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

"Ah? Please ask." Virgil was a little surprised, but he was still respectfully prepared to listen to what the other party said.

"Before, the people in the town above said that we had better move." The old man said. "But they also said that our position is not the front line of the battle. The front line should be able to withstand the orcs' attack. Even if it is breached, intelligence will be sent back to help us evacuate."

"That's why we stayed in this village. However, we didn't receive any news, and the orcs entered our village and tied us up."

Virgil finally understood. The old man was blaming the army and officials for not informing them properly.

However, it is understandable. After all, the front line collapsed almost instantly. No one expected that the pressure from the orcs was so great at the beginning, and they failed to adjust and respond in time, which caused the orcs to quickly expand their results.

In this chaotic situation, the notification was not in place, resulting in villagers being killed without their knowledge, and the responsibility did not entirely lie with the officials.

Commanders who failed to respond promptly also bear a considerable share of the blame.

"I'm sorry. It's true that we didn't inform you well enough about this, which almost caused you to be killed." Virgil said this and bowed to the old man apologetically.

"I'm not blaming you, after all, it was you who saved us." The old man said and sighed. "It's just that I also experienced the last orc invasion and know the rules of the orc attack."

"Why did the orcs invade in just a few days this time... Has our empire really made progress in these years?"

Virgil was silent when he heard this.

The village girl behind the old man seemed to realize that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and she quickly pulled the old man's sleeve.

"Okay grandpa, don't talk about this anymore. We just saved a life. Now we should consider evacuating."

"Oh." The old man nodded when he heard this.

If he had known that the imperial army could lose so many cities on the front line at the beginning without letting any news out, he would have been relieved a long time ago.

"By the way, let me help you with the evacuation..."

…

Balu was sitting in the military tent in the outdoor military camp at the moment, and he was not in a good mood.

In the past two days, small groups of troops that went to other villages to search for supplies continued to lose contact. Balu initially estimated that they should have encountered a human ambush force.

In the past two days alone, the number of soldiers lost by Balu's men has reached 5,000. Half of them were ambushed by humans when they were separated from the large army and acted alone, resulting in the annihilation of the entire army. The other half were searching for missing soldiers. In the process of joining the coalition forces, they were ambushed by humans and the group was destroyed.

Five thousand people is not a small number, it is already equivalent to 5% of his army.

The original joy of rapid progress was ruined by these things.

"Chief Balu." At the door, a tall orc walked in. He looked very angry, and there was no respect for him in his tone.

"The soldiers sent by our Iron Spear Tribe to search for the missing troops were ambushed by a small group of human troops and suffered heavy losses."

Judging from his appearance, there was no doubt that he was here for accountability.

"Sorry, it's my problem. The scouts didn't do a good job in reconnaissance of the terrain near the battlefield."

In fact, it's no wonder those scouts.

There are many mountains and forests near here. The woodlands are dense and very suitable for hiding. There are also many hidden trails that the orcs don't know about.

Although this land was the land of the orcs a long time ago, the orcs have been away from here for too long. When they invaded last time, the orcs did not leave any topographic map of this place to future generations, so this time they are equivalent to leaving again. This road.

"I don't need to hear apologies!" the chief of the Iron Spear Tribe said angrily. "As the United Chief, you should think of a way now. I

We are not following you to let our precious soldiers be buried in this mountain forest! "

"All I know is that I will try my best to find a way..." Balu nodded.

"If you can't come up with anything in the next few days, don't blame me for burning this place down." The chief of the Iron Spear Tribe said this as he prepared to leave.

"Wait, what did you just say?"

"I said, I will burn this place down!"

"Yes!" Balu clapped his hands suddenly when he heard this. "I figured out a way!"

…

"So, on the battlefield, it's about the right time, right place, and right people." Orson was sitting in the headquarters in Phoenix City, teaching Li Te.

However, the postures of the two of them were slightly ambiguous.

Liteuk sat on Orson's lap and watched Orson write and draw on the paper.

Her hair brushed against Orson's chin, occasionally making Orson feel uneasy.

This was what Leeteuk requested. Orson couldn't resist Leeteuk, so he could only agree to it, and he could only do it when there was no one around.

