Chapter 201

Of course Lite was no exception, but the scout didn't elaborate at the time, and she was in a hurry to come back to see Orson, so this matter didn't attract her attention immediately.

"Yes." Orson nodded seriously, and Li Te knew that this matter was probably not simple.

Chapter 121: Visit the front line in person

Two more days passed and all the coalition forces were successfully reunited.

Orson sat at the top of the central military tent. Next to him were Alsace and Lucius. The commanders of other legions were also sitting in the two rows below.

Everyone remained silent, no one spoke.

until a few minutes

After the bell passed, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and then Scaloni walked into the military tent with a disgraced face and his head lowered.

He knelt down in front of everyone without saying a word.

"In the end, the enemy will have a bad start, and he is willing to accept any punishment."

Saying this, he cupped his hands towards Orson.

"No need to be like this, General Scaloni, everything is not over yet, the war is not lost, and you will not be able to continue leading the troops after losing this battle."

Orson stood up, came to Scaloni, and helped him up.

After all, he is a big boss in the army, and he has a good relationship with Alsace. It depends on the owner to beat the dog.

"No." Unexpectedly, Scaloni became stubborn and shook his head.

"I will make such a big mistake in the end. If there is no punishment, I will feel uneasy!"

Seeing this, Orson could only sigh helplessly.

He looked at Alsace.

"I wonder what His Highness the Prince thinks should be done with Scaloni?"

He asked this because he wanted to hand over the disposal power to Alsace. As Scaloni's "master", it was most appropriate for Alsace to decide Scaloni's fate.

Unexpectedly, Alsace just shook his head.

"Let's leave it to you, Orson."

"Okay." Seeing Alsace kicking the ball back, Orson no longer resisted. He looked at Scaloni, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.

When he opened his eyes again, his expression became serious.

"General Scaloni, you have failed to carry out military orders and have lost 10,000 elite troops, destroying our morale. It is reasonable to deprive you of the right to command in this battle. Your army is fully under the command of His Highness Alsace. As for the You, temporarily suspend your duties and return to Saint Laurent City to reflect on your mistakes."

"...as you command."

This punishment is quite reasonable and falls into the category of neither light nor severe.

Scaloni did not collapse the entire front and turned the tide of the war on his own. Second, he did not evade responsibility and took the initiative to plead guilty. Coupled with his status in the army, the punishment he received would certainly not be too severe.

As this punishment continued, everyone else present had different facial expressions.

The happiest person was the Duke of Antica. The generals of Antica, as well as Lite himself, all had smiles on their faces.

As for the officers loyal to the Alsace side, they were somewhat unhappy.

After all, the army had been building momentum for Scaloni from the beginning. As a result, Scaloni has completely lost his position as Duke of Naples. Everything the army has done has been in vain, and in the end he has to help Antica fight. Return to their place as Duke of Naples.

From the moment the candidate for commander-in-chief was selected as Orson, everyone already knew the future ownership of the Duke of Naples.

And Orson naturally noticed everyone's expressions.

Before Scaloni could take the order and go out, he spoke again:

"Everyone, I noticed that when I just announced the punishment for General Scaloni, some of you seemed to be very happy and some were dissatisfied."

"I don't know what you are thinking, but I hope you will not bring the conflicting ideas in the political arena into the army."

"An army that seems to be in harmony will only be a mess in the end. Don't think that the Duke of Naples has no chance to make a comeback. If you still hold on to your original ideas, then we will lose this battle, and I will not be the commander of the defeated army. Please give me your guidance."

"I always believe that the duty of a soldier is to win the war, and then consider other things after victory. So, everyone, no matter what your mood is, follow my orders completely and don't be petty."

These words directly shocked everyone present, except Alsace, who had heard Orson speak before, and Lucius, who had known Orson's character for a long time.

Everyone looked at each other, their eyes full of surprise at this moment.

"Oh, Mr. Osun, since you said so, I won't hide it anymore. You want to solve this problem, right? Then let's make it clear here." A general of the Imperial Army said this As he said that, he stood up on his own initiative.

"Oh? General Ravenna, what do you mean?"

"Mr. Orson, you don't know, right? This time General Scaloni was punished. After the war, the title of Duke of Naples will only fall on you. We will give your Stranik family such a title for free." It’s a huge piece of land, but for you to say something like this, it’s hard for me not to think that you’re just taking advantage of it.”

Seeing the other party talking like this, Liteuk stared at the other party fiercely, wanting to stand up and discuss it with the other party at any time.

"Are you so sure that I will become Duke of Naples?"

Orson asked directly.

"Otherwise? Are there any other candidates?"

"The results haven't come out yet, General Ravenna."

At this moment, Alsace took the initiative to step forward and help Orson out.

"Your Highness, why are you..."

Ravenna looked at Arthas in disbelief.

He was clearly helping Arthas, so why did he stand on Orson's side?

"General Ravenna, don't forget what a soldier's duty is." Arthas came to Ravenna, patted his shoulder, and whispered something in his ear.

Ravenna's face changed, and then he came to Orson unwillingly.

"Sorry, Mr. Orson, I was abrupt just now. I apologize for my previous remarks."

"It doesn't matter, just make it clear. So, does anyone else here have any questions?"

Orson waved his hand nonchalantly, and then looked at the others.

Seeing Arthas's actions, those who were loyal to Arthas's faction naturally followed their master and had no objections, and other neutral people, including those on Antica's side, were even less likely to have any objections.

"In that case, let's start our tactical meeting now."

Orson said this, pointing to the map of the Dukedom of Naples behind him.

