What Ross said is true. After Thor died in the battle, there were not many generals in the entire kingdom who were qualified and capable of commanding the millions of people at Longxingguan. Ross was one of them. Richard also relied on his recent military exploits and
He possesses this qualification due to his super strength.
Although it is foreseeable that the orcs will eventually break through the dragon's breath pass, the battle will never end when the orcs break through it. The dragon's breath pass is more than just a dragon's breath pass. What supports the defense line of the dragon's breath pass is an overall defensive circle.
There are also eighteen large military cities and dozens of small satellite cities, as well as a larger number of fortresses lying across the path of the orcs' advance. There are also millions of troops stationed in them.
After the orcs break the Dragon's Breath Pass, they still have to compete with humans city by city. At least the orcs must capture a few key cities in the middle. If the humans stationed there resist tenaciously, it will definitely take some effort for the orcs to capture these cities.
Although after the Dragon Breathing Pass was breached, the final result of these cities must be that they fell under the siege of the orcs, but there was a qualitative difference between falling within a few days and falling after resisting the orcs for a month or two.
After realizing that Dragon's Breathing Pass was difficult to hold, Ross and others had actually changed their combat goal from holding Long's Breathing Pass to trying to gain as much time as possible so that the kingdom could make more preparations. Therefore, they finally formulated a city-by-city mobilization resistance plan
plan.
But the problem is, how can the defenders continue to hold on when they know they are bound to lose? In addition to mobilizing for justice, at least one of Ross and Richard must be in charge, right? Ross can't be here today to the officers stationed in various cities.
Just ask them to keep fighting once they are mobilized, and then escape the next day. This kind of behavior of the national army cannot be done by any commander who is determined to hold on.
Ross and Richard, no matter what, someone must stay. Of course, Richard can help, but it is impossible for Richard to stay and coexist. After all, time is on Richard's side, as long as the time is delayed long enough.
, Richard will become stronger and stronger. When Richard stays in the North for a few more years, he will be able to send troops to push the orcs flat without the power of the kingdom, so why bother fighting here.
Ross is a warrior, but he is not rough-minded. He has already noticed Richard's mentality. In his eyes, he also feels that Richard's leaving alive is more valuable. However, the emotional intelligence of his words is low. When he speaks, he makes Richard slightly.
Somewhat embarrassing.
This matter, no matter how you put it, is a bit like running away. Richard didn't know how to answer Rose's words for a moment.
"After the orcs break through, I will give an order to Sir Richard in the name of the commander of Longxingguan, asking you to lead the army to the central plain to organize a second line of defense as a barrier for the royal capital. When the war is unfavorable, Sir Richard
, you can take your men and leave first."
What Ross said was not nice, but what he did was pretty good. At least he found a reasonable excuse for Richard to evacuate, so that it wouldn't be too ugly for Richard to evacuate.
"Um"
Ross had already reached this point. No matter how embarrassed he was before, Richard nodded and agreed. Like other generals, he turned around and left to make final preparations.
Pedestrians were walking in a hurry on the street, and the soldiers had begun to enforce martial law, but the gate was not closed yet. There were still some women and children in the city who could not help in the battle. They needed to be moved out at this time, except of course the old and the weak.
Besides, there were still some people who should not leave, crowding in front of the gate.
"Get out of the way, I am the second son of the Hay family and the nephew of Marquis Kinberg. I want to leave here now! You have no right to stop me!"
At the city gate, in addition to some old and weak people who were allowed to leave, there was also a carriage packed with dozens of fully armed soldiers, surrounded by a young man in gorgeous armor, who was currently confronting the soldiers at the door.
The young man obviously comes from a noble family on the Great Plains. Although he is not the eldest son, he is still a direct descendant. In the Golden Dragon Kingdom, there is no clear inheritance rule between elder and younger, so theoretically, he has a certain possibility of inheriting the family title. Originally, he
Coming to Longxingguan to participate in the war, like most nobles, is just to get some gold, gain some qualifications, and preferably gain some military merit.
Although it is dangerous to go to Longxing Pass to join the war, as long as you open up connections and become a gangster, the risk is not very high. After all, he is not one of those landless knights who fight for his life alone. He is also protected by the family's private soldiers and knight-level masters.
.
But the current situation has obviously gone beyond the level of risk that he initially expected. The orcs' strength has increased unprecedentedly this time, and the war has become increasingly unsatisfactory. He understood this after the first pass of Longxing Pass was lost a few days ago.
The seriousness of the problem is that this pass, which has never fallen before, is in danger.
Then he made the decision to leave the main city behind Dragon's Breath Pass. Once Dragon's Breath Pass was broken, not to mention the few people he brought, the entire city would not be enough for the orc army to fill its teeth.
Unfortunately, Ross had issued a military order before, restricting people from leaving the city. The elderly, weak, women and children could leave. These nobles and private soldiers, who were armed to the teeth, were an important force in defending the city. How could they be allowed to leave so easily.
"Sorry, please go back immediately. Lord Ross has an order. All men who can take up arms are not allowed to leave the city without his order!"
Although the Hay family is not a top noble, Marquis Kinberg is one of the high-ranking nobles in the royal capital. This young man is somewhat related to Marquis Kinberg, and the officers at the city gate are quite polite to him.
However, I don’t know whether it was the officer’s polite attitude that fueled the other party’s arrogance, or whether the nobleman really felt that Marquis Kinberg’s reputation could be relied upon, so he ignored the dissuasion and led his soldiers to squeeze towards the city gate.
"Get out of the way! I have to leave the city today!"
"Qiang!"
The leading noble directly pulled out his long sword and led his men to squeeze towards the city gate. The order of the civilians who were still queuing up to leave the city was completely disrupted. How could these old and weak people squeeze through dozens of fully armed elite soldiers?
