I struggled for a long time to get up, and I felt like my internal organs were all broken...... His eyes were black and his ears were buzzing.

The warriors on the wall were still struggling to resist, but the orcs had already climbed up one by one.

The city is broken!

The sight in front of me can only make me think this way. I turned around to find someone I could know, only to find that it was all messed up.

The orcs leaped straight down the wall, roaring and charging into the crowd.

Assemble ...... This naïve thought flashed through my head.

How to assemble?

Suddenly, there was a loud military horn behind him. Lothar rallied his party and appeared on the streets of town. The hoplites approached in a row, shield-holding and spear-free. One after another, he stabbed down a dozen orcs who rushed forward.

"Ralph!" I shouted his name. I saw my people, I saw Gage and Lawrence.

"Green! What about Mrs. Ral! "I grabbed Green.

"I don't know!" He shouted.

"Blow the rallying trumpet! All assembled! I shouted at him.

"I didn't call the shots!"

"Go find the person who gave the order!" I yelled.

After a while, our trumpets sounded. Soon there were more than 200 people gathered around me, but Ralph and Bahrain were gone.

"Someone has seen them!" I asked.

They all shook their heads.

"Keep blowing the rallying trumpet! Gather as many people as you can who are alive! "I pointed to the guy who was playing the trumpet." Get in line! Get ready for street fighting! With a wave of my hand, they immediately turned around and gathered in groups of four.

In addition to the orcs jumping from the wall, the gates of the town have also been breached, and the orcs have poured in through the gates.

To be precise, although the soldiers are fighting bravely, we are indeed slowly retreating. The physical fitness of the orcs is obviously much better than ours, and although it cannot be said that our shield wall is like paper paste in front of the orcs, our defensive line has been completely disrupted by their reckless charge.

Orcs are generally taller and more powerful than humans. When the two sides were together, the orcs were condescending, slashing with axes and swords, and although the soldiers were all wearing helmets, the human flesh looked so thin under their swords and axes.

Any battle in history can be summed up in a few sentences, but only those who have participated in the battle know that it can be passed by in a few words!

"Hold on! Resist me! "I yelled and kept shooting at the orcs. The orcs in front of them are very well armoured, unless they are shot in the eye or throat. Otherwise, there is no way to stop their progress.

The brother who was cut down by the orcs in front of the battle never had a chance to be dragged to the rear for treatment. None of the wounded brothers cried out to give up the fight until they died.

"Retreat!" A heart-rending roar reminds us...... We are defeated!

The horn of retreat sounded. At this point, no orders were sufficient, and as soon as the call to retreat was heard, everyone began to turn around and flee.

The previous teachings to keep the formation, to keep the array, all turned into a stream of fart. All are on the run, they're right, they all want to live!

I've run out of arrows, and this defeat is beyond mine or anyone else can save. I'm not a god!

As I passed by the church, I saw that it was empty. God forbid! Hopefully they'll be the first to be transferred!

The flow of people swept me forward, I was on the run, everyone was on the run. When I rushed out of the town, I found that the formation outside the town was complete. I saw the archer in front of me raise his open bowstring at me, and I saw the commander wave his hand.

Lying on the ground as fast as he could, the sound of arrows whistling past his ears was instantaneously heard, followed by bursts of screams. Some of the soldiers who didn't have time to run turned into unjust souls who died in vain.

I lay on the ground, tilting my head to watch the bow and arrows fire.

After a few volleys, the orcs were shot back!

Quickly got up, picked up a shield from the ground, and threw it on his back. The soldiers who were in formation began to retreat. I quickly retreated after them.

I don't know how far I ran, running from dark to dawn, running from dawn to feeling like noon. Thankfully, the orcs didn't chase after us, which gave us a rare respite.

I don't know how many people have escaped now, and I don't know who of my brothers is still alive, everyone is on the run.

I don't care about resting at all, I just want to find people I can know. Thankfully, I soon found Marin and Abu and about forty brothers.

I felt a little comforted to see them, but there were not many words between us, we just glanced at each other and sat on the ground panting desperately.

A night of horror, before the battle began, everything seemed to be well prepared, but it turned out that it was so unbeaten, and it was broken up at once!

Looking at the expressions on their faces, I can't tell you what it feels like.

After resting in place for two hours, everyone fled again.

The commander did not let us set up camp in the villages along the way, and the villagers along the way quickly joined in the flight for their lives.

On the first night after the battle, we also ran for the whole day. I can't imagine that this Storm Kingdom legion, which had fought back and forth with the trolls and basically destroyed the trolls in the end, would be so defeated.

The light rain was still falling, and I was not in the mood to feel whether the rain was a lover's tears or a sadness. I felt nothing but disappointment and anger.

