Law of the Devil

For the "good news" from the empire. The command department at the front line cannot refuse, and. Neither the clergy of the church. It is also the magician team of the magic union, which can bring good morale and uplifting spirit to the soldiers.

In particular, the appeasement of the clergy has relieved the majority of soldiers from the fear of becoming food for the enemy after they die in battle.

After the first batch of god professionals arrived. Immediately, he was sent to the grassroots level of the first line of defense, and after listening to the prayers of those soldiers. The clergy propagandized that the imperial army was fighting against evil enemies under the blessing of the gods. Even if you die in battle. As long as you fight bravely, your soul can return to the embrace of God after death. This statement greatly eased the fear of the soldiers.

As for the magician team... Ordinary grassroots soldiers absolutely welcome the arrival of the magicians. Everyone thinks. With the joining of these superpowers, the war should become easier.

However, senior generals such as Rostock don't think so, they are different from ordinary soldiers. These high-level generals welcome the magician's joining with reservations.

These generals have all dealt with magicians before, and they know what these magicians are like! These guys have weird temperaments. Unruly, disobedient to command. Participation is purely based on your own interest. If you are happy, they may work harder for you. If you are not happy, it is good not to make trouble for you.

The most annoying thing is. These guys are still the privileged class. Military orders are even more unable to order and direct them. So, although they are powerful. But one didn't obey orders at all. Do not understand the power of cooperation, how effective is it?

What's more, the first batch of students from the Academy of Magic has already graduated, and that is the team of magicians trained by the real empire, obediently and obediently! The magician is more worth looking forward to.

As for...the mobilization of the Knights' Association...in the eyes of Rostock and other generals, it is simply a joke!

The Knights Association? What can they do? A half-breathed, half-dead "one of the three former mainland organizations"?? Except for one sign left. What else is the Knights Guild?

And that calling order and employment order. What a joke!

For the generals of the Storm Legion, such as Rostock, who was born in the regular army and is the most elite main battle legion in the north of the empire. They look down on those so-called "mercenaries" from the bottom of their hearts. Especially after the call of the Knights Association. Those mercenaries recruited. Most of them are the guys from the original smuggling mercenary group.

And the Stormtroopers. It can be said that I have dealt with these smuggling mercenary groups for a lifetime! One side is the official army guarding the northern border, and the other side is the poaching and smuggling armed gangs. There have been minor frictions between the two parties over the years. There is no place for great hatred. But there are many small grudges!

But the slander in my heart belongs to the slander. After all, the contribution of the three major organizations of the empire to the war is a piece of good news for the empire's high-level officials, so it is a piece of order from the imperial capital. Ask the front line to cooperate as much as possible.

so. Although Rostock and others were dissatisfied. But it could only be done: the clergy, who could reassure the soldiers, were most welcome and immediately taken to the front. Sent to the grassroots level of the frontline army to quickly soothe the morale of the army.

And those noble mages also received the treatment of VIPs, but they were only raised in the main village. It was well enshrined, and the Storm Legion adhered to four words for these magicians: keep a respectful distance.

As for the mercenaries recruited by the Knights Association... hmph. Kicked far to the vicinity of the second-line air force stationed in the rear. A beautiful day: the reserve team, who is called the three major organizations. What is the lowest status of the Knights Association?

As the head of the Stormtroopers, he had to give the church face. To give face to the magic union. But it is completely possible not to give face to the Knights Association.

After the first battle, the 20,000 vanguard of the orc army retreated carefully for a certain distance. Then the work started.

The human army behind the Kaspersky line of defense has no intention of going out of the city to fight, and the orc army has begun to build their camp.

Large quantities of timber were transported up. Ten days later. Team after team of orc troops drove to the front line. According to the visual inspection on the city wall, and the news sent by the air force's airship, there are now more than 50,000 orc troops assembled about three kilometers north of the defense line. These orcs also seem to have made plans for a long-term battle. They cut down trees. Under the hard work of the strong orcs. One by one the camps were set up.

Just a few days, on the city wall. With a telescope, you can clearly see that the wooden wall in the distance is getting longer and longer. Simple wooden lookout towers were also erected one after another. every day. The soldiers standing on the city wall could clearly hear the enemy's camp on the opposite side. The sound of work in full swing. The sound of the chant, the sound of shouting. The sound of felling. piling sound.

According to observation information. Brigades of orc troops came out of the frozen forest continuously. gathered here. Like a stream. Finally, they converged into a terrifying ocean—a sea of ​​beasts!

Ten days later, it appeared in front of the soldiers of the Kaspersky defense line. It is the outline of a large-scale camp in the north that is already quite large.

The front is a wooden wall with a height of more than two meters, and sharp wooden thorns are also arranged on the watchtower. Orc soldiers were guarding with iron bows on their backs, and barracks were built one after another, densely packed... According to the observation information sent by the Air Force. The area of ​​this camp stretches all the way to the north. It has reached a long area of ​​tens of miles! It can fully accommodate hundreds of thousands of enemies—this is just a conservative estimate.

The orcs made various tools out of wood, and pushed carts one by one, carrying heavy supplies up from behind. There is grain on it. There is wood. There are all kinds of forage plants... more of them are the dried meat made from the corpses of various monsters!

