"Report, Jinyuan City has been successfully taken, and only 7,000 orc defenders are left to surrender, and the rest are all wiped out."

"There was no battle damage in the Qingyuan Army, more than 170 people were killed and wounded by the emperor, and the rest of the shells and ammunition were consumed......

Gooden, who was sitting in the command room, heard this wonderful battle report, and his face was full of joy, and the battle report from Qingyuan Town really surprised him.

Although the Qingyuan Army will not do a first-line charge, but only assist in the rear, there will also be specific forced battle damage data in the simulation.

These include strange battle damages such as being accidentally injured by one's own people, being buried by collapsed houses, and encountering orcs in ambushes around the corner.

After all, the director team has to preset in the worst direction.

But when it comes to the real battlefield, these mandatory battle losses are not so easy to occur, and the offensive method is also very cautious.

Even if the orcs have made countermeasures at the first time, they have little effect in the face of the blow of the joint command, and in the end, they can only be eaten and swallowed step by step until they surrender.

For the orcs, this is a doomed war.

"Go and inform the person in charge of the first construction team, you can send someone to Jinyuan City to resume and help with the construction, and then notify Kroger and Joseph Sr. to come here."

"Yes!" After the herald saluted, he immediately went to inform the mission.

Attacking the castle would certainly cause a lot of damage, and he had already spoken to the lord of Berna about it, and promised to help them resume construction work after the war.

In the early days of his development, Jin Yuancheng still helped him a lot, and Gu Deen still remembers this kindness.

In addition, the construction is at most some materials and labor costs, which is not expensive.

After a while, Kroger and Joseph Sr. came to the command room.

Gooden briefly informed the two of them about the battle report, and their faces were also very surprised and happy about this kind of battle situation.

"Jinyuan City has been taken down now, and the return of the residents of Jinyuan City can also be carried out, after all, the city lord of Berner still has a lot of help to Qingyuan Town, and more than one person can send it back, just send it back."

Although the matter of digging the foot of the wall must continue, it is still embarrassing to dig up so many people in Jinyuan City at once.

The two of them had also discussed this matter, so they nodded and understood.

"By the way, young master, except for the statistics of Jinyuan City, the statistics of other outsiders have been completed."

"More than 80,000 people have decided to stay in Qingyuan Town, and out of the remaining 70,000 people, 37,000 have made it clear that they will not stay in Qingyuan Town, and the rest have said that they will wait until the end of the war to consider it."

Kroger also reported the just-concluded survey to Goodern by the way.

Hearing this number, Gooden still showed a smile of relief on his face, 80,000 people looked like only more than half of the current number, but compared to the previous situation when there were more than 4,000 people in the entire Qingyuan Town who were eager to use one person as three people, these more than 80,000 people were already very much.

Moreover, the addition of a large number of personnel also has a great impact on Qingyuan Town, and in terms of salary payment alone, Gooden is already inadequate.

Although he made less money before the winter, and after a wave of supplies from the Griffin Legion, there was also a lot of small coffers.

But at least 60 percent of the coins distributed were not in circulation and were stuck in their wallets, which had a serious impact on the economy of the entire Qingyuan Town.

If it weren't for the wartime, the exchange of work for rations, and the distribution of coins, Gudern would have gone bankrupt long ago.

"Those who are willing to stay in Qingyuan Town will be given priority in registration and allocation, and they will begin to transfer non-Qingyuan residents in the city to the residential pressure in the outer urban environment."

"Well, we get it."

Kroger nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

More than 100,000 people are crammed into the city, and daily maintenance is a headache for them, and migration is inevitable, but the people who move are definitely refugees, not urban residents.

After the work was over, the two immediately went to start arranging.

In the evening, a construction convoy of 100 people drove to Jinyuan City, and after returning, it transported two more building materials.

At the same time, the news of the loss of Jinyuan City has reached the orc transcendental.

In the hall of the City Lord's Mansion in Howling Tooth City, the four transcendents sat silently, and at the same time, Hadri, who was the governor of a thousand armies, did not speak.

The whole operation of attacking the western part of the northern frontier was a headache for him, not to mention that the battle was forced forward because of the disappearance of Servis.

Then tens of thousands of troops failed to attack the elemental leylines, and let the other party slip away under their noses, and even more outrageously, they were killed and injured in a round of counter-bombing.

And that's all, an army of 400,000 attacked Qingyuan Town, plus three transcendentals, and at the end of the event, 180,000 orcs ran out, plus one transcendent was killed in battle.

In addition, when evacuating, he was left with an arm by the captain of the Griffin Legion, although he had recovered a small arm with the help of Fungi, but even if he could recover at this moment, his strength was not as good as before.

Of course, if it weren't for the fact that Herissa had severely injured the group before, it would not have been possible to be cut off by the other party so easily.

Six extraordinary, one missing and one killed in less than two months, this kind of astonishing battle damage, even in the face of the Empire's strongest counterattack, they orcs have never played such a record.

This is already nailing them to the pillar of shame in history, unless they can leave a great feats on the battlefield in the north at this moment, it will be difficult to turn the page of shame in this life and even in the future.

