Public trial?You deserve it too!

"You are right, Teacher Carl, Erwin's behavior is my order."

"Oh? I thought you would deny it. After all, it is not a glorious thing to rely on connections to get through the back door."

The old man's eyes showed a dignified expression.

"Honesty is the virtue of a knight, Mr. Carl." Claude's expression did not change at all. "I believe that your observance of morality must be higher than mine, so it is absolutely impossible to give us any preferential treatment because of your friendship with Erwin, but it is precisely because I believe in your character that I will let Erwin do it. something like this."

"How can a person like you choose to live in the same house with the students because of the shabby living place? So I believe there must be some loopholes that I haven't discovered, and then I use some of the books here , carefully checked the rules of conduct for mages, and found that the most important one is the principle of equivalent exchange. Since you are willing to get preferential treatment in residence from us, it means that you must be willing to give us something, so I think, 'Knowledge ’ Probably the best we could have gotten.”

Claude's respectful expression made the old man freeze for a moment, and then nodded a little stiffly.

"Yes, it is impossible for me to give up my principles for the comfort of my residence. You guessed well, and there is still a limit to what I want. Tell me, what knowledge do you want?"

In short, in short, we must not live up to the admiration of the younger generation!

"I want to know what the regular four-season operation pattern of the northern garrison looks like."

As soon as this remark came out, Randolph suddenly realized, Georgie was stunned for a moment, and then thought about it. On the contrary, Erwin had just relaxed from his tense mood. He had been worried about whether his behavior would Let Karl punish them, and he was relieved to see that Claude's statement was recognized.

"Hmph, as expected, Your Majesty is more accurate than I am in judging people." The old man smiled, and the previous majesty dissipated in an instant, "You contradicted Your Majesty before, it was not just a moment of bravery, but the result of thinking. I haven't thought enough, so I was stopped by His Majesty's question, right?"

The boy nodded in embarrassment, and lowered his brows and eyes as if in embarrassment.

"Yes, because I have heard Siegfried's military report to His Royal Highness Ludwig before, the main cause of the rebellion in the province of Provence is not civilians, I am just worried that His Majesty will easily punish those civilians who surrendered Execution, that's why I said that, but at that time I really didn't expect to be stumped by His Majesty's questioning."

"This time there is progress, you know I won't ask you down, right?" Karl nodded, "Okay, then as you wish, I can tell you all about the actions of the empire's garrison in the north. "

The old man picked up a pointer and tapped the Karelian fortress on the map.

"We are here now, with Lake Ladoga to the northeast and the Baltic Sea to the west. The existence of the fortress has blocked the pace of the orcs going south, so they had to bypass us and enter the vast grassland from the north of Lake Ladoga to the west. .”

The four of them stared at the map, looking at the orc route.

"This is why the empire must build a fortress here, not only to defend the shortcut to the south of the Karelian Isthmus, but also to use it as a huge supply base for the imperial knights. Tactical maneuvers provide the necessary logistical support."

"We all know that orcs live a nomadic life. They will leave the mainland in winter and head eastward into the Scandinavian Peninsula. There is only one option to go around and leave the peninsula, but for an army, it is a disaster if they have to go from here after they know the marching route.”

Claude looked at the huge wilderness to the north, and was a little puzzled. Even if he knew that the orcs would pass by such a vast wilderness, how could he...

Wait a minute, guarantee the tactical mobility of the Imperial Knights?

"So, there is a natural hunting ground for the imperial knights!"

Carl's voice carried the sound of wind and thunder, and it blasted into Claude's mind instantly.

"In spring, the orcs will drive the cattle and sheep that have survived the cold winter through here to find pastures. At this time, the cattle and sheep are relatively weak and not good at running, so the combat mission of the frontier army is to harass and harass the tribe. The herd is exhausted, let them die here!"

"In autumn, the orcs will drive fat cattle and sheep through here again, looking for shelter in the mountains. At this time, they will carry a lot of hay, which will greatly slow down their speed, so the knights will form a group Attacking from the situation, cleaning back and forth, the first goal is to burn the winter fodder, firewood, etc. stored by the other party, so that even if they bring cattle and sheep into the mountains, they will severely reduce the number due to insufficient fodder!"

