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The fork of the prepared Lin Dan set wrapped his coat tightly, and he lowered his head and rubbed his sour neck, "Secretly: This is obviously a low-latitude area, how can the hellish weather be cold and cold." Vera, this dead girl. Why don't you come back, nothing will happen, right?

Vera had a full meal after dark. With Lorraine's salary, he first used the mage's flying skills to rise into the air, turned into a dragon at a height that no one could see, and flew south with his wings

Finish.

According to Lorraine's instructions, it will take less than two or three hours to go around along the border. But most of the night passed, and Vera still didn't come back.

Lorraine could only continue to wait on the roof. He'd been looking up at the stars for several hours.

It was already the middle of the night, and the city of Croni was silent, except for the light of the fire on the walls in the distance. On this night when there were only a few points of starlight, nothing could be seen.

Curfews had long been in place in the city, and the footsteps of patrols could occasionally be heard in Lorraine. In the city lord's mansion at the foot of Lorraine, there was still a light, and the officers were on duty all night. I tensed my nerves and didn't dare to relax at all.

Lorraine estimated the time, it was past four o'clock in the morning, and Vera had been out for six hours. Lorraine muttered anxiously: "This dead girl, this dead girl, don't talk big if you can't do it." Alas, it would be nice to have a recliner. ”

With a "whew", a black figure fell from the sky and landed in front of Lorraine.

"Oh, young master. Vera screamed, and ran over in two steps to hug Lorraine's neck, crying "Woo." Twice, he said, "I'm back."

Lorraine held Vera's shoulders and pushed Vera away, then nervously turned Vera around, up and down, back and forth.

"It's okay, it's normal. Lorraine breathed a sigh of relief, and then a shudder slammed on Vera's head, and shouted, "Why didn't you come here now?

Vera sighed, held her head with both hands, pursed her lips and said aggrievedly: "Are people lost?" ”

"I Lorraine didn't take a breath, I choked and coughed, Vera hurriedly reached out and patted Lorraine on the back.

"Lost?" Lorraine said, her eyes wide.

Vera nodded innocently and whispered, "It's so dark, people have forgotten how far they flew out." It took a long circle to come back, and after flying for a long time, there was no city, and people almost thought that they would never see the young master again. ”

Seeing that Vera looked like she was about to cry, Lorraine could only sigh, pulled Vera over and comforted: "Okay, okay, it's my fault, I should have thought of your road idiot's problem." ”

Vera smiled slyly and said, "Okay, even if the young master doesn't let me go out, the money won't be returned." ”

"What you think is beautiful" Lorraine shook her hand and knocked on Vera's head again, "I will light a big bonfire in the city in the future, you will know when you see it." ”

Vera first: "Ah. and then reluctantly "Oh." sighed, rubbing his head.

"Let's go. Lorraine pulled Vera back to her room. On the way, I asked the attendant to prepare a supper.

After a big bowl of hot soup went down, Lorraine felt alive again, and when Vera also threw down her rice bowl and patted her stomach with satisfaction, Lorraine pulled a map of the border line and asked, "Is there anything now?" "Yes" Vera nodded, her finger on the drawing, and said, "I saw it all." They took up a large part of the boss's space, and it was all firelight. ”

Lorraine said urgently: "How many camps are they divided into?."

Vera tilted her head and thought for a moment, and said, "There is no camp, it's just the boss, all gathered together." ”

Lorraine said suspiciously: "100,000 people, at least they should be divided into two ways, I really don't know what these half-orcs are doing." Now it's not even clear what they're trying to do. ”

Vera finished her work and didn't seem to understand what Lorraine said, so she couldn't help but doze off and muttered, "I'm tired, I'm going to sleep." ”

"Well, Lorraine wave your hand. Keep your head down and frantically on the map.

From this night on, the mystery of "the three fires that burned at the head of the city" has been with Lorraine. It has become another fetish of this big man with a strange temperament and a special temper. Although there are different opinions, no one has guessed correctly.

Lorraine was also asked personally, to which Lorraine replied only one, "Lighthouse" and never explained why.

The next morning, the sun was just now. Just rising.

The military war room was already full of officers. The atmosphere was also unusually tense.

Lorraine frowned, staring at the map tightly. I am racking my brains to consider the current situation and what kind of solution should be taken.

Seeing their boss wrinkling his eyebrows and pondering, these people below didn't even dare to come out.

Lorraine suddenly missed the days in the Maple Leaf Danlin Crusade Army, at that time, he didn't work lightly, and there were a lot of people who slaughtered, of course, he had more money, and the most important thing is. You don't have to make your own decisions, the old guy of General Vabador is on top, you just need to carry it out.

Lorraine looked up at her nervous or anxious subordinates, all looking at her expectantly, like a kindergarten friend looking at a lollipop teacher. Lorraine sighed inwardly.

After all, this is the first time that Lorraine has been completely alone, and it is a lie to say that he is sure in his heart and confident.

