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A young man rode a ten-leaping horse and whipped up. Appeared in the high ten! Then he gave help and sat firmly on his horse.

He raised his head, looked at the sun in the sky, and pulled out a bright brass trumpet from behind his horse.

He carefully counted the clean and beautiful banner under the horn. Then he puffed out his cheeks vigorously and blew the horn.

"Woo"""

Like a relay, the loud and bright horn sounded incessantly, spreading incessantly across the prairie.

In that wind, the flags under the brass trumpet fluttered incessantly. A hideous black eagle embroidered on it also kept swinging, ready to fly

When the trumpeter had finished blowing, he galloped down the hill.

At the foot of the hill, a huge procession of Praetorian guards, mages, priests, and orcs lined up in a long line on the avenue of Naian, and headed south in a daze.

The front had vanished below the horizon, and Houan continued to emerge from below the horizon on the other side.

Like the tide of rivers and seas, it is not in abundance

The overwhelming army had completely wiped out the green grasslands, and all that remained was the face of a magnificent red imperial soldier's uniform

At the forefront, the vanguard of the Praetorian Guards opened the way. A, the knight at the front holds the eagle banner of the Ruman Empire. The flag swayed slowly in the warm and smoky spring breeze.

Followed by the Lorraine family, who were protected by the Praetorian Guard, Lorraine and Celine and Adele sat in the carriage and firmly pressed the military formation.

The handsome banner that was several feet tall was still clearly visible even though it was dozens of miles away.

Banner-bearers and messengers kept shuttling back and forth, while at the same time shouting in their characteristic loud voices, passing all sorts of orders back and forth like flowing water.

And Leo, who couldn't stay idle, rode a white elephant and took Melina, who was also young and fun-loving, to shuttle through the team non-stop.

The Praetorian Guard was followed by the Praetorian Guard's attendants, who simultaneously escorted the entire team to lift the weight.

The mages and priests crouched lazily on the wagons full of lifts, some of them bored and even doing the only thing they could do on the journey. Play cards.

At the end of the line were Lorraine's heavyweight weapons for this expedition to the south, the orcs, who would be like a group of gypsies, driving a caravan, crowded on it, singing and laughing along the way, looking like they were not going to war, but like they were going to camp.

Lorraine was to lead an army of more than 100,000 to fight a great battle that had never been seen before in the history of Naian, but within Naan. But there was no tension like the one that came when war came.

The spring was at its best, the villages and towns on both sides of the road were busy but calm, and for the peasants, the farm work was inexhaustible, and the young men joined the militia, or to make a little more money, and mixed into the ranks of the men, and had already opened the southern line.

The old men and women were bent over the fields, and the children were left unattended, and they were all like crazy people, gathering on the roadside every day to make trouble.

It's just that no matter where you go, you can't see that kind of war going on, that kind of panicked look, when Lorraine and their brigade walked by, many villagers still curiously rushed forward to watch.

Some are far away, and even are still driving carriages, and the children at home are also coming to take a look.

The people of Naian were generally optimistic about the war.

In last year's Winter War, the Naians, under the leadership of Lord Lorraine, defeated more than 100,000 half-orcs with only 40,000 old and weak soldiers.

The tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the once terrifying half-orc scorpion clan, and even Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, were wiped out in ashes and wiped out cleanly with a snap of their fingers.

This time, however, the wise governor of Lorraine had gathered 150,000 regular legions. In addition, there are countless orc servant armies, and noble armies and merchant teams who come from all over the world to join in the fun, and want to make a big war fortune.

The name of Lord Lorraine has already resounded throughout the land.

When it comes to the title of "Flying Eagle God of War", who is not in awe of three points.

If in the past, the ferocity of the orcs could stop the night crying, then now. As soon as it comes to "Flying Eagle God of War." Come, the orcs of the savannah are all terrified.

What's more, this empire's double-flowered red stick, a level thug, still has a younger brother of almost 300,000.

Isn't his old man walking sideways on the prairie?

If the orcs on the prairie are solved once and for all this time, then everyone will no longer have to suffer from the invasion of the orcs in winter.

The people of Naian were generally supportive of the war, especially the people of the south. They have been suffering from orc aggression for years. The most severely affected zhòng. Therefore, among all the regiments that participated in the counteroffensive of the Southern Expedition, they were also the most active.

Lord Lorraine made a lot of money in order to take the southern grasslands as soon as possible, and also to solve the problem of supply difficulties on the grasslands.

He also spared no expense in his old man, and the company purchased a sum of money very well and gave it to everyone. The legions were all equipped with horses and chariots.

If you count it, almost every fifth soldier can be equipped with a horse-drawn carriage. In this way, they can wield their combat power to the maximum.

Even in a state where they are completely unable to replenish, they can continue to fight for at least half a month.

