"Hold on, you can't let them move on!", outside the imperial capital of the Byron Empire, humans are facing a furious attack by orcs. Five hundred meters behind them was the quaint and solemn city wall of the imperial capital. There have been several rebellions over the past few hundred years, and humanity has proved here more than once that in the Byronic Empire, humans are the dominant race.

However, this time the war seemed to be different, as the dragons on Dragon Island closed the pontoon bridge leading to Dragon Island and refused Emperor Byron's request to send troops to suppress the rebellion. The "loyal and patriotic" orcs also seem to have become less reliable, and one by one they cowered in their own territory to avoid the war. It is obviously not easy for humans to resist the orcs who are obviously superior in both physical fitness and population numbers.

The battle situation has gone from a stalemate at the beginning to a complete festering in less than three months. Orcs have been oppressed too hard in the past hundreds of years, and how cruel humans and orcs are to them, how stubborn they are at this time. It seems that if the emperor of the Byron Empire, the supreme leader of mankind, is captured alive, the progress of the orcs will not stop.

In the rain of arrows, the orcs held their irises high, and charged forward without fear against the rain of arrows. The orcs who ran at the front were often stuck with many arrows, and the same bright red blood spilled on the ground as they ran. They had a resolute expression on their faces, they didn't care that they would be injured and bleed, and they had only one belief, and that was to break the walls of the imperial capital, break all prejudices, and let the orcs be able to live on this land with their backs straight!

In the distance, the military advisers from the Federation and the Sistine were whispering to each other, and Thrace stood by with a resolute face, watching the changes in the battlefield, but thinking about something else.

In many people's stereotypical perceptions, orcs are stupid and despicable, but there are also smart and resolute people among them, such as Thrace. The Desi gave them the necessary militarization training and taught them how to win wars. From the initial period, most of the orc generals were Desi, and now all the generals of the Orc Legion are Desi, except for the generals and officers of the teaching regiment, who are Desi.

He was grateful for all that the Desi had done for the cause of freedom and independence for the Orcs, but that didn't mean that the Orcs had to give up the fruits of their victory. Similarly, in the early days of the Orc Revolt, the Federation merchants provided the Orcs with almost everything they needed!

Metal ǔqì, metal armor, giant wolf mounts that can load half-orcs, and all kinds of supplies. Thrace was equally grateful to them, but Thrace was equally aware that the real concern of these Federation merchants was not the cause of the orcs, but the fruits of victory after the end of the war.

They are not trustworthy people, but they are also indispensable people. Without them, the Orc's career could be aborted.

In Byron's own country, the orcs who chose to wait and see did not show obvious tendencies. Thrace had sent emissaries to get in touch with a few neutral orcs and gain their support, so that they could gradually break free from the grip of the Desi and the Federation merchants. But the orcs were not interested in Thrace's proposal, and from that time on, Thrace understood that whether or not he was able to defeat the humans in the end, he would not be able to gain the approval of the other races.

Because they are lowly half-orcs.

After a lie has been circulating for hundreds of years, it is no longer a lie, but the truth.

If you want to break this truth, you must have the strength and courage to break the whole world. He did not lack strength or courage, but only material and experience.

Just like the battle now, the heroic orcs fearlessly rushed to the enemy's camp, watching the orcs fall one by one on the way, Thrace's chest was like a sharp knife inserted, making his breathing pain. His black-and-white eyes were filled with flame-like rage, and his clenched fists made him want to break something.

"Mr. Sistine!"

While discussing possible further cooperation with representatives of the federal merchants, Thrace could not help but shout. Thrace raised his head slightly, smiled apologetically at the federal merchants, and strode towards Thrace. At Thrace's side, he bowed slightly, "Respected Monsieur Thrace, what do you command?"

Thrace's lips squirmed for a moment, sighing slightly, he raised his hand and pointed to the defensive line of humans on the battlefield in the distance and asked, "What price will I pay for destroying these arrow towers?"

The Byronic Empire's multiracial integration policy did make the Byronic Empire's national power rise for a long time, but these beast-like races could not completely reassure the humans who dominated the empire. Therefore, for the safety of the imperial capital, the emperors of the Byron Empire continued to build fortifications outside the imperial capital, the most famous of which was the Kurmatus Defense Circle.

To put it simply, the Kurmatus defensive ring is to build a large number of defensive arrow towers five hundred meters away from the walls of the imperial capital. Each tower can accommodate eight people, with a total of 48 arrow holes on all four sides, and is based on a design from the Imperial Academy of Empires in Orlando more than 100 years ago. A rain of arrows can be fired every fifteen seconds, and each tower can store more than 20,000 arrows.

There are hundreds of such towers around the imperial capital, and the towers were built with enemy damage in mind, so they adopted a relatively conservative but very interpretive design. The six-meter-high arrow tower is completely hollowed out from a single piece of bluestone, and is also wrapped in a layer of iron plates inside and out, and the iron plates and stones are filled with some soft wood chips. It is very difficult to destroy these turrets without making heavy war equipment.

These star-studded towers are the Circle of Kurmatus and the last defensive force of the Byron Empire. If you can destroy about a tenth of them, it will be enough to open a road to the walls of the Byron Empire.

Of course, all designs have a certain degree of "assumption", for example, these towers seem to be invincible as long as the door is closed from the inside, but in reality this is not the case. In the rebellion of the sheep people, if it were not for the timely appearance of the half-dragon army to suppress the sheep people, the sheep people might really be able to seize control of the Byron Empire. They used a very simple method to render these towers useless - fire attack!

