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

In addition, Louis was also far behind his father in terms of being a person.

At least, his father would not be humble in front of a duke.

After all, the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce was the largest chamber of commerce in the empire, with business scope all over the country. It could be said to be an artery of the empire's economy, and its contribution to the empire was no less than that of these dukes. However, Louis was born to think that merchants were inferior to nobles, so when chatting with Giovanni, he always acted inferior from time to time.

Giovanni liked Louis like this, because only in this way could he control Louis and then control the entire Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, thereby controlling the economy of the empire.

But he did not expect that before he could control the economy of the empire, the economy of his own territory had problems.

He had originally wanted to take advantage of the issue and go to the imperial city to sue Lucius in front of the emperor, but Lucius happened to be assassinated, which made him very depressed.

…

At night, in the front-line headquarters, Orson sat at Carlisle's desk and reviewed the battle report sent from the front line.

Lit stood behind him, fulfilling his duties as an adjutant.

"Lit, where is your military theory class?" Orson was looking through the war report, feeling a little bored, so he chatted with Lit.

"Uh... we have only covered half of the content of the first year, and it is mainly theoretical content, with almost no practical explanation."

"Is that so..." Orson nodded.

Compared to himself, Lit really has no experience at all.

And in the original book, Lit has no experience of leading troops to fight.

Although there is magic in this world, there are not enough magicians after all, and the so-called magic is not so lethal when it comes to the battlefield.

There are indeed magicians who can summon a meteorite to fall down and change the situation on the battlefield, but this only exists in legends. The reality is that magicians can only release lethal magic such as fireballs and lightning spears on the battlefield, and some magic can't even penetrate armor.

Even for high-level magicians, they only expanded the killing range of magic, and fought one against a hundred or one against a thousand. This was based on the fact that the enemies were all low-level cannon fodder.

Just like physical strength, magic power is also easy to run out.

Therefore, in war, the number of soldiers can often directly reflect the ratio of the combat effectiveness of the two sides.

"In this case, Lit, you should study with me for a while." As he said this, Orson handed all the battle reports to Lit.

"I have read all of these. Take a look and see what you can analyze from them."

"Okay." Lit nodded and took the battle report and read it.

Then, her brows furrowed.

Some of the battle reports were not written by the garrison troops, but were sent back by the troops in the rear who could not contact the troops in the front.

In other words, the troops in the front had been completely destroyed by the orcs, and not even a single living person could come back.

Orson turned around and looked at Litt's expression. He was quite satisfied with Litt's reaction.

"It seems that you know, Litt?"

"Well..." Litt nodded. "Several cities have completely lost contact. When the scouts in the rear reported, they could already see the orcs' vanguard. So, several cities on the front line have already fallen?"

"Yes." Orson was satisfied with Litt's ability to sort out information. "It seems that you understand, Litt."

Then, Orson took the map.

"According to intelligence, the total number of cities lost is these, and the front-line battle report estimates that the number of orcs is about 100,000."

"In this case, Litt, how do you think we can recapture these five cities?"

"..." Litt fell silent after hearing this.

Generally speaking, the combat effectiveness of orcs is indeed stronger than that of humans. When the number of people is equal and they are still attacking, it can be said that it is difficult for humans to defeat orcs.

"I... don't know." Litt shook his head.

"It's okay." Orson smiled. "There is a lot of information you don't know yet, so this is normal."

As he said this, Orson pointed to a location on the map.

"If you want to retake the city, you need to kill the enemy's manpower on a large scale, so that the enemy feels that the loss is too great and has to retreat. This is the best way."

"It doesn't mean that we must counterattack and attack the city. This approach is actually the most irrational."

"But...how can we kill the enemy?"

"That's what I'm going to tell you next..."

Chapter 4: The Prototype of War Criminals (5.1K)

After capturing several small towns on the border, the orcs obtained relatively sufficient supplies. These supplies originally prepared for human soldiers to defend the city were transformed into the pockets of the orc army.

In a captured human city, the commander-in-chief of the Orc Tribe Alliance, Baru, the chief of the Orc United Chieftain, sat in the office.

