At the moment of existential crisis, the nobles of the Principality of Moxi still have a bit of a big picture. After receiving orders from the royal capital, the defenders of the Terrance Line moved.

Regardless of the outcome of the battle, as long as the defenders move, it will be a kind of containment to the orc army.

In order to ensure the safety of the logistics line, the orcs also had to send more troops to escort them. Some of the active generals are even on the wanted list of the Orc Empire.

But this doesn't mean anything other than venting hatred. Originally, the two sides were mortal enemies, who cares about the wanted warrant of the Orc Empire!

As the defender of the Flying Bear Castle, although he didn't do anything big, Hudson was still on the list.

There is no way, the gang is too professional. A group of noble children from the Northland have ancestral craftsmanship.

They were able to obtain knighthoods, and in addition to the legacy of their ancestors, this skillful craftsmanship also played a great role.

A few years ago, when he went south from the north to the south, the private troops brought over one by one were fed by orcs.

Now it's the same old job, but the original business was to go to the orc empire to hunt slaves, but now it has become a blockage for the orcs.

The orc army seems to be huge, but in fact it is composed of tribes, and its internal organization and coordination ability is far inferior to that of the human race.

There is also hatred between many neighboring tribes. There are a lot of contradictions between different races. Being able to come together is purely the pressure of the five imperial courts.

Where there is a contradiction, there is an opportunity.

Hudson didn't know exactly what was going on, and he wasn't interested in digging into it, anyway, he just asked his men to cause some trouble for the orcs, and then he was put at the top of the wanted list.

Far from intimidating Hudson, the beast's demoralizing performance stimulated his greater interest.

didn't come to the door with a large army, didn't he just tell him clearly: the troops are tight, and he can't take care of his bad luck for the time being.

If you don't use the opportunity, it will be automatically invalidated when it expires. The attrition of multi-front warfare will be unbearable to whoever rests on it.

Now the core strategy of the orcs is to besiege the city of Dapest, and if two or three hundred thousand troops are mobilized to besiege the Flying Bear Fort, it will inevitably affect the overall strategic layout.

In the case that the Terran Alliance may send troops at any time, the top of the Orc Empire has to consider the time effect.

It is completely clear which is more important to pull out a nail or destroy a country.

The orcs don't want to be beaten badly, and the only way is to pull more aliens to the end and share the pressure together.

What they need now is not to strengthen local control, but to make as much noise as possible to prove to the outside world that the overlord of the Terrans is corrupt.

……

"Earl, I just received word from the spies that a large orc convoy has returned from the front.

The spies looked at the back of the convoy and found that the wheel prints left on the ground were very deep, presumably full of cargo. ”

Hearing "back from the front", Hudson instantly became interested. The orc army slaughtered everywhere, and in addition to the wanton killing, there was also no shortage of burglary and robbery.

Compared with the convoys that transported grain and grass to the front line, these convoys full of trophies were the real big fat.

It's just that the number of such convoys is scarce. In the case of knowing that they are invincible, in order not to cheap the orcs, the Terran nobles usually destroy their belongings.

Most of the time, what the orc armies were able to loot was too late to destroy, or how to destroy their belongings.

Hard-working people, the sky does not pay. After instructing his subordinates to keep an eye on it for so long, Hudson finally made Hudson wait.

"Tom, inform the expeditionary force to assemble, and tell the griffin cavalry to wander around the sky and check for an enemy ambush nearby."

Although the fat is good, the vigilance that should be there is still no less. The logistical line was often harassed, and the orcs became cunning.

Many defenders obviously went out to rob the orcs of grain and grass, but because of their lack of meticulous action, they ended up becoming the food and grass of the orc army.

Those who can smoothly withdraw their troops are all veteran generals on the battlefield. More troops, all paid a lot of price for this.

Of course, a failure in an operation is a failure, and Hudson has not yet heard of a case of total annihilation.

Obviously, these noble generals who had dealt with orcs for a while had become mature now.

One by one, they were full of vigilance, and when they sensed that something was wrong, they immediately led the troops to flash people.

Everyone has self-knowledge, like a newly formed regiment with a collapsed combat effectiveness, it will not be taken out to give away people at all.

The troops that can participate in the operation, if not the elite division, are mostly semi-elite with veterans.

In addition, the strength of the main army of the orcs at this moment is limited, and there are too many places to take into account, and a large part of the army responsible for carrying out the ambush mission is miscellaneous soldiers, and the real combat effectiveness is not very strong, so everyone has not suffered much.