Carl looked at the shocked eyes of the four people with satisfaction, and took a sip of water from his glass.

"This is the 'spring plowing' and 'autumn harvest' of the northern garrison, do you understand?"

Claude couldn't hold back anymore. In his original impression, the northern border should be the most difficult front line of the empire, with a long border, orcs everywhere, and the imperial civilians living here almost all the time. Threatened by the orcs going south, the food planted was burned, cattle and sheep were robbed, and relatives were slaughtered. The miserable situation made people cry.

As a result, when I came here and listened carefully, I couldn't tell who was at a disadvantage. The poor orcs had to endure the exploitation twice a year for grazing, and a large number of cattle and sheep might freeze and starve to death in winter due to insufficient forage.And the lack of herds means that the members of the tribe will have to suffer from hunger and hunger. If they cross the line of life and death again next spring, they may be completely defeated. Thinking of such a miserable state, I can't help but make people...

Want to laugh.

Claude twitched the corners of his mouth. He had heard all kinds of internal and external troubles of the empire before, and he really thought that the Theocracy was working together and suppressing the development of the empire in all directions. It could even be said that the other party might be waiting for an outbreak within the empire. Order something, and then "all nations come to court", one person tore up a piece of the corpse of the empire, each eating fat for nothing, the result...

That's it?

The elves have been urbanized by their seniors. The Longevity Seed Project is basically a joke, and it was completely crushed to death from the grand strategy. All the efforts now are just desperately trying to survive. It can't change the overall situation, and it's over when you die.

Then the orcs are even more direct. They were completely rubbed into the soil by the imperial knights, and the whole race was almost dried up. The advantage of the silver armor is to kill indiscriminately. When their cavalry troops cannot suppress the human cavalry, this race basically waits for death.

Before co-authoring, I thought that the empire was the enemy of the whole world, but after a closer look, the north was attacking, the east was attacking, and the two pincers on the south were firmly stuck in the expansion of the Theocracy. Now the North Sea Fleet is fighting against the Merchant Alliance. I don't dare to express any opinions anymore, the scene of the empire's per capita war madness is outrageous.No wonder the whole world is an enemy, if they don't join hands, then it's probably [-] o'clock and forget it, don't torture people here.

However, the orcs should not be too free. After all, there is still summer to grow, and no matter how cold the continent is, they will definitely be able to find a good place to spend the winter. They don’t have to go to the Karelia region, which has been repeated by the knights...

"As for summer, the water and grass are luxuriant, the cattle and sheep are strong, and many tribes will settle down for a period of time. This is a good season for the knights to go out. As long as you bring some horse feed and dry food, all other supplies can be settled on the spot. The shackles of the supply troops, the prairie is the home of the knights, let them run around in their living room and pick up some meritorious service, it is like a vacation."

forget it.

Claude covered his face, and fought against the nomads together with the farming peoples. You have been chasing them for three seasons a year, right?

Is this reasonable?

"Then...the winter?"

"Go back to the fortress and the city to defend in winter. Soldiers also need to rest, and the wind and snow in the north are very heavy, so there is no reason to take the risk to find those orcs living in tents to play."

Carl shrugged.

No, I think it's because I'm worried that I won't be able to get meritorious service if I hunt down too hard...

Claude put away the little thoughts in his heart, and started to listen to Carl's other things with a bit of indifference.

Nothing to worry about at all, okay?It's not that he has a huge advantage and must lose buff, and he doesn't like to set up any flags, and he will never say such things as how to lose with a flying dragon riding on the face.

"It feels like we are also on vacation here, how can the knight lose by riding his face?"

The boy complained loudly with a relaxed face.

Hey, it's madness, it's self-confidence.

Claude figured that since the empire had such a huge advantage, he might as well switch to the Theocracy himself. After all, choosing France to lose Paris before surrendering is also a player's romance. It's no fun to always play the side that must win.