"The so-called timing is difficult for us to grasp, and the same is true for the other party."

"The favorable location is now in our hands." Orson pointed to the sand table not far away.

He ordered his officers to make it overnight.

At first, the officers did not know the use of the terrain map made of a pile of sand. But when the deployment of troops from both sides was accurately reflected on the sand table map, the officers discovered that what they could only imagine in their minds was , suddenly became vivid, which made it easier for officers to formulate combat strategies based on the terrain on the battlefield.

Of course, in order to make a sand table, it is necessary to ensure that the terrain must be shaped correctly. For this reason, Orson gathered all the hunters from the villages around the battlefield and asked them to help formulate and correct the terrain, so that he could more accurately restore the terrain. The topography of the battlefield.

"Oson, you mean that we can use the terrain to deal with the enemy, and even rely on the favorable terrain to kill the enemy on a large scale?"

"Yeah." Orson nodded. "Do you know why I only sent mercenaries to carry out guerrilla tactics before?"

"Why?"

"Although guerrilla warfare is strategically a large-scale battle, it is actually subdivided into countless small-scale battles. Therefore, there are strict requirements for the military literacy of soldiers." Ossen explained.

"The empire's current soldier phalanx has a minimum size of one hundred, and the average size is between five hundred and one thousand."

"Soldiers who have received formal military training, in order to make up for the gap in individual strength, often form groups and fight collectively to bring out their full strength, but mercenaries are different."

"The size of most mercenaries is relatively small, and the largest mercenary group only has a few thousand people. Under this, mercenaries except for forming formations in big scenes when necessary, actually most of the time It’s skirmishing.”

"In terms of the ability of a few people to work as a small team, regular soldiers are far inferior to mercenaries."

Of course, Orson would not say that if the mercenaries died more, his side's future losses would be smaller.

After spending so much money to hire them, I couldn't just send them here to support the situation, right?

Although Orson does think so in his heart, if he says it out loud, his tall image may be damaged in front of Li Teuk.

Chapter 5: What’s on my mind

"Master Orson, Master Orson, something bad has happened!" While Orson was still instructing Li Te, the door was suddenly pushed open by someone.

The door opened because of the arrival of Orson, Carlisle, who became the deputy commander of the front line.

When he saw the postures of Orson and Li Te, Carlisle was stunned for a moment, looked at each other with both of them, then he closed the door and backed out.

When he opened the door again and came in, the relationship between Orson and Leeteuk had returned to the way it should have been, with Leeteuk standing behind Orson's chair.

However, you can still see their mood at the moment from their awkward expressions.

"General Carlisle, what happened, are you so anxious?" Orson raised his head and looked at Carlisle in confusion.

"That's it, Mr. Osen..."

…

On the front line, Virgil led a team that had just led the villagers from several nearby villages who had not yet evacuated through a forest path.

Just as he was about to take his mercenaries to the front line, he saw fire coming from the mountains in the distance.

The raging fire soon spread throughout the mountain, burning all the hiding places originally used by the mercenaries to fight guerrilla warfare.

Then, the fire continued to move towards Virgil.

Spread in the direction.

The mountain forest in the eastern part of the Antica region seems to be burned out by fire.

The guerrilla war has not started for a few days, and the losses caused to the orcs have not yet begun. Therefore, when the fire completely burns out the mountain forest, the orcs' advance will be delayed for a while, but when the mountain forest is burned out, the orcs' advance will You will no longer be harassed by mercenaries.

After getting this information, Virgil quickly made his own judgment. Then, he led the mercenaries, taking advantage of the fire not spreading to other mountains and forests, to pass through the unburned mountains and forests, and continue to go around the enemy. flanks and rear.

If we don't take advantage of this period to gain more results, it will be too late later.

Although his mercenary force only has 400 people, they were all carefully selected by Orson for him. The strength of each mercenary is at the bottom of the third level. They have often run into each other, and their professional qualities are equivalent. Gao, therefore, after receiving Virgil's order, the mercenaries did not complain at all, but carried out the order from the superior.

…

"Oh, that's it." Orson nodded after hearing this. "General Carlisle, guess why I sent mercenaries to delay the enemy's attack?"

