Before dawn the next day, the trumpets sounded, and soon the soldiers gathered at the sound of the trumpets and began the intense work of the day. When the officers of the patrol arrived at the courtyard where Yulian was, they were surprised to find that they had gotten up and waited quietly for their arrival.

"It's patrol time?"

Yulian snapped his pocket watch shut, and the officer who appeared in front of them looked at the nobles with strange expressions - he thought that these guys should still be resting, after all, the long journey to the Red Fortress is a very tiring thing, and even some well-trained recruits will not be able to recover in such a short time. But looking at the appearance of these nobles in front of them, there is no tiredness at all, on the contrary, they behave very leisurely, as if they have not just gotten up, but are waiting to go out for a walk. Of course, not everyone behaved so easily, at least, in the eyes of the officer, he still saw the exhaustion of several young people, which also made the officer laugh at each other in his heart. But from the officer's point of view, he didn't think that those young people were in the same group as the black-haired nobleman at the moment, why did they get together?

In fact, the young nobleman's original plan was to say goodbye to Yuren as soon as they arrived at the fortress, and then see if they could find any work within their means. But the performance of these soldiers made them completely chilled, since these soldiers did not welcome their arrival at all, then these nobles naturally would not be stupid to ask for their own bored. So, in the end, they decided to stay in Yulian's team, after all, it seemed that this young black-haired nobleman had his own way, and their strength was also quite strong. Being able to follow them is also somewhat reassuring. Of course, this is a bit unreasonable in terms of face, but for these people who escaped death, they have already given up face once, and naturally they don't care about giving up again. Therefore, these young nobles were cheeky and stayed, and for some reason, Yulian did not ask them to leave. This also reassured these young nobles a lot.

Of course, because of this, these young nobles have no way to compare with Yu Lian's subordinates in terms of physique and quality, originally Yu Lian meant to let these guys rest by themselves, but these young nobles know that if they don't show something, then they are likely to be given up by Yu Lian. So because of this, although these nobles were very tired from the rush that came and went, they still gritted their teeth and stood up and joined the patrol.

The officer in charge of leading the team was the officer who had met with Yulian yesterday, and he obviously didn't mean to say much, after scanning the people around him, he waved his hand silently, and then walked towards the patrol site with his soldiers. Yuren and the others looked at each other, and then followed closely - I don't know if it was intentional or not, the other party didn't tell them how to act, but it was difficult for Yuren.

"Want to test us?"

Looking at the officer's back in front of him, Yulian smiled, and then he gestured to Charlotte without looking back. Under Charlotte's command, the orcs formed a prismatic encirclement on the periphery, while Judy and the other spirit knights were in the inner circle, and among them were the maids with bows and the young nobles. At the moment, they were quite presentable, although they seemed to be a little sluggish, but in terms of the pace of the march, they could barely keep up.

"Huh?"

Sensing movement behind him, the officer turned his head and glanced casually behind him—and then, his eyes widened in surprise.

In the officer's view, the formation that was still scattered and disorganized a moment ago has been completely transformed into some kind of neat formation, although the other party's formation is a little strange, and the officer leading the team can't see its meaning at all, but it doesn't matter, all junior officers will not study the battle situation of the entire battlefield too much, or even a certain battle formation. They relied on judgment on the quality of the soldiers, their speed, their courage, and their discipline. Although he did not yet have an obvious judgment on the quality of these soldiers, after seeing the rapidly changing formation, the officer no longer regarded them as those aristocratic troops with no organization or discipline to speak of.

Although Yulian's move did arouse the minds of those garrison soldiers, they didn't take it too seriously, as veterans of countless wars, they saw too much of the gorgeous postures on the training ground, those warriors in training, and the waste on the battlefield, no matter how perfect they usually behaved, as long as they couldn't show it on the battlefield, then it was meaningless. After all, the battlefield is for war, not for show.

Therefore, these soldiers only sighed slightly at Yulian's actions, and then did not say anything more.

Patrolling is a very boring job, according to the original route, the soldiers of the patrol team need to patrol back and forth several times to make sure that there are no problems and situations. Of course, this is not an easy job, once or twice, it is still a little new. But three or four times in a row, five or six times I walked back and forth on the same road, even if I was not tired, my spirit would become tired. And those young nobles were like this at the moment, and at the beginning, the scenery of the river valley could make them forget their mental fatigue for a while and cheer them up. But after walking back and forth several times as the sun rose, the tiredness of these young nobles seemed to return to them once again.

