Ryan When he received the appointment from the emperor, it was already five days after he stayed in place to rectify and wait.
"In the other five Northlands Border Province of the empire, the fortresses of four provinces were defeated?"
Ryan was a little shocked. He had never known that in the six provinces of the empire that were close to Northlands, including Fragrant Mountain Plains, all five fortresses had been defeated by Orcs, and millions of Orcs had filed in from the fortress.
This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the empire that vows to fight against Northern Orcs on its own.
Four Grand Dukes's four Extraordinary Legion's Commander had all been carried on his back, and they appeared in the four fortress-broken provinces to clean up the mess.
Among the six major provinces, only the fortress of Blazing Snow Province is still strong, and currently, Temple Knight Legion of Imperial House is ready and will go to Blazing Snow Province at any time.
In addition, Imperial Capital is enshrined by nine Legendary Mages, half of whom have also entered the four provinces, where not only the powerful Extraordinary Legion is needed to counterattack Orcs, but also the extraordinary power of Legendary is needed to prevent the ultimate destructive power brought by the sublimation of war.
Just like that Behemoth Giant Beast, it is said that it has stepped on a Count's Domain.
The situation in the north of the empire was serious, more serious than Ryan thought. The nobles continued to send troops to support, but they could only block Orcs in several provinces and refused to allow Orcs to continue southward.
"Nightmare Knight Legion has entered Twilight Province. It won't be long before the Behemoth Orcs family will be solved."
Rosalind said that no one would doubt this result. After all, back then, Flame Dragon Knight Legion of the Clayton Family could penetrate deep into the hinterland of Orcs territory, and the Extraordinary Legion in Four Grand Dukes's hands were the most powerful ones in the world.
If there are only two hands of the Extraordinary Legion on the Norris Continent, none of the four Extraordinary Legion on Four Grand Dukes will be excluded. In fact, their positions will be selected first, and the rest will be competed by others.
Ryan put down the information and focused on his appointment.
"I became the manager of Northwind Province. The time limit is - thirty years?"
"Before Marquis of Northwind grows up, Northwind City belongs to me? When he grows up, will that city have to be returned?"
Ryan raised his head, this was different from what he said.
"Northwind City cannot be loyal to any nobleman except Imperial House forever. You are not even the governor of Northwind Province, and you are not qualified to obtain the eternal loyalty of that city."
"Moreover, it's not just that. You were so anxious that you even lost your other identity."
Rosalind pointed to the second half of the appointment.
"Count Winter has become Northwind Province military commander. Do I obey his orders?"
Ryan smiled. This was obviously a confrontation between the Mayers Family and the emperor. No matter what, the emperor was very rebellious and could not be whatever Meyers said. He had to have the emperor's own thinking and majesty instead of becoming Mayers Family's "puppet".
Judging from this, Grand Duke Mayers among Four Grand Dukes does not have a good relationship with the emperor.
Well, Ryan is very satisfied with the result.
"Count Winter deserves to be the commander-in-chief of the war. This is not a big deal."
Just as it happened, the scent of this bait was three points stronger.
When Ryan received the news, Count Winter also received the trust from the emperor, which included not only the appointment, but also the emperor's secret letter. The emperor did not trust Mayers Family and wanted to have his own sight in Northwind Province.
Viscount Hogg is quite different from Marquis of Northwind, but Count Winter is very suitable.
Count Winter was still very excited when he was recognized by Columbus III. Of course, he did not lose his mind because of it.
In the afternoon of that day, Flying Wolf Cavalry from Count Winter came to Ryan with a discussion tone and asked him what he thought.
"First of all, we can no longer allow Werewolves's battlefield to expand. Too many nobles have been hunted by Werewolves. This is heavy news that requires mourning. We cannot let more noble castles fall into the terrifying situation of being surrounded by Werewolves, rushing in from windows, from cellars, and through cracks in doors."
"The dignity and life of the nobles cannot be blasphemed by Orcs."
"We cannot control those nobles who are already deep in war and battlefields. They need the army to protect them. The only ones that can be mobilized are the Noble Army teams of Zero Crossing Prefecture, Iron Mountain County and Silver Stream County. They have not yet been surrounded by Orcs and fallen into the quagmire of war."
