Xia Han might hurt Wu Jian again, and he hesitated in his heart.
But whether Wu Jian is an orc princess is just a guess, and no one knows whether she regards the orcs as her own race. Xia Han has no reason to change his approach just because of a guess - he still has to restore his country, and he has no other path except this.
There is a way to go.
Xia Han did not change direction, but this thought also cast a slight shadow on him.
Others were not surprised by his expression. They took it for granted that Xia Han felt sad about his parents' story, but how could Xia Han feel sad for two people he had never met before?
Soon, he cheered up and asked the communications officer to open contact with Xia Jun: a simple hall phantom appeared on the back of a turtle, with Xia Yun and several commanders standing opposite.
"I have met His Majesty!"
"Where is Ji Bai?" Xia Han did not see Ji Bai's figure. Xia Yun walked to the front, saluted and replied: "He has gone to check the preparations. If your Majesty has any orders, I can inform him on your behalf."
Xia Han was just curious. The task of preparing to send troops had been issued two days ago, and he didn't need to find Ji Bai now.
"We should arrive at Emerald City tomorrow morning." Xia Han told Xia Yun, "You can launch the attack tonight."
During this period, the Xia army has been attacking the Emerald City on a small scale. They occupied an island, but have not yet launched a full-scale attack. Xia Han asked the Xia army to set off at night, and the support from the Crystal Snow Tribe could arrive the next morning, taking advantage of the absence of the orcs.
Prepare for the opportunity.
"Okay, Your Majesty..." Xia Yun responded, but his face hesitated, as if he had something to say.
Xia Han couldn't help but asked curiously: "What's the matter with you?"
"...Hmm." Xia Yun nodded and replied with a slight solemnity: "Our spies reported that the orcs in Emerald City have been evacuating since this morning... I suspect there is some conspiracy."
Xia Han was shocked. The orcs were evacuating just when they were about to launch an attack. This was definitely not a coincidence!
"Where are they retreating to?"
"Withdraw from the Emerald City and leave towards the Morning Grassland..."
Xia Yun's answer made Xia Han feel a little ridiculous. Could it be that the orcs were avoiding them? Why——
"Who are the evacuation people?"
"There haven't been many changes in the army in the city... Most of the evacuated were young orcs who have passed their prime, as if the battle was expected to fail and the civilians were evacuated."
Xia Han was silent when he heard this. It seemed normal. The Orcs knew that there was a possibility of a disastrous defeat and moved the civilians away. This was also a manifestation of their focus on the west side of the Dawn Grassland. The Emerald City was not of great significance to the Orcs.
It is not the capital established by the orcs themselves, so there is no need to care about it like humans do.
And even if Xia Jun occupied the Emerald City, it would be easy to contain the forest in front of them. But...are the Orcs really trying to avoid their attack? Xia Hansi thought about it and felt that this possibility was also possible. The Orcs put all their efforts into
On the west side, I plan to fight with Bai Hui and then attack with a sword to invade the Xia army.
However, he was not sure whether this was a common evacuation work of the Orcs. The Orcs had already invested too many troops on the west side of the Suzaku Continent, and there were not many remaining troops stationed in the Emerald City.
The defenders were originally scheduled to deal with the Xia Army. This arrangement was more than enough, but who would have thought that the Jingxue Tribe would join in before the Xia Army launched their attack?
The failure of Crystal Snow Mountain affected the layout of the Orcs.
The Orcs evacuated the civilians not because of fear, but for protection. The Jingxue Tribe joined the Xia army, and the victory or defeat of Emerald City was unpredictable, but the Orcs could see that this war would be extremely tragic. So they had to move the civilians away to reduce casualties.
, but the army is not lacking at all.
Xia Han thought for half a minute before coming to this conclusion.
It's not that he's not smart enough, it's because the premise of this correct conclusion is that he induced a great victory in Crystal Snow Mountain - which completely exceeded the plan made by the orcs. This premise requires improving one's own evaluation, and improving one's own evaluation is taboo in many cases.
..If you are not afraid of being killed by others, you are afraid of being killed by yourself.
"It's okay, nothing will happen." After coming to the conclusion, Xia Han spoke to appease Xia Yun's worries: "If it is a trap, even if Emerald City is filled with bombs, we can identify it in advance, so it doesn't matter."
With the old woman and the master craftsmen of the Crystal Snow tribe by his side, engineering traps cannot be hidden from them... and Fiona, the legendary mage, will also be discovered if the orcs want to set up a large-scale damaging spell in the Emerald City.
Xia Han couldn't have fallen into a trap.
"Understood." Xia Yun breathed a sigh of relief, but then she heard another sentence from Xia Han: "Let the others go out. I have something I want to talk to you alone."
In the shadow, the young man's beautiful face did not reveal anything he wanted to say.
Xia Yun followed the order and drove the others out, and accepted Xia Han's conversation with anxiety, but she didn't expect that he would tell her about the traitor right after he opened his mouth.
Half an hour later, the communication ended, and other commanders entered Xia Jun's conference hall one after another.
"Your Majesty, what business does Your Majesty have with you alone?" the man in a cloak asked her.
Xia Yun turned around, looked at him and sighed: "Do you still remember the female elf I asked you to follow nine years ago? Think about who else can recognize her appearance... The stalker my father sent out back then was
Isn’t it true that there are still fish that have slipped through the net?”
The man was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and thought: "I remember that a knight pretended to be dead and came back. He seems to be serving under Lord Ji Bai now."
"Knight?" Xia Yun muttered and walked past the cloaked man.
"You are still lying to me now!"
There was a crisp sound, and the man's neck was grazed by a long sword. He held the dagger and blocked the sharp edge in time, narrowly avoiding having his neck cut off.
"Your Highness, is this what your Majesty told you?" The man jumped to avoid the sword, and then asked: "He told you that I am a traitor?"
Xia Yun raised his sword again: "Yes, he saw through your disguise."
Neither of them knew that Xia Han could use the memory of communication to distinguish between good intentions and bad intentions. The man had just appeared in the memory with other commanders. So Xia Han saw through him, but in the hearts of these two people, at this time
Xia Han seems extremely mysterious.
"He is indeed very smart. He has been terrifyingly smart since nine years ago..." The man sighed and his voice became colder: "After surviving many deaths, I took away your throne, Your Highness, and took away my guardian mark.
...He's just plain evil."
Xia Yun took a breath: "So, you want to betray him?"
"Yes, that's right!" The man raised his head, his eyes under the cloak were shining with fiery light. He looked at Xia Yun: "This country should belong to you, Your Highness. I have watched Your Highness grow up little by little with my own eyes... What are you doing for this?"
I know how much the country has paid."
"I am not willing to let him take away the glory that belongs to you!"