Moreover, even if it is a force, if it is in the field and encounters the enemy in a hurry, they can still link their carriages and form improvised fortifications. Resist on the spot.

What's more, after all the carriages were used, the mobility of the troops was also greatly improved.

Lord Lorraine is even proud to claim that the first pure mechanized unit in the history of the Empire was born in my hands.

If you don't take it into account, this time it's going deep into the grassland and playing away. And if he is not familiar with the local terrain, he even wants to use a blitzkrieg to test the strength of this offensive that is known as the most powerful in history, and also to accumulate more experience in the future.

Since the team was full of cavalry and carriages, and the road was strong and flat, the march was naturally fast, and it took ten days to reach Crony from the city of Nidel.

At this moment, the city of Crony has become a huge military camp, and when it is still twenty miles away from the city, before I can see the walls of Cronie City, I first see the camps set up outside the city.

The camp of the thirty legions, the place to be occupied is very large, in addition to the logistics team of more than 100,000 people, nearly 300,000 people gathered here, and the originally empty field has now become noisy.

Trucks carrying heavy lifts lined up in long queues to and fro the barracks.

After arriving at Crony City, and settling Catherine and the others, before they had time to wash away the dust along the way, Lorraine first asked General Larry to summon all the legion commanders for a meeting.

After receiving the order, the Legion Commanders quickly gathered in the meeting room in the city of Crony.

Thirty generals all gathered together, and a room in Nuoda was packed.

As far as the eye can see, there are bright riding boots everywhere and shining gold stars of the generals.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are officials, there are factions.

These thirty legion commanders came from most of the empire, and most of them were local legions in the provinces, and they were the same status as the Naian Legion.

When Lorraine was fighting with the governors of the provinces and gathering men, she spoke clearly to the imperial governors. As long as the regular army, those city guards and militia or something, there is no need to send them over to cheat the funds. Whoever indiscriminately fills the amount will deduct his salary.

Therefore, these legions are the regular field corps of the Empire, although they bear the names of the provincial armies, but they are also under the orders of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and belong to the strategic general reserve of the Empire, and will be ordered to go to the front at any time.

Otherwise, after the defeat of the Northern Crusade Army, Russell gave an order, and after just half a year, another crusade corps was organized.

This time, for these generals, the operation convened by Lorraine was actually the same as the usual requisition mission, and for the half-orcs who lost their armor, the mentality of these legion commanders was naturally very relaxed, thinking that this would be just a simple sweeping operation.

Thinking that the task was not arduous, these corps commanders also seemed a little leisurely, and after gathering in the conference room, they gathered together in twos and threes to talk to each other.

Among them, there are also those who are different from them, that is, the army commanders who have come from the eastern provinces.

The Seventh and Tenth Legions of the East came to Naian before the start of winter and followed Lorraine to fight the whole thing. In the winter campaign, it was fought as the main force and the orcs in the river valley.

Although Lorraine paid a lot of money for these two legions, it was worth the money, and without them, Lorraine would probably not survive that winter.

There was also a legion that arrived in Nay Ann at the end of the Winter War, and this legion was given free of charge by Archduke Julian.

After the old guy didn't have Catherine's help, after a period of stumbling, with the help of the auxiliary officers, he was also on the right track.

He's a good planner. Anyway, there is no big battle on the Eastern Front now, so send this army over. Not only can he reach out to Lorraine and ask for help. And it's just the right thing to do is to reduce the logistical pressure.

But this legion happened to be in time for that war, just like the 10th Legion in the East. Stationed in the city of Crony.

Later, Catherine, a good girl, came forward and asked for five more regular legions from the Archduke Julius, but fortunately, this time the Grand Duke was generous and did not ask Lorraine for cash.

Because in the previous land sales activities, the Constantines were the most profitable, and the eastern provinces became landlords from top to bottom, and also solved the problem of the resettlement of the retired veterans under the Grand Duke Julius.

Soldiers elsewhere retired money, and here the Archduke Julian retired the land. This raised the prestige of Archduke Julian directly to a higher level.

Now in the eastern provinces, from top to bottom to the Grand Duke Julian is a voice of praise for virtue, in the past, when mentioning the Grand Duke, the first thing that comes to mind is the bloody butcher, moody, like to cut off people's heads, it is best to stay away from him.

Even the subordinates of the Grand Duke mentioned their boss, and they were also honored as the heroic, wise, and mighty Grand Duke Julian, and now his subordinates rose up again, and first said the merciful and generous Grand Duke.

Now the Grand Duke Julian has to sigh for a while, "When a woman is older, she will become someone else's" or something, and then say that Lorraine is useless, but his subordinates all know that the Archduke is arrogant, in fact, he can't hear anyone dare to say bad things about Lorraine.

