Duke looked at Gandalf's face with a relaxed look, because this time the number of ice demons was much smaller than he had imagined.

You must know Duke's most serious estimate before, that is, the ice demons will pour out, and the number will be more than ten thousand. And that's not the final number of enemy troops, as with at least a few thousand more Hell Ghouls, the Storm Army will face the most stressful battle ever!

Even Duke has prepared for the worst, which is to engage in a fierce war of attrition with the Ice Devil, using human lives to gain time and space for development. Because Duke believed that Stormcastle would recuperate for a few months, he would adopt a recruitment system and be able to raise an army of 10,000 people to fight the Ice Demon again.

However, the Ice Demon's magic conversion ritual is destined to lag far behind humans in terms of replenishment. This bloodletting tactic uses the most brutal means to consume the ice demon alive and win the final victory.

However, this tactic will also be a huge damage to Storm Castle, and countless elite warriors of Storm Castle will be sacrificed in this protracted war of attrition. And in the future, the finances of Storm Castle will once again be under heavy pressure, and the damage of elite soldiers is also unacceptable to Duke, after all, the loyalty of these soldiers is far from being achieved in a short period of time by recruiting soldiers and new immigrant soldiers.

The human heart is sometimes the most important thing in such a crisis situation.

So the number of five thousand ice demons now is even slightly better than the optimistic situation expected by Duke, which is really a bit unexpected by Duke.

"Why are there so few people, and are the scout cavalry spread out?"

Although Duke was a little surprised in his heart, he was still not very relieved, afraid that this was the ice demon's trap, and asked the herald.

"Report to your lordship, the limits of the Scout Cavalry have reached a radius of fifty kilometers, and it is certain that there is no other army of Ice Demons, unless they are hidden in the deepest part of the Valley of Monsters. ”

"At the same time, according to the speculation of the head of the charcoal fire group, the ice demon's living range is too scattered, and they have not experienced this kind of emergency mobilization, so this should be the limit of the ice demon general's ability to gather troops in a short period of time. Another point, it is estimated that the Ice Demon General is too confident, he didn't take our Storm Army seriously. ”

Hearing the herald's answer, Duke felt as if it was such a truth, after all, this is not a modern society, which can mobilize troops hundreds or thousands of kilometers in a short period of time. You must know that based on the calculation of the human army's march, those who can march twenty or thirty kilometers a day are already considered the top combat troops in the world. Even in the Napoleonic era, even if a day of more than 20 kilometers was a rapid march, the French soldiers could even joke: "The emperor's victory was achieved by their feet." ”

As for the kind of night travel of hundreds of miles, it is not a normal marching speed, but a light rush to seize the opportunity. Even with the current management mode of the modern army of Storm Fort, a normal march with full armor is thirty kilometers a day. Because people can't always be in the process of walking, they also have to drink, eat, rest, etc., in order to maintain the speed of the next march, which takes up time.

Although the Ice Demons are strong, they are still very backward in terms of discipline and organization, and it is impossible to notify all the members around the Monster Valley in just a few days, so in this short period of time, Anubir has gathered five thousand Ice Demons is the normal number.

In addition, the Ice Demon has always despised Storm Castle, and it has been crushed by attacks for hundreds of years, and it is difficult to do without this psychological advantage. It is estimated that Anubir heard that Storm Castle dared to take the initiative to attack, and maybe thought it was a good opportunity!

"Allen, pass the order, the whole army gathers, and prepare to let the ice demon understand what fear is!"

Duke didn't have the same obscene tone that he had spoken to Gandalf before, but his face was more righteous and resolute. After Alan heard Duke's order, he also responded loudly, and then saw the herald rushing up in the camp, and all the Storm Army soldiers began to put on their armor in an orderly manner after hearing the order, preparing to start a battle for survival with the ice demon!

The Storm Army was nervously gathering, and the Ice Demon Army on the other side was also quickly approaching Duke's camp. It's just that unlike the previous information found by the scouts, not only did they have five thousand ice demons, but also about two thousand hell ghouls who appeared out of nowhere, and they also followed behind the ice demons.

This tense time for preparing for war came faster than expected, and in Duke's tent, almost every few minutes, a wave of heralds came in to report the situation. At the same time, the number of two thousand ghouls was also detected, but Duke didn't have much reaction to this, after all, no matter how many people came from the other side, this battle was inevitable!

In less than an hour, the figure of the Ice Demon Army had already appeared in front of the Storm Army's camp. The Ice Demon General Anubir rode an ice horse, standing at the front with an angry and arrogant expression, looking at the Storm Army with condescending eyes.

He was angry that humans dared to attack the territory of the Ice Demons, and he was also angry that the Storm Army destroyed several Ice Demon villages, resulting in the death of almost a thousand Ice Demons. And the arrogance lies in the fact that he thinks that the human army in front of him is simply sending himself to death, and they have challenged the bottom line of the Ice Demon Clan!

Facing Anubir, who was standing at the front on an ice horse and despised him, Duke couldn't help it at this time, he also wore the lion armor of the Otto family, and instigated the war horse under him to come to the front of the formation. However, the guard officer Dole raised a heavy shield next to him, and Gandalf was behind him, otherwise Duke didn't want to be killed on the battlefield by the ice demon because of the mentally retarded factor of pretending to be forced.

Anubir looked at Duke in front of him wearing lion helmet armor, he was an old rival anyway, and he naturally knew that this person was the Storm Lord. It's just that he was very angry at Duke's arrogance, you must know that the previous Storm Lord had only fear in front of the Ice Demon!

Duke also looked directly at Anubir's gaze, and I have to say that this super tall ice demon plus the ice horse mount is still very intimidating. But at this time, Duke, as the lord of Storm Castle, naturally couldn't show any expression of recognition, and he also raised his head high, simply looking at these ice demons with his chin, just to express his contempt!

"Surrender or die!"

A very hoarse but loud voice came, and it was naturally Anubir's voice.

Duke was very surprised when he heard this voice, because the Ice Demon language he heard before was a strange roar, not human language at all, but he didn't expect that the Ice Demon General still maintained his human language ability, and he was really able to become a leader, or different!