Chapter 578: The Orcs Escape!

"This guy is not lying to me...Augustine is dead too? An army of one hundred thousand undead? Are you sure this is not wrong?"

In the city of Houllier, Sally screamed in shock at the contents of the letter in her hand. Compared with the gloomy expression more than ten days ago, the Duke of Efta at this time can be said to be relaxed According to the battle report, the number of prisoners of war alone exceeds 4,000, which is enough to imagine what a terrible victory this is...

However, the more frightening thing is yet to come. A letter written by Rody after his return made Sally almost doubt whether someone had ghostwritten it to play a prank on her. If Augustine is dead, then the Tasman Kingdom can almost be removed from the list of "threats to Efta" in the future, and even a certain degree of erosion of Tasman can be considered to obtain scarce resources!

One hundred thousand undead were submerged in the flood, in exchange for the stability of Efta in the next few decades.

"I think the Prime Minister will not lie, let alone joke."

Titus reminded from the side: "If someone else said that, I might doubt the authenticity. But when I got to know the Prime Minister, he seemed to always remind me that my imagination is not rich enough with one record after another..."

The great knight shook his head and smiled wryly: "If the old duke reads this letter, he should be pleased with the decision he made back then."

Sally's hand holding the letter slowly dropped. She pursed her lips, thinking of the scene when her father, Luciferon, stood in front of the map with Rody and talked about the pros and cons.

His father was killed by the undead, and in the end he died fighting to protect Efta. This overwhelming hatred made Sally wish to fight Augustine herself, but as long as she had a normal head, she would know that this was completely unrealistic. A dispute between countries is not a gangster fight, let alone a duke?

But now she has witnessed a miracle with her own eyes: Rody hit the door directly, not only flattening the foundation of the undead army, but also killing the powerful undead monarch... No matter how you think about this kind of thing, there is a dizzying feeling Unreal.

But after the grief, Sally felt more joy and pride in her heart. She is glad that she insisted on her own idea at the beginning, and did not follow the crowd to marry a certain nobleman, but instead pursued this guy who is always amazing step by step...

"I don't know if this wood is injured..."

Sally had no concept of a powerhouse of Augustine's level. She asked Titus, who shook his head as well. The strongest guy the two have ever seen is the undead Magda who once launched an attack in Hollier City. But thinking about how Augustine can rule the entire Tasman, he should be much better than that guy.

But no matter what, Roddy perfectly fulfilled his strategic goal. There was also a desire to catch up in Sally's heart. She didn't want to come to the conclusion of "laying down and winning" because she didn't do anything, so she immediately asked: "Then we should be able to encircle the last orc army now." Right? They have lost their backbone now, and I am afraid they will collapse at the first touch."

"I think so too, Your Excellency. The Knights of Wellington's army is not far from the fortress occupied by the orcs. It should be the most suitable choice for him to lead the soldiers to encircle from three sides."

"That's the decision, it must be done as soon as possible!"

The plan was finalized, and Sally couldn't wait to start writing the expedition order. Although the invasion war lasted only two months, Sally learned a lot. Titus is a qualified commander. He has always been good at analyzing the battlefield situation and judging the enemy's strength. But it was precisely because of this that Sally fully realized how weak Efta was now.

The nobles were weak, and the soldiers were untrained. The peace for too long almost made Efta lose the ability to fight back against the orcs on land.

If the Duke of Angmar hadn't prepared for this war nearly a year in advance, and if he hadn't resolutely implemented the policy of "replacing attack with defense", I am afraid that most of the armies that have been assembled with great difficulty will be crushed in front of the orc army. Pressed cannon fodder.

She once heard Rody talk about the strength of orc land warfare, but she didn't have a concrete idea at that time. However, when the results of the war were presented with cold data, Sally had no excuse to deny Rody's conclusion. Weakness is weakness. Even if the orcs don't wear battle armor, they can destroy the private troops of most nobles. Not to mention Efta, just look at the middle and eastern parts of the kingdom that have been flattened by Sauron...

"We must cut the weeds and get rid of the roots!"

Sally wanted to completely kill the orcs' troops in Efta, but she did not expect that on the third day after the order was issued, when the three armies led by the Knights of Wellington finally surrounded the fortress where the orcs were located, it had already become a An empty city!

The orcs have escaped!

This kind of escape is not a rout, but a planned retreat. All the supplies, weapons and armor were taken away, and the rest were burned if they could be set on fire, and ignored if they could not be burned, which was obviously full of accurate strategic intentions.

And because they did not carry out large-scale massacres after their occupation, many humans survived in the city. According to their words, these orcs who originally defended the city made a sudden decision to retreat after an orc general entered the city.

Before this, when the orc chief guard who guarded the city saw Duda retreating with 400 remnants, he couldn't accept the fact that all the troops were almost wiped out, and refused to execute the retreat order. Now, the orc was thrown away. Under the corpse city wall, more than a dozen corpses of orcs who tried to resist and make trouble were left in the city.

"The retreat is so decisive? It doesn't look like an orc."

The Wellington knights have fought against orcs more than a dozen times during this period, and they know the characters of these green-skinned savages. With the IQ of the orcs, it is difficult for anyone except Sauron to have the courage to abandon the Karen Kingdom and choose to roll back to the grassland in disgrace.

Judging from the traces, these orc troops have been evacuated for three days. The hundreds of elite soldiers under Wellington still have the ability to pursue them, but the remaining troops put together by scattered soldiers are useless at all, so he can only watch the orcs helplessly. Leaving the border of Karen, returning to the grassland to recuperate...

When the news reached Sally, the Duke, who was originally in a good mood, was depressed for a long time. But when she received a new letter from Roddy, she immediately beamed with joy. In order to formulate a strategic policy after the war, Roddy is going to hold another "cabinet meeting", which also means that he will arrive in Houlier City in three days. , presiding over the meeting as "Cabinet Prime Minister".

"Your Excellency, although the crisis of the orcs and the undead has disappeared,... there are still some things to deal with in the east. After the war, people's livelihood is declining, and restoration and construction are also a big problem. There are many things that the Prime Minister has to discuss..."

Seeing the smile on Sally's lips, Titus knew that she had no intention of thinking about the territory. After reminding her at this time, Sally also blushed and bowed her head to admit her mistake. Then she obediently picked up the letter sent by the Minister of Finance and listed it. Outline of the meeting...