and Elvis was present as the representative of the Academy of Magic, and Steven and Kevin as the representatives of the civilian officials.

The meeting officially began, and Allen first asked the reconnaissance captain to report on the detected enemy situation.

This time, the reconnaissance team went deep into the area of the Sunset Grassland for more than two hundred miles before discovering the trace of the orc army, obviously the orcs this time the operation was carried out quietly, hoping to achieve the purpose of catching the Capra Pass defenders off guard. Due to the high level of security of the orc army and the very keen sense of smell of the wolves, the reconnaissance team did not dare to get too close, and could only roughly guess the number of enemy troops.

"I called everyone over to discuss, in the current situation, do we need to adjust the next plan, give priority to removing the threat of the orc army, and then consider the rescue of the Great Prince. ”

After the scout captain's report was completed, Alan stated the purpose of the meeting.

"Brother-in-law, let me interject first, although I don't understand military affairs. However, rescuing the Grand Prince is the most important part of our city-state's strategy, unless the security of the city-state is mortally threatened, we cannot give up easily, once the opportunity is missed, the Grand Prince may be eliminated by the existing regime of Yus, and we will completely lose this ally. ”

While the generals attending the meeting were still thinking, Steven was the first to speak.

"I agree with Steven, repelling the orcs can only solve the temporary predicament of Capra Pass, but rescuing the Grand Prince is the city-state's plan. ”

Bloom chimed in after Steven.

"It seems that the orcs are very well-informed, knowing that the defenders of Capra Pass have changed hands, they thought that it was easy to pinch with a soft persimmon, so they shifted the direction of the main attack here. However, just 10,000 orcs want to take Capra Pass, and they can't help but underestimate us. Uncle Allen, don't worry, 10,000 orcs can't help us, and we will use our strength to make the orcs bruise and swollen. ”

Harvey sneered and said in a somewhat arrogant tone. The current number of the cadet group is close to 20,000, and although a quarter of them are teenagers who have just joined this year, and their combat effectiveness is limited, the number of twice the number of the enemy still makes Harvey full of confidence.

"What does the general think?"

Allen did not immediately take a stand, but asked the opinion of Bernard, a staff officer sitting next to him.

"20,000 against 10,000, we have the advantage of troops, and at the same time, the supply line of the orcs is very long, so as long as we stick to the city and do not take the initiative to attack, hold on for half a month, the orcs will definitely take the initiative to withdraw their troops. ”

"In that case, we are sticking to our current plan. The scout team is to keep track of the orc army and report any new movements in a timely manner. ”

Bernard's judgment helped Alan make up his mind. Bernard has been in Capra Pass for four months, and he knows a little about the combat effectiveness of the Youth League, since he said that the Youth League can hold for half a month, then it must be no problem, even if the orcs do not retreat after half a month, he should lead his troops back at that time.

Immediately after the meeting, Harvey and Stanny returned to Capra Pass to prepare for battle. The next day, Alan also rushed over and brought them a group of magicians from the Academy of Magic, as well as some magic arrays, with the support of these magicians and magic arrays, the Youth League was even more confident in holding the Capra Pass.

"Fifteen days at most, and I'll be back to your aid. ”

Before leaving, Allen assured Harvey, Stanny, Miranda, and other senior generals of the Youth League.

"Brother Allen, you should be careful. ”

As Alan left, Miranda chased after him and shouted.

"Don't worry. ”

Alan nodded and got into the flying magic array.

"Harvey, Stanny, Miranda, if you feel that the situation is not good, you can abandon the pass to save your life, you can take it back if you lose it, and you can't live if you die. ”

Steven also came with Alan this time, he was the last to go to the magic array, and before parting, he tugged on the sleeves of the three people and admonished him.

Alan returned to the ancient city of Ao, the legions of the southern expedition were all ready, and he gave an order, and the army of 40,000 immediately marched, one after the other, divided into two legions and marched towards Longley Castle.