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2The sound of the head of the city of Ronnie shook the sky, and twenty thousand and a half beastmen "deceitfully obeyed;

The soldiers and militia of the Naian Legion firmly guarded the city wall, and once there was a crisis on the city wall, the Eastern Seventh Army and the Eastern Tenth Army, which were on standby under the city, quickly rushed to support.

The battle has been going on for four days, and this time in the siege battle, the orc chiefs were very clever enough to divide their troops into three parts, take turns to fight, and attack the walls of Kroni day and night.

The defenders of the city did not even have a chance to breathe, and did not leave the city for several days, and the Seventh and Tenth Legions of the East had been ordered by Lorraine to raise their spirits, even if the soldiers in the city were exhausted, Lorraine did not replace them with the new force, but only sent some to make up for the leaks.

But fortunately, the intensity of the attack of the orcs is not high, and at a glance it is only harassing and containing, and every time the orcs sent up just rush towards the city wall, and after all the attacks of the city soldiers are launched, they hula and withdraw at once.

Therefore, the intensity of the fighting of the soldiers on the walls was not high. So although they are exhausted, they can still support it.

But what made everyone angry was that those orcs were like old fritters who had spent thirty years in the government office of Ruman, and they all knew that "doing things in a high-profile manner and being a low-key person is an eternal truth that applies everywhere."

Before each attack, the momentum was sufficient. It's so noisy that even the turtle has to move. Especially every night, they are bound to swagger and attack.

Set up formations, shout loudly, and shout desperately......

Before they could take the battle, they were already screaming, as if they had even used the strength to eat, but as soon as the two sides were really together, the human soldiers opened their bows. With a slight drop of two arrows, they fled like frightened rabbits.

At first, there were a few warriors who were praised by everyone who really rushed to the city and fought with the human soldiers, but later, after all the guys whose brains were kicked by the donkeys were slaughtered by the human soldiers, the rest of the guys became much smarter.

No matter how agitated the chiefs and priests were. For example, "After the heroic death, how many virgins are waiting for you in heaven", "Every day in the wine forest meat pool", "Everywhere is uneven, everywhere is warm, and the fee is dry."

But you see these chiefs and priests blowing nonsense to send you to your death, and at the same time pulling the beautiful widows and orphans left by the warriors who died in battle into their tents, and taking care of them carefully and considerately.

That's when they came to see these bosses and the human world. "The legendary MLM class instructor. There is no essential difference, and I won't be that kind of cannon fodder at the moment.

If it weren't for the good news promised by the Scorpion King, maybe everyone would have become a plate of loose sand, or even one night. It's not impossible to pick up a knife and play the traditional "lower gram" of the half-orcs.

And although those chieftains also encouraged the soldiers to attack, deep down, they also knew the benefits of preserving their strength. Only with guns can you have status, if the brothers in your hands fight out, it's over. Who still thinks you're a leek?

Therefore, they also tightly draw their bows and release arrows slowly, and send troops to make a feint every day to deal with it, so as not to make the soldiers idle and bored. Lost morale. Moreover, the province will be held accountable for the future of Vichin and Torek.

But nevertheless. The number of this orc force is too large.

They kept attacking in turns, and the soldiers who were tired of defending the city were also tired

The officers below saw it in their eyes, and on several occasions they had taken down the soldiers in the city to repair for a day, and let the two legions that had been under the city replace them, but they were all denied by Lorraine.

Lorraine knew in his heart that when he led his army north, he would become a big magnet and attract all the orcs who surrounded the city of Cronnie.

The total number of the two legions is only 13,000, plus the half-orc troops and cavalry transferred from the Naian legion, a total of sixteen or seven thousand people, but they are also tailed by nearly 100,000 half-orcs.

If there is no abundant body, the army forcibly marches all the way away from the tail of the half-orcs, and is entangled by the half-orcs, even if Lorraine and the people can fight three at a time, it will be a life of total annihilation in the end.

The soldiers of the city of Crony threw a log full of spikes from the top of the city, tied to iron chains. The log swept across the wall, breaking the orc's rudimentary ladder lightly, and the orcs on top flew out and fell to the ground howling.

The soldiers of the city slowly pulled the logs up the walls, and the others lifted the stones and took their bows and arrows. Attack the orcs gathered under the city.

The orcs couldn't resist it, and quickly squeezed backwards and retreated, and the camp of the orcs in the distance also sounded the horn of retreat at this time.

The orcs under the city have long been tired of this kind of child's play, which is clearly filling a bottomless pit with the lives of the orc warriors. Every time I went to the city, although the screaming was quite loud, I held my shield and waited under the city of Kroni. I just didn't want to climb the city wall, and when the trumpet of retreat sounded, I immediately ran back with oil on the soles of my feet.

Lorraine looked at the orcs running all over the mountains in front of him, and pouted.