"Use these troops to form a line of defense to prevent Werewolves from continuing to expand. Because Northwind Province has been easily occupied by Orcs several times, it has been talked about and laughed at by the nobles of South. This is our shame."
"After stopping Werewolves, the armies of the three counties entered Longshan, Leiyun and Northwind County. They used the method of advancement to gather the power of all the nobles in the six counties little by little and used a fan-shaped war to force Werewolves and make them retreat to Fragrant Mountain Plains."
"This step can only succeed and cannot fail. No matter how many soldiers die, no matter how much land is destroyed, it must be completed, because we cannot afford the price of failure in the war. This is our last army. Once it fails, all noble territories Northwind Province will become Orcs's paradise."
"As long as Orcs can be driven back to Fragrant Mountain Plains, no, as long as Werewolves can be driven back to where Cold Mountain City is, the victory of the war will belong to us."
Facing Ryan's description, it seemed that victory was close at hand, but Lord Horla, who represented Count Winter in front of him, still couldn't help but hesitate.
"Baron Ryan, you should have never seen Werewolves who defeated Fragrant Mountain Plains Fortress. They... are very powerful."
After speaking, he glanced at the slave soldiers around him.
"I'm afraid these soldiers can't carry out the plan you mentioned."
In his opinion, it is a miracle that these people under the leadership of Baron Ryan can resist Werewolves's attack. As for counterattacking Werewolves?
Can it really be done?
"They can."
Ryan said confidently.
Of course, he also knew that ten of these crooked melons and cracked jujubes could not defeat one Werewolves, but he just needed to let Werewolves know the determination of human beings to resist.
"I will lead the army here to Thundercloud County. Lord Horla, you also know that the military strength there is the weakest, and Meyers has begun to possess Northwind Province. Shaya That woman has become very important."
"My army is also needed there to resist Orcs's attack. Otherwise, if the fan-shaped war is opened by Werewolves from Thundercloud County, all plans will be meaningless."
"What about attack? What attack do you people use?"
Lord Horla asked, Ryan told him directly.
"Don't forget Mr. Rosalind. He has the foundation he brought from Meyers. As long as we can hold on to the first stage, Mr. Rosalind's trump card can help us win."
"After all, humans are no longer the humans they were a hundred years ago, but Orcs is still the Orcs it was a hundred years ago."
Ryan said this, finally making Lord Horla feel at ease. He had been racking his brains during this period, but he couldn't think of a way to fight against Werewolves.
"Since Lord Rosalind has the means, and now Count Winter is the commander-in-chief of the war, why not let him go to Count Winter Territory?"
He didn't understand why Rosalind was in Ryan's army. Even though the nobles had previously agreed that Baron Ryan would command the nobles' army, now Count Winter is the commander.
Ryan looked at Lord Horla deeply and said earnestly:
"Lord Horla, do you know what Mr. Rosalind's methods are?"
He said quietly:
"That is a method that will kill many, many people. As long as the army is involved, no soldier will be able to survive."
Lord Horla, who is not sensitive to politics but has a memory of the extraordinary, naturally remembered some scenes from the Kingdom War and could not help but shudder. He had not felt anything in the Kingdom before, but now inside the Empire...
He stopped proposing. Looking at the troops behind Ryan who could overthrow them with one hand, he finally understood the meaning of these soldiers eating and drinking well.
"I will ask Lord Count to transport another batch of food to Thundercloud County. Werewolves is not very interested in human food."
"Can the war be won?"
Lord Horla finally asked, he was really not confident.
"As long as Werewolves can be forced back to Fragrant Mountain Plains, even if it only takes one day, the war will not be lost."
Ryan said this, and Lord Horla also returned to Earldom with the confidence of Ryan, telling Ryan's plan to Count Winter.
"Can such an approach really be successful?"
Count Winter was a little hesitant. After listening to it, he only felt that there were two options: defense and offense.
"There are three steps in the plan. The first step is defense. Our territory can withstand Werewolves's attack and even force Werewolves to be unable to get close to Earldom."