The battle report from the front was very encouraging. The human side seemed to have some conflicts among themselves. Many troops were unwilling to follow the commander's orders. In addition, Lucius, the nightmare of the orcs in the last war, had fallen. The morale of the orcs was unprecedentedly high.

The orc coalition had already captured many villages and towns.

The farmland warehouses in these villages and towns happen to be stocking up on grain that has not been shipped away after the autumn harvest. Although the output of this grain is not large, it is enough to cover the expenses of the frontline troops for half a year.

The logistical problems that were originally quite tense at the beginning have gradually improved with this method of supporting war with war.

Next, every time the orc army captures a town, the looted materials can be transported to the rear to give to the women and children in the tribe. After all, they represent the future of the orcs.

As the troops penetrated deeper and deeper into the empire, they encountered more and more resistance. All this was expected by Balu. Rather, it would be better to say that the progress achieved now has made Balu overjoyed.

Looking at the map originally used to guard against the orcs, Balu's eyes were directed at Fenike City, a large city to the east of Antica City and the location of the Imperial Army's frontline headquarters this time.

As long as we can capture that place, we can get enough supplies. At that time, before the human army arrives to encircle our side, we can take the supplies back to the depths of the desert. In this way, the lives of the people behind will be comfortable for a while. .

You know, during this period, in order to plan their own revenge plan, almost all the orcs who were not participating in the battle in the rear tightened their belts to save food for the front line.

For this group of people, Balu felt nothing but gratitude.

…

In a village within the orc-controlled area, a group of about 200 orc troops were resting in the village at the moment.

As if to celebrate their victory in the battle, these orcs set up wood in the square in the center of the village and lit a big fire. They were going to spend the night around the fire.

Beside the fire, several humans were tied there, with desperate looks on their faces.

Some of these people are elderly people with inconvenient legs and feet, making it difficult for them to evacuate, and some are young men and women who stay to take care of the elderly.

The orc team prepared to burn these people to death in memory of their ancestors who died in the previous war.

The fire was burning, and the leader of the orc team came to the human captives. He glanced at the crowd and squatted next to a village girl.

"Gu...kill me." The village girl said as she felt very uncomfortable being stared at by the orc.

"It's okay, you will die first." The orc leader said in broken common language.

He had just scanned the prisoners, just to find the one he hated the most and throw him into the fire first.

Although this village girl is not ugly in human aesthetics, and can even be described as delicate, in the eyes of orcs, women with thin skin, tender flesh, fair skin, and no muscles are unhealthy and not beautiful.

In the beauty contest among the orc tribes, the female orcs who finally win basically have very toned figures.

As for faces, as a race with different aesthetics, orcs cannot tell the difference between good-looking and ugly when looking at human faces. Ugly people may even be more popular among orcs in human aesthetics.

Then, the orc leader picked up the village girl by her throat.

The village girl felt the pain of being strangled in her throat and kept struggling.

Just when the commander was about to completely cut off the village girl's neck, something unexpected happened outside.

Dozens of crossbow arrows flew out from the woods and shot at the unsuspecting orcs. In an instant, dozens of orcs fell to the ground, wailing in pain on the ground.

Although the vitality of orcs is much stronger than that of humans, being directly hit by high-speed crossbow arrows will still make them lose their combat effectiveness.

Before the other orcs could react, another batch of crossbow arrows were shot out from the woods on both sides of the square.

Later, in the woods, a group of human soldiers came out of the woods and fought with the people here.

The orcs fight together.

Upon seeing this, the orc leader hurriedly threw the village girl aside, then picked up his huge battle ax and joined the battle.

The mercenaries also noticed this extremely tall orc, so some stronger mercenaries took the initiative to form a group to fight against this orc.

The battle situation soon became one-sided. The orcs lost one-third of their troops in the sneak attack, and the total number of human mercenaries who came out to attack them was twice that of the orcs, and because they were mercenaries, the general strength and quality ratio Those levies and ordinary regular troops are only strong but not weak, and they can not fall behind in a one-on-one battle with the orcs.

