Chapter 441: Marching North!

【Intelligence Report Four: You severely damaged the Orcish force this time, killing nearly fourteen hundred Orcs. The Orcish race is clearly unwilling to swallow this humiliation.

Therefore, at dawn today, the Orcs will dispatch a force of twenty thousand to surround and annihilate you.

This Orcish force includes five Orcish Shaman Priests, ten thousand Orcish Warriors, ten thousand Servant Army troops, and ten Bloodthirsty Bat Knights!】

【Intelligence Report Five: As the most favored concubine of the Orc King, Princess Sukama, who is nine months pregnant, is about to give birth.

Loving the house and its sparrow, the Orc King cares equally for the child about to be born.

To ensure the war and care for his beloved do not interfere with each other, the Orc King brought Princess Sukama to the border during this campaign.

She is currently located in an area called the Golden Pasture, where a temporary palace has been erected.

It is not specifically intended for Princess Sukama to reside and give birth.】

【Intelligence Report Six: Today will be fine weather!】

【Ding! Daily intelligence broadcast complete...】

Good heavens! Gervas exclaimed, "Good heavens!"

What did he just hear?

It has been a long time since he received so many weighty pieces of news.

First, it turns out that those two fellows, Weilade and Solit, were indeed tricked by him.

Although they explained clearly that they were not the ones who plotted against the Orcish force!

But the two found themselves imprisoned, directly coerced by the Orcs to burn the army's grain supplies.

If they actually did it, that would be entirely different from their previous plot against him.

Although betraying his information to the Orcs is also a grave crime.

But if the two could pull some strings and squander all their wealth, perhaps their lives could be spared.

After all, the noble nature of himself is understood by those who understand.

But if the two burned the army's grain supplies, even if only ten carts worth, that would be an absolute capital offense.

Once the Kingdom learns of it, ten of their heads would not be enough to be chopped off.

So, did he accidentally hit the mark this time?

However, this has made things bitter for the army inside Winterhold.

However, given the army's current situation, if the Kingdom's support does not arrive, they will not be in much better shape.

So, besides the news above, what he should be most concerned about is the Orcish race's renewed attack.

Over ten thousand Orcish Warriors and over ten thousand Servant Army troops; this military strength absolutely cannot be underestimated.

There are also five Shaman Priests and ten Bloodthirsty Bat Knights.

Let us not speak of the latter.

As for the former, they are equivalent to Human mages or sorcerers.

They can not only boost the army's morale but also cast spells to fight.

They probably mistook his cannons for magic, so they are using Shamans to deal with him.

"It seems we cannot fight head-on!"

Even though Gervas possesses cannons and homemade grenades, fighting this batch of Orcs head-on would likely result in heavy losses.

So, he must run away.

As for where to run, Gervas already has a risky military strategy in mind.

Having decided everything, Gervas wasted no time, immediately got up to wash and dress, and then summoned Lei Meng, Knight Mi Gen, and others.

And informed them that the Orcs would attack again.

"My lord, how many Orcs will come this time? It should be more than last time, right? I think there might be five thousand Orcs!"

"However, if there really are five thousand Orcs, we are not afraid; we just need to continue treating them as if there were only two thousand five hundred!"

After the previous battle, Knight Mi Gen was clearly getting a bit cocky.

Upon learning of the Orcs' renewed attack, there was not a trace of worry on his face.

Instead, he was eager to try, actually wanting to seize the opportunity to win a great merit.

Gervas, being considerate of his subordinates, immediately informed them of the number of attacking Orcs.

"The attacking Orcish force totals over twenty thousand, including ten thousand Orcish Warriors, ten thousand Servant Army troops, and another ten Bloodthirsty Bat Knights!"

"What, ten... ten thousand Orcish Warriors? T-these Orcs must have taken the wrong medicine! We only have seven hundred men; how can they send over twenty thousand to deal with us?" Knight Mi Gen was instantly dumbfounded.

"Knight Mi Gen, last time we killed a full fourteen hundred of them. Such casualties, the Orcs have probably not suffered even a few times since the war began!"

"Therefore, they probably hate us to the bone and are coming with the intention of annihilating us!" Knight Lei Meng saw it clearly and directly explained it to Knight Mi Gen.

"Then... then what should we do? With so many people, it seems we cannot fight them!"

"Not 'seems,' but basically cannot fight them. Moreover, even if we fight, it would be killing ten thousand enemies while losing seven hundred of our own!"

"My lord, then... then are we not doomed to die!" Knight Mi Gen instantly showed bitterness.

"I only said we cannot fight them, not that we will die! Since we cannot fight them, then let us run!" Gervas said.

"My lord, last time you said the west is also occupied by Orcs, the cities and passes on the road are in Orcish hands, and escaping is very difficult, right?"

"Yes, heading west will also encounter large numbers of raiding Orcs. So this time we will head north. The Orcs have all penetrated deep into our Kingdom's territory; on their own wastelands, the number of the Orcish race is sparse!"

"Head north? T-this... My lord, then what next?" Knight Mi Gen widened his eyes.

"Then? We will see when the time comes; currently, I have not thought it through yet!"

Good heavens! Mi Er directly exclaimed, "Good heavens!"

Just now, he thought his lord had some excellent follow-up arrangements, but it turns out he hasn't thought of anything yet.

"What? Are you afraid, Knight Mi Gen?" Gervas asked mockingly.

Upon hearing this, Knight Mi Gen immediately straightened his body. "No, my lord, your subordinate is not afraid; your subordinate is only worried about you, my lord!"

"However, my lord, I fully support your decision—so, my lord, when do we depart?!"

"Depart at once! Good! Now, let us embark on a great adventure!"

Thus, after only half an hour, Gervas led his army to march out, directly leaving Carle Baron Castle and heading north.

Around dusk, a massive army arrived at Carle Baron Castle from the eastern road.

"My lord Moral, there is no one inside the castle—the humans are gone!"

"Gone? How is that possible!" Moral's face turned ashen.

He had come with his army intending to erase the shame he had suffered recently.

Yet now that his army had arrived, the enemy had vanished!

"Search! Scout every direction around—find out where these humans could have gone!" Moral, unwilling to accept this, immediately ordered his subordinates to search.

Very quickly, the search yielded results.

"My lord Moral, there are no traces on the southern road—everything is normal!"

"My lord Moral, we've found numerous tracks on the northern road—the horse dung is fresh—they must have headed north!"

"Headed north? Is this human a fool, or has he gone mad?"

Upon learning that Gervas's force had headed north, Moral wore an expression of utter disbelief.

After all, any sane person would choose to head west.

Even if the west also held our orc forces, a successful breakout would lead them back to the safe heartland of the kingdom.

But heading north—that is our orc territory.

Unless these humans wished to die, there was absolutely no reason for them to go there!