"Sit!" Catherine pointed to the chair inside the room and said, "It's not a formal occasion now, so there's no need to be restrained."
When Ryan and others sat down, Catherine asked, "How is it outside now? Where do the people who flocked into the city live? Do they have food to eat?"
Ryan explained with a wry smile: "Kaecatherine, I don't know. I went to General Jonas in the morning and returned after forming this team. These things should be asked about Luke or Orlando."
Catherine slapped his forehead lightly and said with a smile: "Look at me, I really deserve to hit me." Catherine's lazy expression made all the men present jump in their hearts, even Farazi, who was also a woman,
Alina's heart also accelerated the beating frequency.
Catherine gently put her forehead hair behind her ear with her hands, and then said to Ryan: "Do you know where Luke or Orlando are now?"
Ryan replied: "Luke and Orlando are laying out city defenses in the walled area."
Katherine said: "Let's go now. If I can't see it with my own eyes, I don't think I'll feel at ease."
Ryan persuaded, "It's too late now, so why not wait tomorrow. Maybe Luke and the others will come back in a while."
"No!" Catherine shook her head firmly and said to Ryan: "I have to go now!"
"Okay!" Seeing that the persuasion was invalid, and he was actually very concerned about this matter, Ryan agreed. Soon, Ryan and others were ready for the trip, and Catherine was accompanied by Farath and sat on a seat.
A carriage with a very ordinary appearance was protected by hundreds of people and headed towards the northern wall of the imperial capital.
It was already evening at this time. If it were normal, many people had already used up their dinner and then looked for a cool place to cool down. But now, the orc army has arrived at the periphery of the imperial capital, and the evacuation of imperial officials has spread everywhere in the imperial capital.
, which made the civilians who were already unsure even more anxious. Many people even deliberately exaggerated the words when spreading these news, which caused local panic in many places in the city.
"Ran!" Catherine lifted the curtains of the carriage, poked her head out and said to Ran, "Where are you now?"
"It's still an hour to walk to the city wall in the civilian area north of the city."
"Stop!" Catherine suddenly gave an order. After the carriage stopped, Catherine walked down with the help of Farath. Perhaps for the sake of convenience, Catherine did not wear those cumbersome royal clothes, but chose to
A normal robe.
"Let me have a walk!" Catherine said lightly: "Go and see my people."
Ryan glanced at Flanner and signaled him to make arrangements quickly. The latter nodded slightly, indicating that he understood Ryan's intention, and quickly turned around and went out to convey the order.
Katherine and Farath walked side by side in front, while Ryan and Alando followed closely behind them. Colin and more than a dozen agile soldiers were decorated with mercenaries made of linen, far away
Follow behind.
This is a civilian area in the north of Fernando, accounting for one-fifth of the entire imperial capital, and it is home to about 100,000 civilians. Most of the residents here are looking for work in shops in those commercial areas, or giving them to them.
Officials and nobles are servants, and they also own a small number of shops of their own. Of course, these shops are basically in this civilian area, and the targets they serve are naturally the civilians here.
The streets here are quite narrow compared to commercial areas, and they can probably accommodate two carriages to drive side by side. The streets are lined with low housing. Only at the intersection of the two streets can there be a few not very good.
Large shops. The streets here are paved with the most ordinary stone slabs. They have hardly been repaired in 200 years, so the road is very uneven, which makes it feel a bit different when you walk up. However, although it looks dilapidated, the ground is
There is no garbage, it is cleaned up.
"Hey, have you heard it?" About forty or fifty people were gathered on the street. Among them was a man wearing servant's clothes pretending to be mysterious and said: "The magic teleportation array in the palace has been opened.
Then, those officials and rich nobles all ran away!”
"Is it true?" asked a woman in her forties and a pair of bucket waists.
"Of course!" The man in servant's clothes looked at the woman whose figure was distorted due to hard work and said, "You don't know what I do! Don't forget, I'm the second-class person in the Earl's mansion.
Cook! Today, the Earl, who has always been known for her diet, didn't have any meals at all. I heard from the doorman that the Earl rushed to the palace early in the morning."
"Then we can't say they ran away, right?" said another man, who was about fifty years old, and said: "Don't they go to the palace to argue every day?"
"Haha, you don't know this!" Another man in mercenary costume suddenly spoke: "I was originally hired by the Viscount's mansion in the south of the city to be a guard. Today I saw us with my own eyes.