Hudson's operation was no exception, and he only took out troops that could fight. The City Defense Corps and the newly formed 23rd Army Corps, which had collapsed in combat effectiveness, were all left in the city, and they did not want to eat alone.

As for the Second Army Corps and the Third Army Corps, which had just been restored with their combat effectiveness as a mystery, they only sent some officers and men to participate in the battle.

After all, it was just an ordinary robbery, and it didn't need much army at all. Acting with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, most of the soldiers were not tasked with looting, but preparing for reinforcements.

Don't look at the total number of troops stationed in the vicinity of the orcs, but when it comes to a certain point, there are not many mobile troops that can be immediately drawn out to reinforce the surroundings.

In times of war, the best way to stand out is to be successful.

The more feats you have, the tougher you can speak. This is the only opportunity for small and medium-sized nobles to overcome the restrictions of their status and participate in the struggle for the right to speak.

The current Principality of Moxi is in an era of war and chaos, and it would be a pity if the identity of the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force was not used.

Running to fight the orcs, Hudson was not so naïve. With the team robbing the orcs to make a fortune, and at the same time using the orc's head to brush up on the battle exploits, that is still possible.

The growth of a famous player is a long-term accumulation process. Except for a few battles that became famous, most of them were small battles, and the key was to fight more.

Every time you fight, that's a qualification.

A person who suddenly makes a monstrous achievement and ascends to a high position will attract the envy of countless people; But after a hundred battles, a person can make another great achievement and jump to a high position, and everyone will only admire.

The silent rise of moisturizing things is what the general public can widely accept, because it is in line with everyone's cognition, and everyone is working this road.

Someone succeeds and just proves that they are on the right path. This kind of success is an example for everyone to follow.

Suddenly bursting out, this kind of identity jump that does not conform to the rules of the game will naturally be attacked and suppressed by all sides.

In this regard, Hudson was lucky. In the first two big victories, Crown Prince Caesar was in front, and the bundled political propaganda made it impossible for those who were jealous to start.

After Hudson took over the expeditionary force, although the great credit was not made, the small credit was not broken.

I went out every once in a while to kill the orc number one hundred and eighty, and I was embarrassed to put it on the table to promote, but it was very good on my resume.

The wanted warrant of the Orc Empire is even more of a divine assist. To be able to become the most disgusted existence of the enemy, who would dare to say that his combat exploits have no weight?

The number of kills is small, it doesn't matter, just add a zero to the end. On the battlefield of the human race and the orcs, the annihilation of one hundred and eighty enemies, and the annihilation of the enemy Qian'er and eight hundred, it is the same as nothing.

If you want to do it, you can't do it. On this issue, the big and small nobles in the army are all vested interests.

Hudson never touched the credit for beheading, except for the credit of coordinating the command, the rest of the battle was all on the heads of the nobles below.

If you really want to check the leading merits of the army, the first to be unlucky are the following people. Because the merit of decapitation can be quantified concretely, while the merit of the command is difficult to have a specific standard.

When it comes to investigation, the most direct charge is negligence, rather than taking the lead in meritorious service.

Such a small crime is not worth mentioning for any noble general with great military achievements.

Not only did he take himself out, but more importantly, Hudson successfully created an image of a "good leader who is not greedy for merit", and by the way, he also tied up the expeditionary force with interests.

They are all forced, and if they do not play these tricks, it is almost impossible to integrate a complex army in a short period of time.

The robbery team is assembling, and under the city of Dapest, more than two hundred miles away, a quiet troop movement is also slowly kicking off.

The number of orc tents is still increasing, but a few elite legions are appearing less and less, and a large number of cannon fodder is charging in every siege battle.

The elite of the orcs, who were the overseers, also plummeted from the initial tens of thousands to thousands, and a large number of main forces suddenly disappeared.

The strange changes in the orc camp soon attracted the attention of the defenders in the city. It was reported all the way to the hands of Prime Minister Hercheg.

With the joint efforts of everyone, King Chris IX was finally rescued, but his body was still so weak that he could not come out to preside over the overall situation.

It doesn't matter whether it's true or false, anyway, Chris IX handed over all the work of the defense of Dapeth to a group of princes and ministers, and he himself was behind the scenes to concentrate on recuperation.

"A few elite orc legions outside the city seem to have disappeared out of thin air, haven't you noticed?"

Prime Minister Hurcheg asked incredulously.

You must know that there are as many as eight main orc legions gathered under the city of Dapest, and so many elite legions can stir up a storm no matter where they point their troops.

