The General Staff Department has already been in full operation, and after decades of research, all kinds of maps and other things have been prepared, and many operational plans have already been prepared, and only after the troops are assembled will be completed, the war will begin, and as for which kind of combat plan to adopt, this is Xuantian's decision.

In the face of the army of the orc empire on the front of hundreds of thousands of kilometers in the north, the people of the Temple of Light are not stupid, and the emergency documents of several empires and kingdoms on the front line have flown to the Holy Mountain of Light like snowflakes, and in the face of the pressure of the army of the orc empire, the Temple of Light will never dare to despise it, and today's orc empire is no longer the country that was bullied by the Temple of Light.

The battle meeting was held again and again, and the meeting was held for five days in a row, and there was still no result, which made the Pope very angry, but the Pope noticed that Nicholas was silent on the sidelines, and during the break of the meeting, the Pope summoned Nicholas to his lounge and asked: "Dear Nicholas, you don't seem to have expressed your opinion." "Yes, Your Majesty, because I have so little information in my hands that I can't judge what the purpose of the Orc Empire's operation this time is?" "Oh, Nicholas, what do you think?" Your Majesty, one thing I can be sure of is that the commander-in-chief of the orcs this time must be the guy Hu Xuantian, this guy is not a person without a head, he is different from other orc heads, for him, I definitely dare not underestimate him, last time I was defeated by his men, so, I have some research on him, this time, what does he want to do? I can't guess. "Do you have a rough goal?"

Nicholas said, "There are still general goals, but each one of them does not stand up to scrutiny, so I can't be sure what the strategic goals of the orcs are?" "The orcs have been using troops against us since ancient times, and the first one is to grab some supplies from us. This goal can also be said to be reasonable, but over the years, the Orc Empire has not lacked materials, and even more materials can be sold in large quantities, so the Orc Empire will not make a big deal to grab a little material. The second is because there are too many low-level races of orcs, so send a little bit to the battlefield to become cannon fodder and consume the population of some useless races. It's just that in the past, because the orcs were poor and couldn't afford to support people, now the orcs are not poor, and no matter how many people can feed them, this reason is also unreasonable. Thirdly, the orcs wanted to show their strength. This is possible, but a person like Xuantian would never do such a brainless thing, he would only put away his strength and then give us a ruthless attack in the dark, so it is unlikely. It was precisely because I couldn't guess what Xuantian wanted to do that I didn't speak. ”

The Pope thought for a moment and asked, "Since none of these reasons are true, it must be that something happened in the Orc Empire that we don't know about, and we need to find out." "Your Majesty, I have already asked people to check early in the morning, in addition, the intelligence network of the Holy Lord has also been fully activated, but, there is no news, our intelligence network has no way to penetrate into the upper echelons of the Orc Empire, now, Xuantian is in power, this guy, pay great attention to intelligence, and it is not so easy for us to get useful information." ”

The Pope frowned and said, "How many troops did the orcs send this time?" "There is no exact information, but there should be quite a few of them. It's just that the thirteen areas on the border have been classified as forbidden areas by Xuantian, and a large number of snake and cat people are patrolled very closely, and our people can't get the exact number of orcs at all, and our people are still too conspicuous in appearance, and it's not easy to get a little useful information. Nicholas sighed, in the past, the orc empire had no secrets for the Temple of Light, but now, it is very difficult to get information, and the orcs snake people and cat people are definitely masters in the dark.

After nine days of meetings, the Temple of Light finally decided to send 500 million troops to the north, and the elite soldiers were exhausted, and the commander-in-chief was still Nicholas, although Ovatt wanted to serve as the commander-in-chief, but the Pope did not approve it, although Nicholas was defeated once in the hands of Xuantian, after all, that time was a crime of non-war, and Ovat, in the last battle of light and darkness, also played a prestige, but, when it comes to the ability to command, there is still a certain distance from Nicholas. Of course, what the Pope wants most is to transfer Kaigula to the north, but Nicholas is against it, thinking that Kaigula needs to resist the black-clothed Shura in the south, and this time he also wants to compete with Xuantian again, and the last time he lost, although he didn't say it, but he was also a little unconvinced in his heart, and this time he vowed to compete with Xuantian.

There are too many people who oppose the 500 million army, but Nicholas insists, his reason is very simple: "We don't know the size of the army mobilized by the orcs now, rather than waiting until we are defeated and then transferring troops to the north, it is better to dispatch a large army at one time, if the orcs mobilize less troops, then we will solve them as quickly as possible, if the orcs mobilize the army, then we can also withstand the attack of the other party." 500 million, that's just my estimate, maybe the scale of the orc army this time is far beyond our imagination?" After hearing Nicholas's reason, no one objected, but in this way, the warehouse of the Temple of Light was much empty.

