Silvery white snow covered the ground in front of him, and the cold wind blew by, bringing a bit of a biting chill to his face. Lijie stretched out her hands and covered her cheeks, and sighed in a low voice, then she raised her head and looked at Rod who was walking not far ahead, her face flushed slightly.

It was a crazy night and a ridiculous night for Rod, Marlene and Lizzie. Especially Rod, although he has not a lot of experience in the relationship between men and women, but in modern society, Rod has never tried to enjoy the blessings of all people like hugging left and right, and now that he has such a beautiful opportunity in front of him, it would be a waste not to eat and wipe it first. Not to mention that Lijie and Marlene both have their own characteristics, so two beauties with different personalities lie on the bed and pose as if they are picking, no one can help it.

And Lijie and Marlene are the same, they are the closest friends, but even the closest friends have never seen such a crazy and instinctive side of each other, this feeling of freshness and taboo also made the two girls almost lose their minds, abandon the reserve and shackles they have always had, and just obey the instinct and desire for happiness.

The three of them tossed until dawn was almost over, and even at the end of the day, they could not tell each other at all, so they fell into a deep sleep with the afterglow of passion.

But even so, it was Rod who woke up first, and Lijie couldn't imagine how Rod could still behave so easily after such a night, even if she woke up, she felt back pain, and even her brain was a little groggy, but Lijie's performance was quite good. Marlene was completely unable to withstand Rod's onslaught, and fell asleep for almost the entire day, just as Rhodes and his men left the Land of Atonement. She was still asleep in bed.

"Hoo ..............."

Although several days have passed, every time she thinks of the madness of that night, Lijie can't help but blush her heartbeat, that kind of wild indulgence is almost unprecedented stimulation for Lijie, who has always been cautious, every time she recalls her performance in front of Marlene and Rhodes that night, Lijie longs to dig a hole and bury herself and never see anyone again. But on the other hand. The soul-destroying happiness made Li Jie want to continue to be together like this......... Seems pretty good too?

Rhodes didn't know what he was thinking, for him, the night was over, anyway, there was a chance in the future, right now he was standing at the top of the hills, squinting his eyes and carefully looking at the snow-covered ice field in front of him, looking for the footprints of the orcs (PS: The previous chapter wrote the orcs as half-orcs, hereby corrected).

Orcs are a well-known evil monster on the Dragon Soul Continent. Unlike the half-beasts with the blood of Warcraft, the Orcs are more like a barbaric race that has not fully evolved. They are tall, powerful, and bloodthirsty, and most predatory. Orcs never grow their own crops or herd livestock, the only thing they learn is to plunder. This makes orcs quite unpopular on the Dragon Soul Continent, and they never live in one place permanently. Instead, they migrate like locusts, often accompanied by war and plunder. And that's not all. The super fecundity of orcs is also a headache, although all countries on the Dragon Soul Continent have encircled and suppressed these annoying guys, but no matter how many kills, after two or three years, an orc tribe of hundreds or thousands of people will come back.

There was even someone who commented on those orcs without discouragement: "To deal with this barbaric and terrible monster, you must kill them all, otherwise even if you only leave one male and one female." Five years from now, we still have to deal with hundreds of their kind. ”

Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, it can also be seen how much headache everyone has for the orc race, and unlike goblins, orcs have strong strength and strong physique, and like to use human sea tactics. Even the garrison doesn't want to meet these guys. Fortunately, after years of unremitting encirclement and crackdowns by various countries, the current orc tribes generally rarely appear in the center of civilization, and most of them wander in the border areas between countries and some sparsely populated areas, while plundering and looting the surrounding areas.

The distance between Rhodes' Land of Atonement and the Northern Ice Fields is not very far, but before coming here, to make sure that nothing goes wrong, Rhodes went to inquire about the orcs that live here. As a player, Rhodes certainly knows a lot about the orc race, and knows that they are typical brainless types, drunk today. Every robbery is a swarm of robbing, and then a swarm of eating, never stocking, and never thinking about stockpiling food. Anyway, for the orcs, it's just a matter of grabbing it after eating. It's winter again, and there are no animals to hunt, so the orcs have no choice but to plunder the surrounding villages. As long as you follow this clue to dig, you won't have to worry about finding the location of the orc tribe.

