I snatched the letter from Parker's hand, and with a burst of anger, I read all the contents patiently. Although I don't know about the so-called seal of the Emperor of the Mocast Empire, I can still judge the signature and seal of Queen Yaen... Yes, this is indeed the autograph of Queen Yaen and her royal seal...
After a long sigh, ignoring the jubilant looks of Parker and those guys who had always been prejudiced and jealous of me, I waved to the generals who had always followed me, and called them all to leave the command post and go to the base of their own troops.
Now I no longer need to explain anything or say anything like "wait and see". The only thing I need to worry about is whether I can convince Queen Yaen in the short term so that I can return to the front line as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the orcs break through the several fortresses in the Valley of the Descendants, I will not be able to defeat them without being able to use all my strength, let alone drive them out of the human territory.
“…I think everyone understands the current battle situation. If we rely on the multi-layer fortresses in the Valley of the Orcs, then under normal circumstances, it would be a pipe dream for those orcs to break through. There is no possibility of this happening.
However, what we still don’t know is how many magic crystal cannons those orcs have obtained in the Canglang Defense Line. If the number they obtained exceeds the number we destroyed today... Then, once those orcs push the remaining magic crystal cannons under the city wall... Then there are only two words we can do - escape!
The only way to prevent this from happening is to destroy the magic crystal cannons in advance. I have just given Victor the tactics and methods on how to destroy the magic crystal cannons as much as possible. I think as long as we follow my method, although we will suffer a lot of losses during the operation, we can give them a devastating blow afterwards with our fortress and our attack range far exceeding that of the enemy."
After arriving at the military camp, I didn't say any nonsense. After instructing Yiya to help me pack my luggage, I called the generals of the Kingdom of Yan who had been led by me and analyzed the current situation of the war and related solutions to them. At the same time, I also instructed them to continue to resist under the leadership of the mature and steady Victor.
Although Victor is just an aristocratic, old-fashioned magician with little adaptability, at least he is relatively humble, knows how to learn new tactical ideas, and is a relatively stable person. Under his leadership, I am not worried that the troops will make excessive mistakes.
"My lord, perhaps our current situation is worse than you guessed..." Victor hesitated and raised his concerns: "According to the military management rules of the kingdom, when the supreme commander of a unit is deprived of his command, a senior officer in the unit will generally be appointed to take over the command. But now, Her Majesty the Queen has not appointed me or anyone else, and there is not even a single word about the successor. Therefore, I speculate that the person appointed this time is very likely not any member of our unit..."
For a moment, everyone in the room had a bad premonition, and several officers even looked unhappy.
"Don't let your imagination run wild. If it's a blessing, it's not a disaster. If it's a disaster, it's inevitable. I'll go and explain it to the Queen as soon as possible, and then come back to fight the invasion of the beastmen with everyone. But in the meantime, I hope you can do your best. If the person who replaces me is not a fool, he should know the destructive power of the magic crystal cannon and the beastmen..." I forced a smile and interrupted everyone's contemplation, trying to guide the possible development of the situation to the good side. But in the end, I couldn't help but make a worst-case plan.
"If, if any successor is really a bastard and has the magic crystal cannons deployed outside the city wall... then, then you must immediately evacuate with your troops... Do you understand?"
"yes......"
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After explaining everything I thought I should, I took Iya and my guards with me, and also transferred two divisions of the Dragon Legion to protect me along the way. Although the officers headed by Parker strongly opposed it, I relied on my authority as the commander of the Dragon Legion, and I forcibly took the Dragon Legion's 7th and 10th divisions on the journey back to the Kingdom of Yan.
Riding quietly on the horse, I hadn't spoken a word since I came out of the Valley of the Demise, except for secretly sending dozens of instructions, which made the entire marching team become extremely dull.
"My lord, are you still worried about the situation on the defense line? Think about it! At least there is such a strong fortress there, and there are millions of elite human troops. I think even if the commander there is bad, it will be no problem to hold on for ten or twenty days. By then, I think you should be able to explain the problems on the front line to His Majesty, and then it will not be too late for you to continue to command the army to sweep the orcs!" Seeing that I was unhappy and worried along the way, the guard officer assigned to me by Victor comforted me repeatedly.
"Be more open-minded? I don't think you should be more open-minded. You should observe a moment of silence for the troops in the fortress as soon as possible! If Your Excellency cannot return to the fortress to command in a short period of time, or if the command of the fortress coalition falls into the hands of a faction other than Your Excellency Victor, I think the fortress will have been razed to the ground before our Excellency returns..." Before I could say anything, Shen Qiang, who had been sighing for a long time, was already full of resentment, and he unceremoniously retorted what I heard.
"Master Shen Qiang, I know what you mean, but after all, we have hundreds of magic cannons in the fortress and millions of troops. Among them, there are even 200,000 magician troops. With such a force, can't we hold off the orcs' attack in a fortress that is only a hundred meters wide?" With a look of disbelief, my captain of the guard turned his gaze to me after looking at Shen Qiang.
"Quantity cannot replace the gap in actual data. Hundreds of magic cannons with a maximum range of 2 kilometers, under the current situation, if the orcs safely place the magic cannons outside the city, then hundreds of magic cannons may not even be as effective as one magic crystal cannon. Imagine a fortress with a gap opened by a magic crystal cannon! What can we use to resist the invasion of the orc army? Fill it with corpses?" (To be continued)