The airtight arrow tower is indeed foolproof, but once the stone jar is heated, the temperature inside rises much faster than one might think. It's like a huge sealed pot that only takes ten minutes of high heat to steam everyone inside!

Later, the Byron Empire revised the design several times, and invited scholars from the Desi Imperial Research Institute to renovate it for them, but the effect was not obvious. The arrow tower has not taken into account so many complex factors from the beginning, and it was developed simply to "hide and shoot others", so naturally there are many things that cannot be perfected.

Thrace tried to build a passage with a large number of orcs and set all the towers on fire, but as the orcs continued to fall on the battlefield under the crossfire, he could no longer sit still as a member and leader of the orcs.

So, he decided to make a compromise with this guy called Sistine, who was like a deal with the devil, and he gave something and got something from the other party.

In the past, he had already traded the trade rights between the future Desi Empire and the Byron Empire, and now, it was not clear what he needed to "sell".

Sistin didn't hesitate too much, there was a shrewdness in his eyes, he smiled and bowed, "I always thought that the victory pass should belong to the Desi." ”

"That can't be!", Thrace directly rejected the Sistine's request, although he was not yet the emperor of this empire, but his way of thinking had begun to change to that of the emperor. If the victory pass is ceded to the Desi, then the entire Byron Empire will have to face the Desi Iron Cavalry that may suddenly break into the hinterland of the empire from now on. Such an important position must not be given to the Desi!

Sistin straightened up with a regretful expression and spread his hands, "Dear Mr. Thrace, you have seen with your own eyes the power of the Kurmatus Defensive Circle, and it will take a high price to destroy these arrow towers......", Sistin laughed, "Of course, you can also choose a cheaper way to destroy these arrow towers!", Sistin continued to laugh as he looked at the tragic battlefield.

Thrace's eyes were red as the falling orc warriors made Thrace's eyes red, and he gasped and roared in a low voice, "I'm going to talk to Wren personally!"

Sistin was slightly stunned, "You may not know that two months ago, I was appointed as the diplomatic ambassador of Desi to the Byron Empire, and I was fully responsible for the contact with you or other forces and a series of cooperation, without going through Your Majesty." Of course, I wouldn't object to it if you insisted on doing so, but I had to be in your frame. His Majesty's attitude may be more uncomfortable to you than I am. ”

Wren has always been uncomfortable with a soft guy, and even when he needs to put on a show, he can show enough toughness. Thrace glared at the Sistine viciously, but the Sistin looked indifferently at the half-orc warriors who kept dying, sighed and shush, shook his head and sighed.

"No, the victory pass cannot be given to you!", Thrace reiterated his opinion and position again, but in exchange for a smiling look from the Sistin.

He pointed to the imperial capital not far away and asked, "Dear Monsieur Thrace, you don't think that you are the emperor of the Byron Empire when you conquer that city, do you?" Without our support, even if you win the war with the humans, you will soon be driven out of the land by the orcs. ”

"I understand that every successful emperor will have his own persistence, some persistence is worthy and necessary, but some persistence is not so important. No one can guarantee that they will always be wise, and isn't it normal to make a small mistake once in a while?"

In the face of the intimidation of the Sistin, who was almost a red fruit, Thracian waved his fist without changing his face, "Orcs are fearless!"

Sistin immediately followed, "Then let's wait and see!", as he seemed to remember something, "By the way, dear Monsieur Thrace, I have heard that there seems to be some controversy among the upper echelons of the House of Hope about the current situation, right?"

The moment these words were uttered, Thrace's face changed.

The orcs have gone from being comparable to slaves in the Byronic Empire to now almost sweeping the entire Byronic Empire, and both status and racial prestige have almost reached the highest point in the history of the special race of the half-orcs. Among the high-level leaders of the House of Hope, some of the orc high-level thought that by this step, it was already okay and enough. It is not worth it to continue the war except to sacrifice a large number of orcs in exchange for relatively modest results.

The best way now is to stop the war, stop the bloodshed and sacrifice, and sit down and discuss how to resolve all the contradictions, resolve the disputes, and usher in hépíng.

This idea is also supported by many people in the orc community, and the orcs are not a fierce race after all, otherwise in the face of hundreds of years of oppression, the orcs would have risen up and resisted, and they would not have waited for Thrace to lead the orcs to stand up and rebel. As long as the empire can face the orc race head-on, give the orcs equal status and treatment, no longer persecute the orcs, and let the orcs have the same power as humans and orcs, then this war can be over.

This kind of thinking is dangerous, a large number of human beings have died in the war, and the faces of the royal family and human nobles have been torn off by them and thrown to the ground. Perhaps the humans will accept their demands for the sake of temporary hépíng recognition of the status of orcs. But when humanity recovers and finds new allies, the war will continue. At that time, the war will not be decided by the orcs, and the orcs, who have long lost their determination to die because of hépíng and a comfortable life, will definitely not be the opponent of humans.

Besides, what Sistine said earlier is not wrong, even if the imperial capital is attacked, Thrace cannot become the emperor of this empire without the help of external forces!

Neither the remaining humans, nor the orcs who chose to wait and see, had no chance of letting the untouchables climb on their heads. Once Thrace is proclaimed emperor on the throne, I am afraid that the situation in the entire empire will be completely eroded, and those orcs will definitely not sit idly by, and a bigger and more complicated war will come!js3v3