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I don't know if Claude's casual words really came true. After Carl's villa class ended, although the days passed without any surprises, some terrible things happened.

Gustav's team was indeed the second to arrive at the Karelian fortress, but even he failed to reach the passing line, and he didn't even lead the team to the fortress by himself.

They were brought back by the search and rescue team.

The crazy blizzard lasted for a whole month, so that one week before the deadline, Karl, who found that the blizzard hadn't stopped, directly announced the suspension of the experience, and immediately after communicating with the fortress commander, the defenders began to organize a large number of The search and rescue team, Karl himself returned to the imperial capital by boat again.

On the one hand, it is for information transmission, so that cities in other regions can also send search and rescue teams;

Obviously this order has saved many people. Of course, the vast majority of students will not choose to detour like Claude. They still choose the most conspicuous Pskov-Luga road, and just like Karl As expected, the students who lacked a clear understanding of the weather in the north, under the pressure of the time limit, chose to continue marching against the blizzard, and then got lost one by one on the snow field without any landmarks.

Looking at Carl's gloomy face day by day, Claude knew that the original school year experience plan had been ruined by the sudden natural disaster from the very beginning. Even Gustav's team had someone who was almost killed due to severe frostbite. Amputation, let alone others.

"I didn't expect this to be the case."

Team 107's atmosphere has been relatively low recently, and they have completely lost the excitement and joy of being the first to arrive. Now they have once again enjoyed this place exclusively, because Karl has been too busy to touch the ground, running everywhere except the fortress.

"In this case, the school year experience can no longer continue, and the loss is already a bit serious. It is hard to say whether we will be directly recalled to the imperial capital in the future."

Erwin was a little frustrated, not expecting such an outcome at all.

"No, there has never been such a rule in the Department of Warfare. No matter how heavy the loss, the experience will continue." Randolph said in a deep voice, "There was a class of students who encountered the overwhelmingly superior force of the elves on the eastern front. A large-scale counterattack, in the case of almost annihilation, the remaining people still continued to practice, and they didn't even lower the pass line, and the number of people who got their graduation certificates in that class was only single digits."

Georgi swallowed, and obviously had a new understanding of the graduation requirements of the Imperial Military University.

"This time it's not a matter of casualties, but of being delayed and unable to proceed with the next task." Claude shook his head, "I almost guessed that our next training should be biased towards group combat, especially in spring raids. It is suitable for cultivating tacit understanding and cooperation between teams, but under such circumstances, it is unrealistic to continue this task.”

The boy frowned and looked at his three roommates.

"...Moreover, I have a bad guess about the future, because it may mean that the enemy we will face next is more than ten times more terrifying than originally estimated."

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"You mean...this kind of weather may cause all the herds of the orcs to freeze to death, forcing them to go south?" Randolph also frowned.

"That's for sure. It's already past the bud month. Although the spring in the northern border is relatively late, it's impossible that it's still a snowstorm. Those orc tribes can't leave their winter places. The cattle and sheep must have eaten up all of them long ago. Grain stored last year."

Claude tapped on the mountains on the map.

"This kind of natural disaster, whether it is cold or supply problems, will cause more than half of their winter cattle and sheep to die, and even one of them will not survive."

"Without cattle and sheep...they will definitely die!" Randolph realized the seriousness of the problem, "In this case, their only choice is to kill all the cattle and sheep as rations, gather all the people who can move, and distribute weapons , go south!"

"In this situation, they will become extremely crazy beasts!"

Georgi was also aware of the danger of the situation.

"The fortress is already fully mobilized, and we should be leaving soon." Claude sighed, "The situation is a bit not good, because too many search and rescue teams have been sent out, and the number of middle-level knights in the fortress seems to have dropped a bit. sharp."

Buckle buckle.

"Please come in."

The person who came in was completely beyond their expectations, and it turned out to be Gustav.

"Hello, Monsieur Gustav, what's the matter?"

Claude looked at him a little suspiciously, if he sent a message, he shouldn't be allowed to come, right?

The man was expressionless: "Professor Carl's order, I'm here to join you."

"join in?"

