Chapter 11: Fighting Together
"Da Da Da..."
Just as Jefferson was looking at the retreating orcs in shock, the sound of horses' hooves was heard, and a group of cavalry rushed from the south, and quickly rushed to the front, which should be reinforcements. Immediately, someone held up the illumination magic array and emitted a dazzling light, so that Jefferson couldn't see the cavalry clearly, but someone in the cavalry recognized him first.
"Jefferson, is that you?"
A deep and powerful voice came.
"General Bernard...?"
Jefferson was shocked, and if I heard it right, it was the voice of his old boss, General Nicholas Bernard. In order to confirm his suspicion, he excitedly took a few steps forward to the front of the cavalry, and by this time the knights in the front row had already jumped off their horses and met him.
"Jefferson, the last general, see General. ”
Jefferson raised his hand to cover the light of the magic array, and finally saw that the person who greeted him was the "Rock of the North", so he lifted his battle robe, stepped forward, and wanted to kneel on one knee to salute.
"Hurry up!"
Bernard reached out to hold Jefferson up, then looked at him carefully and asked:
"Jefferson, why are you here?"
"Alas, don't mention it..."
Jefferson let out a long sigh and briefly recounted his own experience after Valen's defeat.
"You've worked hard all the way, and now you're fine!"
Bernard patted his old subordinate on the shoulder and comforted.
"General, it is rumored that you were framed by the imperial court, why did you appear here? and..."
As he spoke, Jefferson looked behind Bernard, and the knight standing there wasn't wearing the uniform of the Northern Legion, not even any of the Yuss Empire troops he knew, so he was very curious.
"I can't say anything about it, so I'll talk to you about it later. But let me introduce you to someone first. ”
Bernard put his arm around Jefferson's shoulders, turned and pointed to the crowd behind him.
The crowd parted, and out of it came three people, flanked by a man and a woman, who were tall and handsome.
"It's you!"
Jefferson recognized that it was the two archery masters who had saved him in the woods before, but it seemed that they were just the guards of the man in the middle, and the man in the middle was wearing a black robe, a hat with a wide brim of the pointed peak, and a wand with four crystals on the top in his hand, it was actually a magician, but the magician's face was hidden by the brim, and the face was so black that he couldn't see his face clearly.
"Old friend, I haven't seen you for many years, do you remember me?"
The magician handed his wand to the male guard beside him, and took off his hat, revealing a young face.
The familiar face and the old friend he called, combined with his status as a magician, suddenly reminded Jefferson of an old man. The acquaintance with this old man can be traced back to eleven years ago, when he was still a student of the Knight Academy, and the students of the Magic Academy in Nanshan conducted a pre-graduation trial, he was the captain of the orange team at the time, and the red team led by Robert formed an alliance during the trial, and there was a resourceful magician in the red team who impressed him, and the two became friends after the trial, but later he joined the Northern Legion, and the two never contacted each other again. It's just that the other party still heard some news, first heard that he died in the ancient site expedition to cover his companions, and then heard that he came back from the dead, and his magic cultivation improved by leaps and bounds, and then he became famous for making trouble in the execution ground of the Higg diocese, and finally he joined the ancient city of Ogu to become the chief magician, and the latest news is that he became the president of the mercenary union, took charge of the power of the ancient city of Oku, and even trained a youth army to take over the defense of Capra Pass. And he's Alan Kante.
"Alan... No, no, meet Archmage Kanter. ”
After confirming the identity of the other party, Jefferson hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"You're welcome, old friend. ”
Alan stepped forward and grabbed Jefferson's arm.
"Archmage, how did you end up with General Bernard?"
After a few polite words between the two of them, Jefferson asked. He couldn't figure out how two people who didn't seem to have anything to do with each other could come together.
"I was hunted down by the Imperial Guard, it was the archmage who saved our family's lives, and now I have joined the ancient city state of Aogu and come under the command of the archmage, the purpose of our visit this time is to deal with the orcs of Valenguan, as for the pure coincidence of meeting you. ”
General Bernard first briefly explained why he was with Allen, and then explained why they were here.
On the same day, Alan received information about the fall of Valen Pass and was very anxious. But when Steven heard that the orcs had defeated the Northern Legion, he was not only not worried, but overjoyed.
