His Highness Dord's decision pleased Friedus, who said: "In February of this year's fire season, we can harvest the barley of the eastern and central parts of Sassan, and the barley of the second half of the year will not be planted again. We have moved the freedmen of the eastern and central towns to the rear of the western part of the empire in batches, and when the first half of the wheat harvest is over, all the villagers, townspeople, and tenants in the eastern part of the empire will be withdrawn to the central part of the empire, where they will receive armaments and be reorganized. I expect to be able to arm 150,000 militiamen, enough to fill the void in the eastern defenses. ”

"There will be 50,000 Sasang defenders on the southern section of the eastern line. The old patriarch looked around at the four highnesses present, and finally his gaze fell on the head of the Knights of the Iron Wall, and said: "The militia of the Sassan Empire fought in the name of Emperor Frederick and was under the command of the eldest son of Emperor Siegfried Frederick. I will urge the eldest son of the Emperor to hand over the command of the defenders of the southern section of the Eastern Frontier to the two Highnesses of the Knights of the Iron Wall. ”

Getting the command of the southern defense line, the two highnesses of Duoduo were also very satisfied, and Duenkru said solemnly: "King Duoduo, His Majesty Friedrich will lead Duoduo's main reinforcements into the southern defense line, and we will definitely stick to the war zone and not let go of any orc army." ”

"I'm convinced of that. Friedes smiled and nodded, turned his gaze to Roland, and asked, "Your Highness August, which part of the Eastern Border Defense Line is the main reinforcements of Gombis ready to take?"

Roland tilted his head, frowned and thought for a moment, and said, "I haven't thought about it yet...... I need more detailed information. ”

For Roland's answer, Friedes was not surprised, nor did he express dissatisfaction, nodded and said: "This orc war can be divided into two major war zones, one is the development of the lead line and the eastern defense line, collectively known as the eastern war zone of Sassan, and the other is the Boulder Fortress war zone against the army of the orc king. The Empire of Sassan, the Kingdom of Dord, the Kingdom of Cambes, the Knights of Radiance, and the Templar Army were in charge of the Eastern Theater of Sarssan, while the Cardinals, the Templars, the Inquisition, the Kingdom of Neville, the Kingdom of Seuss, and the Kingdom of Bori were in charge of the Great Stone Fortress Theater. ”

"The Boulder Fortress Warzone has sent its most elite scouts deep into the eastern flank of Sidon's centaur territory to detect the movements of the Orc King, and there is no more accurate information yet. ”

Friedston paused, pointed to the map and said, "The eastern theater of Sassan, which is also divided into two major areas. To the east of the Frontier Defense, the territory of the Sidon Centaurs is referred to as the Sidon Wilderness, and the area between the Frontier Territory and the Eastern Frontier is referred to as the Eastern Frontier Territory. ”

"According to the information we have so far, the 400,000 Sidon centaurs are divided into two groups, the northern centaur army is about 180,000, and there may be 16 gold-level centaur commanders, they are stationed in the Sidon wilderness east of Giant Wood City and Bright City, 26 kilometers away from the eastern defense line, and at the same time contain the main forces of Giant Wood City and Bright City; The southern army has cut off the connection between Crystal City and Bright City, and has broken through the Pioneer Territorial Defense Line, ready to enter the eastern defense line of the Sassang Empire at any time. ”

"Let's talk about the state of the Sidon Centaur Slave Army. ”

Friedus drew a circle on the map and said, "This is the rear lair of the Sidon centaurs, the Sidon Wilderness...... Intelligence from the front scouts revealed that at least 400,000 goblin slaves transported food and supplies for the Sidonian warriors, mainly for the northern centaur army. ”

"The defenses of the Sidon Wilds are empty, the supply system of goblin slaves is chaotic and inefficient, and the Boulder Fortress War Zone only needs to send an elite to completely destroy the supply lines of the Sidon Wilds. ”

Duke Dietrich shook his head slowly and said in a deep voice: "You can't do this, at least not now!"

The current battlefield situation can be clearly defined in two stages: it is currently in a stalemate stage, and the initiative on the battlefield is in the hands of the Sidon centaurs; when the supply of the Sidon centaur army is tight and the food is exhausted, it will turn into the stage of the outbreak of war, and the centaurs will either attack or retreat, or attack and retreat at the same time. If the eastern defense line is replenished, and the factor of the orc king's army is not considered, the initiative of the war will fall into the hands of humans, on the contrary, the Sasangian Empire will be eroded for thousands of miles, although the centaurs will be annihilated, and some of them will flow to the Wharton prairie.