"Uh..." Carlisle hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Mr. Orson, are you trying to... delay time??"

"Yeah." Orson nodded. "Do you know why I want to delay? Compared to the orcs, the cost of our war is obviously higher. If we delay, although we may win, the wealth of the Duchy of Antica will be slowly destroyed."

"Please forgive me for my stupidity..."

Orson smiled and pointed in the direction of the royal capital on the empire map behind him.

"I'm waiting for someone to come over there."

"Where?" Carlisle followed Orson's finger and looked at the map, "But hasn't the royal family already sent troops?"

At this moment, there was another rush of footsteps at the door.

"Commander... a troop has arrived from outside the city." A soldier walked into the room, bowed his head and saluted, and reported the military situation.

"Where's the number?"

"National Silver Dragon Knights..." The soldier lowered his head and said these words.

As soon as these words reached Carlisle's ears, he felt as if he had been hit hard on the head and became confused.

"Wait a minute... I, did I hear it right? Silver Dragon Knights??"

"Yes." The soldier nodded. "The leader is the knight leader, Prince Alsace."

"I understand, let them enter the city, and invite His Royal Highness here by the way."

"Master Orson, are you doing all this just to wait for the Silver Dragon Knights to arrive?" After the messenger left, Carlisle looked at Orson in disbelief.

National Order of the Silver Dragon, also known as the Royal Knights.

This knight order is controlled by the royal family and is one of the strongest ground forces in the empire.

According to legend, before the founding of the human empire, it was still in the form of tribes. At that time, each tribe was accompanied by a dragon. The tribe that finally established the empire was together with the founding dragon, the great silver dragon Skaya. Defeated the evil red dragon Holland.

Therefore, after the establishment of the Human Empire, the most powerful armed Royal Knights were named after the Silver Dragon.

Later, the dragon slowly faded out of human life. It is said that it moved elsewhere so as not to disturb humans. In the history of dragons written by the human empire to commemorate this period, the silver dragon also represents friendliness and wisdom. The red dragon represents violence and evil.

Needless to say, the strength of this knight order goes without saying. Usually, when various wars of various sizes occur in the empire, the Silver Dragon Knights will also go and participate as appropriate.

Therefore, through long-term training, the recruitment of high-quality talents, and actual combat training, the Silver Dragon Knights have become the representatives of the empire and the symbol of imperial power.

Half an hour later, Orson sent Carlisle away, and another footsteps sounded at the door.

Orson looked up and saw Prince Arthas appearing at the door.

He quickly stood up and came to the door to greet Alsace.

"His Royal Highness came all the way to help me, Antika. I am really grateful." Orson said this, bowing his head towards Alsace and thanking him.

"It doesn't matter. Antica's matter is a major matter concerning the entire empire. As the prince of the empire, I have an obligation to come this time." Alsace smiled.

This time the Silver Dragon Knights' rush to help was not included in the royal family's assistance to Antika. Alsace brought the Silver Dragon Knights in his own name after discussing with his father Odysseus. To the Antica area.

After all, in Odysseus's opinion, his support to the Antica region was enough, and it was not necessary at all.

There is no need to send more troops.

Although sending additional troops can indeed eliminate the threat of the orcs faster, other dukes do not send troops and send more troops themselves. Under the influence of one and the other, the strength of the royal family relative to the local area will be weakened again. This is Odysseus Wan Unacceptable.

And Alsace led his troops to the front line with a very clear purpose.

I, Alsace, have already pledged to help you, Orson. When the war is over, you, Orson, will have to show some sincerity in return, right?

What Alsace wanted most was undoubtedly the support of the Duke of Antica.

In his opinion, the Prussia region in the north is located in the heart of the empire, has abundant products, and faces relatively few threats. It is difficult for him to find an opportunity to make the Duke of Prussia owe him a favor.

But this time the orcs invaded Antica, it was almost an excellent opportunity for Alsace to draw the Duke of Antica to his side.

If the Duke of Antica is brought to his side, the Duke of Prussia who has made an engagement with him will also change his direction and come to his side. In addition, the Duke of Antica is also married to the Duke of Orleans. What he has done This operation can be said to have improved the favorability of the three dukes.

There are only six dukes in the entire empire.