The Viscount took his three women and a whole carriage with rare things, and went to the palace. The carriage driver who came back later said that in the carriage, one of the viscount's pet concubines wanted to bring more of them.
When he left a little, he was scolded by the Viscount, saying that the number of places in the teleportation array was limited."
"You said that now the orcs have broken through the Thunder God Fortress and come to the imperial capital. Why don't the adults think carefully about how to fight off these damn green-skinned bastards, but they all ran away? Can't the emperors defend themselves? Then what about us?
Do it?" A young man in the crowd suddenly asked.
Obviously no one can answer this question. The man in servant's clothes opened his mouth, but seemed to have concerns and said nothing.
"What are you afraid of! At worst, I will fight with those green-skinned bastards!" A powerful man from Kong Wu squeezed into the crowd and shouted loudly: "Are you sitting at home waiting to die? At least you have to pull a few more to make a fortune
.”
"You idiot, don't you know that one orc can beat five idiots like you?"
"You bastard, how dare you scold me?"
"Okay, okay, stop arguing!"
"Go back and pack up quickly. Maybe we have the opportunity to go with those noble officials."
"Damn it, when will you pay back what you owe me?"
"When is it, are you still thinking about this?"
"If you don't pay it back, if the orcs come into the city and kill you, who will I ask for?"
""
The more these dozens of people talked, the more chaotic they became, and some people hurried home. This seemed to be a signal. Soon, the group of people gathered together left one after another, with doubts and concerns on their faces, and they just got it.
In fact, they don’t know whether the news is true or false to tell their family and friends, and their family and friends will continue to spread after adding something they imagined. A panic began to come here.
spread.
Katherine, who was beside her, grabbed Farath's little hand tightly. She turned around gracefully, looked at Ryan and Alando behind her with a pale face, and said helplessly: "How could this happen? I originally agreed to open the teleportation array
I don’t want Luke and the others to be disturbed by the nobles and officials, but now, before the orc army has seen it, my people are in chaos first.”
Everyone was silent, and it was obvious that this matter was a little beyond the pre-conceived and became a little uncontrollable.
"No, I can't continue like this!" A trace of decision appeared in Catherine's eyes. She raised her neck like a white swan, with a confused look on her face and firmly looking at the end of the street: "Let's go, find Lu immediately
We must immediately eliminate this panic among our people, otherwise the battle will be fought in front and the back will be in chaos, and this battle will not be fought."
On the northernmost wall of the imperial capital, Luke and Orlando were discussing something.
"We far exceed orcs in terms of number of people. If we recruit young and middle-aged people to join the army desperately, we can definitely form an army of more than 2 million," Luke said. "But this is absolutely not possible. We must leave enough people, otherwise it will be considered
If we defeat the orcs, we will be unable to cultivate ourselves because of insufficient manpower, and then the empire will encounter a terrible famine next year."
"I know!" Orlando nodded and said, "So far, I have formed fifteen legions, a total of 800,000 soldiers. All my subordinates, both formal and intern Saint Knights, have been separated as officers.
I will hand over the first two legions to you, with 120,000 people, and they will be responsible for the transportation outside the imperial capital."
"Are your combat plans ready?"
Orlando shook his head and said, "The defense plan for the imperial capital was actually formulated by the alchemist Jiexi, one of the seven heroes, as early as 200 years ago. You have also read it. It is a very detailed one.
The plan. However, our current situation is the last one in that plan, but I have been hesitating because it is impossible for these temporary civilians to block the fierce attack of the orcs on the city wall.
The city wall is not as high as the Thunder Fortress in height and thickness. What's more important is that the entire city wall of the imperial capital spreads for more than a hundred kilometers, and the orcs can completely choose any breakthrough. If we want to defend, we must at least ensure that every meter of the city wall must be
There are three people standing on it. According to this number, we will arrange 400,000 people on the city wall, which is more than one-third of our current personnel."
"Then let's shrink in the city!" Luke said in a faint tone: "According to the last plan of Jiexi's plan, only some of the troops will resist on the city wall, and place the main force in the city as much as possible.
To consume the power of orcs, and finally use the most elite 200,000 warriors to give the enemy a fatal blow."
"But," Orlando's face showed an unbearable expression: "In that case, the losses of civilians will be too great."
As the two were talking, a messenger rushed over and said loudly: "Mr. Luke, General Orlando, His Majesty the Queen is here!"
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