A huge army of more than 200,000 troops, led by General Bernard, crossed the Capra River and embarked on a journey to the northern expedition to the Sunset Prairie. At the beginning of the war, the advance of the Yus army was extremely smooth, and the commander Bernard adopted the strategy of attacking the west, successively pulling out several small supply points built by the orcs in the west, and finally the troops pointed directly at the largest supply point built on the eastern Alex grassland, the Alex granary.

The Alex Grassland is dotted with dozens of large and small lakes, and when viewed from above, it seems to have sprinkled a shining pearl in the depths of the grassland. The name Alex is derived from the orc language, which means tears, and in the legend of the orcs, the lake on the Alex grassland is the tears left by the beast god on the savannah.

Moistened by the lake, the Alex Grassland is fertile and grassy, allowing not only livestock but also food to grow, and was once an important settlement for nomadic herders in the east. The first thing the orc army to sweep south was the nomads who lived here, and transformed it into a granary, which stored a large amount of war food, if this supply point could be unplugged, the orcs had been preparing for many years would be ruined.

When summer arrived, a series of fierce battles took place between the Northern Legion and the Orc Army around the Alex Meadow, due to the rapid and fierce movement of the Northern Legion, the Orc reinforcements were still hundreds of miles away from the Alex Meadow, and the Orc defenders stationed in the Alex Meadow could only support themselves, the defensive line was constantly retreating, and the safety of the granary was in jeopardy.

Just when General Bernard thought that the battle situation was under control and that the granary of Alex could be breached in a few days, an urgent military information was sent to him, and an orc army of 20,000 men suddenly appeared behind him out of nowhere, cutting off his supply line.

Bernard convened an emergency military meeting to explain the current situation facing the Legion to everyone. There was a fierce debate among the generals present about what the legion should do next. Some radical generals suggested that they continue to hold out for three days, and after taking the Alex granary, they successfully retired from the army. The conservative generals were opposed, the supply line of the legion had been cut off, and if they couldn't take the Alex granary after three days, then they would be in a predicament of lack of food and grass, and it was difficult to say whether they could insist on retreating to Valen Pass without starving to death, even if they took the Alex granary and obtained supplies, they might be in danger of being flanked by the orc legions.

"You don't have to fight, I've already decided to give up the Alex granary immediately and retreat!"

Looking at his arguing generals, General Bernard finally made up his mind. Although the Alex granary is important, it is not worth risking 200,000 elite soldiers. As long as he keeps the 200,000 troops, he will have a chance to make a comeback in the future, but if the 200,000 elite soldiers are lost on the grassland, the Yus Empire will be greatly damaged, the orcs will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue, and the Valen Pass, which is empty of troops, will not be guaranteed, and the orcs may even use the Valen Pass as a springboard to move south. At that time, the Holy See in the south will not watch Yus being occupied by orcs, and will definitely raise troops to the north, and the edifice of the Yus Empire will collapse overnight under the attack of the north and south.

In order to confuse Alex's orc defenders, Bernard left 10,000 cavalry to continue the feint, and then sent another 10,000 cavalry to contain the newly emerged orc legion, and he led the main force to retreat to Valen Pass as quickly as possible.

By the time the orcs reacted, Yus's main force had already run away, and of course the orcs were not reconciled, and chased all the way, but it was still too late, and after paying thousands of casualties, the main force of the Northern Army successfully withdrew to Valen Pass. The orc reinforcements who arrived later launched another attack on Valen Pass, but they did not get any bargains, so they could only return in disgrace.

The two-month Northern Expedition ended with the Northern Legion, and although the Northern Legion had successfully pulled out several small supply points of the Orcs and dealt a certain blow to the Orcs' supply lines, the sudden appearance of orc reinforcements behind them made their attack on the largest supply point, the Granary of Alex, fall short. However, fortunately, the losses of the Northern Expeditionary Army were not large, and the Valen Pass was still firmly controlled by Yus.

After Yus's northern expedition, the orcs were particularly vigilant against the northern legions stationed in Valen Pass, especially a large number of wolf cavalry outposts were laid on the border, lest Yus come again with such a sudden military operation, this time if it were not for the blessing of the beast god, the beastmaster had just sent a legion ready to crusade against Capra Pass, and changed the army's march plan in time, and the Alex granary could really be destroyed.

The wolf cavalry had been sent to the east, the vicinity of Capra Pass had finally settled down, and the transfer of refugees was almost complete, and Allen finally breathed a sigh of relief, withdrew all his patrols, and concentrated on continuing to train the Cadet Corps. Although the Youth League has successfully overcome the fear of orcs, and its combat effectiveness has been greatly improved under the training of actual combat, but in the process of fighting against orcs, the casualty rate is still much higher than that of orcs. For this reason, Allen found Reinhardt again, and through his arrangement, several officers with rich combat experience were seconded from Capra Pass to the Cadet Corps as tactical instructors.

However, as soon as the threat of the wolf cavalry from the outside was lifted, the danger from the inside poked out again, and a poisonous snake cowering in a dim corner quietly stuck out its head, looking for an opportunity, ready to strike a fatal blow to Alan who passed by him at any time, but Alan was unaware of all this.

"Fourth, have you heard?"

"What did you hear, third?"

"The Chief Archmage has returned from the north. ”

"Really? Didn't you say that he had been leading the militia to fight the orcs on the border in order to protect the refugees?"

"It is said that the orcs have retreated, and now the border is safe. And the refugees near the border are now being moved to the south, haven't you noticed that there are a lot more people in the town than usual lately?"

"Third child, it's really true to hear you say that. ”

"Of course, fourth, I just went around the outside of Sterling's pub, and although I didn't ask for anything, I heard a message. I think this might be an opportunity for us to go to the newly built refugee camp tomorrow to see the people, and the Chief Archmage is a generous man, and maybe we'll be rich when he sees that we'll give ten gold coins, and we can go to Stirling's Bar to have a good time. ”

The conversation is between two beggars sitting under the eaves of a street, one named the third and the other the fourth. They had been begging in the ancient city of Aogu before, and later drove them together to the town of Tiesong when the ancient city was cleaning up the refugees. They have been in Iron Pine ever since, but they don't have the luck of a refugee to be rescued by Isha, nor do they have the ambition to return home, and they still live a begging life.