Sure enough, everyone soon learned about the clues about the orcs from the nearby villagers, and there were even two waves of orcs in a row that initiated the passing of the surrounding villages. Fortunately, these villages had taken precautions against this, so they didn't let the orcs succeed. But these orcs are clearly not going to give up, and they will continue to attack. That's why Rhodes led his men deep into the ice field to find the location of those orcs.

"Lord Rhodes."

At this moment, Lando's figure suddenly appeared from Rod's side and spoke.

"We've discovered where those orcs are."

"Oh?"

Hearing Lando's report, Rhodes withdrew his gaze, and then he looked at the young ranger beside him.

"How?"

"There are quite a few people, my lord, it is roughly estimated that there are about eight or nine hundred of these orcs, and ..............."

"Keep scouting, do what you said in training, you know."

"Yes."

After listening to Rod's words, Lando quickly turned away, and it was only at this time that John, who had been watching silently from the side, finally couldn't help but hurry forward and came to Rod's side. This time, Rhodes did not set out in the name of a mercenary group, but in the name of a private soldier, so John's cavalry naturally went with the elite group under Rhodes. Although in terms of personal strength, everyone in the elite regiment under Rhodes must be better than these cavalrymen. But there is no way to be as complete and strict as they are when it comes to military discipline. So Rod also asked John to help him train his subordinates in military discipline, in this regard, only John has experience in the entire territory, although Rod is good at commanding, but he is a wild man from a player after all, although the player has the strengths of a player. But a soldier also has the advantages of a soldier. This is not something that can be experienced by casual military training for two or three months.

Under John's training, the discipline of these mercenaries has also improved significantly, although it is not perfect, but now many of them have taken off the hooligan habits of the mercenaries, and have a little more iron blood and strict discipline, and this also represents the official transformation of their identities.

"Your Lord."

Coming to Rod's side, John turned over and dismounted, and saluted him respectfully. Although said at the beginning. John was still suspicious of the young lord, but along the way, he had gradually begun to convince the young man in front of him, although it seemed that the other party was younger than himself, but in many ways, he was much stronger than himself. As a soldier, John still pays attention to this, since Rod has shown a convincing side. Then John naturally expressed the respect that a lord should have.

"What's wrong? John? ”

"Forgive me for being rude, I still think. You should probably consider not going so risky..............."

Like Marlene, John was also firmly opposed to Rod's "stab in the back" tactic, and his reasons were similar to those of Marlene, who was the lord of a territory and the commander-in-chief of the entire army, and his status was noble and important. Even a front-line charge was not an appropriate thing for him, let alone deep behind enemy lines like he was now. As a professional soldier, John naturally understood that Rhodes' tactical feasibility was high, and once successful, the benefits were also great. But it would have been foolish for John to risk himself, and the first task of a commander of an army should be to protect himself. Instead of killing yourself. Although even though they can lure away most of the enemies, no matter what army or race, they are extremely protective of their base camp. And no matter how strong Rhodes' strength is, it is impossible to bring too many people deep behind enemy lines, so the possibility of defeat will greatly increase. If it weren't for Rhodes, John wouldn't have minded letting someone else give it a try. But as soon as Rhodes was on board, things were immediately different.

This upright soldier had been resolutely opposed at the beginning, but Rhodes decided to do it despite his opposition, and John saw that the persuasion was ineffective, and he could only reluctantly accept Rhodes's orders and cooperate with his elite group to start training, although during the training, everyone's momentum was good, but John was still very worried about this, because Rhodes made it clear to him that his army would be based on this tactic in the future, that is, if there was a war in the future, then Rhodes would choose to do so every time. At Rod's level, one or two times would not be a problem, and three or four times could win, but even one mistake in a hundred times would be devastating for his subordinates. John has no doubts about Rod's strength, but it is quite normal for him to fear bad luck. There are many times when those powerful armies will fail because of some inexplicable bad things that seem impossible at all, the strength is their own, but the luck is not.

"I know what you're trying to say, John, but I've decided."

Seeing his subordinates make another suggestion to him, Rod shook his head helplessly, but he still rejected John's suggestion. He knew what John was thinking, because John had mentioned to him that he wanted to be able to take his time, seek stability step by step, and move forward slowly. But Rod, who is familiar with the historical process, knows very well that at the moment he does not have the time to seek stability, the risk of "stabbing in the back" is very high, and it has something to do with luck Rod is not unclear, even in the game, the Starlight Guild has not failed to implement this tactic at the beginning for various inexplicable reasons, but high risk also means high returns, and the battle with the Night Dragon Country and the Land of Light is originally a small fight to a big one, if the opponent's strength is only a fraction of his own, Rhodes wouldn't be stupid enough to stab him in the back. At least in the foreseeable future, Rhodes will not have the strength to confront the Night Dragons and the Light Nation.