"It doesn't matter what is in Jinyuan City, even if Gooden can have the help of the Griffin Legion, but tens of thousands of orcs mixed with the civilians of the Empire, if they can take Jinyuan City, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses."

Hadri looked at the silent hall and opened his mouth to heat up.

"At the moment, our goal is whether to hold on here, the failure of the attack in the west has made Your Majesty very dissatisfied, and the preparations that have been prepared for more than ten years have all been in vain, and our task now is to make a choice before the next round of imperial reinforcements officially launch the next round of attack, whether to fight or withdraw."

"My suggestion is to withdraw, preserve the strength, 600,000 reinforcements and 200,000 vanguard troops are only 480,000 left so far, the cities in the western part of the north need to be garrisoned too much, we have a serious division of troops, which is not conducive to assembly and combat."

As the corner of the orc's presence, Govis was the first to put forward his opinion.

And in the face of Govis's proposal, Monta objected.

"Oppose the withdrawal of troops, this raid is a surprise to the empire, once the withdrawal is followed, whether we can fight back is another matter, just where do we retreat? The Eternal Frost Mountains?"

For the withdrawal of troops, Monta is very opposed, once withdrawn, it means that it will be difficult to fight back, his shame has not subsided, he wants to flee like this.

But Frigi and Miviko agreed to withdraw their troops, as Mivico, who had experience in front-line operations, said slowly.

"I also agree to withdraw the troops, the emperor's reinforcements have also arrived, we no longer have an advantage in numbers, plus logistics and supply problems, to maintain the supply of 480,000 troops for a maximum of one month, we will run out of food, which is not conducive to long-term confrontation."

Three to one, the result of the discussion is already obvious, Meng Dayou is very helpless, the three of them made the choice to retreat, he can't continue to refute, can only silently accept this option.

If it is two to two, then he will fight for it, but the most rational thing at the moment is to withdraw the army, temporarily avoid the edge of the imperial army, he wants to stay and fight and also want to wash away the shame in Qingyuan Town.

The direction of the decision was determined, and Hadri, who was the first to do so, also made a statement of deployment.

"The withdrawal of troops does not mean that we have given up the warplanes, look at the map, the empire has deployed a large number of troops in the Eternal Frost Broken Vein in order to defend us."

"And it's hard for us to break through this line on the front, but what if we can force them to move their troops to defend from the flanks or from the back, in order to reduce the frontal defense?"

Hadri circled the map, and the four of them looked at it thoughtfully

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"Howling Tooth City is less than a thousand kilometers away from the broken vein, and the army is marching at full speed, and it won't take ten days to arrive, even if the Emperor *** team behind us discovers our intentions, it will be difficult for them to catch up."

"If we can turn on the fighter plane in the broken vein, the defeat in the west can be completely worthless, what do you think of this plan?"

Although he is the son of the Beastmaster, the current defeat in the western war puts him under great pressure, and if he runs away without doing anything like this, he will not be able to raise his head in front of his brothers and sisters when he returns home.

Compared to Mengda or other transcendentals, Hadri was more eager than any of them to achieve military exploits, because with military exploits he could gain more rights and resources, and it was possible to stand out from dozens of brothers and sisters, and finally achieve the throne of the Beastmaster.

After listening to Hadri's suggestion, four transcendent eyes twinkled to think about the feasibility of this plan.

Thousands of miles of raids, if they look at the normal situation, they will inevitably be under great pressure, but now thanks to the blessing of the snow season, the behavior of the human army is the same as theirs, and it is difficult to quickly deploy and react.

If you can fight a time difference, raid the Empire's fortress in the Eternal Frost Broken Pulse, and create a chance for the front line, the war in the west is lost, then the salvation is not worth mentioning.

If the orc army wants to break into the empire, there are only two directions to enter, one is the Eternal Frost Broken Vein, and the other is the Eternal Frost Tail Vein in the Barren Land.

The Eternal Frost Broken Vein is a battle between a human spirit and a legendary demon thousands of years ago, and a sword cut off the originally connected Eternal Frost Mountain Range.

Hundreds of kilometers of mountain ranges were forcibly cut out of a wide gap, opening up the two places that were originally separated by the North Peak Frost Realm and the North Plains Barren Land, and the North Plains Barren Land is where their orc clan lives now.

After being driven out of the north by the Orrea Empire, the Empire built heavy walls and fortresses at the broken veins, and stationed millions of troops, creating a huge defensive iron barrel with a circumference of more than one kilometer around the broken veins.

The other tail vein needs to pass through the barren land, and if the orc empire wants to attack the empire through the barren land, it will also have to pass through hundreds of kilometers of no-man's land, and the danger is no less than crossing the eternal frost mountain range.

That's why every time they attack, it's going to be very laborious, and they have to pay a lot of money.

And now, although they only have 480,000 people left in their hands, this number may be a bit inadequate compared to the millions of defenders who have broken their pulses.

But they only need to hold back the human defenders and engage them correctly, even if it is a defensive battle, and the humans must mobilize at least two-thirds of their total number to defend.

