When he came to Otto City, Duvenlai directly took over the city's defenses, and the five hundred soldiers who were originally responsible for defending the city were of no use to him. After arranging these apprentices at the academy, he was depressed and immediately led five hundred heavy cavalry to begin his patrol of the surrounding mountains. As an excellent general, he will not be careless. At the same time, going around the mountains to hunt can be regarded as expressing his depressed mood because he can't participate in the war.

The eighty warrior apprentices of the Curiti Demon Martial Arts Academy were arranged to follow the five hundred heavily armored cavalry who stayed in the city to patrol the city defenses, while Zhang Yuan and the other magicians, who were classified as magicians, were much more leisurely, resting in the warm barracks every day, and no one interfered with what they were willing to do.

As noble magicians, even the heavily armored cavalry would be impressed by them, after all, the power of magicians is too important in war, and it is also true that magicians are rarer than samurai. This is also the main reason why all the apprentices of the Demon Martial Arts Department are biased towards magic.

Snowflakes of war reports continued to come from the front line, and the war had already begun more than a month before Zhang Yuan and the others came to Otto City. And the news of the battle report also let the apprentices of the Curiti Demon Martial Arts Academy know some about the barbarians' tactics and tactics.

In the military tent, many apprentices of the Curiti Demon Martial Arts Academy had nothing to do and gathered together to talk about the current battle situation.

"Look." Fiora stood in the big tent and pointed to the battle map and said, "The war waged by the barbarians is actually a food grab, not really to fight with us. In order to be able to get more food, and so that we can not do both. Generally speaking, they will divide their armies into small armies of 100 men, and raid mainly the big-eared boar cavalry and wolf cavalry, which are known for their speed. As long as you grab food, you will immediately run away. They will immediately retreat when they encounter a large force of our army, which will overwhelm us. For them, getting enough food is a victory. ”

In the city of Otto, even Fila could not bear the loneliness, and the commander of the cavalry regiment, Du Wenlai, had not returned from patrolling the mountains, and he suspected that the commander had secretly gone to the front with the five hundred heavily armored cavalry. In desperation, he could only use the battle map in the barracks to analyze the situation of this battle against the barbarians for the other apprentices.

Most of the people who were interested in Fierra's lectures were warriors, and the magicians were not very interested. And Zhang Yuan is obviously very interested in military affairs, especially the various war examples that Fila talked about. At this time, he stood beside Fila and said, "Then how will our army of Erathia deal with it?" ”

Filla said: "Our border with the Northwest Prairie is hundreds of miles, and it is impossible to defend all of them on such a long front. This time, we, Erathia, together put in a hundred regiments, with a total strength of 100,000 men. With Baishi City as the center and the regiment as the unit, a large net was formed, waiting for the enemy to throw himself into the net. ”

"Of course, we can't completely defend against the barbarians. There is always something to be robbed of some food by the barbarians, and there is no way to do it. In order to guard against the possibility of a large army of barbarians attacking, we also have 50,000 elite troops in White Rock City, including five heavy cavalry regiments, and our main force will give them a head-on attack in the event of a large-scale attack by the barbarians. ”

Speaking of this, he pointed his finger vigorously at the White Rock City on the map, as if he was the commander-in-chief of this war.

In the world of Jin Yong's heroes, at most tens of thousands of people are fighting a battle, and this magic is even more than 100,000 troops at every turn, Zhang Yuan is very excited about his participation in such a large-scale war.

Zhang Yuan asked with interest again: "Brother Filla, what is the comparison between the number of our army and the barbarians' army?" ”

Speaking of military affairs, Fila spoke very vigorously, and he immediately exclaimed: "The armies of the barbarians are not uniform, and within them they are divided into dozens of small tribal states, among which five or six of the powerful tribes occupy an absolute leading position. Each tribal state has its own sphere of influence. Large tribes have tens of thousands of troops, and small tribes have hundreds of people. ”

"On the whole, the number of armies of all the barbarian countries will not be less than 700,000 men, respectively against us and the northern snowy order countries and the southern undead countries and swamp countries, and this invasion and plundering food, they have used an army of 200,000 men, and the permanent garrison of our border to defend the barbarian countries is 100,000 troops."

