Although they are all on the defense line of Longxing Pass, compared to the main pass, winter enters faster on the northern line and the climate is colder. At this time, heavy snow has fallen on the northern line, and the entire Dragon Scale Castle is dressed in white.
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Gru stood on the high platform of Dragon Scale Castle and looked into the distance. The cold wind slapped his face, but it had no impact on him at all. Not to mention the powerful saints, as long as they reached the stage of the Great Knight, they could basically do it.
Keep the cold and heat at bay.
Although bad weather cannot have much impact on the strong, the army still relies on countless ordinary people. Bad weather will definitely have a certain impact on marching operations.
The dense forest not far away was completely desolate. The trees either had no leaves and became bare, or they were completely covered with snow and turned into ice cream sticks. Everything as far as the eye could see was endless white.
In this environment, it is even more difficult to mobilize troops.
The northern front was also one of the attack directions chosen by the orcs before, but compared to the fierce battles at the main pass, the northern front seemed much duller. In addition to the difficult terrain for the army to deploy here, there is another important reason why the orc army is here.
The somersault was so big that the orc army on the north road now did not dare to attack easily.
After Gru led his army to eliminate more than 100,000 orcs and killed the orc warriors in one fell swoop, the strength of the orcs on the northern front was greatly damaged. Although the orc kingdom quickly replenished its troops on the northern front, it only continued.
They only control the frontline defenses of the stockade and Cave Mountain in the dense forest, and are on guard against humans once again invading the orc hinterland through the northern dense forest.
"With this snow, I'm afraid the orcs won't try to attack again, right?"
"General Gru, not only do the orcs not dare to continue the attack, their scouts now dare not even leave the village gate. They are trapped in the village every day for fear of being killed by an arrow from the phantom archer."
After the orcs were repulsed, Gru certainly would not let the other side retreat comfortably into the dense forest. Although there was no need for a deep pursuit due to strategic deployment issues, sending an elite team to shoot cold arrows in the forest could still cause inconvenience to the orcs.
With small casualties, the orcs had to fight back at first, but were quickly defeated by the mixed team of system soldiers in Gru's hands in the woods. After all, the system soldiers still had insufficient strength in the open areas and were easily besieged by the army, but
Once in the woods, the orcs' numerical advantage could no longer be used.
"That's all, let the scout team come back on this snowy day."
After thinking about it for a while, Gru ordered the people in the forest to withdraw. In the endless white, the small-scale elites were much more conspicuous than before, and the attack lost its surprise.
The orcs have not reacted now, but when the orcs do, there will still be a certain danger.
"Yes, General Gru!"
"Come on, let's go down. General Arsi doesn't have to stay here with me to enjoy the breeze."
"Hahaha, does General Gru think I'm old? After all, I'm also a great knight."
Although Arcee is a veteran, he is still a solid knight. It is not a big problem to stand here and blow the wind for a while.
The two of them have basically become familiar with each other, and Gru's personality, which has undergone a drastic change, is no longer as extreme as before, and he is more able to get along with his subordinates.
As he spoke, Arcee followed Gru down the tower.
"General Arsi, are the army ready to move?"
“Ready to go at any time!”
"Um!"
"But, General Gru, are we going to abandon the defense of the northern front?"
Gru's order made Arcee somewhat confused. Originally, their 100,000-strong army followed Richard to fight in the northern dense forest. After the army retreated to the front line of Dragonscale Castle, they joined up with some of the defenders and became the backbone of the northern defense.
Strength, if they leave, the defense on the northern front will become quite empty.
If Gru had dared to lead his army to leave before, Alsi would definitely have opposed it with all his strength. However, after winning consecutive victories with Richard and Gru, Alsi's mentality has changed slightly. He has feelings for Richard and Ge
Lu had already developed a certain degree of blind obedience, and he would carry out even unreasonable orders, but he still couldn't help but ask.
"There is no need to leave for the time being, I just need to make preparations first, and the orcs should not be thinking about the northern front."
"If something unexpected happens at Dragon's Breath Pass, it won't make much sense for us to continue to hold the northern line. If we retreat slowly, we will easily be surrounded by orcs."
Gru knew what Richard was thinking, and Richard was not going to give up on the elites who had been fighting with them for several months on the North Road. Otherwise, no matter what went wrong at Longxing Pass, Gru could easily take the system with him.
