Chapter Twenty-Four: A Lonely City in the Snow

After the supposed surprise attack was thwarted, the 2nd Tarak Frontier Regiment retreated to the previously occupied border town of Probez. Anxious, Ollov spurred the townspeople to strengthen the city's defenses while sending people to Prague for help.

If the guess is correct, Bavaria must have ripped off some of the forces that had been accumulating in the Monlia Heights to help defend Plivy. The situation may be even worse, and it is even possible that Bavaria is gathering more forces to retake Probez. Orlov knew very well that without reinforcements, they would have to face Bavarian revenge.

The Legion's physical condition was not optimistic, and although Crola had pulled out the arrow that had sunk into her chest, the old man was weakened by it. In addition to the fact that the wound does not heal as ideally, there is also the case of fever.

According to Crolla, if Ronio does not survive the high fever for a few days, then he is in danger of dying. The words of the military doctor were by no means alarmist, and Orlov knew very well what the death of the regimental commander meant. No matter how chaotic it is, he must ensure that this old man will never fall down before the new lord arrives.

Walking on the low city walls, Orlov couldn't help but feel a little depressed. Even if the townspeople were urged to repair it overnight, there was no way for such a wall to withstand the Bavarian counterattack. Seeing that winter is coming, the frozen soil as hard as iron cannot be ploughed at all.

As the person Orlov relied on the most, Naxi followed behind Orlov and inspected the city defenses that were being repaired.

With Roneo's track record of being shot by an arrow, Orloff is looking for a core that can replace him, as he feels he is not up to the task of leader. But as a veteran, he also knew that the commanders of other battalions were not the best to do, so he had to train a new one. Therefore, he felt that it would be a good thing for Naxi to learn the skills of war.

"We can't put everyone on the walls or at the gates at once. "Keep enough reserves in case something unexpected happens." If you don't get behind you as a last resort, you can't play all the cards in your hand at once. And ......"

Listen to Orlov's explanation of the main points of defending the city. Naxi wrote them down in his heart. Because of the last time he used the combined array magic to disperse the Bavarians, he has now become the trump card in Orlov's eyes. Nashy even had to take over the position of acting commander of the Guards Battalion, and he needed to assist Orlov in holding the town.

In the past few days, Naxi finally got Orlov's permission to form his own team of mages. Although most of them were just beginning to advance to junior magicians or even apprentices in magic, Naxi was confident that he could teach them something.

The teaching experience gained in Yefaran's final days made it less difficult for Naxi to teach his subordinates about magic. And Naxi's deeds of saving the entire Second Frontier Regiment in the last battle also convinced these people, and everyone felt that this magician who had given up his studies in Yefaran and chose to return to China to join the army did have some strength.

The soldiers of the other battalions that had been in conflict with Naxi also began to restrain some of the brutal acts of the past, and did not dare to be reckless in the town at will. Because now it's no longer the old man who indulges them, and Orlov won't let them do anything nonsense.

You must know that those pickets walking around are not easy to mess with, even the commanders of those battalions do not dare to provoke them at will.

On the fourth day of the withdrawal of Probez. After two days of overcast, the snow finally began to fall. At first, only sporadic white fell, and soon it turned into a cloud of snowflakes. White snowflakes gather in the gentle wind and float down from all directions, making people intoxicated by the confused snow scene.

However, this obscures all the whiteness and makes it impossible to see everything in the distance. In less than half a day, Probez had become a snow-white world inside and out, without any other color. Looking at the white that spread all the way to the end of the horizon, Naxi felt a little glaring.

Patrolling the city's defenses in Orlov's place, he shook off the snow that had fallen on the mage's hood. After the ban on wearing mage attire was lifted, Naxi deliberately put on the mage robe that had been kept in the dimensional bag.

"I said, Camp Leader, don't you feel cold when you're wearing so little?" Sukos, who shivered in the cold wind, was curious about Naxi's behavior of wearing only magical robes.

"Ahh I'm a magician, and I still know some magic to keep out the cold. Nasi casually dealt with Sukos, who had been following him around the city's defenses. Naxi, who had always kept the secret of the Thousand Wishes Realm, naturally would not reveal any information about it to anyone.

Sukos touched the tip of his nose, which was red from the cold: "You can teach me the magic of keeping out the cold, I have learned it, and I won't need this thick winter coat in the future." I can make my grandmother dress a little warmer. ”

Looking at Sukos's innocent persistence, Naxi really couldn't bear to break his hopes. But it was not a solution to let Sukos entangle, he knew very well that the young man in front of him had no magical talent at all, and his magic power was also at the level of a normal person.

"Magic is not something that everyone can learn. You can't learn it. Naxi said slowly, and then his eyes turned into the distance.

At this moment, the snow that had been drifting for a day and a night finally stopped, and the lead-colored clouds contrasted sharply with the snow white underground. In the vast sea of snow. Naxi's astonishing eyesight saw a black dot in the distance slowly moving in his direction.

"Could it be that the scouts sent out have returned?" Nashi said confusedly, knowing that it was Plevy in the direction.

After a while, the soldiers patrolling outside the city brought the man who had made the difficult walk back back to the town, and it was the scout who had infiltrated Plevy during the retreat.

After some cold treatment, the scout, who had recovered from his freeze, took a deep breath and said, "I have just returned from Plivi, and the troops withdrawn from the mountains of Monglia have been reorganized in the city, and may set off soon......"

After listening to the scout's description, Orlov fell into deep thought, and Naxi didn't know what to do for a while. Plivy's enemies have only one goal, and that is Probez.

"What do we do now?" Naxi hoped that the veteran in front of him would give a clear instruction to everyone present, so that everyone would not be so confused.

"What should we do?" Orlov smiled, and there was a hint of helplessness on his resolute face. "It was snowing heavily, and we didn't receive any news from Prague, but we waited for the news that the Bavarians were preparing to attack. Providez is already an isolated city. ”

The sigh cast a shadow over everyone, but they heard the veteran's determination again.

"Even if it's a lonely city, I won't leave Probez!" Orlov said categorically, "The Legion's injuries can't withstand the need to retreat, and we must defend this town until the Legion Commander wakes up or reinforcements arrive!" (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you for the evaluation of Fengxing, your evaluation is in place, and the expansion of strength is not a problem in the follow-up story. Because for a long time, the protagonist did not grow into the main line with one attribute. The second volume was written with some failures, so it was somewhat difficult to expand later. I have a lot of procrastination, and I'm too busy at work (often working overtime), so I haven't handled many details well, I hope you forgive me.