"What's going on now?" Delai looked at the herald in front of him, and his brow furrowed into a Sichuan character.

"General, what should we do next, the Golden Yanhua Collar and the Winton Collar have fallen, and the remnants of the Orcs are preparing to make a detour to raid Dorman City, but they are blocked by Lord Hans.

They were now headed in the direction of John, and Master Hans asked for further instructions. The herald said in a hurried tone.

"How many people are left in the orc remnants?" Delai spread out the map.

"There are about 1,300 people left."

"Huh?" Levi looked at him with a bewildered expression, when will more than a thousand orcs be able to be called remnants, are the times changing so fast?

"What do you think is the odds that John will be able to hold back?"

"It's hard to say, John Collar is not as simple as it seems, but this group of orcs is not weak, and they take the initiative, and it is more likely that both sides will lose." Levi analyzed objectively.

"Bang!"

Delai hammered his fist on the table, his face was full of unwillingness, at present, the battle of "Tiankeng" is at a critical moment, and the manpower is stretched, otherwise he can take this opportunity to directly swallow the Golden Yanhua Collar and the Winton Collar.

It is even possible that John swallowed it together, but unfortunately, this time is too unfortunate!

"Command!"

"Two hundred men each of the two battalions and four battalions, plus Levi's reserves, immediately returned to the territory and took over the defense. Hans immediately led his headquarters to take in as many refugees as possible, and he should know exactly what to do. ”

Ryan is not here, Delai is the supreme leader of the territory, and he can't take care of it in a hurry.

At this time, the most taboo is hesitation, once hesitation, the opportunity will be missed, with the current situation of the Kanna territory, it seems that the territory should not be considered, but the population must grasp it.

The Winton Collar and the Golden Swallow Collar, plus some manors and knight collars in between, add up to a population of nearly 100,000 people, which is a very valuable asset, and for the current Kana Collar, it is even more important than the land.

"Yes." Levi gladly accepted the order, and then couldn't wait to go down and prepare, his bones were about to rust when he stayed here, and it was good to be able to move.

"We have to speed up, we can't delay any longer." Delai said as he looked around at the commanders.

"Then push the position forward, put pressure on them, let them use all their strength to deal with it, and then we will form a capable force to go down, as long as we destroy the Gray Mist Creation Tower, the victory or defeat of this battle will be decided!"

Raheem Sterling boldly suggested that when the battle had reached this point, both sides were already very tired, and the losses were not small.

It's better to make a dangerous move, and come to a surprise attack to smash the Yellow Dragon.

Delai frowned and pondered, and after a while, he decided, "Okay, just do it!" ”

That night, the troops launched a general attack, and the demon seeds poured out, and a team composed of more than a dozen intermediate and above transcendents such as Sterling, Mei Lan, Xi Yue, Bo Lei, and Adam went deep into the "sinkhole".

In the end, at the cost of killing three people and seriously injuring two people, he successfully destroyed the Gray Mist Tower, and the devils gave all the heads, and a large number of demon seeds fled after losing control, and finally died slowly.

The 12-day battle of "Tiankeng" finally came to an end, and the resources invested in this battle were very huge, and several main battle units also suffered considerable losses.

According to post-battle statistics, a total of 568 people were killed in this battle, 322 were lightly or seriously wounded, and almost one battalion was disabled.

The loss of weapons and equipment was even heavier, with more than half of the [Thousand Machine Crossbows] destroyed, twelve [field guns], three [rapid-fire guns], and hundreds of knives, plate armor and other equipment.

Arrows, grenades, shells and other consumables are countless.

I don't know how long it will take to recover, but this battle is really almost gone.

Fortunately, the harvest is also gratifying, and the removal of the devil's henchman is one thing, and on the other hand, there are several precious veins in the "sinkhole".

The preliminarily determined ones are obsidian ore veins, mythril ore veins, and threaded gold veins, which contain immeasurable value, but they must be mined by manpower and material resources first.

What's more, Sterling found some of the undestroyed materials in the Devil's Laboratory, which detailed the manufacturing techniques of some of the Demon Seeds.

If the Kannah Territory can crack and master this technology, then they can also build an army of behemoths, which will be a big step forward in the territory's biotechnology.

