My villain wants to save himself, but the yandere heroine disagrees

No matter how powerful Orson is, it doesn't prove that he has a high level of command.

"I know that everyone may have doubts about my ability, which is normal, because everyone is dedicated to the country. If my ability is not enough, the front line may suffer a lot of losses because of me."

"But please rest assured, I, Orson, came here with only one goal, that is victory."

Chapter 3: Pre-war preparation (6K)

"Tsk, that's easy to say." On the other side, the representative of Napoli began to deliberately provoke again.

"If I remember correctly, you should have never had the experience of leading troops to fight, and I'm afraid you don't even know how to give orders on the battlefield?"

His mission here is actually to provoke the people on the side of the Duke of Antica, and by the way, to lead other people who are dissatisfied with the Duke of Antica to resist Lucius's orders.

Therefore, after seeing that Lucius sent Orson, who had no experience at all, he felt that the opportunity had come.

You know, although Carlisle's ability is average, he has been fighting with Lucius, and his military achievements can convince the public. In addition, he is willing to hold a joint meeting of the army to listen to opinions. Although everyone does not obey his orders, as long as it can be clearly seen that it is beneficial to the war situation, Carlisle will lobby and everyone will give in.

But now that Orson suddenly parachuted in, it is hard to say.

Although there is no such allusion as talking about war on paper in this era, compared with the top students who are directly assigned from colleges and universities, the army still trusts officers who have worked their way up from the middle and low levels step by step.

Especially in the face of such a major battle, it sounds too childish to let

a student who is still in school be the commander-in-chief.

The words of the representative of Napoli also touched the hearts of others present.

Although everyone knows that you, Orson, are powerful, no matter how powerful you are, it is only at the personal level. Commanding troops and fighting are not necessarily linked to your personal level.

"I know that you may not trust my ability that much, and I do not have relevant experience, but I still hope that you can give me time to show my strength." After being criticized by the representative of Napoli, Orson did not get angry, but smiled.

On the contrary, Litt, who was standing behind Orson, kept staring at the representative of Napoli with a bad look.

"At the Imperial College, military theory courses are arranged in the general education courses every year. To be honest, everyone, I have completed all the military theory courses in the college for four years, and I have also scored full marks in all the subjects I have taken the exams for."

After hearing what Orson said, some officers present had a better view of Orson, but most of them still doubted Orson's ability.

After all, test scores do not equal real ability, and everyone knows this.

"Of course, I know your concerns, and I can understand that you are unwilling to hand over the army in your hands to me for unified command and dispatch." Orson said this and looked at Carlisle. "General Carlisle, I wonder what you are discussing at this meeting?"

"Ah, Mr. Orson, the content of this meeting is mainly related to the recent orc offensive." Carlisle said, pointing to the map on the table.

"You see, from the front line, the orcs have broken through and captured five small cities on the border, and the villages around the city have also been attacked by the orcs. Although they have not yet penetrated into the hinterland of the duke's territory, if the orcs are allowed to attack, our defense line will be broken from one point and collapse across the board."

"Is that so..." Orson nodded after hearing this. "In that case, everyone, if I take back the five cities captured by the orcs, you should be able to recognize me, right?"

"Heh, that's easy to say." In the audience, the representative of Napoli continued to provoke Orson. "Don't think of using our people as cannon fodder. Since you want to prove your ability, use your own troops to do the job."

"Is that so?" Orson heard this and glanced at the people in the audience again.

No one present dared to look at Orson, fearing that he would be picked by Orson for questioning.

Orson could guess their attitude from their performance.

He did not say anything, but just expressed his understanding, and then said: "Okay, since you all said so, I will use the forces I can mobilize to launch this counterattack."

"This joint meeting can't make any sense. Everyone, you should return to your own defense zone and defend the place you are responsible for." Orson said this, indicating that the meeting was dissolved.

Then, the commanders and representatives in the audience stood up, saluted, and left the military tent.

"Mr. Orson, what you just said, is it a bit too arrogant..." After the crowd dispersed, Carlisle looked at Orson, his tone full of worry.

"You just looked at the map, and you don't know the intelligence of the orcs on the opposite side."

"Well, so now I want to ask you, how many orcs are there on the front battlefield this time?"

"According to preliminary estimates, the number of orcs deployed in this battle should be conservatively estimated to be around 200,000, which does not include their reserves. On the front battlefield, that is, the orcs in our defense zone, there are about 100,000 to 150,000."