After assembling and arranging all the soldiers who had run away, I finally found my brothers. While the guys who were closer to me were still alive, my poor team had lost nearly a seventh of the battle.

Those who were slashed and stabbed but could still run are here, and as long as they are not here, they will probably die.

Reggie had a broken finger, which he said had been crushed during a fight with an orc. I asked him who bandaged you, and he said it was the nuns of the North County Abbey. I reassured when I learned that they were the first to retreat and that there were reportedly no casualties.

After three days of lifeless escape, I saw the tall, sturdy walls of Ridge Town. After stationing in the town of Luji, I learned that there were less than 5,000 of the 7,000-strong legion left!

If you just listen to this number, you may not feel anything, it is just a number! Only those who crawled out of the pile of dead people, escaped, and survived knew what it was like to have more than 2,000 people missing!

The guilt and panic of watching my brothers become fewer and fewer makes me feel very sad.

I finally felt it...... This is the real war.

The battle lost an important choke point to the northern forests and the Red Ridge Mountains, and even I, a layman who did not understand military affairs, knew the seriousness of the matter. I sat in the conference room of the command post and looked at the map hanging on the wall, and my mind was in a mess.

There are many ways to shirk responsibility, and there will always be reasons to find them. Turning my head to look at the talking officers, I snorted in disgust.

"How long has it been since you fought a war?" I asked Reggie.

"Approximate ...... of this magnitude It hasn't happened since the troll hazard was removed. He said.

They ...... "I took my chin and pointed to the group of officers." Are you familiar with them? ”

"Not familiar." He shook his head.

"Is this the kind of culture in your army?" I looked to the other side, and a few of them were boasting about how to regain lost ground.

Reggie didn't answer, he sighed. I looked at this still young, future generalissimo and smiled. "If you become a marshal one day, remember what they looked like."

I don't know if it's my delusion or if it's just like this, but the more I look at Anduin Lothar at this time, the more I feel that he is not in shape. Actually, I prefer to believe that he is not in shape.

He did not summarize the reasons for the defeat, did not blame any officer, and did not say a word about the battle, but only made detailed arrangements for the next steps.

He looked up at me who hadn't left, "What are you looking for me?" ”

"What about the orc captives we captured?" I asked.

"Didn't bring it out."

"It would have been nice to slaughter them at that time." I say. "The orc......" I looked at him, "it's a pity. ”

Instead of stubble, he continued to look down at the map.

"My lord, the North Elwyn Forest is in danger."

He looked up at me with a frown. "Is there anything you can do?"

"The problem now is that the orcs continue to expand north. They didn't try to kill us in this battle. Of course, they haven't done that yet, but they will do so soon. I looked at him.

"What do you want to say?"

"Orcs don't kill any human easily, especially civilians, we need to gather all humans. Every human captured by the orcs brings one, two, or more orcs. I said, "I know you may think this is nonsense, but you will know later that I am right." ”

It's a big town, but it's a town that gives me a sense of security. The inexplicable fear I had when I first came there disappeared. Not only because the city was filled with these thousands of people, but also because of the walls that were more than twenty meters high.

But this good mood lasted only one morning, and in the afternoon I saw the wolf cavalry wandering by the edge of the woods in the distance.

Reconnaissance activities have suddenly become dangerous, and the scouts lurking in the woods are the deadliest. And the reports have been getting worse and worse in the past few days, and the surrounding villages have been severely damaged.

The whereabouts of the reinforcements that came to support them are still unknown. The gods forbid not to be intercepted by the orc troops.

That afternoon, Reggie called me to a combat meeting, which was held almost every day, for several days, and nothing was discussed. Watching them pretend to be serious, I leaned in the corner and waited for the meeting to end.

That's when Reggie dragged me out of the room. Lothar was standing there.

"Where are your people?" He asked me.

"What my people?"

"Your people left here yesterday afternoon." He said. "Say it's your order."

I glanced at Reggie and said, "It's my order." ”

"I think we need more communication in our cooperation." He turned to look at me. "I have a lot of respect for you, Colonel Bill. You have the ability, and the soldiers under your command are also rare elites. I also understand you, capable people tend to think more. He looked at my face.

"I don't know how to arrange troops, how to attract firepower, how to outflank and detour, I don't understand." I said, "But I understand that the situation is very bad, just lost an important strategic location and morale is low. I just want to help you get that place back, with fewer deaths and more killings. ”

"What do you want to do?"

"You'll know when they get back." I say. "I'm most worried about the north right now, Lord Commander, the orcs will quickly expand north, and if we reach the Red Ridge Mountain, we'll be in trouble!"