"Sir, before the war, the enemy had a total of about 1.2 million troops, including about 850,000 melee infantry, about 100,000 wolf cavalry, and about 150,000 long-range attack troops, including the bear throwing soldiers that can threaten our magicians... The rest... The rest..." When I asked, an official who looked like the mayor stood up and reported the situation to me one by one. But when it came to the last 150,000 beastmen, he seemed to be slapped hard in the face, his face flushed and he couldn't speak.
"Is there anything you can't say? Do you think I'm not qualified to know or what?" Although I wasn't blaming him, I also knew that there must be something wrong, but out of impatience, I spoke without thinking.
"Sir, that's definitely not what I meant... It's just... It's just that these 150,000 troops, actually... are actually us humans..." Seeing my impatience, the official hurriedly explained and told me the situation of the last 150,000 troops.
But what I never expected was that in this thousand-year-long war between different races, something that had never happened before actually happened on the battlefield between humans and orcs after I arrived in this world. Words like traitor and running dog flashed through my mind one by one.
Perhaps I had seen too many such situations and examples in the previous world, so although I was surprised, I still did not overreact. For me, the only feeling was that the total number of orc troops became 1.05 million orcs plus 150,000 ordinary human troops.
"Very good. Then what we really need to fight is probably the 800,000-plus beastman melee troops. Then tomorrow, the God's Legion and the Dragon Legion will be the main combat forces, and I will directly dispatch them. The 20,000 survivors will be used as the reserve team and as a fire brigade.
Among the rest of the troops, you must mobilize 20,000 non-magicians but death squads who can release magic of a small fireball or above. As for the rest of the troops, you can directly form them into city defense teams!
In addition, according to my third-level combat conscription regulations, you must recruit 100,000 reserve troops in the defense zone, including 20,000 death squads. I think this will be enough to resist the orcs' attack this time."
"Is this... all that's going to work?" Victor looked at me with a lot of doubts and said in surprise. If I hadn't said these words, I'm afraid this guy would have used a large-scale attack magic in return.
"Well, that's all. After destroying all the magic crystal cannons in the hands of the orcs, I didn't take the orcs seriously at all... And now, I think the latest things I have in my hands can definitely give those damn orcs an unexpected gift... Hahahaha..."
Looking at the officers who were incredulous, I gave them a confident expression and laughed wildly. Thinking about the magic scrolls made with my latest creativity, I thought maliciously about how to give those orcs a death.
As time went by, about ten days after I entered the holy city, nearly one million troops in the holy city consciously carried out various preparations for war.
A large number of magic shells were stored in a special cellar under the city wall, and a large number of stones and arrows were transported to the city wall. On the city wall, there was a large stone tower every ten meters. The magic gathering array carved with a large amount of crystal and dense silver on the top of the tower was also slowly driving the operation of the array, so that it could be put into use at any time after the war broke out.
Outside the city walls, a large number of warriors and earth magicians were desperately reinforcing and deepening the large trench outside the moat, and setting up a large number of hunting traps used by mountain hunters.
At the same time, the 20,000 civilians of the Kingdom of Yan were gathered together by me for the final training. Previously, from judging the distance of the enemy, to controlling the mentality when the enemy approaches, to controlling the fear of death, the 100,000 death squads selected by Victor from 500,000 civilians were eliminated to only these 20,000.
And now, thousands of mages from the Dragon Legion are carefully teaching them how to use magic scrolls, from inputting magic power to aiming the magic scroll at the target at the right time, without missing a single detail.
"Master Shen, what a good plan! If we let 20,000 death squads carry magic scrolls to attack the enemy, I think as long as the timing is good, we can definitely deal a serious blow to the orcs. If we can kill the same number of orcs, I'm afraid our losses will be worth it." Several senior officers passing by the training ground nodded after seeing the training on the spot. In his mind, since the total strength of the enemy and us is not much different, it is definitely a cost-effective way to exchange the same number of elite enemy troops with the garbage troops on our side.
"The city guard may have misunderstood. Although I also believe that the purpose of these trainings is as you think. But for this result, I absolutely do not think that Lord Shen wanted to exchange for the same number of orcs. In the days that I have followed Lord Shen, I have never dared to imagine that as his enemy, he could use this ratio to exchange the lives of his soldiers. If the orcs paid a price of 200,000 to eliminate the 20,000 people in front of them, I think this is a more reasonable number. Otherwise, I think in the heart of our Lord Shen, that battle is a failure..." Hearing the sigh of the city guard, Victor, who was in the crowd, immediately stood up and expressed his different views on the result. I don't know since when, Victor has been full of confidence in his boss.
"200,000? 1 to 10! If we can really reach this ratio... No, even if we can reach a 1 to 1 ratio, then let alone the entire East Continent, our Kingdom of Yan can completely drive those orcs back to the northern wilderness. But unfortunately, although there are many people like them in our Kingdom of Yan, their speed of using magic scrolls is not as fast as that of regular magicians. If it is a melee, our warriors will hardly aim the magic scrolls at their enemies, and I am afraid they will be beheaded by the orcs." Looking at the warriors practicing seriously, the city lord's confidence is also rising. But when he thought that this kind of battle is only suitable for surprise attacks and positional defense, the dam immediately broke.
At this moment, a large number of magic bullets were scattering from the distant city walls like flowers from heaven. All the information showed only one thing, that is, the enemy was attacking and the city walls were in danger... (To be continued)