"We can't continue like this, the casualties are too great!"

"We don't know anything about the troops, composition, logistics, plans of these brutes"

"And where they come from! Now their combined strength is no less than ours, and with the barren conditions of the surrounding wastelands and mountains, they definitely can't feed so many orcs and trolls! ”

In the distance, Dong Xuan heard the sound of quarrels coming from the huge camp tent that was the temporary headquarters.

After listening to what was coming from inside, he immediately concluded that the old paladin was definitely inside at the moment.

"Hmph, if it weren't for the old man's suppression, how could these lords who have long been contradictory to each other be so civilized, and they would have been arguing and arguing for a long time to stage an all-martial arts and then the human brain would have reached the dog's brain..."

While thinking, he walked in, and sure enough, he found the old paladin silently looking at the map in front of him.

Seven or eight really capable big lords were arguing there, quite like the posture of the Earth Army's staff officers to discuss, but in terms of level and professionalism, these amateurs who had only known flat pushing for a long time were obviously far behind, and their proposals were not constructive at all.

As for our lovely Royal Highness the Prince, he sat awkwardly and depressed at such a time.

Obviously, several big lords completely took the young man in their eyes, or his positioning had already been determined, a proper mascot.

Seeing Dong Xuan come in, the Holy Light Lord's eyes suddenly lit up, and he knocked on the table casually.

"Quiet, everyone!"

Obviously, the old man was still very authoritative here, and several lords immediately closed their mouths, and then also turned their heads to look at Dong Xuan.

Because of someone's massacre yesterday, several lords recognized the strength of this young baron, and behaved much kinder than the original dinner, at least they all nodded to him.

Of course, someone obviously doesn't care about it at all.

"Baron Blackstone, please be seated"

The old man casually clicked on the empty seat closest to the door, Dong Xuan was too lazy to be polite, and sat down directly, and then raised his head to look at the old paladin to see what he wanted to say.

"Guys, I think everyone should be aware of the current situation."

Clicking on the huge map with flags representing the forces of both sides, his tone was a little heavy.

"The three parties of orcs, trolls, and ogres have obviously been united, especially the number of orcs and trolls far exceeds our expectations, according to estimates, the total number of the opposing coalition will not be less than 30,000!"

This is undoubtedly a very heavy number for everyone.

Don't think that 30,000 is very little, in fact, the population of all races in this world is not very large because of various threats, and the number of full-time combat fighters is naturally limited to the level of productivity.

In addition to encountering a relatively special existence such as the fish-man (all the people are weak but super capable), the regular soldiers dispatched in a normal war are only a few thousand.

If it breaks 10,000, it is already a real large-scale battle, which is enough to cause a sensation on the entire continent!

Now that the human side has drawn so many lords, the total strength is actually only in the early 50,000s, and considering the gap between humans and races like orcs and trolls, this number is obviously far from enough to defeat the enemy!

"Although I have already sent a messenger to ask His Majesty for help, it will take at least more than a month and a half to wait until the kingdom gathers the remaining lords and gathers enough troops!"

"That is to say"

The old man looked around

"For at least a month and a half, we can't count on reinforcements at all!"

There is no way to do this, the nobles who are relatively close to here are actually involved in this battle, and the rest of those who have not come are undoubtedly not far from here.

Maybe for now, if these lords write back to the realm, they can pull out some people sporadically, but it's obviously a drop in the bucket.

And war is not a simple game, and there are many issues to consider.

In particular, the logistics of these reinforcements are obviously a big headache.

At least the more than 50,000 people here in the gathering place are already a huge burden to eat horses and chew, and it is completely impossible to support the food supply of more troops in a hurry!

The lords present at least understood this bit of common sense, so everyone's faces were not very good-looking.

This large-scale conflict was too hasty and too sudden for them.

If well prepared, these nobles alone would be enough to double the number of their armies, and in that case, it would be much easier to deal with a mere 30,000-odd enemy, and they could be killed by piles.

Unfortunately, what they lacked was preparation, and they were caught off guard by orcs, trolls, and ogres.

Perhaps seeing the retreat from the hidden expressions of these people, the old paladin's voice suddenly became high-pitched.

"But we have to keep fighting! Because behind us is the eastern plain, which is not blocked by fortresses, and once these beasts enter the eastern hinterland, the results will be unimaginable, and at that time, we will undoubtedly become the sinners of the entire human race! ”

Obviously, when all the lords said this, they understood that they had to fight even if they didn't want to.

In the language of the human race, "nobility" is composed of "glory" and "protection", and this also represents what nobles should look like in people's minds.

Once they choose to escape, the old paladins can completely strip them of all status on the spot in the name of the royal family, and their family will be spurned by all humans, labeled as "tarnishing the name of nobility".

It's something even more terrifying than letting them die!

Therefore, these lords were originally flustered, and their momentum of fear suddenly changed, and it was obvious that they had made up their minds to break the kettle after being driven to a dead end.

"The old guy has a good hand, so at least he doesn't have to worry about the problem that the army is afraid of war, can't work hard, or even lags behind."

At this moment, Dong Xuan suddenly found that the Holy Light Lord turned his gaze to him, and his heart suddenly moved.

"Does this have anything to do with me? Could it be that the artificial soldier turned paladin? ”

Sure enough, as soon as the old man opened his mouth, he confirmed his guess.

"Baron, you've seen the current situation, and it's clear that we need some extra, strong enough help! For example, an army of hundreds of paladins! ”

In this world, because of the strong force of individuals, it is difficult for ordinary warriors to effectively protect their mounts, and there was no such thing as a knight order in the long ago.

And the word knight turned out to be the exclusive name of those high-level warriors who could release energy to protect their mounts.

But the appearance of the paladin clearly broke this.

Even if it is a junior paladin, the power of holy light in the body, which plays a role in strengthening the physique, can be fully instilled into the body of the mount, playing a certain degree of protection, so there is the emergence of the so-called knights.

The Old Man's Knights of the Holy Light was the first truly formed cavalry unit in the world.

And anyone with a modicum of common sense knows what happens when infantry meets formed cavalry, even in this unscientific world.

With the roar of the horse's hooves, the charge with majestic power is enough to easily tear apart everything that stands in its way!

More than a hundred cavalry on Earth is enough to change the fate of a war many times, let alone a hundred knights composed of more powerful paladins, and the flood of holy light is enough to defeat everything! (To be continued.) )