044: The lonely figure standing in the night sky, silently waiting.

Stupid, backward, and unenterprising, they only know how to solve all problems by brute force, starting with the existence of the orc race, this is the label that is attached to their heads, just like the cleanliness of elves and the drunkenness of dwarves. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Because of this, it's like a well-known stupid melon who suddenly comes to you one day to play tricks, maybe the means are not very clever, but if you neglect to take precautions, you will inevitably suffer a loss.

And this is the case for humanity.

No one would have thought that these orcs would one day start a planned war, attacking the east and west, encircling the points to send reinforcements, setting up ambushes in secret tunnels, and so on.

This organized and planned campaign, which was launched two months ago and was named Operation Storm, really caught humanity off guard.

In just two weeks, hundreds of strongholds stationed in the Rhine defense line suffered heavy losses, especially the Honor Plain in the middle of the Rhine River was directly chased by the orcs, losing hundreds of miles and more than ten lines of defense one after another, and even the largest major ferry that could cross the Rhine River in the rear was lost for a time.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the Storm Legion, one of the five top combat forces of the empire, arrived in time and sent troops from the Eastern Dragon Canyon to directly attack the orc army in the middle of the Honor Plains, which greatly reduced the pressure on the defenders of the rear ferry.

Coupled with the fact that the second batch of 100,000 legions and the third batch of 10,000 legions recruited by the empire also arrived at the front line shortly afterward, the lost troops were replenished in time, and the central ferry re-established an effective defense zone, and the Storm Legion also took advantage of this to retreat into the Dragon Canyon, and this crisis was narrowly passed.

The overall strategic policy of the orcs is to focus on the middle of the Rhine defense line, and according to the data estimated by the military department, no less than 200,000 orcs have been invested!

Although the east and west sides of the Rhine also suffered varying degrees of losses in this storm, the strategic goal of the orcs in these two directions was mainly to cut off their rush to the center, and after achieving certain results and winning the key road, they did not continue to advance.

There were relatively many lost strongholds in the east, but some of them were slowly regained after the arrival of the Stormstorm and subsequent reinforcements.

And the Bradit city defense area, the source of the Rhine River, in the western theater of operations, made the military department pinch a cold sweat.

On the evening of the second day after Carlos's army marched out, about 20,000 orcs quietly appeared like ghosts a hundred miles away from Bradit City, and by the time the scouts sent back to Bradit City, the orcs were only less than 20 miles away from the city!

Although Bradit City, located at the source of the Rhine, is not as strategically valuable as the Plains of Honor, once the orcs control this place, it is equivalent to bypassing the Rhine River and invading the Imperial Endoscope to the east.

Brigadier General Oster, who remained in Bradit, rushed to the rear to urgently ask for help, and at the same time canceled the leave of all soldiers, and even began to mobilize the people, from children aged twelve or thirteen to old men in armor who were over half a hundred years old.

At this moment when life and death were at stake, the Carlos Army, which was supposed to rush to the aid of the Riggilla Mountains, suddenly appeared in the Moonlight Glade directly north of Bradit City.

It turned out that on the way of Carlos to help the mountains of Reggiala, Zax, who had finally broken through, suddenly arrived and dragged out all the information he found in the ravine.

With Carlos's shrewdness, of course, the true purpose of the orcs could be guessed at a glance.

Knowing that the Reggilla Hills subway must not be able to be saved at this time, he decisively gave up the rescue plan, and explained the situation to Brigadier General Bernard in the Riggilla Mountains and sent him a request for reinforcements.

Carlos also knew that he would never be able to directly return to Bradit City now, so he was so angry that he brazenly chose to take a detour to the north to attack the Moonlight Glade.

The Moonlight Glade is the main passage for the Orcs to Bradit City, although the Orcs pass through the ravine and come to the city, but this is mainly a surprise attack, and the fight is unprepared, and a large number of baggage cannot pass through the ravine, and must be transferred through the Moonlight Glade.

Zax, who arrived in the Moonlight Glade, personally led a thousand light horsemen as the vanguard to raid the orc camp stationed here that night, and after taking the Moonlight Forest, he quickly carved a magic array here to establish fortifications, and put on a posture of defending to the end.

Although the orcs had already dispatched nearby troops to help after learning of the loss of the Moonlight Forest, it would take time to retake the Moonlight Woodland.

However, without food and grass, the orcs besieging Bradit City behind it would inevitably fall apart if they could not take it all at once.

