Chapter three hundred and eighty sixth temple calculation
Chapter 386 Temple Calendar
Lorraine helplessly wrapped her coat tightly again, lowered her head and rubbed her sore neck, thinking to herself: This is obviously a low latitude area, why the hell is the weather so cold and cold. Why doesn't this damn girl Vera come back? She won't
What happened?
After dark, Vera had a hearty meal, took the salary given by Lorraine, and first used the flying skills of the wizards to rise into the air. She turned into a giant dragon at a height where no one could see it, and flew southward with flapping wings.
Went.
According to Lorraine's instructions, it would be enough to walk around the border, which would probably take less than two or three hours, but most of the night had passed, and Vera still hadn't come back.
Lorraine could only continue to wait eagerly on the roof. He had been looking up at the stars for several hours.
It was already late at night, and the city of Croni was completely silent. Except for the firelight on the city wall in the distance, nothing could be seen in this night with only a few stars.
A curfew has already been implemented in the city. In Lorraine, you can occasionally hear the footsteps of patrols. However, there is still a light in the city lord's palace at the foot of Lorraine. The officers on duty all night are tensing their nerves and not at all.
Don't dare to relax.
Lorraine estimated the time. It was already past four in the morning, and Vera had been out for six hours. Lorraine murmured anxiously to herself: "This damn girl, this damn girl, if you can't do it, just stop talking nonsense. Oh.
, it would be nice to have a deck chair.”
With a "hoo", a black figure fell from the sky and landed in front of Lorraine.
"Oh, Master." Vera yelled, ran over and hugged Lorraine's neck, crying "Woo-woo" twice, and said, "I'm finally back."
Lorraine held Vera's shoulders, pushed Vera away, and then nervously turned Vera around, up and down, and looked carefully back and forth.
"Fortunately, everything is normal." Lorraine breathed a sigh of relief, then hit Vera on the little head with a violent shock, and shouted: "Why did you come back just now? You didn't encounter any strange creatures on the road, you know?"
I wonder how worried I am about you, do you know how cold it is outside, do you know..."
Vera said "Oh", held her head with both hands, pouted her little mouth and said aggrievedly: "Have you lost your way?"
"I..." Lorraine couldn't take a breath and started coughing repeatedly. Vera quickly reached out her little hand and patted Lorraine's back.
"Lost...lost?" Lorraine said with wide eyes.
Vera nodded innocently and whispered: "It was so dark that I forgot how far I flew. I went in a long circle before coming back. I didn't see any city after flying for a long time. I almost thought I would never see it again.
It’s young master.”
Seeing Vera looking like she was about to cry, Lorraine could only lament, pulled Vera over and comforted her: "Okay, okay, it's my fault. I should have thought of your road-crazy problem."
Vera smiled slyly and said, "As agreed, even if the young master doesn't let me go out, the money will not be refunded."
"You think so." Lorraine waved her hand and hit Vera on the head with another violent shock, and said: "In the future, I will light a lot of bonfires in the city. You will know when you see it."
Vera first said "Ah", then reluctantly said "Oh", rubbed her forehead and sighed.
"Let's go." Lorraine took Vera back to her room, and asked the attendant to prepare a supper on the way.
After drinking a large bowl of hot soup, Lorraine felt alive again. When Vera also put down her rice bowl and patted her belly with satisfaction, Lorraine pulled out a map of the border line and asked: "What's there?"
Did you find it?"
"Yes," Vera nodded, traced her finger on the map, and said, "I saw them all. They occupied a place in the boss' area, and the ground was full of fire."
Lorraine asked anxiously: "Are they divided into several camps?"
Vera tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said: "There are no camps, just the bosses, all gathered together."
Lorraine said doubtfully: "One hundred thousand people should be divided into two groups at least. I really don't know what these orcs are doing. Now I can't even figure out their goals."
After Vera finished her work, she seemed to understand what Lorraine said. She couldn't help but dozed off and muttered: "I'm tired, I want to go to bed."
"Well, it's up to you." Lorraine waved her hand, lowering her head and staring at the map.
From that night on, the mystery of "the three fires that kept burning at the top of the city" has always been with Lorraine, and it has become another hobby of this eccentric man with a special temperament. Although there are different opinions, no one has guessed it.
Someone also asked Lorraine personally, to which Lorraine only answered "Lighthouse" and never explained the reason.
The next morning, the sun had just risen.
The military combat conference room was already filled with officers, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.
Lorraine frowned, stared at the map closely, and racked his brains to consider the current situation and what method to take to solve it.
Seeing their boss frowning in deep thought, these people below didn't even dare to express their anger.
Lorraine suddenly missed the days in the Maple Leaf Danlin Crusade Army. At that time, he was not a junior official, his work was not light, and he killed a lot of people. Of course, he made more money. The most important thing is,
You don't have to make any decisions yourself, that old guy General Wabdor is taking care of everything, you just have to execute them.
Lorraine raised his head and glanced at his nervous or anxious subordinates, all of whom looked at him expectantly, just like a kindergarten child looking at the teacher handing out lollipops. Lorraine sighed secretly in her heart.
