The Lyme Plain is located at the junction of the Boon Empire and the Duchy of Soros.

Although the land is plain, the land is barren and difficult to cultivate, so the number of civilians who settled here is relatively small.

Now, with the Great War approaching, the Boon Empire and the Principality of Soros, which is part of the Cult of the Holy Fire, have also adopted a strategy of clearing the wilderness, moving all the inhabitants of the Lyme Plains to the country.

The autumn wind was blowing in the dust, and on the vast Lyme Plains, there were almost only the two armies of the Demon Guiding Kingdom Alliance and the Holy Fire Sect Alliance.

Windeck City was an important town on the Lyme Plains, close to the Boon Empire.

Today, it has been built into a steel fortress by the troops of the Boon Empire.

The Triple Alliance has nearly 100,000 troops stationed here.

On the tall and broad walls of Windeck City, two high-ranking generals of the Boon Empire were watching with their magical telescopes with worrying glances at the Flame Cult's military camp fluttering in the distance.

"Duke Arnold, what do you think of the new marshal of our country?"

The man who spoke was a young officer named Saxon.

He looked to be in his thirties, but he already held the rank of general, and his prestige in the army was quite high.

"Alas, our new marshal is very powerful, but he doesn't know anything about arranging troops."

Duke Arnold has looked a lot older since he was removed from the position of Imperial Marshal by Prinzon.

"How's that to be? War is not something that can change the tide of war by one person alone. ”

Saxon looked agitated and looked like a red-faced rooster.

"Since he doesn't know how to set up formations, why doesn't he give you the authority to command the army?"

Looking at the young officer in front of him, Duke Arnold couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, and said slowly: "Your Majesty personally decreed, the army is fully in charge of the new marshal, and the rest of the people cannot interfere. ”

Saxon was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Then what instructions does our new marshal have?" ”

He ...... There are no specific instructions yet. ”

Arnold's words made Saxon's heart half cold.

The enemy's camp is dozens of miles away, and I am afraid that tomorrow the army will come to the city, but the marshal of his own side has not given any instructions, not even an order for defensive vigilance.

The Saxon let out a long sigh, and then asked, "What does the new marshal do in his tent every day?" ”

Arnold smiled bitterly: "Our orc marshal doesn't do anything every day except eat or sleep. ”

"What did you say?"

Hearing this, Saxon immediately turned around to leave, and Arnold quickly pulled his arm down when he saw this.

"Where are you going?"

Saxon couldn't break free, so he could only turn his head and say: "Old Duke, I joined the army at the age of fourteen, and I have never seen a war like this. ”

He sighed, and then said: "Our army is far inferior to the enemy's army, and if it continues like this, the consequences are worrying. ”

Seeing that the duke was silent, Saxon finally said his true intentions: "Don't stop me, let me go to your majesty and ask him to return the command of the army to you, the duke." ”

The duke listened to what the Saxons said, and did not let go, but slowly shook his head.

"Yesterday, His Majesty just executed Colonel Bosson, do you know why?"

"Why?"

Saxon had several encounters with Colonel Bosen.

Saxon didn't know what kind of person Bosen was, he just knew that Bosen, who was born in a military family, was dedicated to the country and had no second intentions.

"Could it be that Your Majesty executed him because he advised him to remove the new marshal?"

Arnold did not answer the Saxon question directly, but just looked at him deeply, and then sighed: "Your Majesty, he has changed......"

"If you go to him now, you will surely die, and then you will be worthless, like Boson."

"We are already bound to lose this battle, if you are really dedicated to the country, then lead your subordinates to fight as hard as you can."

"When the army is defeated, we will commit suicide and die for the country."

With the old duke's sigh, an autumn wind also blew on the city wall.

The cool breeze blew the military flag of the Boon Empire, like crying.

Touching the scene, the two generals, an old man and a young man, also hugged their heads and cried.

At the same time that these two ostracized, "worried about the country and the people" and unable to express their ambitions, were crying on the city wall, in the marshal's tent in the city lord's mansion of Wendeke, it was a different scene.

The Triple Alliance, each with an army commander.

Marshal of the Boon Empire, half-orc Gollum.

The Great General of the Valrhona Kingdom, the Demon Knight Sullivan.

Commander of the Wizard Nation Mage Legion, a farming druid, a new Magister, and a high-ranking goddess under the pseudonym Butcher, Sifna.

The three of them claimed to be discussing the enemy's military secrets, but internally they were actually holding an autumn barbecue banquet.

"Haha, Lin Xiao said that the war will start tomorrow, and today can give me a good rest!"

Sifna, who had been "working hard" all this time, was holding a roasted chicken wing in one hand and a bottle of Prindon the Great's high-end wine in the other, and she was so happy that she forgot her last name.

"Eldest sister, you say, how should I perform tomorrow?"

Simple Gollum has apparently been taught bad by Sifna.

He directed Sullivan to roast his leg of lamb while lying on the soft sofa like Sifna, gulping down a glass of wine.