Here, every decision he makes will affect the lives and lives of tens of thousands of troops and millions of people, if he really makes any mistakes, "the second is to pay the tuition fee and get rid of it For Lord Lorraine, this battle is not unwinnable, you must know that behind him is the Ruman Empire, an old military power in the world."

Lorraine worries about how to win at the best possible cost.

He took a heavy breath and said in his heart: Okay, how can I say that I am also the general manager of Ney'an, and my job is not just about abusing the manager.

Lorraine nodded to the map and said calmly, "That's the case. We are puzzled by the enemy's movements, but we still respond to the changes without change. Go ahead with the plan, shrink the line of defense, and clear the wilderness. ”

General Larry nodded and said, "That's the only way, it's really strange for orcs to do this, their strength is several times ours." But there was such a formation.

It is not like concentrating forces to attack us a little, and it is not dividing troops to test our reality and find a breakthrough point. The gap between their forces was not large enough for us to pass through.

No matter how you look at it, it's like you're going to confront us. ”

Lorraine shook her head and said, "It would be nice if that were the case." They don't need to be fought, they will starve to death. ”

Lorraine analyzed the situation. But now he is in a situation very similar to Israel before the Fourth Middle East War, fortunately, the orc coalition is not capable of a surprise attack.

General Larry said: "The enemy probably has something to rely on, in short, we need to be more careful." Lorraine nodded, then waved his hand and said, "Generals, work hard." Disband. ”

All the officers stood up in unison, then raised their hands to beat their chests, stomped their feet neatly, and shouted in unison: "Imperial Wan"

Under Lorraine's orders, Ney'an's army quickly moved into action and evacuated all the residents of the vicinity of the city into the city, taking with them a single qiē of food and supplies.

In addition to a few forts along the border that served as supports, the fort as an outpost was also abandoned, and soldiers withdrew from the inside to the main city.

It's just a desperate solution. With a limited number of troops, the Nayan had to defend more than a dozen large cities.

The city was also guarded by nearly 10,000 soldiers. And in some cities, there may be only one or two thousand city defenders, and in these cities all the young men are gathered together and formed into a militia to help defend the city.

At the same time, Lorraine led the 10th Eastern Legion and a part of the Neyan Legion. He left the city of Crony and headed south.

After two days of marching, they soon set up camp with their backs to a fortress on the border. Nearly 10,000 troops were deployed along a south-facing hillside and waited for the arrival of the orc troops.

That morning, Lorraine stood on the top floor of the fortress, looking south. Vera was bored, angry, patted her mouth with her hand, and said dissatisfiedly: "You should also come, if you don't come again, this sister will be very shameless." ”

A black line suddenly appeared in the sky, and then there were more and more black spots, and soon it covered a large plain like a marching ant.

The orc soldiers scrambled towards Lorraine.

At the front were the cavalry, just scattered in a group, walking casually as if they were free-range.

Vera giggled and said loudly, "Hah." It's finally here, I'll just say, they're supposed to be here today. "When I saw that, I almost jumped for joy.

The officers next to them looked at their legendary governor's wife in amazement, but they didn't expect that in the face of the enemy, this Vera sister would be so "happy, it seems that she is happy."

Although the empire has a rule that generals are not allowed to bring their families and women when they go to war.

However, Lorraine is the governor, unlike pure generals, and Ney is his territory. Even when he came out to fight, he brought a maid. Although everyone was full of slander at the pleasure-seeking habits of the Governor of Lorraine, there was no brainless person who dared to say it.

As for Vera's deposit, everyone should think that it was the governor's secretary, and Sister Vera is innocent and can listen, and the people around Lorraine rarely meet someone who is not as strong as Catherine and Adele, and naturally they all like Vera very much.

"Is the Governor's faith really strong?" the men who stood beside Lorraine could only think to themselves.

Vera pulled Lorraine, still showing off her credits, "Just say it, I must be right." Young master, do you think so?"

Lorraine had a good deal to deal with Vera, and her mind was all about observing the orcs on the other side

The entire plain in front of him was now densely packed with orcs. In front were the soldiers, with wheels and livestock in the middle, not at all like an army, as chaotic as a market.

And, as Vera said, these orcs were clearly marching together as a tribe.

Each tribe was separated by more than two or three miles of space, which could be described as distinct, Lorraine knew. This is the expression of "unity" between the orc tribes.

The goblin Shajin once told Lorraine that the orc tribes definitely don't trust each other. Everyone marched hand in hand, but never close to each other, and the march route of one tribe was never allowed to be occupied by another, the tribe.

Lorraine pondered the possibility of letting the cavalry out to charge them now, but quickly abandoned the idea.

There are just too many enemies, and it's too chaotic. The cavalry can easily crush the enemy in front of them, but will soon block the retreat with orcs coming up from both sides.

Moreover, the appearance of such a scattered march. It didn't get much success.

The orcs soon appeared in Lorraine's camp.

