"Home!" cheered. Nine days after leaving Thor's Fortress. When everyone finally stepped into the area of Fernando's city, the ground under their feet gradually lost its grass, replaced by dark earth, and a large road led straight into the distance, as long as you traveled along this road for another day, you could see the walls of the imperial capital.

During these nine days, the orcs launched at least six pursuits, but each time the number did not exceed 8,000, and the total number was less than 40,000. The human army does not count the more than 20,000 servants, and the number of infantry and cavalry alone is almost this number, every time they wait for work, and line up a phalanx with superior forces to meet the orc pursuers, the victory is easy, and there are almost no casualties, and the human warriors use these battles to improve their combat effectiveness, and an elite army is gradually formed.

Jonas's heart fluctuated, he didn't expect that he would have the day to command, without the suppression above, and he didn't have to think about too many things outside the battlefield, he just needed to put all his mind on the military, arranging the formation, facing the attack, interspersed, and attacking together, and annihilating Although this newly reorganized legion was still nominally a defeated soldier of the Thor Fortress, Jonas knew that this was the most cohesive and combat-effective legion he had ever brought since joining the army.

All this originated from the young little magician, it was this magician named Ryan who gave these defeated soldiers and civilians a chance to escape and avoid being slaughtered by the orcs, and along the way, although Ryan did not make another move, he kept riding on a horse, wandering behind the human phalanx, giving these human soldiers the greatest spiritual support.

"Ryan, we're going home. Jonas couldn't help but say, "I don't know what General Orlando will do with us." ”

Ryan smiled in his heart, he had already guessed what Jonas meant by this, whether it was Faras or he Ryan himself, they all had an extraordinary relationship with Orlando, now that Thor's Fortress has fallen, Kisser and Clark have been killed, if a new legion is to be formed with the defeated soldiers of Thor's Fortress, whether it is seniority or military exploits, Jonas is at the forefront.

"It's too early to think about that. "Ryan doesn't want to get involved in this, besides, he has no position in the army at all, even if he becomes the spiritual leader of this legion composed of routs, but his official identity is still the head of the hired mercenary group, and the real command of him is only two people, Allendo and Flanna, even if it is Farath, in theory, it belongs to the reinforcement sequence.

Jonas was a little disappointed, of course, he also knew that it was impossible for Ryan to make a promise for him, from Ryan to the Thor Fortress, he just stood quietly aside, when he was needed, Ryan would appear in key places and play a key role, and once the crisis disappeared, Ryan would silently step aside, never participate in the affairs of the army, even if he participated in military meetings, Ryan never said much.

Colin and Thomas rode behind on horseback, the two of them would have been fighting non-stop as soon as they met, but since becoming officers in the army commanded by Lane, the two of them have experienced life and death together, not only no longer look at each other unpleasantly, but the relationship is getting better and better, and they have rescued each other several times many times, and have become friends of life and death.

"Hey, what are your plans to go back this time?" Colin asked Thomas in a sudden whisper.

"If you have something to say, Colin. Don't be so rambling. ”

"Haha, Thomas, you know, according to General Clark's order, we were transferred out and became the subordinates of the head, but when we return to the imperial capital, the new commander may not continue this order, and since we left Thor's Fortress until now, the head has hardly taken care of us, in case"

"Are you a child who hasn't grown up, and you're still going to be in charge of you every day?" Thomas glanced at Colin, and then said with a worried face, "However, with the character of the head, most of them will not join the army." Well, I'm not speaking ill of the head, who probably doesn't like to be constrained too much. ”

"yes, what then? we're going to separate from the head? Honestly, I, Colin, would rather follow the head on an adventure and be a mercenary. If it weren't for the head this time, it would be good to think that one tenth of these people would come back. And as long as you follow the head, you don't have to worry about losing. If he is reassigned to some idiot general, he may not have such good luck next time. ”

Thomas just wanted to speak, suddenly from the distant earth came a slight vibration, Thomas was shocked, he looked in the direction from which the vibration came, although it was already afternoon, but the sun was still hot in the west, and he couldn't see the situation in the west clearly.

The whole convoy stopped, and without being ordered, the civilians all drove the carriages together in an orderly manner, end to end, and all the civilians hid in the circle of the carriages, and covered their bodies with shields, planks, etc., as much as possible.