"How do I know? Improv show. ”

Sifna nibbled on the chicken wings, and then said, "Anyway, you can't beat my stand-in, just beat it." ”

Gollum was obviously a little unconvinced when she heard Sifna say this.

"How do you know I can't beat your stand-in? How do you know if you don't try it? ”

"Okay, then you can try it, I heard Lin Xiao say that the stand-in has broken through the second level cap."

As soon as she heard what Sifna said, Gollum immediately became excited.

"What? Your stand-in broke through the second level cap? ”

Gollum is affected by the "arrogant" trait, and has a much stronger sense of honor than the average human noble knight.

When I heard that there was a strong man who had broken through the upper limit of the second level waiting to challenge him, he could not hold back his excitement.

I saw that he threw away the wine bottle in his hand and directly picked up the battle axe that was put aside.

At this time, the orcs had an urge to fight with people.

"I'm going!"

"What are you going for?"

Before Siffna could react, Gollum had already rushed out of the marshal's tent with a battle axe.

"It's over, Gollum is going crazy with alcohol!"

Only then did the goddess remember that the amount of wine and the wine quality of this half-orc guard that Lin Xiaoxin had received were very poor.

When he goes, he really wants to go to the main god Sifna, right?

"You hurry up and contact Lin Xiao, just say that Gollum is crazy."

After giving a few words of explanation to the puppet Sullivan, Sifna hurriedly chased him out.

She didn't know why she was stopping Gollum.

The goddess just instinctively felt that if Gollum provoked a war between the two armies at this time, the barbecue banquet she had so hard organized would not be able to continue.

"Huh? What is that? ”

Arnold and Saxon, who were still wiping tears from their eyes on the city, looked at a green-skinned orc with a flushed face and walked backwards carrying a giant axe, and at once split the strong wall of Windeck City strengthened by magic, and the whole person was stupid.

"Master Arnold, that's our new marshal......"

"It should be ......"

"He, why did he destroy the walls?"

"I don't know ......"

"Where is he going now?"

"How do I know, don't ask me ......"

Just as the brains of the two of them were running at a rapid pace, trying to find a reasonable explanation for Gollum's behavior, the orcs, who had already rushed out of the city for several hundred meters, suddenly turned back.

"Brothers, take up arms and fight with me!"

As soon as the grunt words came out, I don't know which short-sighted clerk immediately faithfully conveyed his instructions.

"Marshal Gollum has an order, all the troops of the Boon Empire will attack, and those who violate the order will be killed!"

As soon as this order was passed down, the Boon army in the entire city of Windeck immediately boiled.

If you want to say that there is anything wrong with the order to "strike all out", of course you are right.

To be reasonable, the marshal ordered the army to attack, which was a normal request.

But Gollum's order came without warning, and it was too hasty in terms of timing.

"Lord Arnold, this ......"

Listening to the marshal's order conveyed by the clerk, the Saxons immediately panicked.

Isn't it a joke that your own side is weak, and you have to attack with all your troops unprepared?

"Your Excellency, you stabilize the army first, and I will report to His Majesty the Emperor and ask him to revoke the ridiculous order of that orc."

"Wait!"

Arnold shook his head thoughtfully as he looked at the rapidly assembled army in the city.

"Perhaps, we are all wrong......"

The Duke frowned, finally grasping a flash of inspiration that flashed through his mind.

"Haha! This marshal of ours is really wise and foolish, and he hides it deeply! ”

Seeing Arnold laughing inexplicably, Saxon developed serious self-doubt.

"Young man, think about it, what is the most important thing about marching and fighting?"

"What is it?"

"A surprise, of course."

Arnold looked at the army that was constantly gathering under the city, and said thoughtfully: "Have you ever heard that there is a saying in the hometown of a certain brave man from another world, 'Soldiers, treacherous'? ”

"The way to use troops is to take them by surprise and attack them unprepared."

"Even we ourselves did not expect that our army would launch a full-scale assault at this time, and the enemy army naturally did not expect it."

"These days, the marshal has deliberately made an unprepared appearance, just to paralyze and confuse the enemy spies!"

Listening to Duke Arnold's words, Saxon still felt a little far-fetched.

"Your Excellency, are you saying that all of this was arranged in advance to confuse the Flame Cult army?"

"That's the only possibility."

"But ......"

Saxon wanted to refute, but two more commands echoed over Windeck City.

"General Sullivan has an order, the entire army of the Sifna Kingdom will be reorganized, and cooperate with the Boon Empire to attack, there must be no mistakes, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!"

"Commander Butcher has an order, and all the mage legions of the Magic Nation will attack!"

As soon as the two military orders came out, the Saxons were completely stunned.

In his cognition, the military alliance of the three countries has its own commander, and there is no unified military command.

If this sortie is just a temporary initiative, there is absolutely no possibility that the armies of the other two countries will send troops to cooperate.

The only thing that can explain what is happening in front of us is one possibility.

This "surprise attack" was a consensus reached by the top military leaders of the three countries long ago.

"Young man, don't stay, hurry back to the team, ready to attack!"

Arnold laughed, drew his sword at his waist, plunged down from the wall, and in the blink of an eye went to the phalanx where his men had assembled.