"Brother-in-law, if the orcs go south, they will inevitably fight with Yus, and even the Holy See may be involved, which is a perfect opportunity for us fishermen to profit. ”
"No, if the orcs are allowed to go south and the human world is devastated, what is the difference between me and the Godsa King who let the orcs into the customs back then?"
Allen resolutely dismissed Steven's suggestion.
"Brother-in-law..."
"Needless to say, I've made up my mind. ”
Steven tried to persuade him, but was interrupted by a wave of his hand.
"Sergey, pass my orders..."
Alan stood up, called the elven guard Sergei in, and gave several orders in succession.
The first order was given to the Youth League that was being repaired, ordering them to immediately stop repairing and turn into a combat state, and rush to stand by outside the ancient city of Aogu. Since Valen Pass had already fallen into the hands of the orcs, it was impossible for the orcs to attack Capra Pass again, so Allen transferred all the soldiers of the Youth League, leaving only some wounded to continue to recuperate.
The second order was given to the dragon bard mercenary group stationed in Nice City, and ordered the regiment leader Bloom to immediately gather all the grain and grass and go north to Valen Pass, and the grain and grass that the Yus Empire had previously stored in the city was more than enough for a major war.
The third order was given to Kevin Borg, the treasurer of the ancient city state of Okugu, and Roy Quake, the leader of the Wolf Warrior Mercenary Regiment stationed in the ancient city, ordering Kevin Borg to immediately raise weapons and other war materials, and be escorted north by the Wolf Warrior Mercenary Group.
The fourth order was given to General Bernard, according to the intelligence, the orcs attacked Valen Pass with a force of up to 100,000, Alan thought that his troops were insufficient, and now the Northern Army was scattered, and the defeated troops were everywhere, and these defeated soldiers were elite after they regrouped, and the only person who could reorganize these defeated troops was Bernard, so Alan ordered Bernard to go north with himself to collect and reorganize the defeated troops of the Northern Army.
After the order was given, the cadet regiment acted the most quickly, and within two days 15,000 men had arrived outside the ancient city of Aogu, and Allen, Bernard and they immediately headed north, constantly encountering the defeated officers and soldiers of the Northern Army along the way, and Bernard gathered them one by one by virtue of his prestige. Four days later, he had gathered 20,000 defeated soldiers, and Bernard reorganized the defeated troops into an army by serving as middle-level officers, and the new army was still called the Northern Army, but it was no longer under the command of the court of Yus.
That night, Alan was resting in the tent, and slept until the second half of the night when he was suddenly woken up by the herald, who found that there was a battle going on ten miles north of the camp, and that one of them was a human by the lighting magic that lit up the night sky from time to time. Needless to say, this must be the remnants of the Northern Legion fighting the orc pursuers.
Alan and Bernard, who heard the news, discussed it, and due to the distance, it might not be too late for the entire army to send out to help, so they only rushed to the battlefield with more than 2,000 cadet cavalry. Along the way, he encountered the retreating Northern Legion soldiers and learned that it was Jefferson's wing and orcs who were fighting in the woods, so Alan sent Sergei and Fresnel two elves to enter the woods first to help Jefferson, the elves are not only good at night fighting, but also especially good at fighting in the woods, with their assistance should allow Jefferson to hold out for a while. Then they led the cavalry to charge the orcs outside the woods, the attack was very sudden, and as soon as they struck, Alan took out a magic array of flame bombs, which caught the orc army guarding outside the woods by surprise. The orc commander in the distance saw that the human army was coming, and the strength was not weak, and he didn't want to fight an uncertain battle, so he hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of the army.
"Archmage, you were not only resourceful during the Nanshan Trial, but also the most faithful. Now that the orcs are invading and the race is in danger, you take the righteousness of the race as your own responsibility, regardless of personal gains and losses, which makes Jefferson admire it very much. Jefferson Hara followed the archmage with the general. ”
Jefferson, who knew what had happened, paid his respects and loyalty to Allen on one knee.
"Old friend, it's been eleven years since Nanshan was goodbye, and too many things have happened during this period, so we must have a good chat when we have time. But now gather your men, and we will fight together, expelling the orcs and returning the rivers and mountains. ”
Alan helped Jefferson up, and the two men's hands clasped tightly. The famous Battle of Valen in human military history began.