At this moment, Yulian in front of him didn't seem to notice their exhaustion at all, and just chatted with the officer who led the team, while the officer kept his mouth shut and didn't bite a word, obviously not intending to have anything to do with these troublesome nobles.

"If you can, could you please provide us with some information about the attackers, I think it will be very beneficial for our cooperation. ”

“.....................”

"Actually, even if you don't say it, I know that the Red Fortress is in a little trouble right now, right? I can understand your feelings, but now, at least for now, shouldn't we cooperate a little bit and come to a consensus on this?"

“........................”

"Looks like you're not going to answer my question?"

Looking at the officer with his lips closed, Yulian shrugged his shoulders indifferently, he reached into his arms, took the pocket watch, and then looked at the scorching sun in the sky, although it was already autumn, but the sun did not seem to intend to give up his duty, but intended to leave the deepest memory on people, completely and mercilessly poured the heat down, making people feel a little dizzy.

"But it doesn't matter, I think it's almost time. ”

“............”

The officer stopped, he turned his head, looked deeply at the young black-haired nobleman in front of him, was silent for a moment, and then spoke.

"Whatever you want to say from me, it's useless, Mr. Noble. This time we were just a routine patrol, and there was no problem, and whatever you wanted to say, it was pointless to use it to sway me and my men. I hope you can understand this and stop wasting no more useless time. ”

"I don't think so. ”

You Lian closed the silver pocket watch in his hand, and then put it into his arms, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, revealing a hint of a smile, and then spoke.

"Actually, I know exactly what you're looking for, and I know what you've come across, the valley, which is very peaceful for West. But this is not the case for Orrut, in fact, there has always been a very evil, fierce and annoying group of people in the country of Orrut. ”

"The One-Eyed Tribe. ”

Hearing this name, the officer's face changed slightly, and the soldiers under his command reacted in the same way, the original careless movements were now gone, replaced by a kind of vigilance that had never been seen before.

"These damn beasts are really unstable. I really sympathize with you, I can't even sleep well. ”

Ignoring the expressions of the officer and his soldiers, Yulian spread his hands, quite hating the meaning of iron not being steel. The soldiers and officers stared at him in silence, waiting for him to speak, but did not react in the slightest. However, Yulian obviously didn't care about the reaction of these listeners, he glanced at the young nobles who were also listening to him curiously not far away, smiled, and continued to explain.

"As a race, although their intelligence is very low, their combat effectiveness is not weak, but to be honest, I still admire the Sith Empire, it is not an easy errand to be able to convince that kind of race with low intelligence to fight with them, and I don't know what benefits those beasts have gotten before they choose to agree. If it were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to do it. It seems that the Sith Empire can get mixed up with this, and it really has a hand. ”

“............... How do you know who our opponent is?"

And when Yu Lian's words fell, the expression on the officer's face was already extremely solemn, he held the hilt of his sword tightly, and looked at the young man in front of him, although his reason wanted to tell him that this young man was just deceiving himself, but he instinctively understood that what the other party said was likely to be true. After all, after so many days of the attack on the fortress, it was impossible for these soldiers to not even know who their enemies were, as Yuren thought.

"It's simple. ”

In the face of the other party's inquiry, You Lian first took out the kettle on his waist and took a sip of water, and then said with a smile.

"First of all, my lovely men found the fragments of weapons left over from these guys - these low-IQ beasts don't know how to make weapons at all, they only use some of the simplest of stone-made weapons, and almost no one but them can use such rudimentary weapons. Because that's too big, and it's too clumsy. ”

“...............”

"Second. ”

Yuren held out a second finger.

"I have carefully observed the wreckage of the fortress, most of the parts damaged in those battles are very high, if the other side is a flying unit, the height of the battle seems to be a little too low, and if it is an ordinary ground force, it is a little too high, and in this valley area, I can't think of anyone with such height and strength except for the group of idiot beasts. ”

“...............”

