Compared with the central defense line, the battles between the Sushui River defense line and the northwest defense line were relatively uneventful.

In particular, the Sushui River defense line, the orc troops responsible for attacking this defense line, only made two charges, and after that, there was no movement. Baron Duroux is the commander-in-chief of this defensive line, this commander is not very good at defense, and his passive defense makes him uncomfortable all over.

Therefore, the specific command task was in the hands of his deputy, Sir Alfred.

"It seems that Baron Rainer's side will be very difficult!" Alfred frowned as he looked at the motionless grass ahead, and he looked a little worried in the direction of the Central Line, where the sky was filled with the smoke of war.

Baron Duru nodded, "The commander of the orcs is very smart, if I commanded it, I would not storm here, I just need to successfully contain the defenders here!"

"Moreover, their main target will not be the central defense line, the highland fortress in the northwest will be their main target, of course, provided that the orc commander is smart enough!"

Alfred's eyelids drooped slightly, "Judging from the actions of the orcs in front, their commander is very clever and extremely cautious, and the traps that Viscount Pedi laid in various places when he retreated have become decorations!"

"Huh?" Baron Duru nodded, obviously agreeing with this, and then lowered his head and frowned slightly, thinking about the question.

"Perhaps—" He spoke, apparently trying to say something, but in the end, he shook his head.

Alfred didn't know what his friend was going to do, and he stared at him seriously, "Do you want to go to the aid of Baron Rainer?"

"Supporting Baron Rainer is the best, on the frontal defensive line, the orcs must be put enough pressure, and besides, the terrain of the Highland Fortress is narrow, and the placement of a brigade of soldiers is already the limit!" Baron Duru recounted slowly, "but... This may be a trap for the enemy, who are storming the central defense line and deliberately leaving our Sushui River defense line alone, perhaps just to let us relax our vigilance and then take this place while they are unprepared!"

"We divided our troops to support, maybe we just fell into the trap of the orcs!"

Alfred listened attentively, only nodded, and then withdrew his gaze to the motionless meadow.

Neither was talking.

Obviously, they were thinking about the feasibility of this thing!

After a few minutes, Alfred spoke, "Maybe you can give it a try... After all, we have the natural line of defense of the Sushui River behind us!"

Baron Duroux only nodded, but did not speak, for he had thought of all this.

After all, this is a big deal, if one of the three lines of defense fails, the entire outer front will collapse, which has to be cautious!

"Even if it's really an orc trap by then, it will be a few days away, and we can completely destroy all the boats crossing the river in our way, I guess, the orcs won't swim ashore, right?" Alfred had a smile on his face, "If they really dare to swim, I'll fill the water with fire oil and burn them to death!"

"If they build another ship, there are no materials available here, even if it is a bamboo raft, it will not work, and it will take at least two days for their small boat from Balan City to come, and at that time, we have already established another line of defense!"

Baron Duru listened carefully, and when Alfred finished speaking, he thought about it for a while and said: "Yes, but this matter is not urgent, there will be no problems with Baron Rena for the time being, and we can also take advantage of this time to send scouts to find out the specific arrangement of the orcs here!"

Alfred nodded and added, "At the same time, on the other side of the river, build a temporary defensive front where the orcs are most likely to cross the river, just in case!"

"Then, give the order, increase the number of patrols and scouts!"

Looking at the departing heralds...

Baron Duru looked into the distance, over there, was the defense line of the Northwest Highland Fortress, "What I'm most worried about is the Highland Fortress, if it can't hold out until the appointed time, Viscount Cage's arrangement will be null and void!"

On the Northwest Highlands Line, Punk was much more uncomfortable than Baron Duroux.

This line of defense was a focused line from the beginning, and Rena even threw all the elite troops of a brigade she came to here.

Because, behind this line of defense, there is a horse flat river, here is not the front line of the water river, there is also a Sushui River behind them as a natural line of defense, and it is not to the central defense line, you can rely on the hills behind you and fight and retreat!

If the Highland defenses are breached, the orc armies will ignore the defenses of Byan City, and their armies will be able to enter the Corvind territory directly.

Therefore, this line of defense is the most important of the three, and Punk must hold on to it until the time specified by Gray.

Fortunately, the terrain of the Northwest Highlands is easy to defend and there are makeshift fortresses, so if the orcs want to attack here, they will have to fight a protracted war of attrition.

That's why the orcs went to great lengths to find a way to get out of the flanks of this high ground.

At this moment, the orc forces did not attack as fiercely as Punk imagined, and the orc commander in charge of attacking the high ground was experienced, and he did not let the troops rush into a useless war of attrition with Punk, but confronted Punk's defenders at key intersections.

Punk knew that he had met an opponent, his main forces had been pinned down by the orcs, and if the flanks of the Highland Fortress were threatened at this time, then he would have no troops to send!

He understood the orc's intentions, and this was already a card on the face - the other party wanted to wait for the troops on the flanks to attack, and then attack from the front, so that Punk would definitely draw the soldiers of the front line.

Punk was a little agitated, he wanted to lead his soldiers to take the initiative, but he knew he couldn't, he was just giving up the line of defense.

He just hoped for now that one of Owen's scouts wouldn't let him down, or he would have to shrink his line in order to face the orc's two-pronged attack.

Just now, the latest information came from Owen's side, outside the dense forest to the west, the army of the orc camp was gathering, and Punk believed that soon, the blocking battle in the dense forest would begin.

In fact, the blocking battle had already begun, because the information in his hand had been sent a few hours earlier.

However, this battle should not be called a blocking war, but an ambush war.

An army of 1,500 orcs and five squadrons of goblin mercenaries unwittingly stepped into the trap that Owen had prepared for them less than half an hour after they set out on the expedition.

The memories left by the orc agents in the dense forest have long been changed by the team led by Owen without a trace, and they have all been erased one by one after the orc army passes by.

Owen's goal is clear, he wants to get this army lost in this dense forest!

Fifteen hundred people seemed like a lot, but in this vast dense forest, it was as inconspicuous as a sailing ship in the sea, and if they got lost, even if they were lucky, it would be at least a week later.

Moreover, as a good hunter, it is not indifferent to the prey that falls into the trap!