"Soron Family should be able to do it. He invited me to Dragon Mountain City before. Count Soron's warlock group has extracted the energy from Thunder Giant's body. It may be able to help them attack Werewolves, making it impossible for Werewolves to assemble and interrupt Dragonblood Warrior Legion to drown him in a short time."
Next to Count Winter, Countess Winter said warmly.
"So the key points are Baron Ryan and Thundercloud County, but since Baron Ryan has this confidence, it means that he can withstand Werewolves's attack."
"If three counties block Werewolves at the same time, it will indeed prevent Werewolves from appearing in the three border provinces."
"But after defense... attack."
Countess Winter shook her head. She didn't know where Ryan's confidence came from. If Northwind Province's Noble Army team could really attack Werewolves and gain an advantage, then Fragrant Mountain Plains Fortress would not be defeated at all.
She believed that the Northwind County nobles led by Count Winter Territory could not fight back against the Werewolves army.
Soron Count Family, at most, will counterattack for a while because of the power of Thunder Giant, and then it will be forced to suffer heavy losses by Werewolves appearing from all directions. It is impossible to attack.
Could it be Thundercloud County? Baron Ryan What can you do? It's like Frozen Earth Territory blocked Werewolves's attack over there?
Count Winter The whole family can't figure out what Baron Ryan should use to attack, and they think that all three counties can counterattack.
"But this is an opportunity for the Winter Family. The emperor wants you to be the commander-in-chief of the Northwind Province war, which means that the relationship between the emperor and Grand Duke Mayers has become even worse. Columbus needs your support."
Countess Winter looked at Count Winter, who nodded. He naturally understood that this kind of pie-in-the-sky good thing could completely regain Winter Family's right to speak against Northwind Province.
In recent years, the right to speak has been snatched away by Baron Ryan and Marquis of Northwind, which has made Count Winter too timid in the small political circle of Northwind Province.
The reason why he is not so happy is that he still wants to understand Baron Ryan's offensive methods. This may become an important factor in his failure to fully regain the right to speak.
Actually——Ryan can't think of a way.
The natural physical gap between humans and Werewolves made humans no longer qualified to compete fairly with Werewolves after the fortress was breached.
A tall Werewolves fights on the battlefield at the same time. Its claws can catch two people to death, and its fangs can bite one person to death. Three people will die when they meet. It is still the kind of death that has no chance of serious injury. How can it fight? How to attack?
What he said to Lord Horla, defend, attack, and then have a decisive battle at Fragrant Mountain Plains.
But he did not say that Fragrant Mountain Plains could be Fragrant Mountain Plains, Fragrant Mountain Plains could also be Northwind County, or Count Winter Territory.
Fragrant Mountain Plains=Count Winter Territory.
The three-step plan of defense - attack - decisive battle has therefore become a two-step plan of defense - decisive battle.
attack? The weak slave army, which has not been able to replenish itself after eating and drinking for the past few days, uses its head to feed those Werewolves and then attacks by holding them to death?
It is impossible to attack.
"The most critical issue now is... how to get this army to block the overwhelming Werewolves."
Ryan took a deep breath. The most important thing in the plan was not which county Werewolves decided to concentrate his forces on to attack, but how he Ryan allowed this human slave who could not even kill the sheep to stop those vicious wolves.
As long as it can be blocked, when Werewolves finds that it cannot penetrate in any direction, it will naturally gather Werewolves to launch a charge.
If it can't be stopped... all Ryan's plans will become a joke.
"It's a bit troublesome."
Ryan stands on the edge of Zero Crossing Prefecture and Thundercloud County. If it were other enemies, he could still use the terrain as an advantage, but Werewolves and even the terrain where Frozen Earth Territory is located have no effect on them...
"It seems that the only way is to believe in the brilliance deep in the human soul."
Ryan raised his head and looked at the Sun above his head.
"God of Light? If you really shine on every inch of the land, then I hope you can really be of some use."
"As Great Being who serves this land, you won't let them down, right?"
"Show me your limits."
Ryan took a deep breath, dismounted, took off his boots, and walked barefoot to the land of Thundercloud County.