A little after five o'clock in the morning on May 16.

The sound of the outside of the tent waking Gray from his slumber, and he habitually sat on the edge of the bed. His head was groggy and seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and he barely slept last night.

Another sleepless night.

Yesterday was the 15th, and Jenina's mage unit didn't come, and he didn't know what went wrong - was it Viscount Keith who didn't bring his commission?

The war reports from the Hoko Islands made Gray start to value the mage. After all, a mage unit with only one brigade can actually control the war of nearly 200,000 people.

This kind of thing was put in the past, who dared to imagine.

Although, with the help of the Arcane Order, Gray recruited some magicians in his territory, most of them were magic apprentices, and there were less than twenty formal magicians.

This little strength can only barely deal with the orc sacrifice.

The sound of the officer's orders outside the tent overshadowed the cacophony of voices and reached Gray's ears, and he took a deep breath to quickly sober himself up before trading for his squire, Delen.

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"Was there anything unusual last night?" Gray asked Delenn, the squire who was wearing the armor for him, as he said as he moved his arms to adjust to the restraint of the inner armor.

"Nothing out of the ordinary, sir. "Delenn usually wakes up two hours early, and he knows in advance things that Gray doesn't know, even if it's trivial.

Gray said "En" and stopped talking.

Delenn looked at Gray cautiously, he could feel that Gray was in a bad mood, and he unconsciously became cautious even in his breathing.

"Your Excellency?"

Tachia's voice suddenly came from outside the tent.

"What's the matter?" Gray's voice was filled with impatience.

"It's me, my lord. "It's Rena's voice.

Gray heard Rena's voice, causing his already moving arms to stop suddenly, because just as Reina finished speaking, he had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Come in. ”

A slight breeze shook the fire in the tent, and the sound of soft footsteps signaled that someone had entered.

Gray had his back to Rena, and Delenn was dressing him on the most important piece of armor.

"I hope you don't bring me bad news, dear Baron Rena. ”

Rena removed her silver-white helmet from her head and walked to the center of the tent, "Not good news, but not bad news either...", she glanced at Delenn, "The orcs are fighting!"

"Huh?" Gray's half-squinted eyes suddenly opened, but then they reverted to their loose appearance, "Delenn, you go out to prepare the horse first, and leave the matter here to Rena." ”

"Yes, sir. Delenn replied in a whisper, and he walked very fast,

As soon as he stepped out of the tent, Rena placed her helmet on the round table beside her and stepped forward to put on Gray's armor.

"What the hell is going on?" asked Gray.

"The scouts reported that the orcs had assembled their forces half an hour earlier than us, and that their vanguard had destroyed our front towers, and that most of them were now facing our troops in the front camp. ”

Gray raised an eyebrow, "Has our plan been exposed?"

"Probably not, right?" Rena was a little unsure.

"Or did the front-line troops do something to provoke the orc commander?" asked Gray again.

"It's not clear yet," Rena shook her head and put on the hand armor for Gray, "Although there have been constant conflicts in the past two days, and there have been mountains of battle reports everywhere, in fact, there has not been a huge loss to the orcs. ”

"What did Baron El say?"

"Baron El said that this might be a tentative attack, or maybe it was a general attack that the orcs had planned for a long time. ”

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War is so full of uncertainty.

No matter how wise Baron El was, he would never have imagined that the two orc coastal watchtowers that were randomly pulled out during a routine cavalry patrol would become the fuse for the two armies to face off again.

When Gray rushed to the front, he couldn't help but be stunned by what he saw.

I saw that in the center of the two solemn armies, a fully armed human soldier was engaged in a primitive duel with an orc warrior.

"What's going on?" asked Gray.

"The orc's proposal. Baron El shrugged, "According to the ancient battlefield code, we have no reason to refuse. After a pause, the baron continued: "This is the fifth round. ”

Gray froze, "How's the result?"

"We've lost three rounds in a row. Al smiled wryly.

"The bullshit battlefield code, the orcs have an advantage when they fight alone, and the morale of the soldiers will be seriously damaged if they fight like this. Hanks clearly disagreed.

"In that case," Gray looked at Hanks, "you should go find some real warriors, our soldiers are hungry for victory." ”

"Your will!" Hanks grinned, giving Al a special look as he left.

"Can you think of anything?" asked Gray, looking at Hanks as he left.

"Obviously, the orcs are not in a hurry to fight us, they seem to be stalling for time. The thumb and forefinger of Al's right hand gently stroked his oiled mustache, "And besides, these orc armies don't pose much of a threat to us. ”

Gray stared thoughtfully at the orc army not far away, and after just one glance, Gray found that at least half of the orc army was not here, "Where are the other orc troops?"

"The scout came ten minutes to report and was assembling in the rear camp. ”

"What about our follow-up troops?"

"Also being assembled. Rena lowered her voice, "If we really gather troops on a large scale, our secret reinforcement of Byan City will be exposed." ”

"Bump!"

"Poof!"

As the three of them spoke, the spears in the hands of the human warriors in the arena pierced through the hearts of their opponents, and the hot blood stained his swarthy armor red, but the axes of the orc warriors also slashed his shield and severed his left arm.

Although the human warrior lost a left arm, he won the duel. "Ahh

"Ahh

"How many more rounds?" asked Gray.

"Five rounds, my lord. Al replied.

A few seconds later, two of the orcs walked out and carried back the corpse of the orc warrior, and the human soldier refused anyone's help, and he slowly walked back into the formation.

A few minutes later, two warriors walked out of the formation of the two armies again.

"Did we just get to that?" Gray said.

"The build-up of the army," Al glanced at Rena, "although this will expose our reinforcement of Behn City, there is no need to hide this matter anymore, because it can no longer be hidden, and by this afternoon at the latest, the orc army will receive battle reports from all sides." ”

Gray nodded, "It's an inevitable decisive battle, so let's make it more meaningful!"

"Let's go as planned, try to minimize head-on confrontation with orcs at the beginning, I've studied orcs, although their huge bodies give them more advantages in battle, but they also consume more physical strength, so we just need to survive the first battle... In other words, as long as we let this battle last for more than 12 hours, our chances of winning will increase infinitely. ”

"Hopefully, as you say, Baron. "Gray has no choice now.

As soon as Gray's words ended, a scout officer squeezed up to Rena's side and whispered a few words in her ear.

After the officer finished speaking, Rena's face changed slightly.

"My lord, the cavalry brigade that was ordered to move northeast of the orc camp has sent back news that they have spotted the orc supply fleet!" Rena's heart beat uncontrollably.

Gray and Al were obviously stunned, their faces flashed with a hint of joy, El was about to say something, but Robert Knight rode in, he reported to Gray: "My lord, the latest scout information, the follow-up troops of the orcs are gathering and rushing downstream along the banks of the Sushui River. ”