Late at night.
Arthur, Jose, Monkey and others all gathered in Arthur's cabin, no, it should be Aria's cabin now.
"We have found no abnormalities in the activity frequency of the orc scouts. Is the war going to start so soon?" Arthur expressed his doubts.
"According to experience, the orcs will usually launch an attack on us in late winter or early spring, and the time should be half a month at the earliest." Jose explained in a low voice.
Arthur has a little understanding of the current situation of the orcs. There has been no major war between the two tribes in recent years. The population of the orcs has increased significantly in recent years, and the barren orc wasteland can no longer support so many orcs. Before the summer food comes, many orcs will face hunger this spring, so they often choose to launch wars in late winter and early spring, trying to plunder food from the humans to meet their needs. Even if the invasion failed in the end, many orcs died in battle, which also reduced food consumption.
"What I really don't understand is why the higher-ups gave the order to retreat. Shouldn't we hold on to our current defense line?"
Aliya also had a blank expression on her face. She, who had no experience in war, was just as puzzled as Arthur.
Jose smiled, "Captain, do you think we will form a formation and have a face-to-face decisive battle with the orcs?"
"Isn't it?"
"Of course not. After thousands of years of war, our human army has long summarized a set of methods to fight against the orcs. The individual strength of the orcs is stronger than that of the human race. If we face a head-on confrontation on the battlefield, the casualty ratio between us and the orcs is 2 :1. If we retreat into the city and rely on fortifications and city defense weapons to conduct defensive battles, the casualty ratio will be reversed to 1:3. "
"I understand that our retreat is a strategic move to give up part of the land in exchange for a superior position on the battlefield."
José nodded.
"Then where shall we retreat to?"
"There are three small cities in front of the legion headquarters, Tongan City. These three cities form a horn to protect Tongan City. Our front army and the scattered troops of the left and right armies will withdraw into the city during the war. These cities, Although they are not large in scale, they are all built specifically to defend against the invasion of orcs. The walls are high and thick, and the city has sufficient food and weapons reserves. If the orcs do not leave behind 50,000 or 60,000 corpses, they will never be able to attack the city, let alone if the orcs are concentrated. When troops attack a city, Red Rock City and the other two cities will send troops to support it. Therefore, if the orcs are not prepared to drop 100,000 corpses, they will not attack the city at all. "
Arthur couldn't help but nod, relying on the city to fight was indeed the most beneficial way of fighting for the orcs.
"What about so many villages on the large land between our defense line and these three cities?" Aaliyah suddenly asked.
José hesitated for a moment and then said slowly: "When we retreat, we will also notify the people in the villages and towns to evacuate to the city in time."
Aaliyah nodded subconsciously, but found that Arthur's eye circles suddenly turned red.
How did Aaliyah know that Jose was not telling the whole truth. For the army, they can retreat immediately with an order. For the people, it is their home. How can it be so easy to abandon their homes and careers?
The people evacuated into the city, all driving large and small carts, carrying large and small parcels, dragging their families with them, carrying with them all the family property they had worked hard to save!
Every time the orcs attack, those who stay in the villages and towns are reluctant to leave home, or those who move slowly and are overtaken by the orcs on the road, all become victims of the war between the two clans.
Ten years ago, little Arthur was such a victim. His mother was killed, and he was taken into an orc camp and became a slave!
Don't those big shots above know that the people sacrificed their lives?
Heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as mutt dogs. The saints are unkind and regard the common people as mutt dogs.
In the eyes of the king and the great nobles, these sacrificed people were just pawns for victory in a war.
The atmosphere in the wooden house suddenly became heavy and depressing. Except for Alia, who was not familiar with the world, which veteran did not know the inside story.
At this moment, a series of horn sounds suddenly sounded in the woods.
José and Arthur immediately rushed out of the wooden house and stood on the roof. A large firelight lit up in the woods in the distance. The fire was flowing and sweeping towards the squadron camp.
"The orc army is coming, and the war has begun!" There was a slight tremor in Jose's voice.
The more veterans you are, the more you have seen life and death, and the more you know the fear of war!
"Why? Why did the orc attack start before the retreat order was given?" Land roared in a low voice.
"Why didn't Leon give him the news in advance? Could it be that Bronte came to give the retreat order today, and then deliberately concealed the order to avenge his personal revenge? Or was it that the orc attack was advanced, and the legion did not have time to respond in advance?" A series of questions raised in Ya's mind. Se's heart welled up.
I am afraid this mystery can only be clarified when I see Bronte again, provided that both sides can survive this war!
Outside the forest, on a high slope, Leon held his shoulders and looked at the large firelight rushing towards the human defense line with a rare smile.
Besides Share, Long dong and the werewolf One-Eye standing behind him, there was also a snake man carrying a big bow, who was also an orc warrior.
Leon's strength has grown rapidly during these days. In addition to the four orc warriors he relies on behind him, he has over a hundred orc warriors and warriors. The lowest is a third-level orc warrior. This power is enough to swallow small orcs in one bite. Tribe.
"One-eye, don't you like this scene the best?" Leon suddenly asked without looking back.
"The thought of killing those humans made me excited, and I couldn't help but want to rush up and tear them apart." One-Eye even couldn't help but growl.
Leon showed a sneer indifferently. There were many orcs like One Eye who hated humans from the bottom of their hearts. It was the same reason that humans hated orcs so much that they gnashed their teeth.
"You seemed to be dissatisfied with my cooperation with the human opposite?"
One-eye was so frightened that he immediately knelt down on one leg, "I don't dare. I just don't understand why you want to do this?"
"Get up, even though you are dissatisfied but have done nothing, you have done much better than you did before."
"Thank you, master, for the compliment!"
Leon sighed, "You don't understand. The big guys above are shouting harsher towards the human race than you are, but secretly they have made many dirty deals with the human race! If I don't learn to use the power of the other side,, No matter how many orc warriors you have, you can't defeat them."
One-Eye nodded in understanding.
"Then why are you today…" Xia La suddenly couldn't help but speak.
"I know what you want to say. The deal I made with him is not just to take advantage of the opportunity to recruit a few subordinates. Only if he survives this war will he be qualified to continue the subsequent deals with me. If he can't even connect with the current one, If he can't survive, what does his life and death have to do with me?"
Charley couldn't help but shake her head gently. She could not understand Leon more and more now. After all, he was no longer the arrogant little lion.
Leon has already taken the lead and walked into the woods, "Let's go, the war has just begun, and there are many interesting things to come..."