Friedes nodded in agreement and said solemnly: "At this time, no decision can be made wrong. Instead of destroying the Centaurs' rear supply lines now, we have to find a way to get some food into the Eastern Frontier so that the goblin slaves can be transported back to the camps of the Centaurs...... The more prepared we are, the better the chances of victory and the smaller the sacrifices we will make. ”

He turned around, pointed to the map, and said, "There are currently 1.4 million orcs in the Eastern Frontier, with goblins and kobolds in the majority, and it is actually split into two camps. Powerful ogres, bear monsters, and ferocious gnolls have betrayed the Sidon centaurs, taking over human villages and farms in the Eastern Frontier, collecting goblins and kobold slaves, and establishing orc tribes large and small, becoming orc power. The rest of the orc slaves were still controlled by the centaurs, about 600,000, and under the leadership of the centaur pioneers, they collected supplies and food to supply the southern centaur army. ”

"Currently, the Centaur Vanguard is attacking the orc entrenched forces. But we believe that as time goes by, the orc entrenchment will gradually grow stronger, and even without our military intervention, the orc entrenchment will cut off the supply lines of the southern centaur army camp. ”

"We estimate that in a maximum of 5 months, the supply lines of the southern centaur army will be cut off by the entrenched forces of the orcs. ”

The old priest smiled inexplicably and said, "It's funny, in the stalemate phase of the war, we must help the centaurs fight the orc entrenchment and keep the supply lines of the southern centaur army open. ”

The orc war is completely different from the war form of the earth world, any absurd and ridiculous thing can happen, the most fundamental reason is the conflict between the orcs, different kinds of orcs, orcs of the same race and different races, as soon as they meet, they can't wait to beat each other's brains out. In the northern wilderness, orc-orc warfare is the norm.

Once a human army was intercepted by the orc coalition, and before the battle began, the ogre and centaurs were killed, and the human army retreated to the castle intact. Historically, this kind of thing has been common all the time. However, every time a full-scale orc war breaks out in the human kingdom, it will always lose ground. This is because the goblin's reproductive and penetrating abilities are very strong, as it is now.

Goblins are indispensable craftsmen, slaves, and food for large orcs, and the Sidon centaurs scattered goblin slaves into the Eastern Frontier, and those powerful orcs who did not have the production capacity followed when they smelled the goblins. In fact, there are three forces in the eastern theater of Sassan, the human army, the centaur army, and the orc entrenched forces, even if the human army does not move, the centaur and orc entrenched forces will fight each other.

The human kingdom has not experienced orc all-out warfare for more than 1,400 years, and the lords of the kingdoms and the clergy of the church are inexperienced in orc warfare.

Just like this centaur invasion, once the orc entrenchment forces of the Eastern Frontier Territory were formed, they not only cut off the supply line of the southern centaur army, but also cut off the supply line of the Radiant Knights and the main army of Sassan. The centaur army lacks supplies, and after a few battles with the entrenched forces of the orcs, they can't get a profit, so they naturally choose to retreat and throw the mess to the human army. Under normal circumstances, the poorly supplied human coalition forces are unable to pursue the withdrawn centaurs, and must turn around to clean up the orc entrenchment. If the people of the territory retreat and flee, weakening the war potential of the human army, the front-line commander should consider the possibility of a complete counterattack by the human legion and the entrenched forces of the orcs. The safest course of action is to abandon the Pioneer Territory and let the orcs entrench themselves as a barrier between humans and the Centaur army.

Lost land!

Therefore, Roland judged that the centaurs were divided into two ways and the probability of wandering through the Wharton prairie was not large. According to historical experience, it should be the complete withdrawal of the centaur army. The two Golden Knights of the Kingdom of Dordor did not foresee the crisis in the Wharton Prairie, which was actually quite normal.

None of them had practical experience in orc warfare.

But who would dare to take the risk? Who would dare to let the centaurs enter the Wharton Prairie?

There are two key points.

First, the king of the orcs who has never shown his head. The centaur invasion was just a prelude to the orc war, and when the orc king's army came over, the so-called orc entrenchment as a barrier was a joke. Centaurs infiltrating the Wharton Prairie was almost a given.