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After all, this is the first time that Lorraine is completely independent. It is a lie to say that she is confident and confident.
Here, every decision he makes will affect tens of thousands of troops and the lives of millions of people. If he makes any mistakes, he can't just pay the tuition and get away with it.
For Lord Lorraine, this battle is not unwinnable. You must know that behind him is the Ruman Empire, a veteran military power in the world.
What Lorraine is worried about is how to win at the minimum cost.
He took a heavy breath and thought to himself: Well, after all, he is also the general manager of Nai'an, and his job is not just about abusing the manager.
Lorraine clicked on the map and said calmly: "This is the situation. The enemy's movements are puzzling to us. We should remain unchanged in response to the changes and execute the plan according to the plan. We must shrink the defense line and clear the remote areas."
General Larry nodded and said: "That's all we can do. What the orcs are doing is really strange. Their strength is several times ours, but they have formed such a formation.
It’s not like they are concentrating their forces to attack us at one point, nor are they dividing their forces to test our strength and look for a breakthrough point, and the gaps between their troops are not enough for us to pass through. This approach looks like they are going to confront us.”
Lorraine shook his head and said, "That would be great. We don't need to fight them. They will starve to death."
After Lorraine analyzed the situation, he found that the situation he was in now was very similar to Israel before the Fourth Middle East War. Fortunately, the Orc coalition did not have the ability to launch a surprise attack.
General Larry said: "The enemy probably has something to rely on. In short, we must be more careful."
Lorraine nodded, then waved his hand and said: "Generals, please work hard and disband."
All the officers stood up in unison, then raised their hands and beat their chests, stamped their feet in unison, and shouted in unison: "Long live the empire~!"
Under Lorraine's order, Naian's army quickly took action and evacuated all residents near the city into the city, taking away all food and supplies.
In addition to several supporting forts on the border, the small forts serving as outposts were also abandoned, and the soldiers retreated from them to the main city.
This is just a desperate solution. With limited troops, the Naian people need to defend more than a dozen large and small cities.
There are nearly 10,000 soldiers guarding the big city, while in some small cities, there may be only one or two thousand city defense troops. In these cities, all young and middle-aged men are summoned to form militias to help defend the city.
At the same time, Lorraine led the 10th Eastern Legion and part of the Naian Legion to leave the city of Croni and march toward the south.
After two days of marching, they quickly set up camp against a fortress on the border. The entire army of nearly 10,000 people was deployed along a south-facing hillside and waited for the arrival of the orc troops.
This morning, Lorraine stood on the top floor of the fortress, looking towards the south. Vera breathed a sigh of relief, patted her mouth with her little hand, and said dissatisfied: "It's time to come. If you don't come, I will be very embarrassed."
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A black line suddenly appeared on the horizon, and then more and more black spots appeared, and soon it was like a swarm of army ants, covering a large area of the plain.
The orc soldiers came towards Lorraine and the others in confusion.
The cavalry were at the front, but they were gathered together in a scattered group, walking casually as if they were herding.
Vera chuckled and said loudly: "Ha, it's finally here. Did I just say, they should have arrived today." Looking at it, she almost jumped up with joy.
The officers nearby looked at their legendary little governor's wife in amazement. They didn't expect that Miss Vera would be so...happy when facing the enemy. It looked like she was happy.
Although the empire has a rule that generals are not allowed to bring their families or women with them when they go on an expedition.
However, Lorraine is the governor, which is different from the pure generals, and Naian is his territory. Even when he goes out to fight, he brings a little maid. Although everyone secretly criticizes Governor Lorraine for his pleasure-seeking habits, they also
No brainless person would dare to say it.
As for the existence of Vera, everyone should just think that she is the secretary of the governor. Moreover, Miss Vera is innocent and has a small mouth that can talk. It is rare for people around Lorraine to meet someone who is not like Catherine and Adele.
Those who are strong naturally like Vera.
"Can it be said that the Governor is really confident?" These people standing next to Lorraine could only think to themselves.
Vera pulled Lorraine, still showing off her achievements, "Just tell me, what I said must be accurate. Master, don't you think so?"
Lorraine dealt with Vera at every turn, focusing entirely on observing the orcs on the opposite side.
The entire plain in front of them was now densely packed with orcs. There were warriors in front, with cartwheels and livestock in the middle. It didn't look like an army at all, it was as messy as going to a market.
Moreover, just like Vera said, these orcs obviously marched together as tribes.
Each tribe is separated by more than two or three miles of space, which can be said to be distinct. Lorraine knew that this was a manifestation of the "unity" among the orc tribes.
The goblin Sha Jin once told Lorraine that the orc tribes absolutely did not trust each other. They all moved forward together, but never got close to each other, and one tribe's marching route was never allowed to be occupied by another tribe.
Lorraine seriously considered the possibility of sending the cavalry out to attack them now, but quickly gave up the idea.
There are too many enemies and they are too chaotic. The cavalry can easily defeat the enemies in the front, but the orcs coming up from both sides will soon block the retreat.
Moreover, marching in such a scattered manner will not achieve much results.
