Early morning
The first sunlight came from the east, stretching the shadow of Watch City. Although the corpses on the city wall had been collected by both parties with a tacit understanding, the blood stains on the wall and the charred blackness caused by the flames were difficult to clean. of. All traces tell of the brutal battle taking place.
After resting for a night, the orc soldiers have begun to enter combat positions on the city wall under the command of officers. In the past few days, humans have launched fierce attacks without exception. The orcs have almost become accustomed to this rule and have changed early. Some of the sergeants who had been on duty last night were stationed on the city wall, preparing for new attacks.
However, the human army did not continue to attack the city today. They just put up a defensive posture to guard against the orcs coming out of the city for a surprise attack. Thor led some troops early in the morning and bypassed Watch City to meet the arrival from the north. The army of the Western Region.
Soon, a dusty cavalry appeared in Thor’s sight. The armor of these cavalry was either damaged or stained with black dust and blood. Their faces looked tired. Even the Duke of Ross in charge No exception.
Saul recognized Duke Ross. As soon as he saw Duke Ross, he immediately led his men to greet him. Under the cover of the Dragon Knight, the cavalry of the Western Army successfully got rid of the entanglement of the orc reinforcements, and finally successfully fought with Thor’s The army completed the rendezvous, but the way of the rendezvous was much worse than expected.
In the original plan, after the Western Army crossed the Rapids from the south, they could attack from both sides with Thor’s main force, break the orcs’ layout in Watch City in one go, and achieve the initial strategic goal. However, the orcs were unexpectedly quick. The arrival of reinforcements and the addition of White Dragon seriously deviated from the plan.
“Your Excellency, Duke of Ross, how is the situation of the Western Army?”
After the Western Army and the army that came to meet them merged, Saul also quickly met with the Duke of Ross.
“We encountered a large number of orc troops on the road. Now the number of troops that have broken out is less than 150,000, and the fifth army has been almost completely wiped out.”
The losses suffered by the Western Border Army are not unbearable. From the 300,000 troops when they set out for the expedition, more than half of them have been lost now. Looking at the faces of the officers and soldiers of the Western Border Army, they have long since lost the enthusiasm they had when they just set out for the expedition. His unruly look revealed only deep exhaustion.
“Thanks to the Duke of Northland this time. If he hadn’t arrived in time with the dragon, let alone bringing out these 150,000 people, I might not even be able to come back.”
“Richard?”
“Yes, Sir Richard should have entered that legendary realm and stopped a terrifying white dragon.”
“Holy steps?”
“Well, it’s absolutely true. The white dragon that can’t be harmed by the Red Shadow Sword has definitely entered the holy level, and His Excellency Richard, Duke of Northland, can fight against that white dragon…”
Thor has not even seen the white dragon with his own eyes, and it is even less likely that he can see the power of the holy white dragon Yamos. Naturally, he will not have such a high opinion of Richard who can fight against the white dragon Yamos. If someone else told Saul that Richard had reached the holy level, Saul would naturally find it difficult to believe it, but the Duke of Ross in front of him was far higher than ordinary people in terms of status and vision. When it comes out of your mouth, the credibility of the information is naturally much higher.
“If it were a holy rank, I am afraid that no one would be able to say anything about this prince.”
Saul lowered his head and was distracted for a moment, as if he was digesting the news, which aroused Duke Ross’s confusion.
“What prince?”
“Nothing, where is Richard now?”
Saul realized that this was not the time to discuss Richard’s title. Seeing Duke Ross returning with a large group of cavalry, but not seeing Richard yet, he asked a little strangely.
“After Mr. Richard fought with those white dragons, I took the opportunity with the Western Army to break through the orcs’ obstruction. The dragon knights covering the retreat in the rear should be more aware.”
The four dragon knights sent by Thor were not useless. They were only one step slower than Richard’s arrival at the battlefield. The Western Army could protect the hundreds of thousands of people from breaking through and coming from the obstruction of the orcs. Joining Sol, they also have a share of credit.
But when Ross said this, the dragon knight Harvey on the side looked a little embarrassed.
“Sorry, Lord Thor, we did not join the battle with the white dragon.”
“What’s going on?”
When Thor thought about it, since Richard and the dragons under his command had already fought against the white dragon, it was natural for the four dragon knights to join the battle. How could they protect the Western Border Army after standing out from the orc army to block it? Withdrew, but after thinking about it carefully, Thor came to his senses.
“Dragon?”
“Yeah.”
Harvey nodded helplessly. When he saw Bai Long and Richard’s men fighting, he naturally planned to join the battle. However, it was not up to the Dragon Knight to decide whether the battle would be fought or not. Such a risk was extremely high. In the high-level battle, the dragons sat down by the Dragon Knight refused to participate. After all, there were dozens of white dragons. The risk of joining the battle was too high. Among the remaining dragons in the Golden Dragon Kingdom, Thor’s was the only one. My partner is still willing to put in a lot of effort. The other dragons are waiting for autumn to pass and return to the clan, so they are still willing to fight to the death.