General Larry walked up to Lorraine with a body of smoke. Looking at the fleeing orcs, he said, "It seems that the half-orcs are impatient. This time, it was withdrawn before the official start of the fight. ”

Lorraine shook his head and said, "Tu Lao said... It's an old man, and he has no ability to learn what strategies and tactics we do. I regret the clumsy appearance of the past four days, which I couldn't see originally. You should know there's something wrong with that. Feints can't be made, and these orcs are really, getting lazy every time. ”

General Larry nodded and said, "Yes, if they surround and don't fight, maybe we will be even more uncertain." ”

Lorraine snorted, turned his head to look at the city of Cronie, and said, "The cities below have been notified." "It's all informed. General Larry said in a deep voice: "Ji has already given them adults, isn't this still a bit too risky?" Let's let the cities conduct another detailed reconnaissance to confirm the strength of the orcs. ”

Lorraine shook his head and said very firmly: "Don't worry, all the orcs on the border are already in front of us, and there are no other orc activities within three hundred miles of it, and those cities will be safe."

When the time comes, it's time for us to act, and call a meeting of the officers. ”

Seeing that Lorraine said firmly, General Larry no longer objected, and saluted and said, "Yes." ”

Although the orcs did not touch the city wall for several days, and the defense of the city was very successful, the officers and soldiers in the city of Kroni were not at peace.

The orcs suddenly besieged the city of Crony, which was something that none of the soldiers expected. Month. They were all used to it, but they didn't expect the orcs to suddenly put on a broken posture and go straight to Crony City.

And in the four days of fighting, the officers and soldiers also saw that these orcs were not able to work. Every time it came with a bang, before I could enjoy it, the orcs went away with a bang, just tossing the people in Kroni City to lack sleep.

It was like punching in the air, which made the soldiers in the city of Kroni feel very angry. There's no way to take these orcs again.

After Lorraine ordered the summoning, the captains of the various legions quickly rushed to the headquarters.

In the conference room, Lorraine and the three legion commanders were already waiting there with solemn faces, which made the hearts of the officers attending the meeting tense, and Lorraine had never been nervous in the siege of the city in the past few days. He also laughed at the city for the lack of dedication of these orcs.

When everyone had arrived, Lorraine tapped on the table. "Ladies and gentlemen, today we received bad news, Nedel City is surrounded by 20,000 and a half orcs. ”

After Lorraine said this. The room suddenly became dead silent. The officers' eyes widened. I couldn't believe the news that Lorraine conveyed, it was like a bolt from the blue for the people of Naian.

My side is fighting on the front line. The old nest in the back was actually dug up, which usually means. This war itself has already been lost.

For the soldiers of Nai'an who fought bloodily on the front line of Nedel City, it was more than just a provincial capital. It is home to many of their officers and soldiers here, and more importantly, the city of Nedel is Nai'an's

For the army on the front line, Nader is the central point for coordinating the logistics of the whole province, collecting supplies and then transferring them to the front line.

There were more than 40,000 Naian soldiers on the southern border, so many people needed food every day, military pay every month, as well as soldiers' weapons and armor, all kinds of ordnance, horses, and vehicles

These huge quantities and varieties of supplies are all on a list in Nedel City. It was first collected from various cities in Naian, and then transported to the front line as needed, and handed over to the soldiers, who then relied on the food and equipment to fight the orcs.

Once the city of Nedel was besieged. Not to mention anything else, it is a big question to ask who needs the supplies needed by the various cities on the front line.

At the same time, there is also chaos within Ness, Lorraine leads the troops, and all his energy is spent on the orcs on the border, and now the entire province of Nell is now managed by Catherine and Adele sitting in Nedel City.

As soon as Nedel was surrounded, the order could not be conveyed, and the cities below would naturally panic at a loss.

Lorraine waited quietly for the officers to digest the shocking news before he said, "Tell me your opinion." ”

An officer frowned and said, "In this way, the strange behavior of those orcs outside the city can be understood. ”

Lorraine let out an "um", nodded, and said, "It is likely that the orcs who surrounded us in Crony City already knew about this news and deliberately wanted to trap us here. Look at their actions these days. The intent is clear. It is to drag them down, to bring them down. ”

"What should we do then?" another officer said anxiously: "There are seventy or eighty thousand half-orcs outside the city, and we can't go north to rescue them without solving them." ”

Lorraine and the three Legion Commanders looked at each other. He raised his voice and said: "That's right, first, Nedel City must be saved, that is the foundation of our Nie'an, there is no room for loss, if Nedel is lost, whether it is the Emperor Xià or the Grand Duke Julius." They can't spare us. ”

Thinking of the two members of the royal family who were now trapped in Nedel City, the officers of the brother said that their hearts trembled violently, that was the future emperor His Majesty and the only princess of the imperial family now.

The people of the Eastern Legion knew better the temper of their big boss, Archduke Julius, and if his precious daughter and precious son were hurt a little bit, according to the temper of the bloody butcher, Lorraine would be eaten raw first. Then the entire steppe will be slaughtered into a desert.

