On the fifth day after the fall of Karst City, the orc army from the Hengduan Mountains arrived.
At this point, the orc army went on an expedition with 300,000 troops. It lasted half a month and lost nearly 30,000 soldiers on the way, and finally reached Karst City. Of the 30,000 orcs lost, more than 20,000 were the vanguard army led by Grom.
More than 10,000 of them died in the cold and heavy snow on the way, and the rest died in the town below.
In the battle in the evening five days ago, the Karst City defenders killed five times as many elite orcs with just over 2,000 troops. Although all of them died in the end, their fame will last forever.
"After Emperor Shenwu pacified the mainland, he erected a monument to the unknown martyrs outside the karst city to commemorate the soldiers who died in the defensive battle in the second year of the divine calendar." - The Divine Calendar Chronicle of the Continent of Ross·"The Heroes of the Continent"
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Thor Draka, the great orc commander, with the hope of the orc clan, led an army of 300,000 people out of the Hengduan Mountains in the wind and snow, and ordered the tribal hero Grom Domain Roar to lead 30,000 elite troops to attack humans non-stop.
The important town in the north captured the city in just one day. However, due to a fire, most of the food and grass in the city was destroyed, forcing the orc army to turn around and attack the northern fortress.
Thor, the orc leader, is currently in Karst City, listening to Grom's report.
After listening, he sighed, "It seems that we can't wait until spring. The Far North Fortress must be taken down!"
Looking at his companions eating hot food in the city, Thor seemed to see his relatives in the bitter cold far north, waiting anxiously for them. He failed to bring them enough food for the winter. For the future of the tribe, he
We must be ruthless. "We must capture the Far North Fortress! Even if we sacrifice our lives to pile it up and fill it! We must capture it before the human army arrives!"
As the leader of the orc tribe, he can only choose to exchange the lives of some orcs for the future of more orcs!
The order was quickly issued to every orc.
They finished the last hot food in their hands, wiped the corners of their mouths, stood up, and followed the crowd in front of them out of the city.
Outside the city, an army of 300,000 orcs were arranged in a neat square formation. If anyone saw it at this time, they would be surprised. The orcs who seem to advocate personal bravery actually formed the military formation they despised the most? Didn't watch it?
People who arrive may pat you on the shoulder and say: "Be good! Stop making trouble! This joke is not funny at all!"
But the fact is so. The reason? It’s very simple! Every orc present knows that they only have 300,000 people, and they will face nearly 10 million human troops in the entire continent! Are you brave? Okay! Killing one is not enough, but two are okay?
, No! Killing ten is very simple! Okay, you kill ten, 300,000 people kill three million people, but what about the remaining millions? What to do? Salad!
Since an individual's bravery cannot defeat an army of tens of millions, then we should line up the troops honestly and exchange the least casualties for the greatest kills! Orcs are not stupid! They just like to use force more than their brains!
Looking at the orc army in front of him, Thor took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Warriors! The food here cannot feed our relatives in the Far North! We can only get more food by fighting!"
After a pause, Thor continued to roar: "Warriors! In front of you! There is a fortress that has blocked us for three hundred years! Those humble humans hid behind the tall city walls and blocked us at Hengduan with bows, arrows and spears.
Three hundred years to the north of the mountain! We cannot return to the rich south! Warriors! Tell me what we should do!"
"For the tribe! Kill! Kill! Kill!" The roar of the 300,000-strong army resounded in the northern sky and could not be dispersed for a long time.
With roars, the army began to advance towards the fortress in the north.
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At the same time, inside the Imperial City.
The eldest prince issued an imperial order in the main hall!
Imperial order: The northern orcs marched south in large numbers! Troops were sent to capture the karst city. Two thousand loyal and brave imperial soldiers died in the battle! They gave their lives in exchange for the opportunity for twenty thousand people to escape! However, in that cold snow,
The ground! is still sprinkled with the blood of the 30,000 people who did not escape! People! The empire is suffering an unprecedented crisis! The soldiers in the north are still holding on in the cold wind and snow, and they are waiting for our rescue!
Soldiers! We cannot forget the two thousand soldiers who died in Karst City! Let alone the deep-seated hatred! Pick up your weapons and move towards the north! The Empire is waiting!
When hundreds of fast horses, carrying knights on their backs, set off from the imperial capital, the imperial order was like a drop of water dropped into a pan of oil, causing the entire Byvost Empire to boil in an instant!