After weighing the pros and cons, the orcs finally chose to abandon the hard bone of Bradit City, and ordered the troops there to withdraw to the east to support the orc forces that had just taken the Riggilla Mountains.

This thrilling crisis has only been passed dangerously.

Bradit City, Carlos Office.

"Did the armor from the Third Regiment come here?" asked Carlos as he turned to Clerk Witt standing at the table

"Well, not yet, sir. ”

"Why?" Carlos asked, raising his head with an eyebrow raised

"Baron Roddy, they say there are not enough blacksmiths in the workshop..."

"Fart!" Carlos slammed the papers in his hand on the table and said sharply, "Don't think I don't know what the hell these nobles are doing, and they are still thinking about making a fortune at this time?"

"Hmph!" Then he snorted coldly, stood up, swept his gaze, and fell on a general in the room, his eyes were cold, and Sen Ran ordered: "Yodru, you take a team of people over, take down Roddy, charge dereliction of duty, kill those who dare to resist on the spot, transfer people from the quartermaster department to take over those workshops, I want to see who has the courage to play tricks on me at this juncture!"

"Yes!" Yodru agreed, and went out with his sword.

After a pause, Carlos's gaze fell on Quartermaster Witt, and he said in a dissatisfied tone: "Witt, don't mix with those scum who don't mess around, Imperial soldiers should have the status of soldiers!"

Clerk Witt shuddered unconsciously, and was glad that he had already disowned Roddy, and that this fool was still blinded by his own greed at this time.

"Yes... Checkmate. Clerk Witt said hurriedly

After a pause, Witt, who had been following Carlos for many years, cautiously glanced at Carlos's slightly calmed mood, and then stepped forward and said: "General, you are angry, it's not worth it to be angry for these people, wait until Warrant Officer Jason comes back and sees it..."

"As a soldier, dying on the battlefield is the destination of the soul, and I was mentally prepared from the day I sent him to the military headquarters, and there was no need to say these words to comfort me. Carlos interrupted with a wave of his hand

At this moment, outside the window, a training voice suddenly came from the bottom of the tower: "Keep running for Lao Tzu, I didn't say stop, who dares to stop!"

"What team is this, still training so late?" Carlos asked, raising an eyebrow

"It's... Lieutenant Colonel Zacks. Witt replied

"It's really embarrassing for him..."Carlos rubbed his temples a little tiredly: "You can't blame him this time, not to mention that if he hadn't brought back the news, Bradit has changed hands now, and when the war here eases up for a while, find a reason for you to draft an application document and send it to the military department, and give him his original position." ”

"Yes. Witt agreed

After a pause, Witt then persuaded: "If it weren't for the fact that the Silver Soul Army dug the river to disperse the enemy army and delayed their assembly time this time, I'm afraid we wouldn't have repelled the orcs so smoothly, from this point of view, they obviously have a planned strategic breakthrough, general, you don't have to worry, speaking of which, this great achievement is still waiting for them to come back and collect it." ”

In addition to Carlos's timely dispatch of troops, there is also a reason why the orcs failed to take down Bradit City.

That is, the time of their attack on Bradit City was pushed back by a full day, and this was the news that was tortured from the mouths of the orcs who were captured later.

At that time, it was only known from the orcs that the reason for their delay in the attack was that an orc legion did not arrive at the assembly site in time.

And when the scouts who went to the valley to find the whereabouts of the Gintama Army brought back the information for on-site investigation, Carlos naturally speculated about the several battles encountered by the Silversoul Army in the Gully.

Hearing this, Carlos's mood was obviously much better, he nodded, and said to Witt: "Got it, you go down first, and tell Zax when you go out, let the soldiers rest early." ”

"Yes. ”

Bradit City, MIS.

A few sparks flew up from the brazier with the crackling sound of firewood, but they were quickly extinguished by the cold wind outside the door.

The veteran Thoss tightened his collar and cursed the damn weather in a low voice.

This year's winter should not have come early, and it was colder than usual, and the weather, especially on such a cold night, the wind blew on the face like a knife, and even the young soldiers in good health could not stand it.

Thinking of this, Soth's wrinkled face showed some concern, and he shifted slightly, glancing at the open door, and then his eyebrows furrowed even tighter, and his curled beard finally turned into a helpless sigh.

Sure enough, it's still there...

Outside the door.

A slender figure stood silently on the city wall, looking into the distance, the cold night did not seem to affect her in the slightest, and there was always a shallow smile on her face

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It's full of anticipation.