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"Lord Baron, are we taking some risks?"

"Don't worry, the enemy's legs are too short to catch up with us."

"Short legs?" Villefort took a long time to digest before reacting.

"Okay, you are indeed right. We can't defeat the enemy, but we can outrun the enemy."

At this time, Li Wei was making a grand gesture as if he had captured a temporary stronghold.

This temporary stronghold is stationed with a second-line garrison force of 1,000 people. However, because the second-line garrison force has not been taken seriously all year round and is the hardest hit area, the actual number of garrison troops in the stronghold is less than 700, and the quality of the soldiers is very poor. Very poor, can be called weak.

Of course, such a force placed outside in the field is to deliver food to the enemy, but it can still exert some combat effectiveness if it is defended in the city. Even if Li Wei and more than 500 elites want to capture this stronghold, it will not be easy.

After Li Wei led his army to the outskirts of this stronghold yesterday evening, he immediately sent out a large number of hunters and elite soldiers to pull out the few surrounding sentries, making this stronghold deaf and blind.

During the process, Li Wei also got some good news from some prisoners.

First of all, the enemy's field troops on the south bank of the Orin River are indeed only the first step battalion of the orcs.

Secondly, since Li Wei had been moving southward before, the orcs' blockade of Li Wei focused on the north and south directions, and the defenses on the east and west directions were not strict.

After getting these two pieces of news, Levi felt that he was more certain of successfully escaping.

So Levi decisively launched a tentative night attack on the orcs' so-called temporary stronghold No. 23 that night.

Since the orcs were on guard and Li Wei's original intention was to feign an attack, the night attack did not achieve much, but the defenders were already horrified.

After the defenders sent a letter asking for help, the first step of Li Wei's plan was achieved.

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When the Centaur Cavalry Brigade just received the news and was ready to set off, the First Battalion had been marching for more than an hour.

"I don't know if this enemy is daring or driven, but they dare to storm a temporary stronghold to break out of the siege. I really think I am a vegetarian!"

"Battalion Commander, is there a trick? The enemy has wiped out the 1st and 2nd Wolf Cavalry Brigades one after another. Their leaders are not ordinary people."

"Hmph! Is there a trick? I'm just afraid that he won't dare to attack me! This cunning little loach only has a small number of people, and the upper limit of its combat power is there. No matter how hard it can fight, there is a limit. We have a battalion of three thousand Man, I'm afraid it could burst his stomach!

The only problem now is that we can't catch up with the enemy. The pursuit has to be left to the cavalry. I'll send someone to ask Orens how long it will take for them to reach the preset battlefield. "

"Yes!"

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"Boss, we have found traces of the orc camp! They are still about four hours away from us."

"Remember the strategy I told you before?"

"Of course, remember to set up ambushes, lay out traps along the way, resist at every step, and only harass from the sides to avoid facing the enemy head-on."

"Very good, you must do as I say, and make this orc infantry battalion mistakenly think that our main force is still directly in front of it, and try to slow down his marching speed."

"Boss, I understand, I'm just pretending to delay."

"Go ahead and don't let me down."

"Yes!"

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In the dense forest, a well-organized orc infantry was moving forward.

Suddenly, the soldiers in the front row fell into a trap dug in advance, and the sharply sharpened iron and wood stakes stabbed the unlucky ones who fell in.

Before the orcs could react, a few more cold arrows were fired from nowhere, killing the low-level officers who were organizing and maintaining order.

This was the third sneak attack the Orc First Battalion had encountered in half an hour. Although each sneak attack did not cause high losses to the Orcs, it greatly damaged the morale of the soldiers.

"Are all the scouts on the perimeter just losers? They didn't even notice when someone touched them!"

"Battal Commander, our scouts have all been dispersed, but the enemy's scouts are too powerful in the forest. We were able to defeat half of the scouts in just one morning, and the rest did not know where the cats were and dared not come out. .”

"Hmph, these cunning humans can only use some unflattering tricks. It seems that they are really desperate. They sent a small number of elites to slow down our march speed, and they are still gnawing at temporary stronghold No. 23. !”

"Sir, should we ask Centaur Captain Orens where they are? After all, we are only infantry. To deal with highly mobile cavalry, it is more cost-effective to use cavalry."

"Okay, you send someone to urge them and tell them that our first battalion has blocked the enemy, and we are just waiting for them to come and strike!"

But what they didn't know was that Li Wei had already led his main force to bypass the orc camp and headed straight for the Orin River Ferry.

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Since receiving the news and setting off in the morning, Orens and his centaur cavalry group have not been fast, or even a little slow.

Yes, Orens and the centaurs under his command all had a passive attitude of avoiding war.

This Centaur cavalry brigade, which reached a thousand men when fully equipped, had a bad start. It suffered heavy casualties in its first contact with Li Wei. Nearly a quarter of the soldiers were injured, killed in action, or missing.

Therefore, they have always maintained a fearful attitude towards Li Wei. Every time they pursue, they are not dedicated enough and always slow down the other two wolf cavalry groups.

Later, the 1st and 2nd Wolf Cavalry Brigades were completely wiped out. It was a true annihilation. I heard that the total number of fleeing soldiers collected was less than 200.

In a ghostly place like the depths of the Evernight Forest, scattered defeated troops often have only one ending, which is death.

Now the Centaur Cavalry Brigade has become the only cavalry battalion, but the Centaurs have no gloating mentality at all. All they have is fear of Li Wei.

"Captain, according to our marching speed, we should be able to cross the river before two o'clock in the afternoon. We will not be able to reach stronghold 23 today.

But Captain, are we going too far? What should the superiors do to hold you accountable? "

"Pursuit? No matter how much I pursue it, it will only eliminate the possibility of me being promoted to the commander of the cavalry battalion. First of all, this possibility has been illusory for a long time. Now there is only a half-disabled cavalry brigade in the entire cavalry battalion. This battalion commander is just a Just a name.

Our brigade is all from the same tribe. I am the captain appointed by the tribe. You are the capital of our survival. Now we have one task, which is to preserve our strength! "