"But you can't just take people straight to Nedel City," Lorraine said categorically: "In that case, if we don't wait for us to get to Nedel City, we will be bitten by these seventy or eighty thousand orcs, and if we want to save Nedel City, we must first solve these half-orcs outside the city." ”

The officers looked at Lorraine with different expressions, some in disbelief and some in confusion.

One of them said, "But, Lord Governor, there are seventy thousand and a half orcs outside. The number of troops available for mobilization in our hands is less than 20,000 at full capacity. My lord, if we fight 10,000 orcs and 20,000 orcs, we will definitely win, and if we fight 20,000 orcs and 40,000, the situation will be difficult to say. ”

Lorraine nodded, this situation is not one plus one equals two, a generation of Tianjiao, Napoleon Napoleon once took tens of thousands of brothers. Invaded Egypt, which was under the rule of the Mamluk military feudal group, in the open sand near the Great Pyramid Group on the west side of the Nile, the French army and the Mamluk cavalry fought the famous Battle of the Pyramids in front of the tombstones of several old fellows.

The Mamluk cavalry suffered heavy losses, and the French army won a great victory, and even later happily blasted off the sphinx's beard.

After the war, Napoleon compared the two armies, leaving behind the famous assertion that "two Mamluk cavalry can defeat three French cavalry, a hundred French cavalry can compete with a hundred Mamluk cavalry, three hundred French cavalry can defeat three hundred Mamluk cavalry, and a thousand French cavalry can always defeat fifteen hundred Mamluk cavalry." ”

Lorraine was in a different situation than Napoleon. But war is never a simple comparison of numbers, 10,000 to 20,000, and the difficulty of 100,000 to 200,000 is naturally not the same.

Lorraine stood up and pulled. "Brush" opened the curtain behind him, pointed to the map on the wall, and said: "So we must use a limited number of troops, relying on a qiē means to win more with less."

The Nyan Legion will remain in the city of Kroni, defending the entire city, the Eastern Seventh Legion and the Eastern Tenth Legion, as well as some cavalry units in the city. They will follow me out of the city and north today, luring the orcs to follow us and wait for an opportunity to destroy them. ”

After the morning meeting, the news of the siege of Nydel City was officially announced, and the soldiers and civilians in Crony City who heard the news were all stunned. The raid of the orcs this time was out of the usual understanding of the orcs, and the people in the city sighed one after another: those brainless savages, when will they become so smart.

Then everyone was worried about the fate of Crony City and Nedel City.

With the definite news coming in, the Governor of Lorraine was ready to rush to Nedel with two legions to relieve the siege. Leave one legion to defend the city of Crony.

Although many knowledgeable people thought that this was a terrible practice, and that it would not necessarily relieve the siege of Nedle, but that it was possible to accompany the two legions on the way north, and finally the city of Crony was quickly captured by the superior orcs.

But Lorraine's attitude and resoluteness were also the best option for the soldiers below and the people in the city.

Catherine and Leo are trapped inside Nedel City. The Eastern Legion is anxious to rescue their eldest sister and grandfather, and the people of Kroni City also know that Nidel must be saved, but if they compensate for the sake of Nidel City, they will never agree.

Of the three legions in the city, Lorraine took two and kept one, which just met everyone's wishes.

As for victory or defeat in the end, for these civilians and the big-headed infantry, there is the governor above to worry about anyway, they just need to do their own thing.

At noon that day, all the soldiers had a full meal. After noon, the soldiers of the two legions quickly lined up inside the city gate and prepared to leave.

In order to ensure the accuracy of the march, Lorraine ordered the troops to leave behind carts and carry as many mules and horses as possible, and for this purpose to scrape the horses in the city of Crony.

Lorraine and the two legion commanders inspected the ranks from back to front, and finally made their way to the city gate to say goodbye to General Larry.

Vera tied her long head into a ponytail. Put on a samurai outfit and follow Lorraine.

General Larry was very surprised to look at Vera, who had been circling Lorraine, and thought that this innocent and lively girl was also a great mage, and he was relieved.

Lorraine put on his helmet, looked at General Larry, who was still worried, smiled, patted the veteran's shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, no one in this world can take advantage of me, a friend of Hades." The city of Crony is yours. ”

General Larry sighed, then looked at Lorraine and smiled, "Please rest assured, Crony City will not be lost." I am here looking forward to the triumphant return of the adults. ”

Vera laughed in Lorraine's ear without knowing whether she was alive or dead, and said, "The young master knows when the yellow calendar is, and they have long called you the brother of the Hades." ”

Lorraine shook her hand and gave Vera a shiver in the head. Said: "Mouthy." ”

Vera said "ouch", then pursed her pink mouth, her big watery eyes glared at Lorraine dissatisfied, and she muttered that she didn't know what she was saying about Lorraine.

Lorraine and Vera got on their horses, nodded to the two legion commanders waiting beside them, and said, "Get out." ”

The gates of Crony City creaked and creaked open, and Lorraine shook the reins and rushed out of the gates, and behind him, two legions of soldiers began at the sound of the order, and hurried along the avenue north of Cronie.