"The orcs launched a fierce offensive before, and the main losses were all my men. I originally had 100,000 combat-ready soldiers, but now there are only a little over 90,000 left. Relying on these troops, even defense is stressful..."

"That's why General Carlisle decided to hold a joint meeting this time and transfer people from other defense areas to defend, right?" Orson asked.

"Yeah." Carlisle nodded.

"It doesn't matter, General Carlisle, I will sort out the current frontline intelligence today and prepare for a counterattack tomorrow." Orson said this, showing a confident smile.

…

On the other side, representatives of other armies had already mounted their war horses and returned to their stations.

When leaving the station, they were surprised to find that a group of troops had been stationed outside the city for some time.

Judging from the size of the camp, the number of these troops may exceed 20,000.

"What's going on?" The representative of the Napoli army looked at the military camp in confusion, and then prepared to go in to investigate.

The sudden appearance of such a troop on the front line was quite surprising to him.

Surprised.

But when he was about to approach the military camp, he was stopped by the soldiers on duty at the door.

"Stop ahead." The soldier said in a neither humble nor condescending manner.

"Hey, do you want to see where I'm from?" the representative said, looking at the soldiers in front of him with disdain.

"We are here to help you. Is this the way you treat your guests?"

"I'm sorry, but the front is an important military camp, and idlers are not allowed to enter. If you must go in, please show the pass document given by Mr. Osen, otherwise I will not let you go."

The soldiers still had no intention of giving in.

Only then did the representative know that the troops stationed here were from Osun. After learning this information, he had no intention of staying here. Instead, he left with a harsh word.

He wanted to go back and report this matter, and Orson didn't know where he got another 20,000 people to help him.

…

City of Saint Laurent, Imperial College.

News of the orc invasion had spread in Imperial College, and Orson's request for leave was a disguised confirmation of the news.

"Aphro, tell me, what do you elves think of orcs?" Elsa sat in the student union office, spinning the pen in her hand boredly, and asked Aphro.

"Orcs?" Avro heard this, thought for a moment, and then said: "Compared to us elves, the lifespan of orcs is really pitifully short. I don't have any special dislike for orcs."

"We can't talk about other special feelings. Anyway, in the eyes of us elves, orcs are almost the same as humans. They are just ordinary short-lived species."

After all, the place where the elves live is on the west side of the continent, separated from the orcs by an entire empire, and they are usually beyond reach.

And those elves who have left the Elf Forest will not take the risk to go to the desert area where the orcs live.

"In the eyes of you humans, orcs should be the species you hate the most, right?" Avro asked.

"Of course!" Elsa nodded. "Throughout the history of the empire, it has been a history of confrontation with the orcs for a long time."

In fact, at the beginning, orcs also lived in the lush areas in the eastern part of the empire. However, later, as the relationship between humans and orcs worsened, large-scale battles broke out, and humans finally drove the orcs out of that fertile area. land, and drove the orcs towards the desert.

Originally, humans thought they had won this way, but they underestimated the orcs' ability to adapt to harsh environments.

The orcs in the desert quickly recovered part of their vitality, and then fought out of the desert again with hatred for humans.

After that, there was endless hatred and killing between the two races for generations.

"At that time, the college council has announced a mission for the second half of the semester. If it is to go to the east to help support the front line, will you go?" Elsa asked.

"I think so. After all, I am also a student of Imperial College."

"Then when the time comes, if I ask you to take action against those orcs, will you be able to do so?"

"Okay." Avro nodded.

"Well, counting the time, the Emperor's knights should have arrived in Antica..." Elsa said, looking out the window.

"I hope Orson didn't lie to me." She said.

…

"President Chelinina, according to your instructions, we have recruited all the war mercenary groups that can be recruited on the market. There are about 20,000 people in total. Now we have rushed to the eastern front." In the room, Luo Renzo looked at Chelinina and reported on the mission he had completed.

"I understand." Chelinina nodded and rubbed her swollen temples.

Before Orson came back, he contacted himself through the Chamber of Commerce in Saint Laurent City and asked him to gather all the mercenary groups on the market as soon as possible to fight against the orcs in the east.

For this reason, Chelinina invested all her working capital.

The money I earned in the past few months, except for the money for industry expansion, was basically all "returned" to Orson.

Twenty thousand people, and they are mercenaries that are more expensive than the general army. This is a considerable expense. Even if the Lissen Chamber of Commerce has more liquidity, it can barely maintain this army for two months. expenses, this group of mercenaries will disperse in two months.