Zhang Yuandao: "In other words, except for Baishi City, the number of troops on our border is only half of the barbarians?" ”

Phila bowed his head and said, "Yes, frankly speaking, the barbarian tribes are dozens of times smaller than the human race, but their combat effectiveness is very strong, and they can almost do all the soldiers. However, they are not good at siege cities, and most of the orcs, big-eared monsters, and wolf cavalry are relatively low-intelligence, and they do not have the same excellent weapons and equipment as us humans. Therefore, even if they are more numerous, they will not be able to defeat us. Although we will not have a war here for the time being, we still cannot relax, the situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, and no one can say whether we will be used over there. So get ready! ”

"Zhang Yuan." At this moment, Mo Lin ran in from outside and said, "You are here to listen to Filla talk about military affairs again!" I really don't understand, how can you, a demon warrior, be interested in military affairs. ”

Zhang Yuan smiled slightly and said, "Military command is also a science!" Know more so that you don't get caught when you need to use it in the future. ”

"Let's go, let's go out for a walk." Mo Lin tugged at Zhang Yuan's sleeve and walked out. In desperation, Zhang Yuan had no choice but to follow Mo Lin out.

"Zhang Yuan, let's go hunting. Although it is already late autumn, the city of Otto is surrounded by high mountains, and there must be many wild beasts in the mountains and forests. How about we go hunt some and come back, and we can also improve the food for everyone, how about it? And can 616161616161 hand over Nina? ”

Seeing Mo Lin's excited and somewhat blushing appearance, Zhang Yuan immediately understood what his brother meant, and he fell in love with Nina. Zhang Yuan immediately agreed to his brother's request, and in his heart, he also hoped that Mo Lin and Nina, his best friends, could be together.

"Okay, but I'll have to come back sooner. It wouldn't be nice if people knew that I was the leader of the group and went out to play. ”

Morin smiled: "Your team leader is just a nominal name. However, Imperial Marshal Bolton seems to appreciate you, so don't worry about the royal family's dissatisfaction with you. Quick, let's sneak out and don't let anyone know. ”

Nina was wearing a thick white fur coat, I don't know what the texture was, she looked luxurious and elegant, and her black hair was wrapped in white fur, which set off her stunning appearance even more moving.

When Zhang Yuan invited Nina to hunt in the mountains and forests, Nina immediately agreed, she was already bored here and wanted to go out to play for a long time. Although Morin's face did not change color, his heart blossomed.

The three of them quietly left the city of Otto and walked towards a relatively gentle mountain forest to the north. At the beginning, Nina was still in a relatively excited mental state, after all, she had been depressed for so many days and had nothing to do. But it didn't take long for the magician's fragile physique to suddenly appear.

"I can't walk, Zhang Yuan, you pull me." The mountain climb made Nina pant tiredly, and she pulled Zhang Yuan and said. Mo Lin's eyes showed a hint of strangeness, and he said: "What are you like this, my fighting spirit is not bad, why don't you look for me?" ”

Nina smiled: "Because you are not as close to me as Zhang Yuan!" At least I'm sure he won't have any bad intentions when he pulls him. And I can't be sure about you! And you're so skinny, there's no way you can take me. ”

Mo Lin said: "We thief assassins are also samurai, is it good, my fighting spirit is not bad, it is a high-level fighting spirit!" ”

Nina shrugged her shoulders and said, "I'm sorry, I don't like you to bring it, so I want him to take it." ”

Mo Lin glanced at Zhang Yuan a little angrily, and then he floated up and ran towards the mountains and forests.

Zhang Yuan had no choice but to take Nina's hand in embarrassment and follow. After the great increase in his fighting spirit, his speed also increased a lot. Although with one person, it was not difficult to follow Morin.

Nina felt a soft fighting spirit coming from Zhang Yuan's hands, supporting her body, as if they didn't have any weight in themselves, and the surrounding scenery kept flying, although it was colder, but the feeling of flying almost close to the ground was really exciting.