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Chapter 406 Ambush Him

"According to Leonard, didn't those orcs suddenly appear in the Western Continent five or six years ago? Why don't I know where they came from?"

Zhu Taran couldn't understand Xu Ling's meaning, so he asked.

Xu Li was listening on the side, also feeling very curious, couldn't help but look over.

Xu Ling replied: "I also have the same question, but that guy just can't explain clearly, no matter how interrogated, I don't think he is lying."

Zhu Taran wanted to ask again, but heard him add: "But there is one thing he said is a bit cryptic, if I understand correctly, their physical bodies seem to appear first at a certain point in time, while self-awareness is produced later. "

"Huh? Tell me in detail."

"What he means is that the orcs already existed somewhere in the world about five or six years ago, but they didn't have any thinking at that time, but they gradually realized their own existence five or six years ago. Existence, it feels more like..."

Xu Ling was looking for a suitable wording.

Zhu Taran snapped his fingers: "Wake up."

"Yes."

Xu Ling said, "That's the feeling. When he woke up, he was already in the army of monsters. At that time, the orcs who were lower than him were still in the state of walking dead. It was only later With sanity."

Xu Lin said coldly: "In other words, higher-level orcs may wake up earlier than him."

"It's possible." Xu Ling replied.

According to Leonard, the low-level orcs are the kind of monsters he has seen that are roughly humanoid, but all the organs are basically alienated, while the middle-level orcs have fought against him before, only some of the organs are different There is also a kind of high-level orc, which is slightly different from human beings, except for individual details.

The one being interrogated was a mid-level orc. He woke up earlier than the low-level orcs, but it might be later than the high-level ones. This is a completely reasonable guess.

Zhu Taran said: "It seems that our discovery has gone one step further. The investigation of this matter is fully entrusted to you. I will now focus on the war."

"Is there any movement at the pass?" Xu Ling asked.

"In the past two days, every few hours, a few monsters will run along the pass to peep from inside, and run away after just a glance, which is very annoying."

Zhu Taran felt a little helpless, "The main reason is that they are afraid of an ambush in the depths, so I dare not chase too far, otherwise it is absolutely impossible to let them report back."

He spoke through a bit of gnashing of teeth, clearly annoyed by the rascal's approach.

After all, orcs don't care about the life and death of monsters, but the expeditionary army has to cherish everyone's life.

Xu Ling asked, "Are they going to do something? I remember that they haven't done any reconnaissance a few days ago."

"It's possible." Zhu Taran said.

At this time, a group of staff members who had a meeting around the table finally reached a rough result.

"Sir, according to the report given by Senior Colonel Xu, the situation is not optimistic. We have to ask for support as soon as possible."

Zhu Taran was not in a hurry, but asked, "Why are you so pessimistic?"

The staff officer picked up the report in his hand and showed it: "Our previous speculations are still conservative. According to the account of the middle-level orcs, they have a large number of races. There are at least a hundred orcs."

Xu Ling echoed: "That's right, according to his description, the combat effectiveness of high-level orcs should be in the range of 7.0 to 9.9, almost not much worse than ours in terms of quantity and quality."

"correct."

"What's the key?"

"what?"

"Aside from the orcs, they also have a normal number of monsters."

"Oh, what should I do then?"

Zhu Taran's head was full of black lines: "You two stop talking about cross talk, what's the countermeasure?"

Several staff officers gathered around and told the strategy they had discussed.

Xu Ling didn't leave in a hurry, and listened from the sidelines. He mainly wanted to inquire about some gossip in advance. If he wanted to divide the defense zone, he would slander and seize a favorable position in advance.

But after listening for a while, he found that in this kind of battle where the weak attack the strong, there is no favorable terrain at all. No matter where they are stationed, it must be a tough battle.

"The pass must be guarded."

Zhu Taran said, "All plans to retreat directly are abolished. We can't give up on this naturally formed checkpoint. Otherwise, they will completely enter the Eastern Continent from here, and there will be no obstacles in their long drive."

Although the pass and the mountains on both sides may be destroyed, it is better than nothing. The natural barrier can at least slightly hinder the advance of the orc army.

In fact, the staff also agreed with this point of view, but when listing the plans, they must be as detailed as possible, and they cannot not be listed because of personal disapproval, so that they can be selected by decision makers.

"Then now we have to think about what to do if they try to destroy the pass, or sneak people from the sides of the mountain."

"It doesn't matter. After all, they are two big mountains. Even monsters who are good at digging holes are not so easy to get through. Even if they want to play tricks on the terrain, the biggest possibility is to widen the pass."

"A small probability is a small probability, and we can't completely ignore it."

"That's right, we need to form a patrol team and check along the mountain wall every day."

"Makes sense."

Everyone discussed for a while, and finally decided on the final strategy under Zhu Taran's decision.

The headquarters immediately dispatched the entire army, and at the same time sent Chu Xiaojun and a Brigadier General to report the situation here and apply for support.

Xu Ling also returned to the investigation team, and quickly asked Luo Zhixing, Liu Tao and others to assign tasks.

The defense zone of their warrior troop is to patrol ten kilometers south of the pass to ensure that there will be no monsters secretly digging holes in the mountain to hide their positions.

The non-warrior troops were merged into the central defense area and participated in the frontal siege of the pass, where the most likely place for orcs to appear.

As a commander, Xu Ling naturally wouldn't join the patrol team. He only checked the situation occasionally, and stayed at the headquarters most of the time to participate in the discussion of the action plan of the large troops.

More than ten days passed in a row, and the situation did not change for the time being. The orc legion only occasionally arranged monsters to reconnaissance at the end of the pass as usual.

The expeditionary army did not pursue them, and only used long-distance means to keep them as much as possible. If they couldn't keep them, it didn't matter. Anyway, as long as they didn't dare to come out from inside, they wouldn't be able to get any substantive information.

On this day, Xu Ling happened to be checking the terrain with a few staff officers at the pass, and it happened that a few more reconnaissance monsters came.

After a burst of fierce fire from the expeditionary army, the whole army of monsters was wiped out, and they failed to report back.

"here you go!"

After a burst of cheers, everyone tentatively entered the pass and dragged the corpse back.

"It's low-level again."

"It is worthless."

"Leave it to the investigation team."

The soldiers carried the dead monsters towards the investigation team.

Xu Ling did not reveal his identity in the past. It is the work of Li Xian and others to study them, and the purpose of the research is to see if there are any changes in the bodies of these magical beasts that acted under the orders of the orcs, especially the overflowing magic crystal. part.

He looked at the corpse being carried away, thought for a long time, and suddenly said: "Everyone, I have an idea, maybe I can lure the monsters behind the pass and ambush them."

(End of this chapter)