A day after Pedy's troops arrived in Benson Town, the reorganization of the Fifth Regiment was successfully completed under the leadership of Sir Ike.

The 18,000 men were organized into four corps according to the regular order of the Imperial Corps, which were stationed on three defensive lines, and the soldiers of each division also arrived at their respective defense areas at the specified time under the tie of the officers of each department.

The commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment was the old sergeant of Burketon, who was proposed by the Earl of Anse and approved by Pedi, and their defense area was the area around Mount Ariel;

The commander of the 2nd Infantry Corps was Sergeant Bude, the captain of the 1st Brigade of the former Koren Fortress garrison, and the defense area was the stronghold on the south bank of the Tenate River on the left flank of Banson Town;

The commander of the 3rd Mixed Regiment was a local nobleman named Angel Ress in the town of Banson, and this regiment was stationed in the front line of the town of Banson;

The Fourth Mixed Corps was not fully manned, less than 4,000 men, and was commanded by Pedi's former subordinate Rennes, which was a reserve corps.

In addition, the Wizard Unit is an independent unit, and its commander is Earl Anse's personal Wizard Advisor Able, with Cowlier assisting.

The Chief of Staff was Tamil, the former Deputy Commander of the Banson Garrison, and Sir Ike was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief of Military Intelligence, and the Deputy Chief of Military Intelligence was Bourton, the Sheriff of Banson Township, who was responsible for the day-to-day affairs of the Military Intelligence Service.

In addition, Pedi's lieutenant in the Fortress of Coron, the Knight of Alfred, was specially appointed by Peddy as the chief of the logistics department because of his outstanding talents, and Aemond, a former member of the staff of the Fortress of Coron, became the new lieutenant of Pedi, and Hades served as Pedi's personal military adviser and captain of the army.

At eight o'clock in the morning of the 19th, the newly appointed chiefs of the above departments arrived at the operations conference room of the command post in Banson Town on time, and at half past eight, Pedy and Earl Anse entered the conference room one after another.

After a brief introduction, Pedi called the meeting to order.

First of all, Chief of Staff Tamil said: "The weather has slowly become warmer, the orcs should increase their offensive efforts in the next few days, according to reliable information, the orc stronghold at the front of Mount Ariel has increased two battalions, and its total strength is close to 10,000, it seems that the focus of the next orc attack will be on the defense line of Mount Ariel." As he spoke, he took off the leather gloves of his new military uniform and wiped the sweat from his palms.

"The orcs outside the Tenate River defense line advanced two miles in one day, and if this continued, the Tenate River defense line would collapse in five days at most before the end of the month. "Bud has just taken office and is the most ugly face among the generals present.

"The Second Corps is mostly veterans, how could it be possible to retreat so quickly. Pei Di furrowed his eyebrows, "Give you two days, if I can't stop the collapse of your troops, I will personally send the overseer team." ”

When Bude heard this, he immediately straightened up and reassured: "When I go back, I will put my command post at the forefront. Then, with a grim face, he said, "But sir, the Tenet River, because of its geography, requires a large number of ranged weapons..."

"The latest supplies for Klan City are in place, and you'll go to the logistics office to pick them up after the meeting. Count Anse interrupted Budd's nonsense, and as he spoke, his eyes looked straight at the newly appointed Logistics Chief, Knight Alfred, and looked at him with straight hair.

At this time, Sir Angelis, the corps of the 3rd Mixed Corps, who was in charge of the frontal defense line, suddenly stood up, "The reason why the defense line of the Tenet River is difficult is that there are orc strongholds on both sides of the left flank and the front, which forms an arc-shaped encirclement of the 2nd Corps, so I think that the front of the 3rd Mixed Corps can advance another thirty miles, establish a stronghold on the flank of the Tenet River, and echo the defense line of the 2nd Corps, so that it may be able to achieve unexpected results." ”

Pedy nodded imperceptibly, and his gaze subconsciously shifted to a large military map placed in the middle of the conference room, at which point the Deputy Chief of Staff, Sir Ike, immediately moved the marker of the 3rd Mixed Regiment forward on the map.

"Sir, the location you are talking about is the stronghold on the left flank of the Orc Tenate River, and there is a wing of troops stationed there, and with the strength of the Third Mixed Regiment, it is impossible to capture it. Count Anse shook his head, he had this idea a long time ago, but the gain was not proportional to the loss.

"If I get the Fourth Legion to help me, I'll be confident that I'll take that orc stronghold. Sir Angreth insisted on his opinion, he did not seek the consent of the Earl of Anse, and his eyes kept on Pedy.

Pedi leaned back at this time, leaned back in his chair, and then turned his head to look at Tamil, the chief of staff next to him, "What is the opinion of the staff office?"

Tamil knew that he couldn't hide from himself, so he stood up and met everyone's eyes and said: "If you use two corps to attack the orc's stronghold here...", he pointed to a location on the map as he spoke, "The other areas of the orcs will definitely divide their forces to rescue, then, in order to cooperate with the attack of the third and fourth corps, the first corps and the second corps must also attack at the same time to stick to the orcs in front of their respective defensive lines, so that the casualties will be very large." ”

Angeleth immediately retorted: "Since the fall of Anku Fortress, the people of the Crane Territory have been in a panic, Banson Town needs a victory to boost morale, as for losses, we have a steady stream of soldiers, there are more than 30,000 young men in the Banson Town area alone who are willing to die for this war, as a victory..."

"Enough!" Earl Anse interrupted Sir Angreth rudely, "this is a senseless victory, and you are not trying to boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians of Benson Town, you are only trying to satisfy your disgusting vanity. ”

"I—" Angret thought to explain.