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In late June, the sun is shining outside, but the snowfields of Kuwait are still white, and the land seems to have never had spring, summer, let alone autumn, and only cold and biting winters throughout the year.

But it is such a land that has been fought over for hundreds of years between the kingdoms of Andis and Tistan, and several large-scale battles have broken out before and after.

It is not known how many soldiers from both countries are buried here.

And now, the Fourth Kuwait Campaign began, and at the beginning of April this year, the 150,000-strong army of the Kingdom of Tistan attacked from the fortress of Shuofeng, crossed the buffer zone, and went straight to the border fortress of the Kingdom of Andes.

Another 100,000 troops attacked the border city of the Andis Kingdom in the snowy fields of Kuwait in five ways, and for a time there was smoke everywhere, and there were wars everywhere.

In the past three months, the number of soldiers killed in the battle has already exceeded the 10,000 mark.

Due to the well-prepared and advantageous surprise attack of the Kingdom of Tistan, three fortresses and six border cities on the first line of the Kuwait Snow Field of the Andes Kingdom have fallen.

The Andes Kingdom organized several large-scale counteroffensives without success, and in a short period of time, the Kingdom of Tistan had already gained a firm foothold.

At present, the army of the Kingdom of Tistan is in the field of the expeditionary force, and the Grand Duke of the North, who has the title of "Sword of the Kingdom". Luke had already taken command of the "Rock Fortress".

He used three fortresses as a bridgehead, and attacked in multiple directions, intending to take the entire Kuwait snow field within half a year, and then take advantage of the victory to sweep the Andis Kingdom, which can be described as ambitious.

But the kingdom of Andes was not a dry eater, and after a temporary defeat, it regathered its army and took the initiative to abandon part of the territory and rebuild the defense line in the rear.

The other party's idea is very simple, that is, to exchange space for time, give up the territory that cannot be defended, and slow down the advance of the army of the Tistan Kingdom while allowing them to disperse their forces, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

In this battlefield, Andes occupies the home advantage, and only needs to hold on for a period of time, just waiting for the arrival of domestic reinforcements, and then be able to counterattack on all fronts!

It was under these circumstances that reinforcements from the south and west, totaling 60,000 people, finally arrived at the "Iron Fortress" after several months of long travel.

It was one of the three fortresses currently occupied by the kingdom, and its strategic location was so important that the Andes dreamed of recovering it, and now it became a springboard for attack.

In the makeshift camp, Ryan looked at the snowflakes flying in the sky and was stunned, this land was the beginning of his life in this world.

That expedition changed Lane's life, but he didn't expect to set foot on this land again, and it was already a few years later, and he had grown from a lost junior officer to a regimental commander commanding nearly 10,000 soldiers.

It's just that the majestic figure that has been supporting him behind him at the beginning is now gone, and he himself has become that figure.

"Ironclad Fortress, when we first went on an expedition, our legion was responsible for attacking here, but it didn't succeed, but suffered heavy losses, and my brigade lost half of its men here."

Alan came to Ryan's side, looked at the looming city wall in front of him, and said with some emotion.

What was not completed at the beginning, this time it was easily realized.

"Yes, and then the army was defeated, that is, at that time, I accidentally broke away from the army, and I was still found by your team."

The corners of Ryan's mouth drew a smile, and everything that happened back then was still vivid.

It was from that moment that the fates of both men changed.

"I didn't expect you and General Allen to be in your father's legion at the beginning, it's too much of a coincidence, maybe even my father didn't expect you to be on an equal footing with him so soon."

Aisha walked out with a hand stove in her hand and a mink cloak, and for some reason, as soon as she entered the snowfield, her hands were as cold as ice cubes, and she had to use the hand stove to keep her warm.

This is a very abnormal situation, you must know that although the physique of the mage is not comparable to that of the knight, it is far beyond that of mortals, and the temperature of the Kuwait snow field is low but not to the extent that it can affect the transcendent.

It's even more impossible for a situation like Aisha's, but no matter how much you investigate, you can't find the cause, and in the end you can only blame it on the cause of your personal constitution.