After the last battle with the Temple of Light, the Orc Empire built thirteen fortresses in the southern border area, these fortresses were built very large, corresponding to the eighteen fortresses of the Temple of Light, the entire north, the two sides faced each other at a distance of 8,000 kilometers, and the middle was a vast desert, but the Orc Empire had built a number of canals in the desert, and the completion of these canals made a large number of oases and green corridors appear in the vast desert, so that the way for the orcs to go south is no longer so difficult, of course, it is just as convenient for the Temple of Light to go north。 And the corresponding is the Dawning Empire and the Fog Empire under the Temple of Light, and now, the two empires have also mobilized 300 million troops and the 500 million army of the Temple of Light, with a total of 800 million troops stationed in the middle of the border in the Kasoda Fortress, which is the general headquarters of Nicholas, and at the same time, a large number of material resources are constantly transported to the front line from the rear.

The armies of both sides have been assembled, after all, it takes a certain amount of time for hundreds of millions of armies to be assembled. Although the war has not officially begun, the scout troops on both sides have already been killed in the Desert of Death, and the wolf cavalry of the orcs and the light cavalry of the Light Army have fought very well in the desert. Various races of orcs active in the dark, such as snake people, rat people, cat people, dog people, etc., have a very lively battle with various scout troops of the Light Army in the desert, and the number of scout troops on both sides is more than 1,000 people every day. Scouts are the eyes of both sides, even if the scouts have big casualties, they must also be sent out, otherwise, what awaits you will only be the enemy army killed under your nose.

The battle between the scouts is getting more and more fierce, Nicholas receives casualty reports every day, and feels very puzzled, the number of casualties of one or two thousand people a day is nothing for his army, and the casualties on the orc side are also a lot, after all, the scouts are the elite soldiers on both sides, the elite meets the elite, and the casualties are not as good as then, but this scout battle has been fought for more than a month, Xuantian still does not move, and there is no plan to go south at all, this does not seem to be Xuantian's style, too forbearing, but, the more this is the case, the more vigilant Nicholas is, he knows that Xuantian does not moveA move must be a thunderous blow, so he ordered all his troops to be ready for battle at any time.

The lack of intelligence made Nicholas very sad, not only did his intelligence troops not get any useful information, but the saint's troops did not get any useful information, which made him very distressed, however, he believed that Xuantian's life would not be easy, in terms of secrecy, Nicholas also did a very good job of asking himself, and it was not easy for Xuantian to get his information.

On June 8, 274, the orc army was finally dispatched, and the First Army began to attack from the Eastern Front. He ordered his 1st and 2nd legions to support the Charm Fortress on the Eastern Front, believing that two legions would be strong enough to hold back the Orcs 1st Legion.

On June 9, news also came from the Western Front, and the Sky Wolf Army and the Tiger Wolf Army of the Orc Ninth Army went south to attack Gebino Fortress. Upon receiving the information, Nicholas immediately sent the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Army Corps to support the Gebiye Fortress. The last time the fortress was razed to the ground by the orcs and then rebuilt, although it was strong, but it was still a little troublesome to deal with the two legions of the nine armies of the orcs, so Nicholas sent four legions.

On June 10, a large number of wolf cavalry marched south from the north at a whirlwind speed, and after a large number of scouts of the Bright Army were killed, and after a few scouts returned, Nicholas immediately mobilized his troops to prepare for defense. However, after waiting for a day, I didn't see any orcs heading south at all.

On June 11, Nicholas sent a large number of scout troops again, but this time, the scout troops of the Bright Army did not find any orc troops until 100 kilometers in front of the orc fortress, and not even a single orc scout was seen.

On June 12th, the Orc Empire increased its troops to the Eastern Front, and the armies of the Second and Third Legions reinforced the Eastern Front. Nicholas transferred the 3rd and 4th Corps to support the Eastern Front. The two sides were fighting very vigorously on the eastern and western fronts, but the middle line was still immovable.

On June 14th, the lion and wolf army in the ninth army of the beast god also appeared outside the Gebiye Fortress, and at the same time, the banner of the Eighth Legion of the Orcs also appeared, although the defenders of the Gebiye Fortress desperately resisted the attack of the orcs, but it was a heavy casualty ah, in the case of similar troops, the combat effectiveness of the orcs was definitely stronger than the Bright Army, and fortunately, the Bright Army was in a defensive state, if it was a field battle, I was afraid that the casualties would be greater.