"Honorable Prime Minister, there are dozens of times the number of eaglemen, and the orc army trapped us in the city before it was mobilized.

We, the Griffin Cavalry Regiment, sent people out to reconnoiter several times, but in the end they were all gone.

Now we know for sure: the Beamon Legion of the Orcs was not transferred, and the Legion of the Eaglemen also left about two to three thousand men.

About six thousand eagle soldiers and the main forces of the other three royal courts temporarily disappeared from our sight. They were joined by four ordinary werewolf cavalry regiments.

There were less than fifty griffin cavalry left in the city. It is too risky to break through the enemy blockade during the day, and it is best to wait until night falls.

If you want to receive information, you will have to wait until tomorrow night at the earliest. If you want to be fast, you may be able to take some special measures to contact the surrounding nobles.

When the orc armies move, they will inevitably pass through their territory. By verifying the location, you can roughly determine the enemy's purpose. ”

Campals said helplessly.

As the commander of the Griffin Cavalry Regiment, he has endured the most severe tests every day since the outbreak of war.

Due to the limited number of griffin cavalry, the Duchy of Moxi has always used them as scouts. Even so, it could not change the reality of the massive loss of griffin cavalry.

As soon as my eyes closed and opened, bad news came. The number of griffon cavalry killed each time is not large, usually one or two horses are lost, and the data is inconspicuous, but the problem is that it is difficult to replenish.

It is true that the Duchy of Moxi is raising griffins, but griffons are not hens that can lay eggs every day. That poor fertility, egg production is measured in years.

It is not easy to lay a nest of eggs, and only one or two of a dozen eggs can hatch. This is not enough to guarantee that all the young griffons will grow up to adulthood safely.

It's not that other means have been tried to improve hatchability, but unfortunately it is limited by the laws of the jungle.

Captive-bred griffons have degraded in many ways, and the second spawn is then hatched using magical means, and the resulting griffons will continue to degenerate.

It was originally a low-level demonic beast, but after degrading a few times, it directly became a beast.

What is the combat effectiveness of the beast griffin, you can ignore it for now, but its strength is really not good, and it can't take an adult man to fly at all.

Even if you want to incubate it artificially, you can only find wild griffin eggs. This kind of social flying monster usually has its home pressed on the cliff face deep in the Demon Beast Mountain Range.

If you want to steal their eggs, you have to ask the monsters along the way if they are willing to let you go.

Unless it was a burst of luck, he couldn't even see the shadow of the griffin egg, so he directly turned into the feces of the monster.

The long breeding process + the pitiful hatching rate restricts the growth of the griffin cavalry.

So much so that the individual combat effectiveness of the griffin cavalry is obviously stronger than that of the eagle man, but it is still always suppressed by the enemy. The eagle bites the griffin to death, and there is no way to do it.

"Your Excellency, judging from the current situation, the situation in the Principality has deteriorated to the extreme.

No matter where the orc army is targeted, there will be no essential difference in the impact on our situation.

Turning around and going back to besiege the Terence Line has no substantive meaning except for wasting time, and there is a high probability that the orcs will not do this kind of useless work.

If we continue to move south to occupy more of our territory, it will be worse than besieging Dapest, which will have a greater impact. As long as we take our royal capital, most of the remaining territories of the principality will fall.

Then the remaining options, then there are only a few neighbors left. Whether the orcs choose to attack the Warhammer Kingdom or the Alpha Kingdom does not make much difference to the principality. ”

Martins said with a nonchalant expression.

The heavy pressure made the military minister lose confidence and go down the road of rottenness.

It's just that after changing his perspective, Martins, who was originally anxious, calmed down.

If you can't stop the movement of the orc army, you just don't bother to stop it, as long as you guard Dapest.

Even the sudden disappearance of the main orc force could not move him. When you have a calm mind, you can analyze the problem more accurately.

"Your Excellency, it's not entirely without influence. If we find out about the movement of the orc army, we will also know about the allies.

If the flames of war burn from our side to their doorstep, and they are not notified in time, it will not be good for everyone to meet in the future. ”

Foreign Minister Renato said gloomily.

It's easy to deal with passivity, but the trouble for their foreign ministry is great. Compared with its two neighbors, the strength of the Principality of Moxi is still so weak.

If you offend people to death, you will inevitably suffer in the future. Especially now that the strength of the two allies is still there, they have already been beaten half-naked by the orcs first.

In this context, unless you can trap your teammates to death, it's best not to do it, so as not to bury yourself in a hidden danger.

(End of chapter)