"Why did you get out, there's heating in the room." Ryan looked at Aisha's somewhat blue hands and said with distress.

"It's the first time I've been to the snowfield, so naturally I'm going to come out and have a look, besides, I'm just cold in my hands, it's fine." Aisha smiled.

"Oh, you." Ryan reached out to hold Aisha's hand, and the coolness from it made Ryan shiver, it was really no different from an ice skate.

He hurriedly turned his fighting spirit to warm up his hands, and then passed it on to Aisha's hands.

Seeing this, Alan stepped aside, leaving time for the two to be alone.

Gradually, the coolness finally subsided a little, and Aisha's hand could see the blood, and Ryan said: "It was in this land that I made enough meritorious deeds to return to the royal capital to confer the knighthood, and that is when I met you in the library of the Academy of Magic. ”

Aisha looked at Ryan, who was seriously warming her, and said with a smile in her heart: "At that time, I thought you were the young master of a big family." ”

"Thanks to your help during that time, when I said goodbye, I thought I would never see each other again, but I didn't expect us to be so fateful." Ryan remembered the days when he had slept and forgot to eat in the library of the Academy of Magic.

After all, the cost of going in once was really not cheap, and he sat from morning to night almost every day in order to find materials to make gunpowder.

"Eh, speaking of which, did you make that gunpowder that you were going to make in the first place?"

Ryan shook his head and said, "No, but later I found something better than gunpowder." ”

"It's better than gunpowder, you were about to blow gunpowder into the sky, what could be better?" Aisha blinked.

"Of course, if you're interested, we'll introduce you to a few people when we get back, they're all experts in that field."

"yes, okay."

The two of them chatted like this, the content was very bland, and even a little boring, but they cherished this rare peace very much.

After all, the big war is imminent, and it will be difficult for the two to have such a time at that time.

Early the next morning, the fortress sent a messenger to summon that a pre-battle meeting would be held for the actual military commanders of each army to attend.

This actual military commander is very interesting, it means that the actual commander of the unit is allowed to go over, and the commander who is just a name like that does not need to go.

This is actually very understandable, the military position is linked to the title, and the commander of the legion commander must at least be the title of viscount.

But not every nobleman is a good soldier, some people have the title of commander, but in fact, there are many people who are not familiar with military affairs.

In this case, they often have assistants or adjutants who are proficient in military command around them, and the troops are actually controlled by them, and the corps commander is just a mascot who acts as a façade.

Obviously, Ryan is the kind of mascot in the eyes of some people, after all, he looks so young and doesn't have a big name.

Naturally, it is considered to be a mascot that comes to gild, so it is said that it is so.

Ryan touched his nose, he didn't expect that he would be looked down upon as soon as he arrived on the battlefield, but he didn't care, he earned his face by himself.

"Go back and tell the Governor, we'll be there right away."

The governor has two meanings in Tistan, one is the governor of the province, the leader of a province, who has no rights in peacetime, and is the supreme commander of the province in wartime.

The second is the governor of an army, the supreme commander of a certain army, above the commander of the corps and below the marshal.

In this ironclad fortress, in addition to the original garrison, there are only 60,000 troops in the west and south, and this governor is their leader.

It is said that this governor has a great background, and I don't know which big family he belongs to.

After packing up and greeting Aisha, Ryan headed for the temporary governor's palace.

He arrived late, and the other legion commanders had already arrived.

Ryan's arrival attracted some attention, after all, he looked too young.

Ryan was accustomed to this, so he sat down in an inconspicuous position, and then pricked up his ears to listen to their discussion, not only him, but the others present were also curious about the Governor.

Everyone had different guesses, but only one of them caught Ryan's attention, it was a middle-aged man with a big belly, and he said to the little man beside him with a mysterious expression: "According to the information I have received, our Lord Governor is very likely to be a prince. ”

"Oh? Is it the eldest prince or the third prince. The little man said with some concern.

His Majesty had only three children, a princess and two princes.

The two princes had their own strengths, the eldest prince was friendly but had no military talents. The third prince has outstanding military talents, but his personality is reckless and suspicious.

Either way, it doesn't seem like a good thing for the expeditionary force.

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(End of chapter)