"Mr. Orson sent a letter of thanks and asked you to be careful about your property in the Naples area recently. You can try to transfer it to the direct jurisdiction or the Duchy of Antica."

"Huh? Why?" Chelinina looked puzzled. Then, she seemed to have thought of something and suddenly realized.

Due to the war, many people evacuated from the eastern region of Antica. Some of these people went to live with their relatives, but most of the farmers had no fixed settlement and became refugees.

These refugees still have some money, but when all the money is spent, they will become refugees.

At this time, as long as they can be provided with a job position, regardless of the salary, and can allow them to support their families, they will work.

Moreover, in the Antica region, with the official support of the Duke, Chelinina does not have to worry about her property being restricted like in other regions.

The most important thing is that in this way, other industries in the Duchy of Naples can be indirectly destroyed.

His previous operations had left the textile industry in the Duchy of Naples half dead.

But similarly, Chelinina has also invested in some of the local representative industries of the Duchy of Naples, such as porcelain making, handicrafts with low output, complex processes, and high profits. After all, those industries can only be done in Naples. , to earn more.

Although I don’t know why Orson asked his capital to withdraw from Naples, as the person who gave Chelinina her current status, Chelinina almost unconditionally obeyed Orson’s suggestion, and she immediately ordered Loren Zuo helped withdrew all his investments in Naples, and the funds gathered were used to develop the handicraft industry of the Duchy of Antica.

When it comes to the specific development of cities, it is obvious that there is only one goal, and that is the city of Antica.

Nowadays, the population of Antica City is increasing, but there are very few supporting jobs. Many jobs are still limited to low-income jobs such as shop assistants.

It can be said that the city of Antica has unlimited possibilities.

…

While Chelinina was still discussing how to make money, on the other side, Duke Giovanni of the Duchy of Naples was in a surprisingly bad mood.

In the past two months, the tax revenue of my territory has been reduced by one-fifth compared to before.

When I checked the reason myself, I found out that it was due to the collapse of the textile industry, which resulted in a large number of unemployed people in the market.

Not only do these unemployed people fail to provide tax revenue, on the contrary, they also occupy social resources.

Similarly, in the huge market system, the collapse of the textile industry has led to the gradual collapse of several other industries.

The handicraft industry that the Duchy of Naples was originally proud of, which had created a large amount of tax revenue and wealth and formed a unique group of small citizens, was severely hit.

Finally, Giovanni went to check the cause and found that it was actually the Duchy of Aragon next door, where a large-scale and organized textile industry had developed. With a large number of goods and low prices to seize the market, it quickly destroyed the Nasdaq. Economy of the Duchy of Poli.

To this end, he met alone with Leon, Duke of Aragon, and discussed related issues. As a result, Leon expressed ignorance about this. He was even confused as to why the taxes of the Duke of Aragon had increased a lot recently. .

Seeing that he couldn't get any useful information from Leon, Giovanni had no choice but to dig out the reasons behind it through other methods.

Finally, he learned that the investor behind the Aragon Textile Factory was an organization called Lison Group. After further investigation, he discovered that the person in charge of Lison Group was his possible daughter-in-law. Lenina Bonaventura.

This feeling of being backstabbed by a relative made Giovanni very angry. He immediately found Louis, the leader of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce. This time, the conversation between them was not as harmonious as usual. The conversation was full of gunpowder. .

Louis didn't know anything about this, but he was extremely surprised when he learned that his daughter was really starting her own business.

The last time he sent Paul to dismiss Chelinina, the representatives of the Antika branch vetoed the dismissal proposal and forced Chelinina to stay in office. After that, the Antika branch basically removed itself from the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce. The whole thing became independent and developed on its own.

It is said that it is developing independently, but in fact, the Antika branch is basically an alliance with the Ali Chamber of Commerce.

Just when he thought the matter was just over, Giovanni told him that Chelinina actually set up the Lissen Chamber of Commerce.

"I regard you Louis as one of my own, but you stabbed me in the back, right?" Giovanni said, making Louis feel ashamed.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I won't make things easier for Chelinina when I go back this time." Louis' tone was very apologetic.

Giovanni was very satisfied with Louis.

Compared to his father, who was cunning and vixen-like, Louis himself was actually a mediocre person when it came to business, and even using the word mediocre to describe him was a bit of a discredit.

If the market is really

If things are static, then Louis can stabilize the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, but unfortunately, the market is constantly changing.