In this way, there will be two or three hundred thousand fewer Imperial soldiers for the front, and they can also cut off the supply lines of the army on the flanks, which is a direct way to kill two birds with one stone.

"If we want to make a surprise attack, we have to move as soon as possible, because winter is coming to an end, and the roads will be muddy when the snow melts, which is also a problem for human convoys......

Miviko's eyes flickered, and he gave his opinion.

"What do you think?" Hadri looked at the other three.

"Agree to act as soon as possible."

"Reconsideration."

Meng Da hesitated slightly, but nodded lightly in agreement.

After the three of them finished speaking, Hadri did not continue to be idle, and immediately announced the signal of preparing to assemble and withdraw troops.

However, for the 480,000-strong rush mission, there are a lot of things to prepare, and it is not something that can be left on the same day with a sentence of certainty.

But judging from the vigorous and resolute actions of the orcs, the whole army can be deployed in three days at the latest.

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Early the next morning, the griffon commander, Hogzis, took his farewell to Gooden.

"Lord Goodern, the war in the north is tight, we have other tasks to arrange, this is about to start, do you need help before leaving?"

Faced with Hogz's words, Gooden shook his head slightly.

"Your Excellency Legion Commander, it is already a great help that you can come to support and help, and now that Qingyuan Town has passed the crisis, other problems will not bother you."

Hearing Goodern's excuse, Hogzi nodded slightly and didn't continue to ask, but introduced someone to Goodern.

"The griffin legion will not all leave, it will leave a team of 100 people to stay here temporarily, and it will naturally leave after the western orcs are completely expelled, this is the resident detachment leader, Godwin, he will be in charge of the management of these 100 people."

"When there is something, you can ask him to help, and if he can't handle it, he will contact me to arrange it, which is also His Majesty's will."

After hearing this, the corner of Gooden's eyes twitched imperceptibly.

This cheap old man is worthy of His Majesty the Empire, and he didn't hand over the letter, so he left his back hand to prevent him from having an accident.

Hogtz's inquiry just now was probably asking if he had forgotten something.

Hogzi must not know his identity and content, but his cheap dad must have confessed something.

With a smile on his face, Gooden responded with thanks.

"Thank you Your Majesty and the Legion Commander for your concern."

Hogzi nodded slightly, didn't say anything more, and then immediately gathered his men and set off for the next destination.

The sight of nine hundred griffons taking off was spectacular, and each of the Sky Griffon Riders was trained, even though everyone actually flew on their own route in such a seemingly chaotic situation.

The departure of the Griffin Legion did not cause much trouble or defensive pressure on Goodern.

After seeing him leave, Goodern returned to the institute and continued his work.

The development and construction task of Qingyuan Town has been back on track, and he, as a lord, no longer needs to worry about and supervise the progress in real time.

Now he can say that in addition to coming to the research institute every day to check in and help, the rest of the time is to hang up in the castle.

But two days later, Roy suddenly sent a message about the orcs to Goodern, allowing Goodborn to break the comfortable time for a while.

"Young Master, the orc army on the western front is fully shrinking its personnel, and there are already small groups of troops that have begun to move to the northeast, which seems to mean to abandon the west."

Although Roy was originally just an ordinary guard, his experience after taking over the intelligence department has greatly increased his sensitivity to intelligence, and he can deduce a lot of important information from it.

"Assemble, retreat?"

Goodborn repeated the two words, frowning slightly and thinking for a moment, before getting up and pulling out a map of the North.

"Where are the orcs currently assembled?"

"Howling Tooth City, there are more than two armies of the empire gathered here, and the rest of the armies are distributed in other cities or towns, many of them are currently gathering here, and some are directly looking northeast to advance."

"And the informant gave a very important information, the orc army has been collecting a lot of food in the past few days, and has snatched all the horses in various cities, according to the current analysis information, the orcs should have a plan for a long-distance attack, but it is difficult to judge whether to withdraw or attack."

Silently listening to Roy's analysis, Goodern's mind was also racing rapidly, is it possible that the orc army has the intention of retreating and advancing westward?

The current situation in the west, only his Qingyuan Town and the Jinyuan City that he had just captured were not in the hands of their orcs, and the rest of the area was occupied by the orcs within a kilometer.

If the orcs plan to retreat, could it be that they want to abandon the city that has already been defeated?

As Goodern thought through his mind, he didn't forget to ask Roy.

"If the orc army retreats, is that city the best for them to defend?"

Roy looked at the map and didn't think about it, pointing to a city road one kilometer northeast of Jinyuan City.

"Here, Ancient Stone City, here are the earliest cities in the western part of the northern border, well-defended, easy to defend and difficult to attack, although I don't know how the orcs took it in a short period of time, but if the orcs came to garrison, under the protection of hundreds of thousands of troops, it would not be a problem to hold on for months."

Look at this city on this map, Goodern

I feel a little weird, and I always feel that something is wrong.

But after thinking about it slightly, he still gave Roy a task.

"Continue to monitor the movements of the orc army, and I feel that the orcs should have other intentions, and they should not just give up the city territory hundreds of kilometers to the west."

"Keep exploring, keep reporting."

"Yes, young master."

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