Several orc cavalrymen came running from different directions, and they cautiously stopped a few miles away from Lorraine, looking this way.

Let the tattoo only see vague figures from Lorraine. Dannay swayed for a while, pulled Vera, and said, "Vera, can you see who those people on the other side are?"

Vera looked at the bamboo shoulder that Lorraine sent to the door, and the corners of her delicate mouth were about to bend like a crescent moon. Like a fox trying to trick a hen out of a sturdy cage, he said gently:

"Yes, young master. Do you want to know?"

The implication is "I want to know and take the money." ”

Lorraine pouted, Vera had this expression when she knocked on the bamboo, the cuter the smile, the harder she knocked on Lorraine.

He took out a wallet, and before he could open it, Vera pulled it over, weighed it in her hand, put it in her pocket with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Okay, don't have that expression, count your monthly subscription." ”

Lorraine sighed and said, "Okay, let's talk." ”

Vera put her hands on the pergola and looked intently south. said: "Those people, their faces are painted green, Zhang Xiang can't see clearly, but the clothes are good, at least better than you looking for that shaman." Looks like it should be their patriarch. ”

Lorraine nodded, probably watching us too.

At this time, listen to the thick and low sound of war drums, "Knock knock." rang out.

The orc forces have also moved up one after another.

Now that Lorraine had taken advantage of the geographical advantage, they lined up to stop them here, and they all stopped.

I saw the colorful flags on the opposite side waving.

The orc chiefs ran out. They gathered at a distance, pointed and discussed for a while, and then soon dispersed again.

Immediately after, the howl of Rough Ore came from the orc ranks.

I saw that some of the orc legions sent some of the elites forward, and the rest stayed behind, threw down their weapons, and began to set up camp in the distance.

The orc warriors who came forward slowly divided into several groups, forming a fan-shaped formation, about 10,000 people, approached Lorraine, and stopped three miles away from Lorraine's camp.

Lorraine was amazed to see that as the orcs marched forward, they first scolded each other, pointed at each other, and then made a lot of noise.

The commander of the 10th Eastern Legion, General Ferdolis, saw the advantage and came to Lorraine. "My lord, do you want to go out and rush them now?" ”

Lorraine shook his head and said: "Don't do it, punch and kill the master, the other party only lined up with tens of thousands of people, and the fight with them will not stop for a while and a half, and those in the back will give us a flank, we can't stand it."

There were too many of them, and when they all officially went to war, and the enemies were all in front of us, we didn't have no worries at that time, and we could let go and fight them. ”

General Ferdolis looked at the enemy's listed formations and said indifferently: "Obey your orders, sir." ”

"But," Lorraine paused. Then he continued: "Order, let the soldiers attack at night." Orcs have better eyesight at night than we do. They will most likely choose to sneak up in the middle of the night. ”

Ferdoris was stunned, he didn't expect the orc to have this kind of ability, he saluted, and said loudly: "Yes, my lord, I know." ”

Lorraine and the others confronted the orcs on the opposite side, Lorraine was not ready to fight them now, and the orcs had no intention of attacking upward. The two sides just scolded each other from a long distance, and the voices of the mountains and tsunamis came.

At the same time, one camp after another is slowly taking shape in front of Lorraine.

Tents like mushrooms jumped out one after another on the plain like dog urine moss after the rain, and there were still a few miles between each camp of the orcs, and it seemed that even in the face of Lorraine's army, these orcs with the same roots and ancestors and close unity were all doing their own thing.

A group of horsemen suddenly ran out of the ranks of the orcs and stopped at the bottom of the slope of their camp in Lorraine, and several of the orcs raised their weapons and shouted at the human camp on the slope.

Lorraine looked at them. The orc jumped and screamed again, and suddenly understood. These guys turned out to be scolding.

Thinking of this, Lorraine couldn't help laughing, and said secretly in his heart: What age is it, still playing this kind of thing, Gelba didn't say that half-orcs have this kind of custom?

The soldiers in the camp were like idiots. Stunned, they watched the orcs perform there, and for a while they attracted the attention of all the soldiers.

Several orcs saw that there was no movement in the human camp at all, and they became even more arrogant. The orcs on the opposite side also clamoured, and more orcs ran out of the group, scratching their posture in front of Lorraine.

The orcs seemed to be disgusting to humans than this trick, and first a group of people took off their clothes. Leaving only a pair of pants, revealing his red, green, and green body, he picked up his sword and slapped his chest, shouting at the human camp.

The soldiers of the Tenth Legion of the East had never fought against orcs, although they had seen many of them. But they don't know much about their customs. When they saw the colorful half-orcs, they all laughed.

Ferdoris scratched his head and said, "My lord, what do they mean by this?"

Lorraine smiled, "Probably want us to go down and fight them." ”

It just so happened that one of the fellows on the orc's side shouted in a stammering Ruman voice, "Human." Do you dare to take off your iron armor and fight fair with our warriors?"