…

“The enemy just retreated like that?” In Romulus City, Giovanni looked at the officer reporting intelligence in front of him with a calm face.

Killing 10,000 enemies should have been a great victory before, but now Giovanni didn’t feel anything at all.

He was even a little dissatisfied, thinking that his army was fully capable of expanding the victory.

"Yes, Duke, and I will also report to you about Andrew's recent movements."

"Go ahead."

"The invincible army brought by Andrew and his cult has now expanded to nearly 10,000 people. According to the assessment of the previous battle, their frontal battlefield combat capability should be around 100,000 to 200,000 people."

"That's fine. In this case, there is no need for them to continue to occupy my resources. Let Andrew take his army to the front line and tear a hole for me. Wait until their cannon fodder is dead, and then let our people go to reap the harvest."

"Uh... Aren't you afraid... that he will turn against us?"

"Turning against us? Only I can recognize his army. If he dares to turn against us, he will be beheaded on the guillotine of Saint Laurent City the next day. Let him turn against us and try."

"Yes... I know."

"By the way, how is Donny doing recently?"

"Master Donny has been able to resume normal actions, but he is still unable to control his power normally. Now we need to send a few criminals to him every day to let him get familiar with his power."

"Okay." Giovanni nodded lightly. "Prepare a carriage for me in two days. I will personally supervise the battle at the front line and bring Donnie with me."

"Okay."

Chapter 122: Another Plan

"With a strong and sturdy physique, sophisticated weapons and armor, and a fighting spirit that is not afraid of death, this legion is invincible. Orson, even if you are a god of war, you can't deal with my invincible army." On the battlefield of Naples, Andrew and his members of the cult commanded the legion under his command to march north.

During this pursuit, except for a battle with Scaloni's army, Andrew did not have another battle with the coalition forces.

This made Andrew angry and annoyed.

After being suppressed for so long, and being discriminated against by Giovanni in various ways when he was in Romulus, he had long been ready to vent his anger on the coalition forces. As a result, the coalition forces seemed to know that he was in a hurry to pursue, and ran faster than him.

The problem of his army - slow marching was exposed.

It's not like a turtle's pace, but it's slower than the marching speed of a normal army. It's even more impossible to catch up with the retreating enemy.

"High Priest, the vanguard of our Immortal Legion has already come into contact with the fortifications built by the enemy's small forces, and the enemy's main force seems to be not far ahead." A man in a robe came over and reported the battle situation to Andrew.

"I know." Andrew nodded.

"Let the troops in front wait for a while, don't rush to launch an attack, wait until our main force arrives and then launch an attack together."

"I understand."

Andrew's sect is called the God Ancestor Sect.

Although the name sounds very grand, it is a real cult. They have done all the crazy things such as transforming demons and creating the Immortal Legion.

Giovanni had been in contact with the God Ancestor Sect before, and until now when he was desperate, he completely let go of his face and let the God Ancestor Sect use his power to wantonly perform their evil magic.

The so-called Immortal Legion is a group of Romulus citizens who were tortured to death. Through the secret method strictly followed by the cult, they transformed living people into monsters that are extremely powerful, fearless of death, and only know how to obey the orders of the cult priests.

In the process of transformation, the success rate is only one in ten, and those who fail to transform will die directly.

As for their weapons and armor, Giovanni had planned to rebel more than ten years ago, and had secretly hoarded a large amount of sophisticated equipment under various names, just waiting for this moment to use them on these monsters.

"By the way, High Priest."

"Anything else?"

"Duke Giovanni said that he would personally supervise the battle at the front line, so he brought 20,000 troops from Romulus City to us yesterday. Should we wait for them?"

"Hmph, what are we waiting for? His 20,000 men can only add icing on the cake for us at best. We can fight a beautiful battle without their help."

"Okay."

...

"When I fought against the orcs before, I'm sure you all know my fighting habits." Orson pointed to the map and looked at the generals in the audience.

He likes to collect specific intelligence from both sides, analyze it in detail, and then find a suitable place to end the battle there, trying to achieve success in one battle.

When fighting against the orcs before, Orson used the weather and terrain to disperse and disintegrate the orc army, and then defeated them one by one.

He pays great attention to the weather and terrain.

He pointed to the current location of the coalition forces on the map, and then pointed to the location between the coalition forces and Romulus City, close to the direction of the coalition forces.

"Excuse me, everyone who has participated in the front-line battles, can anyone tell me what the terrain of this place is like?"

Upon hearing Orson's question, the generals who had participated in the front-line battles looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Seeing that the situation was the same as he expected, Orson sighed helplessly.

At this time, Lit raised his hand.

"Oh?" Seeing this, Orson's eyes lit up, and then he looked in Lit's direction.

"Lite, tell me about the terrain here."

"Well, when I was a vanguard at the foot of Romulus before, I carefully observed the terrain here. Although most of the Naples area is dominated by plains, there is a rare hilly terrain here. Although the mountain is not high, camping on it and arranging an army as a corner force will definitely make the enemy unable to advance or retreat."

"Well, your observation is quite detailed." Orson nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at Arthas.

"Your Highness, please bring up the sand table."

"Yes." Arthas nodded, and then he brought out the sand table that he and Orson had prepared before.

This thing is very familiar to those who have worked with Orson before. When he was fighting against the orcs, he used the sand table to deduce the enemy's movements. Under the sand table, the battlefield terrain is in front of him, just like opening a God's perspective.

"The terrain here is actually far more than what you saw before, Lit. This is actually a valley." Orson said this, pointing to the large basin in the center of the valley.

"The entrance here is long and narrow, with a wide basin in the middle, and then there is a long and narrow exit."