Of course, when facing the orc leader, the mercenaries remained vigilant enough and kept a distance from the big man.

After all, they are all mercenaries who have fought with local thieves with real swords and guns. They have rich combat experience. The orc commander has brute strength but cannot use it. Whenever he knocks down someone, he is ready to go. When it comes to last-hitting, the other guy will swoop in like a fly.

The big commander was getting more and more uncomfortable. He swung his giant ax in a sweeping motion, and after repelling everyone around him, he glanced around.

Then he discovered that he was the only one left standing on the battlefield.

After that, the mercenary captain ordered the mercenaries to retreat, and the crossbowmen who had been ambushing in the woods also came out, and aimed their crossbows at the orc commander.

Then, the mercenary captain waved his hand and fired the crossbow.

However, the more powerful the orc is, the thicker the skin is and can withstand the blows of some long-range weapons.

The orc captain in front of him has reached the fifth level of strength, but these crossbows have no effect at all when they are fired at him.

The mercenary captain wearing a helmet saw this and walked up alone.

He raised the sword in his hand and pointed it at the orc leader.

From his posture, he seemed to want to fight alone.

Orcs are a race that worships strength. Whether from the perspective of racial habits or the current situation, a duel is the most advantageous situation for them. Therefore, this behavior is exactly what the orc leader wants. He roared, picked up the giant axe and ran forward.

Then, looking at the motionless mercenary captain, he smashed down with an axe.

Just when he thought that the other party was frightened by his power and dared not move, the mercenary captain made a move. He dodged sideways and avoided the chopping of the giant axe, and the giant axe was deeply sank into the ground.

Before the orc leader pulled out the giant axe, the mercenary captain kicked the orc's arm.

The orc let go of his hand in pain, and the orc without a weapon was doomed to lose.

Obviously, the mercenary captain was not going to give the orc a chance to breathe. He swung the long sword in his hand, and a blood mark appeared on the neck of the orc leader. Then, he fell to the ground with his eyes wide open.

On the other side, the villagers who witnessed all this looked at the mercenary captain with admiration in their eyes.

After the last orc fell, the mercenary captain also took off his helmet, revealing his long blue hair and handsome face underneath.

He was Orson's subordinate, Virgil.

The village girl who was just grabbed by the neck and thrown to the ground by the orc leader had also recovered at this moment. Looking at Virgil's face, the look in her eyes showed not only admiration, but also a bit of fascination.

Sure enough, every girl in distress will always have her own prince charming to save her at the moment before the crisis?

The village girl thought so, and just happened to see Virgil walking towards her.

She couldn't help but want to stretch out her hands to Virgil and shout "I do", but Virgil walked straight past her, walked behind her, and got closer to the villagers by the fire.

He untied the ropes of the villagers, and finally thought of something, turned around, walked towards the village girl, and untied the ropes on the village girl.

Sure enough, he has me in his heart, otherwise how could he come to help me last, it must be because he wants to put the most important person last.

Thinking so, the village girl was already thinking about how to spend the rest of her life with Virgil.

"That..." The village girl lowered her head, blushed, and her tone was a little shy.

"What's wrong?" Virgil looked at the village girl's performance and showed a puzzled look.

"Thank you very much for your help." The village girl said so, stood up and bowed to Virgil, and then walked to her grandfather.

Sure enough, I still can't confess to a strange man.

"???" Virgil touched his head, a little puzzled.

Then, he turned around and looked at the mercenaries who were cleaning up the battlefield.

After counting the number of people, Virgil nodded.

In this battle, because of the surprise attack and ambush, none of his men were killed. The only few injured were also caused by the battle with the orc leader just now, and they were only external injuries. They can move normally after recovering for a while.

After thinking for a while, Virgil turned around and walked to the villagers.

"Sorry, we are late and put you in this dangerous situation." Virgil said so, with a hint of apology in his tone.

"It's okay, it's okay." In front of the village girl who was just rescued by Virgil, an old man with white hair and beard and wrinkles on his face shook his head. "We all thought we were going to die, thanks to your arrival."

"But can I ask what happened on the front line?" The old man then changed the subject.