378: 38, Bertelli Fortress Falls _1 378: 38, Bertelli Fortress Falls _1 Hudson looked at the information about the Flying Bear Fort in his hand, nodding in satisfaction.
He was not satisfied for any other reason but its ancientness.
In the Continent of Aslante, what matched ancientness was strength.
The Elvin Family, which was enfeoffed here, had been inherited more than forty generations.
In terms of strength, it had always ranked high among the nobles of the Moxi Duchy.
The meticulously built lair of the old nobility makes for a strong defense without saying.
Ultimately, the old nobility would run out of luck.
Viscount John of the current Elvin family was such a hapless guy.
During the fall of Augustusburg, as one of the support troops, he unfortunately encountered the Orcs in the wilderness.
Not only did he die in battle, but the family private army he led was almost wiped out, causing the decline of the Elvin family.
The higher-ups of the Moxi Duchy abandoned the rescue of Augustusburg, which had a direct relationship with this battle.
The fief nobles suffered heavy losses, but the defense line still needed to be guarded.
The task of defending the Flying Bear Fort naturally fell on the Duchy.
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“Viscount Rakel, why do you look so awful?”
Garrisoning in a place where city defense projects are tightly managed like the Flying Bear Fort seems to be a pretty good task no matter how you look at it.
Although it’s not a celebration, there’s no need to make a dead face.
Perhaps awakened by his words, Viscount Rakel hurriedly explained:
“Sorry, Earl Hudson, I was just out of sorts.
I didn’t see my elder brother at today’s meeting.
As the commander of the main army, he should not have been absent from such a meeting.”
A person who was not supposed to be absent was absent.
Either he was delayed by something, or something happened to him.
Based on the situation at the front lines, without receiving bad news, it’s very likely that he was trapped by the Orc Army.
As a second-generation noble, Rakel is not uneducated, and he understands very well what this means.
Although if his elder brother has an accident, he will become the heir to the title, but his elder brother also took away the family’s most elite army in this expedition.
If an unfortunate accident occurs, the strength of the family will definitely be hit hard.
For a big family, a huge blow often marks the beginning of its decline from prosperity.
Rakel knew himself well and was very aware that in the worst-case scenario, he would have no power to reverse the trend.
This is just about the family.
Looking at the broader picture, the destiny of the Moxi Duchy is also in uncertainty, and a slight negligence could be disastrous.
Hudson could only express sympathy for this change.
Caught in the Orc Army’s encirclement, there is no better choice than to fight to the death.
To get reinforcements, you could only hope to receive reinforcement from other countries in the late stages of the war.
“Don’t worry, according to past experiences, the risk of being besieged by the Orc Army is not that great.
As long as it’s not a must-have location for military strategists like Augustusburg, relying on large military fortresses to defend to death, there is at least a 60% probability that you could withstand the attack from the Orc Army.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Hudson realized something was wrong.
It seemed that these comforting words had a counterproductive effect.
More than a 60% probability, that’s for the experienced Alpha Kingdom, it does not mean that the Moxi Duchy could achieve it as well.
From the beginning of the war until now, the Moxi Duchy has not had any fortress that under the enemy’s siege, could hold out for half a year.
The city that performed best, after being besieged by the Orc Army, managed to hold out for less than three months.
Of course, this is also because the war just broke out.
As time goes by, someone will definitely stand out.
However, to survive under the siege of the Orc Army, in addition to one’s own strength, more often luck is needed.
Once the Orcs make up their minds, there is no fortress they cannot take, the difference is merely the size of the casualties.
The ones who are able to survive, are all those who have good luck.
For Rakel, luck is too flimsy of a thing.
Once the family’s power is hit hard, his good days as a second-generation noble would come to an end.
Hudson did not say anything more.
This kind of upsetting thing happens on the front lines every day.
The decline of the old nobility, the rise of the emerging nobility.
In turbulent times, anything is possible.
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Bathed in the autumn breeze, the desolate Alpha Kingdom Expeditionary Army finally rendezvoused in Texas.
Looking at the five legions gathered in his hands, Crown Prince Caesar was not pleased for long before he encountered a new problem – the training ground was not enough.
It was not that the Moxi People were not cooperating, but that the expeditionary army was too large.
More than seventy-five thousand officers and soldiers of the five legions needed a lot of space to drill.
For the previous two legions, they could let the soldiers take turns to rest and train.
That would not work now.
If the five legions rotated, it would become one training every five days, which simply did not serve the purpose of pre-war assault training.
Unless it’s a heavily gathered front line, who gets full and sets up such a large training ground in the rear?!
It was impossible to seize farmland by force.
The local nobles were not soft persimmons, let alone Crown Prince Caesar risking to bring upon himself the bad reputation of bullying the weak for a training ground.
There was no room for negotiation.
In order to urge the expeditionary army to go to the battlefield, the higher-ups of the Moxi Duchy were almost going crazy.
Almost every day, Crown Prince Caesar could receive letters urging for help.
Even his beloved princess complained to him more than once.
If his stance weren’t strong enough, he would have given in a long time ago.