In the makeshift earthen city, the atmosphere is very heavy at the moment.

Reinforcements from flying pigeons or quick horses have now arrived one after another.

But they were all attacked to a greater or lesser extent.

Some of them are strong, and the losses are average.

Some were almost surrounded and suppressed by the other party, and the losses were extremely heavy.

For example, when encountering a team of powerful orcs such as rhinoceros, buffalo, lion, and tiger, it is not killed at all, but escaped.

The most tragic teams are now only two or three kittens and dogs.

Before the battle began, the reinforcements had already been killed and maimed, and some of them had not been heard from at all, and nine times out of ten the army had been wiped out.

This made the coalition forces in the city more and more anxious.

At this moment, a large flag was suddenly waved at the city gate, signaling that new reinforcements had arrived.

As the city gate opened, a limping figure walked towards him, supported by several soldiers.

"Son!"

Seeing the comer, one of the viscounts in the crowd changed his face drastically, and hurriedly bumped into the crowd to meet him.

Looking at his son's miserable appearance covered in blood and bruises, the viscount's face turned pale, and he already understood the fate of his army in his heart.

"The child is incompetent, the three hundred cavalry troops were lost to the enemy, and the second brother was also killed in battle, only I survived."

The eldest prince, whose entire breastplate was sunken, smiled wryly when he said this.

Looking at his badly deformed armor, no one opened their mouths to reprimand or mock.

It is not easy to survive such a serious injury when the whole army is annihilated.

You must know that the reason why many troops can have remnants is the result of desperate escape, and some have never fought with the orc forces at all.

This kid is so badly wounded, he must have fought with the enemy troops.

Being able to survive the fight has surpassed the performance of many support units.

Just as everyone bowed their heads and sighed, flags were waved at the city gate, and the shouts of the defenders were heard at the same time.

"It's a double sword flag! The Count of Gooding has arrived! ”

As soon as these words came out, the spirits of the originally depressed people were shocked, and they ran towards the city gate as if they saw hope.

As the city gate opened, a well-trained army stepped into the city, led by the old man Gu.

By this time, he had put on a new set of armor to cover his injuries.

Coupled with resolute cheeks and sharp eyes, it was impossible to tell that he was injured.

"General Gu! Don't come unharmed! ”

A nobleman who knew him opened his mouth to greet him warmly, but in exchange for the old man's eyes.

"The old man, the retired earl, has to come over in person, do you think it can be safe?"

"This ......"

"No further ado! Let's talk about what to do first! ”

The old man, who was vigorous in his work, quickly started a meeting with the nobles.

There are four count-level nobles who came over this time, 13 are at the viscount level, and 21 are at the baron level.

It can be said that all the border nobles of the Qin State on this side have arrived.

Just looking at everyone present, the old man Gu was not satisfied, but his eyebrows became tighter and tighter.

There are often only two types of nobles who will be assigned to the border areas.

One is the guy who made a mistake in standing in line and was secretly descended.

The second is a guy who is more capable of fighting, but does not understand human feelings.

The old man Gu has both, although he has outstanding military achievements, it is a pity that he was a subordinate of the third prince back then.

Later, the three princes failed to seize power, and the eldest prince ascended the throne, and he, an old minister of other factions, naturally could not get benefits.

The territory, which was originally located in the core area, was directly thrown into the border area.

In fact, if you want to say that you can fight, none of you here are too bad.

The aristocratic forces that can survive in a place like the border where the orcs are entrenched all have one thing in common, that is, there are many soldiers!

Now, even if they are surrounded and intercepted by the enemy, the army within the city wall has expanded to about 50,000 at this moment.

Excluding the militia that were temporarily recruited to fill the numbers, there were more than 30,000 soldiers in battle.

Why are the militias so small? It took a hard time to rush even the elite soldiers, let alone the militia, the vast majority of whom had either fled or died on the road.

"Tell me, how's the battle going?"

The old man spoke, causing everyone to look at each other.

"Very bad, Count Cullen has been killed in battle, the cavalry troops have basically been lost, the opponent's armor is abnormally strong, and all of them are infinitely powerful, our army is not an opponent at all, I think only the ace army can compete with them."

"Have they taken the city?"

"Not for the time being, although the other party doesn't know how to cross the river, but after all, only a few troops have come, and they haven't attacked the city for so many days."

"Then what do you mean you can't hold out?"

"We want to wait for the arrival of the country's regular army............"

Before the other nobles finished speaking, the old man suddenly sneered.

"Don't wait, it's not that you don't know the attitude of the Qin State towards us, although we are the first border line of the Qin State to the outside world, and we have good defensive capabilities, but we are also regarded as a nail by the Qin royal family, and we are always worried that we will join forces to rebel, not to mention that the rear army has not yet been dispatched, even if they really kill it, I am afraid they will find all kinds of reasons to shirk it, until we fight with the orcs until we are dead and wounded, they will come to harvest the orcs, and at the same time add a crime of dereliction of duty to us, get rid of the noble status and take back the territory at the same time."

Old Man Gu's words made everyone silent for a while.

Several days have passed, and there is still no news of the army that has been assembled, and the nobles are not stupid, of course, they know that they are deliberately delaying time.

"We all understand the truth, but there are many people on the other side, and they are well-equipped, and they are really not opponents when they meet hard, is it difficult for us to lose all our belongings? When there are no soldiers, what is the difference between us and being dismissed? ”

One of the counts sighed, causing the other nobles to nod their heads.

Seeing this, the old man suddenly opened the map and pointed to the terrain above.

"Orcs have no brains, don't you have brains too! Compared with orcs, the strongest thing in us humans is never strength, but wisdom! ”

In the direction of the river, he finally stopped the upper stream, and the old man's eyes showed a cold glow.

"I've already checked, their armor is a mutant lizard armor, although it is lighter than the iron armor, but in order to pursue defense, they will basically wear several layers of armor, resulting in the weight is not light compared to the iron armor, since we have built a city along the river, then I suggest intercepting the flow directly above the river! In sending a large army to lead the other party to a decisive battle with us! Then the dam will open! The water rushes down! With the armor on their bodies, less than one in ten can float, and the army can be broken! ”

"Impound the water and intercept the embankment! Relying on flooding is indeed a good way, this place is located in the lower low-lying, if there is really a big flood to spread, it can indeed be flooded here in one fell swoop, when the time comes, we will garrison the city and guard, there is a city wall to protect not afraid of flooding, but the orc army has no place to defend, it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, but ............"

Looking at the map, a viscount furrowed his eyebrows.

"It's just that there are more than a dozen villages down here, and once the water flows downstream, I'm afraid they won't be able to escape."