There is no retreat from the kingdom of mankind.

Second, the meeting between Patriarch Friedes and the four His Highnesses showed his determination to support the tenant system. This determination stems from the will to annihilate the orc armies to the death, and represents the desire of the Church and the Satsang Empire to reclaim the northern wilderness, for which the Knights of Radiance, the Lords of Sarsan, and the entire human kingdom have been preparing for 700 years.

The loss of land meant the failure of the tenant system and the complete destruction of hopes of recovering the northern wilderness.

As the outcasts migrated to the western part of the empire, Bronze Halberd City closed the passage for the outcasts to the south, so as not to attract the orc forces to the Wharton Prairie...... All of Patriarch Friedus' decisions were made to achieve the ultimate goal.

There is no retreat from the human kingdom, and it will do its best to meet the army of the orc king, defeat them, kill them, and turn defense into attack without losing an inch of land.

The orcs entrenched in the Eastern Frontier Territory, and the Sidon centaurs who confronted the human alliance must all die!

This is the general trend of war, and Doonkrew's decision conforms to the general trend.

Patriarch Friedes greeted Victor and said, "Your Highness Randall, the tempest paladins of the Testil family are searching for traces of the Orc King, His Majesty Clement, His Majesty Neowest, Tournans, Grand Master Stirr, and Judge Trigovar are ready to be beheaded, if necessary, I hope Your Highness can help." ”

The corners of Victor's mouth sketched a smile a little, and his deep eyes turned into the purest dark gold, and the qualitative and invisible golden mist drifted upwards from the corners of his eyes, looking mysterious and powerful.

"I'd be happy to kill some of the orc powerhouses before beheading the orc king. ”

The two highnesses of the Knights of the Iron Wall suddenly looked surprised, they couldn't sense the disturbance of the fire element at all. Friedus had no ability to sense the elements, but the silence of the high-ranking knights outside the camp was enough to explain the extraordinary nature of Victor's form. He couldn't help but associate His Royal Highness Randall with the Sword Saint Draven, the Tystiel family recorded that the Sword Saint Draven had a golden mist in the corners of his eyes, and the ogre king Vulcans couldn't determine the direction of the danger, so he went around in a few circles like a headless fly, and was finally killed by Draven. If it sensed Ravin's location in advance, it would have been difficult for the human powerhouse to decapitate it.

The same applies to Victor's decapitation of the Orc King.

Although the tempest paladin Tystiel and the legendary knight Neowest are powerful, they may not be able to touch the king of orcs. Turnans can blind the legendary orc's sense of danger, but he is dangerous to act alone. Now that Victor is working with him, they only need to lock down the position of the Orc King, and the decapitation operation will be more than half successful.

Friedes' heart was both surprised and delighted, but he still had to make further confirmations, and asked in a deep voice: "Your Highness once killed a gold-level gnolls in the air, and I heard that you can lock on to a target within 6 kilometers, can you still blind the dangerous intuition of the fierce orcs now?"

I could have done it perfectly...... Victor lifted the apocalypse, returned to normalcy, and said lightly: "Just try those powerful orc leaders." ”

Friedes nodded, "That's right, we have to consider all the factors carefully to avoid making mistakes." ”

"Your Excellency, I hope that Western Sassan will rely on the Dodor Kingdom's pioneering point in the Wraith Forest to open a passage for the people of Sassan to take refuge in the Kingdom of Gombis. ”

Victor looked into Friedes' sparkling eyes and added, "I'm not talking to you about terms. ”

"Of course, at such a time, no one will negotiate terms with orc war. Friedus nodded in approval, thought for a moment, and said, "I understand that millions of freedmen are crowded in western Sassan, there is no way back, and after a long time, there will definitely be a big mess. If the Frontier Point on the outskirts of the Wraith Forest can open up a migration route for the homeless, it will help stabilize people's hearts. ”

"I fully support the Kingdom of Gombis in accepting refugees from the Sassan Empire. But ......"