"No way, there is a shortage of manpower now." Carl walked into the house behind Gustav, "The team sent out by the snowstorm must be led by the Knights of Justice, so the number of knight officers in the fortress is seriously insufficient."

"Is the mission coming?"

Claude also became serious.

"It's not a mission, it's military affairs." The old man's face was not relaxed, "You may not know what this snowstorm means..."

"Massive southward movement of orcs, right?"

"...Yes, and it's a desperate move to the south." Carl glanced at Claude. "They may launch an unprecedented violent offensive after the blizzard is over. There is no problem with fortress garrison under this kind of waves, but the main problem is that those smaller strongholds, outposts and settlements, they are in front of the rampant orcs. Unable to mount any effective resistance."

The boy immediately understood: "So we need to inform them to immediately strengthen the wall and clear the country, and move to nearby fortresses and cities, right?"

"That's right, under an offensive of this scale, these are unnecessary sacrifices. As long as we hold on to the city and the fortress, the orcs will starve to death in this late spring!" Carl's eyes flashed fiercely , "This will be a good opportunity, even if we can seize it, it will be enough to bring the orc race to complete extinction!"

The five people immediately straightened their backs. It would be a great honor to participate in this turning point.

"So we must avoid the loss of combat power."

The old man stared at Claude seriously.

"Knight Claude, you came to the fortress along the coastline of the Baltic Sea and passed almost all the outposts, right?"

"Yes, Your Excellency."

"I've also heard about your ability to never forget before, so can you recall all the journeys of those outposts?"

Claude was taken aback, and quickly asked about the system.

【no problem. 】

"No problem, Your Excellency, I have memorized the path of every outpost I have ever reached, and I am sure I will find them!"

"There is no joke in the army!"

"I have absolute certainty!"

"Okay! Then you will lead the 107th team to notify each sentry camp, because the number of justice knights in the fortress is really insufficient. If you continue to deploy, it will greatly affect the command."

The old man took out a map.

"Because of the weather, it is difficult to find these outposts even with a map, so the commander of the fortress found me, and then I recommended you, I hope you will not let me down!"

"I swear on the honor of the knight, I will definitely convey the evacuation order to every outpost!" Claude looked solemn, and the other three also tightened their faces, standing erect behind their captain.

"This time I was also inspired by the way you went to the fortress. Because I was worried about encountering a blizzard at sea, I decided to let your team go forward lightly. Be sure to notify everyone as quickly as possible." Karl motioned Gustav to come over, " For the sake of necessary safety, it is better to add a Knight of Justice to you. It just so happens that Knight Gustav has also completed snow combat training. Although his team has not fully recovered, he himself is ready to go out. "

Claude was taken aback for a moment, so what did he mean by joining?He hesitated for a moment, and was about to speak when Gustav interrupted him.

"Knight Claude, I will completely obey all your commands for this mission, you just need to treat me as a team member."

After all, he is also from a traditional military family. The great harm of not being able to learn one can be said to be emphasized by his father into the DNA, and he himself has been on the front line, so he naturally understands this truth, so Claude After hesitating, he knew what the other party was worried about, and immediately said that he would never seize the command.

"...Then you are welcome, Knight Gustav."

What Claude wanted was this sentence. Although the other party had a strange attitude towards him before, he was obviously not a difficult person to get along with. As long as he was willing to work under him for a period of time, Claude was sure that he was What is going to be tested.

"Now that the handover is done, don't waste any time, pack up your equipment and get ready to go." The old man nodded, "Because this is an urgent matter, you should pack up and set off immediately, did you hear me! "

"Yes! Your Excellency!"

After Karl gave the order, he walked outside the door. When he reached the door, he turned around and looked at the five people.

"Remember, be careful, the orcs may log directly from the sea, remember, your purpose is to inform all the outposts, not to charge the orc army without plan, understand! You must live to convey the retreat order to every outpost Stop, this is the mission completed!"

"Yes!"

Mr. Carl nodded, and then left the house.Claude looked at Gustav, and the atmosphere became slightly stiff again.

"Cavalier Gustav, do you have any skis?"