"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The dull sound of drums came from the ground, and a frightened steppe goshawk let out a clear and sharp whistling, flapping its wings vigorously, breaking through the thick clouds and flying away, and on the endless steppe below it, several huge phalanxes were slowly advancing.

The dull sound of the drum came from the thunderbeasts in the center of the phalanx, each of which had a huge basket-like object on its back, and in the middle of it was a huge war drum, and two orcs stood on one side, beating the drum with great effort. All around them, countless orc warriors strode along with the sound of the drums, forming a rhythmic sound of trampling the earth.

After three months of silence, the Orc Bear Clan finally began to move south, and before that, the Beast Emperor finally integrated the forces of all the Orc Clans by force, and sent all the disobedient personnel to the Star Luo Islands by sea ship. In the end, when the Barbarian Bear Clan soldiers were facing south, the Beast Emperor already had 400,000 warriors in his hands, which was naturally not as good as the one more than 4 years ago, but this time, there was no second voice in the Orc army, and the combat effectiveness was greatly improved.

When the Beast Emperor returned south, Alessandra, the patriarch of the Orc Black Eagle Clan, fled to the control area of the imperial capital with a few clansmen, which also made the human race vigilant enough for the upcoming second attack of the orcs, but everyone did not expect the orcs to be so calm, and only three months after recapturing the new city of the Thor Fortress officially marched to the control area of the imperial capital, which is obviously not good news, because the longer the orcs delay, the more fierce the offensive they are about to launch.

When the main force of the orcs was still 50 kilometers away from the northern defense line of the imperial capital - the three northern forts, the supreme commander of the three northern forts of the imperial capital, the commander of the first legion of the imperial capital, Sharic, had already learned the news, at this time he was taking the officers of the entire first legion to stay in his military tent, with the help of the sand table to study countermeasures, and beside him, there was an old orc, but Alexandra, who had fled to the control area of the imperial capital.

Due to the completely different appearances of humans and orcs, it is impossible for both sides to insert secret agents into each other's hinterland, so Arisandra, who fled to the imperial capital, became an excellent guide, and Arisandra naturally hoped that humans could defeat the beast emperor to avenge her tribe, of course, she knew everything.

Sharic stood in the center of the sand table, watching his staff officers keep busy, the three northern forts will release more than 1,000 scouts every day, so many people will naturally bring back a large amount of information, and all Sharek's staff officers have to do is to sort them out and then show them on the sand table.

Looking at the model representing the orc army slowly approaching the three northern forts, Sharik frowned slightly, the imperial capital relied on the three northern forts to build the entire northern defense line, he, Sharic, as the supreme commander of the entire defense line, can command as many as 200,000 troops, but the number of orcs on the opposite side is at least between 350,000 and 450,000, almost twice the imperial capital army, according to the combat power calculation method that 5 human warriors can fight against 1 orc, Sharic is equivalent to facing 2 million enemy troops at this time.

According to Arisandra's description, this time the Beast Emperor went south again, it was originally planned for a long time, and it took a lot of time to stay in the Thor Fortress, which should be to integrate the internal strength of the Orcs. The three northern forts are only temporary fortresses, and their main material is wood, not solid stone like Thor's fortress, so the defensive effect is naturally greatly reduced. With this happening, Sherrick is not optimistic about the battle that is about to break out.

Looking at the entire sand table, there was still no trace of the imperial capital's reinforcements, and the soldier model representing the orc army was placed in the northernmost place, Sharic's heart couldn't help but sigh, although he had learned the news of the beast emperor's return a few months ago, but the imperial capital still couldn't concentrate his strength, because Senate's army launched a fierce attack on the southern defense line of the imperial capital almost at the same time.

The Imperial Capital has a standing army of 1 million, but the only ones that can really come in handy are only 600,000 soldiers from ten official legions, and the rest are reserve legions and garrisons. Charrick was ordered to garrison the Three Northern Forts, and naturally brought all the soldiers of the First Legion with him. After learning the accurate news of the return of the Beast Emperor, Orlando urgently transferred an elite legion and a reserve legion one month later, making the total strength of the entire northern defense line reach 200,000, this number is difficult to increase, after all, the southern front is also very exhausted, Senate's army dragged the imperial capital in the area of Moli Town almost 300,000 troops, and then removed an elite legion guarding the imperial capital, the Jonas army on the expedition against the Clay clan, and the garrison defending the area ruled by the imperial capital, Orlando's troops are also stretched, I am afraid it will be difficult to send more soldiers to Sharic。

It wasn't that Sharick was unaware of these circumstances, in fact, he didn't even need to ask how many more people General Orlando could send him, and according to the time of the courier he sent out, he could also roughly calculate the time when those few reinforcements arrived at the three northern forts, and these could not ease the pressure in Sharic's heart at all.

