The early morning in the mountains of the northern part of Noah's continent, near Valenguan, was cold and quiet.

"Click!"

A crisp sound of horses' hooves shattered the silence of the woods, and a sturdy knight rode his horse into a valley.

The valley is very open, and there are thousands of camp tents, large and small, judging from the pattern on the military flag fluttering in the center of the camp, this should be the camp of the combined forces of the Cadet Corps and the Northern Army.

The knight galloped all the way to the gate of the barracks, the guards asked for the password, the knight answered correctly, the guards hurriedly moved away from the horses blocking the gate of the barracks, and the knights galloped in non-stop.

"It looks like there's going to be a big battle going on soon. ”

The guard looked at the knight's hurried back and said to his companion.

"yes, my hands itch at the thought of killing orcs. ”

The companion rubbed his hands together and laughed, and the two of them didn't seem to have the mighty orc legion in their eyes at all.

In the barracks, the soldiers who had just finished their morning exercises were washing and eating, and when they saw the knight coming, everyone gave way, because the knight's unique military uniform showed his identity, this was a scout.

The scout galloped until he reached the largest tent in the center of the barracks, then dismounted from his saddle and verified his identity at the tent gate before entering the tent accompanied by the guards.

There were many people in the tent at this time. With Allen as the core, almost all the senior generals of the Cadet Corps and the Northern Army were here, and they were eating breakfast in a circle while listening to Bernard and Jefferson introduce the situation of the Wallen Line.

After his first encounter with the orc pursuers last night, Eren realized that every day of the next day could break out with the orcs. Although the soldiers of the Youth League are no strangers to orcs, they don't know anything about the terrain and city defenses near Valen, but fortunately they now have Bernard and Jefferson, who are well versed in Valen's defense line, so Alan decided to use breakfast time to let everyone know more about the situation. But before Jefferson could finish the briefing, the tent door opened, and the guards had already walked in with the scouts, so everyone looked at them.

"Tell the Commander, the Orc Legion has been found in the wilderness five miles away, with a strength of about 20,000 men..."

The Scout saluted and reported back on the latest information he had detected.

"Looking at this formation, the orcs are seeking a decisive battle with us here. ”

After listening to the scout's intelligence, Stanny couldn't help but sneer.

"Don't underestimate these 20,000 orcs, their leader is called Salzu, a few years ago, he has been leading his troops to attack Valen Pass, and the 20,000 orcs under his leadership are at least equivalent to the combat strength of 40,000 people in the Northern Army. This time he was the striker of the first warrior, Nash Ruger, and after taking the Valen Pass, the orc strikers chased after us under his leadership, and many of our men died at his hands along the way. ”

It was Jefferson who spoke.

"Sarzu is an old opponent of the Northern Legion, and he suffered a lot under the Valen Pass a few years ago, and this time it is estimated that it is also to avenge the previous one, so he led his troops to pursue the Northern Legion. Now I saw that the number of reinforcements was small, and most of them were the remnants of the Northern Army, so I was eager to fight us here. ”

General Bernard explained further to Allen through Jefferson's words.

"In that case, it's better to wait until the Dragon Yin Mercenary Group and the Wolf Warrior Mercenary Group arrive to fight, so that it will be more secure. ”

It was Elvis who spoke, and although he didn't know how to use soldiers, he always liked to interject.

"Sarzu is not a fool, when the others arrive, there is a huge difference in our strength, and he will definitely retreat to Valen Pass first. ”

Bernard said.

"So what the hell are we going to do?"

All eyes were on Allen, waiting for him to make a decision.

"It's a rare opportunity, of course you should fight!"

Alan made up his mind almost without hesitation:

"If you wait for all the orcs to retreat to the thick walls of Capra Pass, you will have to pay a double price if you want to destroy them. ”

"Commander, let's take the lead, I promise that a charge will take Sarzu's head. ”

Hearing that there was going to be a head-to-head battle with the orcs, Stanny excitedly asked for battle.

"Archmage, I request that the Northern Legion take the lead. ”

Seeing Stanny's invitation, Jefferson also stood up in defeat, although he knew in his heart that the current situation of the Northern Legion was not suitable to take the lead.

"Don't worry!"

Alan looked around, and a sly smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth:

"It's not good for us to go head-to-head. Since this orc general named Salzu is eager to make meritorious contributions, we will use his psychology to destroy their entire army. ”

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The rising sun melted the hoarfrost on the blades of grass in the wilderness, and the leaves were just about to stretch their bent waist under the pressure of the frost, when suddenly a huge hoof trampled it deep into the mud. The owner of the hoof is a rhinoceros-like animal, but shorter and thicker than the rhinoceros, with a long tail dragging behind it, looking down from the sky like a giant lizard. There is only one animal with this appearance on the continent of Noah, and that is the Kodo beast of the orc kingdom.

The forward commander of the orcs, Sarzu was sitting on the back of the Kodo at the moment, observing the distance. The message of choosing to fight a face-to-face battle in this wilderness had already been passed to the humans, and the humans replied that they would fight, but they had been lining up in the wilderness for nearly an hour, but there was not even a shadow of the human army on the other side.

Sarzu didn't know what the hell humans were up to. Humanity didn't suffer, at least superficially, in this battle, and their army was twice as large as their own. Under normal circumstances, he would not have made the decision to fight a head-on battle with an enemy twice his size, but most of the human army he invited to fight was composed of the remnants of the previous Northern Legion, which had just experienced the defeat at Valen Pass, and was short of spears and arrows, and it was a time when morale was low. So humans have a numerical advantage on the surface, but they are nothing more than paper tigers.

Sarzu fought the Northern Legion for many years under the Valen Pass, but he did not win a single victory. For this reason, he couldn't even raise his head in front of the beastmaster, and he was ridiculed by his colleagues, so this time he chased after the Northern Army with the psychology of revenge, hoping to kill a few more old opponents who had disgraced him to vent his anger. However, no matter how many pursuers he killed, he could only vent his anger and hatred, and he would still lose face when it was passed out, so he needed a victory in a head-on decisive battle to tell everyone that as long as he left the protection of the walls of Valen Pass, the Northern Army would be vulnerable in front of him.

This was a great opportunity, but the human army's delay in showing up in the wilderness had made Sarzu anxious, and the human camp was less than five miles away, and he decided that if he waited another half an hour for the humans to fight, then he would go over with his army.

"The human army is coming. ”

Just when Sarzu was impatient, the scout came to report, and he followed the sound, and sure enough, he saw the human army on the other side of the wilderness. After a long time, he waited for another half an hour before he reached a place five hundred steps away from him, and he had not lined up the formation for a long time.

"Brothers, kill them all!"

Seeing that the human army looked disheartened, Salzu sneered in his heart, he was not ready to give the human race more opportunities to adjust the formation, waved the mace in his hand and gave the order to charge.

The earth shakes!

The orcs rushed to the front, the werewolves behind, the minotaurs at the end, and the wolf cavalry on the flanks.

"Hulamur!"

All the orcs roared and rushed forward frantically, and Sarzu, who was at the end of the group, stood up, ready to see his tiger and wolf army crush the humans in one fell swoop. And the performance of the human army did not disappoint Sarzu either, and after unleashing the cavalry for a simple resistance, their morale collapsed. Before the infantry could step forward, the cavalry had already turned around and ran back, and the infantry also turned around and ran away.