The army retreated to the north. With their speed, there was no need to worry about being cut off by the orcs.
But the North Route Corps led by Alsi and others is different. No matter how elite they are, they are just ordinary soldiers. If they don't prepare early, when the orcs break the Dragon Breathing Pass, they will easily be cut off by the orcs from the central plains.
"Sir, is it really impossible to defend Longxing Pass?"
When talking about this topic, Arcee's tone was a little heavy. After a long time, these senior generals can actually see some clues as long as they are not stupid. Even a great man like General Gru actually made plans to retreat. It can be seen that
How difficult is the situation?
Gru was silent for a moment and could only say something ambiguous:
"Maybe there is still some hope..."
…
"who!"
"Chi!"
Just when a few people came down from the high tower and walked back to the Dragon Scale Castle, Gru suddenly broke out and stabbed several people behind them.
Although Gru was famous for his archery skills, his sword was not much slower than his arrows. Before anyone could react, the scimitar in Gru's hand had already made the sound of piercing flesh.
"Shadow Assassin?"
"You actually found me here. I don't know what to say."
The shadow assassin was spotted by Gru the moment he emerged from the shadow, and he was killed by Gru before he could even draw his sword.
By the time Arcee and others reacted, there was already a dark corpse on the ground.
"Is this the shadow assassin that Lord Richard reminded me of?"
"Appeared here so soon?"
Although for some reason, the Shadow Assassin appeared at the heart of mankind for the first time, Richard immediately shared the information about the Shadow Assassin with the senior officials of Longxingguan to let them be on guard. Therefore, when the Shadow Assassin appeared,
At that time, neither Taize nor Gru was surprised, even Arcee had heard about it.
Just seeing this kind of guy emerging directly from the shadow with my own eyes, I still can't help but marvel.
"Be careful, there's more than one!"
"Chi!"
"boom!"
Although the Shadow Assassin is strong, he has obviously found the wrong target. Among the people present, except for Arcee, no one is easy to mess with. Not to mention Gru, who is already a saint, Elena and Sir Mrak are not easy to get along with either.
And, several shadow assassins who appeared one after another were killed one after another without even having a chance to take action. For a moment, Arcee, who was watching, felt that these guys were weaklings.
"Damn it!"
"Holy level, such a strong perception is not an ordinary holy level. That bastard Adelillo gave me wrong information again."
According to the plan, the people of the Shadow God System must cooperate with the orcs' attack on humans. This time, the envoys of the Lord of Shadows will lead the shadow assassins to assassinate several important human generals. With Taize's command ability, he must be assassinating.
He was registered on the list, so he was assassinated by the shadow assassin.
There were originally no generals on the northern front who were valued by the orcs, but Gru's performance was so brilliant that he appeared on the assassination list, as well as some senior generals on the main pass and the southern front.
The church provided intelligence, and the shadow angels led the shadow assassins to complete the cleanup at designated points. The orcs also increased their offensive intensity and used several pronged measures to defeat the humans in Longxiang Pass in one fell swoop.
But the information provided by the church on other people may be accurate, but it knows very little about these heroes under Richard. Heroes including Gru, who had no reputation before, suddenly appeared and had no connection with the world at all. How can the church
Where can I find information?
The orcs don't know the strength of these heroes at all, so they not only hit a wall with Taizé, but they also failed when they came to Gru.
Although Gru has just entered the Saint level, Gru's original strength is not at the level of the first Saint level. According to the division of this world, the original Gru should also be the Holy level of the Realm of Jealousy. Without using the domain
In other people's eyes, he definitely looks like a veteran saint.
The envoys who came to take charge of the assassination saw that they had no desire to take action at all. The envoys under the Lord of Shadows were in a similar situation to the envoys under the Lord of the Rising Sun. Several of the envoys had unequal combat power, and the stronger ones were close to jealous.
The strength of the realm is weaker. For example, the divine envoy who came to deal with Gru was only at the level of a first-time Saint. He gave up the task after seeing Gru's performance.
The assassination was an anticlimactic one, leaving several corpses behind before the assassins disappeared without a trace.
But although the Shadow Assassin encountered a wall with the system heroes, other generals were in great danger.