The orcs also quickly discovered the camp where Lorraine and the others had set up.
Several groups of Orc cavalry came running from different directions. They cautiously stopped a few miles away from Lorraine and the others, looking over here.
At this distance, Lorraine could only see vague figures one after another. In desperation, he could only pull Vera and said: "Vera, can you see clearly who the people on the other side are?"
Vera looked at the cheat that Lorraine had brought to her door. The corners of her beautiful mouth almost curved into a crescent moon. Like a little fox trying to trick a hen into getting out of a strong cage, she said softly: "Okay.
, Master. Do you want to know?"
The implication is "If you want to know, bring me the money."
Lorraine curled her lips. Vera always had this expression when she tried to blackmail her. The cuter her smile was, the harder she would hit Lorraine.
He took out a wallet, and before he could open it, Vera grabbed it, weighed it in her hand, put it into her pocket with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Okay, don't look like that, forget it.
Monthly subscription."
Lorraine sighed and said, "Okay, let's talk."
Vera set up a pergola with her hands, looked southward attentively, and said: "Those people's faces are all painted in colorful colors, and they can't see clearly. But they are well-dressed, at least better than that shaman you find. Look.
By the looks of it, he should be their clan leader."
Lorraine nodded, probably observing us.
At this time, I heard the rough and low sound of war drums "dong dong".
Large orc troops have also moved up one after another.
They found that Lorraine had already taken advantage of the geographical advantage and formed a formation to stop them here, and stopped in unison.
I saw the colorful flags waving on the opposite side.
The half-orc clan leaders ran out one after another. They gathered together in the distance, pointed and discussed for a while, and then quickly dispersed.
Immediately afterwards, a rough howling sound came from the orc team.
I saw some of the elites from the orc army advancing forward, while the rest stayed behind, threw down their weapons, and began to set up camp in the distance.
The orc warriors who drove forward slowly divided into several groups and formed a fan-shaped formation. There were about ten thousand people. They approached Lorraine and stopped three miles away from Lorraine's camp.
Lorraine was surprised to find that when the orcs who lined up in front of them started to move forward, they started to curse among themselves, pointed at each other, and then started to make a lot of noise.
The commander of the Tenth Eastern Army, General Ferdolis, saw the advantage and came to Lorraine and said, "Sir, do you want us to go out and attack them now?"
Lorraine shook his head and said: "It's better not to give up. I'll beat the old master to death with random punches. There are tens of thousands of people on the other side. We fought with them for a while and couldn't stop. Those behind us give us a blow from the flanks. We
I can't stand it anymore.
There are too many of them, and when they all officially go out to fight, and the enemies are all in front of us, we don’t have any worries at that time, and can fight them freely."
General Firdolis looked at the formations listed by the enemy and said nonchalantly: "My Lord."
"However," Lorraine paused, and then continued: "Send an order to the soldiers to be careful about night attacks. Orcs have better eyesight at night than us, so they may choose to sneak attack in the middle of the night."
Firdolis was stunned. He didn't expect that half-orcs had such ability. He bowed and said loudly: "Yes, sir, I understand."
Lorraine and the others were facing off against the orcs arrayed opposite. Lorraine was not ready to fight them now, and the orcs had no intention of attacking upwards. The two sides just cursed each other from a long distance apart.
Human voices came.
At the same time, each camp was slowly taking shape in front of Lorraine.
Mushroom-shaped tents popped up one after another on the plain like dog urine after the rain. There were still several miles of space between each orc camp. It seemed that even when facing Lorraine
Their armies, these closely united orcs with the same roots and ancestors, are determined to do their own thing.
At this time, a small group of cavalry suddenly ran out from the orcs and stopped at the foot of the slope of Lilorin's camp. Several orcs raised their weapons and shouted towards the human camp on the slope.
Lorraine looked at the vigorous performance of these orcs jumping and screaming, and after a moment of confusion, he suddenly realized that these guys were actually scolding the formation.
Thinking of this, Lorraine couldn't help but laugh out loud, and thought to himself: In what era are you still playing this kind of thing? Galba never said that orcs have this kind of custom?
The soldiers in the camp looked at the performance of the orcs as if they were idiots. For a while, they attracted the attention of all the soldiers.
When several orcs saw that there was no movement at all in the human camp, they became even more arrogant. The orcs arrayed opposite also started making noises, and more orcs ran out of the team and started posing in front of Lorraine and the others.
The orcs seemed to be more disgusting with humans than this stunt. First, a group of people took off their clothes, leaving only a pair of underpants, revealing their red and green bodies. They picked up swords and patted their chests, shouting at the human camp.
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The soldiers of the Tenth Eastern Legion had never fought against orcs. Although they had seen many orcs, they did not know much about their customs. When they saw the colorful orcs, they all laughed.
Firdolis scratched his head and said, "Sir, what do they mean?"
Lorraine smiled and said: "Maybe they want us to go down and challenge them."
It happened that a guy on the orc side shouted in stuttering Ruman language: "Humans, do you dare to take off your iron armor and fight our warriors fairly?"