Countless young peasants took their own weapons, mounted their old domestic horses, and carried their own rations on their backs, heading towards the assembly point called by the empire.
The nobles, especially those in the north, gathered their soldiers and marched in groups to the assembly point in the north, the city of Tours.
In this way, the previous chaos of the empire was twisted into one by the threat of the cold current from the north! The four princes all put aside their fights with each other, and like countless people, they all did it for the empire!
Zhou Yunfei, who was far away in Dragon City, also received an imperial order from the imperial capital a few days later.
He glanced at it casually and threw the bright red cloth patch to Zhuge Liang.
"It seems that no matter in which world, the unity hidden in the hearts of human beings will burst out when faced with pressure from the outside world. This is the contradiction of human beings. On the one hand, they always want to fight among themselves, and on the other hand, they do not want to fight within themselves at any time.
Unimaginable solidarity breaks out at certain moments." Zhou Yunfei suddenly said.
"My lord said it is exactly what I said." Zhuge Liang agreed and sighed at the insight of what his lord said.
In fact, the essence of human beings can be seen from our Chinese characters.
People, composed of two characters, represent people as a social group creature. When there is no external pressure, it is like the two separate characters under the human character, each centrifugal. When being oppressed by external pressure, then people will naturally
Tighten them up and twist them into one!
Our ancestors had a profound understanding of the nature of human beings thousands of years ago. Whenever Zhou Yunfei thinks of the great masters from the Three Kingdoms around him, he sighs with emotion. The wisdom of the ancients actually far exceeds that of modern people. If we talk about Einstein’s
If his IQ is used to play politics, do you think he can't be the president of the United States? That's nonsense! Just like these powerful people in the Three Kingdoms who are constantly competing for planning and politics, if they concentrate on inventions or academics, what about gravity and what is the theory of relativity?
It means that I play with the rest by myself!
Therefore, Zhou Yunfei respects these counselors under him very much. Putting aside the slightest admiration, they are far beyond what he can compare with in terms of political strategy, finance, legal system, etc. Therefore, Zhou Yunfei never thought about it from the beginning.
He himself interfered with them, only making his requests in special places, or providing some opinions that exceeded their two thousand years of cultural accumulation. In this way, Zhou Yunfei and his advisers worked together to make Dragon City within a year.
It has developed to this point!
To put it simply, you don’t have to be strategist, and you don’t have to be able to fight and lead troops. All you need to do is learn how to be an emperor! This is also the implicit meaning of the system.
So how to be an emperor? Zhou Yunfei often thinks for himself that he is not stupid. He has been here for a year and has experienced so many things. If he still can't guess the meaning of the system, then he should stop messing around.
Anyone who is an emperor is ruthless. This is what Jia Xu told him. But is this ruthlessness really ruthless?
Throughout history, we can cite various emperors, such as Qin Shihuang, the only emperor through the ages. Is he really ruthless?
Another example is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Is he also ruthless? Let’s look at Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty who killed his own family members to ascend the throne. Is he also ruthless?
Is it true that only ruthless people can reach the highest peak of power? Zhou Yunfei doesn't want to become that kind of person. No, he can't be called a human. Isn't it an exaggeration to call him a machine?
Distressed, he asked Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Ruthlessness is not ruthlessness, it is even love!"
"Sincere love? Reconciliation, sir?"
"Only a person who respects his nature and does not lose himself in power can be called an emperor! Only those who have the most affection, and even the affection of the world, with the world in mind can be an emperor!"
Zhou Yunfei, who heard this explanation for the first time, was confused in his mind. He was about to continue asking, but Zhuge Liang waved his hand and said, "My lord, the emperor's way can only be understood by yourself. What others say is others' words after all. Only
Only when the lord finds the way to be an emperor that suits him can he become a true emperor!"
After hearing this, Zhou Yunfei fell into deep thought, threw everything out of his mind, and sat motionless on his chair as if possessed by a demon. Zhuge Liang did not disturb him, got up and left.
As the sky gradually darkened, Diao Chan came to see Zhou Yunfei twice and saw Zhou Yunfei sitting motionless in the room, so she did not disturb him.
A few hours later, Zhou Yunfei came out of his thoughts, slapped his cheek hard, and then said to himself: "Following my heart is the way for me to become an emperor. Since I can't figure it out now, then...
Just follow my heart!"
Looking at the dark night sky outside, Zhou Yunfei felt for the first time the aura of a superior person, which was something inexplicable.