There are also several teams of orcs that have quickly dispersed, searching all the nearby villages and towns that have been abandoned by humans within hundreds of miles. All the materials that could be collected were collected: stones, tools, and even a grain of wheat. A sack!

The orcs were in no rush to attack... which surprised the humans a bit. In their view. These monsters should be the kind of creatures with simple minds and well-developed limbs, but this kind of patience... Is it ignorance or deliberate patience?

But human beings don't know that... After waiting for a full 10,000 years, the sinners are not impatient! They can come down after 10,000 years. Wait a few more days. What is it?

"These monsters are looking for death." In a military meeting. Most of the human generals made such an evaluation.

Moreover, this kind of concept has occupied the mainstream, and the decisive majority of generals think so.

"These monsters are simply insane. They actually fought a protracted war and a war of attrition with us... Don't they know the consequences? We have the entire empire behind us as our strategic backup. But what about them? To a land of one thousand square kilometers. And this is the northern border of the empire. The climate is cold. It is impossible to grow much food. After that is the frozen forest, even if they can get part of the food by hunting monsters. But this way by hunting monsters It is impossible to maintain the consumption of an army of this size! We don't know where their rear is. It seems that they appeared out of thin air, but the only thing that is certain is that their rear is very, very far away from here! This makes them provide supplies to this army. Then the supply line will be so long that it is almost impossible to complete, if these guys really have advanced intelligence. They should attack us as soon as possible. Try to break through our defense line and run to The interior of the continent to take supplies, otherwise. They are consumed here. Sooner or later they will all starve to death."

The opinion of the officer who spoke was mostly agreed. In the end, people couldn't help laughing and said, "I bet, they won't survive this winter. They will starve to death here."

"Unless they can eat snow and northwest wind, hahahaha..."

Look at the attitude of the generals. Rostock frowned deeply: "Everyone!"

The old general raised his voice and called out. Suddenly everyone fell silent.

"I think we can't be blindly optimistic." Rostock said slowly: "What we have in front of us is a race that we don't even know! We don't know much about them. But the problem is. From now on, they have wisdom. They understand Craftsmanship, know tactics...they are now confronting us here. I don't think they are stupid, but...I'm afraid there are other reasons. We can't take it easy. And...Duke Tulip once said to me that he doubted .These alien races. There may be some air races with the ability to fly."

"Duke Tulip?" The generals were silent for a while. However, most of the people still looked disapproving. The Duke Tulip's fame shocked those ignorant commoners. But to the most elite commanding generals of the empire—that was just a child who was not yet twenty years old.

"I've decided." Rostock stood up suddenly: "Twenty days! After twenty days, if they haven't launched an attack, we will attack first! We can't expect to wait until the cold winter. Let the climate kill them, the fate of the empire , It should be in our own hands! Twenty days later. If these guys are still here. If they want to make a home here, we will drive them away with our own hands."

It has to be said that Rostock's decision was a bit hasty. However, the oldest front-line commander in the empire, there is always a faint uneasiness in his heart, as if these strange enemies. There is always a shrouding fog. Make yourself unable to see the same.

The mercenaries who signed up and recruited from all over the mainland filled a temporary military camp located 20 kilometers south of the Kaspersky line of defense.

The Knights Association issued a reward of one gold coin for the head of a long object. Let those mercenaries who have nothing to do when their business is depressed find a way to survive. Moreover, judging from the current news. Although this reward is not high, it seems that the fighting power of those monsters is lower than that of ordinary monsters.

We can even kill monsters, so killing dozens of monsters and making a fortune should not be difficult!

Of course. There are also a small number of knights who signed up. They are the kind of warriors who still hold the belief of knights and serve the country and the people. But such people are a minority after all.

This temporary barracks is one kilometer away. It's the Imperial Frontline Air Force Base.

Rostock threw these conscripted mercenaries to the second-line General Andre almost like throwing garbage. This approach made Andre a little dissatisfied, but facing his old boss, he couldn't refuse.

The mercenaries from the mainland came to the temporary barracks to report. They don't need the empire to provide weapons and armor. As mercenaries and knights, they all have their own equipment and come to this temporary barracks. After registering at the registration office, many people shouted anxiously: "Where are we going to kill those monsters?! Where can we find those monsters? When will we go to the battlefield?"

In less than ten days, more than 3,000 people had been filled in the temporary barracks, and General Andre didn't bother to take care of these mobs. Only three hundred soldiers were sent to maintain order. Several clerks were sent to register. Organize these registered people into an infantry battalion-level organization, and leave it there for the time being.

Over time. The mercenaries who had been holding back in the temporary barracks for a few days couldn't stay idle anymore. Many people started yelling and ran to the registration office every day to ask. Some impatiently even consciously took people to the north, trying to go north. But without exception, they were blocked by the imperial champion of Kaspersky's line of defense.

Just this day. Outside the barracks, there was a rush of hoofbeats.

Outside the gate of the camp, more than a dozen healthy horses came galloping. At the door, the first knight on horseback stopped. Made a difficult emergency stop action. The war horse immediately neighed, and got up. The person on the horse looked at the "hustle and bustle" military camp in front of him, his two thick eyebrows were immediately knit together, and he muttered in a low voice: "Mom, is this also called a military camp? It's just a market!".