In the past few years, many officers in the imperial capital have been desperately learning the language of the orcs, understanding the history and combat style of the orcs, and Sharick is naturally no exception. After countless wargames, Sherrick and his team did not find any particularly effective methods, and the only consensus was to use superior forces to engage in a war of attrition, or use a large number of mages to bombard indiscriminately. And these are not realistic for the current northern defense. There is no effective plan to deal with the enemy, which is why Sharrick is so stressed.

"Legionnaire, the latest information. The adjutant who came quickly thought about Sharek's thoughts, and the adjutant came to Sharick's side in a few steps, and after a military salute, he took out a thin piece of letterhead from the intelligence folder in his hand, and read it quickly: "I just got the information, the Jonas Legion has sent 10,000 soldiers to support us quickly, and the messenger said that these 10,000 men are all archers, led by Colin and Thomas, and they will keep changing horses along the way, probably arriving between midnight today and early tomorrow morning." And the follow-up units of the Jonas Legion will also arrive in the next three days. ”

After hearing the news, Sharek couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, the First Legion and the Jonas Legion have always had a deep contradiction, after all, the First Legion has always been the strongest army in the imperial capital except for the Royal Knights, but when Farath came to power, he vigorously supported Jonas, and gave priority to both manpower and material resources, so that Jonas's Third Legion quickly caught up with Sharek's First Legion, and even surpassed it.

On the surface, neither Charrick nor Jonas can say anything, but the soldiers of the two legions are not less competitive behind their backs, and fights in the bar are naturally commonplace, Sharic's subordinates have strong combat effectiveness, after all, they have always been the strongest force in the imperial capital, and the Jonas army is unusually united, so the battle between the two sides has been continuous, and it is difficult for anyone to completely gain the upper hand. Such a small friction will not only not affect the overall situation, but will stimulate the sense of competition between the two legions, so although the top management is very clear, they pretend not to know.

What Sharick never expected was that at this time, Jonas actually sent reinforcements to him without reservation, which touched him very much, and at the same time, in Sharick's heart, he was also a little surprised. According to the distance, the three northern forts garrisoned by Sharic are of course closer to the imperial capital Fernando City, but the Jonas Legion stationed in the distant Mirror Lake area arrived first, which has to show the importance of mobility, and it seems that his first legion will be compared to Jonas this time.

――――――*――――――*―――――― "It's good to give me the fuck!" You work in pairs, with a shield in front and a sword in the back. Whoever dares to turn back will be cut down directly, and the whole family will be executed! Whoever rushes up will have meat to eat at night and women to use!" Kobe, the little leader with a full beard, yelled loudly at the large group of cowering men in front of him.

Kobe Bryant is a captain of Senate's army, and what he has to do now is to command his subordinates as a team of overseers, driving these captured strong men in front of him to attack the positions of the imperial capital's army. Now Senat's troops have suffered great losses, but no matter how everyone persuaded him, Senat refused to change his orders, and in desperation, he had to use this method of cannon fodder attack.

These ragged fellows were all ordinary people who had been captured by Senate's army and forcibly driven into battle. Due to the defection of the Free Paradise, the Senate army was extremely short of supplies, and these cannon fodder troops could only use the weapons of sword and shield warriors for two people, and the mortality rate was naturally extremely high.

In fact, Senat himself knows very well that this level of attack is already a strong outsider, but he has no choice. If the defection of the Free Paradise deprived Senat's army of logistical supplies, then the departure of Mochizuki Castle completely deprived Sennat of the possibility of victory, so Sennat had no choice but to make a desperate bet and pin all his hopes on his chief magician, Safanas.

Senat is well aware of the power behind Safanas, in order to get its support, Senat is willing to pay any price, anyway, he will lose his life after defeat, and if he wins, it is nothing more than dividing the final result into a large piece, those things do not belong to him now, and he doesn't need to worry about it.

According to Safanas's request, Senat dispatched his own killer organization to eradicate several important druid tribes on the mainland, and at the same time commanded the army to storm the southern defense line of the imperial capital, and then Senat issued extremely harsh laws in his own ruling area, whether it was a thief who stole a copper coin, a beggar begging on the street, or a complainer who scolded Senat the regime behind his back, all were arrested. Many of these guys would be sent by ship to the Star Islands, while those who exceeded capacity would be escorted to the front lines as cannon fodder to put pressure on the Imperial Capital's forces.