Well, taking risks is his only option.

Of course, it was impossible for Rhodes to tell John that he knew that the Kingdom of Night and the Kingdom of Light would launch an attack on Moon in the near future. The god stick is not good at all, and it is difficult to explain if the performance is too advanced, and this kind of thing can't be hidden. Therefore. All Rhodes can do is prepare everything in advance to meet the impact of the waves of fate.

"We don't have enough men and troops right now, at least at the moment this method has the highest success rate, you can't just take a hundred cavalry to break down the defense line of a thousand people, the only way we can use this risk at the moment, believe me, there will be no problem."

“…………………”

Hearing Rod's answer, John shook his head helplessly, knowing that his persuasion had failed again. In fact, what puzzled John the most was his inadvertent faith. What John saw in Rhodes was the extraordinary faith of a commander who had endured countless battles. That's not narcissism on paper, but absolute trust in your own strength. It was this that made John very puzzled, he had naturally heard about Rod, but judging from those rumors, this lord should have never led an army to fight before? And judging from Rhodes' performance on weekdays, he doesn't look like a pure soldier, so. Where does this confidence and self-confidence come from?

Perhaps, this is a good opportunity to see clearly.

It didn't take too long. Landor and Joey, who were scouts, reported to Rhodes once again that the orc tribe gathered on the ice field numbered between eight hundred and nine hundred, most of them strong adult orcs, who were currently residing in an abandoned fortress and were not making any further moves. According to Lando's investigations, the orcs set up sentry posts on abandoned watchtowers at the edge of the fortress. Although the orcs may seem stupid, they have considerable talent and intuition when it comes to combat, not to mention that these orcs have a keen sense of smell, and they can even detect the smell and presence of other creatures in the air.

Judging from these reports, Rhodes has almost figured out the strength of the other party. This should be a medium-sized orc tribe, and the strength is not weak. If it is a tough battle, even if Rhodes makes a move, it will be difficult to win completely, not to mention that these orcs actually live in an abandoned fortress, although on the surface it will be more difficult to attack, but on the contrary, this is more suitable for the training requirements of Rhodes and others. After a brief record of the situation of the orc tribe, Rhodes gathered everyone together and gave the order.

"You've heard from Lando and Joey about the specifics, the orcs occupy an abandoned fortress, and they are numerous, but the orcs have relatively simple brains............... John. ”

"Yes, sir."

At this moment, John no longer had the helpless and uneasy look just now, and when he heard Rhodes call his name, the young officer immediately stepped forward with a serious face, walked out of the crowd, slapped his right hand heavily on his chest, and answered in a low voice.

"Same as in training, I want you and your subordinates to lure most of the orcs away, it's winter now, and these orcs have failed to attack in the first few times, I think your fat war horses will definitely make those orcs move their index fingers, you can control the distance and speed yourself, don't force it, understand?"

"Yes."

Hearing Rod's words, John nodded. Rhodes looked at the young officer, then turned his head to look at Thor who was standing beside him.

"Orc tribes generally have three to five shamans, their strength is similar to that of mid-level mages, I need you and your subordinates to suppress their strength, most of the shamans use the power of natural elements, as long as you pay attention to this, you should have no problem."

"Understood, please rest assured, my lord, we will definitely complete the mission."

In the face of Rod's order, Thor also hurriedly nodded his head, of course he knew that this battle was the moment for himself and his subordinates to show their value, so he naturally would not let it go easily. Hearing Saul's answer, Rod didn't say anything more, and then he turned to Lando and Joey on the other side.

"You should be very aware of the characteristics of orcs, they are powerful and resilient, dealing with them is not as simple as dealing with ordinary people, I hope you can erase the orc sentry as quickly as possible, just like in training......... Marfa, you're in charge of the charge, but pay attention to the coordination between the distance with Lijie's spirits and Thor, I'll be in charge of suppressing their centers, and everything will be done as you were training, remember what you need to do, understand?! ”

"Yes, sir."

Hearing everyone's answers, Rod nodded in satisfaction, and then he lowered his voice and looked ahead.

"Let's get moving!" (To be continued.) )