Friedes changed his words, showing a slightly embarrassed expression, and said: "I don't have the manpower to organize the migration of the displaced people to the south, the clergy of the entire Sassanian Empire have responded to the call of war, and the western territory where the Barcelius family is located only has a small number of low-level priests and some church attendants. Organizing the displacement of displaced people is a tedious and dangerous task, and if you let the displaced people evacuate on their own, it will only cause terrible disasters. ”

“...... Good things can't be done bad. Friedes pondered for a few seconds and said gently: "In this case, I will write a fatwa by hand, asking the lord of the Barcelius family and the remaining priest to cooperate with the relocation of refugees in the Kingdom of Gombis, including the supply of food and supplies needed for the migration of the displaced people, but you must send people into the territory of the Barcelius family to organize the migration of refugees." ”

His pupils contracted slightly, and Victor said simply but forcefully:

"Good!"

Victor agreed so readily that Friedes didn't know where his confidence came from, but only the Gambisians entered Barcelius's territory and asked for food, and the contradictions between the two sides were bound to intensify. All this was in accordance with the plan he had made, so the old patriarch took the pouch from his waist, handed it to Victor, and said:

"The fatwa I will issue tomorrow. This is my personal badge for your people to carry into western Sassan and the remaining priests of each family will cooperate with their actions. ”

After Victor took the bag, Friedus looked at the two highnesses of the Kingdom of Dordor and said, "Two highnesses, we will go to the southern section of the eastern defense line tonight. If you have something to say to your two Highnesses of Gambis, I will wait for you outside...... I took my leave. ”

As he spoke, the Patriarch nodded at Victor and Roland, and strode out of the sentry camp with his paladin brothers.

After a while, Dietrich smiled and said to Roland: "Your Royal Highness, Dordor and Gombis have always been allies, and we sincerely hope to fight side by side with reinforcements from the Kingdom of Gambis on the eastern defense line. ”

Roland clasped his hands to his chest and pouted, "I originally wanted to defend the Duchy of Teutoni and see their moon bears...... Since Uncle has graciously invited, we will limit ourselves to the center of the eastern defensive line, and the northern frontier will be given to Barcelius and Frederick, and the southern defensive line will be held by Cambis and Dord, and we will be responsible for one-third of the south-central sector, and you will be responsible for two-thirds of the southern sector. Let's start by saying that there are no infantry coming from Cambys, and I will take out an additional 20,000 iron spears, 20,000 steel helmets, and 700,000 feathered arrows at most. ”

Wooden-handled spears are basically useless against orcs above medium, and 20,000 iron spears and 20,000 steel helmets can arm 20,000 Sasan militia. Although this batch of armaments was worth a lot, it was nothing compared to the 15,000 infantry invested by the Kingdom of Dordor .

However, between Barcelius and Auguste, Dietrich believed in Auguste more. The reason is simple, Cambys, who is also a member of the Southern Kingdom, will not tolerate centaurs entering the Wharton Prairie.

"Your Highness August, you are truly a beautiful and wise eldest princess. Dietrich complimented.

Roland wrinkled his little nose and said in disgust: "Hey, it's useless for you to please me, I won't accept the courtship of a bald head and an uncle." ”

Dietrich was stunned, touched his shiny head, and laughed: "Yes, that's a pity." ”

Doonkru coughed lightly and said to Victor: "Your Highness Randall, we have dispatched 45,000 cavalry and 15,000 infantry, and the Kingdom of Dodor has done its best. We do not require people to move in. The Ghost Forest Exploration Point is for Your Highness. ”

Victor nodded and said, "I'll send another 1,500 soldiers to reinforce the Ghost Forest Frontier Point." ”

"Okay, that's a deal. Then we took our leave. ”

Victor and Roland watched as the Knights of the Iron Wall vanished into the darkness of the night, with only the roar of the unicorn heard in the distance.

"Alright. Roland retracted his gaze, clapped his hands, and said with a smile: "For such an important meeting, the two highnesses of the Baselius family did not attend. ”

The meeting of Lord Fakhran was actually a military meeting in the eastern theater of operations in Sassan, and it stands to reason that Friedes should not have excluded Barcelius, but it didn't matter whether they came or not for the whole situation.