The soldiers, on the orders of General Jonas, formed three phalanxes, which protected the three directions of the convoy, leaving only the east side, which was contrary to the sound of the tremors. The 10,000 cavalry also formed a dense formation, ready to enter the battle at any time.

Ten minutes later, a cavalry unit appeared in front of everyone, and on horses were men dressed as herdsmen, with short bows on their backs and scimitars at their waists, and it was obvious from their appearance that they were warriors of the Clay tribe.

Ryan and Jonas glanced at each other, this nine-day trip, there were no Clay people on the way, the only camp was abandoned for a long time, there was nothing left, if it wasn't for the fact that the night when they fled with a lot of food, the whole team might have to spare precious time to find food.

"Who are you?" suddenly shouted from the cavalry of the Clay tribe, "Where did you come from?"

Jonas's heart was relieved, he looked back and said hello, and one of his guards immediately rode up to meet him, and ran and shouted, "We are the army of Thor's fortress, are you the warriors of the Clay tribe?"

The Clay cavalry had been moving at a fast pace, even when talking to Jonas's guards on horseback. When the cavalry rode to a distance of about 300 meters from Jonas, the leading warrior suddenly drew his short bow from his back and shot a feathered arrow.

"Ahh "Enemy attack!" Jonas immediately shouted: "All ready to fight, sword and shield warriors, raise shields! Cavalry, prepare" Before the words fell, seven or eight feathered arrows flew towards Jonas.

Ryan jumped hard and pounced on Jonas from his own horse, knocking Jonas to the ground. A few of the seven or eight feathered arrows hit the horses, and two more hit Ryan in the back.

"Ahh

"Don't move, hide your body!" Ryan fell to the ground and got up, his body was covered in a thick layer of stone skin, and the two feathered arrows didn't go in at all, they were directly bounced off.

"Ah, head, you scared us. Thomas and Colin immediately stopped, using their horses to shield themselves from the feathered arrows. Jonas got up from the ground in a state of embarrassment, if it weren't for Ryan, he would have died. "Charge the cavalry, charge them away!" Jonas ordered angrily.

The 10,000 cavalry, led by the commander, urged the horses and began to charge. However, as a cavalry, if you want to impact the opponent's formation, you must have a long enough running distance and time, otherwise it will not have much effect at all. The cavalry of the Clay tribe always maintained a distance of about 300 meters from the army of Thor's fortress, which was the maximum range of the shortbow they used.

As soon as the cavalry of the Thor Fortress started, the cavalry of the Clay tribe scattered one after another, no matter how the cavalry of the Thor Fortress charged, the horses they always controlled kept a distance of 300 meters, and the cavalry of the Thor Fortress had no protection, and they could not block the feather arrows shot by the Clay cavalry, and the casualties skyrocketed.

"Damn it!" Jonas had entered the infantry phalanx under the protection of his personal guards, and his safety was assured. But seeing that his knights had suffered a lot of losses, he couldn't help but scold: "These bastards actually treacherously attacked us!" After a few curses, Jonas turned to his subordinates and said, "Send a signal and let them come back." ”

After receiving the order, the cavalry troops of Thor's fortress had no choice but to return, while the cavalry of the Clay tribe pursued and shot more than 1,000 cavalry. By the time the cavalry of the Thor Fortress entered the infantry phalanx, protected by infantry shields, the 10,000 men had already lost more than 4 thousand.

The cavalry of the Clay tribe was originally the best among the light cavalry, they had little defense, but the horses under their crotch were well-made, good at mobile combat, and every warrior rode on horseback since childhood, so it can be said that they were born warriors. Seeing the army of the Thor Fortress huddled together, these Clay archers let out a mocking laugh, and fired feather arrows outside, and 5,000 Clay archers actually surrounded more than 40,000 warriors of the Thor Fortress.

Fortunately, there are more than 20,000 servants on the side of Thor's fortress, they are not very good at fighting, but they are very proficient in defense, under the order of Jonas, these more than 20,000 people in teams of two, raised a huge shield to block the feather arrows, of course, due to the hasty withdrawal at that time, a lot of equipment was not carried, and many of them simply removed the carriage board, but this method worked very well, and the cavalry of the Clay tribe roared and left after shooting two bags of feather arrows.