The officer still didn't speak, but at this moment, his face had turned pale. Because, he knew very well, what the young man said was not bad at all, and this was also the conclusion reached by their garrison after conducting an investigation, but it was also after several months of investigation that the results were obtained. But the young man in front of him, just by looking at it a few times, has he already sensed the problem?

Thinking of this, the officer suddenly remembered that when this young man came, he introduced himself and said that the commander personally invited him to come, could such a person be an ordinary person?

But even so, he didn't mean to bow his head, and just as the officer was about to say something more, he saw Yulian stretch out another finger.

"And this last point, you yourselves told me. ”

"Huh?"

Hearing this, the officer and the patrol soldiers under him all looked at each other, no matter how they looked at it, they didn't feel that they had anything to hide, how could this young man see anything?

"The reason is simple. ”

As he spoke, Yuren stretched out his hand to the soldier.

"It's a little strange that you have a heavy shield when you're on patrol duty, isn't it? After all, the most important purpose of patrol is to discover the enemy's whereabouts and report it, and wouldn't it have the opposite effect with a heavy shield that will greatly reduce the speed?"

“............... Young man, it's just your imagination. ”

Although the officer's face was pale and bloodless at this moment, he still replied stubbornly.

"There is no evidence to support what you say, I don't know who you are or where you come from, I'm just a garrison officer, my job is to lead troops on patrol, and I won't discuss anything with you about anything else. ”

At this point, the officer closed his mouth and waved his hand. Although his expression was forced to be calm, Yuren could already tell that he was already a little nervous. What is he nervous about? What is he afraid of?

"Wait. ”

Just as the officer was about to turn around and continue the patrol, Yulian suddenly pressed his shoulder, and this sudden action made the officer startled, and the expression on his face immediately became dissatisfied.

"Mr. Noble, what else do you .........?"

The officer's words were not finished, because at this moment, a black light had jumped out of Yulian's waist, and turned into a cold light, brushing the officer's body.

Then, the officer felt two strong winds pass by him, one left and one right, and two huge black shadows flew behind him in an instant, and then slammed into the mountain wall in front of him. The violent shock wave fluttered out, and even made everyone feel slightly stunned under their feet, what happened? Then, everyone saw the true face of the black shadow clearly.

It was a huge stone that had been split from it.

Without much thought, the officer immediately sensed what had happened, and what he most wanted to avoid, and what he least wanted to encounter, had finally happened. However, he did not panic because of this, and the officer did not even have time to thank Yulian, he immediately subconsciously turned around, drew the long sword in his hand, shouted loudly, and gave the order.

"All ready to !!"

It was clear that these patrolmen were veterans of battle, and at the moment they heard their commander's order, they had quickly dispersed, hiding their figures in the hollows of the river valley, and then, one after another, the heavy shields were immediately raised and pushed forward, forming a defensive line to block the next attack. And those young nobles also subconsciously looked in the direction where the stone flew at this moment, and then, their eyes widened in surprise, and they couldn't believe what they saw.

Dozens of humanoid monsters with a body of three or four meters tall were standing in the ravine of the river valley not far from the opposite side at the moment, they only had one eye open in the center, and the open blood basin mouth occupied half the size of the stupid face, and when they opened their mouths and roared, they could even clearly see the cold light reflected on the sharp teeth inside. At this moment, the cyclops were holding heavy, huge rocks in their hands, held them high, and then threw them in this direction. And this time, the others also reacted quickly, they immediately learned from those patrols, scattered, and used the terrain of the river valley to avoid the other party's attacks, but these cyclops were obviously not ordinary people, although their first round of attacks did not cause casualties, but they had already brought a great threat, and those patrols, at this moment, only dared to raise their heavy shields and hide to avoid their attacks. After all, if you are hit by such a stone, it will only turn into a puddle of meat sauce. And for these ordinary soldiers, it is really too difficult to resist such an attack.

"Send a signal now, a signal, a damn signal!!The savage beasts are here again, signal to the fortress at once, call for reinforcements!!"

At this moment, the officer was also anxious, he shouted and gave the order, while cautiously observing the enemy on the opposite side. And one of the soldiers immediately followed his order, took out a metal pipe from his bosom, and pulled it hard. Immediately afterward, a colorful point of light flew into the sky, illuminating the surrounding land. As if stimulated by the light, the one-eyed monsters let out a roar of rage, and then strode over.

The assault began.

(To be continued)