“Alas!”
“That’s all, let’s go back to camp first. Grand Duke Ross will lead the Western Border Army to rest for a day. We’ll wait for Richard and get ready to retreat.”
Retreating means that the battle out of the border is an anticlimax, which means that all the previous investment has been completely wasted. All the materials spent for this battle are wasted, but the plan can never keep up with the changes. These orcs The reinforcements came too quickly. This sudden reinforcements that joined the battlefield completely broke Thor’s plan. After hundreds of thousands of orcs joined the battlefield in Watch City, the balance of strength between the two sides has obviously changed. The problem now is no longer what We have captured Watch City, but now we have to decide how to safely withdraw the army to Longxi Pass.
“Yeah!”
Ross didn’t say much, and immediately ordered the Western Army to continue advancing and return to the main camp of Longxing Pass to rest.
When the Western Army and Thor were evacuating, they could already see the Orcs and Wolf Riders behind the team. They looked deeply at the retreating human army, obviously unwilling to let them go so easily. Human army.
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Night
The human camp is brightly lit with bonfires.
Saul, Ross and a group of senior officers gathered in the main tent. Saul still sat in the main seat, while Duke Ross sat in the second seat, and the other generals took their seats in turn.
“The orc reinforcements have arrived at Watch City. In addition to the 200,000 vanguard troops, there are also 300,000 rear troops. If they hadn’t happened to encounter the Western Army, we would have been in danger this time.”
“This…”
“Lord Thor, now that the orc reinforcements have arrived, it is meaningless for us to continue attacking Watch City. I suggest that we withdraw to Dragon’s Breath Pass immediately.”
After a brief silence, someone immediately proposed a retreat. Now the orc reinforcements are coming much faster than expected. The previous combat goal is obviously difficult to achieve. When the orcs react, the reinforcements will only get bigger and bigger. If there are too many, soon humans may not even be able to maintain their superiority in military strength, and retreat will be an inevitable choice.
Most of the remaining generals were unwilling to give in. After all, this expedition consumed so much manpower and financial resources, and the early progress was relatively smooth. Failure in the last step was really hard to reconcile with, but their reason told them that they would not withdraw if they did not withdraw. , maybe the entire army will be surrendered here.
So no one raised any objections. They all looked at Sol eagerly, waiting for him to make the final decision.
“Alas!”
Thor sighed heavily, and withdrew his troops now. If there were no big changes, the Golden Dragon Kingdom would just be waiting for a slow death.
Originally, the military strength of humans is completely weaker than that of the orcs. This time, the goal has not been achieved in this all-out attack, and the golden dragon is no longer willing to ally with humans. When autumn is over, the signature of the golden dragon kingdom, the dragon knight, will no longer have a dragon. However, the orcs received the full help of the white dragon, and the human condition was a bit worse than the worst-case scenario that Thor had expected.
After shaking his head and forcing down these extremely negative thoughts, Thor set out the next task.
“Have a day’s rest. Starting tomorrow, the 12th and 19th legions on the two rear wings will begin to retreat. The Imperial Guards and the 4th and 5th legions will not move for the time being. They will build forts in place to prevent the orcs from attacking. .”
“Yes, sir!”
Of course, an army of millions cannot be withdrawn with just one word. Retreating is far more complicated than attacking. If the army withdraws without any plan, the army will collapse on its own before the orcs can attack.
Thor placed his more than 200,000 direct descendants of the Forbidden Army and the elite of the Western Border Army at the end, which ensured the order and stability of the retreating troops to the greatest extent.
No matter how we deal with it next, we must at least ensure that this army returns safely, otherwise humans may not even be qualified to fight back.
“In addition, the 21st Legion, the day after tomorrow…”
“I think you should retreat immediately today without delaying for a minute!”
“Who!”
“Get him!”
Just as Thor continued to arrange retreat time paths for each legion, a familiar voice interrupted him, and there was a noise outside the big tent.
“I am Richard, the Duke of Northland and the Guardian of the Two Realms.”
“Let Sir Richard come in!”
The soldier at the door didn’t know Richard, but Sol and Richard were very familiar with each other. As soon as they heard Richard’s voice, they immediately asked the soldiers to let him in.
Richard, who was wearing dark red Dragon King magic, walked into the tent with disheveled hair. At this time, Richard was no longer as handsome as usual. His whole body was covered with blood and there were many traces of burns on his body. , the most serious thing is that half of his face was burned black and red, which seriously affected and destroyed his original handsome face.
His appearance at this time shocked Sol. If he wasn’t familiar with Richard, knew his voice, and was familiar with his temperament, it would be hard for Sol to imagine that Richard, who was originally handsome and focused on his image, could actually It will end up like this.
“Richard, what’s going on with you?”
“Fighted with a holy white dragon.”
“I don’t have a big problem, but I’m afraid you don’t have so much time to retreat slowly.”
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