Lord Harland.

After capturing Graveson, but losing most of his team, Gunderson was already very angry.

But misfortunes never come singly, bad news came later, the orc brigade stationed at the barracks was raided by Richard.

The military station was lost, and the remaining brigade suffered heavy casualties. The captain and deputy captain were all killed in the battle, and only more than 700 defeated soldiers were gathered.

In the two battles, Gunderson's losses were close to two thousand soldiers.

Although he still has troops under his command, the main force is less than , and the remaining orcs are sheep-body people, and their combat effectiveness is very weak. Like the city defense army, they can only undertake some second- and third-line tasks.

Gunderson returned to the tent and looked at the map carefully.

The war has developed to this level, and the right to choose has once again fallen into his hands.

Is it to attack Harland territory and besiege Fort William?

Or go south, defeat the coalition of nobles in Heihe County, and cooperate with the main army to fight?

While Gunderson was analyzing the pros and cons, the harpy once again sent new orders from his superiors.

Under the command of Viscount Roman, the coalition forces of Lord Wright, Brenner County, and Roman County nobles attacked the main force of the orcs and looted a batch of food and grass.

The commander of the Orc Legion, De Lunxi, issued an order to ask Gunderson to go south, re-open the grain road, and destroy the noble coalition led by Viscount Roman.

Gunderson was inclined to attack Harland and avenge his subordinates.But the superior gave an order, so he could only obey the order and lead his troops south to fight against Viscount Luomen.

When Li Cha found out that the orcs from Gunderson's tribe were going south, he let go of his worries. The orcs had a main force of . Although there were quite a few troops in the Harland Territory, even with the Heihe county noble coalition army, they were still no match for the orcs in field battles.

Once the orcs entered the territory, robbed the population, burned houses, and polluted the wells, even if the castle was defended and the orcs were repulsed, Harland's territory would suffer heavy losses and it would not be easy.

Gunderson's troops went south, and Richard immediately asked the contracted slaves gathered in the castle to hurry up to spring plowing, so as to avoid the impact of the war on agricultural production as much as possible.

Gunderson had just marched south with his army, and Richard also received a letter asking for help from Baron Sharp.

Baron Sharp married Baron Raphael and became lord of Platos Castle.

Platos Castle belongs to Heihe County in the territory.

But militarily, it is under the command of Gascoigne Province and is the flank fortress of Flame Castle.

After guarding Platos Castle, a complete line of defense was formed with Flame Castle.

In recent years, Baron Sharp has organized two squadrons of soldiers.He absorbed a part of the retired officers and soldiers of the Wild Lion Legion, and the quality of the army was not bad.

Before the war broke out, Baron Raphael supported a squadron of soldiers to strengthen the defense of the Platos fortress complex.

Coupled with the help of Baron Harden, there is enough strength to stick to it.

The orc commander, Maruland, led three brigades and dawdled for a month, but still failed to break through Platos' line of defense.

But in recent days, the war situation has changed.

This time the orcs invaded, because of the increase in troops, the pressure on the direction of Flame Castle was also very high.

A few days ago, the cavalry under Baron Harden was transferred to the direction of the main decisive battle.

Without Baron Harden's powerful cavalry, Baron Sharp couldn't hold on any longer.

Gunderson's movement south was detected, and Harland's territory was temporarily safe.

Li Cha decided to lead the main force of the territory, together with the coalition forces of the nobles of Heihe County, to defeat Maruland and all the orc troops together, so as to relieve their worries.

Sophia Fort is more than ten kilometers away from Platos Castle. Once Platos Castle falls, Sophia Fort and Iron Mountain Fort may not be able to hold it under the cold weather?

Now Black River Castle is blocked by the orcs, and communications are interrupted.

Although Richard defeated a large group of orcs, the defenders of Black River Fort could not receive his report of merit.

Richard ordered the heads of the orcs killed to be pickled and wait until after the war to ask for credit from his superiors.

Then he brought the cavalry to Fort Vic and wrote a letter to the Heihe County Noble Coalition Army, asking the Heihe County Noble Coalition Army to go north to join him.

The coalition of nobles from Heihe County stationed troops at Felic Castle in the Barony of Bazel.

In Felic Castle, the armies of the four baronies of Bazel, Les, Dak, and Dirham have already come out in full force.

Baron Rice mobilized three main squadrons in the territory, and Baron Bazel and Duck mobilized two main squadrons. Even Baron Dirham, the weakest, mobilized four hundred auxiliary troops with all his strength, and executed Second line tasks.

This time the orcs were coming so fiercely that several barons felt the danger and gathered their forces together.

The coalition forces of the nobles originally planned to defend the Baron of Bazel, but they received a request from Richard to join forces.

Li Cha's position is a reserve major general, and his military rank is a head higher than that of several barons.

In wartime, it is possible to command the coalition forces of nobles.

Besides, Li Cha has commanded the coalition of nobles several times, and his ability has also been recognized by the coalition of nobles in Heihe County.

In terms of strength, the Harland family is already second to none in Heihe County.

He also explained in detail the reasons for the troop transfer, and strictly ordered the coalition forces not to shirk their duties and to show up at Vicksburg the day after tomorrow.

Otherwise, after the war, it will be proposed in the noble council, and the nobles who do not carry out the order will be seriously held accountable.

If this battle is won, Baron Rice and others will not be afraid of pursuing them.

The worst case scenario would be a quarrel at a meeting of nobles.

If this battle fails, people like Baron Rice will be used as an excuse if they do not carry out their orders.

Being a scapegoat will definitely bring no benefits.

They may even be revoked of their noble titles and deprived of their hereditary territory.

This time the orcs invaded, the Grant Kingdom was poorly prepared, the Earl of Martins fell, and the earl died at the hands of the orcs.

After suffering such a big loss, there will definitely be a scapegoat after the war.

Li Cha had already made military achievements and was not in a key position, so the reason for the failure of this battle could not be blamed on him.

At that time, the scapegoat can only be the coalition of nobles in Heihe County who disobey orders.

For this reason, even though the territory became extremely empty after the troops were dispatched to the north, Baron Rice and others still did not dare to disobey the order, and led the soldiers to Fort Vic to meet Richard.

In order to defeat the orcs of Maruland, the Harland territory was also mobilized. Ten squadrons of infantry and one squadron of cavalry gathered together, and after joining the coalition of nobles from Heihe County, the number exceeded 3,000.

Coupled with the troops in Platos Castle, there is no disadvantage in terms of numbers. In terms of combat effectiveness, they still have a slight advantage due to the alchemy bombs and Warcraft Cavalry.

For the sake of speed, Li Cha decided to hurry on his way.

They set off in the morning and only completed more than fifty kilometers at ten o'clock in the evening before arriving at the southern part of the Platos fortress complex.

The arrival of this reinforcement alerted the orcs in the north of Platos Castle. However, the enemy's situation was unclear after dark, so Maruland did not rush to send troops and provoke a battle.