Warlord: King of All Clans

After returning to the legion base, Leo reported to the legion commander Arnold, and they communicated with each other about the news of the past half month.

Only then did Leo realize that the orcs had launched another siege while he was away.

The battle this time was even more brutal. At least 10,000 orcs and their alien vassals died outside the city, and nearly 4,000 humans were also killed.

Compared with the last battle, the human race suffered greater casualties this time, and the beastman army rushed to the top of the city several times. Several high-ranking members of the human army had to take frequent actions before they were able to repel the enemy.

The Grand Duke of the North formed a supernatural army and took away half of Frowald's supernatural combat power. The quality of the remaining troops was obviously reduced.

As long as the low-level sergeants and mid-level generals of the Orcs are not killed by long-range attacks before climbing to the top of the city wall, they can cause chaos on the city wall.

Even the gravity array on the wall of Frovald was defeated by the combined power of siege weapons and the high-level combat power of the orcs.

A large area of ​​the battlements were knocked down, and a huge gap seven or eight meters wide appeared in the city wall on the right side of the tower.

When the siege battle was in full swing, a Tauren war chieftain who was nearly four meters tall used the high-level combat skill "War Shock Wave" to attack the city wall that had loosened after being hit by the counterweight catapult repeatedly.

A huge shock wave hit the top of the city wall, causing even the high-ranking humans to retreat, leading to the appearance of this gap.

Dozens of soldiers defending the city, and even many orc siege soldiers, died tragically in this blow.

It took the Northern Grand Duke's personal efforts to repel the Tauren War Chief.

Although the high-level shamans of the Extraordinary Legion cast a spell to conceal the whereabouts of the Legion before setting out, the shamans of the Orc camp were obviously more powerful and soon discovered signs of a decrease in the extraordinary combat power of the human race.

Therefore, this siege was not to consume the population, but to really capture Frovald.

Fortunately, the influence of the Grand Duke of the North is still there, and the earl legion he recruited is genuine. Although half of the extraordinary combat power has been transferred away, the remaining half can barely be on par with the orcs.

In addition, the walls of Frovald were tall and thick enough, and the strength of the Northern Grand Duke at the peak of level nine was terrifying enough, so the orcs' attack still failed this time.

But at the next military meeting, the Grand Duke of the North made a proposal that surprised everyone.

Make peace with the orcs!

Not only Hermann Frelov, the son of the late Count Frelov, strongly opposed it, but other counts and legion commanders who came to support also raised objections.

Although no one wants to fight against the orcs and let their elite troops exchange their lives with the orcs, peace talks are even more impossible.

Under the witness of the God of War Tyr, they could only defeat the orcs completely as they had done seven hundred years ago and drive them back to the northern snowfields.

Otherwise, it would be unworthy of the name of bravery.

Among the legion commanders who supported Frovald, Earl Beowulf was the most determined.

First of all, on the western front of the orc invasion, in addition to the loss of a city and half of the earldom of Forelov, his earldom of Beowulf had more land occupied by the orcs.

Although it was all undeveloped territory, it was also his territory.

Secondly, he had just led the Extraordinary Legion to a surprise attack, and the enemy was about to fall into a food crisis. It was either a fight to the death or collapse on their own.

Negotiating at this time would simply make his efforts in vain.

This was a racial war that occurred once every five hundred years. It should have been recorded in history. How could it end so hastily?

After the meeting, the Duke of the North kept Leo and said, "You performed well in this battle. I will send someone to deliver the intermediate awakening potion and scarlet weapon. However, your current extraordinary realm is not stable yet. It is best to improve it for a while, reach the low-level or high-level, and then take the potion to advance."

Leo rubbed his hands and thanked loudly: "Thank you, Grand Duke!"

Then he hesitated again and again, and raised the question that everyone had, "Since you plan to negotiate with the beastmen, why do you want to form a supernatural army to destroy their hunting base? Wouldn't it be a waste of manpower?"

The Duke of the Northern Territory sighed, looking a little haggard. "This decision was made after you set out. You cannot mention the following to anyone for the time being."

Leo nodded quickly: "Yes."

The Duke of the North continued, "I have received a secret report. Three days ago, Earl MacDonald of the South declared war on Earl Gustav of the North without declaring war. He assembled two fully staffed legions and surrounded the main city of Earl Gustav's territory."

In the Empire, undeclared war is a serious act of war and will be severely condemned by the Imperial nobility. Even allies will terminate their alliance because of such despicable behavior.

But at the same time, the advantages are also very obvious. The number of standing armies of the imperial lords is not large, and most of the troops are temporarily recruited. This is even more so in the sparsely populated northern border.

It is easy to capture a city where the enemy has few troops by fighting without declaring war.

"This news will reach here in a few days. By then, the 3,000 elite soldiers of the Gustav Legion will have to evacuate and go back to defend their hometown."

"My territory is adjacent to the Earldom of Gustav and also borders the South. Although the people of the South dare not directly attack me, the Grand Duke of the North, my territory is short of troops and will inevitably be affected by the war."

"Besides, Fruilov has been crippled, and Beboos's main force is still here. The Gustav family has no reinforcements. I have to lead the army back as soon as possible to provide support."

Taking into consideration that Leo was a subject of Count Freilov's territory, the Grand Duke of the North had some things to say.

Most of the land occupied by the orcs is wilderness, except for the World Tree Avenue.

However, the border between the north and the south, whether it is the two sides of the Fabados Mountains or the banks of the Dome River, is fertile land that has been developed by humans for hundreds of years.

This place is densely populated and has fertile land. From any perspective, it is far more important than the North.

Not to mention a city with a population of tens of thousands, even a small knight's territory is more valuable than the barren mountains and wilderness in the north.

After listening to this, Leo was silent for a while. The Northern Duke was afraid that he didn't understand, but he actually understood it very well.

Isn't this the idea behind the ancient rulers ceding territory?

A city or a pond in the interior is certainly more important than thousands of miles of wasteland in the frontier.

After explaining the reason, the Duke of the North concluded, "So I must end this war with the orcs before Frovald's army withdraws. However, with the current strength of the army, the outcome of a decisive battle with the orcs outside the city is still unclear. And if we wait for them to continue to attack the city, we don't know how long we will have to wait."

"So we can only start peace talks while they are running out of food and in a panic, to appease them temporarily."

"But the hatred between the beastmen and humans is deep. Even if we make great concessions, they will not easily negotiate. We need to find a middleman to communicate."

Looking at Leo, the Duke of the North suddenly asked, "Your marmot is a high-level druid of the elves, right?"