They were pushed to both sides of the road one after another, and those who reacted a little slower were knocked to the ground.
"Wow wow..."
There were many children at the scene, and this conflict directly made many children cry.
Facing the forced invasion from the opposite side, the officers guarding the city were obviously not people who took matters into their own hands. They were a little confused and didn't know what to do. They watched helplessly as the people on the other side moved away the horses blocking the road, trying to get their way.
Horse-drawn carriages pass.
In addition, Richard also keenly discovered that there was someone quietly snooping in the distance. This person was obviously just a newbie. In fact, there were many nobles with similar status in the city. They were all observing secretly. If the other party successfully left the city,
I am afraid that in the next moment, half of the nobles in the city and the private soldiers they brought will run away.
"Who allowed you to leave!"
Sighing, Richard could only go up and stop him in person. What Ross did was to put an indecisive master in such an important place as the city gate. If Richard were to do this job, he would probably
After persuading the opponent not to leave, he ordered the people on the city wall to shoot arrows. How could he give the opponent a chance to storm the level again?
However, Richard's words did not stop the group of people trying to leave. How could these people be persuaded by one word? It was not until the officer guarding the city stood at attention, saluted, and shouted "Sir Richard" that they had already stopped.
Only after they had basically broken through the roadblock did they stop.
The name Richard is as important as Ross in Longxingguan. Even in the hearts of many low-level soldiers, Richard, who has a giant dragon and is extremely powerful, has a higher prestige than Ross.
Hearing the other party call him "Richard", everyone including the heir apparent of the Hay family was shocked and immediately turned around to confirm.
One look at Richard's young face, the distinctive dragon horn armor, and Natalie following him, and he immediately confirmed Richard's identity, whether it was Richard's attire or the dark secret behind Natalie's back.
The wings are so recognizable.
"Lord Richard..."
This noble boy from the Hay family didn't dare to be as domineering as before when he spoke. He buried his head and was obviously a little uneasy. He was arrogant, but he was not stupid. He had to look at the target when he wanted to show his authority. The entire kingdom, even the king
They all had to coax Richard, how could he, a little nobleman, dare to show off his authority in front of Richard.
"Tell me, who allowed you to leave?"
Regardless of the softening of the other party's attitude, Richard still pressed the question with a serious face.
"Master Richard, this..."
The people of the Haiyi family also knew that they were in the wrong and did not dare to act arrogantly in front of Richard, so they hesitated when speaking.
Then, the young nobleman took out a letter from his arms. The letter contained the family crest of Marquis Kinberg's family, and then handed it to Richard with respectful hands.
"Lord Richard, this is a letter from Marquis Jinberg. It contains..."
"hiss!"
It stands to reason that the Marquis Kinberg family, as one of the top nobles in the capital, has a certain reputation. It is really a family of the same level as the Lanster family before, and the Marquis Kinberg family in the royal capital has a political background.
In terms of status, they are still higher than the Lanster family, and most of the senior officers in Longxingguan will give them face.
But the honor of a Marquis family was totally unavailable to Richard. Richard took the letter in his hand and without even looking at it, he tore up the letter in front of everyone.
"Except Lord Ross's warrant, no one's letter is of any use. You can't produce Lord Ross's warrant, right?"
"Sir, I..."
Not only was the young noble hesitant when asked by Richard, but the surrounding soldiers were also silent, with no one daring to speak out.
Seeing that the other party was speechless, Richard turned to the useless city gate official and asked:
"What should I do if I disobey military orders and forcefully break through the checkpoints during the war?"
"Sir, according to military law, you should be punished immediately on the spot."
Richard brought a lot of courage to the officers at the city gate, and he spoke with more confidence than before.
"Then how did you do it?"
"Sorry, my lord!"
"Master Richard! Let's go back to the camp immediately!"
On the other side, the knight of the Hay family had already heard the unkindness in Richard's words from the conversation, and hurriedly wanted to take the people away. Although in his opinion, being trapped in this city would sooner or later lead to death, but the situation was better than the people.
Better to die later than better.
It's a pity that Richard just wanted to use him to establish his power, so he could not let the other party escape. He immediately gave a signal to Moriel beside him, and Moriel quickly drew his sword and struck out.
"Chi!"
Moriel took action, and a knight-level noble had no chance to react. The long sword penetrated from the chest, and his internal organs were shattered by the fighting spirit. He couldn't even scream, and he couldn't turn around even if he tried hard.
Then Moriel kicked the corpse away and pulled out the sword. It was as simple as killing a chicken.
Once the knight of the Hay family died, the surrounding private soldiers did not dare to act rashly. It was not that they were not loyal to the Hay family, but that the man in front of them was too tall compared to the Hay family, so tall that they could not resist.
The thoughts came to mind, and the surrounding onlookers basically stopped thinking after seeing Moriel directly killing someone.
"Those who escaped from the battlefield have been executed on the spot, and the rest have been sent to punishment camps."
"Yes, sir!"
With one word, Richard decided the fate of dozens of people at the door. No one dared to resist. The carriage was quickly moved away, and dozens of private soldiers of the Hay family were taken to the punishment camp to report. When the time comes, they will
In the most dangerous position.
As for Richard himself, after taking care of the nobles who tried to escape at the city gate, he naturally left the city as originally planned.
Ordinary double standards, ultimate happiness...
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Outside Longxi Pass
The orc army, which had rested for two days, began to make new moves. Several legions of orc soldiers were launched from the continuous camp, and various siege equipment such as shield carts, ladders, and trebuchets were also pushed by the orc army.
In front of the battle.
The orcs began to launch a tentative attack on the city that had blocked them for hundreds of years...