This is the characteristic of warfare under the feudal system, each performing its own duties and defending the same place. The entire defense line consisted of garrison infantry and motorized cavalry, the garrison infantry was basically only responsible for holding on, and they could not maneuver if they wanted to, while the Golden Knight commanded the cavalry units and provided mobile support. There was a certain amount of communication and coordination between the various cavalry units, but it was mainly up to the generals to judge the situation and grasp the fighters.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and if the command center wants to accurately mobilize every army on a nearly 1,000-kilometer-long defensive line, it must first have radio. If the crows are flying all over the sky, and the heralds are dying in the middle of the road, who can command whom? If the military information cannot be transmitted in a timely and accurate manner, it is better not to have any command center, it is better to hold an elite cavalry in his hand.

Thankfully, there is no such thing as the worst, only the worst.

At least the human alliance still has a banner, a letter crow, a defensive line, and gongs, drums and horns, and the orc army is all brainless with their eyes closed, they don't even know the way, and they hit wherever they are.

It's bound to be a bad fight. Anyway, the two sides have fought such a bad war for hundreds of thousands of years, and they have all played experience. The Golden Knight's absolute rationality and elemental perception, and the wild instincts of the legendary orcs highlight their respective war advantages.

Bad wars are often fought wonderfully and dangerously.

Victor smiled and said: "War and politics are inseparable, and if Friedes wants to level the water, but Barcelius refuses to calm it, what can the Patriarch do? Now, whether we and the Duordors are willing to help Friedus with the basin, we're all caught up. ”

The Kingdom of Dordor wanted to keep the frontier and the population resources, but it was too greedy, so Doonkru decisively gave up the demand for population resources, and facilitated Victor and Friedes to reach an agreement, only to hold the eastern defense line and prevent the centaurs from entering the Wharton Prairie.

Friedes achieved his own goal by dividing the relationship between the kingdoms of Dordor and Cambes and Barcelius, and he compromised with Victor to relocate part of the population. You must know that Sassan's food reserves are enough for tens of millions of people to eat for four and a half years, and the kingdoms still have supplies to import, and he can survive until the end of the war without migrating the population.

None of these agreements affect the overall situation of the war.

Roland said: "There is nothing wrong with Barcelius wanting to be emperor, he and you seem to be still relatives. You say, what conditions can he offer us in order to become emperor?"

Victor thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "He can play too few cards, any of his promises will be difficult to keep, and we can't help him." ”

Roland nodded and smiled: "Yes, you went to his territory to rob people and food, which can be regarded as offending and hating your eldest cousin." ”

Gambis currently can't take in too many refugees, up to 700,000, which is nothing for the lords of Western Sassani, who have a population of millions. Barcelius would be glad to trade this population for the support of the Kingdom of Gambis, but he couldn't.

Barcelius gave an order, and the lord of Western Sassonia obediently offered Victor population and food, which was not called a vassal system, it was a centralized system.

The vassal system is like this, Victor's men go to the west of Sasan to transfer people and grain, the local lords are unhappy and unhappy, the two sides clash, and then go to their respective lords to cry.

The most important thing is that Barcelius has no food in his hands. Refugees who don't have food in their pockets, Victor doesn't want them. Friedes gave the food for the refugees to the Western Lords, and they would not give it to Victor either.

Whoever asks for it, they hate it.

Friedes is scheming, and Victor is still immature compared to his political skills. But Friedes wouldn't know how many cards Victor had in his hand.

Victor took the personal badge of Patriarch Friedes and sneered, "I'm not afraid of offending Barcelius, but I won't make Friedes happy for long...... It's going to make me unhappy. ”

The vassal lords of Barcelius should hate Sophia first, and wait for Sophia to open up the trade route connecting the Teutonic Principality of the Arret Plateau, western Sassan, and the Ghost Forest to the Centaur Hills, and see who has the last laugh.

Roland held his chin, looked at Victor carefully for a moment, and suddenly said, "I understand." ”

"Got it?" asked Victor, putting away the Patriarch's token and smiling.

Roland nodded with a deep expression: "The Norton brothers are locked in the bloodline of fertility, so they ignore my charm and refuse to perform a heart-to-heart stunt for me. ”

"Well, that's definitely the case. She nodded very hard.

"...... this. Victor couldn't help but laugh and said, "No matter how they say it, they are also high-level holy warriors, and they will not be affected by the spirit of the Golden Knight. ”

"You're still a legend, didn't you just want to arouse my curiosity?" Roland looked at Victor's eyes full of pride, grimaced at him, and flicked his white and blonde hair, leaving him with a beautiful and arrogant back.

"Hmph, I'm not fooling you. ”