The first sunlight came from the east and stretched the shadow of Watch City. Although the corpses on the 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. Everything
The traces all tell the story of the brutal battle that was taking place.
After resting for a night, the orc soldiers have begun to enter the combat positions on the city wall under the command of the officers. In the past few days, humans have launched fierce attacks without exception. The orcs have almost become accustomed to this rule and have been replaced early. They were on duty last night.
Some of the soldiers were stationed on the city wall, preparing to deal with new attacks.
However, today the human army did not continue to attack the city. They just put up a defensive posture to prepare for the orcs to raid the city. Thor led some troops early in the morning and bypassed Watch City to meet the Western Army from the north.
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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 was no exception.
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Thor recognized Duke Ross. When 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 completed the battle with Thor's army.
The meeting, but the way of meeting was much worse than expected.
In the original plan, after the Western Army crossed Rapid City 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 unexpectedly arrived with reinforcements that quickly arrived.
The addition of Bai Long 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 joined forces, Thor also quickly met with the Duke of Ross.
"We encountered a large number of orc troops on the road. The number of troops that have broken out now 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 lost the unruly look they had when they just set out for the expedition.
, only deep fatigue remains.
"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, the Duke of Northland, can fight against that white dragon..."
Thor has not even seen the white dragon with his own eyes, let alone 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 it were someone else.
Tell Saul that Richard has reached the holy level. Saul naturally has a hard time believing it, but the Duke of Ross in front of him is far higher than ordinary people in terms of status and vision. From what he said
When it comes out, the credibility of the information will naturally be much higher.
"If it were a holy rank, I'm afraid no one would be able to say anything about this prince."
Thor lowered his head and was distracted for a moment, as if he was digesting the news, which aroused the Duke of Ross's confusion.
"What prince?"
"Nothing, where is Richard now?"
Thor realized that this was not the time to discuss Richard's title. Seeing that the Duke of Ross had returned with a large group of cavalry, but had not seen Richard yet, he asked a little strangely.
"After Mr. Richard fought with those white dragons, I took the opportunity with the Western Border 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 keep these hundreds of thousands of people from breaking through the orcs' obstruction and coming to Thor.
The convergence also has their 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 happened?"
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 Army and withdraw after standing out from the orc army?
, but after thinking about it carefully, Sol came to his senses.
"Dragon?"
"Um."
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 whether the battle would be fought or not. A battle like this was extremely risky.
, the dragons that the dragon knight sat down refused to participate. After all, there were dozens of white dragons, and the risk of joining the battle was too great. Among the remaining dragons in the Golden Dragon Kingdom, only Thor's partners were willing.
After exerting great efforts, the other dragons are waiting for autumn to pass and return to the clan, so they are still willing to fight to the death.
"well!"
"That's it, 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 prepare for the 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 always fails to keep up with the changes. These orc reinforcements are real.
Too fast, this reinforcement that suddenly 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 how to take down Watch.
The city is over, but how can the army safely withdraw to Longxi Pass without people.
"Um!"
Ross didn't say much, and immediately ordered the Western Border 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 wolves riding behind the team from a distance. They looked deeply at the retreating human army, obviously unwilling to let go of the human army so easily.
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night
The human camp has bright bonfires.
Thor, Ross and a group of high-ranking officers gathered in the main tent. Sol still sat in the main seat, while the Duke of 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 to 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 become more and more, and soon
Soon humanity may not even be able to maintain its 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 initial progress was relatively smooth. Failure at the last step was really hard to reconcile with, but their rationality told them that if they did not withdraw, they might not be able to do so.
The whole army will be surrendered here.
So no one raised any objections, and all looked at Sol eagerly, waiting for him to make the final decision.
"well!"
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 was completely weaker than that of the orcs. This all-out attack has not yet achieved its goal, and the golden dragon is no longer willing to ally with humans. When autumn is over, the signature dragon knight of the golden dragon kingdom will no longer have a dragon, and
However, the orcs received full support from 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, Saul set out the next task.
"Take a rest for a day. 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 a fortress in place to prevent the orcs from attacking."
"Yes, sir!"
Naturally, an army of millions cannot be withdrawn with a single 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 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 the retreat time and path 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 Master 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 in blood, and he had multiple burn marks on his body. The most serious
What's more, half of his face was burned black and red, seriously affecting and destroying his originally handsome face.
His appearance at this time shocked Sol. If he hadn't been 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, would actually do this.
Look like this.
"Richard, what's going on with you?"
"A fight 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."