When Catherine stretched out her hand to ask for someone, the Grand Duke made another mistake, and hid the problem of co-payment, and did not ask for help When Catherine threatened the Grand Duke to pay Yi Zhou Lankou, the Grand Duke immediately wiped his face, and then generously sent these five regiments with rich combat experience.

Also under the command of the Grand Duke, these legion commanders are naturally in their own right, and Lorraine "bought." The provincial armies are clearly distinguished.

Another reason is that these legions from the eastern front are the main force of the empire stationed on the border, and they are the first-class combat force of the Ruman Empire.

In addition, there is a group of old gods who are there, and that is the land snakes of Ness.

The Neyan Legion fought brilliantly in this war. They knew the orcs, had a lot of experience in fighting the orcs, and after receiving the support of the Eastern Legion, they repeatedly took the initiative to attack, and achieved brilliant results, and after the battle, General Larry quickly recruited a large number of orcs, and filled the entire legion with staff.

Because of Lorraine's full financial and human support, Volka's cavalry corps was one. It was formed in a month's time.

In fact, the most difficult thing for this cavalry corps is the war horse, but fortunately, Volka solved it himself, he brought back more than 4,000 excellent war horses from the grassland, and Lorraine spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy him 2,000 war horses and carts, and solved this problem.

The source of troops is the simplest, Tyrka is now a well-known general in the empire, going thousands of miles, fighting for four months, killing tens of thousands of half-beasts, and messing up the steppe.

There is a popularity of Volka there, and there are even rumors that Volka is going to be awarded a hereditary knighthood, and the Heraldic Academy is examining him, attracting young Neyan children to join this legion, and there is even no lack of nobles and second sons of famous families, there is no hope of inheriting the family business, and those young people regard military merit as a step forward.

Many people, including Lorraine's officers, came to Lorraine in the hope of finding a position for their children in the new legion.

Lorraine gave priority to these sons of good families in Naian, which not only won over his subordinates, but also guaranteed the plain of the officers.

Because this legion has to deal with orcs now and in the future, Lorraine recruited more than a thousand people from among the orcs who took the initiative to join.

After the formation of the cavalry corps, Lorraine first pulled all the officers into the Naian Officer Training School, where the instructors of the Flying Eagle Group were ruthless, and then handed them over to Volka, who was training them desperately before the war.

In addition, there are six legions cobbled together by the city guards of Naian, to talk about it. They can be called motleys, and even the legion commanders are temporarily appointed by Lorraine to serve as a few city lords.

The locals of Naian regarded these two regular legions as horses, but they didn't care about their miscellaneous status at all, on the contrary, they were very arrogant, and they also despised the legions that were bought with co-pay with the Eastern Legion. These six local legions of Naian are also proud, these tribes cobbled together by the city guards can defeat the 120,000-and-a-half orc alliance in a bright way.

In the most glorious battle of the River Valley in the Winter War, it was these miscellaneous cards that defeated the main force of the orcs as a new force, annihilating more than 50,000 troops of the orcs, and achieving an overwhelming victory rarely seen in the empire in recent years.

The snakes of Naian's ground walked with their nostrils facing the sky, and from time to time they showed off their achievements, which made the legion commanders, who had no achievements to achieve, very angry.

The relationship between these Naian land snakes and the Eastern Legion is very good, because the eldest sister of the Eastern Legion is now the proprietress of Nai'an, and the two parties are a family, and they used to fight side by side, and they are all acquaintances, and they join forces to laugh at those guest troops.

Just like in the current conference room, the captains of the guest army sit on one side, and the captains of the Nean and Eastern Legions sit on the other side, and the two sides talk about topics such as "I heard that your subordinates have no money to give them for looking for chickens, so they ran three streets with their pants in their hands", exposing and laughing at each other.

When Lorraine, Leo, and Larry entered the conference room, they heard the generals laughing inside.

Seeing Lorraine and Leo enter, the Legion Commanders hurriedly jumped up and saluted the two.

Before they could finish their words, Leo waved his hand impatiently. shouted: "Excuse me, excuse me, hurry up and have a meeting."

As he spoke, he sat next to Lorraine.

Lorraine nodded at them and said, "Sit down."

The captains of the guest army pulled out their chairs and sat down, then looked at the superior in front of them with wide eyes.

For these legion commanders, the young man in front of them is a legendary figure with many discrediting halos.

The legion commanders don't care that others say that Lorraine is the first white-faced man in the empire, a young man with shit luck or something, they are emperors, and what they value is a person's ability and military merits.

The young man in front of him was at least one round older than them, but he had achieved feats that were beyond their reach, and these feats were real, and they couldn't be jealous.

These legion commanders asked themselves if it was their own, not to mention the battle of the Maple Leaf Danlin, that is, they would not be able to fight the war with the orcs in winter, and many people wondered how this young man did it.

For them, this expedition to the south was an opportunity to see Lorraine's true skills up close.