Ryan stared at the orc phalanx in the distance extremely calmly. This scene gave him a feeling of familiarity, just like when he was in the Thunder God Fortress, the 100,000 elites of the Barbarian Bear clan lined up in a phalanx and silently exerted their influence. With invisible pressure, the war has now burned to the central square of the imperial capital. In the past five days, a large number of orc elites have poured into this area, and used enough time to clear all human positions in the northern city of the imperial capital, making it It has become the actual control area of the orcs, which allows the Barbarian Bear clan to mobilize its troops more conveniently, and no longer has to worry about being attacked by human warriors in the rear.
After solving their worries, the Bear Clan began to mobilize its troops and prepare for a fierce attack on the royal viewing platform. Of course, humans were not idle either. Under Orlando's order, more than 500,000 human troops urgently began to defend the central square. area, trying to stop the orcs' offensive,
After withstanding the orcs' stone-throwing attacks for many days, the humans finally made a large number of stone-throwing vehicles and began a powerful counterattack. Although the orcs had acquired a lot of human equipment-making technology, the time was still short and not enough. In order to completely digest it, the finished product is slightly inferior to humans. This stone-throwing battle is staged every day. Both sides try their best to use stone-throwing trucks to harass the opponent remotely and weaken the opponent as much as possible.
The human position was arranged in the central square, with a large amount of building debris and sandbags piled up to form a bunker. Of course, this temporary bunker was difficult to resist the orcs' rock-throwing attacks, so the losses were huge, but the orcs were not in pain either. , the orcs occupy seemingly a large number of blocks, and can naturally use those solid buildings to avoid human stone-throwing attacks. However, after all, humans have lived in this city for 200 years and know every street well. After clever calculations, The human catapults hit the only way for the orcs to mobilize troops and transport supplies, which also caused the orcs to suffer a lot.
"There are at least 60,000 orcs." After observing carefully for a while, Ryan said to Christina beside him: "I remember that the summary of the battle situation obtained last night said that the orcs had lost 16 people in the past month or so. With a strength of between 10,000 and 180,000, they now have less than 300,000 troops at most. General Orlando said that the orcs will definitely leave around 100,000 soldiers, otherwise they will not be able to survive this winter."
Christina counted silently in her mind and corrected Ryan: "It's 60,700, and the number is still increasing."
Ryan shrugged his shoulders and said, "I've never studied intelligence gathering."
Christina smiled at him and said, "If you want to learn, you can ask General Orlando for advice directly. He is simply a military genius. Without him, you wouldn't know anything."
Alando walked over quickly and saw Ryan and Christina together, so he whispered: "The latest information has come out. In the other three directions of the imperial capital, there are about 100,000 orcs."
"Oh." Ryan looked at Alando and was about to speak, but Christina rushed to say, "Where did they hit?"
Allen thought for a while and said: "The closest one is to the south, which is still 5 kilometers away from us. The others are further away. Basically, they do not pose a threat to us."
Christina thought about it in her mind, with a smile on her face: "According to the intelligence collected by our scouts, the Orc Northern Legion and the other three directions' legions are not from the same clan. There must be some problems with their transfer, and The Orc Northern Legion, which is gathering its forces now, will definitely not dare to attack with its entire army. If they fail, they will not be able to maintain sufficient deterrence to other legions."
"That means." Ryan continued following Christina's words: "Our orcs in the north will only invest about 100,000 to 120,000 to launch an offensive at most."
"Yes, unless they are willing to lose everything they have now." Christina said lightly: "But this situation is difficult to happen, because the Orc Northern Legion has integrated too many human ideas, and they have learned human technology. They train their warriors in human ways, use equipment made by us humans, and even their ruling methods are similar to our empire. I think their rulers will not go all out."
"Maybe." Allendo was not enthusiastic about these things. He reminded Ryan in a low voice: "Faras asked me to tell you that in three hours, that is, at noon today, Queen Catherine will be hosted by Red. The ceremony of her coronation as queen is related to the morale of our army and cannot go wrong under any circumstances."
Ryan sighed. He recalled his experiences in the past period and felt very emotional. Who would have known that Katherine and Randy, who was still unknown last year and became famous in the Royal Athletic Competition, would actually become the ruler of this huge empire. Although It's nominal,
Allen knew what Ryan was thinking, but the fact that Catherine was able to be crowned queen at this juncture had a lot to do with her recent performance. When other officials and nobles were running for their lives, Catherine was the first to stand up and watch the royal ceremony. She constantly boosted human morale. Even when the royal viewing platform was attacked by orcs throwing stones a few days ago, she did not take a step back.
