"This guy isn't lying to me, is he? Augustine is dead too? An army of a hundred thousand undead? Are you sure this is correct? "
Within Houlier City, Sally was so shocked by the contents of the letter that she was reading that she began to cry out. Compared to the gloomy look of ten days ago, Duke of Eiffta now looked relaxed. The forty thousand orc army that had gathered in the territory had either died or fled. According to the battle report from Elsen City yesterday, the number of captives alone was more than four thousand. It was enough to imagine how terrifying the victory was.
But the scariest thing was yet to come. A letter written by Roddy after his return made Sally wonder if it was a prank written on her behalf. As a Duke, she naturally saw things much more clearly than the commoners. If Augustine was dead, then Tasman could almost be removed from the list of "threats to Eiffta" in the future. They could even consider a certain degree of encroachment on Tasman to obtain scarce resources!
A hundred thousand undead were drowned in the flood in exchange for Eiffta's peace for the next few decades.
"I don't think the prime minister would lie or joke," Titus reminded him.
"If someone else had said this, I might have doubted the veracity. But ever since the prime minister came, he always seems to remind me that my imagination is not rich enough. "
The grand knight shook his head and smiled bitterly. "If old Duke saw this letter, he would be pleased with the decision he made."
Sally's hand holding the letter slowly dropped. She pursed her lips and thought of the scene of her father, Lucifron, and Roddy standing in front of the map and talking about the pros and cons.
Her father had been harmed by the undead and died in battle to protect Eiffta. This great hatred made Sally want to fight Augustine personally. But as long as her brain was normal, she would know that this was completely unrealistic. A dispute between countries was not a fight between gangsters. Moreover, she was just a Duke.
But now, she had witnessed a miracle happen. Rody had gone straight to their doorstep. Not only did he flatten the foundation of the undead army, but he also killed the powerful Lord of the Undead. No matter how she thought about it, it was a dizzying and unreal feeling.
However, after the sorrow, Sally's heart was filled with joy and pride. She was glad that she had insisted on her own idea and did not go with the flow and marry a noble. Instead, she had pursued this amazing guy step by step …
"This blockhead, I wonder if he's injured."
Sally had no idea about a strong person like Augustine. She asked Titus, but the latter also shook his head. The strongest person they had ever seen was the undead Magda who had launched an attack on Hollier City. But thinking about how Augustine could rule the entire Tasman, he should be much stronger than that guy.
But no matter what, Roddy had perfectly completed his strategic goal. A desire to catch up rose in Sally's heart. She did not want to end up with a "sleeping victory" because she did not do anything. So she immediately asked, "Then we should be able to surround the last of the Orcs' troops now, right? They have now lost their backbone. I'm afraid they will collapse at the slightest touch. "
"That's what I thought, Your Excellency. Knight Wellington's troops are not far from the fortress occupied by the Orcs. He should lead the soldiers to surround them from three sides. This should be the most suitable choice for now. "
"Then it's decided. We must do it as soon as possible!"
The plan was finalized. Sally could not wait to write the expedition order. Although the war against the Orcs had only lasted for two months, Sally had learned a lot. Titus was a qualified commander. His analysis of the battlefield situation and judgment of the enemy's strength were always on point. However, it was precisely because of this that Sally fully realized how weak Eiffta was right now.
The nobles were weak, and the soldiers were not trained. The long period of peace had almost made Eiffta lose the ability to fight back against the Orcs on land.
If the Dukes Of Angmar had not prepared for this war nearly a year in advance, if they had not resolutely carried out the policy of "defending instead of attacking", most of the troops that had been gathered with great difficulty would have become cannon fodder in front of the Orc army.
She had heard Roddy talk about the strength of the Orcs' land warfare, but she did not have a concrete idea at that time. But when the results of the war were presented with cold data, Sally had no excuse to refute Roddy's conclusion. Weak was weak. Even if the Orcs did not wear armor, they could still defeat most of the nobles' private troops. Not to mention Eiffta, just look at the central and eastern parts of the kingdom that had been flattened by Sauron …
"We must eliminate the roots of the trouble!"
Sally wholeheartedly wanted to completely eliminate the Orc troops in Eiffta. But she did not expect that on the third day after the order was issued, when Knight Wellington led three armies to surround the fortress where the Orcs were, it had already become an empty city!
The Orcs had escaped!
This kind of escape was not a rout, but a planned retreat. The supplies, weapons, and armor were all taken away. The rest were set on fire if they could, and ignored if they couldn't. It was obviously full of accurate strategic intentions.
And because they did not carry out a large-scale massacre after occupying the city, there were still many survivors in the city. According to their words, these Orcs who were originally guarding the city suddenly decided to retreat after an Orc general entered the city.
Before that, when the Orc captain of the city saw Duda retreating with 400 remaining troops, he could not accept the fact that all the troops were almost wiped out and actually refused to carry out the retreat order. And now, this Orc's body was thrown under the city wall, and there were also more than 10 Orc corpses left in the city that tried to resist and cause trouble.
"They retreated so decisively? This doesn't seem like the Orcs' style. "
Knight Wellington had fought with the Orcs more than 10 times during this period of time. He was quite familiar with the character of these green-skinned barbarians. With the intelligence of the Orcs, other than Sauron, it was difficult for anyone else to have the courage to give up the Kingdom of Karen and choose to roll up their sleeves and return to the grasslands.
Judging from the traces, these Orc troops had already retreated for three days. Wellington's hundreds of elite troops still had the ability to chase after them, but the remaining troops that were pieced together were completely useless. So, he could only watch the Orcs leave the Kingdom of Karen and return to the grasslands to recuperate …
When the news reached Sally, Duke, who was originally in a good mood, looked gloomy for a long time. But when she received a new letter from Roddy, she immediately smiled. In order to formulate the strategic guidelines after the end of the war, Roddy was ready to hold another "cabinet meeting". This also meant that he would arrive in Hollier City in three days to host the meeting as the "cabinet prime minister".
"Sir Duke, although the crisis of the Orcs and the undead has been eliminated, there are still some things to be dealt with in the east. After the war, the people's livelihood is poor, and the restoration and reconstruction is also a big problem. There are many things that the Prime Minister has to discuss … "
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