…
Dragon's Breath Pass Main Pass
In the palace of the Duke of Ross
"Sir, there is a letter from General Taizé, who once again repelled the orc attack."
"Um…"
The soldier who reported the news had a brisk tone, and it was obvious that repelling an attack by the orcs was a good thing worth being happy about.
But Rose's tone was calm and there was no excitement. As the coach, he knew the situation better. Taizé had already used almost all the reserve teams and the Cavaliers to defeat the Orcs' attack.
A small number of white dragons destroyed a lot of Shenwei crossbows, and the battle situation will only get worse.
"Send the order and ask the logistics department to prepare more meat so that the soldiers can have a hearty meal. There is no need to economize."
"Yes, sir!"
Ross's order was not only because the supplies were abundant and he was not afraid of loss in a short period of time, but also partly because he felt that the main gate could not be guarded for too long, and the supplies would be a waste if they were not used.
"Lord Ross, General Taize asked you to pay attention to your safety and be careful of shadows."
"I understand, Sir Richard's letter is very clear."
"puff!"
Suddenly, the messenger who had just left was stabbed in the heart by a black blade, and the black blade tip emerged from in front of him. He did not realize how the enemy approached him until his death.
The Shadow Assassin emerged from his shadow and killed him with one blow.
"Beware of shadows? Have you heard of us?"
Ross stood in the house, and there was no shadow under his feet. But when the messenger left the big house, there was naturally a shadow under his feet. The shadow assassin used his shadow to appear directly at the door of the hall of Marshal Ross's mansion.
"There is an assassin!!"
"Protect your lord!"
The people responsible for guarding Ross's mansion were all the elites of the Western Army. Seeing the appearance of the shadow assassin, they responded very quickly. In addition to shouting for reinforcements, the personal guards also responded quickly.
A dozen guards in the room immediately drew their swords and stood in front of Rose, ready to use their bodies to defend Rose from possible sudden attacks. Some guards outside the door simply attacked the shadow assassin.
Their loud shouts of killing contained a hint of the bloody atmosphere of the battlefield. They were truly more ferocious soldiers than ordinary elites.
It's just that their method is obviously not effective against shadow assassins, especially those whose shadows are exposed on the ground.
A few black shadows flickered, and the guards fell to the ground. Guards from further away were still coming. A small number of guards could not stop the shadow assassins. Although they could not directly enter the shadowless inner room,
appears, but can easily sneak into Ross's mansion.
Moreover, as Ross is one of the most important characters in the orcs and church intelligence, the lineup to assassinate him is much stronger than the lineup to deal with Taize.
To deal with Taize, only a few ordinary shadow assassins were used, like the random actions of the Lord of Shadows' envoy passing by, but for Rose, an envoy of the Lord of Shadows approached Rose with several shadow assassins.
At this point, it didn't matter whether the people in the back room were shadowed or not. A saint-level strongman and several earth-level shadow assassins directly broke through the obstruction of the guards outside the room, preparing to assassinate Rose from the front.
"Lord Ross, you retreat first! I will bring people to hold them back!"
The captain of the guard next to Ross was a master of the knight level, and there were more than ten soldiers in the room who were also elites. He saw that those dark shadows that did not conform to common sense were not simple, and Ross could not be allowed to stay here at this moment.
Taking risks, urging Ross to leave.
However, Ross did not appreciate it. Instead, he drew his sword and stood in front of him:
"I can't run away because I was careless. Master Richard has clearly made it clear in his letter."
It was really hard for Ross to believe this absurd thing before he saw it. He is different from the system heroes. Gru and others believed in Richard unconditionally, so they were naturally more wary of the shadow assassins, while Ross
He was in a state of doubt, and the letter had only arrived two days ago. He didn't know that the assassin could come so quickly, and he was not prepared at all.
"My lord, you still have a chance, we will cut off your queenship!"
"Qiang!"
Ross simply drew his sword and took a step forward, then asked the officer beside him:
"Do you remember the rules of our Western Army?"
"How to deal with fatal injuries in the back?"
"The pension will be deprived, the taxes of the parents and children of the family will be doubled in the coming year, and they will not be allowed to enter the cemetery of the fallen soldiers."
"So, I can't die easily."
"I swear to protect you to the death!"
The guard captain gritted his teeth and continued to take a step towards Ross, insisting...