In this current stalemate, if humans cannot stop the advance of the orcs, they will be at a disadvantage in the entire imperial capital offensive and defensive battle, and will never recover until they lose the war. In order to further stimulate the fighting of human warriors Enthusiasm, at Luke's suggestion, today Archbishop Red of the Church of Light will crown Catherine, making her the nominal ruler of this empire,
As soon as the news spread, there were enthusiastic cheers from all sides of the central square. All fighting humans, regardless of men, women, old and young, heard Catherine's speech with their own ears and knew that this queen who was born as a commoner was always with them. They have never abandoned them, and they all say that war makes women go away, but a queen with a distinguished status stands here persistently, vowing to live and die with this city. Is there anything that can touch everyone's heart more than this
Ryan nodded and strode out. He was going to inspect the surrounding layout again to make sure nothing went wrong. Christina said hello to Allen and hurriedly followed Ryan to inspect. Allen looked more. Looking at the backs of the two of them, he shook his head helplessly. For some reason, the female knight had a very weird attitude towards Ryan. Allendo couldn't tell what it was.
Ryan heard Christina's footsteps without looking back. Regarding this female knight, Ryan only had respect in his heart. It was a recognition and affirmation of a warrior full of firm belief, but Christina's attitude towards him was a bit... Ambiguous, always competing with him to win, but after the fierce debate, he will always rely on Ryan's wishes, as if he enjoys this process very much, Ryan's subconscious feels that this is very inappropriate, but it is a pity that he assigned it himself Manpower, he and Christina were placed in a group, and now it is impossible to redistribute them in any case, otherwise there will be mistakes in the mission that was originally going smoothly.
Fortunately, Faras did not believe that Ryan would do anything sorry for her. As for Christina's performance, Faras also discussed with Ryan in private, thinking that it was a way for a proud holy knight to treat an enemy who had defeated him. With conflicting feelings, she always hopes to prove that she is not worthless, but after all, she actually lost to Ryan, which is why this strange situation occurs. Moreover, Faras proudly said that a man like Ryan really doesn't deserve it now. Duo, with his superior strength and perseverance, can most impress those proud ladies. Of course, Faras himself also fell in love with this boy unknowingly. As a result, this private After this sentence, the discussion turned into a couple's memories of their love experience and their longing for a happy future.
After looking around the entire royal auditorium again and confirming that everything was correct, Ryan made an excuse and came alone outside Catherine's lounge. According to the prior arrangement, Farasi would be the one to protect Catherine today. When Catherine was there, When she was in the lounge, Faras could only pitifully stay outside the room.
Farasi's fingers were rolling up the corners of her magic robe in boredom. She raised her head after hearing the footsteps, and immediately saw Ryan who was thinking about it. Farasi's face suddenly burst into an astonishing smile, and Ryan He also looked at Farasi with a smile on his face. This war left the two of them with almost no time to get together. In the past month or so, they could count the number of times they could whisper together for a while on one hand. This is so Can this couple in love not feel like their days are like years
The two of them stared at each other face to face. Faras felt that she had a lot to say, but when her words came to her lips, she turned into: "You're here."
"Well, I'm here." Ryan's answer was even more straightforward. If he didn't know their direct relationship, he would have thought they were strangers.
"Huh, you haven't come to see me recently."
Before Ryan could answer, they heard the door being opened. The two quickly looked over and saw that it was Catherine who came out.
Ryan's face suddenly turned red. This was because he was caught without permission. Just as he was about to explain a few words, he heard Catherine say: "Lian, you are here."
"Well, I'm here." It was exactly the same as the answer to Faras. Faras was blushing and hiding quietly behind Ryan. When she heard Ryan answer like this, Faras was so angry that she stretched out her little hand and touched Ryan. Under the ribs, and then twisted tightly,
Ryan's face suddenly twitched, but in front of Queen Catherine, he could not be rude in any case. He could only endure the pain and stand there, and Catherine had already noticed Farasi's little movement, and a smile appeared in the corner of her eyes. He deliberately said a few irrelevant nonsense words, always holding back Ryan, so that the latter could not find an excuse to leave.
When Christina appeared, Faras let go of her sore little hand, and Christina saw Faras's little movements at a glance. Her body froze and then she said loudly to Catherine: "The Queen's pen, the ceremony is about to begin." Now, please come with me."