Chapter 113: Meeting
Several large candles as thick as children's arms illuminated the military intelligence analysis room, and the traditionally frugal Duke Solo preferred to use this primitive and cumbersome way to illuminate the lamp rather than use a magic lamp, after all, the magic lamp needs to be constantly charged by a magician, and magician resources are extremely scarce in the Varu Empire. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
A red-burning pipe sizzled as Duke Solo smoked it, and the smoke made the entire analysis room feel suffocating, and several officials of the Ministry of Supervision tried to resist the urge to cough.
In the center of the analysis room is a huge sand table of the terrain of the mountains and rivers of the empire, the southern position of the empire on the sand table is marked with light red, and in the northern border of the empire, several thick bright reds are extremely dazzling, and the one surrounded by these bright reds in the center is the Barony of Leo.
"Report! The Kingdom of Lorraine has temporarily assembled half a mage army to support our country!"
"The southern rebel Archduke William also sent an elite cavalry to the northern frontier in the starry night, and according to the agreement of the countries on the mainland, it has been released!"
"Silvermoon City reports that there is no trace of wolf cavalry around Silvermoon City!"
"Silverstone City report! There is no trace of wolf cavalry in the surrounding area!"
The information is gathered in this analysis room.
"So, these wolf cavalrymen have been attracted to Baron Leo?" Duke Solo asked with a frown, smoking his pipe and exhaling the smoke.
"Yes, according to the report of the Scout Mage, the wolf cavalry, which had been scattered into several thousand cavalry, had stopped burning and looting everywhere, and marched towards Barons Leo's territory together, and their destination was Baron Leo's castle and the town of Kitarahara. An officer of the Ministry of Supervision immediately stood up and reported.
"And why, why are all these wolf cavalry gathered there, and what is it about Barony Leo that attracts them?" Duke Solo continued.
"Uh~, the reason is that a wolf cavalry thousand cavalry was annihilated by the private soldiers of Baron Leo when they were raiding Baron Leo's castle, and most of the wolf cavalry who rushed to support broke out a contact battle with it, only to be defeated again by the cavalry of Baron Leo. The wolf clan's vindictiveness is the strongest, and they will never allow a noble private soldier who has caused such great damage to them to continue to be free, so at present, almost all the wolf cavalry thousand cavalry teams that have invaded the country are marching towards Baron Leo, I am afraid that if Baron Leo is not leveled, they will not give up. ”
"Hmm?!Is this news confirmed?" "How is this possible?!" The rest of the officers looked at each other with disbelief on their faces.
"The information must be wrong! How could a little baron's private soldiers annihilate an entire army of wolf cavalry and thousand cavalry? That's a full thousand wolf cavalry, the best rangers in the Orc Empire, even the four major legions of the empire are quite a headache. An officer Huo Ran stood up and questioned loudly.
Duke Solo glanced at the officer, stretched out his hand to signal him to sit down, then turned to the reporting officer and asked, "Is there any magic imaging?"
The officer replied bitterly: "Due to the constraints of the rear party, our Ministry of Supervision has been short of funds recently, and not everyone in the front reconnaissance mage is equipped with an image magic crystal. I...... I have ordered someone to send the Imaging Crystal to the Northern Frontier overnight. ”
With a hiss, the tobacco in the pipe burst into flames, and Duke Solo took a hard puff of his pipe, as if to vent his frustration on the tobacco.
"Although there is no magic imaging, but the detailed process, our scouting mage has already reported it, the inspector general, please take a look!" the officer hurriedly handed the military report in his hand to Duke Solo.
Just as Duke Solo looked down at the military newspaper, an officer whispered: "Actually, this is not a bad thing, at least it attracts the forces of the orcs, delays their attack, and buys us precious time." It is still cost-effective to be able to exchange a little baron for the temporary stability of the empire. ”
Hearing this, Duke Solo raised his eyes and glanced at the officer, and after staring at him so much that his heart was furious, Duke Solo didn't say anything, and once again focused his attention on the detailed military report in his hand. The officers next to him gloated and glanced at the officer who was speaking, and thought to themselves: How can this stunned young man who can make Duke Solo pay attention all the time, is just a small ordinary baron?
After a long time, I read it many times, and Duke Solo, who had almost memorized the military report, took a few puffs of his pipe and re-inhaled the tobacco that was about to be extinguished. He casually handed the general newspaper to the officers beside him: "You all circulate it, list this matter as a secret, and it is absolutely forbidden to spread it!"
Grand Duke Solo's order attracted the attention of the officers present, and a military newspaper circulated quickly in the hands of the officers, and every time it reached the hands of a person, he showed a look of great surprise.
When the military newspaper returned to the hands of Grand Duke Solo, Grand Duke Solo put the pipe in his hand on the table properly, and then said solemnly: "You have all read it, tell me what you think!"
Several officers looked at each other without making a sound, and the officer who reported said: "It is obvious from the military newspaper that Baron Leo has invented an extremely effective tactic to restrain the orc wolf cavalry, and has achieved brilliant actual combat results, which is worthy of promotion in the imperial army." ”
"Well, not only that, but the battle formation of those spear-wielding warriors is also extremely good, if the Empire's troops have such quality, our Varu Empire can definitely dominate the continent. Several officers nodded in agreement.
Grand Duke Solo glanced approvingly at the officer who spoke: "Yes, even if you use tactical genius to praise Baron Leo, although a hundred cavalry, a hundred horses, and a proven tactic can play a huge role, annihilating ten times the number of orcs than himself, which is rare even in the entire history of the continent." Presumably, the leaders of the orcs have also realized this, and they gathered in Barony Leo, not just to take revenge, but probably the main purpose is to strangle the genius of Baron Leo. ”
If General Hodder could know the judgment of Grand Duke Solo, he would definitely regard him as a confidant. Just as Duke Solo convened the analysis meeting, General Hod of the Orcs also gathered several thousand cavalry commanders who arrived together and assigned the next day's attack tasks.
According to General Hodder's instructions, the four thousand cavalry were divided into eight squads of five hundred horsemen each, and surrounded the castle of Leo from a distance, and no matter which direction the Mongol light cavalry ran into, they would be blocked, and once they lost room to move, they could only be slaughtered by the wolf cavalry.
General Hodder would personally lead his personal guard to attack Leo Castle, and the general placed great importance on Baron Leo, who was able to invent new tactics and train elite cavalry. Especially after interrogating Martin, knowing that Leo was able to use his skills to become a knight and break away from the family to form his own faction, and also defeated his opponent with his own martial arts in the duel of the Harvest Festival, and defeated the Dewar cavalry with four horses, he wanted to meet this young man who was considered a genius in his opinion.
If the other party is interested, General Hod even wants to bring him back to the Orc Empire for his own use, of course, if he is not interested, then he can only kill. A figure like this must be cut down before he grows up, and must not be left to humans, otherwise it will pose a major threat to the Orc Empire.