At this time, Burkton next to him interrupted his explanation with an exaggerated expression of praise on his face, "Sir Angelis, the commander of a wing of the most elite unit of the orcs, won the first battle since the orc invasion, and completely annihilated the commander of a wing of the most elite unit of the orcs, what a wonderful title, isn't it?"

Burketon's undisguised sarcasm immediately made Angeleth's face very ugly, and he wanted to refute it immediately, but out of the corner of his eye, he held back when he saw Pedy and Earl Anse sitting upright.

Pedi reacted at this time, he stared at the orc stronghold on the map and the surrounding orc layout for a few seconds, and then pointed at Angeleth and said in a commanding tone, "You, sit down." ”

"I'm sorry, sir. Angelis immediately bowed and sat down.

Pedi ignored the man, and he turned to the old sergeant of Burketon, "Is there nothing wrong with the defense line of Mount Ariel?"

"The defense line twenty miles deep, there is no problem in fighting head-on, and it is guaranteed to be able to hold on until the end of this month. Burketon said in a affirmative tone.

"No, the task of the First Corps is to hold out until the 10th of next month. Pedi shook her head.

"Huh?" Burkton's face changed, and after glancing at Count Anse, he said, "If that's the case, I need to send an additional squadron of magicians." ”

"No problem, a squadron of magicians, will arrive at the defense line of Mount Ariel by noon tomorrow. Abel didn't wait for Pedi to ask, but preemptively spoke.

"That's fine. ”

"Good. With a smug expression, Pedy stretched out his hand to the side, and Adjutant Aemond immediately put a stack of papers in Pedy's hand.

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

The sound of the paper turning over sounded, Pei Di flipped through the Chinese document in his hand, glanced at the chief of staff Tamil and said: "This is the list of appointments to the captains of each department drawn up by the General Staff Office and the Officer Office, if there is no problem, let it be implemented as it is." With that, Pei Di handed the Chinese copy to Count Anse.

Count Anse didn't care about the question at all, he looked at it roughly, and his gaze moved to Tamil.

Sir Tamil's face was unnatural, he didn't know about this matter at all, this was not the list drawn up by the staff at all, but suddenly, as if he thought of something, he suddenly looked at Sir Ike opposite, but at this moment Sir Ike was sitting precariously with an expression of 'I don't care about my business'.

"So be it. "Count Anse already understood what was going on, but he had no objection.

Pedi wasn't surprised, and he only smiled faintly at Earl Anse's response.

Soon, the operational meeting entered the boring battlefield briefing...

In fact, this operational meeting is simply a formality, for the Fifth Army Corps, there is no superfluous tactical option at all, at this moment, there is no other way but to hold the defensive line,

This meeting was just a meeting for Pedi to get acquainted with the ministers, and at the same time, Pedi was also telling them that the Fifth Army would be up to him from now on.

At half past nine, the one-hour operational meeting was announced.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Pedi was escorted by the personal guards all the way south, straight in the direction of Crane City.

At three o'clock in the afternoon of the 20th, Pedi arrived in the city of Crane.

Because of the advance notice, Pedy and his personal guards entered the city very smoothly, and even when Pedi entered the inner city, the governor of Chrysburg, Sir Aven, and the captain of the knights' guard, Viscount Tim, personally led the way for him.

Half an hour later,

Pedi was brought into Chrysburg by Sir Avon and Viscount Tim.

In the reception hall of Cransburg, Pedy met Duke Ron and, of course, his brother Omar Reagan.

"Hey, my brother, long time no see!" Count Omar gave him a big hug as soon as he saw Pedy, and after parting, he looked at Pedi carefully and said, "Haha, you were a child when you were separated, and when we met again, you were already the commander of the army of 20,000 men. ”

"Are you sarcastic about me, or are you complimenting me? Pedi laughed.

"I'm praising you. ”

"I don't believe it. ”

"The goddess can testify. ”

"The goddess will abandon you because of your lies. ”

"It's not a lie. ”

"Count Omar, you should stand up with your brother and talk. Duke Gna's voice came from the side, "Pedy, we meet again, and I thank you for your reminder not long ago. ”

"Huh?" Pei Di was a little confused, but then he reacted, and he subconsciously asked, "Is that true?"

Duke Gna nodded, "I'm afraid yes, my scout told me that Count Cizen Devon has stationed 10,000 troops near Fort Tulbuk, obviously, he has been prepared, otherwise he will not be able to support this army with the strength of Fort Tulbuk." ”

"Even before I started, I thought it was fake news. Pedi was a little stunned.

"That's a shame. Duke Gna shrugged.

"You don't seem worried. ”

"Nothing to worry about. "What we need to do now is to defeat the orcs under the city of Crane, so that the 10,000 soldiers at the command of Count Nishizawa Devin will soon fall to us." ”

"But—" Pedi wanted to say something.

"If we fail," said Duke Gnar, "if we fail, we will not miss the 10,000 soldiers in the hands of Nishizawa Dewen, and then the entire northern territory of the empire will be thrown into chaos." ”

"So, we're going to do everything we can to win this battle. There was a hint of determination in Duke Ron's tone.

Count Omar suddenly patted Pedi on the shoulder, "You came just in time, we received a report from the scouts this morning, the orcs have gathered an army of 110,000 in three ways, ready to storm the city of Kran, half an hour later, we have a combat meeting, as the commander of the fifth legion, you should join in!"

"Oh?" Pedy glanced at the three of them.

"Let's go!" the Duke of Gna grabbed Pedy's shoulder collarbone with his big hand, and without waiting for Pedy's answer, he dragged him to the next room.